Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-02-16
THE TRAGEDY IN AbABAMA.-The suicid


18th inst, has been noticed A letter in the
Pensacola (Fla.) Observer, gives further par
ticulars of the horrible affair 1t says:
" He went to Mobile with draft on the
bank of that city, calling for $1,000, which
he failed to get. Supposing it lost forever
and himself and family impoverished, he re-
turned home with heavy heart. On the first
evening after his return home, he ordered the
nurse to assemble the children in the parlor
which she did, not suspecting his murderous
intentions. AS soon as the nurse had left the
room he approached the cradle in which lay
his youngest child, an ipfant nine months old,
and cut its throat from ear to ear The nurse
happened to look through the window and saw
what he was doing, aud fastened to the gar
den where Mrs English was experimenting
some work, aud gave the alarm Mrs. Eng
llsh started for the house in all possible haste,
and entered the parlor just as he had cut the
throat of the third child, and was in the act
OF cutting his ewn, Rushing forward, she
seized him by the arm, and casting IL wocful
look at the bleeding and mangled forms of his
children, demanded his reasons for killing
them. He gently pushed her away. and said
at the time that it was all for the best BE.
tore she could get to him again he made lick
at his throat completely scvering the jugular
| 'Ni'' "h" lhiO CIldlT, gave way bN uC-
grccs and fell dead upon the foor surrounded
by the bleeding forms of his innocent children +"
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MAYOR WOODS MESSAGE PRESENTED
The grand jury of New York have made
prcscntment denouncng the late message of
Mayor Wood as document calculated and
aiming to pandcr to the worst passions of the
most dangerous classes in that city, and de-
serving the apprehension of all honest and law
abiding men. The message, it will be rccol-
lcctcd, suggested that the city should scccdc
from the State.
BLoCKADING SQuADRoN.-T following
Is an extract from letter. says the New Or
leans Ifcoyune, from an authentic source at
Vera Cruz, by the steamship Tennessee 1t
gives form and substance to numerous rumors
which have reached us by the same mail:
1t is said here that Mr.. Pickett L. States
Consul, recently arrived on the Tennessee has
brought orders for Com. Pcndcrgast to block
adc the mouths Of the Mississippi aud Mobile
Bay, and protect Pensacola. 1t is certain that
the st. Louis, the Powhattau, and the Sabine
arc about to leave for you port meeting
of the officers of these vessels has in cor2e-
quencc been held, at which thcre was much
excitement. Many of the officers, Southern
born, have since resigned, saying they are
sons of the South and caunot draw the sword
against them"
The feeling in Vera Cruz is entirely with
the South.
A large number of officers are reported to
have already resigned, or expressed their in
tcntion of so doing, when their States shall
have seeded, but, says the Picayunc, we
withhold their names until officially advised
In the meantime the Powhatan, St Louis
and Sabine may be daily expected off Pcnsa-
cola, where the Macedonian has preceded
them Guarlim.
FREsHET IN TIE SAvANNAH.-Thc late
rains have produced a rise in the Savannah
river of over thrtytwo feet. The damage to
the city of Augusta was trifling. Hamburg
suffered more. The following description of
the scene that Augusta and its cnvrons pre-
sentcd on Monday is from the Constitutions
diiSt:
In this connection it would not do to omit
a mention of the splendid view from the
summit of the Bell Tower. The hills of
course shut IN the view on two sides, at less
than mile distance but between the city
and the hills of Georgia and South Carolina,
rs well as above and below, the eve on ycstcr.
day morning conld discern little but watcr.--
Above the majestic Savannah rolled its tur-
bid waves from hill to hill, and seemed 10th
to be bound in its channel by the great nat.
urdl barriers of two great sovcreigntes To
the left, looking up the river the canal Cir
died the city with another amber tide, while
down its own broad channel the proud river
swept in resstcss torrent which shook the
bridges and threatened the mot rings of the
steamboats,, making Hamburg more resemble
an island than town. Below, the dark wa
ter could be seen for miles, but shade light.
er In color than the tree tops above it and to
the left, Cooking DOWN the back water
made tho plantations resemble seas.
THE SoUTIU CAROLINA SUNDAY Scuoo1
| uAloN.-This Society is now in working or.
der. The machinery call right" The OBJ
lcct is to plant good sunday school in every
destitute settlement in the State, and to en-
courage schools already in existence 70 place
under religious instruction all the children,
rich and poor, of the state
This work can only be done by missionary
operations, and this is now the only Mission
airy society in the State that undertakes to do
this work
The American sunday school Union was
| re, and did do a good work, but this Socie-
ty takes the place of the American sunday
school Union. We can do our work in our
own way and with our own men,
This is purely Missionary society, uron
the union principle. Therefore, it appeals to
every true Carolinian, and Christians Of all or
ders, to support it now in it's more thar patri
laA.