Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-09-17
SicS AThc Memphis, Tenn. Ledger hoists
the name of Stephen A. Douglas for the next


President.
Four Persons SUrrocArEp-A fire broke
out in the Hanimonia hotel, IIobokcn n. Y,
on the I'd inst. during the progress of which
/ four persons were sufoc0ted.
THE Texas ELEcTloN.--Thc New Orleans
papers state that the Independents, or Ious-
ton Democrats, have majority of twenty
| two on thc joint ballot, in the now Legislature
recently elected.
SUBSCRIPTION CARRIEp.-Thc people of
Henry county, Va, by vote of 554 to 2l2,
have subscribed $4,000 to the extension of
the Richmond and Danvillc Railroad.
PRocEEDrNcs-Th Proceedings of the
State Bible Convention, held at Yorkville,
S. c., on August I'd and 3d." have been pub
lished in pamphlet, from the job office of the
Telescope, at Due West, Abbcvile District.
We have received copy
TALL CoTToN PiCxING-The PcroHIe pub
lished in Jefferson county, Mississippi, says
that two boys on the plantation of Mr.. Ilar-
rison, near Faycttc, the 10th ult., picked
lob pounds in one day. one of them gather
ing 9O5 pounds the other, $50 pounds. This
was done on hill plantation.
TExAs.-The vote of Texas, at the late
election for Governor, was about sixty-thrce
thousand. In 1850, when Texas camc into
! the Union, she only pollcl about eight thous
and. This shows an astounding increase in
the population Of the State.
BgTrER THAN FILLIDUsTERINC.-Col Kin
| Al. ~ \
fllibuster, having returned to Texas, has
just been elected to the Legislature of that
State, from Nueces county.
NAUvoo.-Thc Icarian community recent
ly sold all their property, it having been pre-
viouSly assigned Cor debt of $4,000. They
to meet the debt. The old Mormon temple
lot, and what remains of the temple, sold for
$3.50.
LIST OF SUIcIDEs.-.Thc New York Times
has published n list of suicides which have
been recorded in tho papers of the United
States during the last six weeks. The mum
bcr is ffty-thrce, in which life was actually
taken, and twenty more unsuccessful at
tcmrts. Domestic trouble was the cause in
u majority OF the cases.
CAriTAL.-rhc best capital for youny men
to start with in life is industry, good sense,
courage, and the fear of Gud 1t is better
than all the credit or cash that was ever
raised.
a SwINDLER.-A western editor thinks
Hiram Powers, the sculptor, is swindcr
because he chiSellctl an unfortunate Greek ..irl
out of block of MARBLE
New ITIsrpRY.-Wm. Gilmore SHINES.
the poet and novelist, has just finished his
History of South Carolina" work which
will doubtless prove to be valuable addition
to the historical literature of the country.
Our SENATORIAL ELEcTIoNs.-W
find tho following in the Charleston Mcr-
cwly. We are sorry that it is restrained
from making its explanation Our impress
sion always has been that each of these
gentlemen were elected on account of the
superior estimate in which they were held
by their supporters. They were "allow-
cd y to assume the Senatorial dignity be-
cause majority thought them most wor-
thy of it. This explanation, as matter of
course, cannot be soothing to the friends of
the defeated aspirants; and if there be
any explanation whyothcrs of higher claims
were set aside, they should let the State
know it. Our representatives are supposed
to- make the best election from among the
number before them, and if there be any
" facts to show that they dcviated from
this, those facts should be made known
nor should any feeling of dclicacy forbid
their publication. We append the remarks
of our Charleston contemporary, made in
reply to the Albany Pntriot - (uroiinian.
why the State Rights party of South
Carolina elected Senator Hammond to the
Senate in preference to Mr.. Rhett, and
lately allowed Mr.. Chestnut to be elected,
/ involves detail of facts in the politics of
South Carolina, which it may be as ndel-
icate and unwisc in the editor of the Mcr-
curry to comment on his paper, as to assail
Senator Hammond. In conducting p,-
litical press, TO ,orite is only half the diff
Guilty; not to rrue, is often the severest
test of wisdom and skill and we perhaps,
have said too much on this subject already"
HoMIcIDE.-It is with much pain, since
our District in the last few years If so de-
servcdly noted for its morality and freedom
from crime, as well as from our sympathy
for the unfortunate victim, that We record
the murder of Mr. Wade Coley, ON the
29th ult., by slave Ike, tho property of
Mr.. Joel Il. Smith, of the western por-
tion of this District. MIR. Colcy was
overseeing for Mr.. Smith, and something
having arisen between him and tic negro