Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-02-16
News summary.

Convention will be assembled at an early day.
''with view to the action of the Congress at
Montgomery" Doubtful we think. -----wm. H.
Trescott has been appointed Commissioner to Ten
nessee. .-----A spy has been caught in Charleston,
examined, and ordered TO leave the city. ty.----The
Charesonians, after much excitement, are having
an interesting race week.--Snow has fallen
North deepcr Than it has been known forten years.
Hopc il will cool off onr Northern brethren, -
j. B. Kershaw has been elected Colonel -. d.
Banding, Lieutenant Colonel, and Dixon Barnes
Major, of the ID Regiment of voluntecrs.---The
Etowah (Ga.) Iron Works have been sold to Mcssrs
Cochran Shorter and Rhctt, for $l55000.--
This State and Georgia receiving shot, shell,
and powder from tho Tradcgar worksin Virginia.
--Gov. Pickens has proclaimed martial law
over Sullivan's Island.---A dinbolical murder
was committed on the person of George Sawyer in
Lexington district, by two of his negroes. One is
to be hung, the other whipped --Thc Northern
people insist that Gen. Scott is to be poisoned
Don't believe t.-rhousands of the people of
Kansas nre suffering for bread-there is famine
there. e.---Nlaj. IL. Lee Thmston. of Greenyiae
died last week. lancntea by many friends.--.
James Griffith was drowned, in Grecnville, during
the recent high water Tile " Peace Confer
ence.p in Washington, has done nothing. but sit
with closed doors.--Mrs. Coy Pickcns and
daughter reviewed the troops at Fort Moultrie
recently. on horseback!
CHANGE OF ExoLsH SExrrNENr,-The N.
y. Times saws: .ft- 60 ,..e...fS
The last mail from En- rope (ly the Arabia on
Saturday mnrning). inli Gates rapid change i'm
the views and impressions which our unfortu-
nae domestic difficulty is making on the pub
lie mind Of England and France, and the dan
ger to American credit now seems, that whereas
tho first response WAS adverse tn all sympathy
with the Southern secessiun. the second Thought
is that the movement has assumed such pro-
portions ~ to render tine immediate recognition
ut II separate Southern power by the two great
commercial Safes of Western Europe nevita-
he. An article ON this subject. indicating a
sudden change in the temper of English senti-
mcnt, from the Ln,lun Times, copied into our
paper ON Saturday morning. attracted much at
toniun and remark on the Stock Exchange ,lu-
ring the day, and increased the anxiety in bu-
sineSs circles generally that something should
lac dane in the Convention of the Middle and
Border Statcs. at Washington, this eek, to ar
rest the furthes progress of secession, and to
avert the alternative of constituting two Gun
fedrrnces out nf nur present common Union
That the change in English sentiment; f,reshnd-
owel by its leading press in London preceeis
from Manchester rather than Exetcr Hall. aud
grows out of the alarm in regard To the Cotton
supply. IA opposed to the manifestations in this
crisis of the mere anti-slayery nutnns of the
British Kingdom. does not the loss imper tho
credit and consideration due to the whole of
this country from Europe. remove the sting
OF the inyions comparison instituted by the
L"ndnn Times, in ti" leader referred to-
against tho commerce and trade of the North
and Northwest.
PrwER OF THE Souru.-Thc following extract
is from the speech of Senator Hunter, of Vir-
gnia
The eight socedng States alone possess n
territory more than three times as grGat MS
France more than six times as large Prus-
sla, and nearly six times as large as England,
Scotland, and Ireland put t"gether while the
alliance of the other Southern and border
States would increase the territorial extent nf
the Southern Cunfcderacy m"re than one third
Can country Ike this, occupied by n people
who from their chillhond have been accusto,n-
ed to the most manly exerGise. and1th free u,e
OF ire-armS-b0ld. hardy. restive under unlnw-
tul c"ntrol-and numbering within its borders
100000 men capable of bearing arms and
who, with II few weeks warming could mar
shall at every assailable point in bands of
10000 and 100,O00-can.I / say. such country,
and so reopled be overcome by any foreign
foe? The idea is simply absurd.
CnNvENTInN ELEcrloN-Thc votes. saws the
Charleston C1Hricr of the 5th. fpr m"nbor Of
the Convention. in place of II. w. Conner. de-
ceased. will be counted this day, and the result
officially announced. AZ to the result, h ,wev-
err it lis kn'wn that seven hundred votes
were given. and all for Jnmes Conner, Esq
ILLUSTRATIONS are causing great rnvages in
several parts of Europe; France, Spain, and
particularly Holland. In this lust country tho
dykes in northern Brabnnt are being broken,
whole villages nre submerged nothing hnr tho
chimney tops being left to the view and the
cattle is being slaughtered to prevent their be-
ing swept away by food.
HEAVY DAMAGEs-The Nav Orleans Pea.
y''me states that Mr. Arthur Choppin, who lost
"ne of his legs in n collision on the Cnrrplton
Rail Road. has Obtained in the Sixth Diatrict
Court, verdict of $4,000 against tile Com
pany.
PARDpNED-J O., A. Heath sentenced to bo
hung in South Carolina on the Goth inst has
been parlune'l by Gov. Pickens ON condition Of
leaving the Snte.
FoRMiNG-Volunteer companies are forming
throughout the State Of N rth Carolina. to lie
ready for any emergency except e"crcion.
NoRTm CARoLINA-On Monday resolution
passed the House nf Camns:,mn ~ ;s,,n3iu ~.
vote that, " in nf failure tu effect IL recon-
clliation of the national dilh,n.ties North Car
ona would g with ti> slnvch,iliug Safes"
Middle Cmfetlerncy d ,e< nnt appear to
have many advocates in this State. 1t will al.
so pass the Senate unanimously.
RETRocEssIoN or STATES To FnREIoN powERs.
-ltis suggested by n leading Northern Sena-
tor. that such States as have been acaaised, by,
negotiation from other nations and have sece-
ded from the Union be celed back to their
original pOasessors, thereby securing the c,,op-
era.inn of those Governments with our owr
and punishing Mt the suno time the refractory
States-Beto York Tins.
al Llp Sfatn - Vail L.,