Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, August 18, 1849, Image 4
POETRY.
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[Prom Kichard'a Weekly Gasctte.]
TO
Tia out of fashion, -now, I'm told, to marry
without plunder,
And folks that haven't eot the dimes, their
lores are rent asunder,
80 wagd the avaricious world, and merit lose i
station.
Compared with wealth, no matter what the
moral situation
Of those who well'tla known have pewter in
r"-*""!
"Whoso Ma's and Pa's, by fortune's luck, just
shoot 'em off like rockets;
And when in air, and nhining there, with a
brightness new begotten,
Are much admired, but, coming down, are instantly
forgotten.
Rut T am nno wKn irk onoV
favors ever,
And what in more, (youH trust mc, sure-,) in wiving
1 phall never
Ten times the Rothcliild'n wealth, with more?
ton thousand years of life,
I'd give up for an humble lot with for
my wife.
HOME?A SONNET.
T<*^\ /?<% fn1r\no? *>'! 2* -* ? ? 1
a wigvkiUiiiviW ouu CKU IV DIWU,
Insensibly, its gliding way
Upon my soulf The Jove I feel
For home-scenes, where I loved to stray,
In ltappy boyhood's mirthful hour*,
When weary of my noisy play,
And lie and muse nmong life's flowers.
Can it be crushed in slimy fold*.
Or rooted from my memory !
My mind's eye will, wliilc vision holds,
Frerent such dire calamity;
And form again, in fancy's mould's,
The butterflies I used to see,
And chase among youth's sunny bowers.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1IAU* T/> AnffifiT
- v?? >v utii mil DvuavniiiivnBt
A CANVASSING SKETCH.
In the year *30, we published a Bemiweckly
literary journal in the city of Detroit,
and at the commencement of
our career 'out thar' we employed a local
travelling ajjent?one John D , a fellow
of infinite tact in his business, and
ordinarily one of the merriest, happiest,
best natured bipeds we ever yet met
with. John had a way of obtaining subscribers,
however, peculiarly his own ;
and his success was proverbial. If he
undertook to get a man's name and sub
scription money, he got it.?there was no
dodging the issue, where he had resolved
upon the thing.
John was a large, powerful man, stant*
ing six feet three in his aocks?and he
feared nothing, in the performance of his
dlltv' ??t. timna ivlion a rncnrf (!><>
J y - .....W f< nvii %jm ? V?JVI w V1IV VI |
of his trade' was necessary, he was ever
'at home/ and his mimicry, smiling countenance,
and capital address, always
made him scores of friends, almost at first
sight. But John occasionally encounterA-.?
_ A 1_ A
icr n lougn customer.
'You call that a paper?' exclaimed a
rough, big-fisted fellow, derisively, one
morning in a coffee house where John
was canvassing.
Well, I do,' said John, quietly.
'0, hit out!' responded the bully.
And you must subscribe, too?come!'
Not's you knows on,' continued the
.il - '
owicr, sneenngiy. "it's ft humbug!"
'What's a humbug?'
That paper o' yourn.'
'Come, now, my fine fellow, that won't
do,' added our agent, not a little piqued.
He always stood straight up for the paDer.
*Tnnfc Lind n' tall/ nin"? ?no*
thing, my friend/ continued John, for
there were several persons present.
I say it's a hum,' persisted the fellow,
'an' you're another.'
As ill A cfrnnr/or rr/\^ a/T ln>t ?
?? ' ?>?v uv? ttv/v VII VlllO lUOb I ri"
mark he approached the canvasser instantly,
and offered some unmistakable
demonstrations of a belligerent character.
John measured his customer a moment
as he advanced, and drawing back, he
very coolly knocked the insolent fellow
down. Then grasping the rowd v bv the
throat?
Is ray paper humbug?' asked John.
'Yes?cuss your pictur!'
It is, eh?' continued the agent, bringing
the fellow a rap on the side of the
sconce, which astonished him i nmenscly,
It is?is it?* and again he cuffi d him vigorously?and
then twain and again, until
the bully began to believe he had commenced
operations upon the wrong individual.
<Ta mw noifeAi* ? O*
jm.** IV IIWill i
'N?n?no 1' shrieked the fello.r at
last.
'What kind of a paper is it?'
'I dun 'no '
'Yes you do/ said J(/hn, raising his
huge mawler over the other's head, in a
threatening attitude, and .grinning a
ghastly smile?'yes you do.'
'Wal, le' me up,' said the victim.
'I'll let you up, when you answer me.'
'I tell you Z aun 'no.'
'I say you do,' responded John, and
a train he rniw>d t)ui ftmrfni ? >
showed his glistening teeth,
'Zr-y+^y?y A* sufferer.
