Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-03-02

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grounded upon the grain movements of She
| North western States, which will begin at that
season, or as soon as the ice breaks up on the
lakes and canals.
The Review then turns to the subject of
secession, and in discussing it, shows very
clearly that it will be the part of wisdom in
the Federal Government to acknowledge the
new republic by showing how utterly abortive
and absurd would he the attempt at coercion
by means of blocka lc. Says that paper on
this point:
"The United States ships of-war might
devastata the seaport towns of the Southern
seaboard, but these are not the vital parts of
the South and on the American doctrine of
free ships making free goods, British vessels
would be privileged to carry ou uninterrupted
traffic with the South. The North, in fact,
cannot reach the vital part of the South at all
that is the Cotton, rice and sugar growing
districts-and the battle of secession would
be fought in Virginia or Maryland where no
harm could be done; or, perhaps in Pennsyl-
vania, into which the Southeruers might at
tempt to carry war"
The Review then goes on to discuss the
advantages, to both sections, of peaceful
recognition of the Southern Confcderacy, and
expresses the idea that the latter will and
must prosper far more rapidly than it has ever
been able to do before, or could do under the
old system.
MONTGOMERY, THE PROVISIONAL CApI-
TAI OF THE New CoNFEDERACY The city
of Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, has
assumed such sudden Importance as the
provisional capital of the Southern Confed-
nd Ilo &c al, G. -.
of the lew government that a brief sketch
of it will naturally be interesting at the pres
ent moment. 1t is situated on theleft bank
of the Alabama river, 331 miles by water
from Mobile, and is S39 miles from Wash
ington, d. g. 1t is the second city in the
State in respect to trade and population, and
is one of the most fourshing inland towns of
the Southern States, possessing great facili-
ties for communication with the surrounding
country. For steam boat navigation, the AL
ALBANIA river is one of the best in the Union,
The largest steamers ascending to the city
from Mobile. The city is also the Western
termination of the Montgomery and West
Point Rail Road. 1t contains several extcn.
sive iron foundrics, mills, factories, large
warehouses, numerous elegant stores and pri-
vote residences. The Cotton shipped at this
place annually amounts to abont one hundred
thousand bales. The public records were re-
moved from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery in
November, 1S47. The State House was de-
stroyrd by fire in 1910, and another one was
erected on the same site in 1851 The pres
cnt population of the city is not far from
10000,
TIE PUBLIC LANDs.-Whcn Arkansas Sc,
ccles from the Union, as she will, sooner or
later, what rich legacy in lands she will fall
heir to All the public land will become
hers, as it is hers of right now The constant
draw that is now upon the State, III the shape
of money paid to tic General Government for
lands, will be forever stopped The citizens
of Arkansas have been paying to the General
Government on lands an amount exceeding
the sum total of our State and County taxes
at least one half million of dollars
This will be stopped, and, we trust, if the
Union should be reconstructed, that the pub
lie lands will not be surrendered back to the
Federal Government. Wcarc opposed to that
on any tcrms,-LiUic Roch True Democrat.
MILITARY SPIRIT OF THE STATE. The
correspondent of the Baltimore American,
writing from Charleston, says:
"Thcy answer the calls that are made upon
them with more than usual celebrity. Indeed,
were to write down the vcritable truth, and
give you the many illustrations of ndomitable
military spirit o. The people, you would laugh
at me, and declare at once that / had become
fire-eating secessionist. In truth, then, |
rciteratc it-there is no more warlike people
in America than the Carolnians 1t is abso-
lutely matter of wonder to see this universal
manifestation of bcllicose proclvites-
nothing can more exclusively prove that the
volunteer system, which has been the military
policy of our people since the days of Wash
lngton and rs, is the sheet anchor of our
strength, if Wnitc2 In South Carolina this
system has all along been more thoroughly
developed than in any other State, except,
perhaps, New York. Her militia laws have
been more stringent-have had more scope
and a wider range than others. The general
mastering days have not been turned into
ridicule and made occasions of festivity alone.
Every man in times of peace is required TO do
some duty-and however little, still enough
to keep up the spirit, and to prevent degcn-
eracy."
A GREAT DAY IN MoNTGoMERY-.W Who
would have thought on the sixth of Novcm-
Der thet another President would be inaugu-
rated Jetore Lincoln? What strange med
ley of events is history? No one at the time
above mentioned dreamed of double Presi-
dental installation in this land of ours Yet
such fact is to go upon the years record for
the use of future annalists and for the benefit
of eOtcmporary chroniclers