Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-07-20
4 a REpLY TO, CAsstus, Tho ridiculous lct-
tor of Cossius Elay. TO tho london Times. it

ter of Cnssius Clay, to tho London Times, il
will bo recollected, was very etfoctunlly an.
swerad by tho Times itsolf NVe find, how
ever, th,t DIr. Edwin DE Leon, former Con.
snl Genoral to Egypt, also comes, back ut
Cussius in letter to tho, Tines wherein hc
pcels off what little of Clny's hide the Thun.
derer had left. We have room only for tho
following extract:
The bloody battle fields of Mexico, whero
tho South furnished about $4,000 and tho
North 10000 men, can attest to Southern
yalor and discipline ; and tho veterans of tho
|arniv and navy. who have left the Fedora! 10
join the Confederate service, are we'll capable
ofcommanding troops WHO have never believed
that "force was necessary" to ccncnt fnturni-
ty volunteering us they have done solely for
defence, not for aggression. Tho old watch
word of the Jaoobins in Frunce's darkest day
of blood and tears, "Fraternt'c, or hu mort"
("Bc my brother or will kill you ~ is now
the rallying cry Of the "trec Nortl" mot of
the South, who stands with drawn sword be-
side her own altars. Is that n watch word to
enlist her sympathics or stir tho puizcr of
free born Englshmcn when a new reign of
terror is sought to be inauguratcd once more
under the dcsccratcd name Of liberty, over
the smiling fields and happy homes of the
sunny South We cannot and VIC will not,
believe it. England has ever boon gene.
rous foo she will.no prove faithlcss friend.
The statement that "the population of tho
slave states is divided perhaps equally for and
against tho Union" is without shadow of
foundation. The secession of the South now
forms u part of history, and never in the az
nails of mankind has such entire u,,anmity of
sentiment and of action been manifested by
IL,
action of the cotton States. Since the dcs
potic. c,""p 1'cf" attempted by the Northern
President, the same spirit assprcad like the
ness thcinst',ntancous action of Virginia North
Carolina and Tennessee, with Missouri and
Kentucky moving in the same direction or
more striking still, the reception ofthc North
crn volunteers in the city Of Baltimore, once
regarded the most loyal to the Union, but
mourning like Venice under foreign yoke
and powcrcss for the moment to avengc the
blood of her children slain in resisting the
proclamation of their soil.
NoarnERN WAR MEAsunEs.- follow
ing is said to be the substance of the war bills
of Wilson, of Mass, in the Federal Senate
The National Guard bill for the or
gnnization of National Guard provides for
the enrolment of 100000 men, between II
and thirty.ivc years Of age, to be divided into
two hundred regiments, Of twelve companies
cnch, appol .ioned among the States pro rata,
according to their representation in Congress.
After six years service, those who enlist arc
entitled to an honorable discharge and to cx-
cnption from service on the jury. Eighty
thousand arc to be enrolled the first year, and
the same number the second aud third, 50 that
third may so out Of service alta time. The
President is to have power to call out the
Guard, or any part Of it, in ease Of invasion or
insurrcction beyond the power Of the civil arm.
The -EHuoyy H"mcr The Prcsi'rn'-The
bill which lcgalzcs the Presidents acts since
the 4th Of March empowers him, in case OF
cxigcncy, when Congress is not i'll session, to
take similar measures
assistant Srcrcfu,YW lEur, fc-Anothcr
bill provides for the appointment of all Assist
ant Secretary Of War, with a salary of So 900;
for additional force in the Military Bureaus
for the appointment Of two additional Cadets
to West Point from each State by their Scna-
tors and for the filling up of all vacancies in
the \ ,ademy By the President; for the cas-
sIcation of mounted men hitherto called By
different names, as numbered regiments of
cavalry.
THc Ioiantrer Eorcc-The bill touching
the volunteer force empowers the President to
appoint not exceeding six major generals and
eighteen Brgadcrs
E"inryi"y the Rrgulnr .Army-Thc bill
cnlarging The regular army empowers the
President to increase the old regiments to the
standard of the new ones.
TIE PROVISIONAL CoNGREss.- is graf
flying to observe that many OF the distin-
guishcd and able men who compose this body
arc either on the battlefield or cxcrtng their
talents and influence in support of the cause.
We trust the example thus set will be widely
followed 1t will tend to elevate our leaders
in the eyes of the people, and countcract much
of tho odium hitherto attaching to prominent
men,
The President of Congress, Hon. Howell
Cobb, we sec from our Georgia exchanges, has
been appointed colonel III the Provisional
Army, and is raising a regiment in the sixth
Congressional district Of that State for the
war.
The Vice President Of the Confederate
States, lion. Alex II. Stephens, possesses too
weak a frame to enter into military service
but he is dcvoting his splendid intellectual
powers in another aud equally important scr
vice. 3
Il. r. l, Cobb, of Georgia, brother of the
President of Congress, is raising legion, to
be called +" Tom Cobb's Legion"
Louis T. Wigfall, of Tcxus, has been for
several weeks in our city, dcvoting his time