Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-12-15

made Yesterday. between the Charleston ond
Sas"nnah Railroad and the Georgia Central
tre'ght can now be brought direct from Macon
10 Ashley River. A load of telegraph poles
was was brought down by this route to-day. from
loi miles above Savannah for the new tele.
graph line on tho Charleston and Savannah
Railroad.
- DULL TINES IN The SHOE BusINEss-The
Newburyport Herald says that some mann fac.
turers are suspcnding payment and more oro
suspending work. leaving the iours' out Of
employment" A large number are out
WORK work IN that quorter-men who have not bce,.
idle before for years.
Arms FOR GEoRcIA-By note received from
Gen' Honzalez, Agent of the Maynard Arms
! company, we learn that resolution. autbori.
zing the purchase Of one thousand MAYNARD
Nihes, Tor the defence of the coast. has pnsscd
both Houses of the Georgia Legislators. and
has received the approval of the Governor
The EFFECT OF LINCoLN's EIEcTtor- ;S nc.
/ timated that the depreciation throuqhout Tho
country in the value of flour, wheat. cotton
WOOL corn, State securities, railroad and bank
stocks, negroes, leai estate and other proporty.
since the election of Lincoln. is not less than
e'oo H""are" m'u'ons of dollars. Will the bank
presidents and their friends who signed tho cnl
Tor the Wall street meeting to urge the election,
take this fact into consideration IN T. IIernI
Ine foluntcerS that Gov. Stewart
OF Missouri, sent to fight Montgomery numbered
toO, and the expedition will cost the State about
$4,000. ''''''0 "oo''
3 OPERATIVES. IW IN MAssAcHusErrs-A despatch
from Washington says, q prominent manufac
turer oi massachusetts,. now in Washington
declares that in thirty days 100 900 operatives
IN his State will be out of work. and that rroot
reaction is going on in the public mind there,
New ORLEANS Dec 3.-Tho majority of
Brcckinridge in Texas over Bell and Douglas is
80, 100. 9'"' !"
ELEcrED-IIon NJ. f. Manlcy has been cleo.
ted Judge of the Supreme Court of Nortb
Carolina. Hon. George Howard has also been
Gtected Superior Court Judge for the second
District; Hon. James w. Osborne, for the sixth
District; and Hon. Mr.. French for the fifth
District "''''
DEAFENING FLooRs--A correspondent from,
bupre, Louisiana, informs the Scientific dmeri-
can that he has found dry saw dust n most CON
venient and excellent material for filing in be-
tween partitions in roms and floors for the pur.
pose OF " deafening sound"
AN EXCLUSIVE TAsrR-The Duchess Of So,,h
erand whose income is said to be two miIlions
Oh aoilars per annum, has the materials of
Wmch her dresses are made expressly woven
Tor her. The remnants arc then DESTROYED, To
prevent Its coming into meaner use. The
Hot WEATHER IN CAUSE.-THE allied troor i
IN China are suffering frySm intensely hot wealth
s'. IN 'ne early pnTkt OF September the ther.
momoter stood at le62 in the shade.
FOR hoLD-Thc Norfolk Time, stotes
that on Thursday afternoon gentleman acci.
dentallY dropped bag overheard containing n
InouSaHo dollars in gold. A negro expert in
and Feceivcd fifty dollars for his service.
TINS copyright of Webster's Dictionary Yields
Sf5JOoO year; and of his " Elementn Smell.
ing Book =" 35.000,000 of copies have been sold
heannual issue now being upwards of 900 900.
TnE national VOLUNTEERS, n Baltimore
I;CifnASse ASse regiment 1900 strong, have rendered
LIZ. 70 Gov. Gist if the Federal c.
i ernment should atteIifPs Iessfcion.
Two young women in humble life committed
suicide for love. in New York, On Thursday, by
swallowing laudanum.
a ROMANTIC. lovedsappointed maiden. not
long ago left Berlin and travelled nll the way to
Lago Nlaggiorc. todrown herself in that bcauti-
ful body Of water.
NO CONCESSIONS OF THAT KIND.-The Albany
E'cntng h"rnai, the leading Republican paper
IN New York. in view of the political troubles
which bave followed Lincoln's election. pro.
p"scd recently that the Republican party ought
to make certain concessions to allay the excite.
ment, among others tho restoration Of the Mis-.
souri, Compromise. The Republican Electors
met at Albany on Tuesday. and it is said, uni
versally condemned the Journal. which pancr
rcceded from its proposition. Mr.. Seward, it is
SAID, also disapprovcs Of the JomWoEs sugges-
tion.
DEATH oE MoREAU', DAuGnrgR-A daughter
OF Gen; Morean. 80 wei! known under Napoleon
l, and baron of the empire died in the hospi.
tai of st. Jean. a few days since, in Brussels,
where she had lived many years in extreme pow
crty.
Frozen TO DEArn-A young Frenchmon.
named Ernest Quarter, who was one of n par
ty of men from Ohio who went into Forest
county. Pa. on q hunting expedition, was fro
zen to death on Saturday night last.
No RgPUDIATIoN-A mercantile firm in New
York has letters from North Carolina, Mssis
sippi and Alabama, all to the same effect, re.
pudiating stay laws, and giving the assurance
that in or out of the Union the parties will
pay their debts.
SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF l8l2-Tho Prcsi
dent of the National Convention of the sol
diers of the War of 1912, has issued q notice
requesting the defenders throughout all the
States of the Union tn celebrate the anniversa
ry of the battle of New Orleans on the eighth
ofJanuary next, and ut the same time to sign ne
tltons and adopt resolutions to be forwarded Ia
Congress, asking pensions for the old soldiers
and the aged and iniirm widows Of such as arc
dead
DEBTS or FBE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN
STATRs-The debts of the free States this side
of the Rocky Mountains, in 1857, amounted tc
about 100000 900 and of the slave States
lcities included. Of which Baltimore and New
L n.f cpnn o tnnN