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

and town In tho South monoy'is being contrib.
uted to tho family of tho gallant Jnckson. who
wns killed at Alcxnndria. Eleven hundred dol
lars was contributed ut Mobile. Ala. Cannot
Pickens contribute something to tho same wor-
thy o6jccta ,~
FAIRLY BLooM-At Micnnopy Flu. cotton
bloom opened on the 22d May.
AprofSrMESTs--Col w. G.. DcSaussure has
been appointed Treasurer Of the State. in plnco
of Judge Frost, resigned. Col. II. S. Duryca is
Secretary of tho Const Police.
IIEAlrn OF CAlRo-Cairo, Illinois, which Lin
coin has garrsoned, is nice place to cmigratc
from on the score Of health. During the month
7I2 men, afflicted with an assortment of dis
eases, were admitted into the hospital
....ASsAs-Thc convention Of Arkansas, May
o. elected Jnmcs Yell maior-gencral Of the
State. under the new military lnw recently
adopted.
, 10 DRIVE AWAY MosQuiTos.-Camphor is the
mot powerful agent. a camphor bag hung
up in an open easement will prove an cflcctual
barror to their entrance. Camphomtcd spirit
applied MS perfume to the face and hands will
by them, aromatic vinegar is the best antidntc.
MuRpER.--We learn from tho Somcrvilto
(Aln.) Democrat That james Evans was killed
in Morgan county, Ala, on tho Goth inst, with
n ire-arm. Circumstances pointed to L.. D.
Evans MS the man who did the killing"
Gen. BEAUnEGARD's SrArr-The following is
n correct list of Gen. Bcanregnrd's staff: Col.
D. S. Preston. Col. John l.. Manning Col. A.
G. Rice, Col. w. p. Milcs, Maj. D. r. Jones.
Mn. Joseph Hayward. These gentlemen, we
believe, arc now at their posts.
Til. LondoA Herald. (I4ord Derby's orsan)
heads an article" Abraham Lincoln, the Die
taor." 1t justly argues, that by his acts, he is
no longer constitutional President, but an au-
tocrat
Hos. JonS BELL on TIE WAR.--IIon. John
Tenn, to the Louisiana troors, urging war to
tho death against tho North, declaring that five
millions Of soldiers cannot conquer tie South
Great enthusiasm for tho Southern cause was
manifested.
Col" ASDEnsoN. Louisville Jonmal,
cditorally, says that Col. Anderson will take
no military command in Kentucky. but that he
goes to the mountains Of Pennsylvania on ac-
count of his failing health.
GEN LANE WoUHDED.-An Oregon paper
mentions thnt Gen. Joseph Lane accidentally
shot himself near his residence in Douglas
county. The ball entered the lower part of the
breast and came out of tho shoulder. The
wi -,
MOVEMENTS AT CAiRo-It would seem that the
Lincoln Government is preparing to scrd it's
troops down the mississippi The United States
has chartered the big wharf steamer that lios at
Cairo. II is capable Of conveying several thous-
and troops and stores. 1t is understood also
likewise chartered.
DREADFUL AccIpENr-We learn from the
Pensacola O5&crccr, OF the I'd instant, that Sam
ucl Pctcl McKinay, lad about fourteen years
of age WAS killed in that town by the accidcltal
discharge Of gun in the hands of sollior
SENSIBLE TALx.-Gcncral lee being vocfc-
r"usly callod on for IL speech at Orange Court
House, appeared, and said he had much more
important matters on his mind than spccchma-
king: advised all who were in service to be
drilling, and those who. for gond reasons were
not, to attend to their private affairs and avoid
the cxcitcmcnts and rnn,ors of crowds, sc.
$, THE Gas Company Of Memphis published n
notice, some time since to the effect that they
would furnish gas. free of charge. to all com
panics needing it for drill purposes. The con
srihntion made in this way has averaged about
three hundred dollars per month
TIE SnUTmEES REsIGNATIoNs-Th following
designations of army oliccrs have been recently
accepted Col. Fauntlcruy. Major Larkin Smith,
Capt. Wm. Blair, Licuts. j. G. B. Stuart, J. \.
D'Lanncl. and Assistant Surgeon a. NJ. Faunt-
leroy Of Virginia; Capt. j. p. MCGOWAN, of
Tennessee, Licuts MERCER. Anderson and
Cone. of Gcnrgia: Robinson, of North Cnroina
Haskell. Of District OF Columbia; Surgeon Crow
ell and Anderson, aud Liout T. X. Jackson, of
South Carolina. Besides these, the designations
of Lieut.. Fitzhugh Lee, son Of Can't Sidney
S. Lee. latc of the navy of Lieut.. Frank IIngcr,
son of Col Ilugcr, and of Capt. Thos Jordan.
Assistant Quartcrmnstcr. have been announced
DISTINGUISHED ARRIVALS IN RIcmMoND-Thc
following arc among the latest arrivals in Rich
mond noticed by the papers Of that city: Hon.
H. Popo Walker, Secretary Of War; Hon. S. r
Mallory Secretary of the Navy; Hon. C. G..
MeMmingor, Secretary Of tho Treasury; IInn.
II. II. Rhodes, Commissioner Of Patents Major