Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-17

"I'n lott or die !'n he cried. And he
did it, The widdcr jumped. after us, fell
into the Harlem river, and hasn't been
heard of since. @Ha G = 4
The Value of Newspapers lsS
Intelligence is no longer. luxury
has become n necessary of life; and the
of such aliment, where news
papers are the ordinary circulating medium
of the world of letters, creates as serious
mental hunger MS the loss of food. produces 4
physical distress, Tolnect this want, the
entire character of intellectual pabulum has
been changed in order to assimilate to the.
conditions Of society as,at present constitu:
ted. The ponderous folios of the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries. gave way to the
.quartos of the seventeenth and these to the
octaVos and duodecimos of the eighteenth
aud nineteenth.t The reviews are now;
tusurping the place Of booksj the lighter
magsakines holdto the public taste the same
relation which newspapers did a century,
ago; while newspapers form the great text
books, of knowledge, read byyall classes
alike, fiom the seer to the humbleSt peas,
,ant.-3 - ~ = a4 &fE
The reformation in this points, perhaps,
tho most remarkable and noticeable feature
of modern society. Even literatnrni- i-Isffus 'o
made to bend to suit tlie5sT oinehrs ol
l,9 ~ journal WHO have not time for the
Tinagazinc; hundreds read the magazines,
land tstill more, select Scoteres dine on the
quarterlies, while the brayer spirits who
can venture on the complete digestion of
ontire volumes are few aud far between. .-Zsy
{ The public attention is. so absorbed by an
endless succession of wonders rising with
magic novelty inthe moving panorama, of
the times, that it feels a relief in finding
every day made to order condensed ac-
count of these lnawels conveyed in the
briefest space. Thc favored scholars of
elegant leisure, may dive deep into the pro
found mysteries of nature most intimate
secrets, bat the bulk of readers arc glad to
get the facts Of science without Going
through thclabyrinthian processes by which
they are obtained,
This desdcratum the modern journal
furnishes 1t liz an; epitome,of the times.
presenting d concise abstract of all that
transpircs in theworld of letters, of science
and OF art. What its future triumphs may
be It is not impossible toprodicts Judging
from theTictories' has already achieved.
The direct tcndenoyis to populn'ize linowl-
edge still further, and TO elevate mankind
to a higher platform of freedom. Intel
leetual advancement ndliberaIinstitution
must 'evor go d-in-hqnd together,
sssss4-1 Gz'2.ll1.l2el,1ia G. 7,Sess, ,SS5s,
~ RESOURCES or C GBA. .22-T Thefeare sixty sen
ports in Cuba, and last year there were three
thousand six hundred and cokstwisc arrivals
and three thousand six hundred and Hfby.
nine clearanees. This wip@ Sivrs ain siIeaof
the trade of this beautiful Island, which is
uotmorge than half cultivated Under tbeprcs-
cnt regime eo,-,,r-.- ,g., -e-s -,..
PRAYER MEETINGS in ENGLAND
gentleman who takes deep interest in the
religious ,awakeuingof the times, which is
spreading like q flame, and withelect jc &C.
lefity throughout the land, called upengus
yesterday and stated that a,siuii,ar move.
ment is on foot IN England Even before
it comm enccd, a number Of barristers and
other gifted laymen, went into the bye-ways
and alloys of the great metropolis, asseln-
bled tho poor, and even hnndgedsof, persons
ofgboth sexes and Of deubtfiil reputation;
taught them hosubline truths and ;oorlso.
lations of the Gospel, and induced them to
unite in meetings for General ard fervent
prayer Their ininistratiops wereattended
with saeh success that both, st. Paiil,s Ca
thedral and Westininister abbey were
opened for services, and asosfor sefinona
that, are especially int6ndssd for the evening
ATTENDANCE Of the induStrial as well as the
ldlesand, yagsant selassese seswhile, the gather
inas at Exeter Ilailafe thfonged with thou.
SAil1s many of Slfas,, .sc;, Eos