Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-10-31
Advice for tie <pinSs.

| ssnuVlOS toEf'ChoiIfltSS,
Don't fret and Become inispnthronic, as
! if the world %cre& &wrongiHg you. Your
condition is. SyinS enough, without adding,
ttolts atiiintios Py converting your thoughts,
into thorns for mhicting sclf.torment. 1t
is true enough that there are things in our
social relations that ought to'be othorwise,
but they can't be aladc so in our sa1ssiaf
l'lifq3Ames sThe majority, however, Ia.
thise with youin the hardness of your lot,
and. almost as alSxiously await an improve,
fment ia YOUR circumstances as yourselves.
1t Is OF no use to curse particular class in
society, as if.it were hostile to your inter
ests, or imagine that the rich are devoid of
feeling, aud might find labor for tho. poor
| II they would In these times millionaircs
are seeing their splendid fortunes slide from
beneath them, and are experiencing dis
appointment of which You know nothing.
2, Don't waste your money, by going
from place to place in the vain pursuit of
labor. There is us much work here for
the population, as anywhere. Indeed the
pressure does not yet so oppressively affect.
us as many othor places Probably too, we
shall feel relief as speedily as any. Unless
then there is a very strong prospect of i'm
4 proving your condition by change you had
better keep your money than cxpcnd it in
travelling or moving.
B. Cut off all useless expenditures. Be
gin the practice of the most rigid self de-
NAL. Let the tobacco and cigars, thedrink
and private luXIrics go to the bugs. -Four
cents day would feed child in hungry
times, and many man tosses that sum a.
way wlthout acCUuutn5 ~ ~>s, tl>ines KAoe
away from all temptation to spend unne-
cessarily a single penny
! 4. Don't be ashamed to resort to the eX-
pcdicnts of honest poverty to keep along.
Careful calculation will do wonders in limi-
ting your daily expenditures Afew years
ago. over five Thousand families in England
lived on an average of % cents week per.
head. This shows what careful method,
will do Carefully remember and practice
the first steps in numbers"
.. Take hold of any odds and ends of la
Dor that may turn up. Don't refuse any
thing iii these times, even if YOU are not
more than half paid. A dollar dearly
gained is better than none at all. Besides,
employment of any kind and at any price,
has its advantages in correcting tho
lblucs. gzg.y :,
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HEART RENDING AFFAIR.--At this late
time, says the York district Chronicle at
IL o'clock, midnight OF Monday last, we
| stop the press to announce an occurrence,
most painful in character; our particulars
arc from James Jcffrcys, Esq, Magistrate,
and MIR. VIM. M. Kerr, the acting officer.
In a fit of anger one John Fec, living on
Bulloch's Greek, in York District, few
days since, shot his mare, some cattle and
hogs, and on Sunday yesterday he set fire
to his dwelling, which was locked, and the
key afterwards found on his person, in
which three Of his motherless children, aged
from five,t to fourteen years arc supposed to
have pcrished.
1t seems Peace Warrant had been is
sued against him on complaint of a neigh
! Dor; that when an officer went to arrest
| iIiIu he wue svou ~ l,a fssk;GoA CAS- IL were1
in one Of his barns, armed with gun, and
swearing to-shoot any who would approach
lEinN There were sixty or seventy persons
leaving the house when Mr.. Kerr arrived,
who he summoned to accompany him to
the bara, but the cry was, che will shoot
somebody" So they refused with the ex-
ception of John Hartncss, and brother
when they got to the barn stratagem had
to be resorted to, which was elfectual in se@
curing him.
The Prisoner stated that the children
were at certain house, which was known
to be incorrcet-7he then said he had last
seen them at "the Spring." but the pre-
sumption Isl. they have perished iu the
flames 4.a.
The poor apology of "intemperance," we
learn, cannot be urged in this instance /;
| Fee is said to be q morose man, one not
! given to the soft and easy, impulses of ma
turc an. enemy to the world, he became
SO to his uearest and dearest kindred We
| forbear comment, as the matter must un-
dcrgo judicial investigation, but we regret,
that in.tlte same paper We have boosted of
an ompty jail, Se have to announce a, trae-
,edy so thrilling in its detail. May he who
watches even the sparrows fall have saved
the little ones, is o@r prayer III,
DEATH OF A DURLIsT.- .--Iientuclly pa
1 pefs announce the death of Harrod Hole
man, for many years the publisher of a
newspaper in Frankfort, and public printer
/ of the State, and connected with the most
/ stirring political events of the State In for
spcr days, He once fo&gla bloody and
fatal duel, and was himself q cripple forlife
sfrom VI. This duel took place five and
1 thirty years ago. IT grew out of a militia
training. lIolemap, who was commander
OF. a company, was followed, while on duty.
! by q Ryorite dog. A subordinate 6fiicer,
i who WAS offended bff the los,'a antics dr6yV