Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-01-04
FeeIing .f6orthe Pillars. When Lu

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friend, Il was lately. looking out of
my window atnight, and / saw the
stars IN the heavens, aud Gots great
beautiful arch over my head but |
could not see any pillars on which
the great builder had fixed his arch;
.andyet the heavens fell not, and the
great arch stood firmly. There are
some who are always feeling for the
pillars, and longing to touch them;
they stand trembling and learing lest
the heavens should fall. If they
could only grasp the pillars. then the
heavens would stand fast" Thus
L'lther illustrated the faith of his
own scul andwished to inspirit 9th
orsw with the same strong confidence.
Ban"m in H[oahington.-A well
Informed source supplies us with the
following, in private letter from
Washington:
Jenny Lind offered Barnum, in
Baltimore, 100000 to release her
from her engagement. He telegraph
ed his agan herein Wash ngton) 10
call IN the tickets for Monday, and
have only one concert "Wednesday
and TO d pose Of the house al auc-
tlon. He is too voracious and will
devour poor Jenny. .'--Carolmian.
The Charleston Mercury ofthe
23d ulr says:
"Swe4iah Iron Companv-About
forty Swedee, Of s'alwan frames and
intelligent coun enamoes arrived on
Saturday, and started yasc 'av by
the Railroad for the scene Of their la
bors in Union District.
STop MY PAPER With Editors
this language has become common.
Should an artjle appear tha doe. no.
please subscriber, he takes salts
faction 10 himself by sending he a
bove omiuous words 10 jho Editor.-
Having relieved h mself by so do
ing poor good soul he go2s TO bed
sleeps soundIy, and gets UP in he
morning with The firm belief ibat he
unfortunate Editor, and the paper
patronizel by him and per10,}s nep-
cr pajd. for is defuncr-clead-o sus-
pended. So far as he is concerned.
perhaps 1t is, and PERHAPS il is not
I'm n'ne hundred and ninty CAGES ont
of a{ne htlslslfsd the later cono;u-
son IS corfe andalthongh The good
patron. NlF Stopnee, does mo- re-
celve the paper al his residence.
whcreYeFsha pokes his nose the next
m mNnln8 iaFeslim i }lle face. The
paper IS not dead defunct or sus-
pended by the Withdrawal of his pa
ron9gc--bAt i oltght to be, or should
be If similar characters had control
OF lhe pgess, l'be expense is TOO
Sredt lor1nelnf iiUweVet, so 30 do
therefore the press remains, and
should remain untramne'cI. We
have quite number Of subscribers
to our paper, and feel thankful TO
each one for his patronage hu' so Ear
as subscription is ron"erned il IS bu,
an item IN the bushes me ,ha, does
not pay much more han cos anil if
we depended on Subscriptions for n
living, we would have TO furnish
means at the cni of rheyear for car
rylng on our bin mess.
I he above remark are called forth
by the following article. which we
/ find in the New Orlrans rrc,ccn, of
the Goth inst. We woull rcsrecfruI
!y call the attention of our readers TO
1t. II is written IN pleasant vein.
and there is more truth than poetry
in th@ remarks, so far as editors arc
concerned-C Con&titmiona7iat.
Stopmy Popw.-'rhis is very dis
agreeable use of The imperative
tense: and editors very ofen loose
their temper and good manners. as
wei as a subscriber. Now we link
a manhas a right 10 receive or refuse
a paper, rst ms his fasle, caprice or
judgment, NAV determine. We fhink
an editor has no right TO complain
certainly not to bring his grievance
before his remaining readers. Edit
ors TOO often forget tilatthe subscri-
bers can have no possible interest in
these matters. We always feel
pity for Inc family which loses our
weekly visit; we know the vounr Ia
dies will miss The stories we leland
the Old maids will sigh for the scnfi.
menta poeiy--and The old man him
self, will begin, after awhile, to val
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