Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-05-08

4 "PPSoiO0 W hcuue1 ~ rlInpf0paDlc IL should
! ever be tolved; for this singular being
maintained silence as unbrokeu as though
he was dumb, through which he was com.
! monty known as the +" Silent Hunter. -
I This appearance,of sullen reserve distanced
fall, and those who otherwise would have
| eompassionated his sorrows, orperhaps even
| shared his singular fortunes, now denounced
him as a ruthless adyenturer; very differ
ent would have been their Judgment, could
they have penetrated the enigma of his
fsolitmy life, and have known how cruelty
scared had heenDa heart once q,,ickened .by
! the kipdliest emotions. Misfortune which
at one dead stroke had deprived him of his
reaiization of happiness ON earth, seemed
| to have deadencd every human hope and
sympathy, aud crushed every social instinct
within his heart.
The son of obscure emigrants frotu the
Old World, his first unhappiuess was to be
left am orphan at an early age. The neNt
! to be apprenticcd TO farmer in North Car
hna,, a miserable miser, who not only sub.
jeeted the poor boy to deprivation and the.
most arduous tolls, but proved traitor TO
the condition of the indentures by which
howas bound. These included the priyi-
letgse OF receiving general school education,
| Instead" of which he wqs not taught its
| nercst rudiments. VIII, owing in great,
| part TO his capacity and inchnation for.
\ study, combined, doubtless, with the com
paratiye impulse often accompanying it,.
resolved nevertheless to become ascholar..
| Happily, to aid'his good intention, ,,he found
arhiinstrdctress whose auiiability and skill
! rendered the task of learning rather pleas
ure than u toll, - @f
,This,was Matte Saunders, the farmers
| daughter, Often Wills eyes would un-
consciously wander. from the page to. her
earnest Blue eyes, and thon would come
such sweet, gentle tones of remonstranec,
chat he really could scarcely be sorry for,
the otebee, In this studious conipanion-
ship, as.&iine went on, more than letters
We're lcarAcds though little did either Mat
tlo,or VIII; imagine how important an in
9uence would be exercised ON their desti-
niesby the hours which glJdod SO swiftly;
qpId carelessly by, ThGy loved unconscious.
y, and thc sweet secret Of their breasts was
FIRST made known to them by the father of
Matte, wEa perceived the condition of af-
fairs, and it was revealed to theiE mutual
n'ystetys sFeont stbe;time its discovery,
| the post dire tyryaplpy, not to say atrocitS,
was practieedbJ Saundefsto%ards the poor
boN = ~ ~. '~ !.
I Deprived Of the very neceSseries of texis-'
| tence; he was driven ia the midst of winter,
to. sleep with, but a single thread-bare coYr
erihg, on some hay in a barrel. .4s..
Such was the endurance to which he
bravcl5 snbmittcd for his dear companions $
sake. His sole lcsconsolation was the sym
pathy expressed ,hy Matte during his stolen
interviews with, her, She, no longer able
to, see poor Mfll, had her gentle heart lac
erited by the knowledge Of the persecution
he suffercd,7 without the abilityof aiteIia.
| ting the misery of which she knew herself
to be.the innocent cause. Meeksspirited
| and tender, she was. but;little fitted to. OPP
pose the parelenting spirit of her father,
| yho. having anqssed a considerable fortune,
Imagined he did sufficient for her happiness
by zealeusH guarding it. His daughter,
even to the approach of womanhood, was
vigorously watched, for the idea of a mon
yless'apitor was distraotipg to him.
His ,nalignity, awakened by .theafection
! subsisting between Matte and WIN, was,
ncrcilessly visited upon the Sorlorn orphan
boy. The patient Sheroism of love alone
! could have induced Will, naturallyof a.
bold andcdeflent temper, to yield to the de.,
grading ,serPitIde he owed. !. But fo{braals
from it was to part from Mattie--that.
thought was more grievois than all. So
heehduroH s;s&a hhf,iea foriloatn.. TIL the in
ereasing severity of bondage became UNI
bearfble' 4heitea by .btirning iadi6na1
ton, he, resolved TO estgpe, and stealing to-
Aaattie's room one night, iie told her his
Intention. Thechiid lovers had litEleti tiufe
toindulge their griefa-one burst Of tears;
one clasped embrace, and they parted.
Mat6e's only consolation, the last wordssof
her lover, that rsewheh' he was great man,
he''would come back aud make her bis.lit-
tle'wffs." ~.
With a few cietstS and some scraps Of
clothing, Will set forth on his Journey TO
the American Capitol Curious vicissittides
awaited him. Ills seahty store was soon
exhausted and he was compelled to beg his
bread, and seek some wretcked shelter nc
night On one of these 'occasionsg he was
discoyeScd by The excellent Judge Gainp-
bell, who, an early riser for the charitable
pafs saose ef hooking to tie welfare of his
cattle, as we'll ds Of his household, oi, VISIT
Ing his stables, was AMAZED te tlnd there a.
pale, miserable looking boy, eniacated With
deprivation and munger, The good old uial,
could not RESTRAIN his tears, AZ he said -
{" Never, while hove d sfisss. ffliSst fhia
be-" removed 70 the, Jsdge's dwelliae.
FOR days the peof orphan vacillased between
life and death, unable 70 explain hts ail-