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* / KEOWEE COURIER. " TO THIN 12 OWN SELF Dfl Tht'K, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, A3 TUT. NIOtyT THE DAY, T1IOU OAN'aT NOT TH3N BE FALSE 10 ANY MAN." V0'T- 1. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1819. NO 20. TUB ? KKOWKK COVRIER, PHINTKO AMD PUBLISHED WKEKLt BT W. IT. TRIMMIKR. J. W. NORRTS, Jr., ) E. M. KB1TII, \ Elllto,JTlVltU ^ one Dollar nii'1 Fifty Cc'ttti fur ouc yonr'a subscription xvhon p.d<f within throe id mtlw, Two dollars if payment i? iK'lnycil to tlie close of the subscription year, All KHlwnfin^'nna ?*? ?* J-?,J-J ?!l* * iiHKtl'U, Will UC eomidcred a* inado fornu indefinite time, and continued t?d ft discontinuance ? ordered and all arrearage ? paid. Ailntfliwinfiiia inserted at 75 cents per squaro for tlx; firit insertion, and 87 l-'2 cts. for cacli continued insertion. Liberal deductions tnade to thoju advertising by the vcar. tar All Communication^ should be addressed i?? the Publisher poit paid. LATEST FllOM J. Jf7 jTaRReTt. We n 1 i the fidlownij leltci' i:i the Nation d ICi'n, uddre.ssod to he editor of that piper. B irrett attempts to mnk-fltb? impression that ho had a portion of the public sympathies with him in his confinement, and that 'he 'yeomanry of the land* we e bitterly opno??d to the C'omtuitu><: of Safety. > nis emissary now ndde ingratitude to his other erinio<?, by bringing the blackest accusations against men to whoa? moral sense of right and oven handed justice, he is perhaps indebted for tin1 honorable manner in which he has been t raited. Hp plainly intim ites that his nceuseis would not hes:tate to forswear themselves, after being baffled in theii- hopes of 'wreaking vongonnce' upon him. The poo:* simpleton, to imagine that lie, a move tool in the bunds of his abolition employers, could excite any such desire in the hrcists of w*?, is too absurd even to inv ose upon the credulities of bis northern friends. Wo are promised some further developments: & PART A KM* HO, Oct. 8, 1840. "Mn. Emron,?The Court of Common Pleas for Spartanburg district h.is just lost'fl its snisinii ftii' 11?5""'t rusty limbos of my prison holts hwc grated harshly upon mv cars for the l ist time. 1 am now iit. libertv, nnd there is not manifest d by tho great. mass of the community the least disposition to tre.it nie even divespectfully. Those men who had banded themselves together in this place under the term 'Safety Committee,' and who, in order to keep themselves 'safe' f om the ac'ion of the la i^ainst them for their lawless conduct, have proclaimed themselves 'ahove the law;' nnd who, from the ti ne they cast me into prison up to the moment appointed to rush me through the forms of a public trial, bad kept every instrument, in motion to excite the country and bring the people up to the level of their own fanaticism and cruelty, have had the tables most completely turned upon them. "The yeomanry of the land came up * _ rt a' /?. ! ./*? io i;ouri. irom rnc mn?*ront parts ot the district, with a stern rebuke to the spirit of diso-dcr w ritten n?> ilioir faces. "Instead ofheinij prepared, as my enemies had vainlv hoped, to net against inc with the injustice of an excited populace, some of them were importunate that I should turn upon my pursuers, nnd give some of then) n chance lo occupy for a senson the same dark hole into which they had so wantonly thrust me. The truth is, the great heart of the honest nnd considemto portion of this community be it in sympathy with my wrongs. They saw tho base injustice that had boon done me, And wore willing and even anxious that reparation should be made. "These manif stations were not to he mistaken by the 8af<ty Committee. When (hoy saw all their hone? of wreakin/? vengeance upon me for the fancied injuries of the North had vanished, they took counsel together as to what was to be dorta* and determined that my caso should not be tried during the present b^ssion; that, if necessary, certain of their bro'horhood should go before the Court and mako affidavit that, in the case of the 6eid J. M. Barrett, there was some im* porrant testimony that, during the whole summer they Ivid bepn slandering nnd y.m?eeutlng him, they had not been by any means able to raise, and that, therefore, the)' were not nt present prepared to try the cn*e, and they must have six months longer to got that important testimony. "There h much more yet whicn in a short time I hope to give to tho public. Meanwhile, I hope you will be kind enough to publish this hasty sketch. 