Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-15
Telegraphlc News from all Quarters.


fill the Senatorial vacancy.
j. d. Pulley, Representative, has been
arrested by Prcntiss for treason
NEW York, June 5.-Cotton dull and
unchanged.
NEw YoRK, June G.--Cottou is little
firmer-quoted at 13s to 13s.
CAIRO, June 5.-The Southcmers have
5000 troops at Union City~--anothor rcg;
mcnt having arrived there on Friday. TO-
600 are between Memphis and Cairo Gen
Bcanrcgard is expected at Union City on Sat
urday.
LOUISVILLE, June 5.--No orders having
been received at the post Office in this city,
Southern letters will be forwarded as hereto
! fore. Some letters received from the South,
having Confederate stamps, arc delivered,
the postmaster collecting three cents addi-
tional. No change will be made until orders
are received from Washington.
ALEXANDRIA, June GA majority of
citizens here, under the malign influence of
a secession press and political LEADERS,, con.
tlnuc sulky and opposite There arc, how
ever, prominent exceptions to this. At half
past ., every evening, citizens are all required
to be in their dwellings,, and the quiet after
that hour is gloomy in the extreme.
Col. Wilcox has made himself favorably
known in Alexandria, being Virginian by
birth
An engagement must soon take place, un-
less the enemy prefer to retreat toward Rich
| mond
1t is stated that Major General Fremont
Will be assigned to the command Of the
Western Division of the Lincoln Army, to
operate in the Mississippi Valley.
ST. LOUIS, June 6-Mayor Taylor has re-
signed. Eighty men from Hannibal, forming
part of the Battalion of the Home Guards,
were sworn into the United States service,
were armed, and returned with arms for their
comrades, who will be sworn in by their Major.
LEAvENwoRTn, juno G.-Twclvc volun-
tcers from Camp Lincoln, armed with Mimic
rifles and rcvolvcrs, crossed the river above
this place, and demanded the secession flag,
which is flying here, in the name of the Uni
ted States. The flag was hauled down. On
their return, the scccssonists fired on them
wounding three of them, one severely.
WASHINGTON, June 6.-Six Dahlgrcn
bronze l2.poundcrs have been fishcd up at the
Navy Yard Cat Norfolk, probably) Eight
tons of gunpowdcr have been taken from the
Alerrimac. The Germantown will be in sea
going condition in two weeks.
BALTIMORE, June 6.-Thc Bark General
| Green, owned in Charleston, has been cap.
turcd. Merrill & Thomas gun factory has
been seized
Washington gossip says that Scott dsap-
proves of landing forces at Aqua Creek. All
the dispatches announcing hostlitics MS soon
to occur at Aqua Greek or Manassas Gap, arc
incorrect Several members of the Maryland
Legislature recently visited Richmond, doubt
less to confer with the Confederate authorities.
The New York Tribune, in speaking of
Baltimore, says Marshal Kane is as bad at
heart as Merriman lie boasts that the Gov
crnment is afraid to arrest him. His friends
threaten to rise if he is touched
WASHINGTON, June 6.-John p. Sanders
has been appointed Lieutenant. Colonel, second
in command under Col. Anderson
EVANSVILLE, IND, June 6-Thc Eley-
cnth Regiment has been ordered to Cumbcr-
land, Maryland.
WASHINGTON, June 6.-Tho Ercm,ng STIR
says that certain information has been received
that Gen. Bcauregard is at Manassas junction,
with 10000 troops. Washington gossip re-
ports that person from Richmond says that
the troops march by night without music -
JacEson's brothers arc supposed to hc the
persons who are picking off the Federal pick
cts. They arc said to have fifteen or twenty
'S't hpS'J iHouutCu
\ large amount of rolling stock has arrived
at Washington to be used in transporting
troops towards Manassas junction. Banks
leads the coast column, acting with Butler
This arrangement is strongly opposed by all
but Lincoln. The oplosi ion is headed by
Gen. Scott.
bridge over Sleepy Crock, on the Bai,i-
moro and Ohio Railroad, has been burned.
WASHINGTON, (via New Orleans June S.
Parties representing tho Bogus Kentucky
Volunteers at Camp Clay, has been to Wash,
lngton to obtain arms and accoutrcmcnts from
Gen. Scott. 1t is said that Gen. Mcclellan
has been instructed to supply the Brigade,
and orders have been issued for Guthrie to
report to Col. Anderson at Louisville immc
diatey, on the suggestion that this would test
the policy of Magoffn's proclamation. Gen.
Scott replied, "you will be sustained, for we
can send yoa twenty thousand men in three
days.
Trustworthy information indicates that tho
Southcrncrs will attack the lines on the Wash
ington side of the Potomac, crossing nbovc
Arlington Heights and Alexandria. A move.
mcnt was made on Fairfax last night. No
particulars have yet been received For oh.
vious reasons there will be no renewal of. the
attack on Aqua Creek. When Scott is ready,
the place will be carried by storm Mean.
time, the Pawnco cruises in the vicinity, pre-
venting the erection of further fortifcaiions.
Grow, Of Pennsylvania, or Blair, Of Mis-
souri,, will be tho Speaker of the next Federal
House of Representatives. 'ra