' W1lat kind of a paper is it, then. Te\[
tx\Q, OF 111 &maah 6V4ry bone in your ugly
ink
#It*? fa a ?*'?*
iW'
mmesssBS*
'Qucik!'
''It's a goo?good?fuss rate one.?
Now, le* finite tip!'
Not tilt yorv subscribe, old fellow.'
'I won't/'
You won't?' exekitsaed John, looking
daggers at the prostrate hero, while he
I t!.. i-.it ? !.
^inu? <iih ieein line nmaa catamount?
and thrashed him violently upon the floor
once more.
*1 will!'
For a year?' risked the agent.
What then?'
Six?six months.'
*Tlmtrlt be two dollars,' said John;
'fork over the tin, there's no trust in this
trade.'
'Let me up, I say.'
'Not 'till you have paid your subscription.'
'Wal, git off 'erme!'
'There,' said John?who was nnturully
very accommodating?and at the same
moment he turned so that his 'subscriber'
could get his hand into his pocket. The
hitter actually drew forth his purse,
counted out two dollars in Bilvcr, and the
agent released him!
John took his address, wrote a receipt,
and then invited his new made friend to
take a drink. The other, nothing iotb,
joined him at once, for fear of giving
further offence.
Then, getting up hia spee>men papers
and other fixin9, our canvasscr iurneu towards
his new subscriber, and with
a bland smile of good nature, remarked?
"i ininK you'll hke my paper, friend.'
'Yes?yes,' responded tne other.
'It's a capital paper.'
'Yes,' said the subscriber.
'And you'll recommend it to your
friends!*
'Yes,'added the victim*
'It's a good paper.'
' ? cs '
'! may say, a very good paper.*
'Yes 1
'Good day, sir.'
'Vee,' continued the patron abstractedly,
as the canvasser departed; 'but ef you
: ain't one o' the agents xoe read about, then
I I hain't no iudae o' heemnam f nnrl mK.
bing the side of his crown?which had
been but slightly damaged, as it happened,
in the melee?he disappeared, resolved
never again to interfere with the
'power o' the press,'?Spirit of the
Tip?es%
Lustrs Nature.?We have to record
a lusus natur/e of which in modern times
the.Sicilian twins, Ritta and Christian,
and the Siamese brothers, were the moat
memorable instances. At Eerneghcm, a
village tnrce icogucs Irom the town of
Bruges, formerly near the central point
between Bruges, Tlwnirout and Ostcnd,
were born, on the 28th ult., two children
of the female sex compnctly united to
each other. The two bodies join at the
sides, the ligature beginning a little below
th? right breast of one and the left
breast of the other, nnd continuing as far
ns the naval; so that the children do not
look eaoh other in the face, but are turned
one towards the other in an oblique
position. Their heads, arms, thighs and
and legs are perfectly free, and they have
the perfect use of all limbs; and" their
position is such as to permit their mother
to-nurse both at the some time without
difficulty. The curate of the parish baptized
them the dn.v of iboir in
names of Marie and Sophie. The parents
are poor servants, working and residing
on a small farm held by an old
bachelor. The husband's name is Tanghe;
his wife, aged about thirty-eight
years, has four children.?Brussels Herald.
Rinoular Affair.?A few weeks since
a father and son, living in Ross county,
by the name of Christy, both of whom
were addicted to intemperance, quarrel
ed, and the son beat the father. The father
then ordered the son to leave the
E remises, threatning, if he returned, to
ill him. The son did return, and the
father, true to his word for once, shot
him dead in his tracks. The citizens being
afraid to arrest him after the commission
of the horrid deed, he left, and went
into <71inton county, where he ran at
large for two or tnree weeks, until his
daughter, who had witnessed the tragedy,
learning his whereabout followed htm into
Clinton, went before a magistrate,
made oath to the facts, and hod her father
arrested. At last accounts, he was
lying in the Clinton jail, awaiting the arrival
of the sheriff from Ross. This case
is certainly without a parallel?a father
beaten "by his son, a son shot by his father,
and the father arrested upon the affidavit
of his daughter.?Columbus (O.) SlaUi'
man.
J.aw in France.?Mr. Kendall, of
the Picayune describes the proceedings
of the French courts of justice as laughable,
if not ludicrous. Hi? Rays that- the
French understand but little of the trial
by jury, and there is an utter want of that
dignity which obtains in all such courts
in England and America. The prisoners,
to use his own exdreatto*. iaw th* IbAm?
m # r j ? ? J
the witnesses take part tn the argument*,
and for a space he found it difficult to
ascertain who were the accused and who
were the accusers.
| " 11 - JL JL" 1 I . I .1 1 I >1
A Short Siohtku SiGazer.-?
the day of an eclipse, when the inhabitants
of Paris were without doors, provid
efl with telescopes ami pieces of smoked |
f;las8, an Englishman was seen driving
uriously in a fiacre "long one of the principal
streets.