1 start for homo in a few moments. J. M. BARRET?. In the English fnshlonnhlu world, mourning for the nonirft relative* ia not worn longer than for eight or ten month?. \\ a >'. W.A8HINtiTo|r, Oct '20. ' Tim administration arc dirrying out the system of poliev as jo removals, which I foreshadowi 1 in a ircent letter. They are now removing thavestijjos of democracy from the bureaux. Mr Wal- i I tcr Forward, a very nhle and estimable ; i man, takes the place of Mr 11. IT. Oil- ' 1 lett. The Cabinet, as I am Informed. ' | have determined to remove Mr. Wash* ] ington, the fifth Auditor, mid Mr. Hobhie, the Assistant Post il/hsfer General. Subordinates will follow their chiefs. The axe which has heretofore ehopped off a few limbs i; to be laid to the mo of the tree. It seems to be the opinion of the members of the administration that, if thev h ive nothing to gain, by appointing their friends, they have, at least, nothing 1.. I... !* " * 11 m idm: iiv ii. niicr mi, 11 WOUK1 seem that the French government lias no idea of abandoning their reclamations in the Po-t and Kugenie eases. They disavow no'.hing hut ?oir.e unsurehle language of M. Pouss'm, and have taken care to put on diplomatic record, the maikod expression of its opinion, that our government was specially at fault with him. The letter of M. de Toequeville, let it be recollected, lias not been disavowed nor jcculled. The controversy, when it shall he revived, will commence where it was broken off, at points, where moderation r,nd fori>earanee will be required or. both sidife Corrcup, Halt, Sun. Thr White Population of South Caro linn.?,Vesrs. Editors: It appears that thr; following districts and parishes have g lined in the hist ten years, according to the hite ceivus: and to Dailington wc must yield the palm when we consider its remoteness from the seahoaid: 1 The Paiishe of St. Philips and St. ' iViehnoPs gain is 3211 ' Darlington District 25.57 Pendleton District 1899 ! The total increase of white inhabitants dicing this period is 23,200, at the rate of 2,320 each year?not so had for one of the old thirteen States. The least increase if-in St. Andiews paiish, twentynine. Tlie great loss in population has heen n inc loiinwing districts?unci Kinticld Ins mndc a clear field of inhabitants, viz: Fni field's loss 1088 Union do 937 Abbeville do 800 Georgetown do 504 The le ist loss has been in York District, thirteen,? Char. Courier. Drntc N.?It is siiid hv n nnnp.r nnli. J " r"'l lished in Missouri that Mr. Benton will retire to private life, for several potent reasons, which are compressed into brevity follows:. Ninety piominent members of the Lej^islnture, from i(Torent sections of the State, hnvo avowed thomselvcs openly nguinst him. Of the Judcres. numherintr twentv in all, sixteen have committed themselves against llcnton, and not one has j et pronounced . him. Of the Conffres>ional delegation throe arc deadly against him?his collefiguo and two representatives. One representative has espoused Ins cause, and two are as yet on the 'non-committnl platform.' Of the Democratic press, ten pipers are against him, six for hirn, and two neutral. | A great majority of the county meeting* which have hern held have gone n gainst him decisively. Mr. lionton is not likolv, mondi7.es the j Metropolitan, to get a maj aity in any one county in the State. VtnoiNia.?According to an article in the Winchester Virginian, the "Old Dominion" is waking up from her lethargv. On the southwest th? Lynchburg and Tennessee Railroad is, to a considerable estent, under contract. In the centre, the James river nnd Kanawha Canal will spoodilv tie oponed to Buchnnnn. The Riqt\m .d nno D inville R nlrmd is rren* emllv under contract; nnd n branch will soon connect it with enterpiit-ing Petersburg. Townvds the Blue Ridge, nt its western terminus. nnd from the junction to Riehmond, the Louisa company is 1 ?, ? * .. A J pusmng i"" wo1 k, nru a contract atf ihh,? 000, *i<i 00. loss than the original cstimnt<', hns been en'? red into for constructing the tunnel til Rockfish Gap. The Alexandria nnd Orange Railroad will soon l>e rody fur leiting; in the same region the ftippahanook slack water iinprovo- j ment 1* completed, nnd not far to the j north of it, Goose Greek is speedily to he improved under plans nnd specifications of Gon. McNeil, now ready. There are many important turnpikes in the course of construction. A plank road is about to , he made from the former place to Scots- 1 ville; unci there are several roads west 01 Winchester now heing graded, connecting with the northwestern turnpike or the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.?Bait, American. Another Btrird City.?At a meeting of the New York Ethnological Society last week, an interesting letter was read from lion. E. G.Squier, our Charge des Affairs at Guatamala. who lm? - .... c^.imcncod his- antiquarian researches and forwarded several curious relics to Washington. He gives an account of the recent discovery of an ancient ciiv, hu:ied beneath the forest about 150 miles from Leon, which far surpvs.