Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-10-03

succession, taking the last fifteen minutes
of one hour and the FIRST fifteen of thencxt,
thus giving over an hour and aquarter at
each interval of rest, during which he pb-
tains hissleop.
The moment his head is upon the pillow
he drops into a slumbcr as profound as,
dcaIf, and it is with the greatest difficulty
thats The attendants can arouse him when
his time for sleep has expired Wornt6ufa
nature asserts her right with iron hand, and
yields her control over the sleeper only In
obedience to force. Whippings have been
resotcd to in similar cases elsewhere, but
not yet in this case, although it is impossi-
bic to say what will be necessary before
the end of the thousand hours. The last
hour will be that ending at three O'clock
Tuesday morning, September g, and whcu
the prisoner il released he will need weeks
care before he can be left to himself If
allowed to sleep unintenuptedly, he would
sleep week, or probably never wake again.
We have given these details, believing
a description of the phenomena of such a
case would be interesting to the uninitiated,
and ut the same time enable them to APP
preciatc the amount Of trial and fatigue
which rigid training may enable the hui
man body to endure. c.-BoStom Tracclicr,
DEATH OF A REvoLUTIoNARY SOLDIER
The Sumter Hatchmda records the death
of William Vaughn, the last in that Dis
trict of the Revolutionary soldiers. He
died on last Monday, at the residence of his
daughter, Mrs. Dargan, four miles from
Sumtervile The Udtchnon saws shat
Mr.. Vaughn was born in May, 1764, and
hol t1,ornPo,.o + nj
year. Hejoined the army when in his 10th
or 18th year, and was with Marion and
Sumter in several of their most severe en-
gagcments. He was married to the wife
who survives him on the 10th of February,
1870. They had lived together as hus-
band and wife for near sixty-cight years.
Few more generous and brave men than
William Vaughn have ever lived Al
though infirm, and tottering under tho
weight of his many years, a bare allusion to
the stirring scenes of the past, would cause
his dim eye to flash with almost unnatural
brightness, while the sound of fife apd drum
seemed to inspire within his bosom all the
fires of patriotism that burned so brilliant
ly there during the days of his youth. 1t
was SAID that his haired Tor the tories vvoa
proverbial, and that tbemention of them in
his presence, even during the last years of
his life, would also draw from him some ex.
preston of his feeling toward them.
An AMERICAN PIRATE.-A Hong Kong
correspondent Of the London Times gives
the following account of an American pi-
rate:
"WhiIc / am upon the subject of pira-
cy, let me mention that an American, nam
cd Eli Boggs, was tried at Hong Kong en-
Wednesday last, for piracy and murdcr.--
His name would do for a villain of the
Blackboard class, but in form and feature
he was tho hero of sentimental novel;
AS he stood in the dock, bravely battling
for his life, it seemed impossible that that
handsome boy could be the pirate whose
name had been for three years connected
with the boldcst and bloodicst acts of pira-
cy. 1t was a face of feminine beauty
Not a down upon the upper lip; large lus-
trous eyes; mouth the smile of which
might WOO coy maiden; aHluent black hair,
not carelessly parted; hands so small and
so dclcatcly white that they would create
a sensation in Belgrava--such was the
Hong Kong pirate, Eli Boggs.
lie spoke for two hours in his defence,
and he spoke wcll---without tremor with
out an appeal for mercy; but trying To
prove that his prosecution was the result
of q conspiracy wherein a Chinese bum
boat proprietor and sub-oflicial of the col
ony (beth of whom h" charged as being in
league with ali the pirates on the coast)
were the chief conspirators. The defence
was, of course, false. 1t was proved that
he had boarded Junk, and destroyed, by
cannon, pistol and sword, fifteen men; and
shat having forced the rest overheard, nc
had fred at one of the victims, who had
clutched n rope and held on asteru. No
Witness however, could prove that he saw
a mand from blow or shot struck or
fired by the pirate. The jury, moved hv
his youth and courage, strained hard their
oasaicncoS, acquitted him of the murder,
but found him guilty of piracy. lie was
sentenced to be Transported for life
A RtGHTEous JupeE--A y0aagta Baaa
was sentenced in Pittsbsrg 10 sax gleaaRgs
imprisonment in jail for assAnstEag aRatAer
with "linuckles." His Coansel, previous
to the passing of the sentence, solicited
lenieney for his client on the score of good
character and gontlemanly conduct general
~. The Jadgc replied that it was fortu-
nate for him that nc was not indicted for
murder, aud said when people with gentle,
manly culture aud good ehafactcr performed
such deeds he should punish thspa as row
dies and rafiaus, The first gentleman
of tho Iand shall fare no better than the
poorest man, -. ,s. Us