Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-04-20
Pennings and Clippings.

Cc' ou. of Pickensl
| THE LoAN-The banks of this State have Ia
ken large amount of the Confederate loan of
Si5.OO0,O ,OOO-tle Bank of Charleston leading
off with 100000. Much of the loan has been
taken at a premium!
| CoNINc SoUTH.-Lncoln's government has
ordered twenty-five war vessels to the South,
mounting 4l4 guns: also, seven steam trans
port ships. Quite a number of these vessels are
lying off Charleston hnrbor,
To THE RrscrE.-C. F. Collier Esq. of Va.
and four friends left Petersburg for Charleston
on Saturday last, to participate in the fght-
Mr.. Collier will tender the services of 100
picked men to Gov. Pickens for future service
All honor to Virginia.
THE Ans To GEN BEArREGARD-The follow
ing is n correct list Of Gen. Beauregard's Aids:
Col. y. X. Chisoln. Gov. j. l.. Manning Col.
James Chesnut, Jr., Capt. Arthur NJ. Mani.
Soult, Hon. w. Porcher Miles, Hon. Roger a.
Pryor, Col. Louis T. Wigfal Gen. a. j. Gem
zales, Col. Chas. Alston Jr Col. S. R. Proctor.
IIoSoR-A despatch has been sent to Presi-
dent Davis, announcing tho surrender of Fort
Sumt'-, to which he replied "AI honor to
the ga ant sons of Carolina. Thank God for
| their safety"
SnlrwREcK ASD Loss OF LiFE-Pussengers
from Elizabeth City report that large ship
went ashore to the northward of Cape IIattcras,
during the recent gale, and was soon broken to
pieces. Seventeen lives were lost, including one
lady and child.
! New YoRS, April l2-Thc ship wchcraft,
from C"llao, was wrecked off Cape IIattcras. in
the recent storm, and l5 persons drowned. The
Captain aud third officer were saved
| REAL ESTATE IN New YuRx-It is snid that
real estate has deprecated 50 much in certain
portions Of New York that mansion on Fifth
Avenue, valued at $45 900 was Sold q few DAYS
ago, for S2O,OO and one of the most n.aguifi-
cent stores, recently erected on Broadway, with
the expectation Of being rented for from $35, 600
to $4,000, will not command Sis 900.
! MoNgr Won ny A DEAD MAN.-At Koethen.
Saxony, emily, gentleman Engaged in play
at q faro table, and died in his seat Ills death
was not discovered until his money, by being
left on the table all the while, had won heavy
sum. law suit resulted between the banker
and the dead players heirs, which WAS decided
/ iii favor of the latter.
| MARINE Losses FOR MARcn.-The monthly
table Of marine losses for the past month shows
an aggregate of sixty eight vessels, Of which
twelve were ships, eleven barks, nine briga,
thirty.tive schooncrs and one sloop. The total
value of property, lost and missing was two
millions one hundred aud twenty five thousand
seven hundred and fifty dollars. This is the
value of the property totally lost. exclusive of
damage to vesscls not amounting to q total loss.
The vessels reported are chiefly American.
! GEN. BoNHAN's SrArF.-Gen. Bonham has
appointed the following gentleman in his staff
/ William c. MOrague, Deputy Adjutant Cen
oral. with the rank of Colonel; William d.
Simpson, Division Inspector General: Alfred
, p. Adrich, Division Quarter master General ;
Robert b. B"yl,ton, Division Cummissarv Cen
cral; James N. Lipscomb Division PaYmastcr
General, with the rank Of Lieutenant Colonel
each S. Warren Nelson Abide. Camp: with
the rank of Major each
| DtscoyERY or NEW MErALs-Thc first result
of the new method Of analysis by the lines of
| the spectrum was to inform us what substances
exist in the sun the next result is tho dscov-
cry of two new metals on the earth Ono of
these has been named cnsium, from tho color
of the peculiar lines in the spectrum of its light:
the other is not yet named. Cpsium resembles
| potassium in its properties and exists only in
! exceedingly minute quantities.
| LUsUs NATuRE.-A child was recently born
+ in llcmpfeld Pa, having but one eye. and
that situated in tho centre of tho forehcud-
/ There was-no nose nor any appearance of ma
/ sal bones. The mouth was we'll formed, and
where it should be. The ears were imperfcctly
formed. and situated on tho check bones. The
rest OF the body was we'll formed.
TIE "TIMEs" ON SECESSION The
London Times of the 18TH in remarking
upon President hincoln's inaugural message
/ asks:
Would it hot be better to recognize at once
the formation of the Southerc Confedcracy,
and to think a little less OF constitutional
powers and decorums which can end in moth
ling but civil war, and q little more on neootia-
tion and arrangement, by which alone that
civil war can be averted? 1t would be an in
! tclligiblc course were the President to saw
that nc is going to negotiate for peace, or that
! he is going to enforce return to the Union
by arms but to say that he is going to exer
else the powers of the Constitution, ie-
noriog altogether the fact of secession, is to
make war certain, while cutting off any On.
portunity for negotiation.
FoRT PIcKENs REINFoRcED-A brief
line In a telcgraphic dispatch day or two