Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-10-21
i. SLOAN,
j. j NORTON,
Nj. S. STRIBLING,
B. HOLDER,
Il. p. WERNER.

Sat large, to present tho claims of the Colleges
ito the people. 1t was resolved by the Socic
sty 'to locate the College ot or WITHIN one miles
sof Walhalla" On motion, ttY Southern
CultiOafor, Rural Carolintan and Anderson
2hteUiycncer wero requested to publish thcs
address recently delivered before our Socirtys
'by the Hon r. G. Clemson On motion A.!
President Livingston and Maj. b. Sloan wcres
selected to canvass the County in behalf off
Ithe Agricultural College. Tho President wasss
Santhorzed to appoint three delegates to thcs
s'Cotton States Mechanical and Agriculturals
sFair Association" to be held in Augusta! )!
sGa., October 25th, 1870. Secretary was or
sdcred to prepare such proceedings of to day.
sof public interest," for publication. The reg
suar discussion was postponed. On motion,
Society adjourned.
j. w. LIVINGSTON,
President
G. Il. WATSON, Secretary.
4 HAVANA, October 17..-DcRodas has i'll
sued decree, libernting 1000 negroes, cap-9
: :tured from savers in lS55-G-7.
The French mail steamer Durica ives losts
son tho 18th; crew saved The hurrcanci
occurred on Friday night There was little;
sdamnge to this city or harbor, but it was vcryss
disastrous ut Matanz,s The extraordinary:
lrise Of the water inundated the spacc bctweens
:the two rivers, where the railroad depnls ares
Slocated. The dcputs, trains and passenger
anouse have all disappeared The loss of ifea
lis estimated at 1000; the loss of lpropcty is:
enormous. Cardinals also suffered the lowcrs
! part of the city has been laid waste. Thes
sntcrior Of the island, back of Cardrnas and
{ aNlatanzas, has been dcsolated. The cane
4bciDg backward this season, sustained less:
sdamagc than the other crops 1t was the
aSeverest hurricane within centary. The.
alist of wrecks ut Nantanzas is as follows ::
ABro Baxter. har,s nnnt. hri.5 8h"r!Y- aud
sschocner Edwin. Many others were damag
dcd. There has been great loss in coopcrage
annd stock in warehouses on low ground at
SAlatunZas.
WASHINGTON, October ii 1t is generally
ahcllevcd that the government holds the AR
Ellington estate By the confiscation net, aud if
athis were true the property would now revert
sto the widow of General Lee. The property
Nv 9 left by Mr.. Custis to Mrs. Lee, his dnug
Stcr, with life interest, and ut her death To-
aCustis and Fitz Hugh Lee, his grandsons.-
dfhe taxes being unpaid during the war, it
/ abecnmc the property Of the United Stntcs bv
atnx purchase, and is now held by IL tax title
AEfforts have been made to redeem it. but
Hwithout avail. The best part OF the estate
ais now covered by the National Cemetery.
a WILMINGTON October 1.-THE steam
aship Washington cleared from this port to day,
Ionl fooly fra, h<,lo, Al 7
awas run ashore on point of Big Island
The cargo consists of about 700 barrels of
aspirits of turpcnline, 800 bales of cotton and
Ss'. few barrels of rosin Two hours since tie
Hfre had burst through the upper deck, and
athcrc is no doubt the vessel will prove total
gloss. One of tho city fire companies with a
asteamer has been dispatched to the scene in
athc hopes of saving part of the cargo. Car.
gggo fully insured.
4 QUEENsTowN, IRELAND, Oct. 13 3-Thc
Adetails of a dreadful storm around our coast
4 last night are coming in rapidly. At Liner
flick the storm was little short of tornado.
HOne man was blown into floating dock and
s5was drowned. Another had his skull crushed
Aby falling chimney. Houses we're unroofcd
aand vessels driven ashore. The storm was
S3very severe around tho southern coast 1t
Twill be impossible to get details for several
Alnys. 1t is supposed that many slipwrccks
Ahave occurred.
q BsA- An Arkansas paper tells of a genius
slwho conceived that monkeys would, on account
|aof their nimble fingers, make splendid cotton
Mapickers with a little training, and furthe,
Mcalculated that one good hand could manage
a 'bout ten monkeys, and the expense of cot
& ton picking be reduced to minimum. When
RAthe experiment was tried, however, it was
Mfound that instead Of ono good hand being
s 'ble to manage ten monkeys, it required abou
+ zen good hands to ono monkey.
# Hey- In the battle of Metz some of tn,
HGerman soldiers as protection against tn,
|Hcontinual showers of bullets that the cnem,
Mpoured upon them, fastened their knapsack
@across their chests. After the battle man,
Mwere convinced that these tactics had saved
thcir lives. In them they found no sn,al
& Anunber of bullets.
81 E9s- The census shows that there are il
#the United States fifteen cities of more thar
81 90, 600 Inhabitants each, viz, New York
8 philadelphia, Brooklyn, Baltimore, Chicago
MSt. Louis. Boston, Cincinnati. New Orleans
q MWash,ngton, Buffalo, Newark, San Francisco
81 Louisville and Pittsburg.
81 'AvFy ANDRri Ontohor ~