Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-04-13
VOL. NO. SO.
Affairs in Charleston

their ranks without delay, and that the reser.
YES belonging to the several corps were to,ioin
their comrades already ON duty blythe four
o'clock boat, people began TO speculate. ns "a
what was going to happen next. The pubIiSa
curiosity grew more general upon the arrival
of two of the officers of Major Andersobgs
command-Lieutenant Talbot and SNYDER,
with Il flag of truce, They were received bv
the Governor and General Beaurccarl. -
ileut. Talbot having been appointed by the
Ecvcrnment ot Washington as Assistant Adj
lutant General for the district of Oregon. with
orders to repair to that station at once. de.
sired permission to leave the city to report
himself at Washington. Leave was of course
readily granted to him, with the understand
ing That no officer Vas to be permitted to ioin
the garrison OF Fort Sumter to supply his
place and, accompanied to the depot by Col.
Moses, aud to the Governor he left Charles.
ton by the two o'clock train of the North
Eastern Railroad Meantime. Licutcnsnt
Snyder lad mentioned the facts of the fir.
ing into the unknown schooner Gas described
IN our issue of ycstcrday,) and Informed the
Governor that the vessel in question wos,a
Boston schooner, loaded with ice, and bound
for Savannah, and that she had put into this
harbor on account of stress of weather. He
further said that one of the shots had passed
through the schooncr's sail Lieutenant SiW.
der then returned to the wharf in company
with an aid, and went back 10 the Fort. DlI
ring his interview with thcN Goverasr.st
soldiers who manned the boat had seized the
opportunity to lay in some coveted individual
supplies OF whiskey, tobacco, catabes, and a
most or other provisions, making in all no
less than thirty-fve packages The police
however, had kept bright eye upon the sol,
dierS, when the provisioning was complete,
they quietly seized all the packages and trans.
tcrred them to the guard house.
During the whole of yesterday afternoon
all Kinds OF rumors were rife on the streets
\ vague impression had somehow got abroad
that the long agony of suspense and inaction
was to be speedily and abruptly ended bntr,
how, or when, or by whose orders, nobodvB
could tell. We have made diligent inquiry &
and, Gin the absence of official information ~
which, in a iuncture like this, is seldom ma1d94t
pubIlc,) we dccm the following facts to 10
reasonably certain:
First That the supplies of provisions and
the mails hitherto furnished regularly to,tEe
garrison at Fort Sumter arc to be cut off 10.
day. and that no further communication Will
be allowed between Major Anderson and tLe
Government at Washington.
Second. That the troops ut all the State
are now finally disposed,
ped and provided for, so as to be ready FIR
acton 9 moments warning. a
third That no attack of any kind will bo
made upon Fort Sumter until further orders
unless such an attack should be provoked by
Mayor Anderson, or by an attempt on the
part OF his Government to bring aid to The
belcagued fortress
Fourth. That these measures arc taken at &
C. che instance OF the Government of thc,CSoa-
iedcratc states, which has lost al confidence
IN the PROFESSIONS Of the Lincoln .ldulipis-
tr&tiun. g
We have said that this information l,assro S
oii'claI sanction; but we have hot gi1Ssen ID
without sitting thoroughly all the conflicting
reports prevalent last night, and We thibkit
can be relied upon as atfording fair outline
oi ,he new policy to be pursued henceforth
with regard to the saucy seventy" %
[.Ncrca.a
ITN NEWSPAPER PREss.-Mcn dislbl.to.
praise it or acknowledge its power. 6Iany
labltually deny It's influence, and as consta,,t.
y court Its tiyorand encouragement Tthas
made more regulations for public men, more
ortunes III business and more professional
characters for individuals than have. ever
1e2gn 2,, made otherwise by ability, energy and
kliI. 1t is great beneficiary for politicians,
nor main reanco, and their only mcansof
occurring public notorcty 1t is the ordi-
ionce department for politics--the arsenal
md magazine from which sma,l minds draw
'hcir weapons aud ammunition for political
warfare, 1t furnishes them with thcirAato
nalyzes their subjects, draws their conclu.
ions, aud contcrs upon chem the distinction
II ostensiblo authorship. Ut is, VIII is p
thousands !. of editors, still an impcrsonality.-
nc Press speaks; we listen to it--not as the
'oIee OF one but as tic impcrsonul ORGAN Of
many. 1t is assoiled by dwarfs and droncs,
Yho often affect TO treat it with disdain, TO
Inc minute delight Of its labors and condnc-
ors. Men frequently ask to ,9 praised or
uhcd by it, for some rarticulaf excellence
hey possess, and when the notice appes5s
hcy VIII affect to have known nothing ofsit
nd pretend to be Indifferent to whit is said
n their praise, while at the same time thcv
Tory IN 1t, and when they getan opportunity
Nn to The editor and purchase all the extT9
opics containing the notice to scnd Il
rlsnds' re, The fross is powerful for good or5
Long SERMoNs.-Rev, VIM Taylor. IN
is late works, "Tto Model pl yachcf,s Saws 3.
oftc'' when preacher has driven 4 nail Ia
sure place instead of fclinchip9 it and seeu.
ng well the advantage, he hammers .wsy
II ne breaks the a.tead off, or spfits fha
oari.}'-- HItness. 35 90
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