-es the ar chiteetural wonders of Pulenque. Thorc arc evidently hidden cities upon the,western continent far exceeding in size and the j^rnndeur of their monumeiits the revelations of Ilerculaneum and Pompeii. We anticipate, the Miner, the most ns sounding diseoveiies fioni the ethnojogic;d enthusiasm of Mr. ?qmer. The Indians every when; receive him with the utmost kindness, and their chiefs regard him as a heaven-sent minister to protect them from their Spanish oppressors.? They are glad to assist him in liis investigations, on the condition that lie will bring no Spaniard into their villages, nor communicate to the priesss the secrets they disclose. There was also read ?a curious letter addressed to the President of the United States from the last of the Peruvian In ens, accompanied i>y ? letter oi Samuel G. Arnold of Providence. Mr. A., who has recently returned fion S-nth America!, met will) the venerable Incn, who is 90 years old. lie gives a very graphic account of his appearance, and relates the affecting stoiy of the wrongs of his royal n ee. He found the princely old piiest sitting in the shadow of the Temple ol the Sun, engaged in reading 7'ns.?-o?11 scene for a painter and a theme for a nov The Tranced Child at Banff or.-?Readers probably remember the story of the littlo gii l nt Bangor, (Me.) who apparently died of cholera, lint revived and said she had been to Ileavon, where she saw her mother, and where she was to gc again on the following Sunday. Tin r ngoi Whig of the 12th gives the sequel as follows: On Sunday afternoon. Mr. Daniel Warren, a very worthy, religious man, whe lias hccn much among the cholera patients, feeling, i erliaps, a little moved by curiosity, called to see the little girl, and addressing her cheerfully, told her that she appeared better and would toon bt well, and get out in a day or two. Hut I'm goinir to mother again at foui o'clock,', she quietlv and softly said. 'When, to-morrow ?' 'No, to-day.' M,. W.s>n,1/>r..r/lww1 ?^. ? tention to hopeful prospects of recovery hut the little sutlcer was f;ist sinking nvf iv-the death rattle was heard and slu soon ceased tohreath, her pulse stopped and the fixedness of death was impressed upon her beautiful eounti nance. &ht w;is dead. Mr. Warren looked at tin town clock, in the distance, from the window, for there was no clock in the house and it w is fonr o'clock. WMln 1.5r.i (lw singular coincidences in this case, ant ahout halt an hour had passed new si^n: of life appeared, and agtin the spiit o the sweet gi?*l returned. She asked foi water and said she was tire. \ and sunt nwiv into a quiet sleep. jSince then she ha-. \ ^en gradually re covering, hut t he elder sister, who watch ed her so tenderly and who would sowil lingly hove accompanied her to live witl her mot her in heaven, was the next d>?j taken wiih the cholera and the following day died and was buried. The Kentucky Convention have left tin discussion on slavery for a time, to ento upon that of a more liberal system of frai ehfao, nnd the vim ?' "A and ballot systerr of vo'ing for Jurigea. Among the prop o^iiions before the convention, is the elec tinn ftf .InHifOi: fni* niifiil vnorc In' llio nci ? yx pie, nnd another proposition is to giv< the Legislature tho power to remov< Judges without the usual forms of irnpecl nient. for offences committed It. is nls< proposed in this convention, that tl:e leg nfaruro shidl not, ho permitted to chartei hanks, not to meet oftencr than once ir twoyoars, nor ho permUted to create f debt, i Tea?-jThc definition of this word twe hundred years ago was "A kind o drink used in China, made of hearbes, spi ceM,<fcr?d other comfortable things, ven costlie; thoy d'inlt it wnmi, nnd with i welcome their dearest guests und friends fj "CiOUNITING VS. ATTENTION." An old paper say s: Tim is a subject which always important, is becoming peculi irly so, and we design to call the atI tuition of the attention of the young poo pie occasionally, in hope of arresting an alarming and destructive evil. Young ladies are bound to fall in love as soon as possible, and bound to be bound to a partner for life, as soon as the i.eecssarv nrxTuninnii?