Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-05-11

citzens OF 'Iexas TO respond TO iline0ins ordor
clay rdown ihoir' arms,a and dsporse. just as
they responded at San ,Jacint0 to Santa Anna's
order to surrender their arms and thoir liyos
into his hands. " = 3Ss
THREE Mrs KtLLsp4-sye ,lcaru from apps.
senger from philadelphiaY that one day last
week at lfayfede:G Grace, three of hesEDrtltern
sydluuteors who were marohed from the North
refused to 20 any further, assigning rs aronsorI
that thcy did not volunteer to go into war of
ilyaslon upon the South. An officer who was
standing by INSTANTLY out and liackedtwo of the
men to.pcces. A thir,b who took tic snn,o
ground. gnvc Won't to n aimilar expression for
tho Union. cut his own tliront from ear to car,
rather than allow himself to DO haokod in pieces.
PRlNcE ALrgEDIN THE WEsT ISDIEs--Princo
Alfred arrived at Kingston. Jamnica, in the
ne.of.battlo.ship St. George, OH the 2d instant:
IIc was enthusiastically received Addresses
wero, presented to him by both houses, of the
Legislature and aregulart round of balls and
,other amusements was in progress. s-8<A
FLoR,pA-Tl,e Florida State Convention mot,
ut Tallahassee, on tho 22l inst,, and unanimous
ly adoptcdtho Confcao,a.c Statos Constitution.
OMAHA, N. r., April 2o--,rho Nobrasxaps
boarded to-day tho steamer Omaha, and declared
that that bont should not remove the troops from
Fort Randall A difficulty cnsncd, in which
four were killed, and q number wounded.
BALrIMoRE Custom HoUsE--Thc. nowly.ap-
pointed collector Of the port of Baltimore hatl
not appeared on Monday to take possession;of
ne Office, md several Of tho other newly up.
pointed custom house officers have refused to
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accept their commissions.
MoRe MEN--Lincoln has called for S3 600
men, in addition to the $4,000 men alrondv
called fur.
PARnARisM IN New YoRK-G. b. Lamar.
Esq, President of tho Butik of the Republic of,
New York and for many years resident of
that city. lately resigned that office. Snon after
resignation he was waited on by d committee of
tho citizens, and ordered to leave tho city by
specified short time. l>
FANATrcs-Tlorc are three women in tho
boomers, the other Is habitod in u blanket.-
Their hair Is cut tloso to their kcalps.
DisoRpERLY SoLptERs-'rhe Washington Star,
a half organ of Linoolnism, snys:' eve hear
numerous camplaints Of respectable mniles
being grossly insnlted by somo of tho voun-
tcors now here and it is Quito timc tho officers
should put these mon under stricter discipline.
tom of this mischief
GONE TO MoNTooMEnY-A dispatch. dated
IIarrisburgs 9th instant, says: .The English
Minister. Lord Lyons. few days since, dis
patched his first Secretary to the Montgomery
government OH important business. 1t is IN.
dcrstood ho carried information to JEFF. Davis
as to tho position which England intends to as
sumo towards the Confederate Government"
! sRErrRNEp-Thc College Cadets have returned
to Columbia and resumed their studios. They
are ready, however, for any call that may bo
made on them. .4 - ,
GREENvILLE AND COLUMBIA RA,LRnAD-Thc
stocklnldcrs met in Columbia on the 3rd inst.
The former President and Directors were unnn.
imonSly reelected for the ensuing year, viz: F:
Hon. II. G. Perrin, President ond Messrs. V .
McBec, 4. NJ. Cox. j. N. Whitncr, JaP. Reed
j. Il. Livingston. Charles Smith. John Bolton
O'Neall Simeon Fair, Robert Stewart, John
NJ. Allen. G. q. Memmnger nnd Daniel Blnkc,
Directors,
PRESIDENT DAVIS AS a MILITARY MAN.--Thc
Cleveland (0hio) Piai"dcaler. in speaking Of the
South and its rulers, holds tho following compli-
meninry to President Davis military qualities:
The South have got plenty of talent and pluck
There is no discount on that. Davis is one of The
best military men in the world. lie is literally a
son of Mars Tho son in-law Of Gen. Taylor, Cd
ucatcd at West Point, had ii command in Mexico,
was nitorward Secretary Of Var, he knows from
books oil the theories, and from practice oil the
arts Of war. He knows nlltho military men, of tho
North and Of The world we never sllnll forget tl,c
first time we called on him. merely TO pay our re-
spects, while Secretary of War under Pierce Al
tliongh total stranger, he took us to n map hang
ling on the wall, rcpresontinvthe Crimeam country
and OH which he had traced in red lines the en-
cnmpments, works, diohings, nnd other operations
Of tho allied armies thor besicgng S;ebast apoi-
His countcnanco glowcd when describing fhc feats
Of generalship there displayed, and We learned
from him i'll that short interview NIL the pcculinii
ties Of she English, French and isussinn modes OF
warfare, their ftary discipline and military mon
lilo evidently sighed then to be a Napoleon
A FRANK CoNFEssIoN. The Now York
Tinscs must receive credit, at least, for a frank
and full confession of tho objects with which
its party undertake war on Us. Tt says (the
italics arc it's own:) y
'ptt,, morcoOer, }tbcrates Mc STAGE. Tho
North havo been most reluctantly forced into
this contest, which, in thealrcudy diminished
value Of its property, has cost It n grcatcr
sum than tho value Of every negro in Virgin
ia. We are not going to ond it tin we hnye
guarded against tho recurrence of a similar
outbreak, This is the talk of tho man. of
business fho mani, N nh tI,a i, orobo ~