Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-01
Changing His Tane.


!, York Tribune, hns abandoned tho idea of
marching 100000 Yankee mcrccnaries thro !,
not around Richmond, Raleigh and Charles
i'ton. Somebody has intiuntcd to him that
slight objection would be offered in.thc rebcl
States to so imposing ragamuflin display,
and hence change of programme. The mis-
! crablc old bmn.bread sinner now intimntcs
that the Southcrncrs will fight, md thus ven
tilatcs his views in recent issue: y
Let the folly be utterly hootcd of suppo
sing that the rebels will not fight They
will, they must fight, and that dcspcntely.-
peaceful djustmcnt is Il sheer impossibili-
<ty, and has been from the hour thut the iron
hail was first raincd ont the walls of devoted
| Sumter. The men who planned, directed. cx-
ccutcd, and even those who many manner in
cited, that fendish act, are traitors to the
United States. and : as such arc instinctivcly
and irrrprcssibly ablorrcd by every loyal heart.
They have burned their slips, and retreat is
hcnceforth impossible. Any peace that may
be made must involve their signal triumph nr
their utter humiliation II there were No
other ohstucc to a halfnGd half settlement,
the position q: tho Army aud Navy officers
whom they have sednccd from their loyalty
would be iasnpcrnblc. Here are great nu..,
hcrs of sworn defenders of the authority and
flag Of the Union, from Gen. Tw~gs down.
who have been dyed in Il treason so black that
no Government not utterly broken down could
consent to overlook it. Can the traitors .grcc
to'abanduh those officers without support or
profession, to the cold chHritcs Of. trrwn;ng
world? Could tue Govrrnn.<nt con<cnt to
their restoration to the rank toy have torct.
ed. the trust they nvr haiin,IA II it
could would loyal and 'ui'i tui III. ,.r consent
to serve with aud undt.tle lle i,tG, is
utterly ina;lmiSSuhlc.
Nor Will it hrSwcrto 'l.ltHr,.! 'tl,. uilit,'.
resources and efficiency of a.. bcls Even
towards in their position woud Ii.it dcsp.r
atcly and they art norow rhs Nest Of then.
have been trained from tic crdle to consider
personal bravery the first requisite OF manly
character. and skill in the ,,sr Of arms the first
necessity of grntlcnru. Tie rifle aud the
revolver have been their p!.yil,nrS from boy
hood, and the duel, or snnr difficulty in
volving peril to life, are with them themes Of
daily contemplation and frequent observations
And, willie we arc confident that majority
nf the Southern people are ut heart UmionistS
fighting forcc-.' the Chivalry '--nf the Slave
States the young the daring. the ambitious.
the desperate have been drawn into Tic
mcshcs of the rebellion. They have many Of
the very best of our late Army officers and
their soldiers will at first he better led and
handled than ours. Such arc the advantaocs
with which they will enter upon the contest,
add to which it must be fought nlinlv on
ground which they know thoroughly and we
very imprrlrctly, III the mitlst rf their rcsour-
ccs and ut distance from ours, while ten of
the inhabitants of the seat nf war will eagerly
give information to their leaders where one
will venture to give any to uu,s.'
a DlSINrEcTANT.-A correspondent Of
the London .Sor givcs u recipe. which is
worthy of attention. rs preventive against
fcbrlc infection or contagion:
In the year 1880. DR.. Carmichael Smyth,
physician extraordinary to his lntc Majesty
George III, being required by The Govern.
ncnt to proceed to Winchester. where a gnol
fever was raging with terrible violence, np-
piled the disiniccting agent with the happest
and most successful results, The pcstilcnce
was stayed, aud DR.. Carmichael Smyth had
the sa. .stactiom of receiving the thanks of the
House of Commons. and more substantial
reward was voted for his services An order
was issued for the use of his tumigation thro'.
out all Government. establishments, in the
navy, aud in gaos, and its efficacy could not
be disputed but strange to say. the use of
this valuable remedy has been discontinued.
In bringing it to your notice, | am only dis.
rharging debt to humanity, and shall be
thankful if the wisdom Of the medical attun
dants at Liverpool leads them to adopt this
safeguard against infection. In tlics it is
Invaluable, as have repeatedly proved The
ingredients are simple aud yt.,ar. and are ny.
tnll"ws: Receipt 70: the nitrous fun ::niu.r-~
put an ounce of purified ntrG. pona,nd. into
" saucer. and pour on it an ounce of sulphur
ic acid; the discngagcd gas purifcs tie air
and destroys all infection; place this saucer
over li".r, and stir il occasionally with
stick or tobacco pipe.
TATrLING.-Thc servant ut No told the
scrvont ut No 9 that her master expected his
old friends. tho i}ayleys. to pay l,ii visit at
Christmas; and No. 2 told No 3 that No I
expected tho Bilics in the hursc every day.
and No told No. 4 that it w.s n up with
No. |, for they couldn't keep the l,,lil~ out
whcrcupon No. 4 told No. 5 tt:t &c officers
were after No. ], and that i, w>s as r,uch AS
he could do to prevent himself hoa. bniuy-ta.
ken in execution, and tia, it, was killing h;s
poor dear wife; and so it we', %, increasing.
until it got to No 33. whprc it WIS reported
that the detective police had taken up tin,
gentleman who had livcdnt 30. | for KILN.
his poUr dear wife with arsenic, and it was
confidently hoped and expected that I,c would
be executed, as the facts of tho case were
very clear against him.
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