Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-10-09
The Arab and His steed.

lhC lhOSt llpeVai OlefS winch uaDal steadily
refused. The posho then had recourse to
threats, but with no better success. at
length one Gafm, Bedouin of another
tribe, presented himself to the pasha, and
asked him whddhe would give the man WHO
should make him master of Jabul's mare?
" | will fill his horsc's nose bag with
gold, replied lloSsan. The result of this
interview having gone abroad, ia al became
more watchtul than ever, and always secur-
ed his mare at night with an iron chain,
one end of which was fastened to his hind
!ctIock, whilst the other, after passing
through the cnt.cloth, was attached to
picket driven in the ground under the felt
that served himself and his wife for bed.
But one midnight Gafar crept silently into
the tent, and succeeded in loosenimg the
chain. Just before starting of with his
prize, he caught up Jubal'S lance, and po-
king him with the butt end, cried out, "I
am Gafar | have stolen your noble mare.
and will give you notice in time" This
warming was in accordance with the Gus
toms OF the desert, for to rob hostile tribe
is considered an honorable exploit, and the
man Who accomplshcs it is desirous of all
the glory that may flow from the decd
Poor Jabal, when he heard the words rush
cd out of the tent and gave the alarm, then,
mounting his brothers mare accompanied
by some of his tribe, he pursued the robbcr
for four hours The brothers. mare was of
the same stock as Jabal's, but was not coual
to her; nevertheless he outstripped those
OF all the other pursucrS, and was even
on the point of overtaking the robber, when
Jabal shouted to him, "Pinch her right
ear, and give her touch of the heel. -
Gatnr did so, and away went the mare like
Lightning, speedily rendering further pur-
suithopelcss.
The pinch in the car and the touch with
the heel were the secret signs by which
Jabal had been used to urge his marc to her
utmost speed. Jabals companions were
amazed and indignant, at his strange con-
duct. 80 thou father of a iackass." they
cried, thou hast enabled the thief to rob
thee of thy jewel" But he silenccd their
upbradings by saying, "I would rather
lose her than sully her reputation. Would
you have me suffer it to be said among the
tribes that another mare had proven fccter
than mine? have at least this comfort
left me, that can say she never met with
her match. "-Rarcy's Art Of Tomiag
IiorSeS.
FtsH WITHOUT EYEs.-The Galatin
(Tenn. Eramjncrocknowlcdgest the receipt
of an eycless catfish which was taken from
the well of Col. George Elliott, of Summer
county. The Erami0er says:
1t is similar in every respect to those
which have been found in the Mammoth
Cave in Kentucky. The well was sunk
about four years ago, and great many of
these fish have been drawn from it, 1t is
not more than twelve feet in depth We
have heretofore been under an Impression
(says the Nashville Cnionl that these fish
were not found in any other place except
the Kentucky Cave. The well of Colonel
Elliott contains a fine running stream, and
it may be that it has subtcrranean conncc-
tion with those waters which breed these
singular specimens of the providence of
nature.
lioRRTGLE AFFAIR IN MISSISSIPPI. The
Choctaw (Miss.) Herald, gives an almost in
credible account oI II homicide III tiat ,ica;,
ty:
~ dplJcllo JllNt IL WI. "A. ' DEUWl RilIGu
man named James Pickens, miatakng him
for johnson Pickcns, ~ brother of James,
against whom he had grudgc. Brown, af-
ter doing the murder, fed, but soon came
back, gave himsclfup, and was bailed John
son Pickens then went after Brown, found
him, shot him with douhle-barrced gun,
came upon him when he FELL took from his
(Br0wnsl belt his bowie knife and revolver,
and with the knife cut Browns throat, with
the pistol shot him four times: then, after
stabbng him in the breast fourteen times,
be left the knife sticking in one of the wounds
and then gave himself up to the law. He
was tried and acquitted
VENUs VISIBLE IN THE DAY-TIME.--Astro-
nomicai novelties abound Just at present.
Beside the three comets, two of thom teles-
copic, now flashing through the sky. day
light view may be had, with good pair of
eyes. ofthe planet Venus, the evening star.
now at the height of her brilliancy. Her po-
siton is southernly, about 80 deg from the
sun, and as many from the horizon, at
rough calculation.
CoLUMBus, Ono, Sept. 23.-A wo-
man named Schelling, at Groveport in this
county, committed murder to-day by throw
ing into WEI, 35 feet deep, four children,
one boy and three girls, the oldest IL, and
the Youngest 9 years old She afterwards
leaped in herself She is supposed to have
been insane.
A FAIR APoLoaY. A Western editor
once apoiogiscd to his readers somewhat
after this fashion: We intended to have
death and marriage to publish this week,
but violent storm prevented the wedding !;