Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-05-12

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,hXECuTioN-On Friday Inst, says the Green.
VILE Idhfot, !" between the hours of 10 and oU
Abc who was convicted of the murder of n froe
negro during last fall, suffered the extreme ncn
atty of the law.
EAETnQuAkE-'rho Grocnvilic and Spartan
burg papers speak of shock of an earthquake
IN their districts Tuesday of last week
,FIRr-Thc female Institute at Columbus,
Miss together with the boarding house attach.
co. was destroyed by fire on the 28th ult. The
loss amounted to $4,000, on which there was
an insurance of $4,000 The fire originated from
F" nFe balloon falling on the roof of the building.
DrsINHERIrED-Th will Of the late John d
Boxer, father of John Deans own Mary ANU
mas mas been admitted to probate in New York
me report that the daughter is diSinheritcd is
all true Mother John Dean nor his own Ma.
ry Ann gets solitary "rcd," though the old
gent Icman is said to have left property, Of one
KIND and another, worth million and a half of
dollars "
The MARKET Cotton. was quoted in Charles
dullsalo.
FoND OF THE 3" lNsrlrUTroN'-NowO Orleans
boasts OF bcnrdlcss, because female, Bluebcard.
This interesting lady was married on tho Sth
instant to her eighth husband. She has mnrii-
w NN'll SlllCC lOOE, euCll wear ono lu SbnDU
dies, but the widow loses no time in filinp his
place. The finger whereon she wears her we'd
dlnS rings must bear somc resemblance to
curtain rod. ltiS said she las nothing nrcposs
inS III her personal appearance except a fine sot
OF teeth. Judging from the number of hus-
bands she has devoured, her teeth ought to be
good
AN OH PosrNAsTER-M Samuel Melton.
died recently at Yorkville s. c. in the seven
pt nc l.,
Postmaster thirty.eght years under the admin
lStration of Presidents Adams, jackson. Van
Burcn, Harrison Tyler, POlk, Taylor, Fillmore
Pierce and Buchanan
SAD ACCIDENT Ca,ulinign learns that
! Nj. Strauss, Of CokoSburv. was taking rido in
buggy or carriage, when the horses became
l'ntnghtod and ran away breaking the vehicle
10 p,eccs' kIIiinS one OF his children, and njur
ing his wife SO seriously that her life is despair
cd Of
New YoRE-Ncw York has voted alternately
for the Dem, cratic and Opposition cnndiJotcs
for the Presidency for the past twenty Years
VIZ: for Van Burcn in 1896, Gen. Harrison in
1910, Polk in 1871, Taylor in 1913. Pierce in
1902, Fremont in 1886 and if consistent in bor
Inconsistency. will vote for the Democratic can
didate in 1850. '''"
ACCIDENT FROM CAMrmENE-The Mobile JE,y.
cH'V states that two children of n MIR. Griesoler
were burned by the explosion of n camphene
lamp recently. The elder child about cigbt
years old' was horribly bGrned; the younger
was not 50 badly burnt
GREAT INcREAsE-The PRESBYTERIAN Board of
Domestic Missions will report an increase oc
more than $4,000, and the Board of FOREIGN
Missions of more than $50, 600 over the income
OF the year previous,
SrRANGE-rho London Times mas the snru-
n m ppN, ,at,ttl tl,.,lA 4
Irid banker, has heot, joint contractor of tho
New York Eric, Ohio, and Missssinni Rail,
ways, connecting tine Atlantic with tho Qrcot
West. ''''
New York, April 3O-The star Of ne Jrest
reports that Il fire occurred ON the lGth in n yol
ley IN the Island of Trinidad (W. ~ extending
eighteen mites and sweeping all the standipG
cane on the sugar estates. Tie loss is estimo.
ted at = t,3O0O0O. 1t is estimated that il will
5000 hogsheads.
BAD-As a specimen of the awful results of,
polySamy. it is relatod that n Young English
woman was recently sold to man in Salt Lake
CITY Tor a load of pumpkins
NoT 4 ClTlzES-Frcd Douglas. while in New.
castle, made application through tue American
Munster in London, Mr.. Dallas, for passport
TO enable HIM TO visit Paris as an American cit
zen The reply made by the Minister was in
erect that the Constitution of the United States
ana not recognize persons of color as citizens:
the passport was, therefore refused
WlLLiT Cows THIS WAY?-Dan Rice is in
Washington witha circus. In the programme
we observe that rhinoceros is to perform in
the ring aud an elephant to dance on the TIGHT
rope
BURNT IN EpFIcY-Chas Leo Armour. del.
cgate from Frederick, Md, TO ehc Rcpnhlican
Convention in Baltimore last week, and appoin
ted by that Convention to Chicaro was b,Tnt
IN ethgy in the former city on Saturday night
last.
VENERABLE CLERGYMAN-The Rev. Abra:
nam nam Guslec, eighty-seven years of age, and for
htty,six years Pastor of the Unitarian Church
at Dlghton, Mass, preached two sermons to his
congregation on Sunday, the 22d of April.
DEATH OF JUD0E TARPLEY--A dispatch from,
jackson, Miss, states that Judge Tarpley died
yesterday. of pneumonia. Judge Tarpley has
long occupied conspicuous place among the
first lawyers of Mississippi, and his death lea
YES void in his profession that cannot be east
| ly filed.
A NEEDhEwoMAN-A young servant Girl re.
Gently died at Wednesbury, England, a victim
to singular mania for swallowing needless
! Upwards of forty were taken from her bod1 be.
fore she died. She refused to give any season
for her strange conduct.
| PnILADEPMIA EGEcTioN The n,unicipiaI
election at Philadelphia on Tuesday resulted n
the reelection of Mayor Henry, and the success
OF the J" Peoples" party generally, with exoep-