Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-09-28

aliot, you zee, Tor Vonc tollar you vim two
hundred fifty dollar" Presently some poor
devil of teamster or emigrant is caught in
his tolls, and finds too late that it is only an
other phase Of the method of cheating man
ont of his money which he may see all around
him
"A littla further nsong OF lt.c right is s,o.g
lettc wheel, Just beyond it Yozcn mon IL
ting round table while one deals "uinot.
an, while on the opposite side are half dozen
faro banks. crowded with betters, and glance
ut which will no doubt satisfy very quickly
your curiosity, for the first thing that catches
your eye is couple of rcyolvers lying very
suggcstvcly near the banker, but ostensiyely
used as paper weights for his pile of money x
look at his face and at the pistols convinccs
YOU that should you detect any trifling little
liberty taken with the cards while dealing, it
would be prudent to keep to yourself any
mild suggestion of unfairncss which might
rise to your lips, as you saw him rake in the
little pile you have coppered on the ace"
or Z" bet fiat behind the queen"
A PLEASANT COMMUNITY.
Leaving this house you come only to anoth-
cr phase of the same thing more or less extcn
sive, in nearly every house along the street
varied now and then by dance house where
'N'>'N" ''1"{'e" e" j'oCCJ III IoW -nCC. GA urcSS-
es and high-nccked skirts, "ply their avoca.
ton" as General Butler gently phrascd it, on
dirty rail road laborers, and drtier Mexican
OK drivers. with here aud there an attcmpt at
Hash gcntility by some rough gambler orstool-
pigeon In short, whskcy selling, gambling
and prostitution in every conceivable and in
conceivable shape, occupy about three fourths
OF tile town. With such population it NAV
be readily imagined that murder robbery and
crime of every kind arc rife, that life is held
cheap, and that punishment seldom follows
crime.
REVOLUTION.
This is indeed, or was, the case until it be-
came intolcrablc, and the respectable citizers
held a meeting, at which they resolved that,
was in Colorado or Nebraska, Git is very near
of their own-which they accordingly did,
and did pretty well for new beginners, This
rensed en the gambling and whiskcy selling part
ot>the community to resist rs anti,f..:SS, art
they had meeting, at which they foroed an
other government, to suit their own notions
which us may be conceived, was none Of the
most correct. At this juncture, and. when q
hight between the rival mayors, councils, con
stables, etc., was imminent, the military step
in, and finding that the town is on military
reservation, take quiet possess!",! Of the reins
OF Government, and having the power, it is
probable will keep hold of them until such
time as recognized civil authority can he es-
tnblished there. 1t is no doubt the best thing
that could have happened for that community,
and is necessary to protect the large interests
ot the Government at that point, but mean
time it gives rise to very curious cooked hat
quarrel among the claimants Of authority
"I HAVE NO TINE TO AD."-The idea
about the want of time is a mere phantom
Franklin found time in the midst Of all his
labors to dive into the hidden successes of
philosophy, and to explore the untrodden paths
of science. The great Frederick, with an
empire at his direction, in the midst of war,
on the owe Of the battles which were to decide
the fate of his kingdom, found time to reve
in the charms of philosophy and intellectual
pleasures. Bonapartc, with all Europe at his
disposal, with kings in his ante chamber beg
ging for vacant thrones, with thousands Of men
whose dcstinies were suspended by the brittle
threads of his arbitrary pleasure, had time to
converse with books Caesar, when he had
curbcd the spirit of the Roman people, and
was thronged with visitors from the rcmotcst
Kingdoms, found time for intellectual conver-
sation. Every man has time, if he is careful
to improve it as well as he might, he can reap
q threefold reward. Let all make use of the
hours at their disposal if they want to obtain
proper influence in society. They can, if
they please, hold in their hands the destnies
of our Republic
NEEDLES wcre first made in London by a
negro from Spain. in the reign of Queen Ma.
ry. He died without impartiny the secret
Of his art. The art Was recovered in 1865.
Elias Groves first taught the English to'make
needless but the art was again lost for nearly
century, when it was again rcct vered by
Christopher Grccning, who settled at Long
Crendon, in Buckinghamshire.
WASHINGTON, September 19.-,Sir Fred.
erick Bruce died at Boston, this morning.
a Lieutenant. who forced lewd woman
into hotel in General Ord's District, has
been court martiaed and dismissed from the
service. The sentence was approved at head.
quarters.
BUFFALO, Sept. 49, a fire destroyed one
wing of the Wadsworth House; loss $40 900.
A woman jumped from the fourth story.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 10.-The oity ratifies
the Consultation by 10000 majority.
DURINa the recent session of the Equet