Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-07-02


health, and sang with all her old power.
SHOES FOR the FaExcu ARNY-Thc agent
ofa French house was in Newark, New Jcr-
sey, last week, cndcavoring to contract with
somc of tho shoe manufacturers to furnish
100000 pairs of shoes for tho French army.
Dissolution IN CANADA.-Ca Canada papers
say the agitation now going on in tho upper
province for dissolution of the Union, and
for fundamental changes in the Constitution.
will be sustained by a largo and influential
body ofmcn.
TUE LADIEs.-Didcrot the French philo-
sopher used to say that to describe women,
the'pen should be dippcdin tho humid colors
of tho rainbow, and the paper dried with the
dust gathered from the wings of butterfly.
Coon NEws.--The new Postmaster Cen
eral, Mr.. Holt, is winning golden opinions
from all sorts of people," by the excellent
way in wliicE he is managing the affairs of
his Office.
lIoRRIBLE ATTEMrT AT SuIcIDE.-rhc young
est daughter of the late Thomas Mann, of
Pctcrsham, Mass, attempted to burn herself
to death, on Monday. .Iunc 9Th while, it is
supposed, laboring under the influence of
"Millcrism."
EN-SENAToR FoorE roR GDNcREss. Hon.
Henry S. Footc has been nominated BY m
enthusiastic public meeting at Yazoo Miss,
as q candidate to represent the fourth Con-
grcssiona district in that state. lie consents
1 i,. oIl,o Ill. 4
date representing his general views, shall
be Thought out by the Opposition"
"Roor, IIocG, OR DrE."-In one of the
counties of Wisconsin. it is said there are
three candidates, for tho legislature; J. NJ.
Root, Democrats Robert lIogg, Frccsoil, and
TIA Dye, Whig. 81, on election day, it
will be Root, Hog. or Die" with the voters
DRowNGNG.- Due West ?cicscopc re-
ports that Caro- aged six years daughter of
Prof Young, of Erskinc College, Mt Due West,
AhJcvllo District, was drowned on the l4h
instant, in an artificial pool in her fathers
garden.
DIED OF CoLD.-In Maine, great numbers
of sheep, recently shared of their nccccs
and left in the pesturcs, have died from the
effects of the cold
Az ITEM FOR FARMEns--ITog cholera is
said to be prevailing in the section of Vir-
ginia. north of james River to considcra-
bic extent.
THE VERY LATEsr,-right plain bodies,
with round waist and a belt, havcsupplanl
cd tho basque. The basque is now only adj
! mittcd with a breakfast toilette! An item
of great Importance. Just from Paris.
APPETITE FOR THE BRAvE.-One of the
war writer's remarks, after much able spccu-
lation, that military men arc famous for
their brave appctitcs, and couple of hun
drcd thousand of them can cat up small
State like picdmontin few weeks.
NoMINATED.-Col Alex. G. Walker, Of
Richmond county, CA, has been nominated
by the Democrats, to succeed Hon. Alex
III. Stephens in Congress.
KILLED.-AtAllcsany City, Pa, on Thurs
day, little girl named Elizabeth Jane BUS
| seller, nine years old. was struck by another
girl named Elkin, twelve years Of age, us is
supposed, with q stone, from the effects of
! which she died
AID FOR ITALr.-Thc steamer City of Wash
| ington which sailed from New York on Sat
urdny, took out the first instalmcnt of Amc-
rican offerings to the Italian cause, being q
remittance Of five thousand dollars. to be
forwarded to Count Cavour. The Italians Of
| New Orleans have already sent on thrcc
thousand five hundred llnrs.
FAMINEIH CANADA WESr--Acc0unts from
the Huron district state that tho greatest
distress prevails there from the want of food,
and unless immediate relief is afforded, ac-
tual starvation will ensuc.
TIE YoTE.--IIon. John Lctchcr has bcon
elected Governor of Virginia. by majority
of 5,00l.
SriRITuALIsrs.-There will be held ma
tional Spiritualists' Convention Mt Plymouth,
Mass on tho 9Th, 9th and 7th days of Au-
gust next. Doctor III. f. Gardner of Boston
will preside. Among the speakers engaged
to attend are Judge Edmonds, General N. p.
Tallmadgc, Professor Britain, A. j. Davis,
Emma IIardingo and Mira. Hatch.
TIE RUsu FOR EuRoPE.-An army ofAmc-
ricans is now dciiling through Europe. The
steamers, for q month or two past, have
swarmed with detachments of This irruption
of the new world upon the old, and it is not
improbable that the whole number who have
pOno abroad since tho oopnin" of the soa ann