Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-05-19

RcSolrcd, That the Lpdge-room he draped in
mourning, and that the members wear t!.. usual
badge for thirty days.
Regoirrd, That blank page in the Sccrcta.
ry's Il 'ok be dedicated to the memory of our
believed brother
RcsoSred, That copy of these resolutions he
furnished to his widow by the Secretary of this
Lodge, and that they be published in the Ecorccc
CoWricr.
II. A, H. GIBSON, secty,
y CHANCE FOR a YANKEE-Thc Counc;,. e an.
crai OF the ltcrault, of which Mr.. Michel .,bcv-
alior is member, offers prize of 10 or y francs
Tor the invention of simple and r.n cicol mcth
od tor asccr;ainirS whether ap9 III what propor.
tion alcohnls distilled from Inc are mixed ,r;,b
ac"ho's from other sub' .ances The prize es-
says are to DC sent to nc Prefecture of the IIo.
rault before July J 1861, and the indgos will
DC four chcm5tT and physicians of Montpelier,
aSslSteG py IN mJmber Of the agricultural society
of the der t.nent 'O'''''
". APPEAL CorRr-lhe Appeal Court is in
Session, in Columbia On the Sth instant it
licensed seventeen gentlemen to practice law in
this State.
BALTIMORE. May III, Las p. M.-We had an
Immense food in this city last night, caused by
late heavy rains. This morning Jones Falls
overfowcd and the water is now three to five
feet deep in tho adjacent streets. Heavy losses
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ArGUsTA, May 1.-THE Hon. A. III. Stcphcns
| mas written letter in reply to one from several
! gentlemen of Macon. in which lie sustains the
| principle of intervention, and disnpproyes
the secession of tho delegates from the Charles
ton Convention. He recommends that dele
| gates lie sent to the Baltimore Convention from,
| Gcorgia.
! kEEP 1T BEFORE THE People That those
merchants who advertise their merchandise
almost invariably sell cheaper than those who
! do not.
TIE AMouNT-'rhe total value of property be-
| longing to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
North, is estimated at upwards of so, 900 600.
CAPTURE OF \ SLAvER-By the arrival of the
| Isabel at Charleston, it is ascortaincd that tbo
bark Wildlire, with five hundred Africans on
board, was captured on the 2G,h of April. hy tho
| United States steamer Mohawk, Lieut. Crave
commanding. The prize, with the African
are now at Key West. Since the capture, abIt
twenty five have died, and about thirty nrc
arc sick. The Willtire sailed from New Drk
IN the month OF cember last, for the cot of
/ Africa, fff 4asttt
! BtD LucS-Owen, convicted in Ha,fa coun-
| ty, Va. of robbery. has been sentenced seven
years in the rentcntiary. a day otwo be-
fore his trial his wife visited him in p'on, and
he escaped in her attire, but got 1t in the
few miles from the Jail.
TuE GEORGIA LoTTERlEs ADoLI:eD-All the
Georgia lottery grants are forccied by prohi-
bition of the drawings under q rial enactment
Of the State Legislature. to TIC effect on Tie
first day of Junc next The was passed in
November, at the last Legisiive session, and
the owners of lcgalzcd graz are making en-
gagoments to close up the binesS. ~
AUGUSTA May 1.-The igte Roanoke, with
the japanese Embassy e(board. arrived at
New York on WcdnesdalISht last, and re-
sailed on Thursday mcrnY for Norfolk. The
Embassy is expected at Vshington on Monday.
Pr1TsrgLn. Mass, " 0-Deaih Of The old-
est Edaor-The IInn,pt pthineas Allen, senior
| Editor of the PittsfelSn's, which he founded
in the year 1902 dieycster'lay at the age of
eghty.four gears. y was the oldest editor in
tue Union.
rectors of the CIT Eastern do not intend to
| rely exclusively t,n the information they NAV
receive from tIe CIV York Common Council os
| to the depth Of atcr in New York harbor.-
They have alsnade application on this point
to the Board Pilot Commissioners, who re- {
| oiled to them, tic steamer of Wednesday that
thew would gd pilot to England, if desired,
to come onSith them. and that they could 3
briog her p New York harbor if she did not v
draw over feet of water.
E.eApyF ANOTHER FUoirIyE SLAvs nv rur !;
| s. II. SJJDIsG--The Boston -AAds aud Rec n
of Tues} morning states that fugitive slave i
named orris, belonging to the estate of Thomas "
! Dixon Georgia, smuggled himself to Boston h
| in tllss'i..lis.';f & Speslding. and OF once u
| RERsos7vB, +, Whitper, ESQ, is an unounced y
| ii aerson district as candidate for the Leg II
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