Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, April 19, 1850, Image 5
Frum tho Chftrleaton Mercury.
JOHN C. fW.HOUN.
The following linv1''(by William W.
Iloldcn) were suggested on raiding the
extract given below, from the very eloquent
eulogium delivered in the House on
the character of Mr. Calhoun, by Mr.
WinthiOD. of Massanhusetts:
"We have been told, sir, by more than
one adventurous navigator, that it was
worth all the privations and perils of a
protracted voyage beyond the line, to
obtain even a passing view of the Southern
Crots?that groat constellation of
the Southern hemisphere. We can imagine,
then, what would be the emotions
of those who have always enioyed the
light of that magnificent, luminary, anil
who have taken their daily and nightly
direction from its refulgent rays, if it were
suddenly blotted out from the skv. iSneli
tir, nnd so deep, 1 cnn conceive to be I ho
emotions nt this hour of not n few of the
honoted fiiends nnd nssociatcs whom I
seen*ound mc."
Tlic voynger on the Southern main
Views with rnpt nwe the hallowed sipn
Which nightly flames "beyond the line;"
Nor cleema tlmt labor all in vain
Which brings him to the long-.'ought fhrine
Tlie tribes of men, in field, by flood,
Walk in its lfeht when day is done;
And hail it in its high abode,
Blest reflex of the absent ?un.
In nil tlieir devious wandering0,
From dewy eve. through midnight's reign,
It guides them, till the Morning's wing9
/Shed 8t nlight o'er the earth ognin.
What if tlint Cross its front < liould veil,
And, darkling, eink in Night's embrace!
Nor other Stars nor Sun could fi'l,
Or thare its wond> ous dwelling-placc.
??taii of tuf ^ot-tii! 'twas thus with thee!
To thee nil eyes and hearts were turned;
As round thy pnth. from plain to sen,
The glory of thy greatness burned.
Millions were drawn to thee, nnd bound
By mind'w high mastery! millions hailed
Til O miwln.etnw '
A ray in thee that waned or failed
Fixed a?> tlint nijzn which hang* in Heaven;
Firm as the earth it *hine? upon;
Pure as the snow hv light winds driven,
Wert thou, Columbia's honored fon!
No Night's embrace for thee! nor pull,
But nucli as mortal hnnrl hath wrought;
"J'iiou i.tvkst 8TILI, in mind?in all
That breathes, or speaks or lives in Thought.
Star of the South! thy Warns arc here?
Hrr' in this heart that weep? thy loss;
Though hidden, thou art still a sphere,
Serene, refined from earthly dross,
Eternr*', and intensely elenrl
Jialrif/h, (N. C.) Jlpril 6. 1850.
RETURNING SPRING.
B V O. COOKE.
The sunlight, is upon each hill,
And ne?t1csin each quiet vale.
While Spring's soft breath the pulses thrill,
Repulsing Winter cold and pale.
And at my dojr tho brook again
Is dancing to a merry tune,
The river I in distance ken
Moves on no more in prison gloom.
And visions of the happy timo
Come crowding in M<u distant view,
And near is summer in her prime,
And lovely, modest Autumn too.
Winter is past, rejoico, rejoice!
Ko moro shall sweep his icy breath,
Give to thy heart-felt ripture voice,
And sing of life, he symboled death.
Aye, death and nil his gloomy train,
Tho silent grave, tho shroud, the corpse,
The iiourner's wail, the grief, the pain
Of parting with tho loved and lost.
View nature rising from this death,
And putting on her bright attire,
Upon your cheek fuel hor soft breath,
Oh let her love your song inspire.
Sing, sing, let the voice and heart, be tuned,
Let melody float on the breeze,
r. - .t. ?i-1 i - 1 *
j it who noes not prize tnc doom
Of light, bird?, flowrrs, and "utuic Icavcu
trees'."
; From tho Horn of Mirth.
"DOING" A SHERIFF.
