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


ITINERANr SALEsMAN-Thc Southern Gudrdi-
an has been requested by the Deputy Treasurer
of tho Upper Division to announce that he has
! sent GU with the Acts and Resolutions of the
last session, the necessary blank rccommenda-
tons and bonds for itnerant saleslnen, as well
as several copies Of the Act of 1859 in refer
ence to their duty. All of these will be found
with the Clerks Of the Court s>
TnS LARGEST ClrY-The largest city Ia the
! world is said to be that of Jcdl0, in japan. 1t
is believed to contain population of 3OO0,OO0.
MuTToN LOVING Docs--In Il petition recent.
| " presented to the Ohio Legislature, praying
for relief against the rav0gcs Of dogs among
sheep it is asserted that not less than $3.50 900
worth of sheep is annually destroyed by these
worse than useless brutcs.
| ABOLITION AT A DiscouNr IN New MExI-
co-Thc new Legislature of New Mexico have
expelled their Speaker ON discovering that he
was an Abolitionist. llo introduced a bill to
, abolish slavery in the Territory, whcreupon he
was unanimously requested to resign, which he
did.
YuE StAMEsE TwiNs-The Siamesc twins are
still. living in Surry county, North Cu.o'ina.--
At late revival the wife of Chang was bapt-
zed. Chang and Eng seemed to be much con
cernod for themselves, and requested at interest
in the prayers of the minister.
OLD-Thc Editor of the Pamela (NIiss) Stur
has in his Office the rattlcs of II snake killed in
Drew county, Arkansas last Summer; they aro
about ten inches in length and number forty.
two.
ly recovered So, 900 of Major Brcckford, for hug
ging her rather roughly. She ought to set a
high value on the money-shc got it by u tight
squeeze.
FrM-The Pcnitcntiary of Alabama is said
to be full to ovorhowng.
HORRIBLE DEATu-A young man named
Lovcland met with horrible death on Thurs
day morning last, u Covington, Ohio in conse-
qncnco of drinking u cup Of vitriol which he
mistook for water. lie fingered after tho uu-
fortunate affair for couple Of hours, suffering
the most intense pain.
FIRE AND Loss OF LrrE-A largo fire occur.
red in Boston on the 18th ult, with loss of
! about $4,000. Two men were burned to death
READ--To succeed, you must keep moving;
to grow rich you must keep saving.
For DoUGLAs-Iion. Albert Rust a member
of Congress from Arkansas, has written n a'lettcr
in which he says, if the Presidential nominee
ut Charleston is taken from the North, he iniin-
| itcy prefers Douglas to any man that can be
presented.
| Loss-lhe Charleston papers say, that the
rice mills of G.. NJ Furmnn and On With oil.
ioinn. buildings, were DESTROYED bv Gro nn tho
-0''' 'i'' '''Ss' ''o'ooo
ON MuLE-A South Carolina paper notices
the death of amulc, whose age was known to
bc 02 years ut the time of his death.
a Casa sweet little Michigan girl, of
about thirty-iivc summers, has sued an old fol.
low for So 900 damages for courtiug her ten
whole years, and thcn marrying somebody else
The case is ON trial at Detroit.
Arcusr, c.. Fch o1-Tho Ai,ho,,o 1u;a
lature has passed bill cxcmntinr i Goods hnpeos eS
ted by Southern pnr,s nnd sold in Alabama,
from taxation. The same Legislature has pass
ca Ihll to call convention to reform the State
0'''S'''O''0"
DSArn or AN On pRlxrEn-Nr. Daniel Fan
shaw, one of the oldest printers in the United
states and one of the wealthieSt of the Graf,
o'oo at MS residence IN IorSvilte on Monday.
FRozry TO prAru--NTys Lrco,. r,;e of
VIM. ingalls,, of Vernon. VT, Mas frozen +,
death on "Wednesday of last week, while return
ing home on foot from visit in Ilinsdalc, n II.
Desroov,n ryo nr;na;n,, n. &c
of DnnviIlc Kv wos Jnstrn,nJ ,, Gr" .'p NV "Tn tho
ODD ul.. Loss, S5O0O0O.
g EANSLl owe! ,w!cePis often blessing thegoOm
oo, wv H%,oS "'''o''eS III f"''' ana 'ha' oi the
TnE Corn FAMGNE.-It is prcsumablc that
the present scarcity, and consequent high
prices of corn has sot tbc nrodurors of Tho