Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-07-28
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MERE MENTION.

| NOR, formerly editor Of the "South Caro!lnian,
is dead. .---"IIea Centre" Stephens has been
committed to Jail at Boston, at the suit OF Mr.
Sinnot, one Of the Robcrts.Swccny Fcnians.
Mr. Sinnot sued Stephens for debt of 81 900.
Mis-. Sarah Higgins, Is years old, fell
dead at tho communion table, in Syracuse, N.
Y.--Domnick Morisscy laid down drunk
on railroad track at GAINESVILLE. Wis.
train passed, and he awokc in the other world.
The burnt district IN Portland has been
accurately surveyed, and found to cover an
area of 327 crcs.-The Italian loss in the
battlo of Custoza is 12,000.---A day Of
{" Fasting and Prayer F" is urged on Gov. Orr
by "II," of Due West t-A turkey has been
hatchcd in Augusta, Ga, with three wings,
two tails and four legs THE War Depart
mcnt has disapprovcd the forced levy made
by General Butler Of New Orleans, and asks
Of Congress special appropriation whcrewith
to refund it..---A man in Troy, for cndeav-
oring to peer into n lady's face on tho street,
was mortaly stabbed by her escort Nun
Joy Hill was the place whore tho burnt out
Portlanders cncampcd. Seventy children have
ry Sentinel" says it is supposed that Horny
District viii pay this year an Internal Rcvc-
nue. Tax Of at least sixty Thousand dollars on
naval stores alone THE u. S. coorcd troops
mutncd at Folly Island, near Charleston, re-
Gently. The mutiny was suppressed, and the
ringlcalcrs arrested .--Anti.ren troubles
have broken out in Albany, N. Y.-It is
stated on Chinese authority that the Chinese
population in California numbers $4,000 per-
sons, ono-fourth of whom arc employed upon
the Pacific Railroad improvements.
Palmer, white man, committed a wilru and
, malicious murder on the bodyo Mack, freed
man, in Uuion District. AT an agricultu-
/. raj dinner the following toast was given -
"Thc game Of fortunc-shuAlc the cards as
you WILL spades will always win "-Con-
y gress has increased the pay Of members to
y $4,000 year, and 10 cents per mile, mileage.
From Europe.
The steamer A lea arrived at New York
on tho 18th instant, with later dates from
Europe
Prussia and Italy have accepted the pro-
Il posed arllllStlCc cOllult0nally; IfuSSa retain
& :.s ~ PrcseIC Iu'ii,hly positions and her
q troops to be sr - ID by the country occu-
pied; Austria ''Dt r increase her army in the
field; Italy to occupy one fortress in the quad
: riatcra Italy, in reply, demanded two for
+ trcsses in Vienna Telcgrams report il good
/ prospect of an armistice for six weeks Hos
/, tilitics have not been resumed The Austri-
: ans continued to retreat without molestation.
The Prussans had advanced further into Bo
, hcnia Severe fighting has taken place on
a the frontiers of Vcnctia and Tyrol
The l'russians have gained another victory,
dele. ting the Bavarans at Dirmback. Tie
people Of Italy and Prussaurc said to be strong
~ opposed to an arnIsticc, desiring terms to
e be dictated to Austria at Vienna
I Additional foreign Vienna dispatches saw
:. and Field Marshal Stccn will be court.na.-
tailed, The King of Prussia has ordered tho
: release of all prisoners, paroling them not to
c serve during the war Heavy cnnnonadne
1 was heard in the direction of Kcungratz on
i, tho evening OF the 7th, and it was believed
the Prusslans were storming that fortress At
Berlin statue of Frederick the Second was
: covered with laurel in honor of the victory.
/ ~ 1antcnau dispatch states that the victory
r over the Austrians was decided by the army
q of the Prince Royal succeeding, by great ef-
forts and forced marches, in reachng the bat
tle-groun1 in season to direct the attack against
J.. the right wing Of the Austrians The King
y decorated the Prince on the field of battle with
: the order of military merit. The Tyrolese
priests are melting the pcasantry against Gar
y lbaldi, by procaiming his force as bandits,
and dcnouncing him an anti Christ
NEW YonK, July "a. The steamship SEQ
tia from Liverpool on the 18th, via Queens
town the 18TH arrived last night
The Paris Monitcur," of the 14th, says
negotiations were still pending, and the best
feelings prevailed between Prussia and France;
but the latest adyices seem to Indicate that