Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-03-02

CoTToN FOR LlvERPooL-The ship Avon clear.
cd from City Point Va. on Tuesday, with up
wards of 1000 bales of cotton for Livcrpoul,
shipped by Petersburg merchants
MILITARY APrRopRIArroSs-T authorities
OF the County of Grccnsvilo, Va. have appro.
rrlated S25OO for the purchase Of arms for the
defence of the County
THE TAp' FuRNED-Befnre the election,
manufactr . n"bohs of Philadelphia dis,
charged all their workmcn that refused to vote
for Lincoln and now they are amusing them
selves by turning out of employment all who
did vote for him
Tar AND FEATuERs-On Monday night an
abol'tionist was arrested in Marion. S,pythc
county, Va. lie was tarred, fcnthered and rid
den ON II rail, and committed to Jail.
THE Charleston lrycuy stn.es thnt ColonoI
GLADDEN. has declined tho Licu,cnant Colonelcv
of the Volunteer Regiment in Charleston 1t
is known that he was elected n member of the
! LOUISIANA Convention, and returned to DISCHARGE
the duties there required of him. intending to
return to South Carolina Appeals wero made
to him. which, coming from his adopted State,
he could resist.
PoruhATIoN OF FLoRIpA-Thc census returns
show that the State Of Florida has greatly in
creased in population. In 1850 its total nnuu.
/
been stationary for full tcuY years 1t is now
about 40, 600, showing an increase of ffty.fye
thousand.
:, SWEET WoMAN-It is said cf Mrs Mich
! ell now under arrest at Newport, Rhode Island,
Tor numbering her husband, that few days be-.
| fore the murder she ho0red n man with bottle.
and she told the officer who arrested her for the
murder, if he would give her time to kill two
more men, lie might hang her to the nearest
! tree
FRIGnrsUL TRAGEDy-On the evening Of, the
10Th. near Memphis, Scotland county, Mo.
| Thos. III. Ridglcy killed his wife and two small
daughters with IL knife and axe, knocked down
son Is years of age with billet of wood.
| wounded smaller son with knife. and com.
/ Pleied the shocking tragedy by cutting his own
throat from ear tn ear with razor M cause
Is assigned for the act exccpta supposed fit of
insanity.
| CowHIDING AND lIoMICIpE-In New Orleans.
| on the Sth inst, two young men. named Tlnmas
F.! ii. UhIh"rn and Eugene III. Levy. both highly
! respectable. we'll connected, and engaged i'm re.
spons'ble situations in the same banking house,
had quarrel about various matters. Uhhorn
called Levy out of the bank and cowhiled him,
| when Levy drew revolver and fired twice
killing Uhlhorn. The affair created much ex.
cltcment OH account of the position of the two
men.
NORTHERN CoNGREss EXTRA SEssIoNMft is
considered very probable that an extra session
of Congress will he called. There is an i'm.
mcnse amount Of business crowding on at the
end OF the session, to dispose of which seems
next to impossible besides, it is impossible to
sny, IN these times, what it may be necessary
to do.
| TIE "KANsAs FAMINE" T,RRnRs A Sw,Y
3LE--lt appears by the Leavenworth (Kansns)
ferdld of February 10Th. that tho henrt.rend.
ing stories of =" fifty thousand starving people
in KanSas." cattle and hogs starving to
death" g women and children periShing for
want of money and means" etc, etc. is "a gi.
gantic swindle;" and the Herald. in n col mn
Of facts and specifications. argues that the real
object of the money and provisions obtained
! from the East is to influence votes i'm favor of
| Gen. Pomeroy the leader in this movement
who is up for Office. Such is the Heyuld's state
mcnt and that paper repeats it and challen-
ges denial.
MASSACRE IN MExrco-Advices from ArSnte
rey, Mexico. announce that Mejia had entered
| the town Of RiQverdc, about forty miles from
San Luis. at tho head of two thousand men and
that he hutchered two hundred men who de-
! tended the place, sacked, pilaged and burned
the houses, and returned to the mountains The
li'tlc defensive force, especially the officers CON
tested every inch Of ground, but had to weld at
last DOblado had sent two thousand men in.
to the mountains to punish Mejia. The new
Mexican tariff ia complained Of as beng too
high and likely to interrupt trade. T.
PRAYER FOR CnLJEGEs-The Due West Teles-
cope snys: 1T will not be forgotten that
Thursday 28th inst, is the day of prayer for
colleges Let not the distracted state of the
country. nor any cause, prevent the observance
OF this day in our churches. The pupils in orr
colleges may be heard sending up the cry.
Brethren, pray for as"
MARYLAND-Gov Hicks, of MARYLAND, has
written letter, stating that if the Peace Con.
ference refuse to decide on any settlement Of
the present difficulties, he shall soon submit 10
the people the question whether they will OF
will not have q Conventinn to consider the pro-
priety of the secession of Maryland. ~
The GEORGIA CONvENTIoN--Th Georein State
Convention will re.assemble in Savannah, on
Thursday, the 7th March
AT Utica, New York, Mr. Lincoln delivered
the following speech:
Ladies and Gentlemen: have no speeoh,to
make to you, and no time to speak In. appear
before you that may see YOU, and that YOU
may see me; and am willing ID admit that,
so far hs the ladies are concerned, have the
best Of the bargain, though wish it to 30 un.
{ derstood that do not make tho samo aeknowl
menteoncerning the men. Laughter.l States.
manly, veyl