Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-05-18
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New York Fighting Material.

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4 s New York Fighting Material.
The following, from the New York cores.
ponQonce of tho Washington Chronicle, a re.
GENTLY established Black Republican sheet,
will convey some idea of tho material Of New
York volunteers
Tho comic, will display itself in war as in
eyerything else.t Many humorous scenes
have stfanspired in connection with the en-
listment of our fircmen aud roughs in the
regiments raised by Col. Ellsworth and Col 4
Billy Wilson. A few mornings since, while
the former was drilling company G., of his
command; at the arscnal--company G, YOU
are to know, is made up of pure fighting boys
-somo member or FREUD of the company
rushed up to the drill room and shouted,
accompany @, this way, one of our boys is in
muss?' Quick as a fash, company G.
broke ranks, rushed down stairs, and down a
few rods in Seventh Avenue, where the? met
tho opposing crowd, event in" and gave
them an express. and special thrashiug, form
I. cd ranks again OH the walk, marched up stairs,
apd. went on with the drill, saying not word,
Z and as though nothing had happened After
the drill, company G descended from the room
ina, body, marched over to Sixth Avenue,
stopped the first car, got into, on, and about
the same, and when the collector commenced
attic front Of the car to collect fare eacl
ellan simply ;said, Mthe Captain will pay"-
When, the official reached the Captain and
? intimated a readiness to receive the requisite
total Tho Captain remarked, " Fare 2 All,
yes; well, you can just Charge it to Jeffcr-
son ,DaVis;" and thcreat the boys did smile
edQnes of those audible smiles which company
G;indulge in public occasions when they
wish to express an emotion of pleasure
A Tho spirit Of subordnation and drill to
which the members of this curious company
have been educated, may be inferred from
tho following colloquy between two star mem
3 bers
{" say, Jaokey, did you hear what Tom
said to the Colonel 2"
"No; what was it 2"
"Why, he called him poo-poo"
"What did the Colonel;say ?''
"S-a-y3 why he didn't say nuthin if he
had Tom would a. spill. him p
"A These gifted and subducd members of Ellis
worth corps are not surpassed by those COM
posing the regiment just mustered into SER
vice under Colonel Billy Wilson. Billy
Wilson" as lie IS fondly called BY I" the boys
of the first ward, was formerly an alderman !;
is noted politician; was in Nicaragua with
Walker, andis fond Of powder in every way
II can bc served up. Colonel BiIly's first,
and generally his only conversation with those
who rushed to join his command, was in near
'ly every case this:
care you ready to fight your way to the
Gulf z" If the respondent answered I" ycs,"
Billy simply replied, " Signv' If the reply
was no." he curtly said Leave r Two
Of his men were talking over the manner in
which tho Massachusetts, regiment was assail-
ed at Baltimore, when one said: 81 say, Ike,
tho. knJ> II.
If he says tgo, we il just go along, for when
it comes to your bricks and paving stones, if
we don't know how to play that, you can blow
us, you oanl
last evening, just for flyer, Colonel Billy
formed his boys in line, and preceded by
I" tho oar-pieroing ffeand soul stirring drum
marched up Broadway to pay visit to tho
principal hotels, Arriving at the ST. Nicho.
las, he marched the companies into the hall
and spacious bar-room, and thon issued the
following order: 9. Attention !" Attention
was paid, dthe bystanders preserved silence.
<.'Knccl down." shouted tho Colonel. The
men dropped upon their knees.
:" You do solemnly swear. that you will cut
of. the headlof every traitor and secessionist
you meet during the war" "Wc swear p
wasr tho universal response. The men then
rose, and in a perfectly orderly manner march.
ed ont and proceeded to the metropolitan Ho.
tel, whore the same scene was rc.enacted, af-
ter which the gallant souls went to their
quarters.
should have mentioned, that rs each man
signed his name to the enlistment roll, the
Colonel made to him this cheerful remark
(" You needn't sign but for three months, 70,
you'll probably be shot or dead before that
time expires" To q gentleman with whom
he was ,conyersing, Billy offered thc following
wager: "I'll just bet yod flyc hundred dol
lars that in twenty-four hours after lcave
the, people i'll tell you there is not thief
pick-pocket, or burglar loft in tho city o.
New York" Such Is tho crowd that go t
tho war with COL Wilson.
s.@sfnE capitnhtion Of Fort Sumter must bt
shortly followedsby the discontinuarco Of al
attempts to collect the customs in the South
,Srn porta. The Confederate Government
will take caro- Tint the threatened interference
ahali not be coafncd to a mere fiscal operation
and as soon as actual war breaks OUT tho in
fvestiDg force will be subject to ali the re
Atrictions which aGect belligerant rights
Thenayy.of tho United States, evonif itshoult
prove more loyal than tho army, is not stroh;
,4enough to maintain anS effective blockade 0
sGhnrleston, Of Pensacola, sld Of the mouth
apf the Mississippi q K 81 8
s.. Any pttenipt:to Interfere with comm eroia
intercourse by the occasional visits OF scatter
ed cruisers, will lead to ollisions with th