Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-09-25
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be saved, so they were caught up and draw,
aund the waists. Handsome netticoats
~ preserved in like manner Ioons
aud y Inc were very inconycnient--
Skeleton .ftsN were totally unmanageable
and in hundreds OF cases were left to hang
and sway and grin around the forms ofthcir
poSscssors, to the horror of modest men all
over the ground Slippers were cutirely
enGulphed as the wearers plunged from the
steps and sought the dry land. Boots and
gaitcrs were all splashcd and soilcd, pants
and hose, well everything outside of
the very cuticle itself of bifurcatcd fomin.
lnity, was all bcdabbled and bespattcred
with mud aud slush
The rain came steadily on. The crowds
In the amphitheatre rapidly dispensing,
rushed headlong to The entrances of the
grounds, and soon the omnibuses in WAITING
were bcSeiged by thousands of men. women
and children, who were frantic in their cf.
forts to gain seats. Couples and SQUADS
ran through the mud up the road to autic-
lpate seats in the returning vehicles Con
fusion was at its height whcut the rain came.
Ihen ensued such scene MS we hope ncv
er to witness again There were not omni-
buses or wagons for half of the pcoplc.-
Inc mud was ankle deep, and the rain ma
KING 1t deeper every minute Women and
children were caught up by frantic hus-
bands and fathers aud pitched into the
doors and windows of the carriages.
The horses crowded upon one another
men cursed and raved--screams of terror
arose from women on all sides-some were
Knocked down in the mud--othcrs fell
sprawling under foot-drcsscs and bonncts
were torn and scattered rouud--many who
were afraid to minglo with The crowd, stood
upon its verge without shelter of any kind
the rain beating pitilcssly upon their fincry,
streaming down their bare shoulders and
necks, washing away their rosy checks and
dark eye-brows-well, We are not equal to
the description ltwasa terrible sight
1t was atcrrible suffering and modification
with thousands who were caught in the di-
lemma
at dark last night there were hundreds
yet remaining on the ground. The omni-
.a'ss horses wercoll worked down, and dri-
'ssets opposed to returning, so that many
were compelled either to remain on the
grounds or walk to the city.
On "Wednesday night, We learn, there
were at least two hundfed who we're thus
left. Last night there must have been
I; thousand Happy those, yesterday, who
had carriages of their own-hnppy those
who left the ground rly-happy she who
wore cheap bonnet or a cheap dress, or
no fiounccs, or moderate hoo ops-happy.
thrice happy, she with pretty ankle and
dark stockings miserable, very miserable,
all, and every one else.
New York Herald on Judge DOUGLAS.
The Ne'7 York Herald, after noticing the
positions assumed by the Washington Ju-
'on, the Charleston Aercu,y, and the lSoua.
Ct'rottmian against Judge Douglas, and
that of the Richmond En9uircr for him,
says:
"lt is quite clear, from these indications,
that there is greatd deal OF insubordination
in the ranks of the Democracy; and that
Douglas, being the prime rebel is to be
summarily dealt with. Indeed, his posi-
tlon will not permit him to hope for any
other treatment. He was always parti
san, bitter and unrelenting to ali who step
ped over the drill sergeant's line. That
line ne followed with exact steps until the
Administration of Mr.. Buchanan set up
policy which appealed rather to the sup
portot the country than to the voices of a
few demagogues. The Administration
makes thcplatform for its party; and that
platform is simply the exposition of its acts
and its declared policy. Upon that policy
the Administration must stand or fall be-
fore the country; and those partisans, like
Douglas, who are not with the Administra-
tinn: must necessarily be againstit. There
are some men Who have maintained an ino
dependent position in politics, lending their
and only to measures which they conceived
to be just, without regard to the party from
whence such acts originated; but Mr Doug
las is not one Of those. Hell has always been
q strict party man; and when he varies a
line from the mark, he can expect nothing
but speedy trial aud instant texecutiop-and
unless tho Administration of Mr., Buchan-
an applies the guilotine at once to all sucl,
insuberdinate attaches as Douglas and his
rotalners, the Democratic party will be en-
tiroly dcmpralizcd and scattered to the four
winds Of hoayen.' n eR
NORTHERN PopuLAR MTERAPuRE.--
Tho catalogue of the New York Publish
ers' Association contains list of twenty
four different biographies of notorious high
waymon, pickpockets and burglars and
fourteen stories of New York life, such as
is usually seen at the Five Points aud 9th