Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-07-23

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From tho XIX Century.
Adventuresof d Confederate Blockade RIM

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Adventuresof d Confederate Blockade Rans
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HoopwINKEDEA BRITISH NAVAL 6
The Gst Kate was as clean as new pin,
officers and men dressed for Company,sand
* StsinfT Tom, with the easy courtesy of a
Of the world, quickly made every individual
on board feel as'if he, sho audit were his own,
personal guests. No man knows how to plant
and reap blessings better than Tom Oakley
The fine band of the second West India Reg
iment--al blacks-was on board, and added
ft0 the zest of the occasion with music thQti
would not be discreditable in tho Tacon Then.
IRE or Hyde Park. ] ought to tell you, by
the way, that this regiment is composed en-.
sirely Of negroes, every one Of whom is a picked
man., six feet in height, and whom they appear
on parade, dressed in their Zouave uniform,
and drilled SO that they move Ikea vast ma
chine there is not a more striking military
spectacle on a small scale to be seen on this
mundane sphere. Tho officers arssallSwhite,
and, as d generalthing, educated.
After steaming around for three or four
hours, we ron up to tho eastward and came to
anchor. The awnings were spread aud the
docks, cleared for a dinner. Meanwhile, the
steward and his assistants had prepared the
handsomost banquet which lle"pIace and cir
cumstances could afford; and if over tho roy.
alfroadi to peoples hearts was found through
ttthe human stomach, 1t was certainly discov-
cred on!that occasion. The dignitaries Of tho
leland were all graciousnc esq, and as the vino
flowed and tongues loosened, I saw tho target
at which Captain Tom was driving his hospi-
table lance.
It's so easy to blind a mans eyes with q
good dinner. Inff nino cases out Of ten, o
basket Of champagne will warp.a mans con.
sciehceto the most accommodating degree; and
It has not %unfrequcntly proved the foot that
when 0 government Official is concerned in
contraband transactions, the oloak he wraps
a~roundshiD is like that Of charity itsclf-"it
covereth a multitude Of sins"
An evidencesof thotintensity of feeling at
this time among the ISLANDERS, was furnished
on our trip back in. tho afternoon. The mate
of ayyesscl lying at one of the wharyges, see.
Ing us approaching with the English cclors
at our masthead, ran up to his. own foro peak
the cross ofaSt. George beneath the stars and
stripes. This American vessel, tore down tho
American flag, and in q moment rent in q
thousand %tatters. On landing, the officers
;of:the West India Regiment, who had been
our guests, likewise excited ut what they
deemed an insult to the Queen, rushed Into
the crowd, gathered all tho fragments they
could obtain and carried them to their quar-.
tiers. The upshot Of the affair was, that in
th-o'courso Of an hour the captain of the YES.
sci game on board Of tho skate : and apollo.
giaed, for what he called the unwarrantable
act of his drunken mate. Tom, as a matter
ofcourse, took the apology with all the digni.
yofa bloodysmindcd and indignant English
man, and was not appeascd until tho skipper
balanced accounts with a case of the best bran.
dy in port, Consul Sam. Whiting-a jolly
good fellow, by the way-was not SO easily
satisfied, and making complaint the next day
Sttoythe Governor Of tliolislah1d, every blessed
tlWest Indian who had a fragmient of the un-
intimate banner as big as a ten cent piece,
-ras obliged to deliver the same to the irato
Representative Of tho United States Of Amer
fca,i after which, suitable apology was madeby
SSGlheS authorities Of Tho island.
The way was now paved for the accomplish
'nnent yofsour object, which was to obtain a car
,,ttgotof, arms and ammunition Of war, that had
beop ordered blythe Confederate Government,
land which it was vitality important should be
placed in the hands of our Western army,
then in the vicinity Of Corinth, with tho least
spossible delay. 3,tsy,
$50 This war materialhad been broughtt to Mas.
ss an by an English brig, and a part Of her car
gsgo was unloaded at the. dock, but as suspicion
had been aroused that things were not exact.
w what they seemed, sho had dropped down
so9me distance from the town and lay3in the
stream awaiting our arrival. AS many vos.
sells were constantly coming and going, these
movements occasioped no especial comment.
Isn two days aftersonr excursion party we
ss.ooaled, and stealning up to the dock took in
bportimSof cargo which had bren deposit
as above described. W then dropped
avn nloprside' of tho Tnolish Rio,