Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-05-26

i ltnrty-tiSe leading. and prominent ,gentlcnien
in Mobile, Ala. have signed call for State
i Convention, to meot at Selma tho 4th of
I juno. to send Delegates to the Baltimore Dom
4 ocfotc Convention. The call is sigpcd by Gov,
Winston. Mr.. Forsyth, DIR. Mott Mr.. lie Baron,
Judge Meknstry, and others
SclRctry or GaMx-rhc Abbevillc Pres$says
the demnnd for provisions during the present
year. that District, has been quitcuncxampled,
and is still unabated. 1T is estimated that tho
number of bushels of corn imported viii amount
to 100000 or l00000, and-this at prices ranging
ffon, Sl20 to Sl.30 per busbel, will form no
) small outlay Ofthe cotton money. K
CaN you rtkAsr AGr. ?--Itis in saiu to hopc
to please all alike. Let man stand with iIis
fnce in whnt direction lie viii, ho must nccoss,.-
risy turn his buck k-upon half the world.
, CnANciNG--T london Times, in lea,lor.
says thnt if the oXodus frpm lrclund continues
She will ;sron become English and the United
States Irish. and that the Now World is the
I true homo Vf the Celtic race. '--'-
/ 0urBRE.,& ArrEarrrD--.k dccp laid plot to
l effect general Jail delivery of tho Ohio pcni-
ttcntiary. Mt Cnuubus, was discovered lately,
inst IN time to bc frustrated There are onc
thousand men confined in the prison and their
organization was very nearly complcied.
THE CATrLE DisSisE IN MAssAcHuSgTTs--
The farmers of Massachusetts appear to lac still
losing large number Of their cattle, through
I the operation of the commissioners appointed to
condemn and kill all cattle afflicted with the
i Picuro pneumonia. Over $40 cattle have beon
already Killed by the commissioners, and about
| -uo cattle now stand condemned by them, and
are tO be killed..
New YnRx, May 4-Macdonald. the muir
dcrer of Virginia Stewart, attempted to commit
suicide, but is still living although his case is
! hopeless. lie is now dead.
I WEATHER ASD CHorS--rhc Columbus (GaO
SIM says. "" We hear general complaint of
/ the Giiurc uf the wheat crop in tho adjoining
counties to this city--lInrris. Talbot, aluScU-
! gee, Chnttahooencc and Marion counties. In
/ many Instances the attempt to save the small
! remnant of crop will not be made harris
and Talbot have heretofore produced large guam
titles"
FArM--Thc Dayton (0.) JourpdIlea that
an entire, fnmil mily--father. mother and seven
chihlren-in fnrtnght died Of small pox ;gtbo
mother nurscI husband and children and died
! last
FIREMAN's TUURNANENT-Th fircn,a,r'S tour
nnmcnt IN Columbia, on the 18th instant, was
II splendid affair. The fire departments Of
that city. Augusta and Charleston are repre-
scntcd. The - ,Clinch" muchime of Augusta,
threw water 20l feet y inches
FpRgIcv PASroRrs-lIon Lewis CasS, in
reply to Il question addressed t, the Depart
mcnt of State, says: AS II passport is sub
stnntially certificate Of citizenship it cam,
be issued to any person born abroad who has
not been fully naturaliznl according to tic
laws of the United States"
| MIRAMoN's DEcREE-Tlrc decree Of Miramon
! has been practically carried out as far as pussi.
! be- in regard to expollng all the Americans
One man was obliged to swear that hc wns Il
! FGcnchman. that he might escape with his life
! Traders who have been in the habit of ..ninr to
Mexico to buy horses are afraid to cross the Rio
Grandc.
The PASSAGE OF THE TARIrF-0ne hundred
| guns were hrcd ut Scranton, Pa, Saturday after
noon upOn the receipt of the news of the pns-
sage of the tariff bill in the House. a meeting
is called and preparations are being made for Il
| grand demonstration.
a BAD TAKE INA negro lecturer created
an excitement IN bridgeport, Conn, lately, by
| passing himself off for II Spaniarh and giving
n lecture on the annexation Of Cnba During
the lecture some one boldly told linn that he
was only Boston barber; and II pull mt his
| wig revealed the black wool underneath, amidst
! the strongly displayed Indignation of the au-
| dience.
| FIRE--A fire at lianbnl Nh. on FRIDAY
morning consumed two entire blocks Of build.
/ inSs ON Markct-street. Loss $50 600 4 innb
ccnsucd, which resulted in the firing of all the
houses of i'll fame.
Is TIME OF PEAce-Col s. A. Tnrdee. Of
i, Florida. is forming cavalry corps of one hun
dred men, whose services he 1esigns tendcrin,,
to tire first Southern State that shall sccedc from
the Union, provided Florida should not join in
the movement.
v=zaa 4 Ss.-4..y-
MEMPHIS, May 1l.-l'hc steamer r. r.:
Lass Capt Philips, with one hundred and
fifty passengers, from New Orleans to Cincin-
natl, sn"ggcd and sunk fifty miles below this
place ostnisht. The boat and cargo arc
total loss
Mrs. james T. Lindsay, of New Orleans
Mrs. Nate Whiten and son, of Lafayette,
Ind; Mrs III. c. Neal and daughter, of Par
kersburg, Va. Mrs. VIM. Harris, do. John
Paukey, H.; klingman, of Iowa; Mm Will
son, of Cincinnati; Chas Allondalc, of Syra-
cusc, Ohio; Francis and VIM, Everett, of
Louisiana; Il fireman, porter, and three
servants, arc known to be lost The officers
and the rest of the cabin passengers were
saved.
CnAnLEsroN, April 2S-Thc first thing
that strikes the strangers attention ON his
arrival at Charleston, by the train on the
South Carolina Railroad is the miserable
affair under which the cars halt termed
depot. In this car shed We were 'ecabin'd
crb'd, confined" for about one hour and a
half after arriving, every entrance to the
| house being barred to prevent the ip0rces of