Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-04-20
An Eloquent Extract.

tuc !h"Souic lllSo EchOOl at Aberdeen, vi iS-
sissippi
think | hear each heart re.ccho to itself
We will not f0rslEc our mother cline in the
hour of suffering and distrcssful inpovcrish.
ment She is now doubly dear and cencnted
70 rs through much bloodshcd and bercave.
mcnt And can there be a son of the South
who canuot feel himself an essential guardian
to her honor? One that can prove rccrcant
over the graves of his brothers, and feel no
zeal for their good name and fame ? one so un
worthy aS can cease to luol; upon this country
essentially his own? here are our homes,
and here are the graves IF our loved ones, who
else can have a better right to claim them than
we Z Here we live, and here is our destiny.
Shall our disaster make us the less ambitious
or patriotic? Is there one who claims to be
OF us, and yet cnnnot feel an interest in onr.
welfare, nor cherish sacred sentiment Of the
country and h,nor7 If there is, old or young,
let / n DO branded as the worst of living
mis1nthNpcs, for he bases his want of feeling
entirely upon the defeat and m;atortuncs ot
his own pop!c.
Ey such ono the burning language Of the
last minstrel by which he stignatzcd aud
rcbukcd the man who never felt ior country,
is more than deserved.
His living foricts fair rcnnwn.
And. donhly dving. shall go down
TO the vile dust from whence he sprung.
unwert unhonorc,l, and unsung.
Yes. yon do love, you will love this native
South. the land of chivalrv and flowers; YOU
love Mississippi, the farcst dau.hter--nay
your dearest mother; for she is your mother.
The first kind glance that hcamed upon your
infancy Was from her loving eve; the first
gentle smile that kind d maternal love in yonr
infant soul was from her bca'ning face; aud
she has nou:ishel you from infancy through
childhood up to the very verge of manhood,
through many hours Ct suiicrngs and trouble;
you love her fnr her many charms and virtues:
you love her for her (nlmv Air, her cxuhcrant
soul, her cclr and winding streams, her broad
and fertile pr'irics her ho>pitablc homes. her
graves, her brave sons and her f,ir daughters.
Aye; you love her most for her many sorrows
and bereavcmcrts,
TIE PLANTERS IN TIE Lower Disrnlcrs
The Charleston News says:
We a"r r'ras"l to I"nr, that the planters in
the lower Districts have generally irrn sue
crss.u! in nbt,inng their labor for the coming
year and in making the necessary arrange
mcntS to work u crop. In Beaufort aud Col
Teton Districts, they have been retarded ~ the
difficulty in obtanin,, their Lands from The
Government. and whom this was effected the
neglect of 'our years Ind to be repaired. No,
withstanding these drawbacks, they have gone
to work br,vclv. and have succeeded in pro-
dnclnG order on Of confusion. Tho son island
cotton and rice plantations Of these Districts
are, rrrhnps, the richest in the State. ard be
fore the VIII, we're in n highly cultivated con.
a',ion. Many of them escaped the havoc OF
war. and the owners are now enabled tn ST,
! under their own vine and their own lir.tr"c ;
but these are rare cases; most or the dwnin.
houses were burnt and many of the nc,ero
cabins shared the same fate, and the owners
were ca PEELED To r"neh it NY best they could
Those who succeeded in makinr cron list
year have devoted por ion of the proceeds
| toward rebuilding these houses and improving
their plantations. More knd has been re-.
claimed, a"d hopes arc entertained that both
the cotton and rice crops will greatly exceed
those Of last year. This scctinn of conntry
was considered tho garden Of the State, and
from the energy now displayed ty the prorrir-
tors, it will not be many years before it will
be reclaimed from the wilderness, and he again
made to blossom like the rose
GENERAL JosEru II. JOHNSTON, of the
late Confederate army publishes in the SELMA
(Aln.,) " Gazette lett rnf five columns dc
Tending hmsclfand Stone vall Jackson a.ain<.
mputrti"ns co.tanrd in .J ESicn Cookies
lh'e OF The l,ttrr. aud erecting sunlry cr
rors in its repor oF events at and after the
first b'tle Of Bull Run. He SAYS that the
reason why the Federal army was not pursued
after that battle by the victorious Confederate
cavalry, W $ TINT the cavalry OF which they
had but a small torce) wls driven back by the
strong rear guard Of the United Stntcs army
and that it would have been utter madness to
rush upon the f"rtiiications, on the Virginia
side of the Potomac, which were strong and
heavily armed, especially, as a river mile
wide would have still interviewed between them
and the capitol. which they had no means of
crossing. General Johnston says the victory
of Bull Run saved the Confedcracy, which
was all it could reasonably hive been expected
to do. Most Of the Southern troops regarded
it as deciding the whole question and ending
the war, and thousands of them left the army
and went home. The Union army, he saws,
was " less disorganizcd by defeat than the
Confederate army by its triumph" The let.
ter is valuable contribution to the military
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