Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-06-16

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its politics. Success ioit
GROWTH or MFnrinsz S nm evidence Of Tho
growthof Memphis. the Arg,,s states that during
the last ten years. the population has increased
from O,2SO to $4,000.
SAyAxNAm, June s, 1900 Tie steamship
George's Greek which arrived here 20. day from
Baltimore, brought fugitive from Chnriestou.
which she took from the ship RDyal Nictoria
tnr Liverpool three duys out from Charleston
The negro says lie belongs to Dr. Lamb, of
Charleston, S. G..
NEw ORLEANS, june 1.-The municipal elec.
tlon passed off quietly, and Johur. Monroe. the
american candidate, is elected Mayor by 1000
majority.
PnlNTlNo BuREAu--rhe bill passed by the
mouse OF Representatives, provides for the cs-
tnDiIShment Oi government printing Office and
b'ndcry at an expense not to exceed $40, 900.
a superintendent of the work and furo,nan of
the printing Office, and the bndery 20 ho an.
pointed, the former with salary of s., 600. and
the two latter Of $500 each,
SHor-A man named Myron Clarke recently
discovered two mon stealing his horses in Pine
Bluffs, Texas, and shot thom both dead
To ne SuRvEYep-rhe Directors of tho Air
Line Railroad, in Andersum, lnvo ordered tho
limo of that road i'll thor district to be surveyed.
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the canvass for the Legislature in Anderson
District.
TuE REAsoN Wm-It is said that the reason
why the Republicans" call Lincoln "IIonost
Abe, is to distinguish him from the roStof teir
party.
JUSTIcE-Thero are over twenty thousand
persons in Nirginin who are paid every year for
Jury service Each one of these persons receive
more than one dollar on an average as pav.-
Ihs is only one item of expense fnr the admins.
trntion of justice. which, from time im,remorial.
has been an expensive luxury.
DoING WELL--rhe Georgia banks aro in
iiourishins coudition. They have nearly all
declared u dividend of five per cent. on the OBJ
crations Of the past six months.
SwEET-A neat compliment was paid The
other day to lady. She had Just swallowed
l'ct'te glass OF winc as u gentleman i'm con,rn,ny
asked for taste It's all gone" said She,
laughngly, unless YOU willtakc some from
my lips" 9" should bc most happy" he re-
piled; but never take smgor with it,"
CRINE IN New ORLEaNs-The New Orleans
coroncr's report for the past quarter exhibits a
| fnShtul advance i'll crime in that city. Within
the period named inquests have been held upon
the bodies of forty persons, male and female.
who came to their death by violence. Scaeral
cases where no decision has been given by the
coroncr's Jury the report mentions us being
under consideration. These added to the mum.
Der make fearful catalogue.
GAY DEcEyER-NIary Worstcr, a wealthy
Nonng widow in ST. Louis was caurtcd by
Charles GASn, q young man particularly fond
OF money. but strongly nycrsc tn earninp it. lie
borrowed 5000 one morning last week, on the
plea OF having note to pay before banking
tancc
They CANT KEEP 'EM-A Young man in St.
Lonis, named John Allen sued out writ of
replcvin for the recovery of a vnlunIle ring "
which he had given Miss Jane Reed, under con,
vlction that she would msrry kim Tpon con
suItahon with her parents. she concluded not to
| do any such thing, but to keep tho ring as II
present John wouldn't agree to this and the
Court decided that it should be given him.
DIED WHILE DANcrNG-A yonng man named
Frank StanlIope attended II dance in Conway,
Mass, u few evenings since, and while dancing
and playing flute at the same time, fell dead
upon inc floor. The sclcctmen suspected foul
work. and had his bnly disnterred when it WAS
found an artery had been broken near ti,S ton
OF the head which probably caused his death
.BLowEn CP--A few days since, the powder
mn "i Nm. Syaplcr. near Noristown, Pa, ex-
plodeN with terrific nOise. blowing the build
ins to pieces, and burning and mutilntinr
George liummcl and John Shuttcwerth so ter.
t1lby that they both died There were aSout
4oo pounds ofpowdcr in tho mill at the time.
PoLfsIcAL PiETY-0n Sunday tie gaeSs,r of
the Unitarian Church in Concord, Mass. an
nounccd from the pulpit the nomination of Lin.
coin In tile evening, SubJ,,t, evening. n Blact,
!Lepnblican ratification meeting was held i'm the
reStry of the Church Sanborn, the mnrtyr of
Concord, made speech and suudry othor;
brethren offered prayers and speeches.
a CosTLY PARK --rhe cost of the New York
Central Park thus far has been 81. .90O. 600. The
sum OF S2,5OO,O0O will be expended ON further
Improvements.
WAsHiNGroN, June S-Charlcs G Bovlor
ESQ, has hccn nominated by the President ms
Consul at Cologne Should he bc connrma,i ,,y
tlie Senate the position will enable him to nros.
ccu;c more ciRectuaily his labors in behalf of
direct de between Germany and the cotton
growing States.
/. C0NcoRn, n. H., June G-Tho House organ.
%ed to-day by the election of the Republican
nominees, made in cancus lust night. Resoln.
tons were adopted in tho House authorizing the
appointment OF IL committee to consider what
ieSisIaton IS necessary to prevent the spread of
the cattle disease.
AproINTED-julian A. Mitchell, of Charles.
ton, has been appointed Secretary of Legation
to the Court of st. Petersburg,
New ORLEANS, June lo-The schooner Red
Fox has arrived from Tnmpico, with dates to
the 4th inst Gen. Draga, with 5000 men, cap
tnred iuadalniara which was afterwards re-
taken by Gen. Woll who completely routed the
Liberals Gen. Uragn lost one OF his legs by a
cannon hill Qen IuoI,o,o l,,d ,,,.,,l L.: - =