Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-03-16
peanings l.l,: "a Clipping. il
TnE CnARLEsroN MARxET.--Cotton lie quoted
&C from 10 to IL cents per pound; corn, s0 oats
43; -four 81 so; bacon. 10 to IL; salt, 80.

I 4s; -four $3.50; bacon 10 to IL; salt, 80.
FoREIcN ArrAcuMBSr. Brown. of Ga.
4 has attached the Northern stock in the Macon
and Western Railroad amounting to about ST.
UOOOOO, to seeare citizens of that State against
loss by tho seizure of their property North.
4 APpoiNrEp.-Tbc New Orleans Commercial
Bulletin understands that Judge p. A. rRnst, of
/ that State bas beon appointedby ProsidentDa-
st,'. and confirmed by Congress. ny Commission
Ter trorn the Confederate States to France.
cDsnLorrE, N. C. March lo.4Ailthe counties
the State hayo been heard from rs to the recent
I electionnhd the majority " for convention is65l.
CoTToN BURNED. The Charleston Courier
lcnrns that l4T bales cotton, on, tho platform Of
the w Wilmingtnn and Manchester Railroad Mt
Florence, were destroyed by FIRE Sd inst. -,-.-
FArALKrrhAy.- .-ong the i4thg nit. an ARRAY
occurredin Monroeville, Monroe county. Ala,
in which llHrvv Phillips was shot dead. Thas.
Swiggips mprtolly wounded, and S. j. Cum
mings slightly wounded, l#
no DE IIUNo.-- We learn from tile Darlington
Efdg that the negro who burnt the residence of
Ehpmns Ashby. ir., was tried the 5th inst
and sentenced to be hung on the ed.
Fort SUMTER Three soldiers. whose enlist.
mont has expired. left Fort Sumter with dis
charge nn Wednesday, and were brought to the
ICity DH the iniliI steamer mere doubt
that Others would gladly receive discharge.
Mr. Rtffrx-Thc patriarch of the South
Edmund Rnffn, is at the Charleston Hotel, with
several friends from Virginia, who are deter.
mined to live in Southern State
| SLAVE BRIG BbNrr,- vessel. SLAYER
| that was captured on the coast of Africa and
| taken into CharleSton and subsequently, renlo-
we'd to Savannah. has been taken in charge by
Gov. Brown. and guard of enlisted men from
the Georgia Naval Coast Guard has been nut on
board The vessel will he thoroughly armed
and equipped for the defence of the coast.
AN E,RruQuAxEIN New JeRsgy.--The New
ark W'FcHlY says Tint two distinct shocks or
cnncusSions were felt in that city on Tuesday
abnnt noon. In Bloomfield bells were rung
aud houses shaken. In Orange doors were sha-
ken to and fro. while in Paterson. Bclloyile
and other places, there were similar phenomena
RELEASE or BrIrIsm SuIr.-Governor
Brown. oF Georgia, has released the bark Ad-
Juster. III consequences of representations made
to him. by II. B. Ms. Consul f. Moiyneux.
Esq. that the cargo she held belonged to the
subjects Of Great Britain.
REVIVAL IN TENNEssEE.-It is said that
more sinners arc now seeking Abrahath's Lin
con) bosom than have before been ON the anx-
ious seats for some years.
NE AMERICAN BoNAPARTE CASE,--The Civ
il Tribunal of the Seine, on the 18th ult.. deliv
cred Judgment in the Bonapnrte Patterson case
in favor of Prince Napoleon. The court
grounds its Judgment upon the fact that the
question was conclusivelv settled bv the Emne-
ror'S family council in 1906. 1t abstains from
pr"n"unGing any opinion on the merits of the
case, which. it will he remembered. NJ Mcr.
yeillcnx, the crown advocate admitted to be en-.
tircly in favor of the Pattersons The latter
Will no doubt appeal.
EcnT SLAVES IN New JERsEY-By the last
census the total population nf New Jersey is
| found to be 672 024. OF these, 644OSO are
whites, 4.936 free c,oFed, and eight slaves -
ot the slaves yet remaining in the State.
there are in llmntcrdon County three, in Mid
dleseS one, in Norris one, in Passaic two, and
in Somerset one
MIRAMoN ~ HAvANA.--Gen.. Mramon and
his lady, at last accounts, were living in IIn
vana IN, very simple manner, without any
revennc They were bound for France, where
, the So 900 900 they have between them will be
made useful
REsTGNED. Col. II. s. Webb distinguished
for his services in the Mexican war, and broth.
or to j. Watson Webb, Of New York is i'm New
Orleans, to offer the services of himself and
four sons to the Southern army.
TIE UNITED STATE; NAvY.-Inycstieotio
has exhibite tho fact that about thirty war YES.
sells OF the United States Navy are unfit for ser.
vice. and some of them the largest. and hereto.
fore considered the bcst. II will cost an i'm.
mense sum and great delay to put them in or.
der for effective service
lIoRsEs WITHOUT SmoEs.-Some friends of the
horse are discussing in the English papers the
question whether this animal may not be easily
accustomed to do without shoes on ordinary
navcmcnts. They contend that the natural hoof
may, by practice, become strong enough to dis.
pense with the iron shoe.
The TELE0RArnIN CUBA-rhe authorities of
Cuba are erecting u number of telegraph lines
along the entire chnSt Of the island in order to
give instantaneous announcement to the Can.
tain General at Havana of the approach of II
foreign enemy.
DEATH OF DIsTINGUIsnED ViRGiNIAN-The
Richmond papers announce the death. in that
city, on Friday night, of Hon. George w. Hop.
k'ns. adstngnishcd delegate to the State Con
vention from Washington county.
EIRoINtA AND NuRru CARoLINA-The North
Carolina Legislature ut its recent session. gram
ted charter to connect, by short line of rail.
road not exceeding fhrty miles the grent North.
Carolina Central Railroad with the Richmond
and Danville Railrond. The cost of the road
Will be 5000 0OO and as the road will omen IN
To Richmond tho heart of North Carolina. the
citizens of Richmond are asked to supply the
funds.
a VETERAN GlNE.- Died, at St. Louis, on
the 10th inst, Col. j. b, Brant. aged Z years.
lie was in the hard fought battles of Fort
George. bnndy's Lane and Fort Erie Between
1873 and 1893 he passed throuO oh all lilo stoCos