Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-08-26
The War in Europe. :


Since the little affair at Saarbruckcn un-
varying success seems to have attended the
Frussan arms We'll oniccrcd, well discip
lined, and strongly armed, they have stcadi
y advanced towards Paris sevcring the com
muncations of the enemy, and by strategy
pressing him from his fortified positions
From the blowing up of the viaduct at Bit
schc to the present, every effort on the part
of the French commanders to concentrate for
a general engagement has been defeated A
fatal mis- step seems to have been committed
i'll the outset. The Emperor never apprcca
ted nor prepared for the opposition he has
encountered. He finds the armySRth which
he designed g march trnmphantp54Ee p4Eeias into the
| own frontier. Five hundred thousand Prus.
slams arc in his front and flank. movpo 20.
slS,lcSs!y towards Paris. Since the defeat of
MCMAHON and the retreat tf the impcrio)
troops from The Prussian frontier, his brok en-
columns have been unable to rcnDite, 70
effect this, either at Metz or Tcrdene has
been the aim of Marshal BAzAINE from tic
time he assumed command Our latest nc
counts report an engagement on the Mozelc
IN which if not victorious, the French gave
the first check to the Prnssans. Whether
the engagement was decisive or not. it anpcars
that the Object of the Pnssnns to cut off tho
retreat of the French to Ncrdcnc WAS defeat.
cd Ii these dispatches prove correct, and
n frntio e a.,
Verdene, the tide Of success may change. =
Inc Hrusslans may find themselves defeated
IN the cnemy's country and surrounded bv
Toes AS yet, no decisive engagement has
oech fought, nor can any oac believe that so
brave, powerful and warlikc people as the
French can bc easily overcome. Their disas.
tcrs appear to be due rather to bad leadcrship
than to inferior fighting qualities. History
furnishes no record military proves superior
to that OF the French soidicry. If the prus-
SLAMS retain and continue the advantages gain.
cd, the greater harvest Of glory thcy will
reap. They will have overcome people nu
mcrcally stronger, and without superior in
military renown. The dispatches received
are conflicting and unsatisfactory. by tic
latest efforts at peace by England arc spoken
of, which all wish successful.
10 Mc Editor Of the Keowee Cbur;cy.
DEAR Sir There has been 30 much fcor
expressed by parties in this Division who
have small orchards Of apples and peaches,
that II they had their fruit distilled by Ia.
gally authorized distiler Of brandy from ap
p'e' and peaches, they might be brought into
trouble, the publication of the following cx.
tract from tho Actof 1870 may be beneficial ).
1T is permissible that distiller lcoollv
authorized may receive either of the fruits
named or the undistilIcd products thereof
from another person for the purpose of distil,.
ton, returning to that other person all or n
part OF the brandy produced thercfrom but
IN such case the government recopnizca No
other person but the distiller, and the brandy
when distilled must be put up, marked. ana
stamped, the same as If distilled by tho dis.
tiller for his own consumption and sale"
Very Respectfully,
10. w. EVERSON,
Assistant Assessor.
Anderson, 8. G., Aug. Goth, 1870.
a DANGEROUS CoUNTERFEIT.---A dan.
gofous S2O counterfeit is 10 circulation. All
the notes SO rar discovered arc evidently prin.
ted from the same plate, which is remarkably
well engraved The name Of tho bank offers
10 every case, thislportion of the plato being
evidently loft blank, and various times intro,
dueed SONS to better avoid detection. The
only noticeable blelnish II the notes is a
siiightly tlottedt appearance In tho yigncttc
and an iinfsriority in tho papor.+--IHoaiv