Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-09-27

girls toward Altoona, and ride in a
one horse gig through the garden
country ofVierland, cottages peep
ing out on each side the way, upon
true English road, and hay-makers
in the fields at sunsetting, with their
rakes on their shoulders, throwing
long shadows over the new-mown
turf-all this, | say, had to leave
behind me on going to Bremen.
But my decision was made; my
bill paid; the drosky at the door. 1
promised to meet Cameron at the
Dude Doelen at Amsterdam, and
drove off for the steamer for Har-
bourg.
Pretty Mcident.-On Wednesday
last, as TIE steamboat John Nelson,
from Brunswick, was coming up the
bay, having part other deck freight
some thousand baskets of peaches
she passed close alongside an emf
grant ship, of which the deck was
swarming withpassengers, apparent
ly Germans-and including many
women and children. Suddenly the
thou ght seemed 10 strike the owner
ofthe peaches that to these poor peo-
pie, off a long sea-voyage, and appa-
rently from hyperborean regions,
which know not the peach, the taste
of the fresh and luscious fruit would
be welcome-and, with act as kind
and prompt as the thought, they
commenced tossing peaches from
their baskets among the emigrants,
who eagerly caught at and scram-
hled for them. The passengers in
the John Nelson, initiating the ex-
ample, and with the consent of the
peach owners, joined in the process,
and shower peaches was kept up
from the steamboat to the emigrant
ship, as long as it remained within
reach of the savory missiles. We
have characterized this as pretty in
cident,' and SO, we think, ii will seem
to our readers; while, by those who
were regaled with a profusion of
fruit, tasted by most ofthem probably
for the first time, it was received, we
doubt not, as a most auspicious wei
come to their new country.-Courie
and Enquirer.
Turkish Commissioner The Tur-
kish commissioner and his suite lam
ded in New York on Friday, and
will reach this city, on his way to
Washington, to-day, it is said. He
was dressed in a blue frock coat,
white pants, red scull cap, epaul-
cites, and wore rich order of dia-
monds. Amin Bey is the name of
this representative ofthe Ottoman
Porte. He was received with much
ceremony at Castle Garden, by
committee appointed by the common
council for that purpose. Anaddress
from the mayor was interpreted for
him, in which the protection ofKos-
suth, and his compatriots was men,
toned as evidence of the kindness of
the Sultan's heart. The Turk re-
piled in the most becoming manner,
saying that Colt by his great frearm,
Morse by claiming the lightning, and
others by their great inventions, had
rendered his Sultan familia with
American genius, and rendered him
anxious to become. more SO. The
members of the city government
waited on him on Saturday at noon,
in a body at the Astor House, where
he is entertained as the city's guest.
Bat. Sun.
Young America. ---"A few DAYS
since," writes friend from mid
land county ofour State, coming up
the express train from Albany, the
cars stopped at ST. townsville, as usual
for five minutes. Not requiring any
fortification at that early hour, did
not leave the cars for at least three.
minutes; then stepping to the refresh
ment house, heard X oung America
shout in tones of great urgency and
mildness: PA, you go back nowp-
and with gentle motion ofthe hand,
again: 'Pa, you go back powl' Pa
returned to the cars; when sonny
quickly drawing his pocket-pistol,
took a drink This struck me as SO
peculiarly Observation-Disclosures of
Juyenus Ainericus, that send it to
you as one oft annotators of.our
times, that you may know how the
things done when PAS along
Rnickerbocker.
| KEsToRED 70 LIFE.-The papers,
| in Chautaque county state, that du-
ring the last three or four weeks,
there has been much sickness caused
| by dysentery, in the town of West