Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-08-06
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4W. fHtttOr:--On Friday the Ind, the on
animation at Liberty Church Academy came
off. Fairly that morning in company with
friend, VIC started en- route for the Academy,
where wc soon arrived, and found already
assembled upon the ground quite number
Of visitors. Ere long the examination com.
mcnccd. The house WAS crowded to over
flowing with gay bellies and laughing bcaux
-loating ihothcrs and fond fathers The
examination passed. off very pleasantly. much
to tho satisfaction of NIL present. We had
attended good many examinations both at
Academies and Colleges, and we can safely
say that we have never seen so much cool
ness displayed. The pupils showed by their
actions how much they esteemed their teacher
Mr.. IIorLiNGswoRTW deserves great deal of
credit for his skill in training the young
idea how to shoot" But at lcngth in spite
of the " feast of reason and flow of soul" the
wants of the inner man would intrude thom-
selves upon our notice. Accordingly we all
repaired to the different carriages, bugges,
&C., near ut hand. and there discussed the
rich winds placed before us by the guide
people. After dinner the examination was
resumed and gone through with. Tho next
thing on l1cIct was the reading of compost
tons by the young ladies and gcntlomcn of
tho school. They were all written in an
easy and graceful manner with great beauty
of language and elegance of dicton. We
do not rcmcmbcr all the subjects. but we
could not help observing the one on :" The
Beauties of Namre," and also the one OH
Anger" The former showed that the fair
authorcss was we'll acquainted with the Book
of Nature, and had studied we'll its beauty
! tinted pages. The latter cvinccd great depth
of thought and fam liaii with the passions
incident to frail human nature. But we nrc
particularizing. and this should not be done
where there were 40 many. and all so we'll
done This closed the. exercises of the ,ay
But the hest part of all WAS reserved for
night. and as soon rs the shadows of night
began to fall around, tho busy crowd might
be seen collecting from every direction. with
smiling faces and pleasant words. At half
past seven, the exercises commenced by an
J Introductory Address from Mr.. j. a. Nc
! WuonTER. lie thanked the audience very
| kindly for their attendance there and went
on to speak at length of tho benefits arising,
! from education and from our common school
| system. Taking all together, it was very
! neat and chaStc address. and won tue smiles
and applause of tho audience. Next came
some extracts spoken by the smaller boys.
|
next original speech was by Mr. SAMUEL a.
JAMES, on HPridc." lie treated his subject
| I'm worry skillful manner. and showed tiiat
! he had studied human nature to some pttr-
! pose. There was u vein of sarcasm running
all through his speech. and he handled swell.
| heads, big-hcads, &cs, with gloves off Here
th"re were some more extracts spoken. to-
s, 'hcr with some dialogues acted, inter
sperscd with cnlivoning strains of music
| The next original was by Mr.. HARVEY JonN.
sroN. on Friendship" lie treated his sub
lect with great deal of case, and seemed to
be atno loss whatever. His speech attracted
q good sharc of attention, and tho audience
showed that they appreciated his remarks.
After another interval of dialogues, extracts
and music. Mr.. D. +. MADDEN was announced
to speak on " Education" This gentleman
handled his subject in q mastcrly stylo. and
| portrayed in glowing colors the advantages
of good education, and spoke Of it as main
support to society and government. Ifsparcd,
he will make his mark. Another interval,
and Mr.. 5. F. HoLLINGswoRTm was intro.
duced, and delivered very neat, tasty and
appropriate address on "Never sound tho
trumpet of your own fame" 1t abounded
| in good sense and sound advice-such as will
do to follow. Aftor this, Mr.. j. j. NoRroN
was introduced to tho audience. he having
been invited to deliver an Address on the
occasion. lie spoke for some time on the
I "Will Of Man" IIo held his audience en-
chained by the beauty of his language and
the forco of his expression---the extensive
research which it exhibited, and his thorough
acquaintance with tho classics. Mr.. NoRroS
is a young man of promise, and bids fair to
carve out fortune for himself as lasting as
Time-to climb high the hill of fame. ond to
enroll his namo upon the highest pinnacle.
; ; Long may the memory Of the 22nd Of July
Iiye.,, May it be green spot IN the momory
Of all, to cheer them on their way through
' lite, ERRoso