Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-11-19
by my hands! Hcnceforth my days arc
cursed. Englands queen and thy destroy
or bids me forget the deeds in her love"
Crime.

The prompt and certain punishment of
criminals i'll England, whether of high or
low degree, offers IL strange contrast to the
LAX treatment of crime in this country
The comparison is greatly 70 the disadyan-
taSc not only Of our courts but the state
of public sentiment throughout our great
republic, Rank, worth, station, are pow
crless iii England to shield the transsressor
of the law from the consequences of his
turpltudc. But i'll this couatiy it is easy
tor u criminal, provided he has friends who
have plenty OF money, or has it himself,
to escape the just punishment of his crimes.
The rutlianism and villainy that demanded
the intervention of the vigilance comluit-
tee IN San francisco WIS not greater then
than IS now rampant in these times and
calling loudly for the same means of sup
presslon-an impromptu application of
hemp. 1t would now be unreasonable to
expect court to pass without one or more
murders--almost as unreasonable to expect
that the perpetrators should suffer the pen.
atty OF their crimes at the hands of JUS
tee The occasional execution of negro
Is not warning example to white rlscals;
| lmpunity make them boldcr, and the only
| nope OF saving society from condition Uf
!aw!ess anarchy appears to be in volun-
tcer appliance of hemp. There is Il ster-
llng virtue in hemp. 1t is the great reior-
mcr now needed. Murder after murder,
crime upon crime is committed-while the
perpetrators escape, But we predict the
end will aud must come. The patience of
the citizens will be exhausted; they will
be driven, if things continue, to organize
| nal ,;.I,, A.
! otfcndcrs-purposes for which the law
seems Intellectual to accomplish
People talk of law, of justice, of trial,
| of the court of sessions. We'd as well
have none Abolish law, courts of Justice
and the court of sessions altogether. What
good do they do ? South Carolina, we
might well say, may perhaps lay claim to
the evil distinction OF being the most law
less OF all the States that aspire to be gov
crncd and controlled by the law and courts
of justice.
Men, nova days, at least n large mum
Der, amuse themselves by carrying con-
cealed weapons and making for the least
offence, tcrocious assault upon inoilen-
sivc and pcaccublc citizens. Numbers of
men march every day in civil society arm
cd with q " seven shooter" and howies fast
oncd around their persons, as if they exist
cd among horde of uncivilized, awcss
barbarlans They commit murdcr-thcy
are acquitted. Why not pass law that
every man shall settle bis own case us he
pleascs, irrespective of Judge or jury? 1t
would be the wiscSt and best policy, for
then men, pcaceablc men, would know
what to depend upon.
4 iy =. :, y A
man to ask another for debt, or for one
to express himself civiliy upon any subject
Our courts of justice, our laws are an an
omaly, presenting II series of contradictions
remarkably gross and strange. With
community, population, who claim to be
intelligent wealthy, chivalrous and chari-
table to provcrb, and who pretend to be
governed by law, it is strange how contin-
ucd violations, gross violations, are tolera-
ted. The existing state of things cxhib-
its the perfection of iucongruity. 1t is
| the r@lWctjO ud dG$uI(un1 " of the lar
gcst liberty do as you please regard
less of law, for justice has taken to her
self wings and flown to other climes.
! Crime is in the ascendancy; the evil is
increasing; it stalks unblushingly in broad
open day; every hour, every minute swcls
its power. If something be not done to
arrest it, if the gallows continues to be
cheated, the prospect for the diminution of
crime is small indccd.-Ri&iny Sum
-
a WEALTHY MAN.-The New York
correspondence Of the New Orleans Crcs-
cent gives tho following account of George
! Law:
lfGnythng don't pay, George law res
pectFully drops it. He now owns nine.
tenths of the Eighth Avenue Railroad,
which alone is an income for prince, and
growing more valuable every day. lie al
so owns nearly all the stock of the Ninth
Avenue, which, when completed, will run
from the Battery through Greenwich street
to the Ninth Avenue, and thence to IIar-
lem hiver--a nine mile concern. Half the
ferries belong to Law lie owns the Dry
Dock Bank, and the bank owns about forty
acres of docks, houses, and land, almost in
the heart of the city. Inv owDs the Sta
ten Island ferry boats, and two miles of wa
ter front, nearest New York, that in few
years will be worth for docks ten millions
He really owns the Flushing Railroad, and
Heaven knows how much more he OWES.
That immense thinking brain keeps accu-
mulating. don't think he goes into large
operations now for the purpose of making
money. think he works to keep from
stognatins. Though not politician he
| wiclds very powerful influence upon poll