Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-11-10
Pennings and Clippings.

A0"hAnSs anu OlpplDgs
NV LocoMorIvE-rhe Mercury announces
the arrival III Charleston of II new locomotive,
called tho Chntuga. 1t is for the Blue Ridge
Railroad, aud is from tic establishment of r.
Norris & Son, Philadelphia.
ClrIEs-Columhia has population Of $50.
Greenville claims to have between 2900 and
5000 Misunderstanding tho third city in tile
State i'm point of population. YprkSille. Spar
tanburg, Sumter and Edgcfcld are the four
ncxt largest places. we would say. without he.
Ing ut present either able or inclined to make
the " invdious distinction" - =.
y" PREMIuMs--At the late fair of the Abbcville
Agricultural Sncietv. we see that premiums were
were awarded TO Misses Alice Sloan and Ella
l."rton of Pendleton.
SricrpE-J. n. Bowen. editor of the L,dc.
p'ntlem Press, at Lake City, Fla, committed
suicide on Saturday of last week, bv shooting
himself through the head with Il pistol.
ANorurR TEXAS Towx BrRxr-Thc Palcs.
tine Cfexas) .fdrocdte of Octnher 10Th says
that the town OF Troy pine Bluff on the
Trinity river. FrccStnne county, hnS been dc.
stroyci hv fire. There is said r, hc no doubt
but ii was the work of an inccndiary.
NEw YonH BANX STATEMENT The weekly
returns of the New York city banks show an in.
crease Of Sl.4j0 600 in loans. S6S3 600 i'm spc.
Gle. $l,5O0o00 in deposits. and decrease of
Sl39,000 in circulation.
NcNnER AND NALuH-Thc numlWr Of slaves
in Georgia is 40. .033 valued at $372, ,G04, ,Sjj-
90; the average being Sj03 each
SAuu,rm scmool-lt is now anihenticnIIy
stated that the first Sahbnth School in the Uni
ted States was established by some Dutch man.
u!actnrrrS for their employees in Boston. April
%, l10l.
New ORLEANS, Nov. 2-rhe steamer IEll.
running between here and Memphis, exploded
her boiler. Wednesday night. a large number
ot passengers were on board Thirty persons
were Killed, and f1rty To fifty scallcd.
E>TAnLtSuEp--A new post otFco has hccn os-
tablished in Anderson district, named Y.tnccy
are called "sold lies" We have heard of
white black and very mean ones. bnt not he.
fore solid article. They probably look like Il
piece of charcoal.
A PLEDGE OF RecoxcIrIATIoN Mrs. Sicklcs.
wife Of the Hon. Daniel +. Sicklcs, who ha |
been living in strict retirement since the recon,
ciiation between her husband and herself n
few days ago presented Mr.. Sicklcs with n
pledge of that reconciliation.
TO MEET-rhc Grand Lodge of Ancient Free
Masons of South Carplina are to meet mt Green
vilicC H., on Tuesday the Goth November in
stant.
TENNESSEE Corr ~ CRnr-Thc total number
of bales OF cotton raised in Tennessee for tho
year ending August 81, 1860, was lOSG76. val.
ued ut 50 .433.S00. For the wear prcvious il
was only SI,32l, valued at 81 ,2GG, ,O50.
AHEAD OF TiME-Ouc cmrnus result of the
completion of the telegraph lines between ST.
WI hn tt,ht
message sent will arr,c three hours in advance
ni the time it was sent. Tins. n message lonv.
ing St. Louis at noon will reach San Francisco
at9 a. Nj.
The WoMEN There is II woman i'm Pcaclnm.
W.. who has n dress which she has worn A.
years This woman and the one in New York
who paid $4,000 for dress to wear Mt the
lrincc'S ball, represent the two extremes.