In one of tho upper counties of G eorpi
i, there used to live a queer speci neij
of humanity, whose original nnnvoy^-aa
Joseph Johnson, hut who was utHgtttlMlv
known as 'Uncle Josey.' , Unele Jo.sey
h id an invariable Habit inihil.ing 'sporiu'whenever
ho^u i?, an was
IC?CI MIUWII^ ?i// liW*- UIWII WllllUUt
being decerttly intcrdgatcd. lib inseparable
companion w ?s a pony, called by
his master Gin'ral Jockson, of uuph ex- I
tra rdinary dirr.inutivenes*. that hi.t m;is*
ter'a feet, (albeit Uncle Joxey was n
very sm-dl man) almost dragged the
ground, when mounted on him. The'
tractflbility of this animal was almost as
remarkable as his size. For bis master,
he would perform any act in his power,
and do many thing* entirely unknown to
a majority of hdrafc-fle^h.
One day, vrhilu court was in session in
the little town of O , the attention of
the Judge nnd bnr whs attracted by n
rather unueual noise at the door. Looking
towards that aperture, 'his honor*
discovered the aforesaid ponv nnd rider
deliberately entering the Hall of Justice.
This, owing to the fact, ihnt the floor of
the Court House was wsnrlv on n level
with the tjround, was not difficult.
'Mr. She?iff,*>nitl the Judg", Veewho
is creating such n disturbance to this
court.'
Its onlr Uncle Joscy nnd Oin'ral
Jackson, Judge, wid the intruder, looking
Tip at the Judge1 with n drunken l?-er,
'Inct mh nrwl fhrt (Jin'riil r?nmr? tr? SPP
how von mid the hovs is jrpttin' along.'
'Well, Mr. Sheriff.' said the .Tudtfo, totallv
regardless of the interest mnnif?>sted
in his own hand the lawyers' hehalf, hy
Uncle Jos %y, 'Yon will please collect a
fine often dollars from Uncle Josev nnd
the General, for contempt of court.'
.Ijook-n here, Judsre, old filler.' continued
Uncle Josev; ns he stroked the Gin
'nil's mane. 'von don't mean to say if,
now do yer? 7*1)18 child hain't lind that
much money in n coon's age, and as for
the Gin'rnl lwe 1 know ho don't deal 'n
ho kind ofquine. whioh hp hain't done,
'cept fodder and corn, these many years.'
Vetv well then, 3/r. Sheriff, you will
plense convev Joseph Johnson" to the
juil and keep him therefor twenty-four
roi*rs.'
^i>:?.o-dinirlv Uncle Josev was conveyed
hv the Sheiiff to the jail, a wooden
building in n r'-'ired pnrt of the village.
He was allowed to tide the Gin'rnl, although
there appeared momentarily great
danger of his falling off, owing to the
large n-nount of 'ardent' op hand. At
length the i iil as reached, and the offici
al commanded the p-isoner to 'light.'
'Look-1-here, .!< ?*, olil feller,' said the
old man as ho dismounted, 'you nin't
trwine to put Undo Josey in that there
dism<d looking place, is ver?'
'Bliped to do it, Uncle o?ov,' was the
answer. 'Kf T don't, the old man (the
Judge) will ?ji' me iross, when I go back
?irutJ-t do it, Uncle Jocey.'
Yes. hut Jess, could'nt you manage to
let the old man git away? I'm nfcard to
<jo in innr.
Thar ain't olliin* in thar, Uncle Josey.'
con'inued the Sheriff, which thar
hain't b* en fornix months'
'Yes thar is,.less, you c^n't fool mo
that a*way. 1 know there is somelhin'
in tlvir to ketch the old m in.'
'No thar ain't, Uncle Josey, I pledge
yon mv honor thar ain't.'
'Well, Jess, if tlvr ain't, vou jest go in
vnd see, and show Uncle Josey that vou
ain't afeard.'
'Certainly, Uncle Jo?ey I ain't afeard
to go in.'
Saying which the Sheriff opened the
door ?nd stepped in, leaving the key in
the lock.
'Now, Uncle Josey, what, did I tell you
1 know'd thar wnn't nothin' in here.'
'Yes, hut Jess, go up thai* in that corner.
that's the worst lookin' place.' The
Sheriff walked up to the spot designated,
nnd as lie did so, Uncle Josey slammed
the door anil locked i'.
