Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-08-07

| OF competing with the other two, the gen
tlcman stopped him.
{" Let me hear what you have to saw"
said he.
why, sir, cannot compete with eth
or of these; if | were to drive should keep
as far OF as possibly could"
" You are the man for me-" said the gen
tlcman, and he engaged him immediately.
In regard to vice, he only is safe who
keeps away from tcmptation Those who
venture near, arc often upset and destroyed
We can all point to individuals who arc
lost to virtue, who, when they took the first
wrong step, intended never to take another
1t was the voice of a pretended friend it
may be, which urged them on, only for once
but it proved their destruction
Yc who are now safc-whose hearts are
uncontaminatcd-listcn to the voice of wis
dom, and go not where there are strong al
lurcmonts to vice.
LNTE IToURs--At whatever neriod we co
TO sleep, says DR.. Combc. one fact is certain
that we can never without impunity turn day
into night Even in the most scorching sea-
sons OF the year. ii is better to travel under
tho burning sunshine than in the cool Of the
o,ening, when the dcws arc falling and the
air damp. Two colonels in the French ar
my had dispute whether it were safer to
march in the heat Of the day or in tho even
ing. 10 ascertain the point, they got per-
mission from the commanding officer TO put
thcr respective plans into execution. Ac
cordingly. the one with his division marched
during the day although it was in the heat
OF summer. aud rested all night; the other
slept in the daytime, and marched during
the evening, and part of the night The re-
suit was, the first performed the Journey of
600 miles without losing a single man or
horse, while the latter lost most of his horses
and several of his men.
The HUMAN IIEARr-The feelings and
sympathics the loves and attachments, ofhu-
man beings, were implanted in them as the
bands of mutual good Offices, and they can
not be purchased with money. You may
buy any mans labors, and even some mons
words and praise, but no price that can be
paid in glittcring coin will purchase the hu-
man heart. 1t calls for reciprocal esteem;
and fthat bc withheld, however much in
tcreNt and hypocrisy may conspirc to hide it's
feelings it turns away in disgust from tho
offered price; and, even though it bcso much
| lost and corrupted rs to take the bride, and
do that for which it is given. it uniformly,
though sometimes secretly. loathes and dos
piscs the brbcr. Upon this principle we
find that the hirelmgs upon whom any per-
son OF government lnvshes merely pccunia-
~ rewards, arc always the first t., desert and
beray even the brbcrs, when Il ey are re-
duced to that state to which they can bribe
and reward no uore. Tie disciple who be-
trayed our Savior was nC o who leaned on
his bosom, but he who boln he purse.
THERE is much good sense and truth in
the remark OF modern author, that no man
ever prOSpcred in tho world without the CO.
operation of his wife. If she unitcs in mutu-
al cndcavors, or rewards his labor with an
endcaring smile, with what confidence will
| he resort to his merchandise or his Difficult
ties, fly over lands, sail upon the seas, meet
diihcuItics orcncounter danger, if lie knows
he is not spending is strength in vain.
In considering the opinions Of those who
differ from us, we should always remember
that bcl'efonly amounts to conviction by cvi-
dcncc, and that difference of beliefis ineyi-
table to difference ofmind. All our knowl-
cdgo of abstract truths is only conviction and
IT there were no minds, there would no alb.
stract truths. How absurd it is, then, to
quarrel with man, because his mind is so
organized as to arrive at conviction, through
greater or less amount of evidence than our
| own.
"MARY, my love, do yol remember the
text this morning? "No, Papa, Incver can
remember the text, I've such a bad dmemo'y."
Mary" said hcr mother, did you notice
Susan Brown" ooh, yes, what fright!
She had on .cr last years bonnet done ap, a
pea green silk, a black lace mantilla, brown
CATERS, an imitation Hointon collar, lava
bracelet, her old ear drops, and such fan
Oh my!" Mother-"Wcll, my dear your mem.
ory is improving"
Why is an invalid cured by sca.bathino
like confined criminal? Because he is sea.
cured (securcd).
THE woman who undertook to scour the
woods has abandoned the job, owing to the
high price of soup The last that was
heard of her she was skimming the seas.
A DuTcnMAN being called upon for a
toast said g Here ish to the heroes who
fit, plccd, and tied at the battle of Punkcr
Hill, of whom | am one" Drank stand
ing
TAKE company of boys chasing hut
terflies; put long-tailed coats on the bows,
and turn the butterflies into guineas, and
you have beautiful panorama Of the world
Tie man who planted himself on his
rood intentions has not vet snIn,,tcd