Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-04-06
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Gen. Lane on Andy johnson, of Tennessee.

Gen' Lane OH AMY Johnson, OF tennessee.
In the course of his disgraccful submission
speech in the United States Senate, some
weeks since, Andy Johson, of Tennessee, al
luded to Gen. Lane, the gallant old Senator
from Oregon, in way that brought out that
old war horse in this wise:
The Senator, on that occasion looked at
me, pointed in my direction, and made re-
marks not becoming Senator-rcmarks that
have been too often made on this floor, and
that no gentleman would make He said he
had struck treason blow. The mighty Sen
ator from Tennessee struck treason blow
TO whom did he allude He said he saw
the commoton on this side OF the House :;
he saw the books being brought in; lie saw
that | was to reply to him. Sir, if the word
" treason " was to be applied by him, or any
other man, to me, would say, you are a cow
ard, who cannot maintain it. Sir, | cannot
express my contempt of the man who would
so insinuatc even in thought A drop Of trea-
son ncv"r ran i'll my veins. vt an hours no.
ticc, when working in a corn field for the
support of my family, when heard that In.
diana had been called on for troops, offered
my services, and did not look upon my fam
lily from ten minutes after had received the
notice until had gone through bloody bat
ties; until had carried home with me the
evidences of my devotion to the Unon.--
Does the Senator dare to charge treason upon
me | think not, for no gentleman would
have the temerity to do it. / might 90 on
and say that [ entered that service as pri
Tate, with my Enapsack ON my back, and was
mustered into the service as private, and
came home out of the service with the rank
OF Nlajor-Genera in the army. | earned it
on the battlefield On the battlefield lost
almost the last drop of my blood, without a
murmur In the service of my country. Who
then, is he that would dare have the cfTront
cry to charge me with treason to my country
"a country which | have loved from infan-
cy, which my father fought for, aud which [
have never failed to fight for rayself? new
er VIII fail to meet the foe of my country, or
to bleed in her cause while [ am able
Though my arm is not as strong as it once was
though my limbs may not DC now supple or
elastic, as in youth, | am yet able, when my
country shall need my services, to offer them !;
and shall be the first to do it on any lust oc
~casion, but never against one of the States of
this Union, who has left it because Justice
has been denied to her No, sir never
Then, sir, whom could the Senator from
Tennessee refer 10? COULD lie aIIuao ta my
friend Davis Sir, | saw him on the battle
field. [ was looking right in his face when
he was wounded j saw shudder pass over
him IS the bullet struck him, precisely at the
side end Of his spur, and passed through the
centre of his heel There vas perccptibly
simply sliudder, but not murmur; lust a
shuddcr for the instant, when struck by the
bullet; but never fci moment did he lose
sight of the enemy or the flag, but struggled
on through the battle to the end, following
the glorious stars and stripcs-that emblem of
the Union-that emblem of protection to cv-
cry State of the C0nfederacy under the Con-
stitution-as galantly as ever did mortal man;
and yet upon this foor there are some base
enough to allude to him as traitor. Mr.
PRESIDENT, L have not words to express my
contempt for any man that can apply such n
term to such a man as Jefferson Davis JEFF
ferson Davis traitor Treason applied to
him He, the purest and bravest Of patri-
OTIS! Tie fought for his flag and country
when the towards and poltroons that now
dare vilify him were supinely at home. He
Will live gloriously in history when they are
nnder the earth and forgotten Sir, this
" treason p" of orr seeding brethren does not
fall within the definition given by Hudibras
to that crime, for the South Aourishes and
prospers. The people who have seeded from
the Union, and have formed Government of
their own, are charged with treason will
tell the gentlemen they will have more than
ordinary difficulty to contend with when thcv
invade the rights of that Government
INLAND PoRTs OF ENTRY.-The Sccreta-
ry Of the Treasury of the Confederate States
. publishes the following important notices o..
points at which ports of entry have been es-
tablished
Norfolk, at Nelms' Landing on the Missis-
sippi River; fernando, and the Mississippi
and Central Railroad; Holly Springs, on the
Mississippi Central Railroad; PASSPORT, on tho
Tennessee River; Corinth, at the crossing of
the Mobile and Ohio, and of the Memphis
and Charleston Railroads Athens, on the
Railroad from Decatur to Pulaski; Stephen-
son, at the junction of the Memphis and
Charleston and of the Nashville and Chatta-
nooga Railroads; Atlanta, at the junction of
tho Gec.gia Railroad, tho Western and At
Iautie and various other Railroads Chester,
at the junction Of the Charlotte and Columbia,
and of the Kings Mountain Railroad Flor
ence, at the junction of the Wilmington and
Manchester, and of tho North eastern, and of
the Cheraw and Darlington Railroads
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Al RARE SPECIMEN or a LANDLORD.
BIr, Sheffield, of New Haven, who is a land
lord to q number of tenants, sent note tn
one whose lease had two years longer to run,
Informing bin that he sborid reduce his rent