Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-11-10

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LATEST FROM J. II. BARRETT.
We fin the following letter in the Ns-
tionHl Era, addressed to he editor of that
paper Blrrctt attempts to mike the
impression that he hid n portion of the
public sympathies with him in his confne.
ment, and that The 'yeomanry of the
land were bitterly opposed to the Com
mitt@e ot Safety. ,nis cmiSsarv now
adds ingratitude to his other crimes.
by bringing the blNckest accusations
against men to whose moral sense ofright
and even hnnded Justice, he is pcrhaps
indebted for the honorable manner in
which he hNs been treated.
l1e plainlv intimntes that his accusc,s
would not hesitate to forSwcar them
selves, after being bnfiled in their hopcs of
'wrcaking vengeance upon him The
poor simplcton, to imagine that he, n
mcyc tool in the hands of his abolition
employers, could excite any such desire
In the hreNstS of men, is too absurd even
to i'm oSc upon the crcdulities of his nor
thcrn friends. We are promised some
further developments:
SrARTANDrRG, Oct. g, 1870.
"MR. Enron, Court of Common
Pleas for Spmtanhurg district has lust
loscd its session for this season, and the
rusty hinges of my prison bolts have gra-
ted harshly upon my cars for the Inst
time. am now at liberty, and there is
not manifested d by the great mass of the
community the least disposition to treat
me even disrespectfully. Those men
who had banded themselves together in
this place under the term Safety Com
mttec. and who, in order to keep them
selves safe from the action of the In
against them for their hwless conduct,
have proclaimed themselves above the
law and who, from the ii ne thcv
cast me into prison up to the moment APP
pointed to rush me through the forms Of
II public trial, had kept every instrument
in motion to excite the country and bring
the people up to the level of their own
fanaticism and cruelty, have had the ta-
bcs most completely turned upon them
"rle yeomanry of the land came up
TO Court. from the different parts of the
district. with stern rebuke to the spirit
of disorder written oa their faces.
tfInstaoH of baipfr tArannroI no 49,, 90.
emies had vainly hoped, to act against
me with the Injustice of an excited popu-
lace, some of them were importunate that
should turn upon my pursuers, and
give some of them chance TO occupy for
season the same dark hole into which
they had so wantonly thrust me. The
truth is. the great heart of the honest and
considerate portion of this community
beatin sympathy with my wrongs. They
saw the base injustice that had been done
me, and were willing and even anxious
that reparation should be made.
"Fhese manif stations were not to be
mistaken by the Safety Committee
When they saw all their hopes of wreak-
ing vengeance upon me for the fancied in
juries of the North had vanished, they
took counsel together ms to what was to
be doaa and determined that my case
should not be etried during the present
session; that. If necessary, certain of their
brotherhood should go before the Court
and make affidavit that, in the case of the
said j. IT. Barrett, there was some inn
portant testimony that, during the whole
summer they bad been slandering and
peNecuting him. they had not been by
any means able to raise, and that, there
fore, they were not at present prepared
to TRY the case, and they must have six
months longer to get that important tes.
timony.
"There is much more yet whice in a
short time / hope to give to the public.
Meanwhile, hope you will be Kind
enough to publish this hasty sketch. L
start for home in a few moments.
ssdot se j. M. BARRETT.
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