Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

1t isa<common. practice with those who
haze. .'outliyed tile susceptibility of early feel
lnS,, or have been brought up in the gay heart
lessness Of dissipated life, to laugh at all love
stories, mud to troat the tales of romantic pas.
sion as nero tictions Of novclists aud poets
My observations on human nature have in
duced mp to think otherwise. 1hcy have
convinced mo that however tho surface of the
character may be chilled aud frozen by tho
cares of the world, or cultivated into mere
smiles by tho arts of society, still there are
dormant, fires lurking in the depths Of the
coolest bosom, which, when once enkindled,
become impetuous, and are sometimes dosola-
ting in their effects. Indeed, | am true be-
lever in tho blind deity, and 80 to the full
extent Of his doctrines Shall | confess it
[ believe in broken hearts, and tho possibility
of dieing Of disappointed love. l do not, how
eyer, consider it malady often fatal to my
own sex; but firmly believe that it withcrs
down many lovely Woman into ON carly grave.
Man is the creature of interest and ambi
ton. His nature leads him forth into the
struggle and hustle of the world Love is but
the embellishments Of his carly lto or song
pipcd in the intervals of the acts. He seeks
Tor fame, for fortune, for space in the worlds
thought, and dominion over his fellow mon.
But u woman's whole life is history of the
affections. The heart is her world it is there
her avarice seeks for hidden treasures She
sends forth her sympathics on adventure she
cmbarks her whole soul in the traffic of affec-
ton; and if shipwrcckcd, her case is hope.
lcss-for it is bankruptcy of the heart.
10 man, the disappointment Of love may
occasion some bitter pangs it wounds some
feelings Of tcnderncss-it blasts some prospects
OF felicity but he is an active bcing-hc may
dissipate,his thoughts in the whir Of varied
occupation, or may plunge into the tide of
pleasure; or, if the of disappointment
be too full Of painful associations, he can shift
his abode at will, and taking us it were the
wings Of tho morning, can "fy to the utter.
most parts of the earth," and be at rest
But woman's is comparatively fixed, Sc
cluded, and mcditativo life. She is moro
the companion Of her own thoughts and feel
ings and if they are turned to ministers of
sorrow; where shall she look for consolation
Her lot is to be woocd and won and if un.
happy in her love, her heart is like some for
tress that has been captured aud sacked, and
abandoned, and left dcsolatc
How many bright eyes grow dm-how ma
ny soft cheeks grow pale how many lovely
forms fade away into the tomb, and none eau
tell tho cause that blighted their lovclincss
rs the dove will clasp its wings to it's side
aud cover and conceal tho arrow that is prey
ing on its vitals, go is it the nature of woman
to hide from the world the pungs of wounded
affection. The love of a delicate female is al
ways.shy and silent. Even when fortunate,
she scarcely breathcs it to herself; but when
otherwise, she burics it in the recesses of her
bosom. and there lets it cover and brood among
tho ruins Of her peace. With her the desire
Of her heart has failed. The great 'churn of
existence is at an end. She negccts all the
chcorful exercises which gladden. the spirits,
quicken the pulses, and send the tide of life
In healthful currents through the veins Her
rests broken-the sweet refreshDent Of slccn
is poisoned by melancholy Dreams" dry sor-
row drinks her blood" until her cntecblcd
frame sin!.S aader the slightest cx.erna! ;niu,
ry. Look for her, after a while, and you find
friendship weeping over her untimely grave,
aud wondering that one, who but lately gioweti
with all the radiance Of health and beauty,
should so speedily be brought down to "dark-
ness and the worm" You will be told of
some wintry chill, somc casual indisposition
that laid her low; but no one knows of the
mental malady that previously sapped he,
strength aud made her so easy prey to tho
spoilcr.
She is like some tcndor trcc the pride and
beauty Of the grovc-graccful in it's form
bright in its foliage, but With the worm prey
ing at its heart, We fud it suddenly with
ering, when it should be most fresh and lux
llriant. We see it dropping its branches tt
the earth, and shedding leaf by leaf, until
wasted and pcrished away, it falls even in til,
stiffness of the forest; and as VIC muse owe,
the beautiful ruin, we strive in vain to rcccol
lect the blast or thundcrbolt that could have
smitten it with decay.
l have seon many instances of women run
ming to waste and self-neglect, and disappear
ing gradually from the earth, almost as if the,
had been exhnled to heaven aud have re
peatcdly fanccd that ! could trace their dcatl
through the various deolensions of consump
ton, cold, debility, languor, melancholy, un
til l reached the first symptom of disappoin
ted love. But an instance of the kind wa
'latoly told o'mc; the circumstances arc vel
known in the country where they happened
and shall but give them in the manner il
which they werc related.
~ Every one must reccolect the tragical stor
Y Of young D., tho Irish patriot; 1t wa
too touching to be soon forgotten Durn
the troubles in Ireland he was tried, condcmr
ed, and executed, on charge of trcason.-
Hissfate made deep impression on public syn
spathy. u lie was so young 80 Intelligent
generous-so brave-so every thing that W
are,apt to, like in young man. IIis condae