Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-02-27
VOL. IX.---N0. 80.
Life in Indiana.

of the authority of body of Regulators,
was a terrible affair. Nearly fifteen hun
drcd howemen assembled to witness the
execution. The cause of the excitement
which resulted in the assemblage of so for
midabe body of citizens, to unlawfully
take the life of man, is thus gi ven by
correspondent of the indianapolis journal:
z" For several years there has been a req,
ularly organized band of horse thieves,
| blacklegs, counterfeiters and murderers.
whose range extended froni Chicago to
| Toledo. The swamps and oak barrens
OF Noble and adjacent counties have been
their headquarters and principal hiding
places. At last their numbers became so
great, and their yillainous deeds so bold and
daring, that it was unsafe for stranger, or
any one who it was supposed to have mon
cy, to pass along the public highways with
any degree of safety Within the last few
months, there have been several highway
robbcries and attempts to commit murder
At length the better portion of our citizens
of Noble and adjoining counties organized
themselves into vigilance committees, horse
companies, &c., to sec if they could not
ferret out some of the leaders"
F" Recently the Regulators caught coun-
terfeiter who had on hand heavy assort
mcnt of bogus coin He was hanged until
nc confessed and exposed the gang with
which he was connected, He was then
put IN jail, and arrests made, some twenty
five persons being taken in custody, and
lodged in the jails of Noble, LaGrange and
DeKalb counties. One of the leaders of
the scoundrels was takenb before the Execu-
&ve- 9unInltUee or the negulaIors ana sem
fenced to die. He had many aliases, but
was best known by the name of Gregory
McDougal. He was twenty-seyen years
old, a Canadian by birth, and leaves a wife
and child. The correspondent of the Jour
nal says;
" After the verdict of the Regulators
about five hundred horsemen from this and
adjoining counties formed procession.
with their prisoner in a wagon intho lead,
slowly and solemnly marched to the place
OF execution, a romantic spot about five
miles out from Lignicr, near small lake.
The procession arrived at the selected spot
about three o'clock, and after some prelim.
mary arrangements, the wagon-contninin
the prisoner and his eof6n--was driven un-
der an oak tree, from branch of which the
fatal rope dangled. The prisoner seemed
cool and colected-indecd, he evinced,
throughout the whole of the terrible scene,
the utmost sang .froid and self-possession.
\ Rev Mr.. Writ made feeling
prayer, the prisoner made a speech, little
thought he would ever come to CHS, hopcd
'the Lord would have mercy ON his SOUL
and was strung up and hung until dead
The correspondent we quote from says
About fifteen hundred horsemcn from
all over the country were in town yesterday,
and about five hundred went out to the
place of execution o-day, and formed cir
Gle around the wagon. Not word was
spoken after the prayer of the minister
! All was still and quiet, and after the man
was cut down the crowd quietly dispersed,
each one looking as though he was sorry
that such thing had been done"
LIFE IN WAsmNoToN.--A correspon.
dent of a distant Journal has the following
on life in Washington:
Never, during long residence, have /
known Washington to be so gay as it has
been during the present season. No one
here, in the fashionable world, talks of
"hard times" or the "price of cotton ~ but
it lis one continual round Of bright eyes,
magnificent toitettcs and splendid equip
| ages. The mornings are given to matinee
dqasontes, receptions, and shopping; and
the nights to all kinds of balls, routs, con-
versaGones, levoes, &C., &C., coming in
| such quick succession that g en- Saturday
night, which formerly was added to that Of
| Sunday give time TO rccuperGte, is now
brought into rcquisition The mode of,
toilettes are as different as the beauty of
the fair adorned is varied, each one irving
toget up a fashion plate of her own, ali in
! very costly manner. At Che recent party
| of Judge Douglas, one lady was greatly adj
mired who wore the becoming Venetian
sleeves, cut up in front, and lined with
white satin, displaying pufcd undcr-sleeyos
reaching down. to Che elbow,
DESCRIPTION OF LoyE.----As very old
magazine, the name of which doth not any
/ pear publishes the following: L.. -S
| Love is Ike the devil, because it torments
| us; like Heaven, because it wraps the soul
i IN bliss; like SALT because it is relsbine
! like pepper, because it often sets as on fire;
| like sugar becauseit is sweet; Ikea rope,
because It's often Che death of man; ike
q prison, because il makes us unhappy
like wine, because il makes us happy like
! man, because it is here to-day and rome
! tomorrow like d woman, beeause there il
! no getting rid fit; hks 4 Beacon, Decause
] it guides one to theswisheGf for mort like
| q will q th' wisp, because it often leads one
| into a bog; like fierce courser, because it
often runs away with one; like the bite. Of