Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-08-03

| TIE " Built RuN' Flnur-Thc Baltimore
so" ol Saturday publishes letter from the
| Ion. Wm. ~. Richnr'iSon an Illinois member
| Oh Congress, who Processes to DC an eve witness
| OF tmc scene OF the engagement at Bull Run,
on Thursday. the 18th inst. lie says:
The action was commenced by General "
icr, OF Connccticnt, at haf:pnst one o'cluck on
ihnrsday--'hat the Michigan, Maine. and Wis
cousin regiments stood their ground brnvcIy.
while the New York Twelfth and Massachusetts
regiments run with all their might THROWN.
| away their arms. knarsacks. and in fact cycry
thing that impc,lcd their progress The men
say that their officers lack courage, and we're
tlc llrst to take the back tack" It seems
hat tho only regiments who could lc relied ON
in IN their greatest emergency were composed of
scotrh) The writer SSs ,'9. il hMrs Ii III ny" "2 52h
thnt Manassas cannot bc taken viii, tr, ','...'
an" an" men IN tw" months, and that the Nortl has
| hccn greatly deceived not only in thc;rnn,,hn."
""u d'sc'pi'nr, but in their fighting ounlitics
I,F;nS,hlns as they did into battle, with shnnt
NY" rose above the roar of tho cannon. ,yhilxt
thelr artillery clved in unsrrnnsso,, s,,lo
One ball fell directly amidst gronn ri lnnM,os M ~
sn'n' amongst whom was Owen Lovioy. whch
,a'Srd ludicrous Scatnperinm and djg;nr Ln
IN" 'rces. very nnbccoming these di"nitnr;cs
onc remarkable feature which imprcsscI ;tsoIc
on INC minds of the Congressman. during tbcr
route to the scene Of action, was ,bc o,.nnnn ,,r
MI m the male population capable Of bror;, rru or, o'
ne ne lew whom they saw wcro q few jccrom;t
c'l . men ana women, whose eyes fairly 0osl,o,l
hre at the sight tho Yankee soldicrsn mo
icttcr ttc concludes with the opinion Of Gcncro, AZ
""e''' 'hat there would not be an immcdi,,r
engagement. unless his troons stnn,hind n,.a
some OF those inevitable mnslnI hnt,o,;., ,v,
"h'ch seem SO much to exercise our inv,,,nr. ,,
nv ------'-e
ne APPEARANCE or .tLExAxpRI,.-S;nco
'''nc I'm $ hordcs marched into Acxaudri, thcv
nave driven ont every one by their violence onl |
ii""'ylSm. The place is reported 10 bc drsn.
~" nn" deserted. Tho correspondent 4 i, |
'>'r,n'rh paper tells the following himself.
ror some reason ever since tho recent ro.,
view and parade Of troops in Alcynn,jr;,, ~
guar stampede has taken place, and ona.Loir ~ :"
ne shhahitants have departed. At tho Mnn.;am, ~
louise, tho first hotel in the plncc snr,o,,i,,.
,''r ~ IA Stylc I" the Prescott House of yonr
NY mere are inur bnardcrs; the usual aycro~,
w.; '.;a nii"'y. Inc arrivals nil! asked ,hc nro
'rletor his reason for cuD,nninm, hc rnInJ ii, i'"
&c had nearly huntlrca iIons,nI I' d',,n 1n'''
s"r'h OF property in the House. which If thn
'ohSc was Shut, would be a toa, Ioss -. ,.o - ~
'"nl' DC CHARTERED in his building and j SOM ;
nS''"y H. on The principal street in Aloynn.
= , ~. 'hcrc arc Four hundred and twcntv.two
losoL u "''eh threc hundred and sixty are
,.NtLh @ From ALEXANDRIA, -FLtnur or rus I,x.
ny. , ,n., lynchburg Rp~diican, of Thurs
From friend who reached lcrc lac, o,o,;, l
-. rom Manassas, we learn that n citizen Of II
a,.| IA ha" succeeded in getting to Gen Heonrc
~ sa heaIqnnrlcrs lie reports that the decina j.
Smy made no stop in Alexandria, bnt rnsh,.is Jhs 4
W. gagn ne c.y' throwing away !l,cir arms md =
Rp'ng themselves of uniforms, af,e,. which ,n'
| n%%n Gi'i"ch clothes, they sworo thcy h,t ~.
loVsh'ing as they wanted and would fgLt no no o.
them the officers cn.leavorcd 10 rollv n,
rroyG get them organized, but all their efforts
cd inWyaling a very large number socconi' mo.i'
bc gSng. Washington, and there So, mol ~ p'
treat t%aispositon among the fugitives to 70.
mand ofN.nston city regardless of the com. to
steamboatS side Of the Potomac. caused ~ ~ "
ngton, an&Iinication to be cut on from Wash H. "
in order toNong Bridge was stronoly n,orIni
army" fromSnt the remnant of ij,o )" crawl of
WashngtoMg over. e'"' frt
lam, and 1t is$rcprcscntcd MS perfect bo1-
fighting among that the soldiers have cot n ~,
rus piehmo@Ss Ne g. Ca
following; Nt"er, Of Friday, has the
ming, from AIanasEis city yesterday cvo- i,
hundred and soyenfs .xng together one On
among whom were S ..lwounlcd soldiers ~
The only thing parN pzon Yankees. ~ !, 8
our wounded is tho ffN$ .eticoabe among 10
4 flower oStrenlities. Swounds in the !
+ loudnoss with which sonX.fi Hrecollect tho no,
insis "a on itthat tho Ya{S SIM nora ~, ~,
tho Dattlo Of Bethel. Fofk too hiehin aIE,
thu fght somo as1i hor affer VIZ VIZ
|, 3better, on,asef 1t laya y W,
ner in which tho al, No l,s6ns Isrl
Pine trees in tho Pcninsi y ssf fiS 70,