>s ??>in t>n such us petting a lover, fascinating him ' thoroughly, hoing courted, having the question popped, getting the wedding gmnents in array, and invil-lipf fiiends to see them p-etiilv married. The young man is hound to he gallant and polite and admi'-e wi'hout stint nil the prettv young gi'ls known and unknown, to dofV the boa ver, offer hi> mm, invite t>> vi<lt> pleasant saun'er?in short, to ail and sundries, indeed to show his devotion and gallantry towards the sex, until some ench n'ress .1 i iiirows ih'i" spoil around linn, niul ho sinks .subdued, into a com non place, different, : careless Roncdict. I Now out of these things (/row <1 ilVicvilties. A young man admires a pretty girl, nnd must manifest it: he cannot help doing so for the life of him The young lady has a tender heart, reaching out Ijke vine tendrils for something to cling I to; she sees the admiration, is flattered, I begins soon to love, expects some tender avowal, and perhapr gets so far as to decide that she will choose n white satin under a thin gauze, at. the very m< m mt the gallant that she loves, is popping the 1 (lliestion f<rood. nil! ^ to nnntV' ! mi. i y-? ?' Y" / ",,x,w 7'V" "" sol ton miles oft'. Now the difficulty 1 lies in not procisolv understanding the difference between polite atten'ions and ' the tender manifestations of sighing and ' love. Admiring a beautiful girl, and wishing to make a wife of her, are not always the same; therefore, it is necessary 1 ! that a girl should bo. on the alert to di<j cover to which class the attc lions paid her bv a handsome and fashionable young gentleman belong.? It is hard to draw the exact line of separation between po! lite attentions nnrl r1mvn>if?ht nnin'iin? ? " " j" hut our great age and extensive expe! t ienco have enabled us to observe enough | to aid the young and artless in deciding ' the matter. First then?If a young fellow greets ' you in a loud free, hearty voice?if he knows precisely whereto put 1 is hat, or ' his hands?if lie stares straight in the > eye with his own wide open?if he turns " his back to speak to another?if he tells you who made his coat?if he squeezes ' your hand?if he fails to be verv foolish ' in fifty wnvs every hour, then don't f i 11 ! in love with him f?"?r the woild;he only ' ndmiris you, lei him say or do what he r will. But if lie he merry wi'h every one 1 else, hut quiet with you?if lie he anxious | to see that your tea is sweetened, and your dear person well wrapped ?.p when " you out in tlie cold; if he tJilf<? very J low and never looks vou in the ove?if ' his cheeks me red or if lie he pale, and * liis no--e bhedi, it is enough ; if he romps with your sister, si^hs like a pair of hel' lows, looks solemn when you are audrcn sed by another irentlemnn. and in fact, in ' the most still, awl;wind, stupid, vet anxious of your male fiiouds vou may go > ahead and invoke the shaft of Cupid with perfect safety, and make the poor fellow j too happy f r his skin to hold him. * An Anecoot Wki.i. Toi.n.?During f the recent Rail Road Convention nt this r place, towards the closing scene a re olu1 (ion was introduced by oneff our Anderson friends, proposing that the Compnnv " proceed to nurchnse land and erect work ' shops nt Anderson Vill-ige for the entire ' route. Various amendments wereoffer4 efl which out, down tho resolution mate1 ri-dlv. when Gen. Whitner arose, and ? with much grnvi'v remarked, these amendments reminded him of an anecdo'e related by I)r. Franklin of a certain J John Brown, a hatter by trade, who der siring to advertise, drew up an advortine1 ment as follow, "John Ilrown makeh end 1 sells hnls, for read// cash,"?hut before " publi hitip if, he concluded to consult his ? t\: I.. QI.....S i i 1..: i I'lriun, uinn>nivi 11. iu llllts IIO NllV^Vfl him ;ostiikeout "'for roadv cash/ for" said he "your patrons will soon learn your terms." Brown thought tins well enough, and meeting another, his counsel was to "leave out 'makes,' for it is no matter who makes them," and this whs stricken out, and the advertisement then read "John B' own sells hats." Presenting it to a '4?'