Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-12-22
PlcKENs COURT HOUSE. s. c. SATURDAY, DECEMBER % 1860


in every Southern breast, for with them we
could live forever pcaccably, safely, happily.
Honor and future security, however, demand
the separation, and in their hearts they will
approve though they may regret the act
Fellow citizens of Georgia, ! have en-
dcavored to place before you the facts of the
case III plain and nnimpassioncd language,
and | should feel that had done injustice to
my own convictions, and been unfaithful to
you, If did not in conclusion warn you
against the dangers of delay, and impress up
on you the hopelcssness of any remedy for
/ these evils short of secession You have to
deal with shrcwd, hcartcss and unscrupu-
lous enemy, who in their extremity may prom
ise anything, but in the end will do nothing.
On the 4th day of March, 1861, the Federal
Government will pass into the hands of the
Abolitionists 1t will then ceasc to have the
/ claim either upon your confidence or your 10y
atty; and i'll my honest Judgment each hour
that Georgia remains thereafter member of
the Union will bc an hour of degradation, to
be followed by certain speedy ruin / enter
tain no doubt either of your right or duty to
scccdc from the Union. Arouse, thcr, all
your manhood for the great work before you,
and be prepared on that day to announce and
MAINTAIN your independence out of the Union
| for yon will never again have equality anO
Justice in it. Identified with you in heart.
feeling and interest, return to share in what
ever destiny the future has in store for our
State and ourselves"
| The CHARLESTON FoRTs.-A correspondent
speaking of these fortiGcations SAYS:
hundreds OF men Gio Mt work upon Fort
Moultre; among them some free ,wg,Os.
noot, ten feet wide. and probably Us deep, is
lni RI 1,l, rii
with water. New bastons have been hastily
erected Mt the projecting angles of the Fort,
armed with cannon and loop.hulcs for muskctrv
to sweep the bitches with bullets and grape.
shot. One Of the basiions has been hurricdly
finished with wood, armed at the summit with
iron spikes. On the ocean side of the Fort. he.
yond the moat, n brrast-work of sand, fifteen
feet high, has been erected, which gradually
slopes toward the bc&All to the width If one
hpnarel and seventy tAet. On the land -
Il ltin Ss wood ErSvents or fsJcrs from
seeing what is going Ohin he interior-but
signs of great activity are there evident also
The barracks inside the Fort, where thcv rise
above the rampant, have had loepholcs for mus
kerry cut all around them The heaviest ord
nance is mounted. most Of it pointing down mn.
on the city. while the rest range with the guns
OF Fort Sumter, opposite. so that their Joint fire
can prevent the entrance of any vessels
Meantime assurances arc repeated to tie
Charlcstonians that coercion will never he at
! tempted. On the heels of this vigorous prcpn-
ration witch is being made at the cost Of thou
sands, vile the Government cannot pay even its
! Postmastcrs, Col. Gardiner, who has been there
| Tor years, has been removed. Why2 Simply
| because he has made too many friends in the
city and tie Government doubts his loyaltv-
| For the first time, too to my knowledge, citi-
zens are refused admittance to the Fort 10
! test tho truth of this rumor we rcspcctirully
asked permission to look over the Fort and re-
celvcd II pcrcmptory refusal At the same time
active preparations are going on at Fort Sumter
| Two men, Only day or two back, were killed
| by the falling of heavy cannon which they
were mounting Castle Pinckney, within point
blank shot of the city, which. for years, was in
dllapidated condition, is now in thorough re-
pair, and armed completely with heavy ord
nance. And so it has como to this, that our
own cannon are pointed against our homes to
menace us!--NwcmV.
a "DECEASED BIoTmER's" Re-, AIMS
PROVE TO BE A SUPPLY OF RIFLEs.-About
two weeks since, (says the Cleveland Ohio,
llalndcalcr,) man arrived at Ripley, Missis-
slppl, on railroad train, having in charge a
coffin, which he said contained the remains of
his brother, who had died several days previ-
Gus. Leaving the train and removing the
seeming corpse, he engaged the services of
two or three men, whom he employed in die
| glng grave in the woods for the reception of
the body, which he informed them he had de-
signed taking home, but found that he would
be unable to do so.
The grave was prepared, the coffin lowered
and covered with earth, and the party left the
lonely spot, the assistants for their homes.
and the stranger for the railroad depot. He
left on the next train, and nothing has since
been heard Of his whereabouts. a day or
two afterwards the men, who had assisted in
The burial were conversing on the circumstan-
ces attending it, when one of them remarked
that the coffin was unusually heavy-too
much so to contain only the body of a man
This led to further speculation on the subject,
and the affair being communicated to several
other persons, it was resolved to take up the
remains to satisfy themselves. A party re.
paired to the spot, few moments hard work
exposed the coffin to view; it was taken up
the lid raised, and the party, not little sur
prsed and confounded upon discovering that
instead of corpse they had inferred coffin
full Of rifles. 1t may be imagined that the
discovery created what reporters would call a
/" decided sensation" Who was the stran-
gerW where had he gone? and what were
his objects in practicing this extraordinary
deception?
The MckENNA Will CAsE.-Thc Yorkilye
Enquirer publishes the following information
respecting this important case:
We learn that the Mex emma will case. which
for the past year has strongly exercised the
people of Lancaster, has been compromised
Mrs. Mckenna, the widow will roceiye ono !