Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-02-04

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! FRozEN-We learn tron the Houston (Tcx-
| as) 1cteyIapb, that from iif,,- 70 sixty people
| were frozen to death within the State of Texas
during the late cold weather. There were also
many thousandhogs, cattle, and sheep frozen
| A Row-The Wire Grass (Ga) Reporter learns
that there was mn encounter between some of
+, the citizens of Brooks County and portion of
Robinson Lakes Circus Company at Qaitmap,
in which several persons were shot aud ono of
the latter is expected to die.
TnE EXPREsIDEHrs-Thor are but four ex
pTcs;deuts lying-Martin Van Buren,. John
Iyler, Millard Fillmore, aud Franklin Pierce.
Will be UuNG--Stephens the New York
wife poisoner, will certainly be hung on the 3l
of February, the last writ of error procured by
his counsel, having been squashed.
REslcNED-Thc Southern Baptist saws: The
Rev. III A Duncan has resigned the Presidency
OF the Baptist Female College at Grccnvillc. in
consequence of his feeble health We greatly
desire to see him soon restored. and his place
iilied by some one equally qualified, which will
be no easy matter.
Four YEARS Aoo--Mr Banks was elected
I Speaker of the House of Representatives on
Saturday, February 3D., 1856 The plurality
rule was adopted after one hundred and thirty.
seven ballots, Mr., Banks had l03 votes, Mr..
I Aiken 100, and there were eleven scatterinr
| votes. Four years arO tho vote stood-Bunks
a. Richardson go, Fuller 81, Pennington 3.
/ Porter and Foster each.
| SoArSUDs-Farmers should remember that
! tubful Of sOapsuds is worth us much as n wheel.
/ barrow of gool manure. Every bucket of soap
Suots should be thrown where it will not I've lost
! The garden is q good and convenient place to
dispose of it; but the roots of grapevinos young
trees, or any thing of the sort wall do as we'll
SERVED THEM RIGmr-Thc citizens of NIadi.
son county, Kentucky. have shipped thirty.six.
mon and women, who dill not believe i'm the in.
stitnt'on of slavery, to Ohio 1t the only way
to treat thcm-uncSs we hang them We hold
to the hemp prescription in ali cases.
AlD To YlRGINtl-rhc Senate of Alabama
has passed to third reading, u Joint resolution
to a'd NIrglnia, in paying the expenses ncurr-
cd in supprcSSing the lIarpcr's Ferry insurrcc-
ton. The amount appropriated is fifty thous-
and dollars. This is II substantial expression of
sympathy.
DEAD-IIon Richard w Barton. formerly n
! representative in Congress from Virginia died
in Frederick county, Va, on the 18th instant
The DI%NER TO COMMISSIONER MEMMGNGrR-
The public dinner given by the members Of the
! General Assembly tn the Commissioners from
South Carolina, the Hon. G. &. Mommiugcr,
came off Tuesday evening, at Richmond, Va,
and was largely attended
A FAST illustrating the facilities Of
| travel which mark the age. an Englishman said
that during the present year he had eaten
| sandwich ON the top of the grGat pyramid in
! Egypt drank the health Of Queen Victoria on
the verge of the crater of Ecsuvius. and been
rather sharply scolded by his wife on the sum.
init of Mount Blanc.
DEATH OF Mn. OonURN-Rcv Hugh f. Og-
burn, of the Methodist Church. died in vii,
liamsbnrg district, on tho 10th ult
TINE AND ErEwNlry-rhcro arc two words
wh@' Saj"i1 take NJ much of our thoughts and
care, time and eternity; time, because it will
soon be at an cnl; and eternity, because it will
never come to an end.
! TFGRTBLE AFrAIR-A man named Clark. rc.
siding in Lexington. Ky, on the 5lh inst, killed
his wife, child, and negro servant. lie after.
wards attempted to commit suicide.
| COMMISSIONER FROM MtssrsstrpT-A rcsoln-
| ton was introduced in the Senate of Mississippi.
on the 18th inst, in favor of electng "A Com.
missioner to s. Immediately to Virginia, to
confer with her through her Legislature MS to
! the boSt means to maintain and preserve the
rights and interest of the Southern States against
the dangers now impending over them"
! TO ne IIUNo-Judgc Withors sentence Fan.
| CHS Michel n salIO:. to be hung in Charleston
on the lst Friday in March next. for felony, tho
crime consisting in his aiding and assisting in
the escape Of runaway slave on board the
steamship Marion.
! MEAN WmIsEEY--The Mobile Myc,yy snys
| they have liquor Mt the pcayune dram shops in
that city that would make man fight his
mothcr"
TnE BIBLE AND TIE NATIONS. There arc
300 different languages and dialects spoken by
mankind The Bible, up to this time has been
translated into $50 only. When shall all men
/ read in their own tongues of the wonderful
works of Cod?
| LoNoEvIry.-Rachacl Stewart. n colorcd wo.
man. supposed to be over 10 years of age. died
in Kent county, Maryland. on the 18th instant
She was the mother Of ID children, the Youngest
(now iyngl is over IS years old.
THE GosrELs-'rhe Emperor of Russia has
ordered the publication of manuscript COPY of
the gospels, found some time since in monas-
tory in Asia Minor. 1t is said to be the oldest
copy in existence.
MURDER op AN EDITOR IN yrcKspuRo Mss
w. ID. Ray. editor of the Vicksburg Soutle,2,
S0n was murdered Tuesday 10y Shippard, his
detanlting clerk. He was shot through the
heart
MIssfoNs-The missionary collections of AL
| ALBANIA Methodist Conference the pnst year
amounted to S38, ,00O--an advance of So, 700 on
the amount the Conference had resolved to raise
| FREE NEGROEs IN Missouri Governor Stew
art has refused To sign the bill lately passed by