Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-02-27
WARl& UTW.
From The Olive Branch.


From the Olive Branch.
Dreams, Omens and First Impressions.
That there are some dreams that partakc
of the character of warning, but few will
be disposed to deny Now and then an in
cidcnt out of the common way, gives the
too crcdulous strong faith in omcns. No
doubt God sees fit at times to impress us
with a foreboding relative to future ills, or
n ioyousncss that forctells some great good
in store.
The action of the bird said to have flown
three times in the face ot the brave Norwc-
gian commander, who saved so many from
the wreck of the Central America, is one
of those strange problems that no human
intellect can solve. May it not be, that,
becoming distracted with the sounds of the
dying, the little creature was directed by
instinct to the living, in that pcrilous storm,
and thus, its wings unbornc on the winds of
the night. it lead to the rescue of some pre-
cious lives The old trausmigrationists
would have held it as an indisputable evi-
domce of the truth of their theory, that the
souls of men enter the bodies of beasts and
birds and that this little creature was a
haplcss relative of some one among the per
ishing.
BE that as it may, Gods hand was in it,
for he directs all things.
"God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform
lie plants his footsteps on the sea,
And rides upon the Storm"
The great men of oldcn times seemed to
have many warnings in dreams. Godspoke
to them, moved and encouraged them in
that way But it was always in connection
with some great event There did not need
then to be any dream books for intcrpreta-
ton, saying, "this means that thou wilt
hear. from friend" "'Thou art to receive
some money" "Thou art to go fort. on a
journey" 1T was "thus saith the Lord, ="
and the sublime forms of angelic beings
with mighty arms outstretchcd and robes
dazzling as the light, read the vision.
Columbus was sent to "unchan the
ocean" by a voice. He lay on sick bed
near the river Belcm, exhausted and to hu-
man appearance, fatally ILL
suddenly there was heard through the
gloom mysterious voice--"God will cause
thy name to be wonderfully rcsoundcd
through the earth, and give thee the keys
of the gates of the ocean, which are closed
with strong chains" Is it any wonder that
such man as Columbus, should hear the
voice of spirit, sent by the Almighty to
forctcll his ultimate greatness? Besides
such revolutions, the messages sent by mod
ern spirits look mcanly insignificant.
AS for the omens that were once so fire.
qucntly discussed, we hear but little of them
-, 10 lon IL
ress has science made, that the comparative
ly ignorant laugh at the prejudices that
once they admitted as facts true as gospel.
The baying dog is no longer an object of
terror; the broken mirror blanchcs no
cheek, even if somebody should happen to
die in a twelvemonth We remember to
have been terribly frightened once when
trying on a black Grape bonnet, somebody
exclaimed d-"Oh how could you? Don't
you know that you will lose some friend af-
ter that Z"
Something is going to happen-I heardt
q pistol 90 off last night, right at the foo
of my bed" said an old grandamc, not
many years ago, and she was absolutely pale
with fear.
Father laid down his knife and fork
His countcnance expressed ludIcrous hor-
ror.
"Grandma, is it possibl" that something
is going to happen; can it be possible p
Pray, could you tell us when p
The laugh that followed unlocked gran
dame's wrinkles She took to her bread
and butter chcerfully, and the ccre-look
vanished.
But mark the sequel.
An hour after, in come three year older
with eyes as big as saucers (fgurativcly.) }
~ say, grandma, its happened it's hap
pcned A whole basket full of little mew
kittens up stairs. y
We never heard the last of the pistol
and the new kitties
And yet--a friend of ours has lost four
children, Before the death of each, she
dreamed precisely the same dream; the
windows were shroudcd in black aud the
lamp went out, nor could she relight It
1t may be that the first time, the vision.
impressed her so powerfully, taken in con-
nectioh with the death of her children, that
when they were successfully visited with
illness, the dream required, ard in Gods
providence the little ones Were removed.
First Impressions ara eomGHolcs-. 1l5tc