Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-10-26

Look to your rights, freemen. and
defend them. IS 4ssE
Cleayland Democrat.
The Ashtabula (Ohio) Sentinel
says:
Never have we heard our people
talk of resisting the laws, of seces-
sion, and dis solution, until the pres
ent week. In several public meet
ings we learn that efforts were made
to pledge those present to open re-
sistance to the Fugitive law by force
of arms. Lecding men have OPP
posed such public manifestations uis
til there should be more time for re-
Election and cool deliberation. But
the indications have satisfied us that
the arrest Of fugitive slave, in al
most any part of our country. would
be attend with bloodshed. This at
tempt on the part of Congress to leg
isla'e for oppression, TO place the
Government in a hostile attitude to
freedom, to use ifs power to rob a
rortion of orr fellow men of their
Go1-given rig'.ts, has awakened a
spirit of resistance never before wit
messed in this region. Indeed, we
think that people who would tameiy
submit to such a law, must be pre-
pared 10 become slaves.
The yoke of the shareholders has
become CALLING TO orr necks. We
are strongly impressed with the be-
lief that the passage of that infamous
law will be followed by demonstra.
tons unexpected and unlocked for
by the poltroons who enacted it.
From the " Y Com d. hquier.
The law for the recovery Of fugi-
tive slaves ;e an exception TO these
remarks. lTn'ess we are greatly
mistaken. that law emhodies the ele-
ments of continued controversy and
excitement. Some Of IFS provisions
are so directly at war with what are
generally considered and cherished
as personal rights. and are framed so
expressly t 90 direct and wanton
outrage to ali generous and kindly
feeling, that they will inevitably
awaken vide dissatisfaction, and
present points for most effective ap-
reals to ponn.ar feeling and sympathy.
From that bill, therefore. we appre-
hend m;schevious results. 1t will
not substantially aid the recovery of
fugitive slaves while it will deepen
anil strengthen The prevalent feeling
upon that subject.
GALE. TUE ERoNAUT. The Paris
correspondent Of The New York
Courier and ENQUIRER says:
"rhe Fronaut. Ga'e. with whose
exploits in the AIR all Paris has been
for the last Two months familiar and
whom, believe vo'r correspondent
has more than once noticed, has
come at last In a dep,orab'e end in
the exercise ofhis perilous vocation.
From Paris he proceeded with his
hal!on tn Bordeaux. AMI was there
astonishing the town hv his ascen-
sions on horseb0ct. Ga'e was an
Englishman. and was so unfortunate
AS not TO sneak French with desira-
be correctness and hnency. His as
cens'on had heen made with com
ple'e success. He had rega;ned the
earth, and mnltitude of country
people seeing near'v the spot at which
he was descepa'rg had collected TO
gaze al him, his balloon, and his
horse, and to extend 10 him their aid,
If necessary. TIE hor was speedi-
ly freed from the he'ts, by means of
which he had been suspended, and
the balloon. thus discharged ofa con-
siderable weioht, again became
Fighter than The atmosphere, and
struggled hard TO reascend.
THE directions Of the unfortunate
man were misunderstood by his will
ling assistants, and the cords which
had already bound The balloon to the
earth securely were again loosed---
Gale Al the moment en'angled in the
net work. The balloon dartcd up,
carrying Ga'e a,ong with il. BY a
desperate effort, he regained the sort
offat car which had been suspended
above him and his horse, and inten.
aed TO carry he sand bags used in
the ascent. There i would seem,
from !hs report Of his appearance
and conduct by the spectators below,
he must have been immediately suf-
focated by the gass which was freely
escaping from the balloon, for he Law