Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-09-10
Fort Hill.

Fort Hill
"A correspondent of the Unionville Times,
writing about Fort Hill, in this district, SAYS
Knowing the estimation in which Won
held the lamcnted Calhoun, and that YOU are
an unchanged Nulliier, and glory in the np-
pcllation, l thought it would not be unac-
ceptable to you to learn something of Fort
Hill. 1t stands upon an emnencc about ono
mile from Seneca river, and is part of the
tract Of land upon which stood Fort Rut
ledge, used by the whites against the Indians,
previous to the treaty of lIopcwcll. which /
think was made in 1889. The inmates of
the Fort, in trying to escape in '9G in Able
vile District, were all massacrcd except one
man, named Salvador, a wealthy Jew. Be
ing on the same tract of land with Fort Rut.
ledge. the present site of Fort Hill was in the
original titles to the land, called Fort
Place." and hence Fort Hill was suggested
and adopted as the name of the place And
now. MIR. Editor. let me pause tn ask. what
son OF South Cerolina can feel Indifferent i'm
contemplating Fort Till, with its mixed mem
orics of pain and pleasure? In visiting the
place, many things called to mind, the time
when South Carolina, under his lead, was
prepared to vindicnte her rights and leave
the consequences to God. There we exam
ined a cane presented to Mr.. Calhoun bv q
on it's golden head, Notification is the
rightful remedy" and there we saw many
other evidences of the high appreciation ip
which he was held, both by citizens Of the
/ United States and foreigners But enough
lie has lctt'us o rich legacy of fame, and if
we disregard his teachings, and permit South
ern Presidential asprants and office seeking
'lemaSnGues to take his place in our afIec-
tions-~' Farewell, II long farewell to our
greatness"
TUE REGENT PHEHoMENoN.-Th
Winnsboro Register says that the phenom,
enon which has appeared for some even
inss past, nsled some people who did not
consult their clocks, 1t says:
The locomotive, with the road train
which spends the night at our depot, about
] a. m. fred up" aud had on full head
of steam the hands all tuI1ed out, pre- :
pared and ate their Breakfasts preparatory
to taking their daily start; ou.. servants
and our neighbors generally, kindled their
fire and commenced their dali tour, but
"day did not brake" in great wouder, cx
I, tinguished their fires and retired to bed
again: and We have heard several amusing
incidents in this connection.
IiS Ae'StStCi uOSo IOJ tIllUR IL was InG
AURORA Borealis, but the Zodiacal Light,
for the reason that the light was in the
East and not in the North. Here, it was
observed North, North East, and North
West.
VALUE OF THE ScRIPrUREs.-As the
beauty of the world is set off by "a graceful
variety, 80 it is in the Scriptures. There
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reason OF man can not ovepstcp and there
are more plain and easy trptbs, ON which
the weakest capacity may converse with de.
light and satisfaction. No is offended
with his garden for having shady thicket
in it; no more should we be offended with
the word of God, that among so many fair
end open walks we here and there meet
with thicket that the eye Of human rea.
son cannot look through.