Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-02-18

81 45 per bushel flour, SO to 81 IA per bbl; salt,
80 cents per SACK bacon 8 to IL cents per b; to.n
SO TO 90 cents per bushel.
REruRHED-IIon G G Memmingcr arrived in
Charleston, on the llth instant, from Richmond
Virginia has not yet officially responded to his
mission.
KnLED-Robcrt Aiken Youngc, formerly of
Columbia, was killed recently by falling from a
trcStlc work on the Northeastern Railroad
His brother was killed II few months since in
attempting to get upon train Of which he was
conductor.
EXTENSIVE SoUTMERN ENTgRrRtsE->rhc t}ris,
tol NetcS states that responsible drovers of Vir-
ginin, Tennessee and Kentucky have set ON foot
project for establishing Mt that plarr an OK,
tcnsive pork packing establishment OH the Joint
STOCK princ'pie' 1t Will require q capital of
100000 to begin with
The CorrsE OF II. WINTER DAyis~rho
House of Delegates of Maryland have adopted
resolutions cOndemning the course of Hon II
Winter Davis, of that State. in voting for Pen.
ninSton ns deserving of ccnsurc, md in oppo-
sition to the sentiments OF the entire State, -
There was only ono dissenting voice.
GEoRctA---By recent census the population
of the State of Georgia is found to be: 'Whitos.
9IG'ldG; Blacks and colored, III ,0S2-total l.,
HARD Ur-A western editor snys:--" Wood,
chips, coke, cOa, corn -eObs, feathers rosin saw
dust, a';a"!ags sp(ipters dry leaves, old rags,
fOnoe.rHils, barn-loors. hnts or anything that
VIII burn or strike fire. taken subscription ut
this Office"
COUNTING Ur-This year Lent will com
menco on the 22nd of February, and Eastcr-day
will fall on Sunday. the 9Th of April-a fort
night earlier than last year. Whit Sunday will
occur on the 9th of May, and Trinity on the
third of June. There will be twenty five Sun.
HMyS alter rrmIn'ty; Advent Sunday will rccur
on the 2nd of December, and Christmas day will
fall on Tuesday, two days later lowing to leap
Year, than last year. that is according to the
solar cycle. when the reckoning is by the DAYS
of the week exclusively.
| Fatal MIsrAxE-Tho Abbcville Banner saws
the friends of [. Griffin will regret to hear of
/ his death. lie leaves n wife and two children,
with large circle of friends and relations to
mourn his loss. His untmely death Is said to
have been caused by unintentionally taking too
much Laudauum.
The PREsIDENcY-Thc Washington cores
pondents of both the New York Times and the
Charleston Courier, state that Mr.. Bates of
! Missouri and MIR. Cameron of PENNSYLVANIA
have been respectively ag ced upon as the Re.
publican candidates for Presidency and Vice
Presidency.
TuE NEW Independent of politics
and of the circumstances attending the election.
| says the Charleston COmicy, there is no obicc-
tion to Mr.. Speaker Pennington except the fact
that he is not at all qualified for the Office to
which availability and "a concatenation of con
tinScnccS has elevated him.
ELEcrED--Gov. S p Chase, of Ohio has been
elected Senator from that State, to succeed
Mr. Pngh, democrat on the 4th of March, 1861.
The Senator elect is black republican of the
| Sherman stripe, and reported in public speocb
as saying that he Z" hated savoholders" we
can assure him that there is no love lost" in
The reciprocal interchange of sentiments
| FEvER-The scarlet fever still continues its
ravaSes IN various sections of the country. In
Pennsylvania it has been particularly fatal
For instance, in one township Of jefferson Cuun-
| ty twenty-five children have died within n ne
riod of two months, and the disease, instead of
nbating. appears to be increasing, whole fami.
lies OF children being prostrated with it, In
the space OF two weeks, out of family of ten
children, seven have died, stricken down by the
red demon of the nursery"
MouRNrUL-The Ncwbcrry Coasc,uatist an
nounces the death of Howard IL Culdwcll, n
young man of promise in the law and letters.
| SAD AFFLcTIoN--Th Rev. DR.. Roberts. Pro-
icssor in Union Academy. Clinton, Tennessee.
mas losC lour cnlluren from consumption, in the
short period oF twenty months--three sons and
daughter. Their ages ranged from l3 to 81
years.
| SUicIDE-Mr. j. Foxworth, of Marion Dis
trlct, South Carolina, committed suicide on Sun
day last Cause assigned by the .Star-proba-
BILE dellrum trcmcns from intoxication.
REcEW!No HIS REwARD--Thc tavorite candi-
date of tho Republicans for the position of Ser
gean.-at-Arms, with somc $1,000 per annum.
Is Mr.. Hoffman, of Maryland and what do You
imagine is his recommendation He was the
only Southern member of Congress who voted
to cxpcl Mr.. Brooks forcaning that wretch Sum.
ncr. lie has since been elected
BANK RoGBERY-The Branch Bank of Ten.
ncsscc. located at Clarksville, was robbed on
Thursday night, of $4,000, mostly in gold coin.
a NEw DME IssUED-A new dime has been
issued from the United States Mint 1t differs
from the old coinage in some respects. The
goddess OF liberty is in sitting position, as on
the old coin but instead of the encircling stars
thcre are the words United States of America. !"
The words One Dime" on the other side of
tho coin. arc in u wreath of cereals instead of
the old fashioned wreath of leaves
New YORK, Feb. THE SLAYER bark Orion,
OF this city, has been seized by tho British, and
delivered over to the American steamer Mystic
The Captain has been imprisoned atSt. Helena.
The bark had upwards of 1000 negroes on board.
AUCUSTA Fch 7-Jnhn w WolLor sLot ToL,