Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-10-24
The ANGEL of the Honse.

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There is an angel in the house. No
matter how fallen the inmates, how depres-
scd observation-disclosures, there is an ANGEL
there to pity or to cheer. ltmay be in the
presence of little child, or it may be en-
closed in a STOPPING and wrinkled body,
trcading the downward path to the grave.
Or perhaps, in a cheerful spirit, looking
upon the ills of life as so many steps to-
wards heaven, If nly bravely overcome and
mounted with sinless feet We knew such
an angel once, and it was drunkard's
child On every side, wherever she mov-
ed, she only saw misery and degradation.
yet she did not fall Her father was bru-
tai, and her mother discouraged, and her
home thoroughly comfortless. But she
struggled along with angel endurance, bear
ing with an almost sanity patience the IN
irmtlcs of him who gave her existence
and then hourly cmbittcred it, Night af
ter night, at the hours often, twelve, and
even one, barefoot, shawlcss, and bonnet
less, has she been to the den of tho drunk.
ards, and gono staggering home with her
arm around her father. Many time has
her flesh been blue with the trk of his
hand, when she has stepped in between her
helpless mother and violence Many a
time has she sat upon the curbstonc with
his head in her lap; many q time known
how bitter it was to cry for hunger when
the money which should have bought bread
was spent in gin. And the patience that
the angel wrought within made her face
shine; othat, though never acknowledged
in the courts of this world, in tho Kingdom
of heaven she was waited for by assembled
hosts of spirits, and the crown of martyr
dom lay ready waiting for her young brow
And she was a martyr. Her gentle spirit
went up from couch fanguish-anguish
brought ON by i'll usage and neglect. And
ucvcr till then did the father recognize the
angel in the child J. never till then did his
manhood arise from the dust of its lishou-
or. From her humble grave he went away
to keep his resolves for the better in bitter
tears and he will tell you to-day how the
memory of her much enduring life keeps
him from the bowl how he goes sometimes
and stands where her patient hands have
led him, while her cheek crimsoncd at the
snccrs of those who scoff at the drunkard' 5
child. Search for the angels in your
households, and cherish them while they
arc among you. 1t may be, that all uncon-
sciousy, you frown upon, when smile
would lead you to knowledge of their en-
cccding worth. They may be among the
least cared for, most despised but when
they arc gone with their silent influence,
then will you mourn for them as for Jew
el Of great worth
MAGNANIMoUs Acr.-Mr. I4ofcvrc, n
wealthy sugar planter of Lafourchc, died
recently without issue--his wife having
preceded him to the grave. His estate was
appraised at about S700,000 a few days
since his will was opened, when it was
found that he had left the whole of his
possession to be divided equally between
two gcntlcmen of this city-omo a nephew
- his wife, and the other the broker who
ha3 transacted his business in this city, a
man IL, nowisc related 10 him only in the
way of his business. TO .,lc astonishmcnt
of his friends, this brokrr, on finding that
he had been made legatce to half the old
mans estate, $3.50 900 at least went be-
fore notary public and renounccd the
whole legacy, making it over in favor of
the relatives of the deceased in France,
consisting of nephews and nieces, twenty
or thirty, and all hunbly situated in life.
The old man had previously made a will in
which his French relatives were handsome
ly remembered; but on returning from a
visit to them, not long ago, for some reason
known only to himself, he tore the will to
pieces and wrote new one, leaving every
thing to his wifc's nephew and his broker,
as above stated.
lie came to this country when young, n
poor halter; but prospecting in his business,
and finally marrying lady of wealth, he
wcntinto the sugar culture, and progressed
so well that few years moro might have
made him a millionaire The broker who
so niagnanimously renouuccd his share of
the estate gave as his reason for SO doing,
that he was already as rich as he wished
to be, and felt so Independent, that he did
not wish ito be in the power of any one
to say that any part of his fortune was not
of his own maning Hisindependence will
certainly. be heartily blessed on the other
side Of the water. We would give the gen.
tleman's name, wcrcwe not satisfied that he
claims no merit for his act and has 10 de-
sire to be publicly mentioned in connection
with the matter. ~ o. Crescent
DEATH OF G.. W. P. GUsr1s.--The ven
cradle George w. 2. Custis, of Arlington,
died at his residence in Alexandra coun.
/ ty, VIRGINIA, on Saturday last, ia the 77th
4 year Of his age. The Alexandra Gazette,
in announcing this event, says:
"Clascly allied to the Washington fam
/ ily fond of calling himself tho child Of