Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-04-21
: New ORLeASs, April 18.-lVere Cruz
datos.to the 1st. have lJeen received

New ORLeANs, April 13.--Vera Cruz
dates.to the 1st have been received.
Miramon lost 1000 out of 5000 men. He
raised the siege in consequence of want of
provisions and amunitions. The loss III the
city Of Vera Cruz in men aud property, was
triHing.
Miramon had not rcqchcd the city of Mex
leo, when the French Minister, under the in-
structious from his government, WAS co .opero-
ting with the British Minister III bringing
about an arnIistiee. Es& at
There WIS inteuse excitement in the Capital
about the seizure Of Mariu's vessels.
The Brooklyn, with Minister McLanc on
board arrived at Vera Cruz on the 2Sth
Dcgollado had gone to Tampico to enter
upon The campaign.
VALDEZ with $500 men had been dofcdtcd by
Soap tu.an with loss of 1900 men.
1t proposed by house in Barcelona to lay
down a,submarine telegraph between the Is
lands of ST. Thomas and Porto Rico
An AproINTMENr--Wc learn from our
exchanges that Mrs Mary Chcsuut, mother
of our Senator has been appointed Nice-Rc-
gent of the Mount Vernon Association for
this State She is So years, of age, and had
personal acquaintance with Con. Washing
ton. In the spring of 1850 Washington
visited Trenton, and was received with the
most enthusiastic demonstrations by the
people, especially by the ladies. A " trium-
phal arch y was erected on the bridge over
the Assanpick Creek, at the entrance of
which six young girls strcwed flowers before
him and Sang a song Of welcome. One OF
those girls is now Mrs Chesnut And she
who in the dawn OF life sang the song of tri-
umphant welcome to "Iho Hero" now in
its wano joins those. who arc cndcavor-,
ing to pay the noLlest o. tributes to tie hcro's
memory
NEW YorK, April l7-Thc safe of the
Boston last night, near New Haven, and SIG
$50 stolen. The company have to-day paid
every receipt for tho money.
SAP OCCURRENCES learn from a
friend i'll this city, that letter from Able
vile District informs linn that on Saturday
last, whilst Mr.. Caleb Burton, n rcspcct,,blc
farmer in the upper part of that District,
was burning down some trees, one of them
suddenly fell upon him, throwing his body
into a large fire, where il was afterwards
found by two nei%hbors, who were passing
through his field badly burned and hfclcSs.
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RAILROAD ACCIDENr.-CuICAGo April
l2.-Thc express train from St. Louis for
Chicago last night broke through tile trosscl.
work bridge, three miles north OF Springfield,
instantly killing two men, who were riding in
front of the baggtgc-car. The engineer and
fremon were badly hurt. No others were Sc
riously injured.
CONGRESSIONAL lNCIDENT.-During Mr.
Wigfall speech in the Senate, on Wc,lncs.
dry, when the Homestead bill was under dis
cussiom, the following is reported as having
occurrcd
Mr.. Wigthll spoke in opposition to the
bill, stating that it was NOT a Democratic
but part of the Republican plat
form.
Mr.. Pu%h inquired in what part Of the Ne
publican platform he found it,
Mr.. Wigfnll said that it was announced
as such by the embodiment Of that party,
now sitting with Lord Lyons. Mr. Seward
and tie British minister were convc:sing mt
this moment on one of the sofas in the SEN
ate chamber. Lord Lyons looked up, some.
whatsulpriscd at being thus unceromoniously
called by name, and MIR. Wigfll spoke of
the significance of the fact that the British
Minister and the Senator from New York
were thus comforting together; when Lord
Lyons rose abruptly and left the chamber
THE bread of life is love; the salt-of life
is work; the sweetness of life, poetry; the
water OF life, faith
TIE secret Of ones success or failure III
nearly every enterprise is usually contained
in the answer to the question earnest
is he i?
AN indiscrcct person is like an unsoalcd
letter, which every one may read, but which
is seldom worth reading.
lr you don't wish to get angry, never ar
que win niookineaa. Rc;.iaii.h5cT ttI,o aa;imar
the razorthe more you cut yourself
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