Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-08-29

| d. tcANNl flCOBD IN NORTHUMBERLAND
THAT He is DEAD. On Friday a suit was
tricd in the Circuit Court of Campbell
county, Kentucky, Judge Moore presiding
brought by Shipley and Brother, cngray-
ers, for seals engraved for the Know Moth
| ing Grand Council of Kentucky and 9TH
er Councils in that State. The action was
against A. ID. Smallcy and Major Caldwell,
who were the agents of the Council in or
dorng the seals Ira Root and r. NJ
Webster appeared for the plaintiffs, and
| John w. Stevenson, (rccentiy elected dem
ocrat member of Congress- for the Know
Nothings. A large amount of correspon-
dence between the litigants was read, all
very yaitcctionatc, commencing "Dear Broth
cr, and ending "Yours Fratcnally.P Mr.
Stevenson counsel for the Know NothingS,
| contendcd that, as Sam was dead, the suit
should be brought against the odministra-
tor of Sans estate, and not against the
agents. The Court, however, oYemulcd
this, and gave Judgment against the de-
PENDANTS for S892 so. The original bill
was for $3.50; the bolancewas interest.
Cincinnati GaEctte.
lT did happen to me to be born in log
cabin, raised among the snow-drifts of New
Hampshire, at period so early that when
the smoke first rose from it's rude chimney
and curled over the frozen hills, there was
no similar evidence of white mans labita-
| ton between it and tho settlements on the
river of Canada. Its remains still exist ]
make it an annual visit / carry my chill
dron T. it,, and teach them the hardships
endured by the generation before them.
love IN al H.
the kindred tics, the early affections, and
the narratlons and incidents which mimglc
with all know of this primitive family
abode; weep to think that none of those
who inhabited it are now among the living
and if ever | fail in aflectiouatr vcncration
for him who raised it, and defended it
against savage violence and destruction,
cherished all domestic comforts beneath its
roof, and through the fire and blood of sew
en- years revolutionary war, shrink fronlno
toll, no sacrifice, to serve his country, and
to raise his children to a condition better
than his own, may my name, and the namc
of my postcrity, be blotted from the
memory of mankind. = Daptcl IFc6stcr.
ENcoURAGING UsEFuLNEss.--Joh
Phoenix, "thc phunny," contributes to the
Knickcrbockcr Magazine the following
which he says, besides it's rare merit as an
actual occurrence, conveys a useful lesson
to mothers:
"Small Joe L., was playing one morn
ing in yardat the rear of his residence,
when cssaying to cast n stone high in the
air, he found he had miscalcuated his
strength, or the weight of the stone, aS that
missile slipped from his fingers, and, taking
an entirely different direction from that in
tended, went whack through Il pane of class
in the ncighbors window. Mrs. Connol-
", who was engaged in washing in the
kitchen, hearing the smash of glass in her
spare room, rushed in hastily to the scene
of action, and through the broken pane be-
held Joe in active retreat Iratc and in
dignant, the injured matron sought the
presence of Mrs. r., and straight poured
forth the story of her wrongs Mrs. I--
assumed u digniticd air. tho culprit was
called to their presence, and the inquest
OH the departed pane commenced.
"Joscph," said Mrs. r., with awful So
lemnity, "did you break the glass in Mrs,
Connolly's window ?"
"Gcs'm," replied Joe, with promptitudc.
"Joseph," said Mrs. IL, @if YOU broke
that pane of glass, / shall certainly correct
you. Did you break it, sir?"
Joe hesitatcd; but conscience was pow
crful, and he replied that he did.
Mrs. r. took stick from the mantle
piece. "Joseph," said she, "if you broke
that glass shall correct you most severely.
| ask again did You break it Z"
Joe looked at his mother; he looked at
the stick; and, hanging his head he muir
murod, "No ma am"
There ]" said Mrs. l., trirunphantly
"that boy never told mc lie in his life
knowcd he never broke no window
Spcct your little Custer brokcit; she hove
a stone clear over our fence yesterday"
Thatsa good style of encouraging truth
fulncss in a child, ~@c don't think"
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TAKING IT CooLLY.-Thc following is
the latest joke upon John Bull John
was travelling on some Western railroad,
when tremendous explosion took place,
the cars mt the same time coming to a sud
den halt. The passengers sprang up in
terror, and rushed out to acquaint them
selves with the mischicf--allb but Mr.. Bull
who continued reading his newspaper. In
n moment somebody rushed back and in
formed him that the boiler had BURST
cave p muttered the Bnglishrnan eyes"
continued hisjnformant "and sixteen peo-
| pie are Killed" GAVE, he grunted again
| /" Aud-and," said his interlocutor, with
an effort, "your own man--your servant
/ has been blown into hundred nicces. 3"