Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-07-14
The Philosophy of Long Life.

~ W., VI VI acclucnC. L nc passions XIII mCD
sometimes, even suddenly. The common OK
preston, /" choked with passion" has little
exaggcration in it /; for even though not sud
denly fatal, strong passions shorten life
w eak mon live longer than' tho strong, for
the strong use their strength, and tho weak
have none to use. The latter take. care of
themselves; the former do not. As it is with
the body, so it is with the mind and temper
The strong arc apt to break, or, like Il candle,
to "run;" the weak burn out. The inferior
in animals. which live, in general, regular and
temperate lives, have generally their prescribed
term of years. The horse lives about twenty
five years; the OK fifteen or twenty the dog
ten or twelve; the lion, we arc told about
twenty; tho rabbit eight. The duration of
life in all these beara similar proportion to
the time the animal takes to grow to it's full
size. But man. Of all the animals, is the one
that seldom comes to his average. lie ought
to live hundred years, according to his phys
iological law, for FIVE times twenty are one
hundrcd but instead of that he scarcely
rcnchcs, on tho average, four times his growing
period; the cat six times, and the rabbit even
eight times the standard of measurement.
The reason for all this is obvious Man is
not only the most irregular and,thc most lrbo.
also the most irritable of animals; and there
is reason to believe Ohough we cannot tell
what an animal secretly fecls) that, more than
any other animal, man chcri5hcs wrath to keep
it warm, and consumes himself with the fire
of his own secret reflections Besides this,
man is the only animal that makes wide de-
parturc from those laws of nature which con
troll life lie takes on unnatural and health.
In~ h,1, Al Al.
Of the grave and chnEng to them with tc-
judgment The lower order Of animals never
90, this. Instinct is their guide, aud the SUI
pcror duration of life they enjoy is proof Of
tho folly Of man.
DELEGArEs TO TIE C0NvENrIoN.-We
cannot too earnestly urge upon the people of
the South the early appointment of delegates
to the National Congress Of Representatives
from the States to be held in Philadelphia on
the second Tuesday in August. This move
mcnt is fraught with more good for the South
than any which has taken ri,.cc since the war
Each district Should select its most conscrya-
tive and influential citi2.ns. Men should go
from the South conspicuous for their cool
Judgment and their strong minds They will
have most important duties to perform in
which all Of tho best qualities of statcsnan-
ship and genuine manhood will be requisite
10 select such mcn,' people should cast aside
all personal prediction. They should make
their choice simply upon the ground of quail
lhcation for the very high position Of delegate
to this great convention, unbiased by any 9TH
or consideration whatever
Should the South present itself in its true
dignity and intelligence, in its true character
ot loyalty to the Constitution and the institu-
tions and rights under it, there can be no
doubt of the powerful moral effect it will ~cx-
crt upon the nation. This can be easily done
if the people will but give their attention to
the matter, and we cannot doubt that, under
the circumstances in which we arc placed, and
with the important interests we have at stake.
that with one heart and mind they will 60 to
work at once to discharge their duties as citi
zcns in tho best possible manner Richnond
Dispatch.
Coop PoINr.---1he "Ricl. Il Ennuir-
er" makes an excellent point in reference to
the continued payment of taxes in the South
without representation in Congress. "Ihc
time has come" says that paper, I" when the
legality of such proceedings might be, and
ought to be, tested in the Courts" The
Constitution expressly declares that rcprcscn
ton. and direct taxes shall be apportioncd
among the several States which may be inclu
dcd within the Union according to their re-
spcctiyc numbers"
Prayer has drained seas, rolled up flowing
rivers, made flinty rocks gush into fountains
qucncbed flames of fire, muzzIcd lions, dis
armed yipcrs and poisons marshalcd the stars
against the wicked, stopped the course of the
moon, arrested the rapid sun in his great race,
burst open the iron gates, recalled souls from
eternity, conquered the strongest devil, com
mandcd lcgions of angels down from heaven
Prayer has bridlcd and chained the raging
passions of man, and routed and destroyed the
armies of proud, daring, clustering atheists
Prayer has brought one man from, the bottom
of the sea, and carried another in d chariot Of