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

tnnorc. The majority platform was adopted
and the seeding delegates sustained. Tho
"botcrs" goto Baltimore
Alabama has done the same thing The on
position to the regular democracy is stronger
than in the other States. The opposition has
nominated an electoral ticket, and will go to
Baltimore. YANcEY and his party 50 both to
Richmoud and Baltimore.
The Blue Ridge Road
We desire to direct attention to the worry ef-
iective article of Mr.. rRENuolM in this issue, on
the Blue Ridge road, in reply to Mr. GREGG
1t places the question of completion in it's true
light and we commend Especially to the public
eye.
TORNADO AND Loss OF LlrE--On the 3nth
nlt at halEpast III O'Clock a. M. a terrible
tornado passed within half mile of New
Bethlehem, Clarion County Pa, destroying
everything within its bounds, 1t WAS about
halt mile in width. AS far ns nscertained.
| It crossed the Allegheny River above Gray's
Eddy and took Southeast direction. sweep.
| ing houses, barns, trees fences cattle. Sc
as 1t wcnt-cven uprootiug stumps A cor
respondent of the Pittsburg Digpdtch saws
there are somo persons already dead in tho
nelghborlIood, and many mnro that cannot
recover; wcntto see the family of Chnres
Steward to-day. The wife and mother were
killed. and the children. several in number
all severely wounded, except an infant that
was in cradle and tho cradle was entirely
mashed up and the child not hurt. The house
WAS entirely carried away, and the barn burn
! ed to ashes"
| MURDER IN LEGIsLAruRp.-A terrible
! tragedy was enacted in the California Assem-
iby, few days before its adonrnment. a
member of the House. named John c. Bell,
| was shot and stabbed to death almost in his
seat, by one DIR. Stone. Stone was n lobby
member attempting to procure the passage Of
a bill for division of the county represented
/ by Bell and to which the latter wns opposcd.-
Mr. Bell WAS in the act of consultation with
another member beyond the bar of the AS.
! Scmbly, while it was in session when Stone
! came up and denounced Bell as liar, and
Immediately began shooting and stabbng him
! The unfortunate man carried away, and
d'cd two days after. Stone was released on
| bail. As lie is II rich man, the crime will go
UNPUBLISHED. The Assembly took no notice of
| the murder Bell was from Ohio, and was
unarmcd. Stone is from Kentucky Several
circumstances show the act to have been pre-.
mcdtated.
| IMPORTANT DIScrvEkY IN BinMCAL Lo&E-
| Mr. Mayer (the proprietor of IL fine museum of
antiquities aud works OF art in Liverpool, y has
now III his possession panyrns, which, with
many others. was srow Si>t from yhelses i'm Eyvp.,
by the Rev. Henry Suohart, This rapyrus
having been entrusted to Or. Simonidcs, has
been discovered to contain the 9th chaper of
st. Matthew, written in the Greek uncial char.
acter, anG which will be viewed with great in.
tcrest by bibIiopolists it at rest that long
misunderstood part of the 9th verse, relating
to the passage Of a camel ;hrou gh the eye of n
needle, which arose from the wrong reading of
the Greek text. The manuscript says the Bon.
don Scr, is believed to be older thnn any other
Christian document known to exist.
OEiTUARY-Dr. j. d. O'Bannon, Of Prntts.
! vile, Ala, died on Thursday. May 3lst. near
Robinson Springs, aftera painful and protrac,cd
''nesS. lie was Il gentleman possessing many
noble and amiable traits of character. n we'll
cultivated mind and high scientific attachments
in his profession. He was enc of that gallant
band OF brave and tearleSssprits which com.
! posed the Palmetto regiment of South Caroline
IN the late war with AIcxico whose brilliant ex-
/ pioitS aud chivalfous deeds shed such a world
WIDE rcnown upon the American arms and tic
! American name ON the l0tly contested battle
| fields from Cerro Gordo t, the gates of the city
! OF McNicn. He leaves II diSconSoutc wife and
large circle Of devoted friends to mourn his
loss.
ITEMS FROM RcnMoND.--RIcnMoND VA, June
lQ-Thc majority of the delegates To the Dem.
| ocratic Constitutional Convention arc now here
/ South Carolina. Georgia and Alabama are fully
/ represented Texas, louisiana and other South.
ern States will be partially represented. Vir
''''' ''''" ''''l WV present as Vet. III
Is supposed that delegates from all the seeding
| States will be here tomorrow. Mr. Iancey has
not arrived vet
The Convention meets at noon tomorrow. in
.MrtrUpviitan itai!
The general impression now is, that after a
short session the Convention will adjourn and
await the action OF the Baltimore Convention
There are very icw outsiders here.
a mass meeting was held last night at Metro
poIitan Hall, which was but slimly attended,
Mr.. Scott, of Alabama. made q spccch. in which
he advocated tirmriess upOn the part of those en-
gagged in the Southern movement
Efforts are making to obtain q pedce from
the Virginia delegation that they will withdraw
from the Baltimore Convention in case The
Southern anti Douglas delegations are not re-
ceived. The presumption il that North Carolina.
Tennessee. Kentucky and Maryland would fol.
low the lead of Virginia in this matter.
RAILROAD TAx-Tho Board of Commissioners
| OF the Roads for this District met on Monday
last, and re-considered aud reversed their former
action in relntiun to the Railroad Tax; conse.
qnently there will not be vote taken upon the
assessment in October next, as heretofore Or
dercd. We learn this action of the Board was
brought about by the defeat of the measure in
Spartanburg District Union Press.
| TERRIBLE HAIL SToRM.-A portion of
our country was visited on Monday afternoon
by one of the most destructive hail storms
within our recollection. AS far as we have
heard, it commenced near Watkinsville and
extended to the Apalachee The crops were