Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-02-06

HunS flDponS III any OF the YeStal virgins
proved incontincnt, they were sealed up in
a cave under ground, in which was bed,
a lamp, and little bread and wine, where
they were left to perish; but during the
space of a thousand years this punishment
was inflicted only eighteen times, The
vestals possessed many privileges The
most honorable seats at public games aud
festivals were allotted them; they rode in
cbariots; and if by chance they met Grim
inal going to execution; he was immcdi-
ately pardoned Great Difference was paid
them by the people; and it was capital
crime to insult one, If any of them died
while in Office, the body was buried within
the city, an honor granted to but few
Southern 4Nomitor.
PUNcu's CHARGE TO TIE JURY.-Au
exchange paper republishes the following
"charge" which came from the London
Punch some fifteen years ago. Notwith-
standing tho ""ti1uity or The document, it
is "model' charge, so far, at least, as it
possesses the merit of leaving the jury un-
biased in their deliberations upon a verdict /:
Gentlemen Of tie Ju,y: You are sworn
in all cases to decide according to the evi-
dence; at the same time, if you have any
doubt, you are bound to give the prisoner
the benefit of it. Suppose you have to
pronounce on the guilt or innocence of a
gentleman accused of felony. You will
naturally doubt whether any gentleman
would commit such offence-accordinglv
however strongmay be the tcstmony against
him, you will, perhaps, acquit him. The
evidence of your own senses is, at least, as
credible as that Of the witnesses; if, there
fore, your eyesight convince you that the
prisoner is well dressed person, You have
a right t presume his respectability; and
it is for you to say whether respectable
person would be likely to be guilty of the
crimes imputed to him In like manner,
when YOU sec a shabby looking fellow in
the dock, charged, for example, with sheep
stealing, the decision rests with you, first,
whether or not that individual is a raea-
muffin, and, secondly, how far it is probable
that man of that description would steal
sheep. OF course, as has been before said,
you will always be guided by the evidence !;
but then, whether the evidence is trust
worthy or not, is a matter for your private
consideration. You may believe it if you
choose, or you may disbelieve it; and
whether, gentlemen of the jury, you will
believe it or disbeliove it, will depend on
the constitution of your minds. If your
minds are so constituted that you wish to
find the prisoner guilty, perhaps you will
believe it; if they happen to be so consti
tutcd that you desire to find him not guilty,
why then, very likely, you will disbeievc
it. You arc TO free your minds from all
passion and prejudice if you can, and, in
that case, your judgment will be unbiased ;
but if you cannot, you will return verdict
accordingly. 1t is not, strictly speaking,
for you to consider what will be the effect
of your verdict; but if such a consideration
should occur to you, and you cannot help
attending to it, that verdict viii be infu-
enced by it to certain extent. You are
probably aware that when you retire, you
will be locked up until you contrive to
agree. You may arrive at unanimity by
fair discussion, or by some of You starving
out the Others, or by tossing up, and your
conclusion, by whichever of these processes
arrived at, will oc more or less in accor-
dance with your oaths. Your verdict may
be right; it is to be hoped it will; it may
be wrong; It's to be hoped it will not. At
all events, gentlemen of the jury, you will
come to some conclusion or other; unless
it should SO happen that you separate with
out coming to any.
MARRYING IN HAsTE.-The wife of a pain
ter and glazier in Syracuse, N Y, died a
week or two since, and several friends of the
family went from Auburn to sympathize
with the bereavcd husband, and assist at the
funeral services. Among them was young
lady who was, until thattime, perfect stran-
ger to the husband. The sympathy of this
interesting lady made such an impression
upon the heart broken husband, that he com
menced making love to her, and easily sue
cceded in winning her affections.
In due time the corpse of tho dead wife was
placed in the cemetery, and the next day the
afflicted husband consoled himself by taking
to his arms the susceptible young lady from
Auburn.
Coon sense and good nature are never sep
arated, though the ignorant world has thought
otherwise Good nature, by whiehI mean
bcnefcence'and .candor, is flie product of
right reason which of necessity will give al
lowance to the failings Of Others, by consid-
ering that there is nothing perfect in man
kind; ard by Distinguishing that which
comes nearest to exccllency, though not abb
solutely free from faults, Will cortainly pro-
duee candor in the Judge. ~ =