Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-09-26

| tile want ofwatcr When the buildings on
I. the west side of Kingistrec we're fully ,eu-
Selopod in fame, asea of fire extended to
\ the opposite SIDE setting Mr., Rabe's Live
1 ry stable inc blaze. The fire was now rdts
ing toiCfearfd extent; Rabcs Stable com
/ lmpnicated the flames south to Becknians
\ tagcrn, and 4&mold's blacksmith and carri-
( age shop, Which were cutirely consumed
( The three story hriclt house next south of
/ ArnoMs owned by Mr. Wm c.. Dukes
/ and Just occupicdb by MB Hickman as a
tavern and restaurant. was also tlestroyeds
and stopped the flames inathis directom.-+
i NORTH of Rabe's Stables, two and a half
I Istory woode;I house owned byJ john Toriay,
and occupied rs "a Junk shop, was burned,
/ which extended The flames to- Mir. Wan.
I lhplnlelfs = three stoiy1 wooden building ON
the south e;,et,eorIicr 0f King aud Mary
streets. 3Tilis house was Owned by Mr.
lsllunmell and occupied by him as ;tsdrlg.
store aud rcsdciec. On Mory-strcct, east
OF Mr. lluDlmell's, Two smgil bulldogs,
fownod by Mr. Tgrlay, were consumed -
The tiames had now reached the new Dc
pot, erected ON the South Carolina Rail-
| road, Hid this being buiitof brick, ard the
roof covered with tin, stayed the ilames.-
The Depot was not quito completed, and
and wirs yet in the llauds of the builders,
| AlcssTs. Wharton and Pestch. it did not
sustain much injury however Owing to
| the confusion always attendant on largo
! brc, aud the limited time we had for
a report, we could net obtain much in-
| formation as to the extent of insurance on =
the Varions buildings destroyed, We Left
the scene of the iire at halEp@st three, and
the. hamosswere thens 80 Suhdued, 1hgt there
| was little apprehension ofytheirf;ather OK
! tensionc-- GNdficStoa. iStdu6df61, 20t inst.
Lynching. ~ y
We copy the following account sS ter J
| riblc murder and lyuching IN Mississippi
| fromth Houston Petrct Of the 2diustant;
1t appears that one Gray.lwho wastarni-
ing with a MIR. Abcrhathy, near Red Land.
IN Pontotoc county, had fallen out with
SAID Abernathy for some t,ifliug cnuse, and
4 on Friday the 18th uit loaded his gun and !,
went into the field where Alternately was
pulling fodder alone, and demanded that
I AbeEmthy rctract language used. Nbers
| nqthy replied that he movers had anything
to retrlct and turned from Grey and went
topulling fodder again, wheTcupon Gray
shot him in the back with shot gtn char
/ god with twelve buck. .shtt. The fire wasa
\ deadly one; Aberothy fell to the ground
a hfcless corpse and there remained until
next day, when he was foundry said Glny,
| who, fearing thatsome ill-mck had bcfallcn
! Abcrnuthy was in search of him.
I An inquest was Gc,dgovcr the bsdy, and
lall the evidence, Which was the most point
/ cd circuInstmtial, was brought to bear, and
soon every one began to louk at tray with.
aspspicinus eye. Soon Gruy'a countenanoes
4 depicted tlc murder, and lie, frightened as
/ the vast crowd which had now become sex
aspcrated, gave himself into the hands 0f
an officer and haStened to tho county iail
! for refuge This was Saturday. On Mon
i day, the 3lst ult. the news had spread far
and wide, and about two hiudrea and fifty, :.
of the citizens Of old Tontotoc determined.
! TO visit condi9n punishment on the fo,il.s
lniurdcrcr, marched IN solid pl,alanx to Pom. i
totoc town, and demanded GRAY. who WAS
in prison mo process At FIRST they were
! denied; but seeing no denial would avail,
4 Gray was delivered up to the crowd, who
took him back to Red band, liatIhiin rcr.
/ nlarly tried before Justice, who declared
I fhe cascnot biilable and ordered tho pris.
I oncr to Jail. Just here the excitement
4 became intense the mob rose and hurried
1 the prisoner olf,,aIId s6on hanged GRAY uiitil
he was dead dead! And thus endcdtho
tragedy
] NEw GoTTo4.- first cotton ofthe sen.
son was sold in this place on Thursday last.
! Quite an animated race car off between
Georgian anda gentleman of this Dis-
trlet Mr. Moses Dean, as. to who should
have the credit of selling the first bale The
| Georglan, we.undeFstand was making MS
way tpthis place esouletime before day, when
our willy friend Of this District, beng equal
1 ly,ambtious of the hour, and on the look
ont lest he should Be outstripped, ioinod
Inn IN the race, md.thcy came in full tilt
to this place The rattling oe their sya,y.
ons, at the dead hour of night must have
heen as we'll calculated to alarm tile. good
citizens along The highway as the race be-
tween Tam 'Slapter and the witches
Both succeeded IN reaching. this village at
the same time, although our Andclsou
1 friend effected the, frstsalete Mcssrs. Eng
land & Bleclly before day light. Both
! parties received the same price, 4. cents
Eper pound, aud the yanauishod part was
4 no doubt we'll satisfied, as tile precedence
hqd been dearly bought
5 lslaacrsoa Gqzefic, 231
TnE Hoo Gli0IER8 The hog cholera
iis said to be very destructive In fs:srtssof
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