"Where docs Toy lord wish to go?"
said the driver.
"To see the eclipse!" exclaimed the
Englishman, thrusting his head out of
the coach window; "only drive up as
near as possible, for I am short sighted."
Census of Charleston.?We are
indebted to C. W. Simons, Esq., census
taker for St. Phillip's and St. Michael's,
for h statement of the white population
in these Parishes. It is as follows :
In the citv. 1 o r?co
J w *U|WUO
In the neck, 4,806
18,834
By the ccnsuf^Ntakui uxider the direction
of our municipal authorities a few
months since, the white population of the
cit\ was 14,187; making a difference of
229, which can be readily accounted for
by the number of absentees usual at this
season of the year.?Mercury.
tfrcuMBKM.?"When a cucumber is
taken from the vine, let it be cut off with
i knife, leaving about an eighth of an inch
of the cucumber remaining to the stem
upon which it grew, then slit the stem
with a knife from its end to the vine,
leaving a particle of the cucumber to each
division, and as mnny slits or divisions as
are made in it, there will be new cucumbers,
as large and as fine as those that
grow in the natural way.'?-Agriculturist^
Strange as the above may seem, a person
assures us he has icpeatedly succeed
ed in the experiment; but the second
ffrowth will not be as fair or as large as
the first.?New Haven Register.
Caution*.? "NTe\c*r enter a sick room in a
state of perspi r.tion, as the moment you
become cool your pores absorb. Do not
approach contagious diseases with an |
empty stomach, nor sit between the sick
and the fire, because the heat attracts the
thin vapor,
A Startling Resurrection?The N. Y.
Mirror relates the followincr inKt^r..-- nf n
woman prematurely hurried to the grave
some time si *ce under the impression that
she had died of cholera, and rescued by
her husband. Who can tell how many
have thus been buried alive aud left to
die without a discovery of the revolting [
fact?
A poor man. residing in the upper part
of the city, left home fit the usual hour
some davs since, to perform his daily labor
: nnd on rfltnrninfr tn fl?o ??ft *?? *?
I found that his wife had been seized with
cholera during the forenoon and convcyI
ed to the hospital in 13th street. He im!
mediately went thf*r?. rmrl nj> li??
the plqce, six coffins were carried out to
be conveyed to Potter's Field. The poor
fellow proceeded to the room and enquired
for his wife, when he tixs informed
that she was dead, and that one of the
coffins he had passed contained her body,
but which of them they could not tell, as
no marks are pk^ed upon them to distinguish
one from tht other. The man,
in an agony of grief, tinted in pursuit of
the conveyance, and i -.comnanied it to
Pottor's Field, when lie picked so hard
10 be t/? lnnt nn/?o
the face of his wife that permission was
giwen, and the coffins were opened,
if'hen the body of the woman was exposed,
he seized it frantically in his arms
and embraced it fondly to his bosom.
For a moment he fancied he felt tho beating
of her heart, and seizing her wrist,
he c claimed, "My God, she lives!" At
that moment the woman opened her eyes
and recognized her husband; she was
conveyed home, and is now quite recovered.
If this be true?and our informant
affirms that it is?what a frightful reflection
it conjures up, that perhaps others,
bearing only the semblance of death, have
been prematurely hurried to the grave.
[ We see it stated in one of our exchange
paper*, that the physician of the hospital
where the above thrilling occurrence!;
?aid to have taken place, positively contradicts
it. Tf lintniA tlio rvnW!Ant!A? '.C
... .. ?" ??VJ VUW |/U^MIVaV4\/ll Ol
the statement is almost inexcusable.]?
Char. Courier.
STATE OT"80UTH CAROLINA.
PICKEN8DI8TftI0T.
In Equity.
T?n? Unft/kn J. T> i 1
vmio i/ni ia/u i? JI P j
ander, Adm'x. * Admr, {
VB- I
John Lad J and Wiley M)ill for Relief.
Reaves and Heirs at
Law of B. Barton, dee'd.
It appearing to my Kuiisfaction that
Benj. F. Barton and Joab Lewis and
Wife, Phalby, Defendants to this Bill of
Complaint, reside from and without the
limit* of thiii State.
un motion ot Whitner A Harrison,
Comp. Sol's., It is ordered, that tljey do
plead, answer or demur to the allegations
in said Bill, within three-months from the
date hereof, or Iheir consent to the same
rill be t&ken pro con/esao.
MILES M< NORTON, o, e, r. o.
Corn's. Office. Pickens O. H? % O.)
JfiM 0th, 1040, (
gl"1 1 m" IMl . MM I . !
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WEEKLY GAZETTE.
