Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-06-21

A FoRTuNArE PIRATE Babe, the sail
or, who cut such figure in New York,
some years ago, as a pirate--condemned
"turned up" as Pillicoddy says, in Cali
fornia, and is now one of the millionaries
of that country.
Well, such is life. Babe was mystic
rious fellow; rumor said, when the Presi-
dent kept respiting and respiting him,
that the pirate was mating disclosures
which, if they had ever Dccome public
property, would have made New York
and Philadelphia too hot to hold certain
wealthy men in the seafaring and COM
mercial line Another rumor Yves, that
John Tyler--another mysterions man,
who, by one of the unfa homable freaks of
fortune, got into the Presidential chair
one day--had some interest in the fate of
the pirate---knew his mother intimately
well! One thing is certain, Mrs. Childs,
the authoress, was very instrumental In
getting Babe reprieved and pardoned,
and we are pleased the fellow has not
turned out as bad as he was represented,
and no doubt his pile of gold dust will
purchase for him any desirable amount of
fashionable charity and pious whitewash,
whereby he may have first-class car.
and a through ticket in the overland
route to Paradise. Boston Nail.
New D1sTR1BuT1oN OF PARTIEs.-The
following, from the Natohez Free Trader,
is as true as it is pithy. We commend it
to the attention of the folks at Washing
ton, and shall be glad to know, Mt their
earliest convenience, to which of the four
parties they belong, as a system of clas-
si6cation is comparatively useless unless
we know where to place the individuals.
We have been permitted to copy the
following terse extract from letter to
one of our members in Congress.
There appears to be two parties in con-
gress. lst, party from the South who
wish to cut their own throats.
I'd. A party at the North who do not
wish the people of the South to cut their
own throats, but prefer doing the Job for
them.
Sd, A party from the North, who are
willing that the people of the South may
cut their own throats.
4th, A party at the South, who do not
intend to cut their own throats, or let any
one else do it for them.
This last party have the other three
against them, and they will have to ex-
ert great energy to save their jugulars.----
Char. Mercury.
WIFE OF GENERAL JAoKsoN.--The
influence of this woman over her husband
is said to have been very extraordinary,
She was of obscure origin and uneduca
ted. Yet she inherited from nature those
fine and noble traits of her sex to such
perfection her power and destinations
were very great, General Jackson was
attached to her in early life, but by some
means or other the matter was inter.
rupted and she married another, who
proved a william and the connection mosl
unhappy. General Jackson again be-
came interested in her, the consequence
was divorce, when he was married to
her. She is said to have possessed none
of those accomplishments that are sup.
posed TO adon fashionable life, reared IN
the bacl;woods, seeing and knowing little
of elegant and refined society. Yet he,
line person, strong affections, and good
sense, the three great essentials of a wo
man, enabled her 10 take hold with ire
sistable force the passions of the bold
turbulent, strong and fiery warrior ant
statesman to whom she was welded. 4
was the lion held in the embrace of tht
fawn. The influence she exercised i.
said to have bordered on the suporsti
tious. He imagined that no power o,
acts of his could succeed, or be carried
out, ayerse to her will or in opposition tc
her feelings. She seemed his guardian
angel by day and by night holding ii
her hands his life, mis- fate, his all. Al
intimate friend of his says. that SO LONG
as he lived he wore her miniature neal
his heart, and never alluded to her excep,
IN q manner so subdued and full of rev.
erence, that the listener was deeply am.
pressed with her transccndant WORTH
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