Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-07-20

posslDieS oung mon are leaving in tons and
hundreds for the rendezvous, in the Western
ypart of tho State. Jaoksop's followers arc
becoming bold,pnd defiant IS
All telegraph communication has becn cut
g around BoonyilleM Nothing reliable FROM tho
Southwest. 49, !, 81 R
CINolsaArI, July 15,--MoClolan ocou.
pics Beverly. Tho Confcdoatcs arc concen.
3tratiig at Laurel Hill, whore it is reported
they vii again rotreat without general bat.
IS IS Me- nnIrAss: July l5.--Co Drcux's
remains were conveyed to its last resting place
this evening. Thefproccssion cclipscd every
thing yet seen here. The limo of march from
the starting point to tho cemetery, WIS throng-
cd with people. The ceremonies were most
solemn and impressive
NEW York, July 16.-Tho steamer Ca
hawba arrived to-day She left Fort Pick
ems ON the 9th and Key West on the 9th
and and would sail immediately in pursuit Of the
CARTHAGE, Now York, July 16.-Thc
business portion of tho town has been burned,
WAsIiINaToN, July 16.-Thc Bogus Vir-
einia Senators have been sworn in the House.
a resolution to adjourn OIL Friday passed. "
y La the Senate, resolution 20 authorize tho
Secretary of the Navy to employ tho necessary
means to protect commerce from priyatccrs.
passed. A resolution to Gull a Convention to
adjust difficulties was tabled by vote Of .O2
to 5. John w. Forncy has been elected Sc
crptary of tho Senate
ST. LOUIS, July 1G.--Thc latest adviccs
from Southwestern Missouri place $4,000
Fodcralists at Springfield.
WAsnINaToN, July -McClcllans Of
ticial dispatches confirm the death of Garnctt
aud two hundred of the Confclcr,tcs, and the
taking of ono thousand prisoners, and the can.
turc of seven guns.
Thc Army Appropriation bill has passed
the Senate
LOUISVILLE, july 10 Missouri papers of
the 18th, three days distant from the scat of
war; place the billigcrcnts as follows: The
State forces consist of three columns, each
one thousand strong; that commanded by
Jackson advancing towards Jefferson CITY,
while those under Rains and Parsons, and un,
der Price and AlcCulloch, have driven tho
concentrated Federal forces into 4 neck Of
land between Warsaw and Osccoln, Captsin
Bnrbage killed thirty and captured one hui.
,drcd and fifty Fcdcrais in Cedar county Tho
Ncosho prisoners, after subscribing some kind
of an oath, wcrc released.
WASHINGTON, (via New Orleans, July'1G.
The Senate bill increasing the military cs
tablisllmcnt, to bo reduced at the option of
Congress, has passed. The House Bill, de-
lining conspiracy and providing tho penalty
therefor, also passed.
BALTIMORE, July 16.-Scvcral newspaper
reporters have bocn put in Pattcrson's Guard
House. -.
WASHINGTON, July lG.-Scward has dc.
mandcd of the Spanish Government the sur.
rcndcr ofthc Sumcr's prizes
Lord Lyons has called the attention of tho
Federal Government to the fact chat private
parties were permitted to run tho Chcsapcak
blockade.
despatch has been received at the Mcxi
can Legation, announcing the death of Ocam-
po and Gen. Gnlladp
81. LOUIS, July lG.-Army officers who
left Springfield on the 18th, report all quiet
CINCINNATI, July 16.-A special despatch
to the GaScHc reports laurel Hill ashaving
been evacuated on tho night of tho / 1th, and
were overtaken by the. Federal ndva,,ce on
the 18th. When they approached, the Con
icdcratcs showed battle to cover their retreat
ut the next ford. Gen Garnctt was killed
Col. Ramsay, of Georgia, succeeded Gurnett.
and the pursuit ceased. The result of the
whole affair is, Laurel Hill camp and equip
age, forty baggage wagons, field chest, two
reSmental banners, fourG ,rgia Captains and
iicutcnants captured, and tue killing of Gen
e'arnctt and twenty of his men Garnctt's
body was at headquarters, awaiting orders
from Richmond
FnoM TIE x"Rrn.-'rhc following items urc
from Tho New York 7Tmes of!hc 9th inst;
Tho steamers Catilnc which was burned
ut Norfolk. WAS IN tho employ of the ConsoIidatrs
ut Slo,VGo per nnnth. The New lurk Times
says 1t wa' worth $500. but the Gwcrn.ncnt
"nntFnotc't 10 pay 500 600 ifit should bo destroy
cd l.
The 'YjmGa !ilicules the New Yor! "J1c,,,I8r'
Tor its lar. proposition to tho South to uni.e
w't'i lie Nn.,h n:rh ii;rht Eugland, f,r thc Ga.
fcT shn seems t;ispoSrd Ia %iow tho South IT
was 4 bright idea, but not wortl, u remark.
'lhc Times has a dispatch that Cen I';tter
son passed through hiart;nsburg on tho 4th
III hot i'nr&"ii Of the enemy" Indeed!
EHwatd Everett delivered n speech on the
4th oi July, III Tho Acaicmy Of Music, New
1ork, on the issues of the day. lie spoke Of
the justice of The cause ofthc North. and ofthc
mnr'crous and suicidal war which tho South
ls wngns Ito took cxtromo Republican co.
crcion ground. and said tho word compromise
vas almost sickening to him"
"Thc New York 1in,cs says that IIurlburt
was turned of from that paper because no turn
Cd against tho "Rcpnblicans," and that II Pres
idont Davis hangs linn, n Southern officer must
hang for him.
Secretary Cha"c proposesa direct tax af $50
OOOo 900, to bc levied on the Northern pcoplc
Ih's Is putting on the screws Lot it proceed
Et A L., r. .