Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24

the largcst pyramid, considered tho oldest
monument of antiquity in the world, We
descended rapidly TO the one little house of
refuge standing in ...e midst of the sand,
disn,ouuted and lunchcd- thus securing a
good resting season, and after about an hour,
started out with our guides to tho two
special points of interest here, tho Mauso
lcum Of tho Sacred Bull, and tho tor,', Of
the Priest 1ih, the latter bai!t about Y050
B. O. These we're uncovered in 1860 by
the Egyptian authorities, who, first noticing
mounds 10 the sand bearing tho appearance
of hoads, appointed commission, and after
labor of sixteen months, an avenue Of
sphipxcs, 600 feet long was laid open, The
pcdcstals or statues being perfect in all
cases. This was paved and led to the
Mausoleum of the Sacrcd Bull, whcro these
objects of worship had been cntombt for
several dynastics. There were found three
separate chambers of temples, tho latest
where dates were fouad--650 B. C.--beng
the only one now open. One canpot help
feeling an interest in every detail of such
a place. There are the long avenues,
broad and high, hcwn in tho solid rock,
whilc all along tho sides are deep rcocsses
where are now standing tho sarcophagi of
the bulls. Twenty-Five perfect ones stand
in ono archive, each weighing forty tons,
aud many of them fully engraved with
figures, representing life, death and i'm
mortality. But it is no more wonderful
to sec them where they arc than to under
stand how they were put there. One
which was presented to tho French had
been abandoned when moved some little
distance as too heavy to be taken away.
They arc thirteen feet long, eleven feet
high, and seven fee. deep, although many
of the covers have been removed, nothing
was found in any of them. Above tho
sarcophaghi arc Inscriptions relating to
their burial, and in whose reign they died.
Many tablets were found upon the walls,
which were placed there as offerings to tho
god; these, however, were all allowed to bo
taken to Paris"
WARRINGTON, July 15-Thc returns of
the cotton crop to tho Department of Agri.
culture show that tho condition of June,
which was 06, has not been maintained, :,
and is for the first half of July 90. The
| figures indicating tho present condition 40
compared with tho juno figures are: North
Carolina l04, gain of 6; South Carolina
81, loss of l3; Georgia SO, loss of 7;
Florida 81, loss of 4; Alabama 90, no
change; Mississippi 90, loss of 7; Lousi-
lana 93, loss Of 2; Texas 80, loss of 4;
Arkansas l03, gain of 3; Tennessee 1Ol,
guin of 7.
There is universal complaint Of drought,
which has been most severe in South Caro-,
lima, Georgia and Texas. The stand, how
ever, for the whole country is good, re-
ported we'll worked cnd free from grass
insect injuries are not reported to any
extent.
The acreage of tobacco for the whole
country shows decrease in the four States
Of Connecticut, Massachusetts,, New York
and Pennsylvania, in which the bulk of
seed leaf tobacco is grown There is an
increase in acreage of about Is per cent
as compared with 1873 of tho States pro.
ducing shipping, manufacturing and smok
ing tobacco, which constitutes niuc-tonths
of all the tobacco grown in tho United
Statea. North Carolina alone shows an
increase in tho area planted All the
acreage of last year. The condition for
| tuc hholc couuIly Is SliSHtly DclOW tlnt OF
July [, 1878. Massachusetts ulono Of the
States bordering on the Atlantic shows an
increased condition, and Tennessee in tho
West places her condition at 9t, against 80
last year.
The area planted in coru in the whole
country exceeds that planted last year;
North Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas and
Tennessee being tho States that show the
largest gain in tho South. Ohio aud India
show some decrease, while illinois increases
7 per cent. The States Weat Of the Mis-
sssippi River make the largest gains as a
section, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Mis-
souri, all ranging from 104 to llS. The
condition in oil tho Southern States is low
on account of the drought. In Texas
there is not over half crop. Tho North
crn States show fair condition, while those
West of tho Mississippi River show very
high ayerage--oycr 100.
WASHINGTON, July 15.-Tho commits
sioncr of internal revenue to-day issued u
circular to all collectors throughout tho
"moonshino" districts notifying them that
the failure Of the appropriation for marshals
and deputies must not be allowed to inter.
fcrc with tho vigorous enforcement of the
laws. To relieve marshals from tho en-
barrassm ons Of the situation tho commits.
sioncr dir vets collectors to have their dcpu
ties act as guards for prisoners whenever
possible, ant, if the marshal declines to act
or send deputies when desired, to have him