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


the people of that State, deficits most truth
fully tho aggressons of our Northern neigh
bors. upon us, and suggests an excellent plan
to relieve the Confederate government Of
much of the expense of supporting the Geor-
gia soldiers. 1no Governor proposes that the
ladies' furnish the clothing, and tho gcntle-
men the pay of the soldiers Of that State
We give tho concluding portion of the adj
dress.
Dur enemies arc blookading our ports
and outing off our supplies from abroad. A
kind Providence hns blessed us with tho
means of making within our own limits nj.
most everything necessary to our support and
comfort, and with monopoly of the great
staple which the world cannot do without
1t il said our enemies cXcimpt cotton from
blockade. Why? Because they cannot DO
it. appeal to our planters, therefore, to re-
fuse to ship bag while tho blockade lasts.-
This will soon remove the blockade from our
ports and the increase Of price will amply re,
ward you, for the loss you may sustni,i while
you keep your cotton on hand l trust our
people will hold public meetings and petition
the Government at Montgomery to lay an ab-
solutc cnibargo upon cotton, permitting not
one bng to pass out Of tho Confederate States
while the blockade is maintained. Iappeal
to our capitalists to 20 to work vigorously
and prepare to manufacture such articles MS
wo most need. / also appeal to orr planters
to redoublc their energies for the production
of all the supplies Of provisions necessary to
support our people nt homo and our armies
in the field The prospect is most futtcring
for an abundant harvest. let each planter
80 soon MS his wheat is cut, break and plant
few acres of his best wheat land in an early
kind of corn. This would add hundreds of
thousands of bushels to the crop ; let each al
so plant large crop of peas and turnps, and
look diligently to the culture of cvcrythng
that will sustain the life Of man or beast,
that VIC may be entirely independent of ,ll
supplies from abrodd.
Finally, appeal to all---ladics and gentle
mcn--to practice strict ccopomy; dispense
with every unnecessary luxury and to devote
all to our country till the battle is won and
our Independence acknowledged by all the
civilized nations Of the earth.
We hope for an early peace; but, if we are
disappointed. God has given us the physical
strength, the material resources and the means
of support, which will with proper energy
enable us to live and defend ourselves upon
our own soil for the next twenty years to come
Praying his divine protection, let us humble
ourselves in His presence, implorc His aid in
our struggle, and with firm reliance in the
justice of our cause let us resolve to achieve
our independence or suffer determination in
the patriotic effort.
SLAUGHTER OF Two THOUSAND PERSONS
IN AFRICA ! One of the native missionaries,
who witnessed the "grand custom y of the
King of Dahomoy, says that more than 1000
h,,,,o ii.
about as many females and young children,
besides enormous numbers of deer, turkey
buzzards, and other fowl In commercial
The West African Herald says "Wc learn
cd by the Dahomcy. grand CUSTOM it has
putting stop, to trade in that part of the
country. All the principal people h"vc been
compelled to repair to the capital (Abomey,)
Wydah, VIC understand there were, when our
informant left that town, few people but wo
men and slaves. The palm nuts were rot
ting on the trees commerce and agriculture
were lansushing gricvously."
ArrRAYs IN New ORLEANs-A fight &C.
CURED on the 2Sth ult., at the corner of An
nunciation and Thalia streets, New Orleans,
between James Brennan and jain Kelly, in
which james Brennan was very dangerously
wounded by n cut in the small of his back -
DIR. y. II. w. Mathew was shot and (suppos-
ed mortally wounded, on the 20th, by Mr..
a. s. Withcrs, at the residence of the litter,
No. 36S St. Charles street Three balls
arc said to have entered Ills breast and side,
producing wounds that will probably tcrnrn-
ate fatally. Mrs. Withers is said to have
been accidentally wounded Ivy shot in the
hand.
TIE fabric of New York's mercantile pros
perity lies in ruins, beneath which ten thou
sand fortunes are buried. Many merchant
had toilcd early and late, had planned and
schemcd when lcshuuld have slept, had denied
himself nccdful relaxation and cniovmcnt in
order to make his "pile," which he had Just
about completed, and was preparing to retire
and spend the decline of life in case and COM
fort, when the crash came and swept every
thing before it. last fall he was a capitalist !;
today he is a bankrupt bankrupt in energy,
in hope, in rcsolution--and doomed to 90 down
TO his graves dependent aud wreck
az r. Tribunc, May 27M.
TIE llERo JACKSON N--A correspondent of
the New Orleans Dcito, writing in relation to
Jas W. jackson, says
81 knew Mr.. Jackson personally, and was
guest in his hotel only few days since
In killing Ellsworth he only executed pur.
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