Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-05-25
The Steamship Niagara.

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tho harbor, was first noticed off here at an
early hour on.Saturduy byoPilot Boat No. 4,
then optsidc the. Bar, and also from the stce-
plo, Of tho Custom House. The pilo. boat
had observed in tho off1ng on Friday evening
What appeared to be a merchant s6ip bound
into this harbor, and which, not being in
sight on Saturday, was no doubt ordered off
by the Niagara towards midday the frigato
disappeared, but returned of the port in the
afternoon.
On Saturday, Capt. Robert Lockwood, pi-
lot, in boat No, 2 (thc w. Y Leitch,) took
to sea the schooner Minnehaiia for Baltimore,
and soon after leaving the schooner outside,
he went on board his boat when he made in
the of6ng, standing in, a square riggcd vessel.
Night coming on and the Niagara being in
sight, he Thought it best to send his pilot
bont into port, and to take his skif and one
hand and proceed to the bark. He reached
her about Z p. m, and found her to bc the
bark lIilja, from Liverpool, in ballast, con
signed to Mcssrs.;R. Murc &s Co., Of this city
The tide being too late to get her into port,
lie, remained on board during Saturday night,
his skitf< being taken on deck and carefully
placed nwny. On Sunday morning, it being
calm, Tho pilot was unable to ger her under
way, and about 81 a, M, she wps boarded by
n boat from the Niagara, commanded by
Lieut. II. t. May, who informed the captain
Of the Hiljathat tho port was blocEadcd, the
rebels inside having fired on Fort Sumter
with garrison of less than 100 mon, gave
him a Yankee paper containing the latest
news, and mentioned that an army of 1907
900 men Ind been andcd on the coast of
Louisiana The cnptain of the Hilja inform
cd tho Lieutenant that lie was short of wnter,
aud requested to know If the Niagara could
supply him; but he was informed that the
frigate had shorter supply of that than any
other necessary article. The following is a
copy of tho endorsement of Iiicut Il. j. May,
on the papers Of the Hilja: @
",Boardcd May 18th, and ordered off the
whole Southern coast Of the United States of
America, it being blockadcd (Signcd)-
> % r. l.. May"
Lieutenant u. S; Steamship Niagara,
The officer remained by the IIilja for about
twenty minutes, whom he left The boat S
crew had Il revolver each in bell attached
to the waist. Mr.. Lockwood left the Fl lila
about 10 clock, and reached the city in his
skiif, accompanied by a valuable boat land,
who. remained faithful, although appearances
Indicated Tint the boy had only to open his
mouth, whom he might have had passage to
some other place than q Dxie's Land" THE
llilja went off during the day, and will pro-
cccd to tho British Provinces, LIN
Tho British ship Monmouth, from Liver.
pool, 'ahd the. slip Gen'l Pnrkhill, from the
same place, were seen off the bar yesterday
and were ordered off and VIC understand tllut
i,the Niagarn2had previously sent off thrce;oth-
er snnare;riggcd vessels. During Sunday the
Niagara went well off shore, accompanied by
two of tho above vessels and whic she was
absent the British ship \ and a., Captaiu
Hutchinson, from Belfast, stood in from tile
eastward, when the Mingafa made after her,
hut the ship having much tho start was run
into sloal water whore the frigato could not
we'll approdcli, her, when the niagara put
aboutand proceeded south. Should the boats
Of the Niagara omit to board the a. and A..
before morning, she may be got into port
with the aid:of stcams Tho race was anx-
iously watched fromthc wharpcs, and also by
a partyof gentlemen who we're out in tho pi.
lot boat Rover, Captain Evans. They. went
alongside, and spoke tho ship. 80
The FLooDs Is JAvA.--BArAvIA, March
2.-Grcat floods 'huyo taken plnco in this is
lanh cYusiug calamitics only inferior to those
in Holland. Hundreds have lost their lives,
and many thousands have been ruined. Sew.
crali villages have been. completely submerged.
The destruction Of houses, crops, stores. roads.
&c.,, has; been such Tint many millions will
not compensate for. it, Tho Government has
sont 80O, 600 forins forthe rclicf. Of the suf-
ferers.a TIC commercial .community of Bata-
viahas already subscribed 100000 forms. !.
Bagrial,. Tho paddy crops in this district
are entirely lost, Up@ards of7OO persons had
nnriShcd : A1l.fbh krdons N, fbn,i n dncl IL,