.'d in this fo>rn for his views, he replied, "who in the name flea von would -upposo that you gave hats nway, * I would leave out 'sells hats, also," [ winch wna done, and the advercisement * then rend simply, "John Brown." f This anecdote was told in an ndml 'able style, nnd never wns one more app'opri r.tely thrown in to illustrate ft portion , At the recital of it, the whole Convcn lion was convulsed with laughter.?Abbeville Manner. <* KNOWLEDGE OK TJIE BIBLE. The emperor Theodosiu* wrote out the whole New Testament with his own Innd, ;md rend some part of it every day. Tlioodosius the Second dedicated a groat a. r a\ ? - " ' p.u i 01 ine iu?(Mi to lho study <xf the Srupturos. Ooor^e, p?--inee *r>f TniUsylvjini'i, if-id over the Blhle n>*fr'tv-sevcn time*. Alphonsus, kin^ of Arm^on, rend the Scriptures over, together with ii large commentary, fourteen times. Sir Hon-y Wotten, after hi* customary pnUlc devotions, used to retire to his studv, and there spend some hours in reading ?he Bihlc, Sir .Tof.n llnvop in like meaner, amidst his other vocations, made the T5ool< of Clod so much tiisMmlv, (hilt it liiv before him night find dnv. James Bnnnel, Ksq , made ihe Holy r.riptu'-rs his constant nnd dnilv study; he rend tW he meditnfed upon them, he p'-.ived over ihem. M. De Itenty, a Fjeneh noftlemnn. used to lead dnilv threo ennpters of the Bible, with hi> head uncovered, nnd on his bended knees. L idv Frances Hobtrt read the. P<nltm over twelve times a year, the New Testament thrice nnd the Zither pirts of tho Old Testament, on ~, Susannah, countess of S-iffolk, for the l ist seven years of her life, read the whole Bible over tv.ica ' ? i?.. annujui v, I Dr. Gouge used to rend Iftcen chap(cvs every day; five in the morning, fivo after dinner, nnd five in tlit* evening, before going to bed. Mr. Jeremhh NYhitlake U'-'imllv read all the Epistles in the Greek TV-timent twice every fortnight. ! Joshua IhnnPs i< sj>id to have read ft snvdl pocket l>ihle, which lie u-ui illy carried about with him, a hundred and twenty times over. Mr Rodger Cot on read the whole I3ihle through 12 times a year. The Rev. William Iiomaine. studied nothing but the Rible for the Inst thirty or forty yenrs of his life. \ poor prisoner, beintr confined in a dai s dungeon, had no li^ht, except for a few moments when his food was brought him: he used to take his IJil lc and rend a chapter, sayinir, 'to could find liis mouth in the dark, when he could not re.-ul. Henry Willis, farmer, aged 81, devoted every hour that could be spared from hi* labour, dining the course of so Ions* ft me, ro me devout ana serious piitiRM 01 the Holv ?SVt it,anes. He hud roml with the most minute attention, nil the hooks of (lie Old nnd New TVstnmont, eight times over, nnd hnd proceeded as far an the hook of Job i < his ninth rending, when his meditations were terminated by death. THE BLOOAf OF AGE. A good woman never irrnws old. Yenrsmnv pnss over her hen , Sntifbcnevolence nnd virtne dwell in i<er henrt, she i< as cheerful as when tl c ?piing life first opened to her view. Wlien wo loolc upon n food womnn, we never think of her nge; she looks as dim ming ns when i lie rose of voufh hloomed on her cheek. That rose has not faded vet?it will nrvor fade. In her fnmilv she is the life? and delight. In her neighborhood she is the friend and b nefactor. In the church, the devout worshipper, and the exemplary Ch'Hian. Who does not respect and l/u'A tlin U'Anon xrliA Vine nocQO/1 hni* rlflVA in nets of kindness nnd merev?who lias horn the friend of mnn nnd God?wlio.se whole life hns been ft scene of kindness nnd love, a devotion to truth nnd religion? Wo repent?sueh n woman cannot #row old. She will nlwnys he fresh nnd buoyant in spMts, nnd nctive in humble deeds of mercy and benevolence. If the y?wn?y lady desire to retain I ho bloom nn<l neauty of youth, lot her lovo truth and virtue; and to the olo^e of life she will retain tho*e feelings which now make life Hppear n garden of sweets ever fresh nnd ever new. A Novri. Cask.?~In Fairfield district, S. C. recently, a man nam d Tidwell, nnd nn accomplice of the name of of Lawlion, I were tried and convicted of abducting nnd marrying ft vountr gitl of 13 years ofnge. The defendant (Tidwwll) is a Hhocnmker, and had been emploved as such in the familvof the prosecutor, nnd it was supposed b\- some, who heard the evidence, that some provocation or offence giver by Mr. Cran';field, ti e prosecutor nnd fftth -r of the young girl, to one or both of the defendants, was the motive of the abduc tion. The m irried mi^is to remnln in charge of her father until tho ngo of sixteen it n penrs thnt there is a ntntute in force in 'hi* S'nfe ng linst vonnflf girl* fcikin# upon them elves the duties attendant on the mmied atnte until they jujiveattbnt