Well, Jess, how do you like it?'
'Come, come, Uncki Josey, don't hp
plavin'yer tiicks on me in that so>-tof
st vie,' yelled the SheiifT, as he heard the
Gin'ml's receding footsteps.
'Never mind. Jess,' said Uncle Josey,
'tharnin't nothin' thar to hurt
i he l;o art was surprised nt the long
absence of the ShoiifT, and after a time
the Jud"e sent onenf the constables to ascertain
the cause of the delay He returned
verv soon and repo-ted that the
tables h;id been turned, and that instead
of making a p isoner of Uncle Jo?ey, he
had been made a p-Noner himself. Uncle
Josey was found in the grocery enjoying
hinve'f, while the Oin'nd was standing
quietly before the door.
'Hello, Uncle Josev,' said the constable,
'what's become of the flherifT?'
i\ir 1 - * i i r. i i
- ?ve i, you sec, i ji.sL it'll mm down
thnr ft piece, takili* kere of public property,'
was the answer. The key was ohtained,
the iSh<v iff released, and Uncle
Joseyand the Giu'ral allowed to go home
unmolested.
Quick on the Tr'vjner.?"You will
pleise to obseive," said < Id Mr Lamhwell.
as he l??d us through his school thn
other day, "that the hoys arc required to
displfi v the utmost attention to quiefr.??'s
and discipline, and in a short time h
come even divested of that most annoyfjf
di-posi;ion to tense each other; in
orfc, thev foon settle down into all the
nvity of ni iturc years, under the wholsome
system I have introduced."
We ut this moment ariiv-ed in front of
several hoys who were (Handing around a
bucket of wate*, nnd one had ju?t charged
his month wiih the contents of a tin cup,
while the ?>M gentleman was stooping to
receive his pt n f:om the floor when an
other p ish'iu< along he'i'id. snapped his
Hugo in quickly Item-nth the drinker's enr,
and ctuned him hy n sudden start to
eject the content* of hi* mouth over the
ped'tffoffueV hidd'p'ito. Starting1 upright
with hi* hair and f.iuu dripping, the master
shouted :
"Who done that?"
The party unanimous y cried out?
"Jim Oun, sir."
"Jim (Jun, you rascnl, what did you do
that for?"
Jim, appalled at the mischief lie had t
done, muttered out that it was not hia 1
fault, but that Tom Owens had snapt I
him.
This ehanged the direction of old t
T ambwell's wrath. and shaking bis cano t
portentously over Owen's head, be asked: S
"Did you snap Gun?" t
The culprit trembling with fenr, mur- 1
mured: "Yes sir, I snapt Gun, I didn't t
know he was loadedi
M *8 PATIENT, '
Mr. M.t now a distinguished professor ^
in n college not a thousand miles from '
W., hnd attended tire family of ,i rich old ^
mi-er for several years, nnd in addition 1
fo other services, had performed several '
operations fur cataract, which seemed a '
family disease. Being naturally n mod- 1
?*st follow he r as nshrmed to ask his *
fees, and they were not paid. At length 1
the old man himself became blind, and !
sent for M., who thought this a good 1
chance for obtainirg an acknowledge- ! \
1111" II I- III Ills* IIHIIII, f>w, nun inu iiiiiw iuiiu j
the old man's eomplaints. lie remarked? i '
'I have no doubt Icnn cure you, si-: but ! '
therein only ond fcondi'ion upon which I I !
will perform the operation. I have, us '
you are aware, attended your family for 1
semi yrnt*, w'nimut tho usual eompensa- 1
tiou: now vou must promise to trite men
cheek of fiftv dollarn ns snon as 1 have rostored
the sight of one eve, n\d I will
, < .
then finish the operation.
After some demurring, the, old fellow
njjreed to hi** p opo ition, and M.com- 1
tnenced. In a little time one eve was re- I
lieveo, l? okinif tip hu remarked, 'IIow !
large you look!' rt d On rom?* one hand- i
ing him a till**, joyfully exclaimed 'It is
perfec'lv h'giMe to nu?!
A Per allowing liimc for his cc_tnoies to
subside, M. vently hinted ho was ready
to proceed as soon as the cheek was given.
