Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-18
Pennings and Clippings.


United States increases nearly million q
year, or two thousand every day.
DANGEROUSLY ILL.-Reports from San An
tonic, Texas, state that Con. Twiggs is dan
gerously ill, and little hopes are entertained
of his recovery. ~Hr
FIRE.-A destructive fire occurred at Co
lumbus, (Ga.) on the 9Th inst The princi-
pal property destroyed was the Alabama and
Fontainc cotton warehouses, containing
8,o0o bales of cotton and largo quantity of
goods in store. The loss is estimated at full
ly half million Of dollars.
ELECTRIC GuN.-An English inventor
claims to have produced gIn dischargng
sixty shots per muutc with precision, with
but little report, and without smoke, by elec.
trio decomposition and water
BATTLE OF MUsGRovE's MuLs.-Thc pct
pic of Spartanburg arc making grand prepar-
ations for celebrating, OH the 18th of August,
the Battle of Musgrovo's Mills. A Commit
tee consisting of one from each Beat Compa-
ny in the district has been appointed to col
lcct and receive subscriptions.
GATHERING IN THE Dimes. .-Rcv. Horny
Ward Beechcr has purchased n country seat
ut PcckSkill, n. Y, for 10000. The income
of this "poor fisherman" " is now Sl5, 600 pcr
annum.
SINGULAR PuENoMENoN.--On the llth of
April "a shower of black snow fell to the
depth of an inch, upon the summit of Fircar
Mountain" near a mining camp, called IIca-
vcn's, in Sierra county Cal.
RECEIPTS AT TIE TREAsuRY.-Thc receipts
at the Treasury, during the last week were
over S2,0Oo,000; drafts amounting to above
S3,O00,000 were paid, leaving ouly S4,00O,-
900 subject to draft.
DEGREES CoNfERRED.-Thc College of Chap
cl Hill, n c., on Thursday last conferred the
degree of Doctor of Laws on Hon James Buc-
hanan, President of the United States, Hon.
Mitchell King, Charleston, South Carolina,
and the Rt. Rev. Bishop Otcy, of Teunesste
lion. DANIEL S. DTcHINSoN,-Thc ALBANY
SF0"daid, Hard organ, says that Daniel S.
Dickinson is the only Democrat, "who can
secure the requisite number of electoral votes
to be elected President in 1860. 1t afTirms
that hccan carry New York over Seward, and
is the only man who can do this"
LARGE 1NcREAsE.--Thc net increase of the
Methodist Church South the past year was
4l,30S. making the total membership of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South COG, ,l76.
DoucLAs.-Thc Democratic Standard, Con
cord, New Hampshire, a leading administra,
tionprint, says thrce-fourths of the dcmocra-
cy North, arc for Stephen A. Douglas, for
President.
SHAKING IIANDs.-Smith O'Bricn, the Ir-
says this is a great country for shak-
ing hands lie has been nearly shaken to
death.
RETURNED TO SLAvERY.-At the recent
term of the District Court of Wharton coun
ty, Texas, negro woman named Caroline,
no had been cmancipated by her former
owner, Alex Moore, and sent to New York,
provided with ample means of support, pre-
sentcd her petition, praying to be allowed to
return again into slavery. After the custom
AIRY examination, the petition was granted.
Tho Columbia Democrat says she appeared
to be very intelligent woman, and fully
aware of the result of this step.
WHERE THE EDIToEs CAN DE FouND.-The
following is from the Williamson IN. C.)
Mcrcmy: persons wishing to sec the cdi-
tors, will generally find them at the printing
Office. In their absence. however, invitations
to dine, and challenges to fight, should be
left either with the publisher, or in our table
drawer"
FRAUDULENT PAcKING.-Thc Memphis ip-
lcM says: NJ. w. Want opened bale of
hay at his feed store, that had been weighed
by the inspector. Its weight was 1856 lbs
Within was found n log of wood that weigh
cd u pounds, and aquantity of limestone,
l6S pounds. Two hundred and
fifty-fve pounds of the whole was wood and
stone! The bale was from Amsterdam, In
diana.
RAIL RoAD SUBsCRirTIoN.-Tho city of
Nashville decided on Saturday by vote of
the citizens-l280 against 759--in favor of
a subscription of 100000 to the Nashville
and Northwestern Rail Road.
LIDERALIrY.-It has already been stated
that Mccormick, the inventor of the reaping
machine, has presented 100000 for the en-
dowmcnt of four profcssorships in Theo-
logical Seminary at Chicago, Illinois.
MELANCHOLY DEATn.-A young girl, aged
l5 years, was recently burned to death in
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