Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-03-05
MISCELLANY,
A Lively Town to Live In.

n Lively loWn TO Live In.
IN American soiourning at Mazatan,
Western Mexico gives the following graph
ic account of the gentle manners of the
people indigenous to that carthquaky To-
cality
lnmy last letter to you stated that our
city was declared in state of siege, though
the enemy or opposition party was a long
way oft Thing remained in that condi-
tion until about eight days ago Goth ult.
when | was informed privately, at about
o'clock in the evening, that the enemy,
or Liberal party, had arrived within
about two leagues of the town, and inten-
dcd to attack the barracks and the quar-
tors of the Governor that night. And as
there would probably be a sack or whole
sale robbery at tho time, | gave my friend
all my most valuable watches and jewclry
t. take care of, his home not being so liza
bic to attack as my, own. I fastened my
doors and went to bed as usual, hoping it
might be aff6lsc report. But [ awokc
about Il o'clock, and in few minutes af-
ter booming of cannon and rattling of
small arms commenced | was not long i'm
bed, you may be sure.
My arms, which arc always inreadiness,
were placed so that could fire through the
door, II the enemy attempted to break in
and placing all the best customer watches
and 500 in silver money in my carpet bag,
and eighteen gold doubloons in my pocket.
prepared for a run out of my back door
and over to the top ofny ncighbor's kitch-
en-. Thus ready for fghtingan running,
remained for more than two hours listen
ing to the terrific roar and rattle of these
midnight guns During the nightsomc of
the robbers went by yelling like devils, and
heard others breaking in the doors of
stores in Main-strect.; but knew nothing
certain until morning, whcna countryman
told me that as soon rs the attack was
made by the Liberals on the barracks, the
criminals seventy in number, in the Gala
boosc, were released by a party outside;
and being joined by other villains from our
populations. commenced breaking open and
robblng the stores on Mainstrcet
One store was guttcd thelosa being S13,-
OO0; others stores were robbed to the a
mount of $4,000 or SO, 900 and arms and
ammunition taken from others, and even
women and children were seen carrying off
bundles and packages of goods Only one
man and one woman among the robbers
were killed, and some dozen or more woun-
dcd. Of the storekccpers, who we're un-
prepared for the sudden attack, some were
killed. Among the other criminals who
escaped was the rascal who tried to muir
der me about a year ago; he had been SEN
tcnced to ten years at hard labor The
Ehberals failed to take tho barracks, and re-
treated to their camp before daybrcak with
out losing man. In the barracks one was
killed and. four wounded. There was
enough firiny of cannon and musketry to
s. have produced:one hundred killed and five
hundred wounded
Tie stores that were robbed MI belong
Gd to, foreigners French, Spmiards, Ger
mans and Italians. There are no Ameri-
can stores here except the drug store. at
which the robbers gave q few blows, but
soon loft for more attractive plumber. AS
the Liberals are only waiting for reinforce
mcnt from Sonora to make an attack on a
large scale, the foreign merchants and
storokeepers have closed theirplaccs and
have been feitoving their goods to their
respective cor ulates for protection. Ev-
cry night they mount guard oyer their
goods, armed to the teeth The French
% are the most numerous, and have mounted
two or three small cannon on the parapct
of their Consul's house The English
Consul sent word to me, the day after the
night, that | could send my things to his
house, if wished. My carpet bag, with
customers Watches and silver money, de-
posted in his safe, and sent my tools, ma
terials, &C., to Beaven's drug store over
which a few Americans have hoisted the
American flag. The yaluables [ gave my
friend before the fight are now with him
, safely aboard a German vessel, anchored
two miles from the town
My shop is of course closed like all the
rest, and our town looks like city infest.
60. with the plague. For eight days these
things have been this way, and in the
mean time all kinds ofrumofs are current.
At the lastreliable accounts the enemy
were sixty miles from here, and are over
wheming in numbers, so that hope our
stupid Governor will surrender Mt the FIRST
summons, and thus avoid fight and its
4seonssquenceaj or that the people and the