Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-10-30
a Parisian storY-ette.

Napoleon had tho honor to bear it, and the
grace to remember it.
At the conference of Erifurt, during that
congress of Emperors and Kings, the simple
satellites of Napoleon were speaking at the
table one day of the old Gcrmanic Golden
Bull of Rome. Its date was asked. There
was q moment of silence. No one rcmem-
berod; Napoleon spoke
1855"
"What, sir" cricda courtor king, "you
know our history so we'll When has your
Majesty found the time to study it?"
when | was lieutenant of artillery"
said the Emperor.
The words produce singular effect among
those princes all born to thrones. Napoleon
perceived it, and repeated:
When had the honor to DO lieutenant
of artillery"
We'll, although the grade is a nice one, our
lieutenant Of artillery did not think it enough
to win the hand of MadcmOiScllo --; so he
had never dreamed ofnskiugit But one day
he was followed by an elderly gentleman,
tall, thin, and pleased with q large pointed
nose. This person followed him into tho
Gymnose Theatre seated himself beside him
and drew him into conversation. The nc
Qnaintance was made. The long nosed man
visited him at his quarters, offered fricnGship
and ono fine day he said;
- am interested in you-havc lively
friendship for you, must have you mar
rcd"
Nice proof of friendship, said tho officer,
laughing
My dear friend, there are marriages and
marriages, What would you say to 5O0000f
ST dowry, with cxpectances"
The officer ceased laughing In brief, the
long uoscd man introduced him at the bank
c"s. The !athorshrugged his shoulders when
II marriage was spoken of but the man with
the long nose gave such excellent accounts
of the young soldier, covered up his Wild
oats, exaggerated so well his merit.and his
virtues and Ind so many resources and in
gcnious stratagems at hand, the marriage
took place soon after.
The Lieutenant was astonished at such
singular devotion, such warmth Of friendship
The day after the wedding, the long nose
called to see him.
My dear friend" said tho bridegroom
l shall never forget what you have done for
me, shall always hold you in remembrance
My wife is charming. l am desperately in
love with hcr."
"And the dnwry"
THAT spoils nothing But fancy my hap
pinessl would have gladly welded her
without that"
Come, come no nonsense What should
have done?'
"How--you /"
lIow-you ~
You speak of remembering me-"
oh J can have the pleasure of rendering
you peculiarly servce?"
Certainly A service for which will
do me the kindness to paythese acceptances,
signed by you, amounting to sixty-three
thousand six hundred and oighty-two francs
siXty-hye centimes; interest and expenses in
rln p,NtN Inv oil nE
tached your pay which would have cancelled
the debts in about throo or four thousand
years / preferred to have you married.
Was it not better?"
The Lieutenant came down from the clouds
This friend and benelactor was not an angel
only CREDITOR
THE CONDITION OF THE ENGLISH la
DoRER. According to some of the British
journals, the condition of large portion of
the English laborers is truly dcplorablc.-
They can with great difficulty earn tho
means of subsistence, while their social
comforts are few and far between. Vari-
Gus efforts have been made to produce a
change, but thus far with little success
The Northern Times, published at Liver
pool, takes up the subject in detail, and in
the course of a sympathetic article says
We boast of our abhorrcncc of negro sla-
very, we romance we moralize, and we ac-
tually weep over the tales of African suffer
ing, but we cannot afford passing thought
for the millions of white slaves who consti-
tute the masses of our laboring population
What are these in reality but mere anilnat
cd machines? Employed only because is
has not been possible rs yet to discover
others to snpersede tham Aa their en-
ployment has been the result of necessity,
not of choice, the great object of the en-
ployer has been to tax the physical endur-
ance of the employed to its utmost limits,
and reduce the rate of remuneration to the
lowest minimum. Unfortunately, the fierce
competition of trade, and the unusually
oyercrowded state of the lrbor market, com
bined to render this state of things inevita-
Bile.
This is, indeed, lamentable picture
But the case is similar, we fear, to very
considerable extent, in other portions of the
world, and even in this country. There
are few among the laboring classes, howev-
er economical and Industrious, who even
secure more than living for themselves
and families. Their lot is one of excessive
toll. Those who are skilled in some par
ticuIar art or craft, can of course do bctter.
But the mere laborer, even in his best CON
dition, has hard task before him. There
is, moreover, too little sympathy felt for
this particular class Their wants, their
enjoymeRts, their recreations, are rarely
considered. They are regarded as mere