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


est grief in consequence of the death of Gen.
Lice.
MODERN FIRE ARMS. s.-Licut. Col Ches.
)ney, one OF the acutest military critics of tho
present day, and author of work entitled
('lhe Military Resources of France and Prus-
|sia,' has recently advanced the argument
that the principles of tactics and strategy arc
affected very slightly by the modern improved
weapons All the effect that the brcech-
leaders and arms of precision produce, he says,
lis to dispense with the old fashioned field
|man9uvres, now impracticable in the face
iof the enemy, in consequence of the greater
range and accuracy of the new arms. Masses
,of troops, he argues, are as strong as ever and
the bayonct charge is still more decisive than
IvoIlcys from the needle gun and the chasse-
Ipot rifle. Campaigns, however, must now be-
l~---' --a -h""r. while ra;lrars md to)o-
|graps increase the facility of moving troops.
The main elem rents Of success as in the cam
|paigns of Napoleon I, still consists in conceal
ing mon until the last moment, and then in
rapidly concentrating overwhelming numbers
These principles, Colonel Chcsnoy say, have
have been neglected by the French, and put
lin practice by the Prussian Generals.
SHOCKING TREATMENT OF CUBAN La.
!DIEs.-An account of the shocking treatment
sof Cuban ladies by the Spaniards in Havana
appears in our correspondence from that city.
ION the 23d ult, twenty prisoners, all women
land children, reached Havana by railway.
land were led from the depot to the female
'prson under guard, and all tied, even chill
Idrcn only five and six years old being tightly
apinioncd by the arms. at the head of the
sad procession marched two handsome young
ladies of eighteen years, both hand cuffed.-
One was the daughter in law of President
|Ccspcdes, the other the daughter of General
lFigucreno, recently garrotcd ut Santiago
Prhe ladies' we're all members of the best fam.
lilies in the island. AS these unfortunate
creatures passed through the streets, the
jSpanish mob jccrcd and threatened them,
land in some instances attempted violence,
lSuch outrages as these ought to arouse tho
indignation of the civilized world.
[M y. Sua.
ANOTHER EccLEs1AsrIc RULER DE.
STnRoNED. Brigham Young, like Pope Plus,
1 has been compelled to surrender his temporal
ssovereignty. A lato order of tho United
States commander in Utah forbids the drilling
sof Mormon militia and demands the surrenA
der of all arms and munitions, whether the
property of the Territory or of The United
States. The United States District Judge
has also declared all courts of the Territory
UNITED States Courts, and the United States
Marshal to be the ministerial officer of the
same. These measures bring all Of Brigham's
'powers, other then spiritual, to speedy end,
provided he should not make war upon them
and srrcced in tho struggle, which is not
likely. Upon the whole, tho Normans may
make up their minds never to have peace un.
til they think and pray as the Puritans do.
WHO ARE HAPPY. lord Byron said /:
,'The Mechanics and working mon who can
maintain their families, arc, in Toy opinion,
tho happicst body ofmen. Poverty is wretch
edness, but even poverty is, perhaps, to DO
preferred TO the heart!ess, nnmcaning d;ssipa-
ton of high order Another author, says:
II have no propensityato envy any one, least
of all tho rich and great; but, if disposed
to this weakness, tho subject of my weakness
would bo ahfalthy young man, in full posses.
sion Of his strength and faculties, going forth
in tho morning to work for his wife and chill
dron, or bring them home his wages at night