Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-03-31
The Invasion of Mexico The Knights of
the Golden Circle.

owing in interest all questions of State or ma
tional politics, the enterprise of the k.iG
70. $, or |" knights of che Golden Circle" !"
just now engrosses the attention of the snmb.
lie mind in this section. That the order
should attract such notice is the natural result
of its extended and perfect organization, ts
vast aud increasing resources, AID the num-
Der OF men of wealth and character who. in
this and neighboring States, avow themselves
as ardent synpathizcrs in its aim The fob
lowing reliable dctais,of the origin and oh.
JectS of the movement, so far us they arc nc
ccssible to the unnitiatei, viii BIZ interesting
to the readers of, the Herald
The Order was instituted in AIississinpi du-
ring the year 1854. Its original object was
the cultivation of n martial spirit among tho
young men Of that State, and for a long time
the number of its mcniGcrs was quite limited.
Within the last year or two, however, its lea
dcrS have given it an impetus by which it has
slowly but Snrciy ciysprcad ovcrseventcc States,
including the whole South, but more especial
ly in the States of Tennessee, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Texas. Itnow comprises near
ly thirty thousand members lts, object is to
march to Mexico, crush the Miramon faction
and place the Juarcz Government fairly upon
its legs. In doing this, the K. G. C.'s CON
trllity law, but that they are simply ASSISTING
Il Legitimate and formally recognized friendly
Government to subduc band of f;,ctions out
laws. This done, they mean to assimiltc the
Mexican republic as nearly to our own AS tho
different habits of the two races win permit
They diSclaim the character of fillibusters.
and declare that they will march down to the
icrce and embark in broad daylight Tho
time for the departure has not yet been fixed.
Probably their force will be separated in two
divisions One will cross the Rio Grandc tn
suppress the disorders along the frontier, and
then march direct to the Mexican capital
ll'c other will 90 to the relief of yer, Cruz.
lhiS Us the present programme, but it is not
finally determined upon, and may be altered
10y the turn of affairs ut Vera Cruz. ANY at
tcmpt on the part of Spain or any other Euro
pean power to interfere in the struggle be-
tween the factions will prccpitstc the depart
urc of the *. G. C.'s. The pecumiary re-
sources of the order are on a scale proportion
ate to the number of It's members. In the
State of Texas aloue no less than four hum
drcd aud ninety eight thousand dollars have
been contributed and a division of twenty
five hundred men havc been armed and equip
ped besides.
The nnmbcr of X. G. C.'s now in this city
is about 2,200 men. The companies are COM
posed of finclooking young men, mostly be-
tween the ages of twenty.f five and thirty, and
their drill is said to be excellent. The com
m'ssarat is in charge of number of gentle
men OF experience aud means What aston
lshcs me most III the movement is the perfect
confidence evinccd by everybody concerned in
it, that 1t will prove successful. They de-
clare 1T will be only a, running fight, and that
the campnign will not last six months. OF
course, there arc great many whose names
and influence are enlisted in the enterprise,
but who have no idea of accompanying the
expedition. Yet the Il. c. C.'s expect to
hurl a'sniiicicnt force upon Mirmon's army
to overwhelm him at once, a great deal of
enthusiasm was created the other day by tho
arrival of large squad from Maryland and
Virginia. 1t is said they have number of
recruits from Harpers Ferry, each man of
whom is able to. make his own musket 7
shall keep you advised of any further steps
taken by the order.
Correspondence Nc1c York MroN
GEN. Buckley, head of the X. c.. C.'s,
madea speech to the citizens of Montgomery,
Ma, last week He said the order WAS dcs
lgned to assist in the Amcricani2ation of
Mexico; that he had several regiments ready
to take up arms, Tud expected to raise two
regiments, with means to get them to Mexico.
in Alabama. He. had, lie said, originally
been induced to make contract with the Mi
ramon or Church faction; but the recognition
of the Juarez or Liberal party by the United
States Government had compelled him to es-
pouse the cause of TINT party, in order to avoid
a collision with bis own countrymer
! WAsnINGToN, Marci Eli, tho Senate,
to-day, the Female .Emgrant Protection bill
and another to reduce the public printing ox-
pensc were adopted. A resolution calling for
information in regard TO the Instructions to
the Gulf Squadron in relation to the recent
action was offered, 20
In the House, bill was introduced, but
laid over, calling for information in relation
to the Gulf Squadron, similar to the one in
troduced in the Senate .
5 WAsiHNGToN, Thursday, March 22-,-H
is now understood that the Nicaragua treaty
will be ratified ip it's original form aud rctur-
ned to Nicaragua, whose Government, it is
hullovad, will overlook the delay, and accept
the ratification out of courtesy
A more dignihed course will probably be
pursued relative to the Mexican treaty. 1t
would hage been brought up uuder iigbly fa-
vorablo auspices this week but for tho obsenee
of several prominent Senators, gsbe. are in
New England instructing the peopfa In. that
quarter upon a subject of which so little Is
known and said, viz: the negro. Objections
to this treaty are randlv vanisl;no