Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-08-03

4" S"ll' ohahkllll company, j. T. HillhouSc
and John Lewis were killed and Jcnkins Sitton,
Jolly, Crockcr, Duke and Wilson were wounded.
On Monday morning after tho battle shell
nccidcntly exploded, killing Wallcl llilhouse,
wounaing Lieut.. Bclotttc. who has since died md
several others
In tho Palmetto Rinc,ncn. T.. 4. Brown was
killed, and W. II. Earle, ~. p. Hubbard James
Sloan, and ---- Slonan were wounded
We hope by our next Issue 10 hayo n complete
list of the killed md wounded
The Prisoners Of tho Savannah
The following is the correspondence (,narkcd
Document Az referred to in the message Of
President Davis to tho Southern Congress:
RcnMoNp, July 9th, 1851
To Abraham Lincoln, President and Command.
or-n.Chicf of tho Army and Navy of the
United States:
Sir: Having learned thai tho schooner Sa.
vannnh, private armcd vessel in tho scrvicc,
and sailing under u commission issuc, by au-
thority of the Confederate States of America,
hnd been captured by ono of tho vessels forming
tho bluckadmg squadron of Charleston harbnr,
commanding that squadron for an exchange of
the officers and crew of the Sayannah for nris.
oncrs of war held by this Government I" accoul.
ing to number ,ap1sBaapk." 10 this prai56aitfiHf,
madc on tho Capt Mcrccrftlies oliccr
in command 9&S }llnekadng sqpasli0Is snalc
slsssal Soard ,"is Of shs ses.
sells undoTiSS spohit nj iia
1t now sipuaSfySby satcmcntamsde hont
contradictibf ins newspapers pul'lishedin New
York, that the prisoners above mentioned were
conveyed to Tint city, and have there been treat
cd, not rs prisoners of war; but us criminals
that they have been put in irons. confined in
inil, brought before tho courts of justice on
nhnrges of pifacy and treason, and it is even
rumorcd Tint they have been actually convicted
of tho offences charged. inrno other reason than
that they bore arms in defence OF the rights al
tbis G,,ycrnncnt, and under tho authority of its
commission.
Il could not without grave discourtcsy, have
made tho newspaper statements, abnve referred
to, tho subject Of this communication, if the
threat of trcatng rs pirates thc citizens Of this
Conlctlcracy, armed for Its service on the high
soas, had notshcen contained in your procluma.
tinn of tho - April last that proclamation
however, seems to afford sufficient Justification
| for considering these published statements rs
nottlevoid of probability.
Its the desire Of this Govcrnmcnt,so to CON
| duct the war now existing as to mitigate it's
| horrors, rs far rs may bc possible; and. with
| this intent, it's treatment of tho prisoners cap
tur, d by it's forces has boon marked by the
greatest humanity and lcnicncy consistent with
| public obligation; some hnvo been permitted to
return home on parole, others to rcmtin at
largo under similar conditions within lhis Con
fodcracy, and al hayo been furnished wiih RAJ
! tons for their subsistence ench Gs are allowed
to our own troops. It's only since the news has
bcen received of tho treatment of the prisoners
taken on tho Savannah that have been com
rolcd TO to withdraw these inlulscnccs and tc
hold tho prisoners taken by us in strict conliI
d ment. o,
I ADJUST regard to humanity and to theAonn,rr +
1c NM
explicitly thai, nanful as will be thshrccssas,
this Goyernmcnt will deal ont to re PRISONERS
hold by it the same treatment en- 'ho sa'no
fate as shall DO experienced b$those capturnG1o
on the Savannah: and, ifdrfcn to tne 'orrlnau r
necessity ofretaliatoasy yoHS hat ro
. tnliation viii ,bosStcnded so far as shW DO reg
nsifo q ,to secure tho abandonment on practice
; Unknown to tho warfare of ciylisea man an,
s so barbarous rs to dsgraceh.o, nation wh'el
! shall bo guilty of ofinalgurpang H. ,sso
{ With t!iiS Wow, and because lt may not p"Te
! reacbod YOU. I now rcnew tho propostioVmadc
To tho commander ofstho blockNdng squadron,
70 exchange for,thc prisoners takcn On the Sa-
: yanhnh. M oqnnl number Of thosc n.y. held ny
! usE accordiag to,rank. s;f
| PAN, sir, yours 60,
, ~ JEFFERSON DAVIS,
:. ~ President and Commnnder-in.Chief
of tho Army and Navyofthe
, Confederate States.
MANAssAs-W arc without direSt informa
ton from Manassas, says tho Petersburg Ee
: press, and have good reason to belieye that th'
/, authorities have intcrdcted tho transmission 0
dispatches AL public travel on tho road t
o that pointhas been positively forbidden. Hun
d dreds md hundreds of those who hsyerelatye
known to hive boon in tho battle, were at th
O. War Department yostordny. entiaay0rinn (