Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-10-21
The War in Europe.

William:
"VERsAILLEs, Wednesday, Thousands
of prisoners fell into our hands, as tho result
'of Vondestann's victory near Orleans. The
battles Iasted from o'clock A NJ, to o clock
in the evening, and was fought on deficient
|gronnd. The capture of Orleans fc!!uwed.
The loss of tho French were heavy; ours
small The details of the 5utt!e arc wan.
,ting"
ToURs, October H. = Gambctt4 has issued
tho following proclamation "Tn hubitants
of Tours | announce to you, will, inexprcssi
hle satisfaction, that on the 18th inst, the
iuorc than ever heroic people Of Piris, grow.
ing Impatient behind their ramparts, have de.
termned to march forward against the enemy.
Here is the bulletin of their victery On
the entire zone around the city the Prussans
have beer driven cut Of a!! the positions which
they had been occupying for three weeks to
wards St. Denis. They have been dr'vcn
AWAY beyond Stains, Pierrdfette and Luguy
on the enst side Joinville, Crctil, Baubeig
ny and the Plateau of Avron have been re.
captured. They have been forced from Lebas,
Lendon and St. Cloud, and thrown back on
Versailles. The enemy know now what q
people wish who are determined to snvc their
institutions and their honor l invite the
provinces to do their duty, as Paris has done
hers. TiUe Il. R,ris PiUe lu France +!
NUe lu Repubiique /"
The General commanding the Fifteenth
Corps makes the following report:
"LAFERrE. Sr. AUBIN, Octobcr 13.-Yes
terday the enemy continued to advance to
wards Orleans. Our troops, who we're on
the road to Paris, and had taken part the day
before in the battle at Arthenay, gave way
"a brigade Of the third division, who tried 10
oppose the cncmy's advance, being constantly
opposed by forces more numerous and su
perior artillery, had to fall back on Orleans,
disputing the ground foot by foot. was OF.
iged, in order to check the cncmy's progress,
ito go forward, personally, with three battalons
of the reserves belonging to the second divi-
sion. The enemy had been checked for three
hours, but at last VIC were broken aud over.
come by their shells, after sharp fighting.
which does honor to our army. determined
TO cvacuntc Orlcans and to withdraw to the
left bank of the Loire. Retreat was effected
in good order"
NEW York. October 16.-The IYo,lTs
special from Tours yesterday says Bazainr
has escaped from Metz marching with his
entire farce to the relief Of Vcrdun
The Wcrolds special says the rumor that
Orlcans is evacuated causes immense excite
ment.
A second lcspatch-5.25 p. M.-says tho
rumor is confirmed. 1t is officially announced
that Trochu led brilliant sortie in person
The enemy were reTulscd at all points, and
there il immense enthusiasm. 140, 900
Springfield rifles by the Lafayette have ar.
rived
Ey In England and Wales there were,
ON the first Of January, 54.7l3 persons of un
sound mind, under the cognzaucc of the Lu-
macy Commissioners. OF these, 1926 were
UT the pauper class, and the commissioners
;rcp'~t that they are satisfied that in grent
3""Jor'ty oe eases impaired nutrition is the
sca"sc of the n"',dy. Bodily weakness i'm
spa'rs mental health. Of course, upon bodies
Sand minds thus reduced, g.iefs and pcrplexi
stics act with most damaging l"auence. It
,rcquirrs strong mind to resist diIlicu,,v. and
sthc mind sympathizes with the body
aeA- Reconstruction has had poor effect
supon South Carolina, if We may judge from
acertan facts lately appearing In Williams
shurg. sc, ,542 acres of land one sixth of il.
awholc arca-has been advertised for sale fo
Iunpaid taxes Fairfield ndvcrtises $4,000
3acrcs, q 10th of all, and Darlington IL. GSe
aacrcs, or 9th In these sales ,l03 house,
aarc to be included.
GB- Tho Southern Commercial Convcn
stion, which has hccn in session at Cincinnati
afor four days past, adjourned on Friday, t.
amect in Baltimore on the third Monday il
sSeptember, 1871 In view of the Nationa
Scharactcr Which the convention has assumed
sts name has been changed to the "Nationa
SCommcrcial Convention"
Ey- Con. Chalmers, of Austin, planted
sabout forty acres Of broom corn after the hal
gstorm killed out his cotton last spring, ant
Snow says he will make splendid crop. H
abeicves that the cultivation of broom corn il
sthat country will pay as well if not bette
Sthan cotton.
EB- The New York Standard says Gen
$ Seral Grant drought purity into the admins
Atration Of the Government" The ,Stan2urt
arefers, we presume, to tho two dozen clea
sshirts presented to him few days before hi
EMANCIPATION by one of his present consus.