Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-06-09

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8DELAwABg--At Wilmington Del, n mass
meeting of Democrats was held on Saturday.
Yhe secession of Bayard and Whitley at Char
| lesion MAS cntorsed, aud they #sse ret:s;:sd
as delegates to the Baltimore Conycnton,
GeNERAI AssEMsLr.-q Old School (Prcs.'
llyterian) General Assembly, ON Friday, nd
optcd the report of ihe Committo on Church
/ Extensions. and tile name of the Committee
was accordingly cbnnged to that of Board
!iof Church Building" Itwas determined BY
II of 234 to 56, ,l,nt it was inexpedient to
mako any organic change in the Board Of
Missions. Philadelphia was fixed on as the
i next place ofmccting,
GREAr L1ss-cW;thin the last lG montls, Is
cotton lalen vessels, valued at -, 200. wcro
destroyed by fro, in the ports of the United
States, II is supposed by the Insurance Conn
panics that large portion of the fires arc in,
tcntonal, and one company. the "Great West
ern," offers n reward of $1,000 for the detec-
tOn and conviction of an incondiary, at sea.
LeuoR L,w-rhc Legislature of Tennessee
ndulcra,ion nf liquors Using poisonous in
grcdcncicS is declared felony.
SrARv,xa-Thc Wcdowcc Nrcuy published
in Rundnlph cnnnty Ala, states it posi-
tive fact. that there arc persons in this coun-
/ ~ actually starving and commends that the
Judge of Probate call the County Commis-
sionTs together, to take measures for their
relief. .
Book or poEMs--Mrs. Laura Gwin, former
( lv MoClannan. lins in press small volume
of poems, soon to bc published.
| NEW MIxrsrsR ArroINrEp-TAc President
has appointed Hon. VIM Churchill, Of Tcn-
nessce, Minister to Guatamala and Honduras.
! HAD ENorGn OF Ir-'rhc Old School Prcshy-
tcriun Assembly voted mt Rochester. on Tuesday.
! that Oh the question of temperance ard slavery
no further action is necessary.
TnrEyA, iN KANSAS. is AVERY TuIRsry TowN
"A lao nnm'er Of the paper publishes tho
/ wonderful Intelligence that the old pioneer
| we'll " in that place has :" gin eout!' and adds
! it the city frthcrs would make II good well.
| where NIL cntild be accommodated, wat would
soon be aS cheap rs whisky and great many
! be induced tn use 1T as II beverages" From
! which we infer that water in Topeka is not re-
lied upon as steady drink"
/ REuARHAuLr AxNwrRsARr--Mr Josial, nnd
! Mrs. Hannah r. FogS celebrated the fttieth
/ anniversary Of their wo,l,lcd lifc. n few DAYS
! since. in Exc,cr. n III. IL is stated in counec-
adult member of the family had died in Fifty
years, and that every one OF the faml ly-chi-
drcn and grand chilrcn--wcro present, gath
cred in from several distant States.
Bosrox May 3l-Tho Crty.sixih anniversary
of the American Tract Society was largely at
tended last evening. at fremont Temple en-
i Gov. Briggs in tho Chair Expenditures Of the
yenr S66.GD0 Receipts SCI 900, The Society
Is free from dcht with cash surplus Of about
$1,000. Governor Briggs was reelected Prcsi-
dent.
IIoCSTaN MovEMENr---In New York on the
3Oth nlt. Gen. lIpuSt"n of Texas. was nominal
teal aS.nn independent candidate for President
of the United States. he accepts the nonina,
ton.
a IorNG .MoruEn-A Mrs, Case d;ci recent
~ mt Wantnmi, Wis, a:,el sixteen wears. six
months anil ten days. She had been mnrr.cl
three years. and left three yonns children to
mourn their loss.
WAsuiNGr,N. May 2o-Tlc widow Of the late
Russian Minister Baron BnlSco, an .tmcrican
lady. was married to-day tn Cant Scott of the
the bride. Lord Lyons and other diSn,arcs
! were present.
MAD DoG-'rhc Charleston Mrcuy says. n
dog suffering from hyIrophohin, ran into the
upper guard hpusc. on The 2Sth ult, and was
dispatched Immediately.
FRhM B,D To Wonse-I'hc voters oC the town
of Nnn Buren. in Ohio, have ccctccl negro
ilnstice "f the peace over u regular Republican
nominee.
END or y PCpLie CAEEER--Scmator Seward
has promised tn deliver an address ut Auburn.
y. u. on the 4th Of July. 1861. when he says
he will closo lis public life, after q service of
E!ty years
MAJOR WV. G.. TnnrN- Major VIM c. Tubin,
formerly of Bnrnwcll District. and recently otn-
spie"us in Texas in tho campaign against Car
tinaS. has been promoted, bv appointment of
Gov Houston. 70 the Office of Brigndicr-G General
of the Texas Militia
yBH JERSEY Clrv MYsTERr-Thc New York
papers are yet discussing tho mystery of the
discovery Of II dead body. recognized by her
husband rs that of Mrs. Richardson and the
subsequent appearance of n woman claimed to
be Mrs. r., instead. hy him ns we'll as others
The suspicion is that tl,l living woman is an
impostor.
a FRARFrL WARNING The Fort Madison
Eiowal IFdin7e1ter says that poor. miserable
wretch, living uenr Pennington, in Van Burcn
county. while horribly blasphelniug God on
Sunday last for withholding rain from his suf:
fcrlng crops. was suddenly struck with palsy
and almost Immediately died.
Tug FLY--Thronghout Kentucky tho com
plaint is almost universal of destruction of the
wheat crop by the fly. Fields that were full Of
promise t. few weeks. since WILL from appear
ances, produce scarcely two bushels to the acre.
New ORLEANS, June 1.-The schooner John
y. Taylor. with Ruatan dates to the Goth ult
arrived here to,day. Tho ratification treaty be.
tween England aud Honduras had been an
nounced. The whole Of the BAY Islands will
l.c transferred to Honduras. The people Of the
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