The old man inured a few minutes,
and then looking up with a most villainous
leer, said, 'Dr., I wouldn't give a
rve straw to see out of more than one
eye.'
'Quit spitting tlwt nnsty tohnckerr on
the floor, .tosh,or I'll whip you.'
'La. mother, whv don't you speak properlv?
You should have said, eunse
ejecting that offensive saliva of the Virijinh
wr^d upon the promenade, or I
shall administer to you a severe calligation
vlhem!'
Power of Steam.?'I* if strme?' sal 1
an T?i<hman: 'by the saintly St. />nfh?-iek,
hut it's a great, thing intiiely, for diivin'
iliimro?if nut rr>f> flnonrrh ninp Status ill
a davl?divil word lie in it.'
'Nine States?'exclaimed a dozen in astoni<hment.
'Vis. nine O! them, be inhere, ns nisy as
a-can 'ud itc.k her ear! D'vez stee, now: I
cot married in New York in the mornin*.
and wint wid my wifn Hiddv Jo Baltimore
the fnmc day?hould your wist now. and
count the states. There was the state of
matrimony, which I entered from a single
state, and a i oher state, in the State of
New York, and I wint through New JarRev,
Pinsylvani' and Diliwaur into Maryland,
whe e 1 arrived in a most beautiful
state of jollification! There is nine, by the
r .rl i\f Vm if \*<>7 likp OfM
but stnmc's a scrouger!'
A pfstnifirt) Dodv.?The Houston
(Miss.) Republican of a reccnt date says:
'A Subject which luid boon buried for
five o?* -ix yearn, was taken up a few
diivs since, for the purposo of removing
to a different location, nr.d found in a
high state of potrilactlon It required
the strength of hx mop to rni^e the crflin
f .i. . i.. .i ! i :?
iriirn wits viiuiii viiis cmisru iuoliuii n, iu
discover thf cnuse of the weigh I; when,
to their r*urp?ise, thev found it to contain
>i form ol stone. With the exception of
the fingers, p i t of on of the feet, und n
small spot under tho position of the
bonds, which hud decayed before petiificti
n had taken place, the body was np
patently a solid stone.'
During the present week, we hav?
been furnished with ft letter from ft gentleman
who resides in Mississippi, (10 his
brother in Greenville Distiict) who wjih
present at the exhuming of tho remains
described in the nrticle above He states
that'll was the body of a lady who was
fnrmorlu 11 n: T.mirPliR S fl . i.nil
mentions her name. The following is an
extract from the letter:
"Last Saturday we took up Mrs.
She has been dead four years last Au
gust. Wh ?n we ijiised the remains
from the gravo, I hrin a curiosity to have j
thecoffin opened, and when it wai done, I
I was astonished to find the body full
and perfect. She hfid become a sqltid
limestone rock. Il^r hair wan natural,
and t'-.o com') in it was as found a* when
it was put there. The Ixwly was as heavy
as when itwas depo iu\i in the grave.
To satisfy myself that it had become p?-trified.
I mnt it with a slick, and found it
' >is hard as rocks ever get to be/'
iVountjiineer.
The Columbus {Miss.) Whig s'utes
that O. M. iiigsdalcs Esq-, Clwrk of t> o
United Stat<?j JDintricc 1-ourt, at Pontotoc,
was shot in that place on the 19th ult.,
by Moses WiDUms, froro which wound
he died in fifteen or twenty minutes.
The Southern iftvtee and the Nashville
Convention.?We extract tl.e folowing
from nn editorial in the New York (
iernld with the above heading:
"We have a very largo cxchencc with (
he papers of the South. Probably two* *
? ? ! -..I. 41,? 1
1)1103 OI ii1u joui iiiiis ireum an tnu j
Southern Stales are received nt this of*
ice, and out of ti e whole number, we
lave ascertained by accurate fXRminaion?and
could give a list of their names j
f necessary?that out of one hundred |
Southern journals, taken indiscriminately, (
sve find ahout seventy-five in favor of the
Mashvilh* Convention, and twenty-five j
iither neutral or moderately ngninst it. (
If the newspaper press of the South,
:herefoie, may be co sidered atrueindi- j
'ation of public opinion in that region oj
In- Union, wo must say that v vast pro- ;
portion of the people of the South with- j
>ut reference to partv, are in favor of the
Convention at Nashville, for the purpose, j
is ill y avow themselves, not of dissolv (
ing the Union, but to reflect and consult ,
in the present condition of public : flairs (
in reference to the slavery question, and ]
Lhe imitation and difficulties growing out
nl it, in that section of the Union. An
nther curious fiiet also i> evident in the .
