Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-05-18
sMilitarY ldorements.

great Improvement in theft drill and eyolutions.
AFTER the parade, tho Colonel anuounced that
Col. j. SP. Reod, of Anderson, would address
the soldiers at night. from the corner of Main
aud boundary streets.l
4 At tile hour appointed. wo went upthoro.
aud a large portion of tho Regiment assembled
to liston to their fellow.citixen. Col. Recdsad-
dressed them in q speech of about m hour re.
viewing tho recent importont cvonts, and on
couraging his hearers with the hope of an easy
victory over the uudiciplined, halfstaryod hire
lngs Of tho North, whose watcl.word was
booty and beauty" lie reminded the Rogi.
mont that similar watch-word was used by tho
British at the battle of New Orleans. where tho
result proved that the hirelng soldiers of tho
British wero no match for frecmen nndor tho
command of General Jackson, for tho. latter
lost but seven men. while tho former woro liter
ally cut. to pieces; and u similar fate will await
the hordes which Lincoln is about to pour up.
on ,us.
Col. Reed stated Tint he had Just returned
from Charleston, md on tho train met with
Gen. Beauregard and Gov. Manning on their
way from Montgomery North. They gavo him
prospectso of Success of tho Confederate Statet.
lilo also stated that largo number Of letters of
marque had been granted and that many moro
applications were received from Frcnch, Span
lSh and even Yankee subjects. 5
The speaker closed by reminding them TINT
Col. Orr's Legion. now boing raised in tho
mountains would be with tlicm on tho field
when needed and expressed his assurance that
his fclow.citizons of Grecnvilc, Anderson and
Pickens would give good account Of thcm-
selves.
We learn that tho Fourth Regiment will
leave, on Tuesday, for q camp near Aiken,
thero to rcmain for II time for tho purpose of
instruction.
EAST TENNESSEE TRUE TO THE SouTn.AA All
accounts from East Tennessee agree in repre-.
scnting the people Of that division MS loyal to
tho South. In every quarter military compa-
MICS arc being organized for active service
against tho aggression of Northern invaders,
and those too old or iniirm for such service, arc
freely giving of thoir substance in support of
the good cause. Despite what slanderers say
Of thom, tho people of East Tennessee are Civ
ing practical demonstration of the fact that they
arc thoroughly with the South in this her period
Of awful peril.
The lsr REGIMENT S. S. YoLuSTgERs.-W
stated list week that this Regiment had gone to
| Virginia. This is mistake. Three hundred
and fifty men accompanied Col. Gregg to Vr-
gnia. Six hundred and fifty preferred to bo
honoraby discharged. All honor to the brave
men who first responded to the call of Carolina,
and who for months, on Sulivans and Morris
Islands endured the privations Of tho camp, and
discharged faithfully tho duties of citizen sol
diers. Only lot them elect their own officers,
aud they'll fight for South Carolina and tho
South any wherc.
New YORK ALREADY ApArHEric.-Th New
York Herald is very eager for the fray, and fears
that Yankee heroism may very rapidly cool
down unless put in tight place In its issue
of last Wednesday it says: Already have We
become apathetic; and, if tho President and
his Cabinet do not not with vigor before the en-
thusasm has time to ebb, the opportunity will
be lost forever, and the nuxt great enthusiasm
may be started by some dashing es ont in yory
difforcnt direction.
! THE following is an extract of letter re.
Gently received, in this city, by brother
from his sister:
Virginia seems n long way for you to 90
from us on campaign, and it is fortunate
your constitution is good, and that you have
had some training near home. You know us
we'll enough to know that our anxietics will
follow you, both in the quiet camp and the
battle field, and you will not take it amiss if
beg you to cvadc moro carefully the great
and sometimes ovcrpowcring tendency to idle
habits of dissipation in camp life; but no, l
need not thus warn one whose mothors ycain-
ing heart prays for him nightly God bless
you, my brother, and save you from tho snares
OF temptation. AS for all else, feel that VIC
must chcerfully submit to the calls of ou,
} country Virginia will be healthy climate
for you, and have strong faith in the brave
} ry of our troops to rcpcl the foe without much
loss of life, 80 you will do yourself honor
and go, bearing the cheerful hopes of your
. dear sister,
PRorEsT OF. THE New YoRK WOMEN
4 number Of ladies, born in the Bordc,
, States, but now residing in New York have
published an address to the Union Defence
Committee Of the city of New York, in which
they say -" They wish to protest against
the deliberate and systematic ncitemcnt anc
fostering, by many of the New York daily
newspapers, of a cruel, savage, and robber
like spirit of war; spirit of bloodthirst,
malignity and unmanly hatred, prompting tt
deeds of. murder and rapino; spirit belong
ing to wild mon and wild beasts, but whicl
ought tobe rebukcd among the citizens of .
humane and free government. It show.
. itself most In the Recommendations to make
: war on helpless women and children. Th,
a editors of the Tribune, Times, Courier ant
Sun, not one Of them, it is believed, natiy,
, of the State. whose dirnitv thev thus door,,}o n