Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-09-24

NOlitnS.
Save me, fathcr!" was the response
and while shouts and groans were heard
proceeding from the interior of the build
ing, the maiden threw herself from the low
window, falling into the very arms of her
father and Lieut.. Stewart.
The very moment of this reunion was
destined to be that in which company of
Algerine troops came round the nearest
corner, marching up the street in the d-
rcction of Licu.cnant Stewart and his men.
1t was also at the same moment that the
old Moor, who had so long considered him
self the proprietor of Mr. Collins and his
daughter, came to the window and set up
startling yell.
"This way !" cried Mr.. Collins, and he
dashed open the front door of the building,
and conducted the entire party Within
" Look to your weapons, and take the ras-
Gals off their pins the instant they halt, +"
said Stewart.
A sharp and determined struggle soon
commenced, in the course of which half
the Moorish soldiers were killed, and the
remainder finally gave way. But the res
cucrs had expended all their ammunition,
and only single bullet was remaining
that was in large horse pistol in the pos
session of Lieutenant Stewart Hc was
Just wondering what he should do with it,
when the old Moor came down stairs with
a huge sabre in his grasp, and made a furi-
Gus dash at Mr. Collins and his daughter,
with murder written on his features and
flashing from his eyes. This sudden arri-
val decided the destination of the last bullet.
"Take it, you black dcvill' cried Stew
art, Just as the blow was descending, and
he fired his weapon, the ball passing through
the miscreant's head and bringing him
dead to the floor.
"Now, boys" added Lieut.. s., eve
arc going to finish with hand to hand
fight. The powder and bail are out we
must trust to the sword"
Closely followed by his men as well rs
by Mr.. Collins and Alice, the Lieutenant
led the way towards the boat il seemed
as if Agicrs had turned out to witness the
triunphal retreat, the streets being filed
with thousands of mon and women collect
Moor's house, but not an attompt was made
to intercept the progress of the party the
Algerines contcnting themselves with
scowls and dcnunciatons. Ten minutes
later the rcscucrs wore at the cutter, twenty
minutes more and the entire party were
safely back to the Constellation, not having
lost man. The young lieutenant received
the hearty thanks of his superior to say
nothing of the gratitude of Mr. Collins and
his daughter, whose family proved to be of
consequence in New York and we arc as
Surcd that Charlie Stewart was never hap
pier in his life than when Miss Alice WAS
united to one of his chums," a noble
hearted lieutenant, now a colmodorc, who
fell IN love with the rescued maiden during
the Constellation homcward passage
DEsPIsING RIDIcuLE.-I know of no
principle which it is of more Importance
to fix, in the minds Of young people, than
that of the most determined resistance to
the enroachmcnts of ridicule. Givcup to
the world, aud to the ridiculc with which
the world cnforccs its dominion, every tri-
fling question of manner and appearance;
1T is to toss courage and firmncss to the
winds, to combat with the mass upon such
subjects as these. But learn from the car
licst days to insure your principles against
the perils of ridiculc you can no more
exercise your reason, if you live in the con-
stant dread of laughter than you can cn-
JOY your life, if you are in the constant
terror of death. If you think it right to
differ from the times, and to make a stand
for any valuable point of morals, do it,
however rustic, however antiquated, how
ever pcdantic it may appear; do it, not for
insolcnce, but seriously and grandly, as a
man who wore soul of his own bosom,
and did not wait until it was breathcd into
him by the breath of fashion Let men
call you mean, if you know you are just !;
hypocritical, if you are honestly religious,
pusllanimons, if you feel you arc firm
resistance soon converts unprinciplcd wit
into sincere respect no aftcr-timc can
tear from you those feelings which every
man carries with him who has made a no
bic and successful excrton in a vrtuous
causc.- Sidney Smith.
Sons OF MALTA" Jeems' was recent
ly initiated into the order of the Sons of
Malta, and graphically describes his intro
duction into the vale of mystery" as
follows:
You arc first grabbed and thrown into a
tub of cold water, and forthwith several
large men begin to stick pins intu YOU
Hauling You out of the tub of water. they
rush you into another department, and now
new men make q lungc after you, dressed
in disguise, and Immediately commence
pouring hot molasses into your hair and
boots Meanwhile, stream of cold water
is Hooded Oh to you, and man dressed in
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