investigation which we have innde in this
matter. All of the Democratic journals
nf the boufli, witlihut excep'ion, and
iwn-thirds we may say of the Whig newspapers
in the Same region, arc uni cd,
uio. c or less strongly, 111 tne same movement
thiit of luixi g meeting in Nashville
ilnil consulting on the present state |
r>f thKcountiy. The only opposition to
the movi m<Mit which we can perceive
in the Southern newspapers, aiises from
;i few neutral or Whig presses in some of
1 irge ci.ies?p?esses whieh may he supposed
to he under the influence of Northern
minds or intellects."
Another Shower of Flesh ami Blood.?
Mr. (J. W. Bassctt sends to the Richmond
Whig, an account of a snv-ll cloud
pas>i tg over, a few paces from the south
bank of Pamunkey liver, in the lower
end of Hanover county, Va., on the estate
called Karmington, and discharging a
round, over a surface of something l-;ss
than one rood of ground, various piece*
of flesh and liver. The Whig says:
Tho specimens sent to us have hocn
lo Dr. (j iI.j-o", and ihe result of his examination
will l-e ^iven They had very
iruch the smell of frog*?and wore probably
originally denizens of some swamp
taken up by a water spout.
Fathkk Matiitw.?The lal>ors of
Father Muthcw in the sacred cause of
temperance have been, up to thi-* period,
crowned with signal success Upwards
of six thousand have already taken the
total abstinence pledge in New Orleans.
I'icnyunc.
Tiik Ladies.?A lirteof teleghiph hns
hecn established between Philadelphia
and Danxille, and at several of the stations
young ladies are employed as opertors,
Good*
Eleven camels were imported into Hid
timore last week from the Canary Islands.
They are intended for the Far West, to
test whether tliev can he raised and ac
climated.?Phil. Ledger.
Tin. Advantaokb oka Wipk.?T oy
r.rocxtrcmely silly persons who rulat
muriled lite and endeavor to he wittv at
the expense of married people. The fact
is, that many of these calumniators are
not ahio to obtain wives, A man's wife
is his best h.wyer, his judge, best ndviger,
and what is important also, the cheap
est and most re*&nable.
rne nr.w Art or Kkhasophany;?A new
art lifts been discovered in Berlin, which conin
making pictures of a material, ihd principal
ingredient of w hich Uwrx, in imitation of
transparent ones made in porcelain. Jti be
neen, the picture niu?t be placed between the
observer and the light. The ingredients u*ed
with the wax destroy its brittleue?f\ nnd it
with-lands n heat i f more than one hundred
ana nity degrees Fahrenheit,
Senator Houston was at Vicksburg on the
27th ultimo, and left that day on tlio steamboat
"Knoxvillo" en route for IP.fhinnton.
SOUTH CAROLINA,
IKtir/EiVu vklkirnnB^im
a. ivnuiii? vi^llltVB<
Tyre L Roper, <fe wife Mclindu Roper
Applicants;
VS.
Wm. Edens, Alexander Edens, Pascal
Soufherlnud <? tcife Either South rland
Jesse Adams and tfiie Poll// Ad(tuu\ Defendants,
for the sale of the Heal Estate
of Samuel Edens dee'd. vlnd it appearing
that Jesse Adams, and wife, Polly,
reside without the limits of this State.
It is therefore ordered thai they do appear
within three months from the date hereof,
or their consent to said rfail will be taken
as confessed.
W. D. Si'EELE, o. p. d.
Oidinarv'a OfHi'.n. )
February, 2, 1850. \
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J. N, LAWRENCE.
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