Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-10-17

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| Mr. Boyce;of South Carolina, in his speech
in the Knoxville Convention, in relation to a
| proposition for re-opening the Slave Trade,
! declared that he believed it would be cnc Itt-
! wiseand exceedingly fatal policy. Ho,als 0
4 thought the question MT this stimoutterly int.
I practicable, and its discussion only mischier-
4 Gus, as calculated to divide the South aud
strengthen Black Republicanism MT the North.
/ Thetrade never in this Union coul,l be re-
! opened; and if gentlemen gintonded to make
| it question upon which to concentrate South
| ern opinion and dissolyet the Union, he Thought
| they had mistaken their issue. 1t was aaues-
/ tion to divide the South more than any other
\ that couldibc started with that yiew;l in eve
ry pointof view, therefore, both as regards
the internal prosperity, safety ind freedom
of the2South, the cffoct upon Southern union
against tho North, and the effect ef Northern
union against the South, ihe disapproved of
the scheme IN toto.--Eechangc.
| The so-called movement to reopen theslayo
! trade, IT not got up expressly to excite the
| North and TO Keep agitation, can produce
no other effect, so far as it produces any ef-
| feet at&ll, Itis the sheerest and silliest
| humbug of the times, unless possibly we exl
coptthe Clevelanders' observation-disclosures
| L is amusing, too, to hear the advocates of
"a scheme talking about "unitod South, ;"
as though this, if it could obtain sufficient
| holtupon public opinio. to produce anyAef.
| feet, would not prove fire-brand, and the
surcst means Of hopeless division These
miserable projects to keep up agitation, and
to array the North against the South, and the
South against the North, no matter whether
they originate iii one part of the country or
the other, ought to be frowned out ofexis-
tence by every patriot in the land. Their ou-
ly effect islatrcd and alienation among breth
ren--a work worthy only of nonsters.--Ae,c
| Oric@iIS COnlIHerciaE Bulkcktn *.
CTS GwINE TO PREraRE TO SnoufR
The Nluion (Al@) Commonwealth re-
ates the following story ,s 4 .sg B. i
For some time back themegroes of. this,
place have had religious revival going on
in the Methodist church, and which we
learn has resulted in some good The 9th
er night ludicrous incident took place,
which for the time threatened to mar, the
enjoyment of the ,darkies. While every
thing seemed to be going on to tho entire
| satisfaction of the leaders OF the meeting,
q tail, black looking son of Africa deliber,
ately rose in the congregation and COM
| monced pulling his coat off as if preparing
either to thrash somo other darkie, or give
the devil, if he were present, the best, fight
he could, preparatory to closing the meet
ing. All eyes were turned upon the com
ical attitude of the darky, and some of the
more tinid began to fear that melee was
about to take place in the church. This,
however, was not the case for our African
| convert, perceiving the stir that was being
! made, and the apparent agitation of. the
whole assembly, halloed out at the top of
his voice "Brcdcring and sisters don't
be frightened, Us only gwine to prepare to
shout, !" and he gave one of those unearth-
ly yells which vibrated through the church,
and shook tie windows as If the house were,
falling. The darky had to make tracks on,
to use the language of another, darky, was
tumbled head foremost right ont of doors
by some of the brethren, -s
INFANCY. lis Lhero anything so lovely,
soinnocent and pure, as the smile of in.
tancy9 1t is the good spirits which mani.
fest their presence BY the. heavenly expires
sion on tho divine image, They act thro's
the pure and innocent medium. And OH
how more than happy ifiu after life the
engrossment of material thugs did not
drive them away, that we would always
smile ms inpocAntly as infancy.
1t is said of Father. .MabilGon who,
throughout his youth and early manhood,
was noted for his stupilily---at the age OF,
twenty.six, lie. pitched against a staircase
fractured his skull was trepauned, AIDA
forwards possessed luminous understand
ing, Perhaps other stupid fellows might
as we'll try the experiment At.any rate,
no great harm could be done,
'1AHoThER EGoPEMENr Prom, the
ShelbyyilicITenu) Banner, weclip the fol.
lowing:
A young sprig from kentucky, who has
been in this vicinity for several months, be-
catle acquainted with the daughter of one.
Eof our eilizens living a few miles east of
town, A mutual altachmebt sprung up
between the parties, which resulted in. q
proposition of marriage. The parentsSast
sumed the responsibility to reject the suit,
and The disappointed lover was notified To-
discontinue his visits, A secret intersioyg,
WAS obtained, and the young par;iea made
epgagemeDtsio clone. Accordingly, on
sunday pight, the dSnlselhad succeeded in
getting from under the paternal, roof, and
had scarcely reached the arms Of her lover
| short distance from the house, untila dis
coyery Of the fight was made .An-alaI, i
was Immediately raised, apd all hands, wo,
men and dogs were in hot pursuit. The
! Yagiliyes sought rcf,igei0 a corn field, where
they accidentally became, separated, but
the cohesive power, OF attraclion, soon
brought hem.toeetberagajn, but ot3with-
| out losing tipie ia the race The pufsuers
| were now SO close upon them that they