Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-07-01
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~ 0"" S"P''"'t lurulnS the Tables,
+" Accepting tho Situn,ion," "Why they
Shave in Queer" ''rhe Freclove Banditti, !"
'I4ost at Soa," "rhc McDoodle Club" "Our
Book Table" cart and Science The col.
umns of this Magazine are devoted to politics,
literature and science. It is purely Demo
cratic, condemning all parties which propose
to give up first principles and "accept the
situation" Published by VAN EYRE, Hon,
TON q Co., No. l62 Nassau Street, New
York, at $3 90 per year
The III Century, This Magazine no
longer claims the patronage of our people be
cause it is q Southern publication, but its
merits command circulation wide and in.
creas'ng, The variety of the July number
cannot fail to intercst every class Of readers
The world of fiction, poetry, agriculture and
history are all represented by able writer's
Among the table of contents, we note the fol-
lowing articles Of peculiar interest: cola
things become new, being a rcp,yof Judge
LoNasrREEr to Critical Notices, by @. REM
ELM, Of Cincinnati; "reminiscences of Pub
lie Men-JAMEs r.. PErIdRU-by Tx Gov
Is. Il. PERRY Tho Rural Farm, by w
WRAGu SMITH; LINCOLN, nANToN, Ro
BEspIERRE and lfAzEAL, by ALEXANDER IT,
STEPHENS; Auai Aheron, Pu14eur, a pro
test against Gov PERRY's "reminiscences of
public men, by I. w. HAYNE The latter
article will interest every person, and should
be read by all who have pcruscd the articles
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of Gov. PERRY. This Magazine should be a
member of every household Published at
Charleston, at So so per year. Address
XIX Century Publication co.
The great trouble in noticing the Ruyal
C,troitaiun always, is to notice every thing
worthy of mention, anl yet occupy only a
reasonable space. This month VIC give up
the task i'll despair, and shall only sc!ccl
some Of the principal points The number
opens with short and interesting sketch Of
MIR. PEABODY, illustrated with u handsome.
portrait of that great philanthropst This is
followed by an able article on the value of Su.
gar Cano as a seacoast crop. This in turn is
followed by very elaborate and interesting
cssly on guamo aud its uses. Two articles
on grasses, one in favor and the other op; oscd
to their cultivation. give light en- that uucs
ton. Facts and figures for rice planters is
worthy of special mention, and Col. AIKEN
gives two first rate articles on TIE mule and
tho Mississippi valley. The usual large
amount Of valuable correspondence, n,mcrous
contributions on different subjects and the
Al -, I,,,l l I
to mako up an amount of reading matter
which will correspond favorably with the con
tents Of any similar work a fine engraving
OF an Ayrshire COW, full size wood cut Of
the Julien apple" and ii picture of the new
ornamental edible plant, called the "polym-
MIA Eduis," arc among the many elegant H.
lustrations.
Price only 50 per annum. Address
WAhNEn EVANS & CoGswEhL Charleston
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CLAY AND PRENTICE.-John Russell
Young, Of the New York ,Stnnauy1 who at
tended the Associated Press Convention in
Louisville, thus writes of two kentucky cclc.
blities:
"Wc saw much Of Louisville, which is an
interesting city, with its substance and sha,l
ows The shadows of Clay and Crittendcn
and Tom Marshall, and the mcn Of '9S and
AL that race of fine gentlemen who once
stalkcd these streets aud made Kentucky
power in American politics. Here Clay lived
his noisy, bu5blng, mptarous caYecY--thn
same Henry Clay about whom we so loudly
sang-actunly dead, and never song to his
mcmory-his work over and forgotton--p poor
foolish day dreaming work as much of it was
and hc,--drilted far into silence and night,
the gaudicst sea bubble that ever caught the
sunshine; $50 long on the crest, ever saudy
and shining, only to break at last into foam.
No parry, no policy, no one living speech, no
one hearty dead, only his bright, CHEEKY Ken,
tucky smilc-a bubble once and only foam
We stood in the room where Prentice worked
and slcp--a kind Of journalistic monk where
he cooked his steak on ramrod until it was
half done, and baked potatoes in the coals..-
We saw the cupboard where he kcps fresh
bread and raisins and nuts; where day and
night he lived and laborod, in the aroma of
ink and dampcncd paper. We stood by his
grave IN Case Hill, the grecncst and sunnest
spot in Kentucky. sweet and quiet and peace,
full but grave quite forgotten, for no stone
marks his tomb A simple, soddcd mound.
with fresh June roses struggling over it, and
only known to the eyes of affection and friend.
ship as the resting place Of George d. Prem.
ticc.
WANTED.-A Washington correspondent