Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-04-13

be like tale that is told. we shall hear no moro
OF slavery in the South than VIC now hear of il in
tue sceptre of empire has departed forever. and
that through the folly of her own sons
Extract
From letter to the Editor, dated Collin county.
Texas March 6, 1861
JACOB ALExANDER, formerly of your district,
died here on the 10th of February last
Times are hard. Politics run high. witt, great
excitement about secession. We have enc wcntl
or. Winter has broke Wheat crops look fine
and the prospect is fair for good crop. Peoplc
generally, are dcne planting CORP. we have the
best OF pastures now"
PREDICTED TwENTy-ToUR YEARS Aco.-It is
remarkable fact that the present secession
movement was foreshadowcd lust "a it has oc
cnrrcd in n work called the Partisan Lead
err, attributed to the pen of Judge Upshur, of
Virginia, who was killed 10y the bursting of The
Peacemakcr. In that work. under tho guise of
novel. it professcd that coming events
were described. The Gulf States it was de.
scribcd had seeded in consequence nf the clcc.
tion of n Northern President, and VIRGINIA and
other Border States were about E,l!owing suit
An attempt was made to form treaties with for
I&eign nations. and free tradc was established
which gave the South an unexamplcd career Of
prosperity. The current of events twcnty.f,ur
years later has given these predictions the form
of fulfilled facts.
BosToN. April G.--'rhcrc is great activity mt
the Navy Yard, Over 500 men are employed
The Bninbridgc is ready for sea and tho crew
are waiting. The Minnesota, Mississippi and
Colorado aic.nearly ready. Commodore String
hmm is expected here next week.
New York, April G-Abundance of ormv
lstnr oh;
steamer Atlantic, which s now about sniinr
with 900 men and detatchmcnt of artillery.
Four guns and forty men came to this city
from Fort Hamilton to-day.
WAsHNoToN, April On semi.ofiicinl
correspondence it is stated that four lgbt
steamers the Water Witch. Wvandottc, Mo
hawk and Crusader, will be lined with double.
banked snnd-hngs and taking as many men as
they will h"ld, will run the gauntlet of the
Norris Island batteries to supply fort Sumter.
An awful storm has leen raging all day.
AUcUSrA. April o.---Thc Mississippi Brigade,
eighteen hundred strong. arrived ut Pensacola
on the Tth.
Nearly four hundred Gearsia troops passed
through Montgomery for Pensacola within the
two last days.
CnARLEsroN, April 7.--Gen Bcaurcgard TO-.
day positively notified Major Anderson dat
his supplies and all communication will he cut
off from 10 a:y. F2.; Sumter is virtually in n
state of siege
CHARLESTON, April 0,-Thc excitement has
somewhat subsidcl. About five thousand
troops are now stationed at the respective f,rti-
fcations. No signs of any Unitel States ves-
sells yet. Everything. however, is prepared
| for action.
Ex-Scnators Wigfhll and Chestnut, and Gov.
Manning have been appointed aids to Gen.
Bcauregard. and went on active duty.
Hon. Edmund RuiRn. of Virginia, has shonl-
dcrcd rifle, and gone into the ranks The
greatest arlor prevails, and it is difficult to
know who is going to stay at home.
CnARLEsTnN. April 9.-Afs.rs remain quiet
on the surface here but deep feeling peryades
the community. Prodigous preparn tons are
progressing.
Senator WigGll of Texas, is serving MS q
| common soldier.
n rIiied cannon has arrived.
Mr.. Jamison, President of the Convention
delivered farewell speech to-day, on the pass
70 W 'P''hO"'"'y 'ohoAition5 Dy Jlat DOuy
The Convention will adjourn tomorrow.
No war vessels are outside, so far as known
RfcEYoND, April "a resolution was adopt
ed in Convention this morning raising com
m'ttce to inquire into the policy of the Presi
dent. Messrs. Preston. Stuart and Randolph
commissioners. left for Washington this morning
NoRroLK, April Awe have reports her,
this evening of disturbance among the work
men at Fortress Monroe. They arc said to has,
raised the Palmetto ilag under the walls out
side, and dared the soldiers to interfere
New, YoRr. April S.-Tbe steamer Harrie
Lane sailed for the South this afternoon, 6yin,
the stars and stripes instead of the flag of tb
steamer. The Vixen has gone to the Nav,
Yard. Large shipments of army stores wer
put aboard the Illinois and Baltie today
! d" ISTEBSATroNAt Doc FioHT."-ZUnder thi
head, the New York papers inform their reader
that a match between Rosie, of Brooklyn, pn
Bess, Of Liverpool, England--the "cbampibi
dogcqf she world ',---was fought in Brookiyl
on Tuesday evening. for $3.50 side. Ten tfoo
4 sand dollars, 1t is said, changed hands on III
match. Bess won In thirty minutes Tler
Fwas about one thousand spectators prosonG