Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-11-24
pennings and Clippings.

FIRE--A destructive fire occurred in Charles
ton on the 18th instant, destroying the West
! Ioint Rico Mills. Loss, 5000. The friction
of the poljsher caused the fire.
To RETURN-The Cadets at West Point, New
York, have resolved to return homo and share
the dangers and honors of the present contest.
f! TuE New REpuBLIc-There is a difference of
! opinion already as to what shall be the name of
! the new Republic. The Republic of Coln,n,
bia is suggested, and Atlanta Ga, as the CAP
ital city.
THE UNDERGRouND RAILROAD The value
OF slaves who have escaped from Bourbon and
tayette counties in Kentucky, within the last
month, is estimated at SIS 900
LOUISVILLE, Nov 1.-THE bankers Of tI,is
city today raised the rates of Georgia and
south Carolina money to ten per cent.
MuRDER-Thc Railway n J) RcpuJlicam
says that at the dcAwakc demonstration
III Perth Amboy last week. n voun,r man wi .
was paradng in froat of their line in tho uni
form of a Union Minute Man was set upon by
one OF the Wide -Awakcs with an axe and SO
severely injured that he died the next NOR.
ming"
FIRST HoNoR-Thc first honor of the South
Carolina College has been awurde 10 II NJ
Logan, Of Charleston.
York. was destroyed by fire Saturday last
Loss Sl2O,OO0. a number of the innntcs, un
able to escape, persisted in the flames.
STARvED--A woman and her ifvc children
were found at Topeka, X L, on the l4th ult,
dead from starvation.
BALTIMoRE-'rhe notes Of South Calnlnn
Banks arc refused here in payment of railroad
fare on roads divcrging from the city.
NASHVILLE TrNN., November l3-Thc banks
here refuse to take South Carolina and Georgia
money, unless at five per cent discount.
ELECTION OF SrnAKrR-A special despatch to
the Savannah RepuJiicum states. that Major
/ Charles j. Williams of Muscogco County, was
elected Speaker of tho Georgia House vi Rep.
rcscntativcS, on the fouth ballot, by a majority
oil seven votes.
HEAVY ORDtNANcE-A riHed cannon. said to
be the largest in the world was recently tried
at Shochnryncss. England, 1t weighs six tons
and carries Ia lb shot. 1t is made of puddlcd
steel, and contains the greatest mass of this ma.
teral ever put together With charge of 2S
lbs powder ii is stated, II shot was thrJwn 81
miles.
NoTE or New YORK CIrY-rhc aggregate
vote III New York city at the Presidential elcc,
ton vas %, ,I26, of which 62,6j7 were cast for
the Fusion and 33 OG9 for the Republican tick.
ct; majority for the Fusion ticket 20,5S8.
GorNc To SAvANNAu-We have reliable in,
formation that some conservative business men
ot New York are renting houses in Savannah.
Ga. This is probably in view oi the almost ccr
tuintv that tho S,uth will hereafter import goods
direct from Europe, instead Of through North
crn ports.
Blown Up-At Newburvport, Mass. while
Jacob Morrill,, John r.. Kimball and Wm p.
Bartlett were firing cannon in honor of Old
Abc'S" election, on Wednesday, the run blew
up and injured them all more or loss They
were all tcrrymon, and Morrill, was over fifty
years of age.
WILL NOT IIpLD OrrrcG UNDER LrNcoLx.-
Henry Allan and j. w Dodd, of Georgia.
clerks of the General Land OGire in Washing
ton, have resigned. to take effect at the close e
the present administration.
PERrUMED TvK-One of the latest n ,vcties of
the day is perIumci ink 1t is called Law.
r"ncc'S Mauvc Ink and in addition to its beau
tiCul color. it has delightful fragrance or
course it is just the thing for the ladies'.
Wou>Dhp-Tn Dahloncga. Ga, on the 4,h
inst, Gen Riley, member ol the Georgia Senate,
from I,umpkin county, was fired upon by a man
named Davis. while sitting ut his own fresiIc
and MORALLY wounded
GaEEv corn, bcuns radishes. and tic general
run OF carly vegetables are in the market again
from the second crop mt Brownsville, Texas.
MissIssIPr-The Mssissjppian the we'll
known and able organ of the State RigIrs par
ty of Mississippi, has declared fr ,sion and
Southern Confederation, ON account Of the cleo
ton Of Lincoln
lluzzA FOR TuE LADIEs.-The Columbus (Gn
I'mrS says some Of the most beautiful and. loyc
~ daughters Of the South are with rs in resist
ing the rule Of old Abe Lincoln III our city
) says the 1ImcS the /" blue cncknde " can bt
seen on their pretty bonncts, tho yellow bntror
glItcrins among the flowers and feathers =
This is enough for the young men. whose
gaIIantry is equal to any test and who will on
l'St for the war, that the fathers may remain
nome and protect the fair ores They only asl
in return the bright smiles of their sweetheart.
to cheer, and the boon of thoir love to hnppify
soldiers life
MARrLAND-Thc official returns from Culver
C2nniy show majority of but twelve for Bell
Which VIII increase the Brcckinridee mniorit,
IN the State to abou; 500
The VERY L,sT--Thc United Prcsbyteriar
IreSbytcry. of Michigan, has resolved that n,
it is one of the things which can be done o.,
another day. it is wrong to solemnizo marriage,
on the Sabbath
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