Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-09-21
VOL. lI.".",.No. 50.

claimed the wife. She hid her face in her
hands, in silent prayer, and tremblingy re-
joiccd. The iron to which it should be fas-
tened was there all right-but would her hus-
band be able to make use of it? Would not
the terror of the past hour so ha, unpcrved
him AZ to prevent him from taking the neces.
sary measures for his safety? She did not
know the magical influence which her few
words had exercised over him. She did
not know the strength that the sound of her
voice, 30 calm and steadfast, had filed him
with the hope of life once more, and conveyed
to him some portion Of that faith in God which
nothing ever destroyed or shook in her pure
heart. She did not know that as she waited
there the words came over him, "Why art
thou cast down, 0 my soul, why art thou dis
qaietcd within me hope thou in Cod" .Sho
lifted her heart to God for hope and strength,
but could do nothing more for her husband,
and her heart turued to God and rested on
Him as on a rock.
There was great shout, Giles safe, moth
or. he's safe!" cried little Tom
"Thou hast saved my life, my Mary" said
her husband, folding her in his arms. q But
what als thee thou seemeth more sorry tha,i
glad about it," But Mary could not speak.
and if the strong arm of her husband had uot
held her up, she would have fallen to tn,
ground-thc sudden JOY after such great fear
had overcome her. Tom, let thy mother
lean OH thy shouldcr," said the father, " and
we will take her home" And in their hap
py home they poured forth thanks to God for
his great goodness, and their happy life togeth-
er felt '.carer and holier for the peril it hat
been in, and the nearness of the danger hal
brought them unto God. And the holiday
next day-was it not indeed a Thanksgiving
day.
ANOTHER CoStuLs1oN.-T New York
Times says;
1t is pity that our English cousins nra
so exercised in behalf, as to feel it necessa-
ry to deprecate renewal of the bloody scenes
OF the rebellion. But so it is, or appears TO-
be. y writer in the London ssMIorning
Post says: "Whilc it can scarely be be-
lIeved that another war is on the point OF
breaking Quit the United States, the obser-
yer of events is strongly impressed with the
fact tfiat tie Same Ss of al, (.
ger and hatred which foretold the conyuision.
OF 1861 are presenting themselves in 1867 !,
aud the editorial article on American affairs
IN the same journal speaks of the possibility
OF a simultaneous change for the worse in the
Generals who rule at the South, resultingin "a
desperate renewal of the civil war This is
puerllc Whatever may be the state of tho
Southern morale under the unfortunate alter
nations and vascillations of policy which have
been imposed upon them, they are as UNEQUAL
as they arc unwilling to take part in renewed
revolt of arms. Willie, therefore, We set
aside all such foreboding, we turn with pleas
ure to the remark of the writer first quoted,
who, kecnlS observing, but somewhat too 5be.
leylng!y trusting, the signs 9S, aa}l this.
do not not despair Of the republic Undoubt-
cdgy, we have much yet to dosbefore we arc
90; from disturbance. Patience, and justice,
ana coA-~on sense have a hard road and !.
long one yet Dsnre them, but tho republic has
wcathered too great . gale to founder in, the
after SWELL