Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-04-09
A Picture of New York Life.
4 letter writer of NrM Ynrk rrln,ns n

ter seeing him comfortably located for his
short voyage, and bidding him "God
speed we hastened on shore among the
last lingering lcnvctakcrs, but after tho
last hawser was cast off, to the consterna.
ton OF every one, woman sprang from the
boat. dozen hands we're extended, and
landed her safely on the dock She was
! perfectly calm, aud with a slight bow of
thanks TO her dehverers, turned around for
a last look at the now fast recedng vessel,
In an instant she was overwhelmed with
uncomfortable grief, the most agonizing,
passionate grief. Sympathy was offered,
and we soon learned her history In her
own language, made eloquent by grief, she
said" l am stranger, and alone MY
husband has gone South lie can never,
never return. They will make his grave
far away, and shall not be there" And
with tears and sobs, she turned away A
gentleman near me said" Madame. why
did you allow it, in his feeble health? p
Why did not you go with him 2'
With dignity of sorrow that silcnccd
all comments, she said Sir I had not
ti.e means" What world of meaning
was conveyed in that short sentiment At
one glance You saw the whole The trud
heroine, fitting out her husband for his
last voyage, with the undying hope that
lasts with life; the privation, you could
see 1T III her scnnty robe and pinchcd look,
that had evidently known of happier days,
and the despair that followed, us her last
sad duties accomplished, she looked at thu
Unsuitable ocean, bearing on its restless bo-
som one for whose quiet aud comfort Bho
had sacrificed all. Here was L. scene front
a drama, more powerfully portrayed than
Herlina,' but the foot-Hghts were mss-
ing, and the gay decorations gone; the on
~ music, the requiem of the wind through
the oceans leahess forest, and the careless
Sulgings of the waves. No entrauccd au-
dience, ready to crown the queen of the
hour with thornlcss roses, but group of
laborers each with their own cares and
sorrows. Such'is New York lifei the sad
and Joyous 50 blended as to form the light
and shadow of the picture, that otherwise
would be incomplete God help the poor
untortunates that form the shadows
Description OF OUR SAVIOR. The
Eoston J0WWG says that the following
cpistlc was taken by Napoleon from tho
public records of Rome, when he deprived
that city OF SO many valuable manuscripts
1t was written at the time and on the spot
where Jesus Christ commenced his minis
try, by Publus Ccntullus, Governor of Ju-
dea, to the Senate Of Rome--Cesar, I'm,
pcror, 1t was the custom in those DAYS for
the Governor. to write any event of mpor-
tance which transpircd while he held Office.
Conscript Fathers There appeared in
our days aman named Jesus Christ, who
is yet living among us, and of the Gcntiles
IS accepted as a prophet of great truth
but his own disciples call him the Son of
God. He hath raised the dead, cured all
manner of diseases. Hc'is man of stat
urc, talland comely, with a very ruddy
countenance, such as TIE beholdcr may love
and fear. His hair is the color of the FL
bert when fully ripe, plaiu to his cars,
whence downward it is most, oruet in color,
curling and waving about his shoulders
in the middle of his head is seam or par
tition oflong hair, after the manuer ofthc
! Nazar.tcs, His forard is plain and deli
cate, his. face without spot or wrinkle.
beautiful, with a comely rcd-his nose and
mouth are exactly formed beard the color
Of his hair, and thick, not of any great
height but forkcd. In reproving he il
! terrible; in admonishing, courteous, in
speaking, very modest and wise; in pro-
portion ofbody, wcll shaped None lave
ever seen him laugh, but many have seen
him weep. A man, for his surprising beau
ty, excClling the children of men
pRINRiNG AMONG YoUSG Man Tho Phil
| odclpIlia Sun says truly that indiscrimin-
ate drinking among onr young men cycmtu-
l"liy makes its mark upon the population 0f
our cities. We can sceit already betraying
! itseltin the rising generation 1t is mnossi-
BILE tor any nionto drink even pure liquors
SIX OF seven times a day without suffering
seYcrelYit constitution. And when.he trans
n,itS this impaired constitution 10 his solr,
who in turn impairs it still further by the
same course, itrequircS ittlc foresight 10 SEQ
That we are preparing n population for our
c'ties that will not, in physical frame, be
much better than the Wrctched Aztecs -
THIS love OF drink and bar.roums is every
day Increasing. Everyday secs our youth
beconIing more and nnre the victims Of tl,i4
tntltes for we really think it more II hal,ie
than passion IL .is nh love of ioeialitv
that tenpir iitcni, except in - few cases. -
ia not the hot cxubcrnnce Of the youth
1t Is not the eYaHescent impnlso of tho. gay
Young fellow who is sowing his Wild oats.
IL IL. Us hns' been said. % cold. tleiberates
confirmed habit M atmosphere nf reckIe,ts.
iiess surrounds tho drinking gru,,t,s. sS,e,tt
'onsPecialoccsSinns andnnpealsof Baorrin.ent
atone tor the act by proving ti,at "a Is at ieast
ungSnal, y grim aud mc.ar~,luly air nor.
NhdcS each cdnntennncr. The drinks are
p"ared out, the glasses nrc raised and tnoche,R
wIth'a loatbSone air of custom o,td eael,
man swallows his pvrtionrwith the same in,.
paSSi;e eonntcn0pce lc would wear if EG