Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-03-03
View Of the Pyramids.


These, as the earliest, the lofticst. the lar
gcst, the most stupcndous of the works ofman
deserve, in this connection, passing notice.
. High on the ramparts of the Lybiun desert,
ovcrhanging the meadows of the Nile, they
rest like the perpetual hills in settled tranquil
ity on their rocky basis. In sterile and tloo-
my grandeur they have survived the waste of
ages, while cities have riScn hourishcd. and
fallen on the plains below, and will survive all
the ravagcs Of time on their mountain masses
until the mountains themselves shall depart
and the hills be removed They extend from
the great pyramid of Gi1ch to D.lshur, u dis
t0nce of twenty miles Between these ex-
tremc groups, at unequal distances are those
of Abnsin and Sa|,hara, near Mcmphis In
utter despair o' giving the reader any Just
impression of the vast dimensions of the
great pywm'dS of Gheops, we must content
ourselves with the usual statistics, and leave
HIM IN Imagination to gaze and wonder at the
enormous pile. The foundations are 1872 feet
square, and covers little less than thirteen
acres of ground. From this base the pyr,-
mid rises to the height of IA feet Origin
ally it was about thirty feet highcr and
sheathcd i'll casing formed of horizontal
blocks of granite hewn down to IL uniform and
polished surface, on every side, from the apex
to the base, The Kings chamber. the scpul-
chr,l cell, in the center, where the builder
valnIy sought to find Il sure retreat for his last
reposc, is "a feet in length, 19in height, and
II in breadth, incloscd in walls of polished
granite.
This venerable pile had stood for several
generations when Abraham went down into
Egypt While enjoying the favor of the
King at Memphis he gazcd habitually upon
this stupcndous monument of power, if he
did not scale its awful heights. But from it's
summit now what spectacle tMst, West,
North ana south the Great Dcyrri. IN fright
tul dcsolation unmitgated by single Shrub
or leaf; and below the majestic mysterious
Nile, pouring through this wide sea of deatl,
its floods >of living, litc-giving waters, and
spreading out on either side, up to the very
brow of the desert broad margin of verdure
unuttcrably green !" and cvoking
indiscribabc fertility out of the most hope
less, hidcouS barrcnncss--a contrast without a
parallel in the wide world
A SAD CAsE.-Wc have been requested
to record the particulars of painful occur
renee which happened in this district, on the
18th instant, and which we do more as war
ming to parents than as a mere passing obit-
uary
On Saturday last, Mr. Elijah Rutherford
a respectable citizen Of the district, sent. his
little boys to cut stalks oil his wheat field,
and for theirs aud the little fellows gratitica-
ton perhaps, permitted them to take with
them younger son of about four years of age.
Whilst the innocent child was playing around
a light-wood stump which was on fire, the
flames were communicated to his clothing,
and he was burned so badly before his elder
sister could strip hun or extinguish the fire,
that he died the next day He received his
injuries about IL o'clock on Saturday, and
yielded up his spirit on Sunday morning at
sunrise. Gods providence often educes
good out of apparent harm and so may a no
tlcc of this affiction of one, be for the good
of mony-Efgcte12 Ad0ettiser.
YESTERDAY we saw a very little child.
scarcely more than babe, clad in deep mourn
ing. 1t was a sweet little face, which peoped
out from that tiny black bonnet. What a III.
ty, thought we, to begin so earIy--if at all
to associate gloomy ideas with death. What
can people who do this be thinking abont p.
10 us it seems almost criminal to condemn a
little creature like that to mournful thoughts,
which should instead, be as much as possible
,warded from it, and especially if it be mother.
less and fatherlcss.
SULLY, the painter, was man distinguished
for refinement of manners, as well as his sue
cess in art. AT party, one evening, Suly
was speaking of a belle, who was a great ia.
yorte. Ah," says Sully, " she has I. mouth
like an elephant" Oh, oh Mr.. Sully, how
can yon be so rude?" Crude, ladies, what
do you mean? I say she's got a mouth like
an elephant because it's full Of ivory"