Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-03-24

THE LAST SNAKE Story EXrANr.-A
late nnmbcr of the st. Joseph (Alo.) Gazette
contains the following, which may be set down
us the greatest of the snake stories.
a party of men from st. Joseph, Mo,
while out hunting in That vicinity, heard one
OF their dogs howl and then a growl, short
distance in thckct, and on running ththcr
they found him in the coils of huge serpent
They soon Killed the snake, which measured
over thirty feet in length The poor dog was
50 badly crushed that they had to shoot him
to put him out of his misery. The above from
the llmnnibal Messenger, of Saturday last
is correct 50 far ns it goes. The snake is un-
doubtcdly the one that escaped from Mubic's
! Nlamgcrc last summer in Kansas 1t meas
urcd, instead of thnty feet, forty-two feet
! three aud half inches in length, and
was twcnty-Scycn inches in circumference
t'around the largest part Of the body Ii was
killed on the lStinSt;nIt, by Mr.. Cliff and 9TH
crs of this city, The cries Of Mr., Cliffs dog
| first attracted his attention, and brought him
HIM to the spot. and having nothing with him
hut double barrecd shot gun loaded with
! bird shot he discharged both loads at his
snakcship, but without cliccting much, aud
which only caused the snake to tighten its
folds upon the poor dog. About this time
several others Of the hunting party came up,
but MIR, Cliff claimed the privilege of killing
the snake, and taking the rii!c from the hands
of one Of his friends fired The ball enter
cd the left eye of the reptile and passed
through the brain. When the ball entered
the snakes Drain, it instantly uncoled from
the dog and raised it's head the full length of
the body-ovcr forty feet. Those who wit.
messed the death struggles of the snake, speak
of them ms being trightiul. 1t first cuilcd it.
self mp in Il heap about the size of hogs
head, lasIcd the ground and its body with its
tail and as it Swuycd its bloody and manglcd
hcHd, first to one side aud then to the other.
the party nyol,utlrily turned away from the
scene so awful to look upon The skin of the
snake is now being stuffed, aud will he on cx
h'btlon in few days at the Fountain of
Roses"
TIE New ARcric EXpLoRArIoN. DR..
|. /. Haynes, Surgeon of the Kane Arctic Fix
rcdltion hopes to bc ready for a start in the
month of May next for another voyage TO the
North Pole. DIR. Haynes has already raised
the $4,000, one half of the necessary sum,
irom the generous contributions of his per
sonal friends, and hopes to secure the rest
from the liberal public at large TO assist
him IN this cndcavor the Geographical aud
Statistical Society of New York have appoin.
ted c III mlttuc OF leading merchants aud 9TH
or we'll known citizens (amung them Henry
GmnncIl) and there is reason to hope that the
appeal will not be made in vain The src-
cIhI object OF DIR. lluyncs's proposed cxpcdi-
t'on is t" determine at once and forever the
question OF in open Polurs sea, which Lcutcn.
ant Norton saw, and the existence of which
would seem to be established by a variety of
crcumstanlial evidence. This sea DR.. lInv-
ncs hopes to reach by making the principal
portion OF the trip on dog cdgcS-vchccs
by which he and his associates rode over n
thousand miles on the previous expedition.
DEATH or THE OLDEST PRINTER IN TuE
lNIoN.-Wc regret to announce today, saws
the Hartford Press of the 9th, the death of
of Col Samuel Green, in the 02d vcar. of his
aye He had for some time been extremely
feeble and his death was not unexpected,
either by himself or his friends He died at
the residence of his son, DR. g. s. Cirecn. in
this city, at half past l. this noon. Col.
Green WAS the oldest printer in this State
possibly in the Uuion--and was long and ac-
lively connected with the newspaper press in
Connecticut
VERY CoNsIsrnNr-A very flsfidious
subscriber sent us ward the other day to stop
hIs paper, because, torSooth, we had express
cd the opinion that the Blue Ridge Railroad
would eventually be built. and that, in the
present aspect of things, the sooner the Let.
ter y day or two since we saw him with a
copy Of llnrpcr's Weekly in his hand aud
asked hm it he WAS subscriber. Hcreplicd
that he was. Comment is Unnecessarily
When men pay Northern aboltionists to
abuse them there is sno telling what they will
eventually submit to- GrccncUe Enterprise.
TIE PRESIDENT OF The TENNESSEE SEN
ATE. The Nashville Union states that dis
prtch had been received in that city from Mr.
Ncwnnn (who recently resigned the Speak
crShip Of the TIC ncsae Senate, to investigate
certain rumors of forgery with which he had
been charged,) dated Washington city Feb
20th stating that no charges had been found
against him BY the Department. @
&ouMcra Guardian
"ONcE on time" an IriShman and n
negro werc'fighting and while graphing with
each other. the Irishnan exclaimed. "Yon
black rascal. cry enough. In fight till / die"
so u boss, sung out the darkey. 81 al
whys.doeS."
Is it possible, miss, that you do not
know the name of some of your best friends?"
Certrmly-I don't even know what my own
may be a year from now"