Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-29
Pennings and Clippings.

ted by the Governor of North Carolina, to he
Brigadior General of lst Brigade ~ c. V, for
distinguished services at the battle of Bethel
Church, Virginia, to take rank from 10th June,
lSGl Col. Hill is native of South Carolina,
and is an elder Of the Presbyterian church.
THE STATE RoAD-Thc Atlanta IufeUigcnccy
states, by authority. that for the month Of March
$4,000. of April $4,000, and of May $50 900,
were paid into the State treasury, making the
sum of Sl40,000 paid in Of the earnings o. the
Georgia State road for three months
The MASSES IN ONO OPPOSED TO TIE WAR;
An Ohio correspondent of the New York Touy-
naf of Commerce writes "Thcrc is an under
current of feeling among the masses opposed to
the further prosecution Of this war. Although
most of the presses and leaders have been car
ricd away by the furor Of the hour. still you
will find that tho masses Of The people have
not gone with them; and there is great rcac-
ton going on daily"
AcrGoH OF THE PREspYrERIAN CuuIcn-Thc
Memphis .tppeal, Of the 18th instant. saws {:
The Prcsbytcry of Memphis, in session now
! in Somcrvillc, on Thursday last unanimously
passed an Ordinance of Secession from the
General Assembly Of the Presbyterian Church
of the United States. The other prcshytcrics
of the Confederate States will all scrcdc ,,rc.
paratory to the organization Of the General As.
scmbly Of the Confederate States The first
Assembly of the Southern Church are invited
to hold their meeting in this city"
| TIE UNION Men IN TENNESSEE The Jones
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the views Of Hon. Il. \. r. Nelson, President
OF the late Union Convention, has an article
upon the duty of Union men of that State in
which it counsc!s acquicscencc in the vote of
the majority, and chcerlu! submission to the cx-
pressed will of the voters Of the State.
| FAYETTEVILLE AS AN ARMoRY. All the rife
works recently at IIarpcrs Ferry have been
boxed mp and removed to the .Armory at Fay
ctevie n. c., where the fabrication and alter
alton OF arms will he Immediately commenced
~ number Of workmcn have passed through
Richmtnd from lIarpcr's Ferry, cm route for
North Carolina.
! BULLS KUN A. B.TTLE-fIgLD.-Th Cam
den Jou'n"l tolls us of pleasant little cnnvcr.
sation which occurred between Colonel Kcr.
SHAW and General Beanrcgartl, on the occasion
of visit of the Gcucra to the camp Talking
about the probability Of this point becoming
tnmons in the history Of the war; Col X re
| marked that the place should have a more elias
sic namcithan BMis iWn. when Gen. b. prompt
ly replied that it is qnie us g,o, IFS Cy,o pens
This settled the question
| RcnMoND, June 22.-.The President of the
Memphis and Charleston Railway has taken
10000 Of the Confederate bonds, and $l7 ,00j
| Treasury notes at par.
Patriotism OF TIE AUGUSTA BANKs-Thc
Banks of Augusta were called upon Wcincs
day morning by the agent of the Confederate
States Government to know how much Of the
C"ntedcracy Treasury notes they would take. =
They promptly answered Is per cent. of their
capital. AS the sum total of bank cartal in
Augusta amounts to $3.0T5 900, the amoun,
thus taken aud placed to the credit Of prcs
dent Davis is $4Gl $50.
SALT-The Nashville Union noticing that sal
has materially advanced in tho market, says
"Ths advance las resulted from fear that tn,
stock in the Southern States will be exhausted
before supply can be obtained in consequence,
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Smyth county Va, which turns out large
amounts annually, and it may be increased tc
almost any quantity. There arc probably nthc,
points in the Southern States where salt ma,
he manufactured, and it would bc well for on
tcrprising capitalists to turn their attention tc
the subject.
Tue New York Day Book says: "All New
York is failing. The suspensions and failure.
for the past few days have been fearful, and the
war promises to bankrupt every merchant In
New York. The retail business is as bad Off a,
the Wholesale Trade is killed"
THE Fort SUMTER OrricERs-Capt. Double
day, Of Fort Sumter memory. commands the
heavy artillery Of the column advancing against
Iarpcr's Ferry from lIngerstown. Lieut.. Hal
is Commissary of tho same command.
Il SHORT Wharf.-The New Orleans Bee dwoll,
on the great anxiety of the North for n shor
war-rcferring to the dolorous plants of the
Herald over its expensvoness and losses, and
adds, truly enough that tho only way to make
it a short war is for tho Yankoos to 90 back tc
thoir onion patches, repont Of their sins, leave
the Confederate States to manage their own
affairs, and resign themselves to the consequon
ces Of on es!siGpcc separate oud apart from us