Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-04-07
Penningy and Clippings.

Convention. Her citizens, it is stated on good
! authority repuaiate such prices, notwithsinnd-
ing the statements of her press. The greatest
cxnction is $4,000 per day for the hall, $T5 on
ly having been before onarged.
The LUTHERAN BaXSHR-The Newberry
CohSereatist says that project is oil foot tn es,
tnblish at this place paper bearing the above
! name, as an organ for tbes Lutheran Church
South. Success attend the enterprise. -.
a CoxrRMEp BAcrELoR--A fellu@ was nf.
rested in Cincinnati last Sunday, for insulting
ladies' in the steet. lie stated with unbluShing
boldness in the course of his examination. that
he WAS prompted to the deed by the bitter la
tired ho bore for al! wcmankind.
| FA:ntoNs--L,a la Montcz is now lecturins on
fashions. Lola is smart woman and talks
very amusingly.a instructively about fash.
ions, but we are afraid that some of the fash.
ions she sets are not worth following.
"SuxDAYVLornEs" III is stated that thclo-
test i" fashion announced from Europe, is that
of dressing very plainly when going to church.
Some of the ladies of the first circle" D" going
up to worship plain calico. 1t is thus sought
to encourage the attendance of the poor, who
have hitherto withheld their presence for lack
Of " Sunday clothes"
SusrIcIous--Mrs. Brennan. wife of Cant
Brennan, of the army. aud who WAS supposed
10 have been murdered at Staten Island some
| fifteen months ago, was seen recently in Flor
cnce, Italy. and was supposed to have com
paniOn with her
MEXICAN FoRcEn LoANs--A sure evidence Of
the decay cf public spirit in country is when
its government resorts to forced loans. Alctter
from Vera Cruz states that Mirumon. 0n his
way down from the capitol, imposed forced
loan 100000 on the people of Puebl,. and
another Of 900 ON those nf Jalaph. and what
is more, got the money-Sl70OO0 III ALL
CAucmT-Jamcs a. MvCorkle. who embcz.
zlcd &l5, 900 of the funds of the Peoples Bank,
ut Richmond, Indiana. of which he was cashier,
has been tried. convicted. and sentenced to pay
fine of 5000, lie defrnnchiSed lnr five years, and
mcarccrated in the State prison for four years.
After committing the crime McCorkle fled to
Texas, but was followed and captured.
HIS RlcnT Place The editor who attempt
I ed to please everybody, has since been sent to
the Lunatic Asylum!
| New YoRK March 2S-A dwelling was de-
stroycd here by fire this morning, on 42h street.
in which ten persons pcrishcd viz: the vile
and four children of Andrew Wheeler, aud the
wife and four children of Mr.. Barnett.
EXPENSIVE GLoRr--It is stated that tho war
with Morocco has thus far cost Spain twenty
| five millions of dJllars, and fftcen thousand
! lives.
The CARTHAGE FOR THE TIMES-Therc is
carringe.maker in Providence, X. / who gives
| notice that he CAN make u carriage which will
Garry man into Office or anything else, and
| he also repairs carriages in u Constitutional
and union-likc manner"
| LAuRENs-Return day for Laurens, district
footS up 200 cases, all told.
| CoNsnLlNG-L Losing q small fortune in an I'M.
| lucky speculation, and all your friends wonder
dering how you could have been - such a foo, D.
| DEAru OF lToN, FRANCIS MALLoRY-IIon.
| Francis Mallory, formerly member of Congress
| from Norfolk (NAO district, for many wears a
representative in the State Legislature, aud
more recently President of the Norfolk and Pc
tersburg Railroad, died Monday morning.
Tnr End OF HAnrEks FERRY-The last of
| the military force at CharlestOwn Va. the com
pany of Cart.J. W. Rrwan,which has been on
! duty since the l7tIl OF Oct. was dismissed from
service on Friday last. But of the army of sol
death occurred, that Of soldier from AIoxan
| dria.
ADJouRNMENT OF CONGRESS- The general i'm
preston now seems to- be that Congress will re-
| main in session till about the l5t ot July.
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I CHARLEsroN SHirMgNT--The schooner B. b.
! Bean, Capt. Merrill. says lie Charleston C0u-
Pier, cleared by IL. +. Baker & Co. for New. Or
| leans, has SO packages of Dry Goods Hard
ware, Drugs, Hats and Shoes, shipped by dea-
lers here to merchants residing in Ringgold,
La, Dorchcat, Ark, and Carthage, Texas.
The ILLNESS OF MRs IInLT-Despatchcs from
Postmaster General Holt give the most discour-
aging accounts of the prospect of his wifc's re-
cnvcry. To whom he was suddenly summoned
in Florida last week. pc
H.Ha or FarR-.imnng the prisoners captu.
red on board the Mexican steamer Murquese.
were two Spaniards, named Carcano aud Louis
DeliSIe, who were Formerly convicted of murder
IN New Orleans but escaped They have both
been lodged in the parish prison there.
MASSACRE Late advces from Australia bring
| the account of recent Polynesian massacre
! The schooner Pearl. of Anitorum formerly a
well known yacht in Sydney harbor, was cap.
! turod and burnt at the island of Rubiana, one
of the solomon group, and her crew. eight in
number, besides the Captain, were killed and
eaten by tho natives, An attempt was also
made to capture the Clarcucc Packet. A SINH
lar attempt was made upon the cutter Ober0n.
Tw0 of her crew we're murdered while on shore,
and then word sent tn tho Captain as if from
them desiring to see him. The plan, however,
failed.
HYDE PARK. Pa, March ga sad accident
occurred at Chittenden's Shaft, this afternoon
The pump broke while the engine was hosting
the men up. The explosion of the fire damp
followed. Fifteen or twenty men were killed
and many were seriously wounded. The en-
gncs in the boiler house were blown into pieces
MCRpERERs CUNvtcrED-th In Philadelphia, on