Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-05-25
lired various places ,by a gang reported TO

lni9ltahsoIs!y trs the buildings. rhs police
have kept a close w0tch on certain men inS
this oity,.. who 5afs reported to be engaged In
the affair; and Mr.: Konnedy believes that ho
will be ableito prevent tho aiabclical plot:bc.
ing carried into effect. e (, r a
"THE LAND OF THE WEST. ."-AOUR WEST.
We hnyo received the most fdttering ,ac,
counts from the West, through meschapt of
this city, who has Just returned from, atour
Z Of, three weeks, tho object of which, was to
purchase tho many articles ofproyisions in
which. that section Of the Confederate States.
abounds. Wc,aye pleased to learn from our
Informant that nohpprehensions need bo felt,
assthe supply yS,of produce sin'Tenncssec alone
4 is4,nost ample. The greatest enthusiasm pre-
,yails III tbat State, in CONSEQUENCE of .thcir
having linked their destinies with ours ana
to hail from South Carolina was equal to bav-'
ing Che most favqrsa letters of credit, aud III
sured him tho most courteous and generous
reception. The President Of. the Bank of
the State of Tennessee issuph astrong South
ern; man that ho refused. to take Nxchange on
Nov York at pat, when>it was selling On the
streets at hghpromiun. This worthyiPres.-
idcnt has since resigned, and is now Il, voun-
tccr in one of 10 HeTenncsseo companies.
tTho crops; .J,afcmQst promising. A lar
gerarea than usual las bcennllotted o,wheat,
which is fast approaching maturity, and which
ill1soon 90 in our market:' .,%.H t3
Our friend had a conversation with4sevcral
Of the Presidents Of the South and Wcs-
tern Railroads, all Of whom express their de-
sro and Willingness to co. operate with the
Presdcnt of the Sontl, Carolina Ralroad for
tho prompt transportation of produce on re-
duced and most reasonable terms
= ;. ga [oHalcstom Mercury, AIay 1SM.-
RioT AND BLooDsugp AT KNoxvILLE.
The Macon Tcicgraph has aflctter, giving
an account of serious riot n Knoxville,
Tonn., in which, tho sanity Pnrson Brown.
low figures coaspicuousiy. It appears that
Senator, Andy johnson had made an appoint
inent to speak in Knoxville on the Sth.-
Tho people. indignant at his treason, declared,
he should not speak, and Brownlow insisted
that nc should at any expense Of blood. -
Tho row commenced at the Court House,
where Browplow aud johnson attempted to
force their reasonable speeches on the pco.
pie. y crowd, some eight hundred strong,
determined to clear the town. of, the traitors,
and threatened death to Browulow, Maynard,
Baxter, and tho Unionists. The letter stutes
that several persons hid been shot aud proba.
vbly killed The, stores Of the town were
closed, and the most fearful disorder pre-.
vailed. The riot continued an. hour, and
had not been ducllcd when tho writcrcloscd
his letter at ! O'clock III tho afternoons, &
TERRrBLE TRAGEDY IN HAWKINS CouN-
TY.-Gcorge +. Kyle, ESD, his little daugh-
ter, and mother.in.aw, were, murdered, and.
his house burned over them on tho night of
tho 1st of this inst, Nfn KS little son,
about twelve years. old, and a,yopng man a
hrclinIg, We're sleeping up stairs. They,
rushed duwn Stairs when they discovered that
the house wason fire. The little boy ran to
his father, and tried to: awake lin, but ire-
ccivcd no answer. Hc discovered blood up,
On his. fathers face. Bysthis time the fire
had progressed so far TINT he had to leave
tho house to save his ownlifc. Som, three
or four of KYle's negroes are suspcct,d d, and
tlon. Tho murdered man had been hero for
a number of years, asworthy member, of tic
Methodist Church aud II good citizen. In
these exciting times Homo Guards Should be
ors.nizcd in every neighborhood.r
Another, case has been reported to US
One day last week one of MIN Hezekiah
Davis negro men met him in the field with
club aud told him that he luust die. Mr.
Davis had his pistol with him, aud shot the
hcgro--thc wound Inflicted is supposedto be
mortal, Mr.. d., is Il citizen of Hawkins
county; ~ .
1t is believed that there are mean white
mon IN the country that are. tampcring with
tho negroes, There should bc vigilance cx.
ctciscd to fcrrt them: out---a more dangerous
set of men could not be found, for they will
cause many innocent persons to be put to
death, and every negro that they induce, to be
guilty of such dark deeds will come to an
untimely end forthwith.
Ao,9sstonan { Tcnnl lateNigepcer.
FHANKronr,, KY, May l1-,NIr.s sNIachon,
fronsthc House committee on military affairs,
yesterday, reported a bill appropriating some
thing near -sixmillions of dollars FOR military
purposes, and the organization, Of a Standing
army Of ten thousand men, with proper por.
tions, Of artillery and cavalry and a reserve
forge of fifty thousand. MrsUndorwooth Of
fc:od n resolution that the bill be recommit.
ted, with instructions to limit, the appropria..
'tion to'the' purchase Of &C, 900 Belgian rifle
'huskets, and the equipmcnt;of: 1000 cavalry
and three batteries Of artillery, the committee
being also instructed to appropriate $50 900
for drilling the active militia, $4,000 for the
purchase Of. ammunition, and also to provide
tor tho Organization Of a home guard. Tn
eaol, county arming. the muskots to be pur-
chased shall be distributed. The, Union mon
ssil! aqpport Mr.. Undorwoods g proposition,
while tic ssccessOhists will adhere t0-thnL ~