Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-07-06

our best tarmers, sends us cotton bloom,
pluckcd from his field the 1st July. ".
CoNfEpERATE SoLuSTrsRs.- Three hundred
and sixty thousand volunteers haye offorcd their
services to President DAVIS.
THE NEw YoRx PAPERS. Tho Now York
Courier and Enquirer is merged, on end after
to-day. initho lHoy7a newspaper; The Clieva-
lior Webb goes to RioSand his paper g,,esI into
tho wholming ourrent Of ruin it has worked so
hard to bring about. Now let tho Tribune un-
ito its fortunes with the othor two. and We shall
sec combination Of the Vo,ld, The Flesh and
tie DcrH
ExEcuTiyE IIeApoUA ARrERs.--Co Gov ernor PIcK
EMS has established his Headquarters at Colnm.
bia, s. c., where. all communications for the
Executive should bc addressed
GEN. MAeRuDER TO BUTLER--Gen. Bntlcr sont
word to Cen. Magruder he hoped tho war would
he conducted on principles of civilized warfare
Gen. NJ. replied. i have buried your dead and
taken caro- of your wounded in sight Of the
houses OF widows and orphnns whom you have
driven forth and whose property you hayo de-
stroyed.
TnE boiler of the locomotive Sam Tatc cx-
plodcd OH tho 18th, while drawing through East
Tennessee, q train of twenty cars, containing
Col. Fcatherstons 18th Regiment Mississippi
Volunteers The engineer md Grcmcn were
killed, as also ensign John w. Kendrick. Two
othcr soldiers were maimcd.
THE VERY WoRsT WE HAVE TO ExPEcr--The
Yankee, Richland. wounded and taken prisoner
in the fight at Bethel, has filled all our mon in
the hospital with vermin They nrc said to be
of the most malignant form and disposition
SOUTHEAST Missouri PnErARISG ron THE
FRAy.-A letter from Southeast Missouri Gays
that Gen. Watkins is organizing troops i'll
nearly all ofthc counties in that portion of the
State. IIo will corporate with tho Arkansas
force now concentrated at Pocahontas. Arms
aro being taken up White river for their use
THE FEDERAL FoRcEs-Thc Washington STR,
OF Wednesday evening. puts down tho total
number of troops which have arrived there at
4S.S45, exclusive Of recruits numbering about !
Z.uuO, and several independent companies go
that the aggregate is over O.000, without count.
| ing regulars. marines and District Of Columbia
troops. the latter about 1000 strong. Ifhis is
true. the total aggregate Of troops already n
| that line amounts to between firty-six ard fifty.
| seven thousand,
SouTHERN OrricERs IN THE NAyY.-Thcrc are
| still $40 Southern officers in the Navy. Onlv
81 have resigned. There were originally ,5G1
gentlemen of Southern birth in the service =
| One-third of tho resigned officers were miship-
| men. The Wabash. Minnesota and Colorado,
| of the blockade feet. have several Southern
officers The mississippi steamer is the .nly
vessel in the Navy that has none attached to her
INFLUX or SrEcIE-The English bankers nre
alarmed mt the large Indebtedness of their couu.
| try to the United States. The amount Of specie
RENTED since the 2Sth Of November last has
| reached the enormous sum of twentv-nine mil.
lions of dollars. The London Daily Me,cs nd.
mits that America holds the strings of the
| specie movements in its hands,"
TopAcco-It was currently reported ut the
/ T"bacc" Exchange yesterday. SAYS the Rich
m"nd Enquier of "Wednesday, that an ord, +
has been received in the city for the purchase
of t"bncco for tho French Government We
trust the report may bc correct. ms we will, not,
withstnndng the blockade. be able to disu,sc
! OF n large portion of crop. while it suggests
other advantages to us also.
|
| RECOVERY or ARMS At TNrRF,iK-Cnrbincs
which the Lincoln scoundreis. in their night
threw overheard. arc daily Icing RECEIVED and
| made almost rs good az now. They arc rcprc.
scented as very accurate. and throw u ball with
great velocity. and arc sold for little over six
| dollars piece. This is not one-quar,cr ur the
value Of the piece but IL made charge by
those who get them light compensation
U. 5. TRo"rs.-The U. S. troops from Texas,
numbering 4S0 men, now at Fort Iamilon
| New York, in consequence Of their anomalous
position--havng pledged themselves not to take
up arms against the Confederate States-huye
pctilioncd the War Department. for discharge.
| These mon arc in q destitute condition, having
no blankets, and many Of them have received
no pay for fourteen months.
| DEATHS AMONG THE ENEMY.- soldiers at
Old Point arc said to be dying like shoep.--cach
day almost witnesses numbers Of dead hadias
carried away for intermcnt. We can scarcely
express doubt that such is the case, when wo
remember their condition, for some of them arc
| represented, even by some Of their own number.
as in n state Of nudity and hunger tru'y revolt.
ing.
| The National hteiiigeacer is about to be dis.
continued on account Of tic withdrawal Of it's
Southern patronage. So the proprictors make