Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-04-02
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a Woman's Friendship.

- " ''"oio'o "ohiah. IN woman there is at
once a subtle dclicacy of tact and a plain
soundness of Judgment, which arc rarely com.
blned to an equal degree in man Awoman,
II she be really your friend, will have a sen.
slt've regard for your character, honor, re-
pute. She will seldom counsel you to do
shabby things, for a woman friend always de-.
slrcs to be proud of you. At the same time
her constitutional t%imidity makes her more
cautious than your male friend. She, thcrc4
fore, seldom %counscls you to an imnrudens
thing' a mans best female friend is a wife
OF good sense aud heart, whom he loves, and
who loves him. But, supposing the man to
DC without a garden, and there will be MANY
an UNDECIDED gap, even in its strongest fence.
Better and safer, of course, arc such friend
ships, where disparity of years, or circum-
stances, puts the idea Of love out of the oucs-
ton. Middle life has rarely this advantage:
youth and old ago have. We may have f.
male friendships with those much older, and
those much younger, than ourselves. Fe.
male friendship is to a man, the bulwark.
sweetness, ornament, of his existence.
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Why a LARGn ARMY IS MAINTAINED IN
F~RANeE--The Paris correspondent Of the
"lIondon Daily News says that the Ikoui-
fcnr dc| Arn,cc, which is a srmi-oGicial Jour
nal patronizcd by the Minister Of War, pub
fishes an article widely and ominously at vari.
ance with the pacific professions Of tho Gov
crnment and the notion that the result Of the
Conference on tho Crete business is a serious
step towards tue realization Of that grand dc.
sidcratuna, "arbitration instead of war;
This military Journal, which lies on the table
of every military mess and is taken by every
onic trequentcd by officers, lays down broadly
tho iiendish proposition that I" war is the nag.
ural state of nations" Here in a specimen
of it's reasoning:
Without war nations become eifeminatc and
degraded. Where tho soldier is wanting the
man of money gets the upporhand. 1t is to
spectators and Boursc gamblers that war
does most harm. DO not civilization, arts and
commerce owe their most precious conquest
to war? France has no c]ovetous AMBITION
She does not want to disturb either the or
der or the rcposc of Europe. But she will
not disarm. Her armmanents have now attain
cd the highest degree Of perfection. Her ar
sonals arc full, her reserves drilled, her forti-
fled places in good condition, and the Mobile
National Guard, which will become n conside-
rablc auxiliary force to tho regular arm, is in
course of organization. Franco knows that
her glory consists in the Hcclat Of her arms
She will not forget what she owes to her vail
ant troops, and she will know how to main
tain that rank in Europe which she owes to
her soldiers. Let us not, therefore, return
the sword to the scabbard. The sword is tho
arm of honor aud patriotism but there is n
far moro dangerous arm, and one which more
than the sword compromises nations and in
dividuals; this arm, gentlemen utopias, is
your pen.
The SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
This body, which held its last annual session,
in the city Of Baltimore, says the "Macon
(Ga.) Telegraph" will assemble in the First,
Baptist Church, in this city, on Thursday be-
fore the second Sabbath in May. 1t will be
composed Of delegates from every Southern
State. 1t is a representative body, whose
members arc elected by the Conventions Of
each State, and we expect some of the best
talent in the denomination to be present. A
few are expected as messengers from the do
nomination North. These added much to
the interest Of tho last meeting in Baltimore.
There is also to be a Sunday School Con
@vention with it, beginning two days before tho
regular session, to be composed of tho work
ing Sunday School men of tho South.
1t is supposed there will be at least three
hundred delegates in attendance on these
meetings. It will afford a good opportunity
for our %citizcns, who have always been "givcn
to hospitality" to "abound moro aud moro
in the practice Of this highly commended yir.
tue. Nc. doubt many out of tho denominations
will chhccenrfhully throw open their doors md
aid IN extending q cordial welcome and gen.
crous, entertainment to those who. may be in
attendance, 1t will be one of the most inter
csting and intellectual religious bodies that
eycr met in Macon. Let all our people,
without respect, to their relations, welcome
this ccclesiestic body with open doors and
with warm hearts