Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-01-14

Leonard Towers, at Walhalla, for the future
See his advertisement.
SnERMAN's ALNAxAc-Not the Sherman that
is running for Speaker, but ] b Sherman, agent
who is doing large business in Greenville, and
advcruscs regularly in the Courier lie has
sent us Il capital almanac, containing iuforma-
ton of useful nature. Success to Sherman
of Grecnyillc, S 9 .+.
CosTr.-I.adcs arc invited to pass week
with the French Court at the Emperor's country
place at Compiognc. They have four toiiettes
day, and arc expected ne or to wear the same
gown twice. The cost, therefore, for u lady's
dresses, for that week, is usually, about fifteen
hundred duiarsl
IEARS.-Thcrc is a sacredness in tears They
arc are not the mark of weakness but of powerl
They arc the messengers of overwhclming grieC
OF deep contrition, and OF unspeakabic love.
EAR-RINGs.-T London Court .Jou,,lJ saws
that earrings, for many years laid aside, arc
now all the rage in the world of fashion. but n
complete revolution has taken place in their
form and design, as heretofore they wore worn
in long pendants, reaching the neck and they
arc now distinguished by being as small as pos.
siNiu.
SnAHp.-A western editor talks of giving in
l w
presume that the other wenty-thrce columns
are to be FLIED with his own.
TuE DRUM AND KEG.-A militia officer in Tex
as, boasts. through the papers, that his mca
would rally at the tapping of the drum. -
Perhaps they would rally moro promptly at tho
tapping of II keg
GoLp.-The continent of America from its
discovery in l492to 1918, produced 81 .04t .651,-
600 ofgold. The amount now annually Yielded
throughout the world is $500, 0,G76,000
DEAD.-.Judge Backford, of the Court of
Claims, died in Washington on the 3lst ult
DnowNtD.-Mr. Moses Ross, of Mosontown,
Va, up the MonOngahcla, was drowned lately,
while attempting to cross the river on the ice,
| which broke soon after he left the shore, letting
him through int2 deep water. .
Lear An-fh6S b '9i, FdsSi,lss ss;hsAro particular
| ly deSirous of entering the state of matrimony,
will have the privilege this year of making love
to any of the opposite sex on whom they may
fix thotraifcctions.
NORTHERN FUGIrIYEs-Carcful observation
and calculation from reliable statistics show that
more wives of Northern men, in proportion to
the number, annually run away from their hus-
bands, thnn there are of slaves who fec from
| their masters.
Wilson, the "nigger" candidate,
has been elected Mayor of Pittoburg, Penn.
The FRuIrs-rhc New York Herald states ::
Stewart Co., the immense dry goods dealers,
| have found it necessary todischargc fifty corks
in consequence of the falling off of Southern
trade and also that over one hundred firms of
lesser note have been compelled to curtuil cx-
pcnscS from the same cause.
IIANDSoME FoRruNE-C Coucha, late Governor
General of Cuba. made fortune of seven mil
lions of qollaes during Ais administration.
I, W SDAr IN New YoRK-'Thc New Workers
| have way of observing Sunday, all their OWE
On Sunday last thcrc were 5000 persons, in
Guiding 1000 women, skating on the Central
Park.
PoMrrcAL DoDcE.-A democrat, who owns
lead mine in Shullsburg, Wis, was a candidate
for the Legislature, on election day he hired SO
republicans to work in his mine after he had
| got them all l3O feet below the surface, the lad
! der was drawn up to have some new rounds put
in it and he neglected to return it until the polls
were closed, which resulted in his being elected
! by 80 majority.
! ACcTDENT-Mr. NJ Pcndlcon a sober and
! Industrious young man. of Darlington, shot
hnnself in the abdomen with n pistol, which he
was handling on the 23d ult., and died in 80
| minutes alter.
HAY IMroRrArloN-A barquc arrived at
Charleston last week from Rotterdam, with
| 1000 bales. The Courier says it is the first di-
rect importation of hay, and will, probably be
one of n series Of arrivals which will test the
question whether we can do without the Nor
thorn article.
SAD--Thc Laurcnsvillc Hc,uM states that
MIR. Butler, in breaking the ice around tho wa
| ter wheel of mill in that District fell from the
top of it, and died from the effects thereof al
most Immediately.
CoLD-Thc recent "cold snap" was general,
the mercury going lower than it has for year
on two. 70 The weather is now Yld for winer,
| MISSIONARY lNTELLIGENCE-'Thc receipts of
the American board for the month of November
were S23,3G9 and the total amount from the lst
of August to the lst of December $57, ,407 ,35.
|. PuBLc MeETJNG--Therc will be public
fmceting of the citizens of Chester District in
the Court House 'on the first Monday in Febru-
ary next, to take into consideration the propri-
i0ty of the State taking part in the Charleston
SConvcntion, and to consult on other matters of
! general importance.
A "CALL" FOR CLERcYAAN--Thc Coroner
Of White Co., ILLINOIS, has offcred a reward of
escaped from the custody of an officer whilo be-
ing conveyed Jail. Finley is accused of muir
dering q man.
| LINE OF STEAMERS FOR EURorE-A writer
| in tho WinnsboP Re0iStcr promises 20 be one