Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-01-08
Scene with an African Lady

Various amusinganccdotes are related of
the poor Africans during their brief s1journ
in the port of Charleston. The following is
said to have been umOst comical scenes
Among the Echu's living cargo, every ono
of whom, bc it remembered, were in the con
dttion in which they entered the world, and
under no obligation to The talnrS, or mantua
makers art; WAS II woman who WAS distin
guishcd from the rest by her evident natural
brightness and superior Looks. Moreover
she was drcssed-not probably after the fash
ion of our Broadway beiles--but dres cd diff
fcrcnt to her Companions, nevertheless and
like all true women, in such condition, S Ic
telt and evinced her superiority. She actu-
ally had on pair ofgloves which she wore
at all hours with evident pride in her costume.
and felt that she was full tags She was.
called par cXc,llcncc. g the Queen" and her
story getting abroad Mt Charleston, some la
dies requested and obtained permission for
her to visit them. a loose dress WAS accord
ingly furnished her to cover her other def
cienc cS ofthe article of clothing. and she was
landed from one On the boats and cnnvcycl
to the house of n prominent resident of Chnr-
lesion. There, the servant was ordered to
dress the Queen in hoops, broad enough for
dame OF uppcr-;endom, and Il Haunting, gay
dress. She was much aStonishcd and pleas
ed with the dress, hut more with the hoops.
which she would cndcavor to catch aS she tur-
ned round and round, utrering outlandish
cries. She also exhibited some inclination
constantly to examine more closely into the
material beneath her outerdreSs but as gen
tlemcn were present, she was prudently pre-
vented from gratifying this Snntural curiosity.
After spending some hours ashore, she was
conveyed to the beach by number of her
entertainers.
The boat could notreach high water mark
and lay some little distance out in the water
The Queen shook hands all around with her
friends. and then going to the waters edge
surveyed the boat for an instant, and af;er
waving n last ndieu, suddenly hoistcd dress
hoops, undcrclothes and all, like huge sun
bonnet over her head and quietly waded out
tn the boat. This reversal of the purposes of
! clothing startled the spectators and there was
II most sudden and laughaDic rush from the
beach.
TIE BENEFIcIARGES OF DIVORCE LAWS
TheUhiclgo Tribune thu|,classiies thosep per
soDs who seek Indiana from abroad for the
purpose of finding relief under the divorce
| ivy o. that State
Grass widows, with whom husbands would
not live; grass widowers, with whom no
decent woman could live; strong-miuded
women who claim as God gives the right to
say how many children they shall have and
by whom they shall be fathcrcd; strong
minded men, who agree with stroug min
ded women in their theories, and lend their
aid in carrying them out fast women, who
! feel that ali husbands are nuisances; fast
men, whoprove the fact, in part; silly wo-
men, who have married in haste and arc
repenting at leisure; silly men, ditto, ditto;
unfortunate women, who find themselves
| tied to sots, boosts or dcbauchccs; these sots,
| beasts and debauchecs, who hate the purity
ard innocency of women--all these have,
by thousands, literally by thousands, sought
the benefit Of laws which Indiana was fool
ish enough to enact.
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CHRISTMAS SPORTS IN PmLADELpHiA.
Rat fighting is now one of the establish
ed institution" of New York they being
trained for that purpose. In Philadelphia
they amusc themselves after this and kin
dred fashions
"An exciting affair came off in the neigh
borhood of Sixteenth and Christian streets.
About a thousand persons assembled there
to witness pig race. There was some lit
tie disorder manifested by the rum ones,
but nobody was killed This rich scene
finally ended by man who succeeded in
holding on to,the pig by its creased tail.
He won the prize, and loud cheers made
the welkin ring again
THERE are some men whose opposition
can be reckoned upon against everything
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