Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-01-28
Pennings and Clippings.

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WALuALLA--On the 10th instant. Mr. j w L
Thompson was elected Intendant and Messrs
III 0lssel, Nj Bulwiuklc. h Brassen, II Ii Lowry,
wardens of the town of Walhalla There are
two additional wardens to be elected
SoUTm CARoLHA CoLLEog---The number of
students in the South Carolina College, at this
time, is about one hundred and seventy.
DLMoNDs-Scvcral very valuable diamonds
have been lately brought from Bombay and of.
tered for sale in Paris There is one. as yet un-
cut which the owner values ut G320, 900 Isl GOO
/ OO0) He has been offered seven millions of
francs for it in Paris
f! CuARrTY-1he late John w Uoughton. of
Augusta. Ga bcqucathcd $50. 100 to be held in
perpetuity by the Council of that CITY to be
applied to the support of school for The poor
DIFrIcuLT TAsK-Among the announce
ments of new English books to be published we
observe, g The Great Pyramid Why was it
bythe same gentleman who wrote Junius Iden-
thcd," and WHO struck w Patterson?"
DEAru OF AN EDlToR-The Augusta CAyoni-
cue and Sc'ainei comes to us in the holimeuts
OF mourning for the death of tsGditor and nub-
Usher, MIR Jamcs w Jones He died on Fri
day, after six days illness from pneumonia
He was n native of Georgia lie has been i'm
the editorial harness since 1912 He has been
married about six weeks, leaving young and
interesting wife
GoNE SoUTU-Thc Hartford Times saws: a
gentleman called at 0nr Office on Monday who
is about to start for the State of Alabama. to
start hattors shop and factory there The
trade from his quarter having been much iniur-
ed he removes from Connecticut and takes
away the business and the hands employed here
In tins way Connecticut is made to suffer
Tue EMPREss AND THE POrE-It is said that
tue Empress Engine. acting under the inspira-
tlonS OF her Spanish concSsor has been of late
teaching her imperial spouse to adopt the cause
OF the Pope more thoroughly and that several
violent scenes have been the result
TIE INDrAN-Thc number of Indians within
the limits Of the United States and Territories,
is set down by the Secretary of the Interior at
350,000
| EDGErIELD.--Ifon. Tilmon Watson has been
elected Senator from Eigcield district TO fiji
| the vacancy occnsiOned by the election of Col
Carroll to the Chancery bench. lie is for the
Blue Ridge" being gain of one.
HARD on BAcuELoRs,-AT an Old bachelor
has been no doubt startled from his rcyorics.
by the announcement through the pa pers to the
| world that proposition was on foot in the Leg
! lslature OF Nirguia to tax him $40 "fur the
education Of poor children"
| UNGrDIT PEoPLE.-Thcrc arc 1900 families in
! Worcester, Mass. who don't attend church at
all. good field Tor the missionary
! UNpLEAsANT.-A fellow who was pitched in
to gutter where garhageis thrown, describes
/ himself as being in an onal " condition.
! WHAT A BROTHER "A man worth fifty thou
sand dollars, lately rendered his account as ud
miniStrator of his deceased brother, who left
small property, charging therein two dollars
| Tor time lost and two dollars for expenses, in at
tending his brothers funeral
! SEEING TUE ELEpnANT.-Dr. Livin gstonc, the
| African explorer, writes to the Now York Geo
! graphical Society that his party. in ascending
! branch Of the Shire river came unun herds of
! elephants, which appeared as far as the eve
Z could reach. 1t WAS estimated that 800 of these
noble animals were in one valley.
CoNuNp-RuM.-Why are reports of any occur
renee rtoNicoting2 Because "rum" compo.
| scs two-iiths of II rumor The author of the
above who desires its insertion, has heen a,-
tackled with rheumatism Of the brain
Memo SrEALERs ARREsTED-W William Jour
don was arrested ut Augusta, Ga. last Friday,
for stealing two likely negro men belonging to
Mr.. Solomon Newson. A fellow named Craw-
/ ford has been arrested ut Campbeton, Ga. for
attempting to steal a slave belonging to Mr.. w.
| G. Smith.
TIE Lawrence CALANrrY-Thc Jury of in
| quest charged with the Investigation of the
cause of the fall of the Pcmberton MILLS. are
patiently prosecuting their labors. The evil
dence 50 far as ELECTED shows the most cuipable
neglect or ignorance of the first PRINCIPLES of
mechanics on the part of the builders
EFFECTS OF SNAKE BITE-A young lady
in Texas was bitten by snake several weeks
ago. Since then she has very curious fits, and
while i'll this condition she tries in various wavs
10 initiate the motion ard action of slakc-
At one time she went twcnty-eight days with
'"t tasting food. She is also partly paralyzcd.
! CIRCULATING IIELPERS B0oK-Jcssc Wheel.
or, formerly surveyor of Gulforl County. North
| Carolina, has been arrested. charged with circu.
ntng sixty copies Of Helpers Impending Cri.
/ SIS Several persons have been arrested in
Randolph County, North Carolina, on similar
charge.
/ PERsoNAL--'fhc Baltimore Patriot says that
Hon. john A Tnglis of Chcraw, recently er, t.
eli to the Chancery Bench of this State is a n,-
tive of that city. being the son Of the late DR..
'n2lIs' formerly pastor Of the First Prcsbyteri-
an Church
| FhANHroRT, KY, january ll-=Cnssius M
Clay addressed vast multitude, Yesterday,
from the portcO of the State House, tho doors
| ot which were closed against him. lie avowed
himself an emanci pationist, and vndicatcd Mr.
Seward. No disturbance cnsued
EXODUS OF PUpIbs-Thc Allentown (Pa) M
! pers state that within week the greater nor.
ton of the Southern pupils of the Bethlehem