Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-24

shall Curtis that there is sufficient proof, found
in the prisoner trunk, to convict him, beyond
shadow of doubt, of being an cmissary-
If so, the Lord have mercy on his soul G) for
we know the people of Cahaba we'll enough
to feel confident that they will give him full
justice, terrible as it may he Marion A!a.)
1mcrtcam.
PHILospHY OF RAIN.-To understand the
philosophy of this beautiful and often sublime
phenomena, so often witnessed since the crea-
ton of the world, and essential to the very
existence of animals, a few facts derived from
observation and long train of experiments
must be remembered
l. Were the atmosphere, everywhere, at
all times, at uniform temperature VIC should
never have rain, or hail, or snow. The water
absorbed by it in evaporation from the sea and
the earths surface, would descend in an i'm
pcrceptble vapor, or cease to be absorbed by
the air when once full saturated.
2. The absorbing power of the atmosphere,
and consequently its capabiity to retain hu-
mdity, is proportiouably greater in warm
than in cold air.
8. The air near the surface of the earth is
warmer than it is in the region of the clouds.
do we find the atmosphere. Hence the per
petual snow on very high mountains in the
hottest climates Now, when from continual
evaporation the air is highly saturated with
vapor, though it be invisible and the sky
cloudess, if it's temperature is suddenly rcdu
ccd by cold currents descending from above
or rushing from higher to lower latitude
its capacity to retain moisture is diminished,
clouds arc termed, Nud thcr;au,: is rain. .Air
condcnscs as it cools, and like sponge filed
with water and compressed pouls out the wa
ter which its diminished capacity cannot hold
How singular yet how simple the philosophy
of rain ! What but OmnisciencG could have
devised such an admirable arrangement for
watering the earth Scientific JournaI.
ACCEPTED MAsoNs.-At an inn in town
in the West of England, several persons were
sittinground the fire in large kitchen, through
which there was passage to other parts of
the house, and among the company there was
travelling woman and a tailor. In this inn
there was Lodge of Free and Accepted Ma
sons held, and it being lodge night, several
of the members passed through the kitchen
on their way to the Lodge apartments
This introduced observations or the prnciple1
OF Masonry, and the occult signs by ,wlicY
MasOns could be known to each other. The
woman said there was not so much myste,S
as people imagined, for that she could shdy
anybody the Masons sign. What" sjd
the tailor, that of the Free and AccGptedp
Yes, she replied, g. and will wager yo{ a
half-orown bowl of punch to be confrmedby
any of the members you please to nominate" !"
why" said he, :" woman never was nd
mittcd; aud how is it possible you can tro-
cure it 2" 9" No matter for that" added Ihc;
/ will readily forfeit the wager if do nd cs-
tablish the fact" The company urged the
unfortunate tailor to accept the challb bge
which he at last agreed to, and the bet was
deposited The woman got up and tookhold
of the tailor by the collar, saying, "Conb fol-
low me-" which he did, trembling alive fear
ing he was to undergo some part of. thfdisci-
pline in the making Of a Mason, of witch ho
had heard most dreadful report. Spe led
him into the street. and, pointing to tic sign
of the Lion and Lamb, asked him VIII sign
it was. lie replied, (" 1t is Mr.. LodepI' (tho
name of tho ipnkcepor,) ola he lreema-
son ?" eyes" "Thcp," said the Eyoman,
Il have shown you the sign of Fee and
Accepted Mason" The laugh was 10 much
against poor snip, for having been Rken in,
that it was with some difficulty he could be
prevailed Oh to partake of the pqndh,
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LEAyENwoRTn, December 9--The entire
Republican State Ticket is elected by amajor.
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