Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-23
A Beautiful Extract.

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thingso beautifuF in tic English language n.
the following paragraphs. They arc from al,
address delivered before convention of tn,
press of Mississippi by Col. NIanlon, editor
OF the Vicksburg Times. OF alE tho tribute,
to the. South, aud her lost cause which hav,
been published, we have seen nothing to ex
coed this in its touching sweetness
Southeim nationality is dream of tho
past. y gulf beyond whiclfwe could not pass
yawncd between us aud the re lization of on,
hopes; and though bright flowers bloomed IN
on It's brink, and waited us sweet pcuiunc, We
could not cross to gather them.
The Southern cross no lonner clean.
amid the wild light of battle, the sword o
the Vanqushcd is shGathcd, and the L. ,d i,
gloomy with the harmless scpulchres OF oul
| martyred dead. But when years upon wears
shall have passed away y-when the last of the
present generation sleep with their fathers
and ne% forms throng the old familiar place.
when faction Shall have hushcd and Justice
hold the scalcs---thc rs bright as day and as
tree from bicmish or Stair, will stand fortt ii,
bright relief upon the scroll OF historic fame
the record OF the Sruth, drarcr to the heart,
OF her children, now i'll the hour of sorrow
than when, on the march Of victory she wur
the admiration OF the world Pilgrims from
other lands Shall tread, with rcvcrcd s,cp
! above the spot where moultlcrs he dust of Gu
loved and lost; while those who arc to folio.
US will cherish househo gods the name.
OF those who, carving 4 way through the lcr,
path OF war, have written their names wher,
they can never die The principle for which
so many laid down their lives may not be rec
ognized until their names have grown tcebl,
on the tongue of friendship, aud been dropped
| like dead silence, from the car of the world
But it wi II struggle back from the hollow bos
ON that once blcd for it, and ascend the hcirht
OF Government. And when the faithful his
torian shall descend into the vaults of th
dead past, in qncst Of traditions Of liberty, il,
will then discover to whom the world is in
dcbtcd Tor their pcrpetu,tion.
| IHE CINCINNATI AND CHARLESTON RAIL
RoAD.-'Thc knoxvillc Crcnn corrspon
dcnt,oi the " New York Tines has the fol
lowing in relation to the great trunk line from
Cincinnati to Charleston
{" TO the South we are building the Knox
v'lIc and Charleston Railroad, Which is prlc
| tically continuation Of the KINGSTON an,
Knoxville R4ilroad aud part of the yrca
trunk line from Cincinnati to Charleston pro
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butte to Knoxville the rich Cotton land OF Lit
tie Tennessee and the mineral wealth of Sno
ky Mountain. Supposed 10y many to have hid
den beneath its rough exterior copper and zip,
in great abundance This road isa favori;,
project of the City Of Charleston, and of thu
State of South Carolina, aud has already ad
sorbcd very heavy appropriations, and is part
~ completed. | will be running before man,
months tn tie foot Of the North Carolina noun
tains, and will be II great advantare 10 th
heavy corn growers of our southern counties.
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| BaS White people cannot raise cotton
especially Oh alluva land !" Nevertheless
the +" B'ton rouge Alvocato' Of the 10th
says
a friend in this parish, not being able t,
| procure freedmen last spring, set to work Will
| his own boys and one white man. and the re
suit was a crop of 80 bales of cotton.
We should like to Know where negro abo
has done better. And we know hund,a,ls, i
not thousands, OF white men who have aborct
half their lives in the swanps at farms or 9th
or labor, and have only ceased because the,
got too rich to wish to work. Sickly men
! perhaps cannot, especially such as have lazi
ness in their bones. For the hitter class W,
would prescribe an impartial trea,i-mill.
| TIE MOST lNDEpENDENr MAN.-Thcrf
is no man more indepcndent than the ownc,
of well cultivated farm lIc is less behold
en- to popular sentiment than any other cal
ling. lie has always sure support before
him without consulting the opinions or re
lying upon the custom of any one. There is
constant market for all the surplus he car
produce, and he obtains for it the curren,
price withou, any one demanding to know
of him his religious or political faith
! Ey- A paragraph h's honn going the
rounds concerning an old laiy who has q
mustache on her lip; to which i hateful co