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

tho pass is hourly expected to be attacked
/ HIcnMoND, July 2.--The New York cor
respondent of tho Baltimore Sun says the
officers and crew of the Privateer Savannah
arc comfortably situated In their rooms, and
appear cheerful aud hopeful Of ans early rc,>
lcasc.
Some Of tho Now York morning papors
have raised their prices OF subscription.
A State Convention of theso friends ofspoace
was held at Dover, Delaware, Inst Thursday
which was ilnmecnscly attended by the bone
and sincw of the State. Ex.Governor Tenn
ple presided, assisted by thirty.onc Vicc.Pre-
sdcnts The first resolution declares in fa-
vor of peace to civil war, and the ncknowl-
crn Confcdcraoy preferable to the attempt to
conquer and hold them us subjugatcd pro.
vinces. Several other resolutions offered,
denouncing Liucoln, aud expressing grateful
thanks to Senator's Bnyard and Salisbury,
were all unanimously and enthusiastically
adopted.
The first new wheat was exhibited in Bal.
timore on Friday, raised in Maryland
WASHINGTON, (via New OrlcansD July 2.
-Cnptain Craven commands the Potomac
hotila vice Ward. Tho Frecborn was so
badly crippled that she will probably b. con,
dcmDed.
Fourteen Confederate scouts attacked the
picket at Shutters Hill, killing one and
wounding one.
GRAFTON, July .-Skirmishing contins~
ucs. The details are suppressed.
Sr Louis, July 2.-Nine Missourians,
having with them powder with which to
blow up bridges, have been arra,lcd in Chill
licothe and jailed.
The. pioneer overland mai leaves today
for California. The telegraph is progressing.
Emigration heavy.
FoRrREss MONROE. July 1.-Two rcgi
mcnts will advance to New Market bridge to
morrow 1t is. .raining necessarily.
Colonel Cary Jones, of Hampton, has been
arrested, in consequences of letters found on
the prize Tropie Wind, inpcaching several
notablcs
ST. LOUIS, July 2-Thc lnst adviccs are
that Jackson is at Stockton, with two tbous-
and men.
ALEXANDRIA, July 2-Thcrc arc no in.
dIcatlons of al advance from here.
HAnERsTowN, July 2.-Southern rcgi-
mcnts at Harpcr's Ferry have destroyed tho
balance OF the milrond bridge They then
crossed over to Maryland, capturing many
bpats.
The gossip Of the T1Junc says that for.
ward movements arc impossible until more
wagons arc received. a thousand will be
ready by the 18th of July. ,su.
The Times says the Spcakership s excit
ing considerable talk The chances favor
Grow. impcrillng Forncy, who is working
for Blair
The Urra8 says the Government does
not regard the occupation of llnrpcr's Ferry
OF consequence. Everything is being dcs
troycd
The Journal of' Commerce says the re-
cent developments Indicate that Scott intends
no forward movement into Virginia this sum.
mer.
DENVER Cry, June 25.-The secession
forces left their rendezvous, near Cherry
Creek, to day, for the purpose OF taking Forts /,
Wise and Garland. They are we'll armed and
equipped. There is much valuable property
and money in the forts
ALENANDnIA july y2.-Thcrc was anoth-
"r skir"is;l to day. in whi:h two Federal
pickcts wc.c killed.
RICHMOND, July "a card from the
british Consul in Richmond states that the
British schooner Tropic Wind, lately seized
by the Federal feet in Hampton Ron,ls ard
sent to Washington, has been released and
given back i'll charge Of the master of the
vessel.
LouisvILIE, July 2,-Burnctt and Brcck-
'nr'dge are en- rout. for Washington. Pow
ell will also go.
Three half filled companies aud Rosscaus
two regiments have gone into Camp ut Silver
Creek. opposite here, in Indiana. The cx.
'dus has excited more laughter than indignu.
ton, MS they are very rag. tailed set
RALriMoRE, July 2.-Sincc 2 O'Clock this
morning. there has hecn startling proceedings.
i'etachmcnts OF Artillery md infan,ry ure
posted iii Monument Square, Exchange Place,
Eighth Ward. Broadway md other points.
Before daylight, all the members Of the Board
Of Police, except tho Mayor, were arrested.
It is said that ~ plot hns been discovered
FonTr Ess MoNnoE. July uly2.-Annttuck on
Newport News, on Friday night, was onl,
prevented hy the nccssant rain
The New York Times has letter from
DR.. Russell, denying tho report that his cor
rspondcncc has boon inferred with at the
South. a
The Now York cotton market is firm to-day.
with mn upward tendency in prices 1,2GO
bales were sold, at 14}
lNpEpENDENoE, July 100000 Nilsson.
rians crossed Alaramary's, one hundred miles
South Of Independence, and are preparing
for an advance.
NEWPORT NEWS, July 2.-Four hundred
disabled volunteers were discharged to day.
WAsnINGToN, July 2.-Thc Fodcralists
want Fairfax by the fourth of July.
The Sonthcrncrs arc running cars within,
l. 10 miles of AleyDn,]rio