Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-01

York Nems,) was written byu private in the
New York Sixty,Ninth Regiment, at George.
town., to his wife, detailing the priyations md
iltrcntment to which he and his comrades
are subjected, aud which, it would seem,
they arc prevented from making generally
known to the public, by q system Of cspio.-
age over their letters sent liomc:
GEoRaEToMH HEIcnTs CoLLEoE,
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 8, 1861
! SlXTY.NlNTn REGIMENT.
Dear Wife: l received your very kind and
affectioDatc letter, and lam glad to find you
and the child are well, which is more than |
can tell you am. My dear wife, we arc in
most wretclIcd state with hunger and weak.
ness. and bordering OH state of starvation.
Our rations are striking pork and biscuit once a
day, which we rcfuscd~tO eat. aud Which the
d"gs would not come near Two of our Off
GERS were taken aid confined in the guard
house, from, the Afternoon until twelve O'Clock
mex. day, for reporting to the Colonel md
QunrtcrmaStcr that the meat stunk, and was
not fR fer dogS, and that the men were not
able to come to drill with hunger and weak
ness One Of those officers wus Captain
Nlclvcr. The Colonel called a court martial
on the other, who was Lieutenant and
turned him out Of the regiment and kept his
sword, sash and belt. which belonged to him
self a great number Of our men would not
swear into the Government in consequence of
their treatment, and Sirtrcn IA mun,6rr wcrc
strppmi stah nohcd on the square before
the regiment and all the Government clothes
taken from them Father Mooney Che
Chaplain) intcrccdcd as much ,s possible for
them, but to M use. IIc was not able even
to get them something to cat along the road
or give theur pass. The Colonel said the
treatment was too GOOD for the ID scccs.
sionists Captain Dolton, Captain Mclver,
Captain Cavnnn@h and Sergeant Birmingham
are very kind. To those We return our most
sincere thanks and shall never forget their
Kindness. They have saved our lives many Il
time ny giving lis money to buy provisions
and giving us kind word, Which VIC could
not get from any of the rest of the officers
but if we complained Of being sick or hun.
cry, we were locked up in the guard house.
That was our redress We were living on
the floor like hounds in Kennel in the Old
Country, and thcn we were told it was too
good for us.
Over three hundred men have left the reg
imcnt, for the musEcts arc all here and none
to claim them, SO that's the way We find out
the number that's gone There are but few
of the old members here.
PROGRAMME OF TIE G CAMpAIGN.-A Wash.
ineton despatch says:
The programme of the military campaign
is beginning to be developed For tile pres
cnt, it is evident there will be no offensive or
forward movement. If the Government were
SO disposed, it would hardly be able to advance
troops any distance into the rebel country
The men need more practice in the school of
the soldier, more discipline more Stcadincss
than they now have, before it will do to take
the field in earnest
But think the policy of the Government
is not to be hand hand contest, or IA mere
exhibition Of brute power | am confirmed
in the opinion that the Administration will
first try the slow but sure process of exhaust.
ing the rebels by the delays and privations
which always destroy weak power. The
superior wealth, power and resources of the
North must certainly win this contest, and it
will demand much more humane and cfIcctual
means to literally force the rebel Government
to commit suicidc-to die of the disease thcy
have already contracted.
But even this humane policy requires n
large body of troops to carry it out-probahly
even more than have alrcad been called out.
Large forces and efficient equipment are cs.
scntials to tho peaceful canpngn have init
mated. TO enforce tho laws in the rcbcllious
Suites will require numerical force us a ,,ossc
comHdf"s-and to that complexion it will
como ut last
SENATOR BAYARD TO TIE PEOPLE or
DELAwARE.-Thc gross insults hanrcd upon
the venerable Senator from Delaware, the
Hon. j. A. Bayard. by a mob in PHILADELPHIA.
and the gross falschoods of the mcndacious
disunon organs, have induced him to come
out in card. lie denies each and all the
charges brought against him, of going to NIo,t
gomery to advance secession &c. lie says
ms views are well kl"wt He prcir,s peace,
ful separation to civil war. and when he is
satisfied that he does not represent the public
sentiment Of Delaware, he will resign. The
following expressive sentiment closes his cx
celent address
But the right of private opinion, and it's
expression. is a personal right beyond public
control. 1t is secured to every freeman under
Il government of laws alone, or it will end in
anarchy or dcspotisn,. have no faith either
III the government Of the sword or the mob.
and shall resist the establishment of either"
TIE PROBABLE REsULT.-,rhc New York
OdHY Ncars says:
complete triumph of the policy ef Mr..
IincoIns Administration would VIC arc pcr
suadcd. he its most signal dcfcnt 1t is very
improbable, however. that the armies he has
levied will march on to uninterrupted victory
t will be strange, indeed. if the people of the
South arc subducd on their own soil We