Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-12-08

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AN OLD WEDDING RiNG.-0ne of the editors
OF the kingstree SfdF gives an interesting re.
port OF n visit to Columbia. during the State
far, and remarks: In our pcrnmbnlatons
through the Halls, among many other things
we noticed relic of mueh interest 1t was the
Wedding ring of tile mother of John c. Calhoun.
The motto inscribed is "A virtuous wife pre-.
scrveth life"
A LARoE FAMLY-Mrs. Mary IInller died in
/ Wyttc county, Va. last weok She was in her
o4th Sear-had hcen married 81 ycafs-i,n;i
IL children-G2 grand cnldrcn-l24 great
grandchildren, and grcat.grcat grand cil-
dren.
LARGE FIRE IN NEW YoRK-Loss $500. 900.
! "A fire. involving the destruction of property
valued in tho aggregate nt over half million
OF dollars. broke out III Now York soon after
midnight of Saturday. in the large brown stone
warehouse ut the corner of Church. street. occu-
p'ed by II. Stone Il Co., dry good dealers and
importers
UNION SrrEcu-IIon John j. Crttcndcn
made an eloquent speech few days ago. in
kcninckv, against secession, and in favor of
the Union
| WASHINGTON, Nov. 30-The President boncs
mat south Carolina will appreciate the dclicacv
! OF his position, and not force the collection of
the duties by the Federal Governments He
Will maintain the laws, collect MG lercnnes and
project public Government is mcant) property.
Stamped cnvclors may go outside of the mail.
| ToEoNro, c. W., Nov. 30-The decision in
the -extradiion case Of the fugitive slnvo nud
murderer Jones has been stiIl further p,,su,oncd
Tor few days. The court to-day was crowded.
an" mucO interest manifested in the proceed
'ngS. Many rnlnrcd people of both sexes MS.
Scmb!cd in and around the court house. rcndy
to rescue the prisoner in case the court decided
to hand him over to the United States authori-
ties.
AMERICAN MERCHANTS IN ENGLANp-Mcssrs
| Thornton. Wnrd 6 Co, American merchants ut
Manchester, England, from whom II compro
mise ot 10 shillings ON the pound was accepted
IN .,,!h 1851 voluntarily paid the additional five
ShitIingS on the Sd inst and have thus dischar-
Sed the whole ol their obligations in full.
CHARLESTON. Dee. 3-Tho sales Of cotton t,.
dd"y amounted to 600 bales, ~ prices ranging
from I" | cents.
SAD ArrAR-TmE BRIDE or 4 DAy-Wo learn
trom'thc Chicago Jou,Hal that IA ynuns counln
named John hytlc and Mary Jane Spooncr.
were allied in marriage at Darlington Station
ON sunday, the 18Th inst. and proceeded ON
Monday, full of hope and happiness, for their
new h"me IN Minnesota, where the husband
%Mneu owned II valuable property. Arriving at Lin
crosse they stepped on board the Steamboat
bound Tor st. Paul and in prumcnadnr tho
deck the young husband accidentally lost his
footing aud stepped overheard. Ali efforts to
rescue nm were unavniling, aud tho young and
happy bride of few hours before returned 10
her home discons2latc widow
AN ANCIENT TREE BLOWN DuwN-Thc we'll
known "Old Elm" of Somerset, Mass. which
gov near the liver in the centre nf the yillu~c
am" supposed to bc from 400 to 500 years Old,
was blown down Il few nights ago in Il fierce
gale 1t was one hundred feet in height, and
the glrth Of the trunk was &c feet.
SorTn CAnorINA CoNrrRrycr-Thc rcrr,.r
annual session of this body will commcncc in
the city OF Columbia, or Thursday, the 18th of
December. Monday and Tuesday, prccedinr,
Will be devoted to the examination OF the closS
eS; On Wednesday the Missionary meeting will
take pIaco.
MOUNT SETS0S Assoc fsy !frn Pa.
mcla Cunningham, Regent of the Mount cr.
non Association, has removed her residence to
Alexandria, Va, which will be the proper adj
dress for ali communications until further nu-
tce. Our friends of the press iavuring the OBJ
jccts of the Mount Vernon Association, will OH
ligc by extending this notice.
GREAT BATTLElN PERSIA-T The Pcrsians have
recently fought Il great battle with the wild
Turc"mans. who dcprcdntc on their northwcs
tern frontier About the first of October Prince
| Allrzn. with 10000 infantry and 1000 cavalry
/ attacked the Turcomans near Nero, and after
II nine hours fight. completely overwhelmed
them killing some 1000 and taking about the
same number prisoners. They also took great
numbers OF horses, camcls and arms The Per-
sian loss WAS considerable.
SMALL Poy IN CoLUMBIA.-CoIrMDIA Nov. !
The Board of Health report three cases of
Small Pux. The patients have been removed
to prevent the disease from spreading. There
is little or no alarm, OH the subject.
PAINFUL OcCURREH CT Ion EdwardY Y. Hill.
of Gcorgin, was stricken with paralysis while
addressing Il meeting of the people at La Grange
few days ago He survived three days in an
. unconscious state.
RIcnMoND. VA, Nov. 30-Thc money market
was easier today. North Carolina notes arc
taken per cent. discount; South Carolina. 10
! per cent discount; Baltimore, rer cent nre
MUM Philadelphia 4 per cent premium New
York, per cent. premium. Specie to per
cent premium.
! FIRE IN New YoRK-A fire, involving the de-
struction Of property valued in the aggregate
Mt half million Of dollars, broke ont in New
! York, about one o'clock on Sunday morning in
/ thoIarge brown stone warehouse at the corner
| of Church-srect, extending the entire length
Of the block fiom Warren to Murray streets.
Novel THANKSGIVING PRocLAMATIoN- The
/ Mayor of New York has issued n proclamation,
recommending the observance OF the 10Th ms n
! day of thanksgiving and prayer, adding the
I somewhat singular remark that in my iudg-
mcnt, the country either in its political, com.
mercia or financial aspect. presents no fca-
lures for which VIC should be thankful"