Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-08-17

OF General OrdorS mo. 6I, requiring revlsaE
Of the jury lists. All jury trials were sus.
pended upon the receipt of the order.
I AN INDIAN MAJOR -GENERAL.-A}corrcs-
pondcnt melo- dramatically dresses redskiu
hero, called Satanta, against whom Govern
or Mitchell, of Now Mexico, is about to call
battalion of volunteer cavalry TO active SER
vice, as follows: .ss
Satanta prides himsolf greatly on his ma
jjor-gcnerals uniform and sash. A huge tuft
of hawks feathers ornament his Uranium, and
in the centre of his forehead a polished look
ing glass Beads adorn every portion of his
clothing, while gigantic cavalry sabre,
ground and sharpcncd, is stuck unsheathcd
in his SASH which, when loading a charge he
waves aoft, and darcs tho white mans fire
Several hunters have vowed to pick him off,
hut up to date they have most signally failed.
| lie is the most active, acute, and boldcst In
di., on the plains IIc is sagacious beyond
a doubt. Witness his thrilling poetical speech
ut Larncd General Hancock fell at once IN.
love with him, and presented him with splen-
did g"nerals uniform coat, which, with tho
epaulcts and other military fippery attachcd,
must have cost at least SIS. SINCE that me-
morablc epoch in Indian warfare this unsoru-
SO mules, and about $50 oxen. lie aud his
band have killed thirteen men and wounded
about thirty others Not one man has he lost
yet, but he will shortly. as the Kansas yoluu-
tccrs are after him hot and heavy.
n
STORY WITH A MoRAL-Whcn Gcncrat'
Jackson wns moving on to strike McClellan's
| flank OH tho Chickuhomny, he came to
stream which had no bridge and could not be-
crossed without one. The General had
brought with him from the valley, rough
nncducatcd man, full of energy, who had
the utmost confidence. iic called this man,
told linn that stream must be tridgcd immc-
diaey; the regular engineers wcrc also ad.
vscd of the fact. In n short time the rough
carpenter and the polished men of science
were ut the stream the former had his plan
the latter theirs; he wished to go ut tho work
ut once without drawings, but they objected
until they could perfect the plans on paper.
The engineers retired /. their tent to perfect
n paper bridge; tho carpenter took his men
| and went to work at once to make real one
In very short time he appeared ut the Gen.
erals tent, and reported briefly thus: t" Cen
eral, that bridge is done, but them pictures
am m come yet This story has moral that
all our readers car discover Ch,istiesn .f6-
rocutc.
WASHINGTON CfrY.--Tho correspondents
of the Lutheran Observer" says: ''There
are now some fourteen or sixteen churches in
process of erection. Among them are tho
Methodist Metropolitan, projected at cost Of
100000; the Congrcg"tonalst, to be one
OF the most cnpHcious in the city, and. to cost
about 100000; the Lutheran Memorial
church, for which grand site has already
been purchased The Baptist recently dcdi-
Gated tho most beautiful church in tho city,
the cost of which, 100000. was pid blythe.
s,-,,,-1' q slle sumo Il 8S,arStor Kas been
completed during tile year" W
a military oil cr wanted to compliment a
negro by drinking with him. "Wel Can
tain replied Cuff, 81 so very dry; SO I Won't
be ugly about it. Some niggers is to, proud
to drink with milishly ossitcrs-but think
mll'shy ossifcr, when sober, is Just MS good
rs u nlgser- specially OF the nigger is dry"