Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-04-28

los as King.
na MoNEr REoovBRRD--A package containing
Soo.SVO OF the money robbed from the Marine
Bank OF Columbus. Ca was found under a
bridge in that city, on Friday. This leaves only
about $4,000 still missing.
MELANCuoLy-Th London Times gives a
complete list of the passengers and crew of the
| Inflated llnngarinn-205. all told not one of
whom SO tar as is yet escertained, survived
FfRE IN TuE DISMAL SwAMP-The fire in the
/ Dismal Swampis still raging ftirouslv in some
pl"@rs. and tho light and smokc are visible from
Noriolk The flames nearly reached the track
OF the Norfolk and Petersburg Road and at one
| time the cars passed through the dense clouds
OF smoke with difficulty. Great cxcrtions were
| required to prevent one or two dwellings from
being consumed
RoBBERY-The Kingstree Star informs us
that on Sunday night, Mr.. Pc.tigrow. tulmcco
trader was robbed at Graham's Cross Roads of
SiOO, which sum he had in a trunk Two men,
one a North Carolnian and the other Of that
District have been arrested on suspicion.
Mills BURNrD-Wc learn from tho Lancas.
ter Lcdqer that tho steam saw grst ana flour
mills belonging to Mr.. George Sinclair. six miles
east OF Lancaster G. H., werc burned on We'd
ncsday last. The lost il estimated at from i've
to oight thousand dollars. The fro was acci-
dental.
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TuE ConRIE CAsE.-1hc Charleston pa
pers publish the decision of Judge Mncrath
in the case of the United States VS.. w. G.
Corric. The Ncrcuiy refers to the decision
and says:
The Judge refuses to allow the case to be
transferred to the State of Georgia, or that a
'noNc proscqnt should be entered by the District
Attorney in ordor that the accused should be
tried in that State Judge Magath has ably
argued his position, and has presented the
Act of 1920 in new light He denies
that importing Africans into this country,
WHO were not free in Africa, is an offence
against that act, and punishable as piracy
The act cOntcmplatcs the seizure and inn
| portation of persons who arc free. Now, ns
the United States, in prosecution, can never
! prove thlSof any Africans brought from Africa,
the presumption being the contrary, the act is
pretty much n dead letter The Judges de-
cisIon certainly does great credit to the Bench,
whose independence he vindcatcs, and to
himself for the ability he displays
| ST. Louis, April 20.-A tornado passed
over Carenville, Illinois, on Monday evening
unroofing and blowing down houses, barns
trees and fences. The roof of the Lutheran
Church was blown some distance, and the
walls were much injured. The roof of
dwelling was carried nearly mile and
half through the air. Children were picked
up by the wind and carried considerable
distance: stock was killed in every direction.
a man named Lowe was killed by lightning
many persons were wounded, and the dcs-
truction of property is very great. A similar
storm visited louisiana Missouri, 4 the
same evening. doing much damage to Prop
crty and injuring several people.
TERRIBLE IIURRIcANE.--.A gentleman
connected with the Office of the Mobile Ikr
cuW give particulars of most terrific hur
ricane which passed through Laudcrlale
county, (Mss.) near Marion Station, ON Sun
day night the Sth inst. The blow was very
hard at Marion Station, but blew down no
houses. But the hurricane made itself
terrible path through pnrt of the country
near by. At Judge Chapman's place it
prostratcd every house but his dwelling. and
that was much danmgcd-no person serious.
ly hurt 1t took II. +. G. lIarper's place
i'll its route, and tore it all to pieces Fur
ther on it struck the plantation of j. B. Me
Donald, where it killed one negro and woun.
dcd four others and badly hurt himself and
wife. His dwelling house and every other
house on his place were blown down, and
not single panel of fence left standing
Old Mrs. Cranes house was blown down,
and herself so seriously injured that it is
doubtful if she RECEIVERS. Her leg was bro
ken i'll two places. Mrs Judge Daniels
new house was badly damaged by having
large tree blown down upon it, Mrs Dan
lels, with her family, had gone to Marion,
and stayed over night, which was a lucky cir
cumStancc, and saved them from probable
injury.
TIE FREsuETs AND WESTERN TRAvEI.-
CINCINNATI, April Columbus papers
state that the injuries sustained ~ s!;o rail
roads and canals in the central portion of the
State are much greater than was anticipated.
The damage to the public works is immense.
probably not less than $4,000. llast of
Newark, the Central Ohio Road is covered
with water for miles At Marietta, yester-
day, the water was six feet deep on IIarmar
street, and was raising at the rate of three
inches per hour At GAINESVILLE, the Muskin-
gum River is higher than ever before known.
West GAINESVILLE is entirely under water, and
the lower end of GAINESVILLE is in the same con-
dition.
I The Central Ohio Railroad is very much
damaged, and several warehouses upon it are
washed away.
The damage to the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad is not of a serious character, all is in
good order between Newark and Baltimore.
The portion that was obstructed by the food
is between Columbus and Newark. A LARGE
force is at work there, and all will be reserved
so that trains can pass over the entire line to-