Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-10-13

pIlhcipleS OF ltS people, bright as the UyeS of
its fair daughters, graceful as the waving
boughs of its blossoming trees, delicate as the
shading of its tinted roses and fragrant as the
flowers whose perfumcd breath loads the pass
ing breeze. Fair Columbia =. Floral Queen
of the South II lift my hat to thee
"T. II. u"
FREAKS OF a MANIAc-About year since.
a gentleman in Wisconsin became insane. and
was sent to the Lunatic Asylum in that State.
lie was physician OF superior cultivation,
and of remarkably prcpossessing appearance,
about thirty years old. Some six weeks ago he
escaped and went to Chicago There he en-
countered friend who loaned him quite a sum
OF money, having no suspicion of his insanity.
lie supphcd himself with new and elegant cloth
ing and started 70. Laporc, Indiana where he
remained long enough to win the affections of
young and wealthy widow, and was married
70 her During the brief courtship, he cxhib-
Ited no indications of lunocy, but shortly after
his marriage he commenced acting in n manner
which startled and shocked his wife and her
friends. Among other fancies he believed he
was sheep, and insisted upon crawling on his
hands and feet, bleating in the most absurd
manner manner. lie would then fancy himself rat
tesnake and make frantic attempts to bite tho
members of his household. The unhappy lady,
at length worn out with watching him and en-
deavoring to restore his reason, made prcpara-
nons to send him to the Asylum at Indianapolis
adroitly escaped.
lie then wentto Syracuse, where he actually
purchased block of buildings. The papcrs
were made out, and lie was to call the next day
with the money. He was to pay an outrageous
sum for the property and the parties with whom
he made the bargain chuckled vastly. But they
saw no more of him. The lunatic started west
ward AT Buffalo lie bargained for an immense
amount of corn. to be delivered in New York.
ana then proceeded to Cleveland. There he
endtavored to negotiate for some real estate but
talked so absurdly that the parties with whom
he had interviews refused to treat with him.
Meanwhile his friends. and particularly his
wife in Wisconsin, (for he has a wife and two
children in that State) were making every effort
to ascertain his whcrcahouts. They traced hin,
to Syracuse, and from there to Cleveland, but he
mad already gone from there, and was finally
captured at Adrian, Michigan
Mhcn not in the rabid fits few would discov-
or inc unfortunate mans true condition. He
you'd make many absurd propositions, and Of
Ter cXhorbitant sums Of money for property
that Int his fancy, but he would do so in so can.
ana ana captivating a manner, rs to, in most
cases. dis"rnn suspicion,
THE FIRST BLOOD OF THE IRREpRssIprE
CoNFLICT.-We publish elsewhere some par
tlculars of an aifray at the New York Hotel,
on Tuesday night, and which has created
considerable excitement among the floating
population of the metropolis, especially the
Southern gentlemen at present sojourning
with US 1t appears that some i'll feeling cx-
lists between the officers of the Central Re-
publican Club (who have their rooms opposite
the New York HotcD and the proprietors of
the famous caravansary, who have refused to
permit rope sustaining Lincoln banner
to be attached to their property Nevcrthe-
less, the flag was raised and duly dedicated
on Tuesday night, under the auspices of the
WIDE Awakcs, who were received with Kisses
and other marks of disapprobation by the
inhabitants of the hotel. Subsequently
charge was made upon the crowdby the Wide
Awakcs, and a small riot ensued, in which
several inofcnsive persons were beaten with
lanterns and torches. When the police ar
rived, they arrested, not the Wide Awakes.
who had committed the overt acts. but the
gentlemen who lad becn beaten. One pcr.
son was taken into custody for avowng him
self to DC Bcll-Everett man. III was locked
up all night and in the morning brought be.
fore the incorruptiblc Alderman Brady, who
mulcted the prisoner in five dollars fine
The whole affair Is most disgraceful one,
and will tend to bring the Wide Awake or
ganlzation into dsrcpute. No matter what
might have been the provocation, these irres
ponsible persons had no possible right to
commence an indscrminate attack upon the
people III front of the hotel. 1t is for the
police, great numbers of whom are always
IN the part of Broadway whore the affair oc
CURED, to preserve the peace. The Empire
Club, in its worst days, never was guilty of
such an act of rowdyism as that which the
Wide Awakcs committed in front of tho New
York Hotel on Tuesday evening. If this or
ganizaton really intends to carry cut, by
force OF arms, Senator Stewards idea of the
4" irrrpressible conflict" we may as we'll know
it at once. In such cases, to be forcwarned
is to be forearmcd.-N y Hcal0.
MUsKErs FOR THE SouTn.--The Wash
ington correspondent of the New York World
in his dispatch to chat paper on Wednesday
says that the Government has ordered II 900
stands of arms to Fort Moultrie, South Caro-
lima, He says that as there is not more than
three hundred men needed to garrison the de-
fences of South Carolina, the order is viewed
with no little suspicion by the cool-headed at
Washington and elsewhere.
If the report be true, we suppose they arc
at loss to know what use is to be made of
these guns, whether they arc to be put into
the hands of the seccssionists or used against
them should occasion require We presum,
they arc sent to the United States Arsenal,
and perhaps arc the quota that belongs to this
State Tine will show - Guardiaa
A YOUNG ensign of a regiment, rcsiding
in lodgings, the sitting room of which was We,
ry small, was visited by one of his fasB;ono