Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-05-18

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Erything, and imimto5 everything whiohaa
| Washington onco approved. of. ~. @}-at
@ l.s.sr.oa,gs I'D A'rtyes'.
RlcnMoND, May 9.---It is reported Sin
philadelphia that large foscc of Maine, New
Hampshire aud Vermont militia IS being con-
centrated ,at tho Navy Yardsat Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, Whence they WILDE shipped
soon for som O. point near Charleston. Ills
.nndeniablo .nn tlatatthe Navy Yards Of Charles.
town and Portsmouth 9 lnrge Aeetis sbeing
fitted. out, which is said to be destined for
Charleston: 81, sss .5.., E.>.
IMpoRTANr INrELLrdENoE FROM ThE RIO
4 FGRANDE. Tho following is from tho Now
|. Orleans True: Delas Of the 4th instant r.
brownsville! !and Corpus Christi papers con
tainsdccounts Of d boldlysattemptcd and timo-
~ frustrated Abolition raid on the Rio Grahde,
in Ispata County. Itappeors that about for
ty of. the citizens (half breods) organized,
armed, and marched upon Ccrizo, the county
sent of ,Hapata County, with the object of
preventing the civil officers taking the oath
Constitution After starting they wcrc join.
ed by n band of thirty men, all well armed
and organized.
This quite formidable force, after holding
council and pronouncing in favor of tho United
States Government, was proceeding upon Ca
rizo, when the intelligence. Of the iilsurrcc-
ton reached Col.1 Ford, Mt LAREDO 4. Under
orders from Col Ford, Capt Nolan, with twcn-
ty-thrce 'hcn, advanced upon and attacked the,
insurgcnts-then numbering so mcn--at
point some eightccn miles from Garlic, and
completely routed them, killing three and
woundng six. Capt. Nolan's command sus.
tanned no, loss
The Brownsville Wdg seems to tl,nk thnt
tortinas is ut tho bottom of this move, and
says he has subsequently, been seen on tho
American sido of the river within twenty
miles of Brownsville, soliciting aid for anoth-
or attack. This Cortinas has become nu-
sancc upon the Texas Frontier that should be
immediately abatcd, cost what it may.
It is reported that another revolution las
been naueuratcd in Mexico, with Mejia ut.
its head, who is said to have met and defeatcd
Doblado, .gnd to pc in possession of many
strongholds throughout the country
a CORRESPONDENT of the Montgomery
A"rcrtisrr, writing from Todd county, Kch-
tucky, thus closes his letter
Great confidence is expected in the skill
and courage of President Davis By.tlc-by,
speaking of jeff Davis, l ain now within two.
miles of his birth place He and Old Abe.
arc both Kcntuckians; know them both
personally, md know two Kcntuckans ncy
CT differed more.
Davis is the brave, chiyalrous, Just and
upright gentleman statesman and soldier.
Lincoln is a fourth rate mnn---good at pitch-
ing quoits and telling yarns. Ono of his
yarns would give Davis the neuralgia md ono
OF Dnvis's speeches would be n sealed book
to Old Abe. Davis looks like man, and Old
Abe diversified non, descript with knayc
and jack in the ascendant. We will SEQ
much Of both in the coming struggle. IIur-
rah forthc Southern Confcderacy, Davis, God
and Liberty !" -r
REMOVAL OF CoNuREss--Thc corrcspon-
dent of the Courier, (nnd other reports cor
roborate the stat ncnt,) writing from Mont.
gomery. says
at tho present time it seems to be the
universal opinion that Congress will shortly
that is, within three wceks--rcmovc to
Richmond. am reliably informed that the
question has been raised in Congress, aud
that the project received n large majority Of
votes. -. = D.t,5l ~.
Cup to seven clock this evening tho
Richmond delegates l,ad not arrived in this
city. When they do come, is expcctrd
IhCy VIII lh''te tho Congress TO- remove To-
Richmond and that the invitation will be ac-
ccptcd after the pcople'of Virginia have rail-
fed thoir Ordinance Of Secession. -
THE REAL SrRnNuTH oFrnE. IT, S Ma
vY.-Wo find in the scientific American an
analysis, 50 to speak, of the u. S. Navy. with
the following conclusion as to its effective
ngth-which is lesscncd by the loss of
the best vessels in it, save the Niagara. We
refer to the Mcrrimac:
The navy. upon which tho, Union must rely
to represent It to foreign nations, if it wore
required to do SO immediately, consists Of
seven screw irigatcs, five screw sloops, four
ssdc-wheel sloops and eight gs,n sleeps, max
ing total OF but twenty ty-four vessels, carry
ing 3S6 guns. This is absolutely the entire
national fleet of the United States, and no
other statement of the case canmake it great
cr. With few exceptions, they arc, however,
fine ships.
GREENYILI.E MARBLE YARD.
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