Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-04-06
Pennings and Clippings.

| ~ 100 "ooA ihtorms uS Oh tue trlnl anu convlc-
ton o. a slave. the property of Col. JessE Nc.
GEE, for 'ouse.breaking nnd attempt on his
masters life' lie was sontenced to be hung on
yesterday, the 6th inst.
IMPORTING TuRoUGn CuARLEsroE- NOR.
chants of New York are writing to Washing.
ton, stating that unless Congress holds an extra
session to repeal the Morrill, t. riy, they will i'm
port goods by the way of charIeston.
TnE Washington papers say the Southern
/ Commissioners have been dining with the for
cign Ambassadors. 1t is seen by everybody in
! Washington that the Commissioners are on
term of intimacy with tho French and English
Ministers particularly, which makes the most
ultra OF the negro Republicans look blackcr and
meaner and more savage than usual.
Army OfrlcERs REsIGNED-Thc designations
OF Assistant Surgeon w. A. Carswcll Of S. c.,
and James H. Berrier, of Georgia, and of Brevet
I'd Lientenant Harold Borland, 5th Infantry
OF Arkansas, n son of ex-senator Solun Borland
nave been received at the War Department of
the United States.
A CoNDlrroNThc Oxford (NIss.) Iutelligc,p
Ger protests against Tennessee entering the
Southern Confederacy, unless she will produce
the scalps of Senator johnson and Representa-
i've EtheridSc us an evidence of her sincerity
SEVERAL United States soldiers in Washing.
ton were on spree on Monday.saud became
| very dlsorderly, and gave cheers for Jefferson
| Davis in the streets. They were carried to the
wntch-house.
| U. Y. DtGCs. well-known merchant of Ports.
mouth Va, fell through the hatchway of his
store on the 9th inst, and was instantly killed.
| "A REPORT n tLo MoeSo. Lreott, T -.
shows that the QuartermnSer General had or.
dcred 1000 overcoas. 1000 knapsaaks. 600
pairs blankets, 100000 ball cartridges. 900 600
percussion caps for the use of tho military.
FAILUREs AND SUSPENSIONS Boston Com
merc'dt Bu'tctim'S listof business changes gives
twenty'onc failures in New York, five in Phila.
dolphin, two in Boston, and twenty.one in other
pIaces--N total of fortynino for tho week
The GREAT EAsTERN-By late ,arlvicos from
Col. Mann, tappcars that this mammoth steam
er will anchor in Hampton Roads in one or two
weeks She will only remain thorc short
time and then leave for Charleston whence she
comes again to the Roads.-NoGt0M Day Book
A NrIsANcE-Tho Wilmington Herald saws.
Fort Sumter has become a nuisance to the
American people, and ought to be nbated hv
Lncoin' or Gen Beapregard, Immediately. if
not sOomor."
SANANNAH AND THE CONFEDERATE I.OAN-The
banks of Savannah have taken five hundred
thousand dollars of the loan authorized by the
Congress at its late session.
HAVANA va. New YoRA As bonded goods
can now, 1T L. stated. he warchoused i'm Iapana
at the nominal duty of one per cent that place
is likely to become the chcfmarket for the sun.
ply OF European goods for the Southern trade
IN the event OF rupture with the federal gov.
crnmcnt.
L. JEFF. SnERLoCK, Esq. the present United
States Surveyor for the port of Cincinnati, has
heen rendered the position nf Consul from the
Southern Confcderacy." for the Northwestern
States by.Jeff. Davis, the Office to be located at
Cincinnati.
APPOINTMENTS ny TUE SECRETARY OF THE
IREAscRY.-The following appointments have
been made by the Secretary Of the Treasury of
the Confederate States: j. A. Wi!lmms. Col
lcctor, Stephenson, Miss; Thomas Bass, Col
iector, Athens. Ala; Walter a. Goodman, Col
lector, Holly Springs, Miss: H. l.. jones, Col
lector, liernnndn Miss; Samuel Bell. Collector
East Port. Miss: +. II. Shnckelf,rl, Collector
AHantn. Ga; Charles p. Polk Collector, Cor,
NTH. Ala; w. y. Robinson. Collector. Chester
>. u; w. L. Bartlett, Collector, Florencc. S. c.
CoMING TO SorTu CARoMNA.-Wo learn that
the tardnc' IS of North Carolina tn assert her in
"ePchGchce OF Abolition rule, las determined
many OF her wealthy citizens to- remove their
iamliies and effects from tile State Among
"t"crs, we learn tiiaJ nicnrd Einy;d,i I,,,i i
wealthy citizen Of Rockingham county. IN. ends
removing to our District Mr.. Ellington is N
large to'mcco mnnufncinrnr and intends remny-
ing his tobacco screws and presses 10 South Car.
"hha' and manufacture tobacco from the raw
material. Besides beinga gontlenialrof means.
we learn lie is the trustee of the Dniglas estate
IN North Carolina. This cstnte lclongs to Sen.
ator Douglas children by his first wife.
GrccnrHc Enterprise.
! GRAIN AT THE WEsT.-It is statcd,that omonn
the immense quantities of grain novAfsn store at
the West, destined for shipment to Bnilalo and
OswcSo, on the opening Of navigation. there j.
! at present stored in the great warohou SOS of
| SmrgeF, Buckingham & CO.. on the Illinois
Central Depot grounds. in Chicago the amount
OF nearly RHiion dId n huif bushels of grain.
| In warehouse " B" there urc 2i45S5 bushels
of spring wheat 567 ,534 bushels of barley
! 1913 bushels of oats. Total sol | 4S bushels
| rr hy w"ight 22G52 tonS. In warehouse Is A 4"
| there are nearly 10000 bushels of grain. and
| the quantity will increase. untiIthe amount in
the other is reached, unless in short time own
erS commence putting II Or board vessels in the
river
LATER FROM TExAs-Retnemcnt of Goroyno,
Houston.- General Houston has retired from the
Executive chair and Turned over to Lieut. Gov.
ernor (now acting Goyernorl Clark tie archives
of his office. The action of tho Convention has
been sustained by the House of Representatives
OF the Texas Legislature. On the Goth ult, the
latter body passed, 10y o vote of SO ayes to | /
nays, the following:
| Whereas, the Peoples Convention now in