Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-25

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A HORRIBLE CoNfEssIoN.-W have pub.
| llshed the particulars of II case of caunbalS
ism on the plains, among a company of Pixies
Peak emigrants. Daniel Blue, one of the
survivors of the party, has arrived at Denver
City. Kansas and has furnished complete
account of the affair. Blue went from Clyde,
H.. to Pixies Peak, with his brothers. He
writes the following horrible confession:
After a short effort to continue our Jour-
ncy, wore again compelled to lay up, and the
next day SoIcg died from exhaustion and
want of food, Before he breathed his last
he authorized and requested us to make use
of his mortal remains in the way of nourish-
mcnt, We, from necessity, did so, although
! 1t wcntvery hard against our feelings. living
on his body for about eight days. We theit
wore, as | afterwards learned. on Beaver
Creek, which bmptius into the Biou, one of
the tributaries of tho South Platte, about 10
miles east Of Denver city.
| Aiter the consumption OF Solcg's body.
Alexander, my eldest brother, died. and ut
| his own last request, We used n portion of
bis body as food on the spot, and with tho
balance resumed our journey towards the
gold regions. We succeeded in travelling but
III mlles, when my youngest brother, Charles
gave out, and we were obliged to stop. For
ten days we subssted on what remained of
our brothers. body, when Charles expired
from the same cause as the others. l also
| consumed the. greater portion OF his remains,
when was found by an Aparahoe Indian.
and treated with great Kindness. and q day
and half thereafter (tlis is on Wednesday,
| the 18th of May brought to the encampmcnt
of the Letvenworth and Pixies Peak Express
Company's train.
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| WARNING TO THE INTEMpERATE.-.
[ NhnrlCs ILn,nh fnll, L.,
warning to oyoung men, in the following
language.
THE waters have gone over me; but
out of the black depths, could be heard,
! | would cry out to all those who set foot
IN the perilous flood. Could the youth to
whom the flavor of the first wine is deli
cious rs the open scenes of life, or the Gu.
terinS upon some newly discovered para
disc, look into my dcsolation, and be made
to understand @hata dreary thing it is when
he shall feel himself going down prcci-
pIcc with opcncycs and passive will---to
sec HIS destruction, and have no power to
stop 1T, and yet fcet all the way emana-
mating from hin,selt-to see all GOODNESS
empticd out of him, and yet not be able to
forget time when it was othcrwisc--to
hear about the piteous spectacle of his own
ruin. Could he see my fevercd eye, fever
ish with the last nights drinking, and fc-
verlsh looking for to nights repetition of
the folly; could he but feel the BODY of the
death out of which / cry hourly with feeb-
ler cutlery to be delivered, it were enough
to make him dash the sparkling beverage
to the earth III all the pride of its mantling
temptation"
Observation-Disclosures is supposed to bo
common virtue. 1t is most uncommon. It
ia indeed an extraordinary thing. 1t re-
qWres truth, simplicity, love, and genuine
goodness. Many speak truth very plainly
when angry, many speak pleasant truth
frankly. But few. there are whose whole
souls are so balanced in an atmosphere of
love that they speak whatever needs to be
said, to each and all plainly, gently, fully.
The dearest friends live together for years
without daring to speak things which they
know, and which each party knows that the
Other knows Parents live with reserve
years long toward their children Children
carry untouched, nnsyllabled thoughts and
feelings that take hold of their very being.
Friends meet aud part day by day, friends
so true that they would almost die for each
other, or what is harder than this, who are
willing to live for each other, and never
speak OF things that each knows is passing
IN the others mind 1t is very strange To
SEQ people como,up in conversation to topics,
that, by tact frce-masopry, are, and with
out word or look one glidcs past on one sido
and the other upon the other side, and meet
beyond, going down the common channel
again Was there ever a thoughtful, scns-
I've person, that dared to be open, transpa-
reht. franks? Bot, however this may be.
there can be no doubt that Christian people
are pot frank enough for each othor's good.
ii men knew how to speak the truth in love.
how rich might ne.bocome A man might
stand them in the focus of the wisdom of all
his friends. Bat, refusing to let thor light
| shine. men now grope in the partial light Of
their own wisdom, distemp1red by sclflovc.
ANIMAL SAGAcITY.---A gentleman re-
moved from this District last Fall to Flori-
da, taking with Lin dog on the Cars to
Charleston, where he kept him closely con
fined for { week, and from there on board
a steamboat to Florida After ircmaininp
in Florida for week or ten days, the dog
left, aud made his way overland back to-
this District. This is the most remarka-
bleinstancc of animal sagaeity we remcm-
bcr to have heard of, and is fully attcstcd
! by gentleman Of the highest respectable
ity-7taonrWe Times.
lIoNEYxooN The word IIoneymoon ia
tIaceabIe to u Toutonic origin. Among the
Ieutops wns afavorite drink called metheg-
lin. ut was made. Of mead honey. and was
much like The mead Of Eurorean countries.
| TEese hoheyed drinks were used moro espc.
cially at mai'ringe festivals, and which ~ ero