Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-02-28

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dent. These Indians occupy portion of
country between Santc Fc and tho Great Salt
| Lake Basin. Governor Hunt, of Colorado,
who accompanied tho delegation, said that,
during the ten years he had resided among
them, in no instance had they committed any
| depreciation on whito men, Gen. Kit Carson
remarked that he had been living in that
COUNT, 'hout forty years, and had always
found thcm the friends of th, white men.
/. Is this accidental Whore shall We look
for tho reason |? Has it not been from a re,
! gard on'the part Of the whites for tho rights
of tho, indian :" Arecogntion of his human-
ity? The white men officially dealing with
the Utcs have boon generally Frcemasons-
Freemasons not only in name, but in fact
men who felt tho force of thcir obligations and
had inibbcd somewhat Masonic principles,
and who treated the Indians as brothers
Among these was our brother, Kit Carson
The great Indian agent of New York, Sir
| William Johnson, the most remarkable man
of his day, was n Frocn,ason, and the first
master Of St. Patrlck's Lodge. Hc acted up
on his Masonic principles in his Indian af-
fairs, never defrauding, and always protect
ing. No man was ever moro beloved by the
Indians than Sir William
The great Indian agent of the West, who
possessed the hearts of the Miams, was an
other brothcr-Coloncl John johnson
..ai,r. [Au,tonol Frccn,ason.
| Do all our lady readers know tho origin Of
the word "hymcn' If not, here it is
IyMEN was young man of Athens, OBJ
scurcly born but extremely handsome. Fall
ing in love with Il lady of rank, ho disguised
himself in female attire, the better to carry
on his amour; and, as hc was one day on the
scoshorc celebrating the Elcusinan rites with
his mistress and female companions, a gang
Of pirates came upon them by surprise, and
carried them OF to Il distant island, where
the pirates got J.ank for joy and fell asleep
1tymcn then armed the virgins and dispatch
cd the sleeping pirates, when leaving the Two
won,cn upon the island, he sped to Athens,
told his adventure, and demanded his beloved
in marriage as her ransom. His request
was granted ;s and SO fortunate was tho mar
riaGe that the namo Of Hymon was ever in
vc!cd on all future nuptials; and in progress
OF tin,c tho Greeks enrolled him among their
gods.
DEATH.-We have never read anything
more beautiful than the following from the
pen of George D. Prentice: There is but a
breath Of air and beat Of the heart between
this world and tho next And in the brief
interval of painful and awful suspense, while
VIC feel that death is present with US, that we
arc powcrless and the all ll-powcrful, and tho
faint pulsation here is but the prelude of end
4 less lifo hereafter, VIC feel in the midst Of the
stunning calamity that is about to. bcfall US,
that the carth has no compensation good
enough to mitigate the severity Of our loss ~
But thero is no grief without some benoicent
| provision to soften its intcnscs. When tho
good and lovely die, the memory of their good
deeds, like tho moonbcams on tho stormy sea
| light up our darkcncl hearts and lends to the
surrounding gloom beauty so sad, so sweet,
that We would not, if we could, dispcl the
darkness that cnvirons it. A
jPQpuEAn Fs>LtytcIEs That you can re-
c!elyo one dollar q,day, spend two and get
rich 1850 - f',"Nr rs
That the man who can't pay for his break
fast can raise the money to 80 into circus.
That to do a man one favor, and then refuse
him another, won't make him twice as mad
as if you had refused him tlc first.
That when friend presents you q hound,
it will cost you nothing W&ThiI
That wlon you buy on credit, knowing
very we'll you will not pay, it is not stealing
That the next years taxes will be lighter
That evory one man'is to die except you
That If you have good cause in love, war
or law, pitch in, you arc bound to win
That you can play draw pokor and lose just
so much and no more
That when you buya horse, ho,will be GER
tain to turn out as represented aiiIsn, ,t.
That if you always say what you think,
you will win the regali of the entire commu-
CoMposITIoN. .or. THE CONVENTIONS
Virginia, Z25 out ofJ10b' delegates to the Con
stitutiqnal Convention, or less than onc-fourth,
arc colorcd men. In North Carolina, IS out
of 100 delegates, Or less tha., onc-ninth, are
rcoloreds InrNIississippi, IL out of 128 In
Louisiana, THO blacks have majority of 10,
In Florida, 20 ont' Of so ,aro colorcd In
noor,.;o 1S.out nc 1OS ~. los, tl,a, 80 ~ ~,