Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-06-05
Pardons. r.

~ Pardons. X
Mitchell, convicted for negro stealing,
at the last Court for Chester District, aid
sentenced to be hung on the first Friday i'm
June next, has been pardoncd by the Gov
ernor. ''ssS -
1t is both easier aud more pleasant to
approbate than conddmn the acts of officials
and yet 1T is unfair, perhaps, to do the lat
ter, without knowing all the circumstances,
as our ESeeptivei is presumed to know them,
before afiSing his ,name to q document
which absolyes, culprit from the punish
ment of crime denounced by the Laws, and
awarded as mes!te;llsy , jury jury sworn to find
according to evidence. The clemcncy of
the Governoris so frequent, and apparcntI
ly iDdiscriminate, that NC cannot hold our
peace. We know his .ENcelloncy is aetua-
ted by a high sense of right---that he is
CONSCIENTIOUS in all he docs-tliat no un-
worthy motives dictate these too frequent
interference with the salutary operations of
the laws, but he should remember that
courts and jurics are charged wit, thekpe-
cifc duty of Investigating violations Of the
laws, and when they pronounce parties
guilty, Executives should not disturb the
judgments, uuless the punishment is dis
proportioned to the offence, or some new
facts trahspirc, 1nkaownop Tic trial, show
ing less OF nc, eulpsbility- on. the'partof the
defendant. Perhaps there Gre,a few other
cases, which do not readily occur to us,
where it-would be.proper, But we do.pros
test against,sueh a. record Of clemcncy as
the past three months have left inthc Ex-
ccutive Office, or the Legislature will find
itself constrained toamcnd the Constitution
in such way as will establish guardianship
IN this matter over the Governor.
Eearolina &pdrtanE
BRfTIsH 'SBARcH-The Charleston
Erening News has the following pitliy and
pointed paragraph IN relation to the recent
cases of visitation hnd search ''
=. 1t hs been suggested i'll the papers that
one of the motives for the visitation and
search of our merchantmen in the, Gulf Of
Mexico by British cruisers, WIS to check
the threatened re opening of theslate trado
in the United Statcs We canfot admit
this solution. 1t implies monstrous as
sumption. 1twould take for arntcd that
the United States are. not competent to cn-
force their own laws 1t places rs on tho
same level with inlbecile spnin. Great
Britain inyades tic sovereignty Of that
country byoraeriAg her officers, not only
to pass her maritime frontier, but to inyadc
her territory in search Of imported ncgrocs
To admit such an interpretation of her con
duet as regards the United States, would
amount to II monstrous aggrovation of that
which is wrongful enough without such a
construction of her motives. 1t would be
adding insult to our Nationality, besides in-
jury to our citizens individually. -
We imagine that q sufficient solution jf
the mystery OF these aggressions is tc be the
determination to carry out the English rea,
ty with Spain for the Suppression Of the
slave trade, pcreetyfng Snap she ifIncefIpe.
tento unwilling to dosoby,hes own naval
forces. But.both Spain and Great Isritnin
must be held to account 1st, That the
formerpermits these violations.0f the rights
Of third parties within her Jurisdiction, I'd,
That the latter commits tho mfraction,
not,only withinsthut jurisdiction, but out
side of it, thus arrogating the Office of Pc
lice ofthe Seas, as if this mission had been
conferred byupivcrsai consent. )
PoTTsyILIr, PA, May 22,-J'or scve-
raj days there has been much trouble among
the miners Of tho Ashland coal district,
near this place. The workuen struck for
higher wages last week, allegipg that, at
the rates received, they could not support
their families. AS their employers refused
to make any concessions, the miners went
off n,abody to obtain higher wages, or COM
pei the workmen tomake the strike GEN
cral one. They visited WadcsyiIIcand the
eollieries in that Vicinity, and by threats
and persuasion induced the miners to ioiil
them. Yesterday the mob, now grown
quite formidable, appeared at st. Clair, aud
by their violent demonstrations stoppcd op-
erations at Mines, Johns, Smydcr's and
other collieres. y5E5 s,.
. Astrong force was dispatched from Potts
vile this morning, to suppYess tho disorder,
arrest the principals in the riot, and pro.
teetthose nen VINO wish to so to work. -
Tbc sheriff of Schuylkill county made IA
acquisition upon thenlilitary and the first
regiment of volunteers under command of
Col. Johnston, left for ST. Clair at an carly
hour this morning.
The military retMned, bringing with
them the ripg1csdeis ofthe riot. Upon the
appearance ofthe soldiers at the scene of
disturbance, the rioters saw that resistance
was hopeless, and submitted immediately.
Qlfct has been restored
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A BAEKRUPT Law. The House Com.
mittce on theJ judiciary haze made report
on that branch OF, the Presidents message
recommending in the passage az 4 hankrr,t