Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-03-16

| ol tnelr country, North and South. In dcsir.
| ing our troubles settled without Il resort to arms.
we can shake hands heartily with our f,rrip''
neighbors of the Courer."
We cordially .ecprocate the kind expressions
of our new Western friend. Although " furri.
"ers'" we feel nigh apart unto you
The Future Policy.
The Montgomery correspondent of the Charles
ton E0cmimg Ne~s, speaking of the probable reicc-
ton of the Commissioners from the Confederate
States to Washington, says:
This will, of course, devolvc upon us the ne
cessity OF appealing to arms, and proving that our
independence is not merely revolutionary. Fort
Sumter and Fort Pckcns will not be attacked but
n close seige laid to both. All communication will
be cut off; no supplies of any kind allowed to en-
| ter; and hence they will either have to capituate
or an attempt be made by the myrmidons of Lin
coin to reinforce them; this will be regarded as
an overt act of hostility, and rcpoled with crane
canister and she'll This mastery policy, which
| President Davis will adopt, will throw the odiuln
of commencing the war upon the enemy, and give
to our cause immense moral strength; it will unite
! the Confederate States to man, and certainly
induce the Border States to rally to our defence
and unite with us in overthrowing the invader
| The spark of liberty is rapidly being famed into
n flame of military enthusiasm; the war cry OF
| freedom will soon resOund throughout the land
and thousands will flock around the starry stand
ard of the South Indeed, even in the short time
| which has elapsed since the inaugural was dely-
cred. stern spirit of defiance seems to swell cac
breast. and an Sager desire to grapple with the
bastard Zoe is felt aud expressed by many who
but few days ago. regarded as one of the
! grestest calanitics which could bcfall u.s."
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THE Texas VOTE FOR SECESSION. The follow
ing are the latest returns: Harris county. for
| secession III: against. l07. Austin county
for, 327 asninst 8. Bruaoria county 2l8 !;
/ ,,l,,
Il Walker county, 2S3 against. Is. Grimes
county. sos; against mix" BRACES county.
ia; against H. Wharton county, IN !;
aSoint. nix" Montgomery county, 345 /;
against G3. Colo nd county, over 100 MAORI
! ty for secession Fort Bend county, all for Sc
cession.
From AFRIcA.-'rhe news brough bv the mail
from the West Coast of Africa is mnre tl,hn usu-
ally important. Itappcars thnt notwithstand-
ing the Efforts made. to prevent it. the grcn
massacre in remembrance of the death of the
late King of Dahomey had taken place. Eve.
witnesses of the grand custom !" estimate the
number oT persons slain on the occasion at be-
tween 1000 and 1000. and it was said thatthe
blood spiltswept past Il like n flood into large
reservoir"
TnE CLOSING ScENEs.-Wc take the fol-
lowing description Of the closing scenes in
the Northern Congress. on Sunday evening,
from the New York Times, Black Rcpubii.
/ can
&C Congress did very little on Saturday cal.
cuatcd either to advance the material inter
csts of tho country or to promote peaceful
settlement Of the nutional troubles. In fact,
the proceedings in the Senate, although pro-
tracted until near midnight, may be consid.
cred as absolutely worse than proGtlcss--the
session being entirely wasted in foolish discuss.
ions as to what ought to be done Finally,
it was voted to adjourn until ii o'clock last
evening. On reassembling at that time, the
Senate galleries were unpreccdcntedly crowd
ed, and crowds were turnedaway unablctoe,n
admission Mr.. Crittcndcn, after presenting
the credentials of N.Y. Breekinrilgo, Who is
elected to the Sepate for six years from to.
mor"m, proceeded to speak on his resolutions,
but the noise in the galleries was so great
that it was found impossible to proceed with
| business. The Sergcqnt-at- Arms, at the or
der of the presiding officer, madc AN cndeayor
to clear the galleries of all those who did not
occupy seats, but he soon reported the task
impossible. to accomplish, Mr.. Douglas
moved to elect a new Sergeant-at. Arms, who
could do his duty but, comparative quiet
having been restored, lie withdrew his motion.
and ar Crittcndcn proceeded with his speech
lie was followed by Mcssrs Trumbull, of IL
linois, Wigfall, of Texas, and Others. In
the House an effort was made to suspend the
rules in order to take up the bill providing for
the collection of revenue at the ports of the
seeded States, but it failed for want of a
two-thirds vote. This, probably, kills the
measure in the present Congress, and what
ever is to be done by the new Administration
towards the collection of the reyenut wnst
be done upon its own responsibility The
resolution censuring Mr. Toutey, Secretary
of the Navy, for accepting the resignation Of
those officers of the Navy who resigned for
the purpose of taking service in the seeded
States, was passed after considerable opposi-
tion-05 to g."
APPoINTMENT.-Ca Captain w. r. Bogos, Of
Georgia, late First Lieutenant of the Ord.
name Department, United States Army. has
been appointed Aid-de-Camp TO- rrgaaer.
General Beauregard, 944}h
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