Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-08-08
Romance and Reality.

rolates the following: " *
A short time ago, Mr., r., wife and wife's
sister resided in Charleston, s. @. Veal
thy young gent, named Mr., s., fell desper-
ately in love with young lady. Miss Nc
-. Mr.. r. became involved, and Mr..
>. assisted him, wife and Miss Me to
enigrate to st. Louis Young lady and
gent get up to thcireyes in love, ,-but young
lady not of age, and, therefore, marriage
could not takcplace till she would be. MIR.
X. and family arrive in st, Louis, and set
mp a store. Young lady proves valuable
assistant in tho store, and relatives are 10th
to part with her., Mr. s., at thoappointcd
time, leaves Charleston for ST.. Louis, to full
fiji his part of the matrimonial engagement,
Mrs, II. seriously objects, as the ladYis still
too young although eighteeh years of age,
and as "prctty as pink" Young lady is
determined to marry the'mam other choice
and the young man is determined that she
shallnot be Disappointed Mrs. r., after
exhausting all her arts of persuasion re-
sorts to faiuting, which has the desired eff,
feet; and the young folks agree to post
pone their marriage two weeks. Mr.. s.
goes up to Burlington, but returns at the
expiration of two weeks and calls for his
fUilNNSs IlS 10 lbtUluIEl blldG SIlB mas CONC
to>parts unknown. lie becomes exaspera-
ted, and sues out writ of hdbeas corpus
for the recovery of his bride.
During,his absence at Burlington, Mrs.
II. invites her, sister TO take carriage ride,
which she very reluctantly oecedes to, lav-
ing some nlisgiying that all is not right.
Persuasive eloqucncc prevails, and the
young lady is spirited out to ST. Charles,
and there placed ma convent.
Assoon as the writ was served on nr..
and Mrs r., letter was written to. the
yonng lady, telling her that her natrimon.
ial intended was about having them arrest
ed and lodged in Jail, which disturbed her
very much
Mr.. s., pending a decision of the haJcos
? co,pws, employed eight or ten young men
to hunt up his lost afianccd bride One
Of his friends discovered servant of Mrs.
r.. taking some female apparel to the North
Missouri Railroad and leave them with the
gentemanly conductor, Mr.. G. Blackburn.
AS soon as the servant left, the young gent
called on George, and asked him who those
articles wero for, and he, in his usual frank,
and honest way, said they were for Miss
= Me-, at st. Charles Convent
Young man hastcns to Mr.. s., and in.
forms him ofhis discovery, and he, over
joyed at the news, takes q buggy, and ano-
ther young lady to assist him, and starts at
full speed for st. Charles. They reach
thore--yourg man all impatience, and anx--
ious to sec his betrothed, sends other young,
lady into the convent to make arrangements
for the escape of Miss. Nc. Miss
Nc secs young lady mediator, treats
hnr info I, Il.
fcctly reconcicd to remain in tho convent,
as it suited her taste exactly, and she does
not feel disposed to marry;a man who was
endcavoring to put her sister in Jail, altho'
it was for hersake, and therefore she would
not leave the convent Young, man re-
turned to St. Louis, completely disguised
with female love and devotion. ~
TOWNS IN KANsAs.-It is stated that
in the town Of Leavenworth, which is the
halfway house over the plains to Califer-
MIA, buildings are going up at the rate of
two hundred a,month, It's supposed that
the town will be the great halfway house
for the Pacific Railroad, Lawrence has a
population of about 1000. 1t HIS beaii-
tifully furnished school-house, two church
es already erected and two moro to be built
the present season, six or seven religious
societies, and two weekly newspapers.
Property has been rising very rapidly d,i-
ring the spring, but it is now declining
slightly, and may continue to do SO until
the fall emigration. Lots sell at from 5000,
to2j500, Rents are high---some wretched
shanties, which did not cost more than
s100, bringing IS per Month hoard from,
81 per week to 81 per day
TIME TO RETIRE.--Marshal Radetskt;
the General-in- Uhiof of the Austrian forces
in Italy, has resigned his commission, Mt
the age of OIL years. This vetersn in the
wars had won victories for his King before
the American Declaration of independence.
From youth he has been in the harness of
war and bids fair to reach a full century
ofyears. Heisnow the oldest chicftain in
the world. n
TIE professions of the signers Of the
Declaration of Independence were as fol-
lows; Printers, ] Lawyers, 10; Physi-
clans, B Farmers, Is; Merchants, @; Shoe
makers, ! !; Gentlemen, 6 Sailors, Il;
ministers, Surveyors, j Soldiers, /.
The place Of nativity of the signero was as
follows Massachusetts,. o 4; Virginia, g {;
Pennsylvania, s !; Maryland, s.; Rhode Is-
land, 3 Maine, 4 !; Connecticut, 2 (; New
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