Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-17


ot the money asked for was to enable tho
GoVernmeht to, take adyanss qe of the pres.
ont low state of the market to obtain sup.
plies Utah. HI'fr4@
AS regardsa clear statement and strict
aoherence to the subject, Mr.. Letcher's
speech IS said to be superior 10 any made
III the House this session. .s.fs.i ~
WASHINGTON April Stu the Senate
today Mr Slidell, OF, sI4ouisiana, made a
sPseeh on the resolution to present a medal
70 Commodore Pauldipg In which he con-
Gemned the course of Walker, and also Of
faulding, but he}spoke in high terms of
the ability often. .Henningseu In refer
ence to Cuba, he said that tlicisland, tho,ioh
anxious for annexation, was unwilling to
riSka civil war to accomplish il. and that
therefore nothing. could be done at present
but ttonegotiate. If, however, Spain should
attempt despotisrn, with Santa Anra at
the head OF it, on Mexico, the United States
should interfere to prevent it, ~
ln the House, the Deficiency Bill was
ir9jeetod>by eight majority, 1t win proba-
by be reeonsidored. howeYer, to.morrow.
The House adhered TO its amendment of
the Kansas bill, when. the question came
up to-days blythe former majority.
NAsIuNaToE, April 8.-This forenoon
thereswas an attempt made to shoot the
Hon Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the
Interior, by Peter Best con, formerly a
clerk nthe Pension Office, from LouisiSn0
but dropped from the roll last year He
had been yainly endeavoring to be restored.
but the refusal of the Secretary together
with domestic disappointmcnts, had tompo.
rarily, unsettled his intellect He had had
9a'conSersation with Mr., Thompson. in, the
department, analwhen the latter was leay-
ing, struck him and then endea.-ored to
shoot him witharev,dyet. Thompson i'm
mediately grappled threw his assailant
violently upon the floor, dislocating his
shoulder and fructuring his arm. He is
now in the Hospital. 5.4 b
WAsnLNFroNs April 9,-v-The Senate
was not i6scssicp
The House reconsidered the vote on the
Deficiency Bill, and after discussion passed
the bill withoutthe ameudment--1l0 ayes,
9Tnays. ss +. !.
TIRE FREsHET IN THB Mississippi AND
ARKANSAS R19ERs,---We have been fa-
yorcd with the following extract of letter
from a respectable source, dated
MEMPHIS, April 2-Thore is high
tide on the Mississippi and Arkansas riiy-
ers. AT this time all the lcvccs arc broken
on the Arkansas, FROM Pine. Bluff down,
and in many places OH the Mississippi it Is.
the highest water we have had sirce 1944,
and within.S-or 10 inches Of that mcmora,
hlc freshet Great damage will bo done to.
farms below the mouth of the Arkansas.
and may have "a bearing on cotton interests
V1cksBURG, April 3.-IhG river towns
of Napoleon and Prentiss, wa learn. from,
accounts received here this morning, have
been inundated in consequence ofthe height
to which tho river has risen. -
The leveps below Napoleon arc reported
to have given way, thereby causing the
whole adjacent county to be submerged.
The river il now as. high, within few
inches, SIT has ever been known at points
between this city and Memphis Opposite
this point IL has risen eight inches within
the last twelve hours. s
Large quantities of freight intended for
points above has been brought hither from
landings which are coycredwith water.
THE ARMY IN UTAH.-NEw YORK.
April Adviccs from the army in Utah
to February 10Th, report the health Of the
army good, The march upon Salt Lake
City will probably commence about the
goth of May. TX. L.
Several hundred recruits had arrived at
Fort Leayenworth, at which place prepara-
tions were being made for early forwarding
reinforcements, Col. HofFman's command
had been met about four ,htludrcd miles
from Leavenworth.a ts%
Johnstou's provisions wonld not last lohs
ger than May, but there were at Fort Scott
four months supplies for three thousand
men, and q train viii be dispatched from
that point to Fort Scott Immediately.
ST.. LoUIs, April .-Adyices from Utah
to March stsay that Johnston had ,au,ef-
feetivc force Of eighteen hundred mon, and
q thousand animals, ia good condition, to.
gether with large force Of volunteers. Iii
was the universal impression that Colonel
JohnstoR would not await reinforcements
before making the attack.
TERRIBLE CIyIL WAR al AssAcnE Of.
PRIsoMElss. ~ Al lslter dated Monteyido6.
February 9th, gives GONE sad accounts Of
the civil war IN that province;
Ten. pias and three huDilred of bis OIL
cerSqpd lnen had been taken prisoners by.
the gosernment troops, and 10 a.fcw haufs
alter, by order Of tho President, twenty
eight Of the officers were shot, and the
throats Of two hundred Of the men cut, al
theagh the american Consul, American