Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-11-17

j. y. Reed are the candidates for the Cony ton
in Anderson district.
FIRE-Fort Gaines, Ca, has been burned.
Loss, $4,000. &S
COLUMBUS, Ono Nov. 7-rhe Neil House
was entirely consumed by fire last night The
loss of the building was $l50,000; insured for
$4,000. Loss the furniture $4,000; in
sured for $4,000 Biynn's jewelry store, Al
len Avis shoe store, Richards dry gs,,.ls
store. Clark's shoe store, and Bosc's cl,'thIng
store were also burned. The goods were mostly
saved. Odson Hall was damaged Tntal loss
from 100000 to $300,O00 80 :
New YORK. Nov. S-A fire broke ont tho
Astor House this morning which badly damn gcd
the first and second stories on the Vesev street
side. Much injury done to the furniture
by smoke and water. Loss estimated at $50, 600
AUGrsTA Nov. Returns from ninety. ci,.ht
counties have been received. breckenridge, so
far. has 1865 votes; Bell. 38,047; Douglas,
1881. In the remaining countless Brown
lDem.) Tor Governor, at the last election, had
9lG8 majority.
AN ABOLITION LOVE FEAsT-Thc Abolition,
lists had Il love feast in Kenneth Square Phla-
dciphla, a few days since, and their best speaker
was Anna b. Dickinson. a handsome qualcrcss
only seventeen. She argued the pro.savory
nature of the Constitution. Think of sweet lit
A POWERFUL LIcmr-Thc New York Journal
Of Commerce states that the New York Central
Railrond Company has adopted the Smith ;"
light for general use upon the locomotives nf
their road. by aid of this light" SAYS the
Journal, the print of newspaper can lie read
2,4OO feet distant" Nearly half a mile!
OFT IN WESTERN NIRGINIA-Tbe Clark cnun-
ty Na0 Journal contains a letter from Writ
" hI,.I, ,Criyn ID
traordinary discoveries of oil now being made
in Western Virginia,
POPULATION OF THE EARrm-The American
Ecclesiastical lcdr Book sets down the pupula.
ton of the world at 2.29G, 100000.
.FMTnrrL UNTo DEArn-Among the items
OF news by tho last foreign arrival is the sad
fact that the Naples correspondent of the LON
don News was killed in the battle of Volturno,
while venturing too far in the discharge Of his
duties reporter
PHILADELPHIA, November 8-Governor Pack.
CIR has issued q proclamation declaring that
VIM. f. Lehman, (Dcm. y who was defeated by
Butler through fraud, is legally eloctc, to Con-
gress from the lst District, and entitled to his
seat.
The NEBRASKA ELEcTIoN.-Thc Territorial
Board of Canvasscrs of Nebraska composed Of
Gov. Black, Chief Justice Hall. and United
O'N'Co h'S'ilCG AIlOTucy llbWHTu, nhNc met ana
convassed the returns for delegates to Congress-
Morton, Dem, has II majority over Daily. Rep,
and has been awarded certificate of election
New ORLEANS November 3-The total nun.
Der of persons killed by the explosion on the
steamer III r w Hill is thirty nine, and the
wounded reach fifteen to twenty. The clerk s
statement as to the nuin6er killed and wound.
ed was Incorrect.
TENDER FROM NIRGINIA--We understand says
the C0lumJia Guardian, that the Speaker of
the House received last evening a dispatch ten.
dering the services Of Volunteer Company
from Virginia, to aid in defending South Caro-
lima in the event Of secession.
EDGEFlELD-A mass meeting of the people f
Edgeheld district was to have been held ut the
Court House on Monday last. Senator IIaml-
mond. Col +. w. Pickens and Mr.. Justice
Wardlaw were to make speeches. AS they GO,
so will Edgcfcld.
Prolific ArrLE TREE-Wm r. May. of
Pomfret, Ct. picked 10 bushels of apples from
one tree. He had the curiosity to count the
number of apples. in one peck, and found 100.
making 760 in one bushcl and consequently 30, :
900 apples grew upon the tree.
BAPTIST IN THE WEST INDIEs-ln the West
India Islands there are 200 Baptist Churches.
96.250 members. There ia also theological
institution, for the training of native preachers