Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-11-24
A SCENE.

The following scene occurred at one OF
Mr.. Bentons appointments:
AT the meeting in Rails county, the
following scene took place
AS soon as he had concluded his speech
Senator Priest rose. and calling him by
name, said that he had a question to ask
him. Colonel Benton seemed not to hear
him. when Senator Priest repeated lit
tie louder Colonel Benton, before you
leave the stand have question to sub
nit to you Colonel Benton. turning
with fire in his eye, and a scowl upon his
brow, screamed at the top of his voice,
We'll, sir, what is it? Col. Priest then
remarked that he might not understand
him. and would like to know whether
he was for or against the Wilmot Provi-
so?! Col. Bcnton's fury rising still high
cr, he roared out in a sneering tone 'Thc
Wilmot Proviso! Wimot Proyisol dead
and rotten, dead end rotten! you had as
,ceU bring the carcass Of a dead dog from
ofthe commons into THIS house! ii as the
Jefferson 1rouiso, sin Have you heard
the news? Have you heard from Cali
forniH They are all for the Jefferson
proviso. But says Col. Priest, it
matters not what the people of California
are for we want to know whether you
are for the Wilmot Proviso.
Bcnton-'Thc Wilmot Proviso againl'
tell you sir that it is the Jefferson provi-
SO; none but nullifer would call it the
Wilmot Provso!
A voice from the crowd calls out, Will
mot Proviso. a
Benton, with a scow upon his face,
looked round the room and says, Stand
out here, sir, where we can all see you
good
The man deliberately steps Gus en- the
bench, aud repeats in full voice will
mot Proviso.'
Benton, sneeriny and scoffing, repeats
brave fellow! you are brave fellow!
Then turning to Col Priest he roared
out---1 have been asked that question
with six barreled revolver pointed at me
when did MT answer it, and shall not
answeryou, sirp
CONSOLATION FOR PcvERTY.-The
Home Journal gives utterancc to some
true philosophy, when, speaking ofriches,
it says:
"Aggrandize as we may, the limits of
our senses check miserably at every mo-
ment? You call yourself proprietor
House end pictures out-live you, and af-
ter taking your will of them for n short
time, YOU are carried out of your own
dour, feet foremost, never again TO enter
it. Proprietor you were, perhaps, of
farms and castles, estates and mountains
-5ut now you own nothing but a hole
in the ground, six feet by two. The ar
tist wbofisits your gallery while you live
and own it enjoysit more than you. You
arc rich enough to dine twcnty7four times
Il day, but yor must eat sp@ingly to en-
Joy even eating once. Your cellar is full
of exquisite wines, but you can only drink
one bottle yourself, and, TO help you use
you store, you are obliged to call around
your friends, relatives, parasitcs-a little
world could live upon your substance,
and who, instead Of gratitude, are likelicr
to make you return in envy. You have
thirty horses in your stable, you can
mount but one--ride after two or four.
| 10 be truly rlch, one shoutu nave stom-
achs proportion.to The number of din
ncrs he can, afford; senses excluded, ac-
cording to stock in the bank; sextuple
vigor, and scnsibility to concentrate and
return all the love he could propitiate
with gifts. At the close of his life the
rich man has hardly spent more upon his
enjoyment than the poor man. He has
eaten twice dags slept in bed alone, or
with one wife, and the poor man can do
as much, and the proprietor scarcely
more" -
We say sthcre is some philosophy in
these remarks of lie Home Jourral.--
Riches and Poverty have both fheirl pc
c,iliar trials. s The most desihfllr s''te
isno odoubtfhatin %liic'ln ,haaia ,Alige1
to labor, Innd 1T ithc$ama ai'hp feeeiyes
for his labor an adcquotc rawafdi L"GWe
me neither poverty nor ,iehcs," is, a