Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-07-20
From Virginia.

| under Genoral Garnett A lettor to distins
guished military gentleman states tllat an en-
gagS,I,ont Ind takoii place between tho ffsti
Gcorgsa regiment. (Col Ramsay,) and thrco
roglnents ofthe enemy, near tI'hllippi, eins
which tho lattcrworo completely lyroutedyw't n
considerable loss. Il is further stated, that
tho gallant Georgians took large number of
! prisoners and secured all camp cquipnge,
baggage, &c.,, OF tho ,v,.tny. rhe medium
through which this nowe is received renders
authenticity probable, and it is therefore gen
orally credited hero. Our loss is REPRESENTED
to be but two; that of the enemy sixty
| Iho Contral train yesterday brought. no;
ncws OF an exciting character. Tho only re-
port VIC heard from passengers WAS that i, skir:
mish took place on Saturday. or Sunday be-
twcon the pickots near Alexandria, in which
Bin hessians wore killed and no ono hurt on
our side. Iii probably tho same skirmish
mentioned in the Northcru dispatches be-
low
| We hoard yesterday morning a-runor ofthc
arrest of Col. Richard Thomas, of Richard.
whose recent exploits have cndenrcd him to
every Southern heart. We did not credit tho
rumor until wo received tho Baltimore Ec-
cha"gc, ofthc 9tl, inst, which contains tho
following paragraph in relation to tho mat.
ter:
:, 'e"lh Ihat AT. ntcilard Thomas, DIST.
hlary's county, and five or six other persons.
were were arrested on board tho steamer Mary
Washington ns she was coming up tho bav
yesterday The charges against them arc be-
| licvcd to be that they were concerned in tho
Slezurc of the ST. Nicholas few DAYS since
The party were coming mp to tho city us pas
| scngrrs, when they were pointed out by two
spies on board tho boat, and ms she reached
the wharf ut Fort McIlcnry t';o boat rounded
TO SUD they were delivered up to tho otliccrs
in command"
~ Winchester correspondent furnishes
some interesting information relative to mil.
ltary movements in that qlartcr, which wo.
arc not permitted to publish. Tho follow
ing ism extract from tho letter :,.,. u MS
1.-TWO companies of cavalry, one fg6m Wash
lngton county, and one from Amelia county,
passed through horc this morning to ioin
Colonel Stuart. ....>,'. (.
The militia Of Frederick, Clarke, shepon-,
doah, Rockingham, Inge, Warren, Jefferson
berkeley counties have boon ordered out for
Six months or the war, and ordered to ron
devious here Berkeley and Jefferson have.
not as yet responded to tho call. A squad of
men, however, left hero by railroad this morn
ing tor Jefferson, to draft tlcnl into service.
IN largo body oftcdcral troops passed up
:, o? "lIo'''o Ii"'pcl IcTTy, ON
cit is believed that tho federal forcc nt
hlartinsburg nro being daily reinforced"
The Enqmircr, of tho sa,no date, has tho
following firm Il correspondent in Bcvclry.
Virginia:
"Our scouting parties have bccn routing
the Yankee scouts lately last night cght
OF tho invading Yankcss wcro slain by our
scouts. The greater portion of tlom arc
about 1.-Two and u half miles from Buchanan
where the Yankees have l,rgo force. Tho
Yankees have recently taken posscssan of
Gpshur, Lewis and Giln,cr counties. rhsSSv. SS.''
are arrcsting and sending ito Ohio, all tho
Southern men they oan lintl. Largo snun-
bcrs arc coming horo and joining tic army.
Southern mems wheat has been lost to them
here Tho Union mon arc our worst enc
mics. There can never be II reconciliation be-
tween the Southern mcu and the Union men
| in Western Virginia
+. SIS p. nj open my letter to you
TO inform you that today, near General Gar
nctts camp, there was an engagement between
! thc Georgia regiment and large body of tho
| Yankees in which the (tcorsi:.ns killed. GO or
| foot the Yankees, and took II four horse war
on and team and some arms. Only Que of
the Georgians was wounded At The Rich
'''>''''''''' ''ciG Nus DeCn some nhtlnu, the
result not known It is believed ,lnI the
la!kccs have large force, anl are ,n4kinr
their way into the valley, to snrrp,nd our ar
| NY capture orstorSa, ordnance They viii
receive rough hand!ing."
| The OiW"hh OF! SATURDAY, SAYS: t#a
| "lasscngrrs By the Central .Min yestcr-
| day report son" Interesting proeccui:, !. in
! latt'r&oh's camp nj MsrtinSbnre. S,mn
| iour thousand Pcnaayivu.ians, who en- tad
"r three months, made up their.mintls to .cayc
and 50 home, Dnr account. SAYS o.;c,i;n,
so. ,;ei l., "', ~ .;ht tool: niaoc,, in which Il
cnhSdcr"h!e number oi useless iyra were Inst.
we cannot yonch tor The accuracy of the last
mentioned report, but !nyc m doubt tlnt u,c
threc months mcn ac;crH.;nn.l 10 leave the
| service
From Western and Northern Virginia ac-
counts are vague. A dispatch from Cincin.
nnttt makes it appear that Capt. o. j. Wise.
or tho l{lucs, had captured three compapics
OF Fodcralists. 1t is probable tlat an en-
gagemcnt has taken place in the ncnhlorbood
OF Laurel ilill, between Gen. Garnett's Con
tcucrate forces and McClcllan's command,
since tho Cincinnati kilograms inform us
'h"t they were approaching each other at last
accounts. We have nothing further in re-
g.rd to the reported engagement Of the TIL.
II INC Fcdoralists were defeated on that dav.
as has been stated, we should hardly receive
any account of it from thoNorth.
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