Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-05-29
A Hint for the Ladies.

Know whether young gallant is really
counting them, or only paying them polite
attentions. The confoondng the one with
the other has been the source of very much
trouble both before and since the era of
Pickwick and Bardcl
A young man admires a young girl and
must manifest it. lie can't hclp doino 50
for the life of him The young lady has a
tender heart, reaching out like tendrils for
| something to cling to. She sees the adj
mirationj is ilattercd, begins to love; cx-
poets some tender avowal, and perhaps gets
so far as to decide that she will choose n
''whitc silk under that ga,zc, etc, at the
very moment that the gallant she halflovcs,
is popping the question to another damscl
ten miles off
Now, the difficulty lies not in precisely
understanding the difference between ono.
lite attention and the tender manifestations
of love. Admiring beautiful woman and
wishing to make a wife of her are not al
ways the same thing, and therefore it is ncc-
csSary that the damscl should be on the
alert to discover to which class the attcn
tions paid her by handsome and fashiona-
bic young mon belong.
First then, If a young man grcets You in
loud free hearty tones; he knows precise
ly where to put his hands; staros YOU
straight in the eyes, with his mouth
open; if he turns his back to speak to an
other; if he tells you who made his coat :;
II he cats heartily in your presence, if he
fails to talk kindly to your mother; if, in
short. he sneczcs when you are singing,
crltlciscs your curls, aud fails to be foolish
every hour, then don fall in love with him
for the world lie only admircs you, let
him say what he will to the contrary
On the other hand, if lie is merry with
everybody else, but quiet with you; if he
be anxious to see if your tea is sufficiently
swoetcncd and your dear person wrapped
up when you go out in the cold; if he talks
very low and never looks you steadily in
the eye; If his checks are rcd and nose
only bushes, it is enough. If he romps
with your sister, sighs like pair of old
bellows, looks solemn when you arc address
ed by another gentleman, and in fact is the
most still, awkward stupid yet envious OF
all your male friends, you may go ahead
and make the poor fellow too happy for his
skin to hold him
Young ladies keep your hearts in case
of good leather, or some other touch sub
stance, until the right one is found with
out doubt, after which you can 90 on and
love, court and be married, and be happy
without the least bit of trouble.
We consider this advice so sensible that
although 1T is open to the charge of blunt
ness, VIC have no hesitation in pressing it
upon the attention of our lady readers
AMERICAN PRIvATEERs IN THE LATE
WAR.-A History of !. Privatecrs of the
late war, of which condensed account is
given by the Petersburg lntelHgcncer,
states that the whole number of privatccrs
and private armed ships, commissioned as
cruising vessels, and actively engaged dur
ing our war with Great Britain, in the wears
1872, 1913 and 1914, were two hundred
and fifty sail. Baltimore is the CoryphWus
on this noble list, having furnished more
than one-ftth of the whole cnumbcr-5S.-
New lorl sent out So; Salem 10; Boston
81 Philadelphia II; Portsmouth IL;
Charleston 10, &c. Moro than two thous.
and sail of British armed vessels and ship
ping were captured during the war; and
OF this number, two-thrds, at least, ofmorc
than 300, were taken by our priyatccrs
and iettcrs-ot- marquc. The Priyatccr
Scourgc, of New York, was very successful,
and made about thirty valuable prizes; the
Rottleanakc, of Philadelphia, nearl y as
many; the Surprise, of Baltimore, took
twenty valuable prizes in the short space of
one month; and the True boodcd Yankee
owned in New York, but fitted out from
Franco, cruiscd during the whole war, and
captured many large and splendid prizes
without once falling into the hands of the
enemy.
The lntcligcnccr adds the significant
fact that the English navy entered upon
the contest with one thousand and sixty
mcn-of-war, eight hundred of which were
ON commission, and were effective cruisers
while the United States had but seven eff
tective trigates, with twelve or fifteen sloops-
ot-war, and most of the latter undergoing
repairs in the dock yards. Only about five
hundred American vessels, one-fourth the
number of our captures, were taken by the
enemy.
1t was undoubtedly smart thing in the
Paris Conference to propose to America the
abolition of privateering. We wonder it
did not also request that We should retire
altogether from the ocean, dismantlc our
forts, spike our cannon, and disappear from
the earth, nationally and individually.
I'ichmoad Dispatch
HoPE.-True hope is based on energy
of character. A strong mind always hopes
aud has always cause to hope, because it
knows the mutability of human affairs, and