Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-05-26
Pennings and Clippings.

Evins, l. B Gay, S 1, Gist. j u lIayncsworth,
G w Montgomery, j ID Nance, w DRathcr-
ford, III Thompson, w Ii Whtner, j ID With
crspoon.
GoLp--'rhc Clarksville (Ga.) HeIu'd says that
a miner fund. ON Saturday lust, u solid piece
of gold weighing tbrce hundred aud cghty.six
dwts., in Nacoochee Valley. ON what is called
the . White Il McGhee lot,">
GnowHc-.The Topeka TiJnne says: "En,
lSmuon is now flowing into konsas with more
rapidly than at any other time in tho history
y ot this Territory. We greatly mistaRe'if tho
next census of Kansas does not show a popula-
ton of atslcast one hundred and thirty thousand.
y MlNTrEE-I.uuis NAPOLEON is said to be by
race an lta!ian.'by birth II Dutchmam bv sr,lu,,l
education German, by military education i.
SWISS Wy practical cducution an Amcriran, by
political studies an Englishniam, and by his
crown a Ficnohman.
I .NEwARx, y. j., May lS--IIon Ferdinand s.
Sahcnk. OF Somerset county. formerly a member
ct Congress, and several years Judge of the
Court nt Errors and Appeals of the State, died
suddenly at his sons residence i'll Comdcp, yes
{ ter1ay,aScd Scvcnty-two years.
DIDN'T LIKE IT-A German Girl in Cinc;n-
natl went to get her picture taken at daguc,-
n;n rGn" car; ian ana S1t kissed by the operator She
did not like either the picture or tie kissing,
aud went to law for redress. 7rbc Judge fined
the artist twenty dollars and costs.
! EXPREsIDsNT rIERcE-Ex. President Pierce
and his lady arrived at Now York ON Wcdncs-
day, in the steamer Karuak, from Nassau, \.
T., where they h,ul been s,journing tle,wiuter
for the benefit OF Mrs. p;crccs health
BROKE JAIL--Fuur negroes confined i'm the
jail OF Madison county, Florida, under sentence
OF death for the murder of Mr.. ID. Griffn, made
their escape one night last week.
| DEArn OF PETER PARLEY--S. G.. Goodrich.
who, is known to the entire country, and MOI @
especially Ivy the little folks, as Peter Farley,
died few days since. H. was so years old.
TENDER VERSES Youthful poets should not
bore their swoc;hearts too much with signing
verses adlrcsscl To them. Most hearty Young
ladies like tcnocr lpns from Il beef more than
tender lines from poet
I FArAL ACcIpENT-A terrible accident occur.
rcd on the Florida Gulf railroad on the 10Th
. INST The train was going at full srecl. Three
persons were killed, aud hvo wounded.
Look OuT-Chorles Sumner has prepared
speech on the great question ut tic day; which
he will soon deliver in tho Senate Ills back
bone is doing we'll
> SEVENTY AcaES PLowED BY SrEAM-Thc prai-
| RE fdro'er has an account OF the working of II
new steam pluw which the editor has seen in
operation in Minooka, in Grundy county, 1t
turns over six burrows, nine feet in width ut the
same t'mo' and in Scventy-two minutes inclu-
ding stops, 1t piVwcd rather more than two acres
and half. The whole cost of running the MAJ
chine is estimated ut nine dollars.
BosToN, May ll-Extcns;ve drought through
out New England is causing great trouble 10
! farmers, who, in some parts of New lIumpshre,
drive cattle many miles for water Fires in the
woods are also raging in many localities. At
llynnnis. on the Cape, yesterday Il fire spread
over ,OOO acres of woodland, aud was quite cx-
| tcnsivc.
ArCusrA, May lS-Flour from new wheat
was offered in the market to-day. 1t was ground
at Storall's Mills, Augusta. Tomorrow u small
shipment to Now York will be made.
| WANrED--A friend desires us to advertise for
sewing machine" one about sixteen years
oid ot hight complexion, and generally coasltl-
cred good looking.
| CAuGuT-Thc rcrpctratur of the attempt to
aSSaSSlnaie Mrs. Freeman, ut Augusta, Ga, has
| been discovered by his own confession and other
evidence, to be muntto boy about fifteen years
OF age, belonging to her.
ABOLITION lt"w,-Considcrable excitement
was created last week by tho arrest mt Aurora.
Indiana, of two fugitive slaves from Hamilton,
ky., by their masters. ~ party Of abol,ionsts
| attempted rescue but were beaten off and dis.
/ perScl ~ Tie :as K:&tuckians with the assist,
ancc Of several friends
The. CRors rs GEoRGIA-Onr Georgia ex.
changes speak in the most ia,tcring terms of
the growing crops in hat State. In the Chcro-
Rcc country the Late frostS nippcd the cotton in
some places, but generally corn, wheat aad-cot,
ton now promise an abundant harvest
TYRONE Pa, May 10-Thcrc is now The heay-
icst Hood in tho Bald Eagle creek and Junita
river that has occurred for many years. Half
OF Tyrone is under water, and the bridges over
tho Bald Eagle creek are swept away. The
stages for Dcleioutc and Clcaricld had to re-
! turn.
CArlNG lN-Thc japanese thought that tho
ladies whom they saw at the Sandwich Islands
wearing crinolinc actually filed the immense
skirts One of the men, who happened to touch
dress IN passing. WAS much surprised to fiud
1t cAvnS IN, and bnrst out iMto roars of laughter
at his astonishing discovery.
AUGUSTA May l5-A very large meeting of
! the Democracy of Mobile, Ala took place last
night, which denounced the course of the Ala
bnma delegation in Withdrawing from the Char
lcSton Convention. Resolutions. were offered
and unanimously adopted, that the Democracy
OF Alabama shall be represented at the Balti-
more Convention. Delegates were appointed
| from Mobile to attend the State Convention to
be held nt Selma, Ala, on the 4th of June.
DEAD-Jcnerson Choice, Esq. an influential
and highly esteemed citizen Of Spartanburg,
died suddenly III that place last week. of apo,
plcxy. UHi .la
| THE JEws-Amongst the most ardent j, eti.
tion9rs for annexation to France at Nicc are