Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-05-05

STEALING NEGROEs-James w. Griffin and
Edmund EhmnndS0n have been arrested in
Charleston, and arc now held for examination
on some charges concerning negro stealing.
Try lr-lIonesty is the best policy.
Three CHILDREN pRowNrn!-W learn from
the Washington independent that negro wo-
man belonging to Mr.. James NJ. Lnnklnrd, of
PenGcld, threw ler three children in his well
ON Tuesday night Of last week, killing them in
st0ntly.
LUMBER Mill BuRNT--Thc steamer Carolina,
from Fernandna. Fla, brings information that
Burns Lumber Mill, at St. Marys, (Gco.,) was
entirely destroyed by fire on Sunday last 1t
was insured in the Southern Mutual Insurance
Company for SICOO which is not sufficient to
cover the loss.
TnE FRESHET AT Enthusiastically Parkcrs.
burg (Va) NeIcS estimates the damage at that
point by thefatc rise in the. river, at from $685.
600 to 100000, The water rose ilty,eight feet
six inches above low wnter-mark The water
was higher by about eight inches than it WAS
during the great frcshets Of 1852; Rxtcon inch
cs above that of 1917, and three feet six inches
below the renowned rise of 1882.
LUMBER Mill DEsrRoYuD-Thc steamer Car
olina, from Feinandina, brings information that
Burns' Lumber Mill, at s. Marys Ga. Twas en-
tireIy destroyed by fire on Sunday last. 1t was
pany for $1,000, which is not sufficient to cover
the loss.
New ORLEANS, April GA fire in the Third
District has consumed two squares and about
fifty buildings dwellings. The loss is
100000.
GEORGIA A-Thc Atlanta (Ga. locomotive. SAYS:
We are crcdibly informed that the black oxyd
Of Manganese, has been discovered in great
quantities near CartcrSvilc, in this State and
that European company are nuw engaged in
shipping it to Europe 1t is used in making
Chlorine.
TmE CENsus--Crculars Of instruction have
been issued tn the MurshGls for the takin. of
the eighth census. They are full and explicit,
and are accompanied by specimen schedules Tor
the making up the returns with umtnrmity-
The matter and form do not differ materially
from those used in tie seventh census Tie
superintendent expects complete returns prcv-
Gus to October
STEAMBOAT DIsAS1ER-Thc steamboat Dcfen
der struck snng ON the Mississippi, below
Memphis, last week, and was, sunk, At the
time of The accident a deck passenger. standing
near the bow, WAS literally impalcd by tie snag
and almost instantly killed. Two other deck
passengers leupcd overheard i'll the confusion
| and were lost
INSANITY REsrLTING FROM VASITY-The La
| (lnul JOUlUut says inc 'OncrlH Ot that
county recently took young fellow to the luna
| tic lum from that place who is remarkably
handsome, and whose insanity is believed To
have been produced 10y morbid development
Of his sclfcUnccit.
! SIN YEARS CRUISE OF NEEDLE-Six years
ago lady residing ut North Sandwich, n ii -,
swallowed a needle, accidentally, and was much
scared at first, but finding no Inconvenience
from it she ceased to think of it, A few days
SINCE she felt n pricking sensation in her foot,
and sJon after tho needle was extracted from
the outer side Of the foot, near the little toe
! joint. She has suffered no Inconvenience since
| MARINE DIsAsTER--Tbc schooner a. l.. Pack
er, of Now Haven. Hemingway, from Port
Even for Providence, with % cargo of lS5 tons
| of coal foundercd on Tuesday night last during
u heavy northery blow and high cross sea- OF
Timble Island, between Newark and Black
Rock, and all hands five in nun'bcr) perishcd
| LEHvENwoRTn. X. r.. April Give learn
from Topeka that Deputy United States Marsha
/ Arms wRs shot dead, by prominent citizen o
that place. named Richie, whom Arms wa.
cndeavoring to arrest on an old charge of rob
! bing the post Office.
ANOTHER CoArT-M. Rome a Dutch astron
orner, announces that the famous comet o
Charles 5.h, which was seen in 1858, will n Np
pear i'll August next.
REPUBIICS%s AT THE SOUTu-A Republican
Club has been organized in Jackson county, Ky
At d meeting held il * 90, KY, on the 20tl
ult., three delegates and rs many alternate
were appointed to represent that State at thu
Chicago Convention.
MEMrnIs, April 2G-Thc cotton and othe
crops are seriously injured by tie late frostS.
PmLApgLrmIA, April pa despatch from
Great Bend III this State. says snew has beer
falling since o'clock this morning. uH
SHALL Pox-Tho Huntington (Tonn. Fat,ie
of the 10th. states that there have been abou
one hunlred cases of small pdx in TINT country
mostly among hands nt work on the railroad
of which only about seven have proved fatal.
A complete canvass Of Cincinnati has latel
been made, with view to obtain informatio
in reference to its manufacturing interest.
, appears there are engaged as operatives in mar
ufacturing and mechanical pursuits, %. .l6
men; l,i22 girls, aud 949 boys The value G
the aggregate annnal production is $50, 500, An
JArANGsE PIcTUREs--~A letter from San Frar
/ cisco says that the officers Of the Powhatan hay
but one fanlt to fud with the Japanese, and thC
is that their books and little toilet articles ar
covered with pictures which Christian woul
bc N2sGq,o3 &C. hatH about h!ct