Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-07-10

The Shy Bachelors Mammal.

the writing of one gigantic book by all the
ladies OF Great Britain put together
/ w hat propose is hand book of courtship
written by all British wives, and edited
with notes, by all British daughters. The
magnitude of my own idea absolutely takes
away my breath-and yet the execution OF
it is so unimaginably easy, that the hand.
book might bc ready for publication in six
month time. l propose that every mar
red lady in the country shall write down
the exact words (for surely her affcctionate
heart must remember them F! ! which her
husband used when he made his offer to
her; and that she shall then add to the in
tcrcstlng report of the offer, illustrative
particulars of the circumstances under
which it was made, and ofthe accompany
ing actions Cif any) by which the speaker
| emphasized the all Important words as they
fell from his lips. | would have the re
turns, thus prepared, collected as the ncor
tax papers are, with the most extreme cai >
and the most honorable secresy. They
| should be afterwards shufflcd together in
baskets, and distributed one by one, lust as
they happen to turn up, among the unmar
rled ladies' of the country, with the follow
ing brief formula of two questions attached:
First, would the form of offer presented
herewith have proved to be satisfactory
one in your case? And ifnot, will YOU say
in what particulars you think it might l.
improved? Second, would the acco,npa-
nying actions by which tho offer was pres
sed on the kind attention of the individual
addressed, have specially inclined YOU to
favor it with suitable reply? And, if
not, what improvements in the way of ad-
ditlon suppression would you be disposed.
in the strictest confidence, to suggest
When the necessary answers to these oues-
tons had been given, [ would have the
papers again collected, on the same income
tax principle, and would Immediately set
the printers at work. The married ladies'
returns should form the text, and the uu-
married ladies' returns should be added in
the form of notes. No names or addresses
should appear anywhere. The book should
be bound in virgin white, with orange
flower decorations on the back. 1t should
be printed in rose colored ink, and it should
be issued to the world from a publishing
house established for the purpose in Doc
tors Commons. What an inestimable
| bachelors manual this would be
Dickens Ao"Se'toM Words.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Educational
Jonrnal thus alludes to one of the greatest
| evils of the day. His remarks are chamc.
terized by sound, practical sense and we
give them our full endorsement:
While | have no objection to High
Schools, Colleges and an Education, do
not believe that tits necessary to graduate
all OF our sons. We need men to till the
carth-practical men. Whilst many good
old fathers arc moving Heaven and earth
to educate their sons to give them position,
sending them off to College, moving to
towns and cities for that purpose, and in
curing heavy expenses and labor; take
care, take care, that you do not SOW the
wind and reap the whirlwind. Take care
that you do not feel, whether you express
it or not, like the weeping Prophet over
incorrigible Israel, go, that my head were
water and mine eyes fountain of tears,
that might weep day and night" over the
lndiscreton and dissipation of my soDs.-
Many of those sons would be valuable at
home at work, redceming those old and
dismal looking fields from the sedge grass,
pine bushes, briers and gulIics. Such en-
ploymcnts would be well calculated to neu-
tralize their ardor, take off the wire edge.
promote mind and health and contribute
to the sum total of the wealth and great
ness of the country, and make of them val
liable members of society.
UTAH APFAIRs.-No disposition has vet
been made of the army, and though Gen.
SCOTS programme is mainly made up, de
clson will be postponed until information
now on its way is received. AT present it ie
determined that Gen. Harney shall advance
with portion of the rc-enforcements so as
to concentrate about three thousand troops i'm
Utah, including Gen. Johnston's command.
a portion of the forces in Kansas and else
where, originally designed for Utah, will be
diverted to the Northwest, where the princi-
pal Notifications will be opened on Bloody
River, near the Canada frontier, in the heart
of where the Indian depredatons have been
carried on. Others will be established ac-
cording to necessity.
A private letter from Gov Cumming laws
much stress upon the importance of the Nor
mons being induced to return to their homes
and employments. He is opposed to their
going to Sonora, and confirms tho statement
heretofore made that they ore divided into
peace and war parties, and yninks it the du-
ty and the policy Of tho Government to sup
port the former and break down the latter.-
He speaks of Brigham Young as a man of
great perseverance, intellect and experience,
and withal vested with authority to announce
the terrors awrTded those who sin against
the Holy Ghost. There is, says Coy. c., a
division in the ranks of the Mormons, ali
fearing Young, while many hate him, be-
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