Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-08-24
The August Rains.


chat the rains thus far 10 Great Britain, III
the early part of this month, have been unu-
sually heavy The rain.storm which passed
over this section Of the country last week, OK
tended North as far as Philadelphia, and have !,
bccn very destructive The Now York;
Herald" of Saturday, snys: LIZ
The rain storm which visited this city on
Thursday prevailed also with much violence
throughout other parts Of the country No
damage in the city was sustained beyond that
occasioned by the flooding Of numerous base.
mcnts in the lower part of the city ana the
swamps in Harlem; but at Hoboken aud Jer-
scy City tho danage was considerable. The
Washington and Baltimore railway tracks
were submerged aud trains due ut Jer ey CITY
were delayed for some time, and at Iobokcn
the fats were completely inundated. In
Philadelphia, immense damage was commit-
ted. involvinga loss of 100000 The storm
is said to have been the most violent one TINT
ever visited that locality. In Baltimore, the
streets were loodcd, and the only mode of To-
comotion in smnl boats The factories
adjacent TO the city were muc!, damaged and
travel on all the railroads was suspended Tho
reports from llichulond Augusta, Washing.
ton, Boston and elsewhere tell the same story
At last accounts, the rain had ceased in Phil
adclpha and Baltimore. TIE unprecedented
fall of rain this summer is attributed by Sci
entifc men to the influence Of the mctcors last
November
The Baltimore Sum- of Saturday says:
The great rain,storn which set in here on
"Wednesday evening, and which had not en-.
tircy cease last cvenng-some rain being
still ,lng-haS extended over u wide area,
aud done much damage along watercourses
I. 80 -
country The amount of water which fell
was probably never exceeded in this section
n the same length of time. The details Of
the damage sustained by ,hc great puurdown.
wlicl, was especially heavy during most OF
Thursday night, arc given by our local re-
ports, correspondence aud dispatches.
New ORLEANS, August 0.-'rhcrc wcro
twelve deaths from yellow fever on Sunday
and eleven yesterday. OF tho cholera, there
are couple Of eases daily on nn average
at New iberia, In, there have been forty
one deaths sincothc appearance Of the dis
ease, out cf ii population of 5000 or / ,000
WAsIItNGroN. August 1.-THE Presi-.
dent, through Gen Grant, has instructed
Gen. Sickl-S t.lat no order can be issued by
the latter conflicting with the process of Fed
rral Courts. This revulycs Order No 10, in
N"H''''I ''JoN'N"'SN W
W E,,.. .,.'Se ~ NORM % Ga'o',ma. M >,
says an alliance viii he formed between Aus
rlaand Franco, if Prussia and Russia be-
France tbn E,nor,r ,,, ,,'m,, p "s ~
'tria, and the King of Bavaria, met nt Sails.
burg ON the iSth The Emperor of Austrit
gave grand State dinner. Rpnhcr and Won
''urst were also there. There will be confer.
cncr OF the crcignS on the 10th. '
with h.M sic noss "nN i ,Mm;"sa loSevsraL v"sse's
day-~-notl.in.r cont,o;ons hnw,.,. 80 go,
Thn Z. JJ,r,,r,.n
ready assigned scvrr.l Of S;,nt,n'. f,vnr;.o.
suhordinatcs to active duty.
WiLMiHdr'S. August I9.-Thc Board of
.''.'s''"''"'' refused TO allow lawyers and
,s'n, ,.n,,.:l,; e. nv ",N'"s' "'''
~ -, ,No"'''' P'co'cts that tho
H. w., WI ~ '''o ''''''e"l ever cou"-
tiHan TO take ar interest in pnlitic, after TN.
novelty Of voting has pissed away.
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