Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-03-03

things at the present 1t is sufficient, of itself
to induce Grcenville to fall into the ranks of
the Blue Ridge mcn--it is worse than suicide
for her to favor the French Broad and Spartan
burg road. One OF the twOroads 'oW bc built
to which one shall our taxes be given?
Death of Col. Irby.
Col. JAMES II. lRBY, of Laurcns District died
suddenly of paralysis, on the 9th uit lie was
at the time of his death, the State Senator from
that district, and had occupied other high and re-
sponsiblc positions in the State aud his district
The TEXAS TRiHUNG-We have received the
first number of this journal published at Gill
mcr, Texas by j. IL. TRowrtl, ESD at So a
year. 1t is a neat and interesting paper, and
has our best wishes for its success.
| The ExTIScTIoN OF NEsuvIUs-Somc of the
German Journals announce seriously thata com
pany Of English capitalists have made an appli-
cation to the King of Naples for the extinction
OF Ncsuvius. The principal scat of the fire of
that volcano is situated several thousand feet
| below the level OF the sea. BY cutting a canal
which would carry the water into the crater the
fire would be completely cXtinguishcd, and the
operation, which would only cost 2,00O,000f,
would restore to cultivation land of ten times
that value. But after all, might not the turn
ing OF SO much water into So much fire. produce
Ht cA IIDStOn tHiC would ne likely to settle the
Italian question in double time?
DEAD-Thc Wnnsboro Register says that
Gen. John a. Ajlrtnn, b respected citizen of
taniicd district, died ON tho lith nit.
TmE PnrsIDENcv--rho Inicpeudcut Union
Club, OF New York has published an address
nominating Hon. john Nj. Bots, of Virginia,
for President, and rhos. Corwn, of Ohio, for
Vice President The address is signed by
EX-Gov. Clarke, John SeSsumS, and q. Thomp-
son, n,iCommittec.
STATE CArroLs-The Capitol of the State of
Tennessee, at Nashville. not vet finished, has
cost far $826000. The Capitol of Ohio, at
ColumLns, unfinished is estimated to cost when
Carolina when finished wild cost 50, ,j0O,0 600
GENERAL STRIKE-A general strike of opera
tivcS in several Of the leading shoe munufuctu-
ring towns OF the State of Massachusetts is
also arranged for the 22d inst, unless the boss
manufacturers previously agree to the new
scale of prices.
The Work OF PRoscRiproN-Amongt the ap.
pointncnts connected with the organization of
the House, says the Wilmington Jou,7,oI there
are mono residing South of the Potomac This
isa pretty fair indication of what the State of
affairs would be, if Republican President were
mpOwcr.
ARE YOU SArIsrIED--lIow few are content (!
the poor envy the rich the rich often envy the
poor; the fat people envy the lean; and the
lean the fat. The brunette wishes she was a
blonde; the hlOndo desires the raven trcsses Of
the brunette and SO goes the world.
BRuTALLY MuRDERED-Thc Ocala (Fla) Cam
panion states that DR.. w. j. kit was brutally
murdered near that place recently, by his own
negroes.
MEXIco-Thc population of Mexico is about
seven million, in but one million of which does
white blood predominant.
AID FOR THE porE-Tho English papers state
that the Emperor Of Austria has sent the sum
of 10000 to the Pope. Christiana, ex-Quccn
of Spain, has also opened her pursestrings.~-
The Kingof Bavaria promises to furnish two
thousand well armed volunteers
THE RULING Passion, &c-The New York
correspondent of the Chicugo Press and Tribune,
speaking of the recent death Of Burton, the CO.
median, says that one Of the editors of the New
York Hcruid states that Mr.. Burton revised the
proof Of the obituary of himself, which subsc-
quently appeared in the Hcrad.
PIsToL PRAcTICE-Many members of Con
gross, we understand, are in the habit of carry
ing rcvolvcrs. How much better it would be
if they all followed the recent good example, set
by Mr.. lIaskin, and dropped them
Fatal AcCIDENT--John Baswcl, says the
Spartanburg Ermess, while riding in q buggy
with another person in the neighhorhood OF
Cashville, one night last week, was thown out
by the buggy running over some obstruction in
the way and his neck was broken by tho fall
RAILROADS IN THE SoUTH-Virgnia, up to
the present time has laid l,760 miles of road
Georgia, 1910; Tennessee, l.062; Maryland
S33 South Carolina, 807 North Carolina
| 40; Arkansas, SO, but she has seven hundred
projected Louisiana, between two and three
hundred, and all Of them are paying roads.
A YouTuFUL EsAU--A Boston (Mass) paper
says: A male child was born few weeks ago
in Standisfeld (Mass.l healthy and we'll for
med. with well defined pair of soft silky whis.
kers, stretching from ear to ear. The child il
now five weeks old, bright and lively with q
growing beard Ahard story to believe!
A New IIEADINc-~The Liverpool Mercur1
has placed in its columns, in addition to tho
customary notices of births, marriages and
deaths, a new heading, under which are chroni
cled the divorces that are daily granted by the
co9s!s, ~