Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-04-23
pennings and Clippngs.

elecuons neiu until August when the States
of Aiabana, Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri,
North Carolina, and Texas will elect
RATHER SHAEP:-A An exchange says that,
Z" in the absence of both editors, the publish
ell had succeeded in securing the Sc. vices of
gent1cman to edit the paper that weekp'
EDUcATIoN IN TBxAs.--Great enthusiasm
prevails throughout Texas on the subject of
charlottesville school funds said to be near
ly sufficient to pay the tuition of every poor
youth in the State. :
| CoNvIcTIoN.--Th Charleston Msrcuru is
informed that Abraham Strickland was con
vcted at Walterboro, on Thursday last, at
the Sessio Court, Judge O'Neall presiding,
of the murder of his uncle, Mr.. james Strick-
land. The jury, after an absence Of several
hours, returned verdict of guilty, 4
MARRIAGE BRoEER's OprcE.--A marriage
brokers' Office is about to be established in
Louisville, Ky. Country orders solioitedY
a WICKED ITusBAND WITH SHARP ToNcUE
"A married monster said that he lately
dreamed that he had an angel by his side.
and upon waking up, found it was nobody
but his wife,
PUBIC LANDS IN MARKET,-Nine and n
nall millions of acres of the public lands in
Kansas and Nebraska, which were withheld
from sale last year on account of the fnan-
cial revulsion, will be in the market in July,
August and September. 1t is expected that
these sales will increase the revenue for the
next fiscal year very materially
RAPID INcREAsE.-The population of the
United States increases nearly one million
q year, or two thousand every day.
ANOTHER NEW STATE.-A movement is ma
! king to cut off tho Southern portion of Cali
fornia, and uniting it with Arizona, form a
new State of the Union.
MARKING PAPERS.-The Postmaster Gen.
eral decides thata pen or pencil mark, made
Tor the sole purpose of attracting the eye to
particular article or portion ofprinted matter
does not subject matter to letter stage, as
is insisted on by some postmasters
FROM LAW TO PREAcHINo.-Th Lancaster
Ledger reports that j. w. Cooke, Esq.,, q
member of the Lancaster Bar, and formerly
OF the Winnsboro' Bar, has received authori-
ty and license as a preachern the Methodist
h. Church, South, and preached his first ser.
mon on Saturday evening.
4 DEAD.-Billy Bowlegs, the celebrated In
dian chief, is dead. @
HE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION The
seventh session of the Southe IN Baptist Con-
vention, will be held at Richmond, Va, COM
mencing on Friday, May 9th, at 10 clock
a. M.
! SMALL Pox.-A stranger recently stopped
in Winnsboro', and in q short time it was as.
ccrtained that he had small pox However,
tits ascertained that is the only case in that
town.
CoNyicrED.--U. S, Marshall Tyler, at De
trot, convicted of nanslaughtcr, ia the kill
ing of Capt. Jones, of the brig Concord, while
serving process upon him, was sentenced
in the U. s. Circuit Court on Monday to pay
a fine of one dollar and be imprisoned in the
county Jail thirty days,
LIQUOR LAW IN NMAssAcnusETrs.- The Mas
! sachusctts Legislature has before it a. bill
making single case of drunkenness ~ crime
to be punished with Imprisonment The liq-
uor law does not stop intompcrance, for we
see that eight thousand persons were arrest
ed in Boston last year for drunkenness.
EX-SENATOR PooTE FOR CoNGREss.Z-T
Memphis ARpeal says that ex-Uni.ed States
Senator, Henry S. Foote, has expressed his
determination to become candidate for Con-
gress in the fourth district of Mississippi, in
opposition to Hon. o. II. Singleton.
Coop oREyIL?-The power of clean, fru-
| gal, Industrious, sensible woman exercises
over her husband and children is only ex-
ceedcd by the power for evil which is exer-
cised by sloyenly, exhaVagant, idle, fool
| ish woman.
LEcrURiNo.-Ca Walter NJ. Gibson was
expected to deliver u lecture before the Young
Mems Association of Mobile, on Friday eve
ming, in relation to his experience and obser-
vations in the Indian Archipelago
MUNIrIcESr DONATION. We see It stated
that a lady in Mobile, q member of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, has agreed to ondow
n professionally of the East Alabama Male
College, located at Auburn, with twenty-six
thousand ao!Iars.
The BooKs.--It would take a man three
llhousand years to read all the books now OK.
/ TAM. vet nriutip0 is but5 Eve hup,lred vsars