Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-08-11
From the Ncwbcrry Sun.
A Birds Eye View of the World.

ling events, one might cXclaim, Surely the
seventh vial of wrath is upon u.s." for War
and Disintc%mtion run riot. Kings, Em4
pcrors and Prcntcs arc ut variancc-and
thousands fly to battle. Royalty, forsooth
Forncarly six thousand years has the pagcan-
try and pomp of kings, autocrots, false teach
crs and arlstocracy retained millions upon
millions of honest ycomcn, sons and nob,c-
men in the most scryie vassalagc retaining
from them that 4" knowledge which is pow
cr'-thc palladium of the White Race. All
of whom must be free Kings, Enperors,.
and Prclacs, to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. Let their leaders execute justice and
mercy, and there is nought to fca'-cduca-
ton, suffrage, and right is gradually scizing
the millions of Europe.
Happily Gin the order of dcstiny) amid
this commotion we see in disconnected sec
tionS of Europe, the prototype of Civic
Religious Iibcrty--for seminal reform,
diciously-balanced democratic opinions al
genuine religious fcryour flow upon the masses.
Ere the anathcma against Italy is backed
by the carnal weapon, from tho East of Eu-
rope comes the moumful tdings that the
hordcs of MosIcm, Drusc and Turks arc mas
sacrcing the dufenecIess Christians of SYRIA
aud the Holy Land by thousands butcher.
ing and burning whole Villages -blotting
them out as though they never existed! Men
women and children! An imbctile Sultan,
proppcd by England must come down from
his throne. Britain is responsible for this
catastrophe, for the Gar would have pro-
tectcd his Greek Catholics and silenccd these
ianatica! hordcS long since, had not the ical
ousy OF the West prevented him at the Cri-
mca--twc don't know whether this ALLAN
would have checked the Gar had not thu
astutc, f,r-socing Napoleon, effected a treaty.
at once clevating to The French arms, not dis
crcditabc to Russia, but with little glory to
England, the sequel Of which may discover
itsclf)
The Ottom0n Emprc, which is now utter
ly bankrupt, having some two hundred mil.
lions OF bills presented, and nothing to meet
them but Il blank balaW@c sheet, and no pros:
pect, looks much like the predicted disnem-
b2rmcnt, III view of the recent and prevail
ing maSsrcrcs. France asks of her a remit
tancc she answers, "meslcy [ have none
The Turks have been the terror of llurope
and Asia for centuries -hatng held posses
SION of The Holy palaces of Palestine whence
sprung the cruspdcs-but the SayIcens have
had their glory; the Israclitos are beginning,
to occupy the sacred palaces of the HOLY
i.and, IN vast numbers, they declare that
the Day OF Dclivcranco is Mt hand In SSrs.
den great religious spirit prcvai!s-out of
population of 3,500,000, the lowest csti-
mate places the number OF converts at two
hundred and fifty thousand souls-.this
great work has been developed not 50 much
by the clergy as the individual efforts of pious
laymcn. Drunkenness has ceased to such
an extent that two thirds of the i-ticrics
have cloSch In ireland there is a Protestant
revival and one in nfdel Turkey--both cx
tcnsivc. Perfect religious liberty for all Pro
tc3'ants in all italy save Naples, Venicia and
thG Papal States. Louis Napoleon has in
stI'uted popular sovcreignty--thc people snuff
Democracy and Europe may never more be
Gnc't until either popular opinion or tradi-
t'onai succession has the mastery, and Europe
be drcnchcd from centre to circumference
with rivers of blood. In Asia stagnnnt apa-
thy is relieved only BY China, the war with
England and France has produced violent
burst Of hatred against the Christion ReH-
Son The ant,- Christian party aiGfi,tm iii thui
the false religion of Jesus is used to poison
the mind of the simple" The Chinese pub,
iISh an imperial statute, pronouncing the
punishment of death By strangulation against
ali Europeans who shall teach and all Chinese
who shall adopt the Christian Religion.
lInSi'nd is cNpcndng millions of pounds
sterling in Notifications around London 1.-THE =
leading continental powers arc vigorously
building ormamonts of war and placing them
selves on the best vantage ground. Nabo..
Icon is not asleep; his astutc mind grasps tho
pulse of Europc-has liberal policy, and pop
uar sntEcrancc has fed the shimbcring soul
of millions, and the vestl torch already
glmmcrs upon the chambers of timd tional
succession and vauntod divine right--and
he knows not but that these powcrs may COM
bino in demand for his rctr!ction.
The crop prospect of Europe is said to be
gloomy, both in Great Britain and on tho
Continent England in the midst of prcpa.
ratons to couluo: with dstant China, whose
population is four hundred millions, or rothcp
as the sands Of the sea, is startled with tho
than an immense deficit is report,
ed in the crops.
In France the crops are also short---vegok,
abos and fruit were never before known to bo
so dear. Choice beef is said to retail for 81
cents the pound salmon 8 cents tho pound.
etc. In consequence of the wet and cold
seasons aud >onscquont deficit Of cereals, it
is reasonable to suppose that an excessive de-
mand Will be made for American breadstuffs.
ANON.
AN ingenious down east individual, who has
Invented kind of GLOVE letter ink" which
he has been selling as a safeguard against ali
actions for breach of promise of marriage, in
asmuch as it entirely fades from thc panar i'm