BEING a new nnd much enlarged
series of the "Southern Literary Gazette,"
Vwi nnltr wool/1**
V W...J nvvniv vuuiliaif UUUtll U1 VIIU
Potomac, devoted to Literature and the
Arte in general?and designed for the
Family Circle.
The Proprietor begs leave to announce
that, on Saturday, the 5th of May, he
issued the first number, for the second
year, of this popular and well established
paper,?the name and form of which he
has changed, to enlarge the scope of its
observation, and to otherwise increase its
attractions.
Less exclusively devoted, than heretofore,
to
r.'i m Ji. i 1- I n
jjucruiure, me sins, ana ocicnccs,
it will be the aim of its Proprietor to
make it, in every respect,
A CHOICE FAMILY NEW8I*?PER,
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the best!" Utterly discarding the notion
that a Southern journal cannot compete
with the Northern weeklies, in cheapness
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ness and value of its contents, second to
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Numerous artieies, originnl and selected,
from the best sources, will be published
weekly, on
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and these departments, as, indeed, all
others, will be frequently
Illustrated with Wood Cuts !
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Win. Gilinorc Simms, LL, D.,
iton. nooeri m. VAarl(est
J. M. Legart,
T. Addison Richards, J?s<}.,
Hon. B. F. Porter,
Henry R. Jack*ov,
Jac<fHen Journot,
Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz,
Mrs. Joseph. C. JVcal,
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Mrs. E. F. Filed,
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RRWARD!
Stwlkn from the subscriber's stable,
near Storeville, S. C., on the night of the
9th. inst.. a Bav Horse, with nn rwr
ticular marks recollected, except some
harness marks. Any information respecting
the horse will he thankfully received;
and the above reward will be
paid for the delivery of said horse to me,
together with the thief who stole him,
with evidence sufficient, to convict him.
THCS. McLELLIN.
June 30, 1840.
For Sale.
A pair of FRENCH BURR MILLSTONES,
measuring 8 feet 10 inches
ches in diameter and 11 inches in depth.
The above may b' seen at the Griitmill
on the Estate of the late Co). John
E. Colhoun.
June 0. 1
mpwm&vl
John hyli^roy. two miles East of
Cherry's Bridge, tolls before mo a Bay
U ? H ... lH I. ,1. L!?V ,? i JrM "l
1U Ui 1 ( IIKIIUB IlltfW, HIMI supposeo
to be 19 or 20 years old. dfoa ?toi i*
forehead, no brands perceivable, collar
marked, rig hi eye out, Appraised it
fifteen dollars,
J. B. B. CARABINE, u. p. n.
Pickens Dist.; Jwly 0th, 1849. 12
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ingly.
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W. 8. GRISHAM,
Aut-de^CauijK
June 9 4-8w.
SOUTH CAROLINA,
PICKKKS nTSTiunq*
mr-i
Hannah Clayton, Applicant.
vs.
Charles Allen and Wife, Sarah A. Allen,
James Yaung and Wife, Mary Elizabeth
Young, John Thas. Clayton, Robert
C. Clayton, Stephen G. Clayton,
Margaret Clayton, Jesse M. Clayton,
Defendants.
For the sale of the Real Estate of
John Clayton, deoaased, not disposed of
by Will. And it appearing that John
Thomas Clayton resides without the lim
its of this State: it is therefore ordered,
that he do appear within three month
from the date hereof, or his consent to
said sale will be taken as confessed.
W, D. STEELE, o. p. d.
Ordinary's Oftioe,)
June 1st, 1840. J 3-m3
"south carolina.
in tub commom pmjas
PICKETS DISTRICT.
Henry Whitmire, ) Dec. in Attachment
vs. [ E.M.Keith
John Hlahop. ) Pitts Att'y.
The Plaintiff having thi? day filed hia
declaration in my office, and the defendant
having neither wife nor attorney
known to be in this State,?motion ;
It is ordered, that tho defendant do appear,
and plead or demur to iho said declaration.
within ft rear and A day from
this date, or Judgment will b? entered by
default. .i-jv . >
W. L. KEITH, c. c. p.
Clerk'* Office, I
May 10,1840. |Vi> :1 ?
I.. i ! !?? *?! 11, >
JAMES HEOROG,' I
Merchant Tailor, 1
Wou^o respectfully inform his friendh A
and th* public generally, that he ling on \\
hand ft Fine Variety of \\
RROATl f!T.ftTHfl U
?\
Satinets, Twkeds, Kbhtvckv Jkakh, *c.
AISO
A?* Assortment ok .Hkauv-madb
CLOTHING, I
which he will sell cheap for a?h.
The pubUo are invited to call and examine
bis Stock, before purclittdng elsewhere.
I /j
Pickets O. H., Mey 25, llMft?~tf | |J