Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-07-19

some unaCcountaDleW Whlm was found
ON board one of the American steam
ers coming TO this country. 1t was
the first of April, and nearly all the
passengers were called out of their
berths ON cold wet morning to see
an iceberg which, however, when
they came to look for it, was invisible.
They come to John Bulls berth:
1.-The last man turned out was a
cockney-gentieman-a firm believer
in"Rule Britannia all over creation,
and as firm believer in Johns right
to rule all over creation. How he
ever came on board of the Washing
ton, bound to the "great country" !"
was, is, and always will be, matter
ofmuch wonder, and much more sur
prise, to more than one person be-
side himself He appeared to be a
sort of insipient epidemic upon every
thing American, subject to u contin-
ued breaking out, winch were confin-
ed to no such bounds as are usually
designated, parabollically and ambig-
iously, by the term, suitable occa-
sions." Time nor place held no re-
straint over the "unrully member" of
of his prejudices-nor was the same
distinguished member of that grum-
bling aperturc-the freight depot of
the downward abdominal trains-at
all disposed to be "respecter of per-
sons" Viewed through the kalei-
descope of his ideas, john Bull was
the maximum of hun an greatness
and Jonathan-by the same instru-
ment-the minimum, the Thomas
Thumb of littleness. He must have
been inveig!ed to cross the Atlantic
in the Washington, by his friend, and
English gentleman, who occupied am
adjoining state-room--for it is contra
ry to all preconceived notions of gull
libility to suppose, for an instant, that
he was passenger by his own free
will. He even attributed slight sea-
sickness, comparatively a moderate
attack, to the fact of his being afloat
in an American bottom-for, said he,
81 should not be surprised if hold
hocean swallowed me up for my tenn
Gritty. The hidea of going safely
across is preposterous."
"When called upon to turn out for
a sight at the iceberg, he positively
declined, for it was too near the A
merican shore to be much of Curl
osity. AT last it was communicated
to him, with propet respect for his sit
uation, and all others on board, that
the ship was close under it, and that
in two minutes she would probably
go to the bottom with all on board.
This gave him start, and scrambling
from his berth, he declared it would
never have happened to British
steamer. And forthwith he set about
his toilet, insisting upon going down,
if go he must, garbed like a gentle
man. The two minutes had quite
elapsed, when he had finished the task
and hurrying out Of his state-room he
found the passengers all congregated
in the cabin, and by the length oftheir
visages he read the fate of himself
and fellow voyagers. fie regarded
them for moment in silent agony,
and turned away to go OH deck. He
reached the companion-way as his
friend entered.
Its Of 10 use," said the latter,
with "a bitter smile-"It's of no use
to go on dcck-we've been hoaxedr'
"Oaxedw
"Yes-fooledl This is the first day
of April"
"There's no hiceberg?"
"Oaxed! sold! cheated! 'umbugged.
That would never ave hoccurred in
Henglish vessei!''
A roar of laughter followed this
last dying confession" and the cock
ney-gentleman disappeared for the
day.
Texan INDIAN FIGHT.-A Texan
newspaper, called the Nueces Val
ley, gives detailed account OF a
fight between a company of Rangers
under Capt Ford, and a party of Ca
manche Indians, on the 29th eff May,
the scene of which is not stated, al
though, no doubt, it was on the Rio
Grande. The Rangers numbered
"a men, and on arriving at the camp
oftbe Indians, seven men were de.
tailed to guard the pack mules in the
rear of the company. The charge
was made, and portion of the In
dians driven from the chaparal. An
other attack was then made on the
remainder of the warriors, in which
a Ranger, named Gillespie, while at
taking an Indian whom he had wour
ded, was killed with an arrow. This
caused a halt, giving the Indians time