Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-05-28
VOL. IV.""""NO. 80

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Lingard, at his thcarte on Broadway. ia in
habit of personatiog the character Of liv.
ing men of note. The other night he camc
out In the character of Gen. Lee, looking, is
is said, perfectly like that distinguished hero,
and the whole audiorcc responded with loud
and prolonged applause. But his next char.
actor, immediately following that of Lee, was
den. Grant, which caused only the f~aintcst
response from four or Eve individuals. We
have no doubt that this incident reflects ycry
faithfully the relative popularity Of Lee and
Grant in this city. New York needs recon.
.structing moro than New Orleans does, or
even than Richmond.
WoRrD TELEaRApHs.-The earth is be-
coming very contracted in its Dimensions, az
the iron bands of railroad and telegraph are
drawing its utmost limits together. Stimuli.
tancously with the completion of the great
Pacific Railroad, uniting New York and San
francisco, and making the journey between
the two cities ono Of aweek, instead of month,
we have the announcement that, in the course
OF tho present year, the telegraph is virtual.
~ to encirclc tho globe. Gov. Curtin, Presi.
dent of the East India Telegraph Company,
was in Washington last week to confer with
the authorities in regard. to thc communicas
ton with China. Tho Company have a grant,
procurco by Mr.. Burlingame when he was the
American Minister in China, authorship
them to lay q cable between Canton and
Shanghai, thus connecting the commercial
cities Of the Asiatic coast by telegraph. They [.
have 500 miles Of cable ready to lay down,
aud will have the remaining 500 milos ready
TO ship during the summer. Orders are to b
issued to the commander OF the Asiatio squad
ron to render all the necessary aid and pro.
lection. The State Department will instruct
our Minister and Consuls to give their official
aid to the enterprise. This line, it is stated
will be completed during the present year,
and by that time there will be a continuous
line from the Mediterranean Sea, by India, to
China, thus connecting the commercial cities
OF the Asiatic coast with Europe and Amer.
ica.-N Y. Observer.
SLAVES SrrLh.-Thc Washington hheu;.
gcnccr says the negro is as much a slave AZ
he ever was. Enrolled in Loyal Leagues,
bound up to obedience by oaths, controlled
In the service of political masters, his subjso.
ton IS the same, except that his boss is
changed. That mas been the case to a very
considerable extent, but the negroes are be-
ginning 10 find out that they bavo MASTER,
still, and very Improbable ones, and are as.
serting their freedom all over tho South.
Ha- Tho area of LONDON, as defined BY
tho Registrar %cncral, and including extern
sive suburbs, is about $4,000 acres, or nearly
l22 square miles. On this area stand moro than
400 900 Inhabited houses, with an average Of
nearly eight persons to a house, giving a moan
density of 40 persons to an acre. The esti.
mated population at tho present time is g..
128,685. The county rate assessment Of
1866 placed tho animal valuo Of property in
London at sl5, 100000.
.aay- A misguided Missouri editor domolish.
es ex-Seoretary Stanton in tho following fero.
oious manner: "Stanton, the frog.souled, hy-
ena.hearted, fendish exooutioner Of Mrs. Sur
raft and murderer Of Wirz, was lately bap.
tised and taken into = loyal church at Pitts.
burg. If ten thousand baptismal washings ;
yea, if being anchored, with a milestone tied
to his neck, in mid.ocoan, for a century, will
save Stanton, the devil, amid all his culinary.
sinner.oooking apparatus, needn't despair"
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WEATHER N CRops.--On the night OF
tho 9th instant, a great rain fell ~throughons
the District, accompanied with hail, washing
the lands and doing considerable damage to
cotton just coming up, and corn. These
crops arc very backward and the stand inya-
riably complained Of as bad. The weather
remains cool, and up to tho morning Of the
9th we hear reports Of slight frost. Oats aud
wheat look healthy aud promising, but the
surface seeded 10 considered comparatively
narrow.-Lawscnssaie Herald.
nav" Nearly 100000 children were born
in England and Wales alone during tho wear
1865, and as the deaths during that period
were under 100000, y clear addition Of some
100000 was made to the population Of tho
country. Upon an average, 30, 700 or SO, 1000
norsons leave yearlv. 40 thot tha nes snoreaon