Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-05-05

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tanned so strong an opinion MS to d wer
OF repetition IN act and thought ho
said, "Ali is habit in mankind, ev,krtno
itself" Buler in his Analogy, Srcss.
es the importance of careful self disinc
and firm resistance 10 temptation, as l;n,,
to make virtue hubitual, so that at cth
it may become more easy. to he got,I,,,
to give way to sin. "As habits bdme,
to the body" he says, care producce ex.
ternol acts, SO habits of the mind INN.
duccd by The execution of inward 3;cal
purposes, c. carrying them into ar
acting upon thcn-thc principles Of ydi.
encc, yercity, justice, ard clarityA nd
again, Lord Brougham soys, when clS ND
the immcncc Importance of training S,Ss
amplc in youth, Il trust everything $ler
God to habit, on which, in all ad Nc
lawgiver, as well IS the schoolpnsd i,s
mainly placed his reliance; habit hEb
makes everything easy, and casts the dcl.
ties upon the deviation from thd
course" THUS make sobriety habis,J
intempcrancc will be hateful mak,As.
dcncc habit, and reckless pronigac,A
become revolving to every principle
duct which regulates the life of the lid
ual. Hence the necessity for the
care and watchfulncss against the ins
any evil habit; for the character is
weakest ut that polut AT whlch it hasf
given way; and it is long before p}
pic restored can become so firm as ond
has never been moved. 1t is Gnc I'd
of Russian writer, that habits arc
lnces of pearls; unite the knot ,nae
whole upthrcads," Wherever formed, it
acts inrountarily, and without effort ID
it is only when you oppose it that you'd
how powerful it has bccome. What is,e
once and again soon gives facility and pc
ness. The habit at first may seem to 70
no more strength than spiders web NJ
once formed, it binds as if with a chpof
iron. The small events of life, taken siv,
may seem exceedingly uninpurtant. .
snow that falls silently, fake by fiako,t
accumulated, these snow fakes form thcL.
lanch.c Self.respcct, self.hclp, appioat
industry, iutcgrity--al are of the natnif
habits, not beliefs Principles, in fact
but the names which we assign to lrk
for the principles are words, but the kaSP
are the things themselves ;S bcncfactors
tyrants, according as they arc good or evil
1t thus happens that as We growl Older
portion of our free activity and indivdua
becomes suspended in habit; our acti
become Of the nature of fate and We
bound by the chains which wc have wo
around ourselves. Somuc! Smiles.
New ORLEANS, April 23.-Thc rcve
cutter Dodge has arrived from Vera c.,
and brings the Secretary of Legation, "
important dispatches for Washington. G
Miramon, with 1890 men, had arrived
the capital. His Government was
much embarrassed Nliramon has addrcs
a very bitter letter to Gen Cass, relative
the capture of the Mexican steamers. I
cutter, with Mr.. Elgcc, the Secretary.
remain here awaiting the return of dcspat
cs from Washington.
Sr. LOUIS, April 24.--A collision occl
red yesterday, near Jefferson Barracks, 4
the Iron Mountain Railway, between co
struction and special train conveying
portion Of the ST. Louis Board of Health.
DR.. Klein, clerk of the Board John Simon
treasurer OF the railroad, a brakcsman a,
boy were killed
AcCUsroM yourself to some cmployme
for every hour you can prudently snatch frc
business.
x MERCHANT, having sunk his shop Ac
couple of feet announces that, Z" in cons
Huence OF recent improvements, goods W
be sold considerably lower than formerly"
PRorosE continually to yourself new o
jccts. 1t is only by constantly enriching yor
mind that you can prevent its growing poor
Sloth bcnumbs and emeryatcs it regular wo
cxcites and strenghthcns it-and work is
waysin our power.