Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-15

! o'clock in the evening. Not man received
a scratch Oh our side we know not what dam
age the enemy underwent We fired only
seventy, five shots.
Catching at straws.'
New York-the Mecca of country mcr-
chants, and the Golgotha of Southern labor
and cash-has recently been exercised by the
evil spirits which dwct within her corporate
limits. James Gordon Bennett, whose spoon.
BRAIN, Dr. Alexander Jones, has always here
totore spoken out fearlcssly in favor of the
South, and fairly as to Southern resources
and prospects, has gone down before the mob,
and the Herald is now alongside the TriJune
and Times, in uttcring mcndacious SANDERS
against us. The IIarpcrs, who have made
millions of dollars out of the South, now de-
vote pages of their Weekly" to lying illus.
trations and aspcrsions of our people It is
n crime against the welfare of our community
to suppo. either of these publications, and
they should be prohibited entry into the
Confederate States. Until We apply the most
stringent principles of prohibition to our
slandercrs we will not be safe
An insolent New York Alderman, in Gus.
tody of the sheriff, is allowed to organize Il
Regiment of thieves to march against the
South Woe to the hen-rooss. when Billy
Wilson's Houaves approach. The Poorhou-
scs and Prisons have been clcanscd to fur
nlsh invaders against the South. Five
Points and the Bowcry have been rakcd out
to fill up the ranks. Thomas Francis Mco-
CHER, the Irish patriot bcggar, who told his
tales OF distress to meetings of Southern au-
dicnccs, at the rate Of a haIT a doUttr a
hcd6, eight or ten years since, now wakes
strong on the funds lie thus acquired, and is
! cnlsting his brother hod carriers to lead
them against the South in the ranks of his
Irish Regiment. His ditchcrs aud hostlcrs
will make linc soldiers for civilized warfare
When turned loose on the South, they will
show themselves the vcricst cut -throats and
land pirates the world has ever seen The
| world admrcs the true hearted, honest Irish
man, but when associated with the villains of
the cess pools of New York, the Irish charac-
ter goes down before the knavcry of the
Yankee, and the once honest cmigrant be-
comes brutal minion in the hands of his
commander Their brethren at the South
will meet them as they did The invaders at
l}oyncwatcr and Vinegar Hill. The mcr-
Chant princes and capitalists, the Astors,
Stewards, and thousand, Of others who made
their fortunes out of the South, and bcguiled
us with friendly encouragement till they
could cloak their vilanies no longcr--now
"catch at straws," and as they approach the
vortex of ruin they sing hozannas to the
Abolition powers which rule the fearful
reign of terror which threatens to engulph
them. They choose their own future
when the waters Of strife subsidc, the South
ern people must never forget that they were
once tribute bearers to the hypocrtical vii
lains who have forgotten the ancient honor
and honesty Of tho knickcrbockcrs
Ihomc Companion.
FIENDIsH OUTRAuE.--rh Baltimore ,SyuM,
in its news from Fortress Monroe, has the fol.
lowing account Of the preparation of the
iicndlsh outrage by Lincoln $ wretchcs. Such
outragcs will nerve the arm aud steel the heart
OF the Southern men who arc on their way to
meet the devils, and "no quarter" will be
the motto:
Great excitement has been produced at
Old Point by n outrage pcrpctrated by gov
ernmcnt sodic on Saturday last 1t ap-
pears that party of them had gone to gen
tlcman' house near by, and assoulteda young
lady some sixteen years of ago, with the design
to outrage her person. Her father, ap aged
man, came to her assistance, when these
licnds seized him., and threatened his life if
he raised an alarm and with a revolver point
ed at his head, he was forced to witness the
consunlmation of their villainous purpose upon
the person Of his child. Gen Butler was
yesterday afternoon engaged in examining
into the case, but the result had not transpircd
when the steamer left Constant complaints
are being made to the officers there by persons
living in the vicinity, whose lands and dwell
ings have been invaded by the government
soldiers, who steal whatever they fancy from
thoir houses, and carry of chickens, sheep
ahc hogs, wherever they can find them"
Gov. AND Mrs. BRowN, AND TIE SOL
DlERs.--Wc are informed that Gov. Brown
has delivered to tho Treasurer of the State,
his subscription of one thousand dollars to-
wards the support of the Georgia troops in
service, and that he expresses his dctermna-
ton to apply all the incomes of his plantation,
after dcducting necessary expenses, to this no
bic cause i .
We also learn that Mrs: Gov Brown is en-.
gagged, in making soldiers clothing and in-e
tends 60 devote her whole time to tho work.
She expresses her regret that no one of her
i've little sons is old enough to bear arms, and
says, as she has.no soldiers to offer the State,
she will give her whole time to the work Of
clothing Georgia troops
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