Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-07-20

The Washington correspondent Of thu Bnl
timore Exchange, writes July,4, as follows
Without alluding to despotic outragcs which
have charactorized tho soldiery now duartored
[ ut your own beloved city, j have to 60 nc
s:::acr than this, the Capital OF tho North, to
see and hear Of crying shamcs against ciyliza.
tion and tho acknowledged though broken
\ Constitution.
L The common amusement of tho soldiers
here is to- iirc thoir loaded pieces in the street,
and even tho journals of tho Administration
arc forced to aludc to this dangerous and un.
, warrantable license. Plcasc remember do
not speak nf nh extraordinary occasion iiiiiu iiiiihu
today, but at all times. Yesterday a woman
was shot, though not seriously injured Trades
mon, especially liquor dealers, are obliged to
close their stores early in the evening, aud to-
day there arc but few taverns open, although
there is no official prohibition. Ladies are
not to be seen in the street in numbers ut any
time, and their appearance at night, even nc
companicd by gentleman, is rarity.
Arrests for the expression of sentiments still
continue Mr.. James Kaufman, of your city,
who was arrested day before yesterday on the
charge Of resisting the passage of the Massa-
chusetts Volunteers on the 10Th of April, is
incarccratcd and will probably be confined
until cessation of hostilitics, Ho was ar
rested without any specific charge being made
at the time, and without the legal process to
which he was entitled being fulfilled. HaJcas
corpus is of no avail here.
Strenuous efforts will soon be made to di-
vide Tennessee. y,c neutrality of Kentucky
will be destroyed, aud a military department.
established in that region, it is reported, under
Major General Fremont
The Confcderatcs arc strongly fortifying
themselves on this side of Manassas, and have
n large force of cavalry, under Col Sumter
1t is the opinion of Quartermastcr General
Alcgs Uhc best engineer in tho Northern ar
my,) that great blow will be struck within
two weeks, and, if it is not. the delay will
cause vcxation generally, needless expense
and likely to cause loss Of confidence on the
part OF the people towards tho Administration,
and ultimately rcvusion Of the radical SEN
timent which now pcradcs the entire North
Col. Samuel Colt, of pistol notoricty, is
seeking military position in the State of
Texas. 1t appears that he has property in
that State of tho value of S26, 600, aud desires
to give it the protection of the Government.
The present Congress will not hesitate to
endorse the unconstitutional acts of Mr. Lin
coin, the Cabinet and his military officers
They will pass appropriation bills quickly, and
it will be no matter of nstonishmcnt should
they agree to suspend 0cgally) the writ of
hnbeax corpus, Il right which Mr.. Lincoln has
already usurpcd, and for which he is liable to
impeachment.
The people Of the border States have staunch
friends in Ii. G. Burnett, of Kentucky, John
S. Phelps, of Missouri, G. s. Vallandigham
and Geo. ii. Pcndlcton, of Ohio, and, let it
be hoped, in Henry May, of Maryland. These
gentlemen will stand by the people and their
constitutional rights while they have voices to
lift in freedoms cause, but they will be over
powered. There is strong feeling against
them among the soldiery and many private cit
izcns and were it not for their rights cuaran-
tccd them by the Constitution, especially as
members of Congress, they would probably be,
on adjournment, incarccrutcd in the iail of
this city for there arc parties now there who
have said less than Phelps. Vallandigham and
Burnett will say on the floor of the United
States Congress.
The forces under the respective command
crs is believed to be about as follows:
McClcland 10000
| Wise 1000
Patterson $4,000
Johnston $4,000
The usurpcd, or Western Virginia Govern
mcnt, were about to dsorganizc to, day for
want of means. But I believe they have
managed to steal a considerable sum from the
State proper, which, together with m enor-
nous tax on the Yankee squattcrs in the Pan
handlc, will keep them going fora few weeks.
Gov. Picrpont has taken S27 900 which was
deposited by the State in the Exchange Bank
of Virginia, ut Weston, Lewis county. There
is a law in the State known as the CLAW for
the distribution of the proceeds of the sale of
public lands" due the State under the act of
Congress- September, 1911, and amounting
to S41 ,0O0 This fund will be accepted by
tho Pierpont dynasty; it has hitherto been
steadily refused by the Government Of Vir
ginia.
a ScoUNDREL AT LARGE.-.A man ap-
pcarcd suddenly in onr town on Friday last,
(whcthcr OH foot back, or what way we know
not,) and cut quite swell. Ills first step
was to buy a new suit Of clothes, as the ones
he had OIL was not in correspondence with
those of "sport" He put up at Mcssrs
| Fant & Powoll's Hotel without registering,
which of coarse slipped his memory. On
being asked by some one what his. name was,
he said he "never carried name when he
went travelling" lie claimed to be native
of Virginia, and passed off for tobacco ped
Ter, stating that his teams were a few miles
from this place, and that he was anxious to
engage his tobacco. lie had quito surplus
of California's rich dust, and was quite OBJ
| livinr in CHANGING several piccos for manor