Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-04-05

their graves? How can the moral spiritu-
alism of people long resist such theories?
Whcre can they find God in this work
shop of matter?
eff you wish that this revolu-
ton should not have the same end, be-
ware of abjeot Materialism, degrading
Sensualism, gross Socialism, of besotted
Communism; of al. those doctrines of flesh
and blood, fmeat and drink, of hunger
and thirst, Of wages and traffic, which
these corruptors Of the soul of the people
preach to you, exclusively. as the sole
thought, the sole hope, as the only duty
and the only end of man! They will soon
make you slaves of ease, scrfs of your
desires.
"Seek God, then. This is your nature
and your grandeur. And do not seek
him in these Materialisms! for God is not
below-He is on high!
"LAMARTINE,
Representative cs .!.e People"
These are great truths; and nowhere
should they sink deeper into the hearts of
the people than il republican 14rnes;ca.
Boston Transcript.
Southern Colony in California. The
following appears in the advertising col
umns of the Mississippian:
"Cdlyornia-Ihe Southern Slave Cot
oay.--Citizens of the Slave States desi-
rous of emigrating to California with their
slave property are requested to send their
names, number of slaves, and period of
contemplated departure, to the address of
"Southem Slave Colony" jackson, Mls-
sissippi.
"All letters, to meet with attention,
must be postpaid.
cit is the desire of the friends of this
enterprise to settle in the richest mining
and agricultural portions of California,
and to secure the uninterrupted enjoy
ment of slave property. 1t is estimated
that by the first Of May next, the mem-
bers of the Slave COLONY will amount to
about five thousand. "a mode of effec-
ting organization, &C., will be privately
transmitted to actual members"
The Yankee WJe.-General Herrera,
chivalric Mexican, travelling at the
North the past summer with his bcauti-
full New England wife, who was once an
operative in the Lowell Mills. He is de-
scribed as tall, finely moulded specimen
of the Mexico-Spanish gentleman. His
mouth and chin are buried in profuse
blending OF moustache and whiskers,
while beneath smooth and jutting fore
head, pair of dark and singularly win
ming eyes constitute the most expressive
feature of his handsome face. His COM
plexion is deep southern, and in repose
his countenancc is slightly melancholy.
He is now on q visit to the native cot Of
his wife, that nestles like gem in wild
and beautiful valley, lying in the shadow
of the White Mountains.
TIE Rope Dancer.--It is in the hum
bier classes of society, that the most beau
tiful sparks of virtue often shine, A fire
broke out in house at Aiencon, the
flames Of which made rapid progress, and
produced dreadful ravages. An entire
family was saved by aA ankrown man
who scaled the walls with wonderful
agility, treading with dexterity the burn
ing beams, and who, from an abyss of
dre, extricated victim after victim, in the
midst of acclamations from the spectators
This man was Joseph Pledge, who ex-
ercised the humble profession of rope
danceT and il was the agility and dexter
ity developed by his occupation, that en-
ablcd him to save awhole family, by ven
turing on narrow and moving surfaces, to
snatch them from the flames. The com.
pany to which the worthy Pledge belon-
ged, were preparing to quit Alencon, but
their departure was delayed, to give him
benefit. The theatre was crowded in
every part, and thunders of applause
greeted the courageous rope dancer, who,
covered with burns and bruises, endeav-
ored to merit the eathusiasm by which he
was overwhelmed. When the receipts,
which were considerable, were handed to
him, Joseph Pledge presented the whole
amount to the family he had saved.
These poor people, said he, "arc ruined;
what good shall have done to have
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