Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-03-13
the next year, and had to stint his own

family. ,so
The man urged his suitin vain, At last
he said, "De4con, if you do not let me
have the corn shall curse you"
Curse me-" replied the deacon, chow
dare you do so z"
" Because" said the man, "the Bible
says So"
"NonSeusc," exclaimed deacon Hunt;
"there is no such thing in the Bible"
Yes, there is" replied the poor man.
"Wcll," said the deacon, "if you can
find any such text III give you bushel of
corn " e
"Thcy went into the house, when the
man went to the old family Bible, turned
to Prov XII 26 and read, g lIe that With
holdeth corn the people shall curse him;
but blessings shall be upon the head of him
that sellcth it,"
The deacon was fairly caught "Come
along" said he, "and will be as good as
my word" He took him to the corn house,
measured out full bushel of corn, helped
the man to put it into his bag, assisted him
in Singing it on his shoulder, and just be-
fore his departure, being somewhat of u
wag, he said with twinkle of the eye, "I
say ncighbor, after you have carried this
corn home, 80 up to deacon Clark, and
curse him out of another bushel."
->---~~ - =~-
THE AGE or lIrRoIsM-A man needs as
much moral courage now in order to make
his way honorably and honestly in the world
as some of tho men had who walked waters
| and wasted in fires. The stake and the
| thumh-Scrcw may not be as much in demand
now us they were some time back, but tho
principle ofthc thing is about as active ms IL
ever was. Men do hate to permit others to
believe and to act as they want to. They
seek to head off one another in tho church,
IN politics, and in business. They elbow and
lostle each other in society, and drop mean
hints, set strange inquiries on foot. and in
every variety of way seek to bring one anoth-
er into dlstayor. 1t requires something of a
man to stand upagainst all this machinery;
Tor 1T is q machinery, worked in regular
way, for regular objects and purposesGand
to live down the gross libels that are circula-
ted on this side and that against his charac-
ter.
Tho age of Ilcroism 10 no more past tlan
tho age of men and women has passed. Thcre
is as loud call for Heroes now us there ever
was. The demand will never slackon, in fact
as long as human passions, human prejudi-
ces, and human selfshness continue to be
what they now are. 1t is false to supposo
that mono arc heroes but they who shoulder
muskets and wear epauletts and plumcs. 1t
is all out ofthe way, to think that there arc
no battle fields but those that are bloody:
nonsense 10 conclude that majors, and colo
nels, and brigaders are our only courageous
men. There arc those in plenty all around
us, who, under calm extcriors, endure the
cross and despse the shame day after day.
but make no sign of this poignant inward
suffering to the world without. Thousands
are struggling hcroically all the while against
fate against obstacles muliciously throwni in
their way, against the wiles, and temptations
and deceits, and disappointnients of life, and
many of them finally sink under the trinl
though true to the ond-than whom no mar
! trys ID the past ever endured Affections with
greater courage and constancy.
A TERRIBLE LEAGuE.-The Paris cor
respondent of the Now York Times speak
ing of the late attempted assassination of
Louis Napoleon, says:
1t is reported that one of the prisoners.
Rudio, has turned States evidence, and
that, in his confession, he has revealed e.
plot that does not offer very smiling pros
pcctivc for the Emperor According to
Rudlos confession, the conspirators were
five hundred in number. They are bound
by terrible oath, and their object is
the assassination of Louis Napoleon. Each
year, or oftcner, if circumstances will war
rant the attempt the whole band are to
draw lots from q box, in which there will
be i've winning numbers. The five mem
bcrs drawing these arc held to put in i'm
mediate execution an attempt upon the En-
peror's life, which shall bcapproved by the
whole society, and by those who are oharg-
ed with its execution. The society has
plenty of money for carrying out it's designs,
| .AFoRrUNATE MAN,--It was recently no.
tieed that the great g IIoumas" plantation,
near Donaldsville, La, had been sold to Mr.
! burnside, of New Orleans, for 81 ,000,000.--
The Union, Monroe county (VA.) Democrat
| says:
Mr.. Burnside is a member of the great drv
| good house of y. Burnside & Co., and was
FORMERLY Il merchant in misplace. Aftcr his
arrival in this country from Ireland. no was
first employed by a man by thcname of Rob-
ert Wiley, O merchant thenin Fincastle, va.
as a ''store boy" IIc honestly served his
F! time in that capacity, and then came to n
ion to clerk for Col Andrcw Beirne, which
! he did for several years. and then became a
| partner in tho concern, and made one of the
most popular. entorprising and substantial
merchants this country and community ever
were blessed with. After the expiration of
five years, he went to New Orleans, where
| nc and COL Bierne engaged as partners ir
! wholesale commercial establishment, whic,.
has resulted in enabling him to purchase tho
most desirable and extensive property of the
kind IN the United Statos. So much for ear
| " tutoring, business tact, and untiring ap-
4 plication to business.
H.