Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-06-02

who is the Same platform uf politics
with him Mai. I,yles is useful and patriotic -
We commend his course to ultra men of all
parties.
\ GRsAr INCREASE or EMiGRArIoN--The arr-
vals at New York during tue week ending
the 10th inst. number 1892 making t,r
tai of - ,6I7 since the commencement of the
year. against 81 ,3II for a corresponding perivd'
| in 1859.
/ ouAroR-Saml. w. Melton, Esq. is Crater
elect, to celebrate the nineteenth Anniversary
ct the Phil"mathNNn LitcraryssSocetyo of Er>kinc
College. The Grafton will he delivered on
Commencement day tho S,h August.
SAvANNAu, May pa duel took place,
this morning. at Scrcvcn's Ferry. between e.
n. l.. Lamar ana Commo s,,re Moore. late Of
the Tcvos navy. The difficulty grew out of
the evidence of the latter in the Furnham case.
Shots were exchanged, but the difficulty was
amicably settled. w
ENnon:EPY,-A 'heeting of the principal ci,i-
zcns Of Gu"cS,Un, Texas, was held on the =
ttnstn irrespective Of party Tie action of the
Snu'-ern delegates, in withdrawing from the
National Democratic Convention, as we'll as
the Southern platform, were bourtily endorsed.
ST. Louis, May 2l--A special despatch to
the Rcpwbiicaa from Fayetteville, Arkansas,
says that tho Democratic Convention of the
! First Congressional District of that State hns
nominated Hon. Il. g. llindmnn for re election
I" Congress The Convention then en,l;.rsed the
I action Of the Southern States mt the Charles
ton Convention and appointed n. b. B. Bur
rows and s. ID. Carroll aS delegates and Hon
L. c. lIin,lman and ~ Bart Pearce as alter
mates to the Baltimore Convention.
! DIR. nr Ir--Frcdcrick Stalcy loved a lady in
Rochester, who wouldn't love him. Last Fri
day lie put the muzzlc of a pistol to the roof of
: his mouth and blew his brains out llc was a
/ widOwer
ADJ1uRNMENr OF CONGRESS- The House
/ decided, by large vote, to adjourn sire die
on the 18th of juno. This will make the next
mouth II very active one, but it will aseurcdly
/ push over to the next session the Pacific Rail
( road, the Pacific Telegraph, the Homestead,
probably, and the Overland Mail Route Bill
4 The tariff has good ch,incc in the Senate
which chamber will probably continue in ses-
sion beyond that date
!. CATTLE DISEASE IN CoNNEcTICUr-Thc PreS.
| dent of the Connections State Agricultural
I Snciety announces that tue cattle tlistcm,,cr.
which is 50 fatal in Massachusetts,, has made
its way into Connecticut. Cattle have died of
y MELANCHOLY REcoRD-rho Camden .Iouy.
nal Of last week contain obituary tributes tn
eight of the victims of the Boy ykin's Mill cntus.
trOphe.
TERRIBLE ACciDENr AT CLARKsvILLE, Tenn.
-Recently the temporary suspension portion
Of the railroad bridge at Clarksvillc Tenn,
ieti with "a tremendous crush, managing the
bodies of several Irish workmcn, engaged at
work on the bridSe-and drowned three 9TH
ers. One poor fellow had both his legs bro.
ken short oft to the knees. Afterwards anoth-
cr portion of the bridge fell, killing six Irish
! workmen.
NORTH CAROLINA AND DoUGLAs--North Car.
olua appears, to be moving for a repudiation
of the action of their own delegates in appro-
wing the uajority platform in the Charleston
Convention, At meeting held in Raleigh
on the list, resolutions were passed suStan-
| ing Douglas views. Several prominent mem
bers of the Democratic party defended Douglas
| views
| The DEMOCRATIC CoNvnNTIoN- all the
information that can be gathered, the ADJOURN
! ed Democratic Convention to Baltimore will
bc more largely attended than even the Con-
| yontonS of Charleston and Chicago dele
CATION from Cincinnati, which it is expected
! will number five or six hundred persons, will
hc accompanied by Mentors celebrated band.
The delegation lr1m New York CITY will mum.
I Der t-east 1000 wlnle Illinois, Indianna, and
other Western States will send large dclega-
tions. In view of the great rush. tho Balt-
more and Ohio Railroad Company should tie
/ accommodations fail here. have made arrange.
mcnts for running special trains to Washin ston,
! ID. c.,
! SENTENCE or 4 BoY-Samue Hyde, only l2
years OF age, charged with recently placing OBJ
structions on the track of tho New York md New
Haven Railroad Company, has pleaded guilty,
| anu been sentenced to ten years in ihe reform
school or an alternative of four years in the
State prison.
I TIE EXCHANGE OF RArIrIcArioNs-Sh Shortly
aftcr IL NJ ON Tuesday, the Japanese Com
misSioners, attended by two or three members
of their suite, and their u. S. Naval Commits.
sion, all in carriages, and preceded by their
/ treaty7box, borne on the shoulders Of two of
their servants. proceeded to the State Depart-
ment, where their treaty with this Government
was duly ratified. in the Office of the Secretary
On their arrival there in their presence and
| that OF tue Secretary Cass. Assistant Secretary
| Appleton, and two or three others Of the De.
! parunent tho copies of the document were
| carefully compared, and certificates of tile
! correctness of each were duly signed and ex-
changcd-which comprises all the ceremonies
comprising the ratification of treaty.
BAD--There are symptoms Of n whiskey in
surrcetion in Minnesota. The liquor dealers
burned down o church in St. Anthonv, and
the members thereof warned them to leave the
I town. This they decided not tn do and
both sides were heavily armius at the last &C.
counts -
Gov. STEWART, of Missouri. has been hung
and burned in efigy in Independence Missouri
for votoing the bill to enslaye the free negroes
Of that State.