Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-01
WASHINGTON, May 27.--John IL. Surratt
,uou hro,,rht IN IN tbo Criminal (lnurt tD day

President Lincoln. His brother Isaac had
been brought from Texas, and was in the court
room. The defence was ready for triol, but
the United States was not j; the atttr prcscn-
ted that they had used duo diligence, but as
yet had been unsuccessful In procuring the
attendance Of four or fyo important witues-
SCs.
A telegram has been received at tho State
Department., from New Orleans, the 10th,
transmitting an official letter from Juarcz, da-
ted San Luis Potosi, 10Th, stating that Qucr-
ctaro had fallen by force of arms, 8 o'clock
| this morning. Nlaximilian, Nlcjia, Castillo aud
Miramon arc prisoners.
RICHMOND, May 2S.-'rho Mayor today
closed the Investigation of the recent riot, and
sent OH for Indictment two cuorcd men aud
two white iircmcn.
steamship Santago &c Cuba, from Grcytown,
Nicaragua, for New York, with 300 passcn-
gers, is ashore here. Six persons were drowned
while attempting to land. The passengers arc
now landing safely
WAsnINaToN, May 22.-An the ncccssa-
~ rules and forms in bankruptcy have been
| adopted, and manual Of some 400 pages pre-
pared by Clinton Rioc, Secretary Of the Com
mission of Justice, and by their order it will
be ,'sucd on Tuesday. No delay or difficulty
IS apprchcnded III putting the law in effect on
the first Of June. All registers have been
nominated, and in case the District Judges do
not confirm tho nominations, they are cmpow-
cred to fill vacancies with suitable prrsons-
The rules aud forus cover u pamphlet Of Sow
cnty five pages.
n telegram from Unionvilc Nevada, says
there is great excitement about rich gold dis
coverics.
The Indians in Idaho are driving off stock
and shooting the settlers in all directions
The savagcs are generally well armed.
WArERrowN, N. j., May 22.- Last night,
the steamer Wisconsin was burned three miles
from Cape Vincent, and twenty-five to thirty
lives lost The boat was run ashore All the
passengers who, obcying the captains orders,
and remained aboard, wore saved. The steam
er is total loss
WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator Wilson
! arrived to day, and has gono North He
speaks warmly of the general courtesy with
which he was received
WAsHINGroN, May 24.-Thc President
leaves on the lst proxino, to be in Raleigh
by the 4th Of June.
Judge Chase has granted writ Of error in
the case of the United States vs. Joseph lsru.
Underwood aud sold during the war The
writ was grounded: First-That the District
Court condemned and sold the absolute estate
of the petitioner in and to the property, which
Judgment was beyond the power Of the Court
to pronounce Second The condemnation of
property was for treason, of which the party
] a""ld not g. se ndIadscd guilty. eaysoIpt
were in admiralty, when they should have
been open to the common law side OF the
Court, by information and not by libel.
SEA ISLAND CoTroN. " Charleston
Mercury has in its Office specimen Sea Is
land cotton plant, of this years growth, rails
ed on the farm of MIR. Z. II. Jcrvcy, in Christ
Church Parish. the stalk of which is ten inch
cs long. and which, from the end of the root
to the tips of the tops leaves, will measure over
sixteen inches. Tlr,t is an extraordinary size
for cotton to attain at this season.
PnGRIMs TO THE lIoLY SuRINE.-Gcn.
Sherman, Henry Ward Bccchcr Maggie
Mitchell, the actress, Mark Twain, the hu-
morist, Henry Gwinn the negro orator, and
Robert llcndcrshoot, tho drummer boy, are
registered as passengers on the steamship
Quaker City, shortly to sail for Palestine.
TIE PROFITS OF MARKET GARDENING
What is known as raising "truck" for the
markets of New York and Philadelphia, is
leading branch of New Jersey agriculture,
and some of the most unpromisinS portions Of
tho State have been made to return handsome
| revenues from this source, The New York
Journal Of Commerce" reports that from one
farm of eighty acres, lying in the dcsolatc re-
gion of sand barrens, the rewards Of the hus-
bandman in one season were 1000 baskets of
tomatoes, worth $1,000; more than 1000
baskets of white potatoes, producing 81 200;
1000 baskets of pears, which sold for more
than $500, and moro than 100 baskets of
other truck" which returned 81 900, ma,
king an aggregate, independent of farm crops,
of $4,000. Of course thcso results were not
attained without cncrgy, skill and plenty Of
fertilizers