Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-07-27
Psnnings and Clippings.

Loysjoy of Illinois, introduced q resolution
into the Northern House of Representatives to
tho effect, that /" in the Judgment ofithe House,
1t is no pnrt of the duty of soldiers Of Tho Unted
States to capture or return fugitive slayos" Tho
resolution was, passed by a vote Of 02 to 55.s
HE WESTERN MARKEr--Corn is offered at
Davenport Iowa. enc Of tiso best produce mar.
kets in the Northwest, at 12@ cents por busol
| and no buy ycfs in tho markct.' i, \,
ScARclTr OF CoTToN IN THE .MANurAcruRINo
PIsTRicrs--A letter from ono of tho largest
manufacturers IN tho East, received at St. Louis,
gives tho stock Of cotton in New York, Philadel.
phin aud Baltimore all told, ut about 5000 bales,
with no stock of manufactured goods OH hand,
while tho stock in Louisville, Cincinnati and
Pittsburg, is nearly exhausted. Tho samo lottcr
states that the best informed eastern merchants
are of opinion that in sixty days cotton will he
worth twenty cents a pound.
WArERMELoNs--On tho night of tho lOthinst
says tho Charleston Courier, in st. Georges
Parish, Louis infngcr aud Bird Merchant, a
coorcd boy, formerly of Charleston, were shot
by a. Salisbury, whilst attempting to steal wa
tcrmclcns from his place. Infngcr was hit in
the hip and not dangerously wounded, but it is
thought that Merchant is mortally wounded.
PoLIclEs AND PRlvArEERs-A correspondent
Of tho New Orleans Delfa calls attention to the
fact that the New York policies of marine insu-
rance cover losses by pirates. but mako no men
| ton of privatcors. Should Northern courts
| condemn and treat any Southern priyntccrs ns
pirates. the Northern insurance companies will
bo liable.
The CHARLESTON AND SAvASSAm TELEGRArn
LlNE-Thc now telegraph line, says The Charles
! ton Courier Of tho 2O,h Instant between that
city and Savannah was completed yesterday by
the successful laying of submarine cable across
Ashley River, under the superintendent of Mr.
Brcnnor. Mr.. Brcnncr has overcome the most
formidable obstacles in tho construction Of tho
work, and is entitled to tho thanks of the com
munity md tho highest praise for the triumph
ant result of his labors
| WHAT ALABAMA is DolNc-Montgomcry coun-
| ty has subscribed to the Confederate loan eight
hun,lrEtl and fifty thousand dollars. as follows /:
Cotton. lI,iOO bales; corn, $4,000 bushels !;
merchandise SO 900; flour. 100000 pounds {:
cannon balls, $4,000; cash. $4,000. If such
be the sclfsacrlcng spirit Of our people, q
| world iii arms cannot snbluo them.
| One or THE WAR P.RsnNs-The Hartford
| (Conn) Couricr says that the Chaplain of the
Fifth Regiment of that State has been lutcl,
drummcd out of camp. The difficulty with Mr.
| Is. appears to have been want of " tho ready
and IN inclination to board Mt hotels without
settling that little bill" and propensity for
taking things that didn't belong to him.
LINCOLN AND ST. DoMISun-Accordng to
Washington dispatches of the eth, the reaction.
AIRY party of ST. Domingo have applied to Lin
coin for aid, and it is said that if Spain does not
reply satisfactorily to tho note of Seward on the
subject of the occupation Of the island, tho Mon.
roe doctrine will DO enforced
TIE women in Washington, it is said. arc
almost all scccssionists, and in private circles
among tho permanent residents of Washington
and Georgetown, hatred to the existing govern.
mcnt and sympathy with jeff. Davis arc freely
expressed feelings. The wife Of wcll-known
Senator, though not the representative of a slave
or secession State, makes hor house tho rcndcz.
yous of rebels.
| JhlSu IiMlGkAIIpN SEASED--ln nC Dublin cor
respondent of the London Times, writing on
Juno l3. says: Tho tide of emigration from,
Ireland may be said to have ceased to flow Em,
igrant vessels depart from some OF rur ports
without single cmigrant.
FAlLuREs--Thc Boston Commercial Bullciin'S
list of business changes for the week ending
June 90, gives twelve failures and suspensions
in New York, fourtcon in Boston, and four in
Philadelphia total Of fnrty-tivc for the week
TIE NEUTRALITY OF KENruckY-Gcn Buck
ncr, the Inspector General of Kentucky in incc
| of Hcn. McClcllan's denial, rcitcrutcs that the
Llncol' officer expressly nc. ecd to respect the
neutrality of kentucky.
THE resolution for tho expulsion Of Messrs.
Mason, Hunter, Clingmnn, Bragg. Nicholson,
Chestnut, Sebastian, Mitchell Hemph;ll and
Wighll, was adopted in the Lincoln Senate, ON
the lth instant, by % yeas to 10 nays.
| a DEspoTIsM AccEpTABIE--N Northern Sena.
tors do not hesitate to declare, on tho floor of
tho Senate ut Washington, that it would he
better to run tho risk Of crcctiug Dcspotisn,
than to loose the Union. We think they will
do both. q
Tie STAR SpANGLED BASNER-It is fact
worth knowing that every malo descendant md
relative of tho author of this beautiful song,