Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-05-25
pennings ana Clippings.

ors of Roads of,he 9th Rcgment, S. q. NJ. OF,
our fourth hspage. lss@.
DsowNsp. Slrho' spartanbdrg Espssss says
that Jorry Gilbert WINS dro%pei In Enoroe Riy.
or, at Woaeds shoals. on the 7ttf inst, 4. B
. RsrrRgp.-.J. N. Card6zos ESQ. ofS Charles,
ton, who has been for Iearly,ifty years. honor.
ably and usefilly CONNECTED with the press. oi
thet city. has retired from the editorial depart
ment Of tho" Eocatng Ns,cs" -
cAraLoouf--Wo hare, been fayored &ith;the
catalogdoof the Columbia Female Collogc The
number of students IS 1885, Rov. Wm. Martin
is President Of this instjtu, II, wlficlr is in u
hourishing condition:
GREAr WATsRr During the ato espedi-
tion of Dr. Livingstono.up the Zambcsi, in AZ
rica inc measured tho height md brendtll of Vic
st"rin falls: on tlat riyor. Thcirsheight is 800
feet; breadth, 1000. sef-s 4u'
CArTunE6F- NlTED STATessTRoops IN TEXAS
Van Dorm, with 800 Texans. has captured
$50 Fodoral troops under MainrT. Sblcy, who
were at Indianna Nnd attempted to escape ia
two sailing vessels. Vap Dorn pursued tho,n
in three steamers armed with artillery,
GovERScR FLoYp4Gov Flayd.: sc Va. has
been appointed BrigaIier Generality President
Davis, and has received orders tn;misc u brig
ndc as soon as, possible. Ths, is M excellent
appointment, pnd delights the numerous friends
of that great end excellent man, Gntornor. Floyd.
llcis evidently man f1r tho times. a
Z, THE RrNosTREE SrAR--We are pleased to see
TINT the publication ofcthis inurhaEhas been. rc.
,vivcd.- For fnnr mouths tho o,litors and prin.
tcrs have been in the service of the State. Mr..
!, Is. LOGAN is now one of it's cditors. Long
may tho Star shine !,
NEW ParER-Tho, Sunth Carolina Suntluy
School Union" has commenced tho publication
of n Sunday 'School Paper for The South.- at
Charleston. II will appear munthly. The terms
are fvSc"pics fnrsl. Address w. n. FaRRuw,
Charleston. Success to tic cntcrpriscl r; II
CoNNEcTicuT VESSELS SEIZED 1t is said
that II New London schooner, name unknown,
and another yossol belonging to the Portland
Quarry Company. have been seized by the Sc
ccssonists off the coast of Virginia
. ALI. FOR TUE SouTm.-rhe Nashville hnpers.
Political, literary. agricultural and religious,
arc all in fhvor Of scccssion from tic old Union
and tor joining tho Southern Cunfederacy.-
Nearly nll of them were decided Union pnners
DEATH OF SrEAxER CRUTcuriELD-We have
heard. with profound regret Of tho death Of
Hon. 0. NJ, Orntchtell. Speaker of tho Vir
sinia House of Delegates. postiun which he
has long held with great efficiency and uniyor
sal acccpablity. ss,.
SwARM'So THE SEAs-Wo learn that there
arc now quite number Of privntcers in tho
service of the Confederate Government. cruising
of the Gulf and Atlantic conSt, ill we'll armed
ana manned. Dispatches have been received
III this city showing, that hundreds of others nrc
hitting outnt various prints for the Snine purpose
OLD KERsmAw-All honor to Kcrslmw dis.
trict. Out Of voting population OF about
i.ooo this patriotic distric, hns scnt to Virginia
already near 400 men.
Poor MARrLANn.- Maryland is completely
"vorrun@by Lipcon's hirelings Her Governor
has Intentionally betrayed her into tho hands of
tho enemy, and her people hnyo M power to
throw off the gnlling yuko Sho is humiliatca
beyond The power Of language to Indicate, and
stands before the world as one and the first of
LIncnlns conquered provinces. But she'll
como F
GEN. So"TT's NEpHEws..-ln one of the Mis-.
slsslppi c"mpanies, encamret near. Lynchbnrg,
arc two ncphews of Gen. Winfield Scott, the
sons of widowed sister. who has resided, in
Mississippi fora number Of years.
TRADE WITH EUROPE. Tho Liverpool papcrs
congratulate the mercantile interests of that CITY
upon the prospect nf "a great increase IF their
steam trade, in consequence of the difficult.
tics in AmcTica.> Thcy state that lines of ;sten.
mers, to run direct bctwcon Liyerpml and
Southern ports, are abuut to be established I.
Iris undcrstooda a Telegram from authority
has bcon received, which extends tho honor
to the South Carolina Volunteer Regiments
the privilege of preserving the organization
by volunteering for the war, and to march
immediately to Virginia This is offered, al.
though the policy. of the, Government had
been adopted. of raising only companies for
service, and for the Presdcnt to uIppolit all
the field officers, This is d great inonor for
our Regiments thus to be offered the privilege
OF preserving their officers and organization.
Some Of the Regiments are to be kept to
defend esel our coast. - Charlestoh Ne,vs.
The, MoRRlLL TARlFF = How III AVoI,xs.
Tho practical working}0f the Morrill, Tariff,
nov in force in the United States, is beginning
to be felt in the Northern cities, The.whoie
facts arc not published.s hit oocoson,ll,; u,o