Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-11


NOR, whence he could look down and fear.
lessiy direct her in her physical, intellectu.
al aud moral necessities. He did not 1.-Two
to see the train which should have passed
dal y, ere this by the door of Fort Hill
on ITS highway to the great, the grand, the
glorious Far West, 1t is the memory of
John Y. Calhoun, followctizens of South
carolina, that must appeal to you on be-
halt OF your contribution to the great work
that passes by his ioor. 1t is monument
to his memory th.. will be real in it's char
alcter; which will be lasting; which will
identify him with all enterprise, all future
prosperity, all the changes aud vicissitudcs
OF life. On the contrary of all this, suf
fer not this noble road to stop at his very
door-to break down at its first approach
TO that mountain george which looks down
npon hs very house This road, which
owes itselfto Carolina's libcra!ity, which has
heretofore sustained itself upon Cardinals
good faith, and which now calls aloud upon
Carolina's honesty, must not be suffered
to degrade the memory of Calhoun to dis
parage his efforts; to belly his confidence in
the good sense OF his own Carolina. Eel
lowcitizcns, arouse from your lethargy.
have boldly come up to my part; [ have
fcarlessly stated these facts which crown
Mr.. Calhoun with all honor for the very
incpicncy of conception, design and exc
cution in the great work before us. You
perform yours. Instruct your delegates to
come to tho rescue of the private stock
holders. whom You encouraged to take hold
OF the plough, and have now deserted Of
the private stockholders who are still enpa-
ged on the work, and who will not, am
confident, allow dollar to remain in their
treasury which has been pledged to the
prosecution of this road of the private
stockholders who, like you, arc citizens,
and not electorizcd men, if [ may coin
Il WORD upon so grave an occasion. Oh !!
that the electoral privilege, the palladium
of our rights as frccmcn, should cost us so
dear--should mctamorphosc a daring gen
erous original, into fearful parsimonious
agent. But, thanks be to the founders of
our constitution, the originals cun reverse
tho decisions of their agents, and it is this
that you are called upon to do. would
even suggest that, upon the next fourth of
July each and every district and Parish of
the State send adelcgate to the Blue Ridge
Pass, and examine it for their people in
hand of Providence that has offered us this
boon, God speed it, with our instrumental
lty. 1t the Rabun Pass prove no prodigy
in their united opinion, give it up. feel
satisfied that the various railroads now con
structed IN the direction of the mountains
will grant free passes to these delegates
and that by their joint hospitality the
mountain wclkin will ring to their unani-
nous acclamation of what has been done,
and what is now proposed to be doue But
this liz q mere suggestion, and made to prove
confidence in the enterprise, which must
be ever identified with the reputation of
sJohh"C. Calhoud as long, at least, as our
Press shall bear testimony in its columns
to the statement here set forth, and even
should our people fail to sustain it at the
cost OF few dollars from their treasury
A. FL. BRIsBANH.
HonnIBLE.-A brutal .ffair took place
in the upper portion of this District, near
Thomas Gross Roads, on the 14th OF Nlay
ultimo, between Thomas and William Ow-
ems, brothers, the latter at the time being
very drunk, which resulted in the death of
William on the 24th, from the wounds re-
ceived. From some cause or other, Thom
as Owens struck his brother twice with a
large stick, cutting severe gashes about
the neck and head, and fracturing the
skull obliqpely across the union of the pa
rictal and occipctel bones.
The verdict OF the jury ofinquest on tue
dead body, was that "the deceased COME
to his death BY blows inflicted upon his
face, neck and head with a large stick in
the hands of Thomas Owens, OH the even
ing of the 14th day of May, 1859"
Weunderstand that Thomas Ovens, the
perpctrator of this unnatural decd, has fed
to parts unknown. n.-.Laurcnsyilie Herald,
2tl inst.
FACTS ABOUT LIaUTNINd.--M Meri-
am, the "sage of Brooklyn Heights" in a
recent letter, says:-" 4 few days suce a
stranger accosted mo in the strcetand in
qulrcd if iron bedsteads were dangerous to
sleep upon during thunder storms. said
in reply that had never known a death
by lightning on bed resting on AN iron
bedstead, butwc have recorded deaths by
lightning of persons reposing on feather
beds on wooden bedstcads,
No case of death has vet occurred to
q telegraph operator--to persons. on board
OF steamboats, or in railroad ears, or in iron
vessels or iron buildings, or in vessels fnr-
nishcd with lightning conductors, and but
four deaths in buildings furnished with,
lightning rods. Two persons have been
killed by Lightning while standing ON the
outside platform of railroad cars.
" Many petsons suffer greatly from fear