Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-01-22

not less generous in peace than lie is terri
bic i'll war;" spoke the Chief
Encouraged by this remark, ihE %hitE
man narrated TO- him The story Of a child
that had been taken from him by the IN
diaps-a beautiful ghtcr-and that he
had come to ask her rendition.
4" Where is shc?" asked tho ChfYf, af-
fcttcd by the STORY.
h this village" was the reply.
"Nay, chat canno. be- unless she lo8
been brought in within few days"
-" do not Know. how, long she has been
here, but She has been In yoar tribe ah5ec
fifteen years. She Was borne away from
us when but three years of agn-an infant :;
and she has now bloomcd into womanhood.'
Ter name ~ asked Tcrrora.
Iocc6a named by an old Indian ~
was the reply.
AZ this commdnication, thc voting Chief
was startled, and then dark cloud seemed
to pass oyer his spirit and vcilcd it with
gloomy shados: lie stood spccchlcss for
several moments, With his arms folded a.
cross his hcaYfhS bosom, and then spoke in
soliloquy
"Only two moons more, and Toccoo
would have beG,l the stay of Ierora But
the Great Sfiift shall bear nc Witness that
as the leader Of his chilaf6h', / will restore
what is not our own, though the hand that
replaces shall plant weeds oAGr its o,Sn
grave"
Night came, and the full moon rode tho
mid-heaYcns in flnod Of Silycry Sheen, at
tended by a starry throng.
The cvcr-falling spray from the Cataract
settled upon the foliage below, and the soft.
hndSs of fight that 4fec5 shrofgh the trees
and vines fell upon the pendant Wafer dI6ps
and, gave them the brilliancc of diaiioMf
and every little cluster Of shrdbbcry seem
cd laden with jewels The young Chief
stood upon the verge of the prccipicc, with
hfs face raised to the moon, and upon thut
stern countcnancc was depicted deep agony.
1t was not long before Toccoa came bound
ing along with merry, low laugh, and was
soon ~ his side. But when she beheld
his fixed and sorrowfil features, her laugh
was hushcd, for she knew that some great
grief must be rcnding his bosom.
And is Terrora sorrowful ?" she asked
softly; "will not Tuccoa share his tolls and
sorrows in TWO moro moons ?"
The Chief then related to her the mission
Of the pale face, and Chit she Vas the lost
daughter, and mist rctt+H t0' gladden. her
mothers heart.
a slight SHREK Came fr6m her. and she
staggered back So%afds the 9cfSu of the
awful prccipicc. What moment She
stood, balanced upon the edge of the rock
over p'ecipicc of one hundred and eighty
six feet. Terrora sprang forward to oresc1c
her, buEin catching hold of her he leaned
too FAR forward, and they Both fell oVcr into
that awful abyss
1T remained tradition with the Indians
that, since the fatal night, the murmur Of
the watarfall had Been more SOLEMN, and
that faint shSiek is heard in the month of
April every year, resembling that of the
maiden.
i HOW Cofr2g C4ME TO lie UsEb.-It is
somewhat singular to traed tho manner in
which arose tho coHiinhti' B9vgfai.c. Goffcc'
without which few PERSONS in any half or
wholly civilized country in the world, would
seem hardly able to exist. AT the time Co
iumbus discover cd America, it had never been
'&new!n or used. L ar.y grew Ia ARABIA ,,,,,,
upper Ethnpia. PhG' discovery of It as n
beverage is a>cribed to the superior of mon
astery, in Arabia, who desirous of prevent
ing tho monks from sleeping at their noctur-
naI services. made them drink the infusion
OF coffco, upoi the report of some of the shep
hcrdS' who obscrved' tltEt their flocks were
moro iivcl3 afer hroxsng on the fruit of
TINT plant. It's reputition spread through
tho adjacent countries. and in about TVS
hundred years it reached Paris. A single
plant brought there in EIi, became the
parent stock Of all Tie French coffee planta-
tions in the West Indies. Tho dxtent of tho
consumption can now hardly be realisod.-
The United States alone annually consume
1T at tho of its landing of Is or lG million
OF dollars. You may know the Arab Mocha,
the best OF coffee, by the small bean of dark
yellow color. Phe J"va and the East Indiu,
the e, next @ IN quality, are larger and ,ofa palcr
yellow. The West India and RIO Bhs n
'bluibh or greenish tint.
TnEEE was'a ramor some time since that
Secretary CobbintendcdtO proposo n tax upon
ten and coffee. Tho Eondon Times has heard
of 1t, and comthents upon it extensively thus.
"What!atax upon tea" we exclaim, IA tax
upon that migioal leaf, which ought to be
as sacred to the eye of every American MS the
mistictoc was to the Druid, aid the Olive to
the Athcnian--a tax upon that plaut which
ought to remind every American, whenever
he hears it mentioned. of The epoch ofndepen
dence-a plant. therefore. which ought to be
forever s;,cred in tho United States aud for
ever free from the polluting touch of the tax
Satherer? 1t was on the 18th of Decembcr,
llI3, that the citizens of Boston, with tho
enthusiasm of patriotic indignation, asccnded
the deck of the Dartmouth and threw over
bonrd into the sea eighteen thousand pounds
OF tea: That happened 10 be tho article upon
winch I" britls!! Parliament had tested their
right to tax a Bit sh colony, The ottcmnt.
as we all know. was uSsncc6ssfnI nj, -