Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-07-06

SlckSEsS AND.SDEArus AAioAG ruE Nour,i.RN
TEours--A letter dated Wusnn.i.u June :t.t
publish insSSalurdnys Baltimore EAcha,...
says:
send you sonc facts in relation to the r..,,i,t IN
OF affairs here, Which the authorizes wuuld va.
linyIy nave suppressed. You may, however rviy
upun them us Deins strictly true, ami as raii,rl
unders'.t'ng I!.an sscratng The state ln,nss
ot @hici speak, tor wrc 'rom personal Anoni-
edge. II ,s, indeed perfectly useless on tlc part
VI the Goierhnen 10 conceal facts w.icn
knownto SO many people, and wlIuh iorm luc
top.c OF conversation among the troops bun
siies vi the Potomac. The truth is u very cutisi-
'leiuuic portion OF the effective slrcnuta ui tic
army IS broken uown by sickness. Tut tclr. bic
"'so "cr. u'o dJ sentcry VI bloody hux. Is sp,caL
iis nEiung The regiments encu,nped on the ETginIu
ai'orc '"''r unexamplcd rupidny, anu the ial.ud,
ws.leu ,s:a@,ppanles IL is perfectly iirgnhm;.
nNH,n very brief period, one ot tic N.w York
'EG,h Nc nave lost sixty men by this disease n,,c.
: ,4r, large nunber OF the men belonging ~ the
1.!i.. :rt also down with it. Many of tie cti,r
.rgi,n,sare beginning to feel its effects but as
yr', nai so severely. There are, or rather were.
wu dnys ago. no less than seven hundred n.cn ii.
Tie waius OF Tie hospital at Georgetown, and j, g
n."rv tam probable that Tic number has been
greatly Increased since, although they sci,i.i,
""n.e suc,, ot TIC three months ns are uol.
to be moved, rs speedily as possible. The three
Ioni.ls volunteers, naarly to nrtn. will refuse
TO take service again when their term oi ru!l.t-
ncnl expires Tne earlier Pennsy trvo,s
viii bc plni oil ana disbanded, in about 81
wecksAlne remainder have, as yet iron three l..
hve weeks 10 serve. They are bent ON got, a.:
back to their friends and acquainuluos. ~ >uun
as inrJ can obtain Neutrality-suspicious. tiun unr ..
lhcin nnvn actually mnt!trd themselves to ;get
this end lnore speedily.
1t is SO with the rest Of the rcsi,',.la.. nc
but The poor wrc;ches. who have no iricnls w,!i
consent 10 enlist for th" war. They trv a.su nav
ing IN anxious timc ot il at the ulns,., oyur lhc
rirer--not night passes but the scn,ne,s arc
picked oil by the GontcIeratcs. Every morning
The ight guard is cent ont TO bing in th, dead.
and the uunber are daily increasing. Ahu.Iy
the killed and wounded. ut tho out poses alone,
session OF tho main reasons why the government
is SO eagerly calling for additional regiments. 1t
~ my candid opinion tnat the army, broken down
by sickness. as 1t is, and 5000 to be Weakened by
tie loss OF the three months volunteers. Is in no
condition TO take the field, and the new comers
will scarcely iare my better tinh those Who arc
already here.
TREASON lS East TESNEssEE-- '4hc Union Con,
vcntion Of East Tennessee resu,ad as follows, ac-
cording TO the Knoxville Es.,.ster: ID
a majority ofthe Convention have adopted re
solutions and appointed aconmittec to ,neutorialize
the Legislature 10 permit Tennessee to erect now
State. and sccede from the Southern Confederacy
peaceaby. If tho Legislature responds to thief.
wishes uniavorably, election is to be held for Fed.
eral officers in August next, and tho sherlffs of
Nelson. G..f :"
Tho Register thinks that tho majority of the
pcopls of East Tennessee will discotintennnce and
put down the rcason,ble schemes of Nelson,
BrownloW and johnson. u n, ,Na
HAaPTeNs LeopS,.- GIL WADE nAMproS's
Legion .paS left Colombia fa' Virginia.
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