Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-09-19
WAR0G1 11W .
Western Eloouence.


Gentlemen of the jury, (said Western
lawyer,) it is with feelings OF no ordinary
commoton that rise to defend my injured
client from the attacks that have been made
on his hithcrtotore unapproachablc charac-
ter. feel, gentlemen, that though good
deal smarter than any of you, even the
judge himself, yet | am utterly incompe
tent to present this case in that magnani-
nous and heartrending light which its i'm
portance demands and trust, gentlemen,
that whatever | may lack in presenting the
subject, will be immediately made up by
your own natural good senses and discern
mcnt, if you have got any
The counsel for the prosecution, gentle
men, will undoubtedly attempt to heavc
dust in your eyes. He will tell you that
his client is pre-cminently man of func-
tion-that he is man of undoubtcd and
implacablo veracity-thot he is a man who
would srorn to fotch an action against an
other merely to crafty his own personal
corporosity; but, gentlemen, let me eau
tionatc you how to rely upon such specious
reasoning like this. | myself apprehend
that this suit has been wiifully and mali
ciously tocht gentlemen, for the sole and
only purpose of brow beating my client
here, aHd in an eminent manner grinding
the face of the poor, and apprehend also
that if you could but look into that mans
heart, and read there the motives that have
impclled him to fotch this suit, such pic
ture of moral turpentinc and heartfelt in
gratitude would be brought to light as has
never before been exhibited since the Falls
of Niagara.
Now, gentlemen, want to make bril-
liant appeal to the kind symmetries of your
natur, and see if L can't warp your iudg-
mcnts little in favor of my unfortunate
client here, and then | shall fotch my ar
gumcnts to close. Here is poor man.
with a numerous wife and child depending
upon him for their daily bread and butter,
wantonly fotched up horc and arranged be
fore an intellectual jury on the charge of
ANONYMOUSLY hooking; yes, hooking, six
quarts of new cider. You, gentlemen, have
ali been placed in the same situation, and
you know how to feel for the misfortunes of
my client, and | humbly calculate that you
will not permit the gushings of your sym
pcrthizing hearts to be squenched in the
bud by the surruptious and superogating
arguments of my ignorant opponent on the
other side.
The law expressly declares, gentlemen,
in the beautiful language of Shakespeare,
that where no doubt exists of the guilt of
the prisoner, it is your duty to lean up
On the side of justice and fotch him in
innocent. If you keep this fact in view
i'll the case of my client, gentlemen, you
will have the honor of making friend of
him and all his relations, and you can alters
look upon this occasion and reflect with
pleasure that you did as you have been done
by; but if on the other hand, you dsre-
gard this great principle of law, and set at
naught my eloquent remarks, and fotch
him in guilty, the silent witches of CON
science will follow you over every fair corn
field, | reckon, and my injured and down
troddcn client will be pretty apt to light on
you some of these nights, as my cat lights
on a sasser of new milk
In Town WITH PocKEr FULL or
ROCKS Tennessee planter lately visit
cd New Orleans, and stopped at the st.
Charles Hotel, and in the course OF week
created prodigious sensation He was a
stout, plain-looking old fellow, and on the
trip down from Memphis, contrivcd to get
very drunk, so that from the time he land
ed in the city until he left, he carried on
like crazy man, paying fifty or hundred
times the value Of everything he bought.
He gave a colorcd barber $50 for shaving
him, and refused to take any change: paid
half a dollar for glass of liquor, declined
the change, and gave the barkecpcr $40
additional as free gift. On the latter
being rejected, the planter crumpled up the
bill, threw it behind the counter, and
walked off in a rage Hc had all his pocb-
cts stuffed with bank notes of the dcnomi-
nations of hundreds, ffties, and twcntics,
which he threw away recklessly. If he
ran against person he dashed handful
of bills in his face. Notsatisfied with this,
he afterwards paraded about with linen
bag so full of silver that it bent him down
to carryit. Whenever he had chance he
paid for drinks, &c, with handful of half
dollars. After three days tour of this
description, he packed up and travelled
back to Tennessee, where he belonged. He
is said to be quite wealthy. The suckers
about town are believed to have reapcd
grand harvest out Of this poor incbriate's
folly.
WARS whiskey bringing?" inquired
1 dealer in that article. "Bringing men to