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

next stride would elevate hilu to tho Gov
crnorship.of the State"
Under the circumstances, therefore, it is
still hoped that Col. CALuouX will not
have opposition. ANOTHER YorEn.
a Man of Destiny.
a correspondent of the Richmond JJH;a
communicates the following concerning one
of the rescued from the CcHt,ml lmcrjcd:
Mr.. John ID. Dement,, of Oregon CITY,
o. T., one of the saved from the Central
America, whose name has undergone loz-
ell tclcgraphc transportations, has expert
enccd a most cycntful life Tor oleso Young.
Residing in the neighborhood OF Washing
! ton city, where he was born, he volunteers
cd i'll the Rifle Regiment, composed prin.
| cipally of the best blood of that region, ms
shown by the service rendered during the
Mexican war. lie fought in every battle
from Vera Cruz to the gates of the city and
never received scratch. During the oc.
cupation oftlmt Capitol he occupied a prom
inent position in the police department, and
escaped many well laid plots against his
life, ON the part of the G,raScr population
He was the first man to volunteer on the
call of General Scott for a certain number
who should blow up the castle of Chcpulte-
pee at the certain sacrifice of their lives.
For his gallantry he WAS promoted to a
Iicutcnantcy in tile regular army, LIST Ar
tillcry-a double honor His first order
was to the post of Stcilacoom ON Pa.ot's
Sound, waste howling wilderness, whore
his adventures with the Indians, grizzlys;
and other vumints, would form most IN
tercstmg book. On one occasion he took a
small sailing boat, of the size of an oyster
pung, and with only four men, rescued from
II most savage tribe of Indians occupying
an island, several persons, including n lady
and child, who had been wrecked and bar
barously treated Persons familiar with
the adventure pronounce it one of the most
heroic and daring, requiring an amount of
diplomacy rarely found-onc which Napo-
leon might have delighted to honor with
the grand cross in the presence of the grand
army.
Finding the soldiers life in time of peace
too monotonous, or obeying an irresistible
impulse tOactive life, he resigned his nosi.
ton, while stationed at thesplcasant post of
Charleston, took to himselfa wife and rc.
turned to Oregon to join his brother in bu
sincsS, who, it may be said by the way. had
crossed the Rocky Mountains with tfe first
train-that ever went to Oregon for the pur
pose of settlement
Now comes the remarkable feature of his
travels on the sea. Last yonr in coming In
for goods he was in tho steamer Illinois.
which was so near being lost, and arrived
III Norfolk under such paiaful cifcumstan-
ces, lhis year he meets the ill-fatcd Cen,
tral America and he gets into Norfolk
again. Pity it is that we are not in pos
session of his account of the catastrophe
While his case may not have differed es
.sentially from others, we are sure he kl,ows.
as much as any who have made statements,
and Tint as in all the rest of his works. his
modcsty would be equal to his merit.
A MAN GowHlDED BY WoaAN.-
GREAT ExocITEMENr. Madison street was
the scene of !; rich and f-ar5 exploit Ut about
noon to-day Two women in eonlymnv met
a man at the corner of Main and Madison.
and one of them "let in'' on him within
cowhide, which she employed most yieor.
ously, to his discomfort and annoyance'--
After taking it a little while the man at.
tempted to get away and run down Madison
street to Bank Avenue, up that to the
next alley, and out to Front Row. He.
was hotly pursued bythc woman, and fol-
lowed by i'm immense crowd, many llalIow-
ing, "Givc tito himw - IInrsib fortbo
woman'' "Pcpper him!s and similar /
ordinations. On Front Row tho woman
overlook him, and, having lost her cowlilc,
gave him her fist and tongue hi n style
which indicated the familiar use of botl
those dangerous weapons Policemen soon
FErlved to interrupt the sport, by arfeatine
the man, after pretty strong resfstance,
and the woman marched Off Ia triumph y.
She says that tlsoman Is nanod John Nj. 4
Young, Of st. Louis, aud that although
they were not maFricd, she had neoh l9ss6ycI /
than awife to him. She eoSnpsained Se
ill-treatnent at his hands, wllioh proiDpted
her method of revenge. The scene babies
al attenptsat description
ilsDapliis Ne,ss
4 Sabbath iss,;f div Younger sllas.
Mar ordained for hiplin tie sleEe of his
uprghtness and innooercg, that his fscnt.
ties being thor holy ana excellent hciaieht
employ them especially on t|at day, ifi tho j
81 msIpgalar and alp. pifituaI wershiIs of ti5d
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