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

,h.J- W., tnc raey anu graphic lady
correspondent of the Charleston Courier,
is "doing up" scenes and characters at the
White. SulphusSprings of Virginia. Ina
lato letter She unveils the rattlc-trap non
sense of her own sex over the entire Of live
aud fascinating South Carolina bachelor
member of Congress we suppose to
be none other than the accomplished Keitt:
"We were quietly seated this morning
before petite writing desk, whose hinges
are decidedly out of joint, covered with
inky green velvet, and stuffed full of mye-
teriots h.croglyphical packets and papers,
with odds and ends of writing for future
adjustmcpt. But we were not destined to
remain long undisturbed. The outline of
our head betrayed through the holf-clcsed
curtain'a huma6 presence, and very soon
It appeared IS if every creature of our ac-
qPtaintance had entered into combination
against our promised sketch" One fair
girl made her appearance witha long roll in
her hand resembling that of paper hang
er, containing patterns of garlands, which
were to be embroidered on a table cover
nominally by her own hands, but. virtually
by those of every idleyictim she could re-
ctuit into the service She was soon fo!-
luMSO ny ~ bOIl vi SiilS, muO DuiSb lllO
our room like n wllilwind, creating dismay
by the torrent of news they ratified forth
The grand topic was the arrival ofa certain
I."Bachetor Member" from South Carolina
who WAS declared to be n terrible hirt-a
perfect lady Killer ruthless "massacrccr
of theinnoccnts," and ycta sort of Prodigo
whose arrival everybody hailed. These
last out-talked the pattern, owner, as they
would have done O'Kclly's parrot, which
chatteredincessantly for ono hundred years
Indeed, they all talked and argued sirlul-
tanoously. Imagine, dear public, the din
of an oil mill or the rhetorical chatter of
half dozen females in the healthy maturity
of their lungs. Never did mortal before
hear such rush of sound. If a painting
could affect the sense of hearing, as well MS
that of sight, this bevy of fdrbeings would
have afforded the artist an inimitable orig
inal for the representation upon his canvass
of the confusion of tongues" we had on
ly one method Of retaliation. We were in
the confidence of loose plank in the floor,
and when the vociferous lsputants grew
tedious, we logged ii with our foot till all
the heads and hands of all the mandarins
were set iii motion, and joined in harmon
"mcmber!" Like Napoleon, we saw al
ready prcmaturcly prepared, the bulletin
proclaiming his, total defeat, with immense
| loss"
"Apropos of this distinguished gentle
man. Though an obduatc bachcior, he
likes to be thought to wear the willow, and
cndcavors to cXtort compassion by remote
hints at the suffering llc has endured from
umequitcd affection. 1t ~ generally sup.
posed that he has suffered from more, than
one tender disappointment, having always
had tho misfortune to fix affections Just
where they cannot be returned. But those
who know him we'll say that lie invariably
offers himself whore he knows he will ho
rejected. Many a lovely girl comes before
him, whom he might win, from whose so
ciety, for this very reason, he quietly with,
draws to carry his sighs to somc qumter
where previous engagemcntor some 9TH
er obstacle is sure to procure him denial
He has thus had all the pleasing pains of
wooing, and has the credit of great scnsi-
bility, while he hugs himself in the safe
felicity of a single life. And yet to see his
looks of innocent surprise whom rcprovcd
by his lady friends for his massacre of the
innocents. Why the prophet Baaam
could scarcely have listened in greater
amazement to the rcproof of the inspired
quadruped. ftis whispered that the cause
of his colibacy is a secret attachment to
some fair one. If this be so, all the attacks
of our friends viii be ike disclarging pop
guns against the Rock of Gibraltar"
Z = .---- s-a-S.