Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-07-06

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The following communication to the. cit.
! zcns Of Mississippi; by Judge Harris, is worthy
of being taken up and acted upon by every
State in tho Confedcracy We suggest it to
our own citizens S>
A. PLAN TO ARM TIE UNARMED COMPANIES
WITH THE COMMON RIFLE AND DOUBLE
,BARRELED GUNS.
In canvnssing several counties for the new
government loan | found that there were rifles
aud double barreled guns enough iu each
county to arm company and still leave arms
enough to furnish every household. 1t is
confidently believed Tint ovc,y organized com.
pany can be armed, with these weapons, and
out of them we can form ut least four addi.
tional regiments as IN auxiliary force 1t is
idle to listen longer to the objections of rcgu-
lar officers. The muskct may be better, very
much better, but the common guns with which
our people kill deer, and turkeys, will kill
men-will do where there is nothing better.
The army officer will say to you that the guns
being of every size and calibre, there must bc
an endless variety of cartridge-and the prep.
aration of ammunition and the distribution of
it would involve great trouble, &c., &c. The
answer to all this is, that VIC must have guns
ccssibe. The trouble must therefore be eli.
countcrcd, and as it may take much time to
arrange the guns and ammunition, let us COM
mcnce now
TO determined men, these obstacles will
yield. But let us sec if VIC cannot diminish
them. If we bad all tho guns collected to-
gcthcr in one place it would be found that
out of throc CT four thousand there would be
500 or 1000 so nearly equal in size that they
might be put in class by themselves, and
one cartridge would serve this class-and so
we may go through tho whole collection and
put them into classes. 1t would be found
that we could arm regiments with rifles of two
or three classes, and regiments with double
barrclcd guns of two or three classes. We
may safely say that the number of classes
would not exceed half dozen. If balls arc
to be used it is no insurmountablc difficulty
to lave moulds made for each cluss-and this
being done, the making of the cartridge ceases
to be formidable. The cartridges could be
numbered to correspond with the guns for
which they arc intended, and the distribution
would then be easy.
How shall We get the guns collected? Let
a place be appointed in each county for those
who have the surplus guns to deposit them
points on the Railroad in counties through
which the Railroads pass--and in other coun-
ties the most convenient for transportation.
Inspection and classification could then be
made, the preparation of ammunition could
bcgin-and while this is being done such of
the guns rs might need repairs could be sent
to the shops for repair
1t will not do to wait for official machinery
to accomplish this work, we must net ourselves
aud act at once. Each county should at once
act on the suggestion. Let the first man who
reads this take measures to notify his fellow
citizcns; have the place designated for the
guns to be deposited.
The State will be answerabe for the value
of these guns, and each man who deposits
gun should attach his name to il aud keep
description of it. The important point in the
scheme is to set it in motion ut once When
the place is designated every one should set
to- work to get tho guns there SO that by the
lst July we can have all the available guns
ready for inspection. Concentration will be
easy, and the unarmed companies will soon be
ready to take the field on u days notice l
am compelled to say that the indications show
that the regiments will be needed as soon as
they can be equipped, and the loss of week
or day in such matter may be disastrous.
Let no man wait for his ncighbor, but take up
the matter and proceed with it at once An
inspector will be sent out as soon as the guns
arc collected.
| hope that no one will think the less of
this suggestion because it is unofficial
have been urged to make it in this form b.
many persons. W. p. HARRIS.
Jackson, June 10, 1861.
NEW York MONEY MARKEr.-Th New
York Nro0 of the 14th says:
"Confidcncc in mercantile puper does not
improve, and none but the very choicest
nalnes are current. On call, banks and
bankers arc lending freely at 506 per cent
The, sub-Treasury has been sending money
freely to Washington for the past few days,
and the balance is running down in consc-
1ncnce 1t is supposed in the streets That
Government will require at least hundred
millions of money this summer. How to
raise it is the question. 1t cannot bc raised
by the sale of Treasury notes. People will
| not take them ut par, unless they bear some
ruinous rate Of interest TO issue more fed
eral stock would inevitably cause a severe fall
III the price of the six per cents they would
probably sell below so before 25 200 900
were negotiated. No scheme promises so we'll
as that of great bank of $4,000, 900 or
SlO0, 0,O00, 900 capital, in which the Govern
mcnt should take 50,000,00O stock, paying
for it in its own 6 per cent. stock at par
Our banks and capitalists might take us
much moro stock as they chose, but the
whole circulation of the bark should be Sc
cured by Government G per cent deposited
at par. If tho country were mt peace and