Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-09-30
,E'isc Mourning iia Germany.

nave sent thrill OF national cNutation
through 'l,c pulses OF Fathcrlnnd. Bonfircs,
illuminat,~ as, trumphal professions, public
meetings and copgra:Uatory addresses have
not been wanting in any of the large cities
that dot the broad region extending. from the
Rhine to the borders Of Russia The echo Of
these quotations comes to us across the Allan
tic, and it is SO loud anl hearty as to drown
the cries Of grief and anguish which ascend
along with it from thousands and thousands
OF homes madc dcsolatc by the curse Of this
dreadful war. In fact, there is a determined
effort and under the circumstances, not an
unwisc one, on the part Of the German author
tiles to suppress the true details OF the carnage
inflicted on their troops. The story would be
SO appalling, were it all frankly told at this
juncturc, as to awaken all over Germany a
voice for Instant peace that could not be re-
sisted. Hence, the most is made Of The sue.
ccsscs gained and as little as possible said
of their frirhtful cost However King VIII
liam himself has, once or twice, invountnrily
given glimpse behind the bloody scenes
in his famous despatch to Queen Augusta
from the baltic fields in the nclghborhood Of
Metz he ad'ni,;cl that it sinkencd lin to
think Of his losses, and all correspondents
agree in representing the slaughter of the
Germans in nearly every engagement fought
since the beginning of the war rs two.fod
that OF their antagonists. At the battle of
Gravo'lotte the German dead lay hcaped
upon the heights whence the French had
been dislodgcd towards the close of tho action
Gin swathes and winrOws, like grain i'm Il
dcnscly planted and well mown field" and the
distress OF the royal co,nmandnr-in chief at the
almost utter annihilation of lis splendid
Guards-thc pride OF the prussian army-is
lcsc.ibcd rs having been extreme.
Again, the peculiar system of recruiting
and organization pursued for the German scr.
vice is such that il many eases a large pro.
portion of the abs2 bo'icd men of whole vii,
lagos and snail towns are enrolled together in
the same companies and regiments, with the
ilca that their conduct will be bcncfcially in.
Aucncedhy the additional cs,2sa dc corpa thus
preserved, aud by the fact that every man
ncighbors and early companions. Consequent.
~, the slaughter of these recent battles has
thrown wholc communities into mourning,
and, as the South Germans have really done
some of the scvcrcst work, there arc districts
in Baden and Bavaria, where almos, every
family has lest father, brother or SON Sax
ony, too, has been literally dec;mated by the
wholesale destruction Of her best troops 1t
is one popularity Of the German soldier that
he is more likely 10 have wife and family at
home than is the more volatile and tickle
Frcnchman; and hence his death is not
simply the passing away OF a unit from among
the multitude, but involves the immediate
suffering of several persons. This fact has
been very touchingly illustrated upon many
lans scouting in the ncchborhood Of the Al
satan towns repeatedly exhibited great emo.
ton when carcssing the children Of the villa.
gers upon whom they made .hcir rcnuisitions,
and, when Questioned as to the cause of their
agitation, replied that they, too, had wives
and families ut home.
But 50 general has been the carnage that no
class in the German armies has been spared.
At Sedan there was an absolute LoUuc of ii
tied officers and long lists of counts. barons,
ana gentry of distinguished name and social
position figure among the slain in the state
ments Of the press in Austria where the care
full restrictions imposed upon the North Ger.
man editors are not enforced Tn one word,
the domestic heart of Fathcrland is laccratcd
as it has never been before, Her homes
@,,oor, Ala, u,,oso ov, hoor,ls oro
g. ~ liz "a ,,f ,,,o ,Ia,,;o ana o,.o,n,, >,
vida distances from thc ac.u,l scono of so,r,v ~
,n,v holI w,r mnn,;nus mi ,,,ss f,roo;,,ms
',s5"',"'',, o,ia.el pnon,o If Gov
many, in all her cities and in all hcf feids OF
rustic poverty and labor, prey t'at this rot OF
blood may be stayed and that thc,r stricken
hearts may DC no longer torn by the langs Of
military ambltion.---N Ncw l"'@ H"fof"'