Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-08-06


report, with their best wishes for the ru-
turc success and prosperity of this school.
JOHN G.. LANpnuAI,
WIN Hoy,
j. III. EvINs,
j. w, MILLER,
II. Il. DAVIS.
a MAN KILLS TIE MrRpERER OF MS
TATHER.-A correspondent of the ST.
Louis Republican, writing from Vernon
county, (Mo.,) under date of June 18th,
describes late tragedy as follows:
On Sunday, the 20th ultimo, Mr.
John Denton, a resident of this county.
came across a man in Nevada city by the
name of James Ilardwick, whom he ;rrcs
ted for the murder of his (Dcnton's) ia
thcr ia Kansas about a year since, Den
ton had lardwick handcutfcd and placed
securely under guard in the court house.
lie then made application for a writ, and
being informed that he could not obtain
one, from the fact that the act was com
mittcd in Kansas, thcrcupon Denton, who
seems to be very decided man, soon left
town in company with his prisoner alone,
stating he was going to carry him to Little
Usage, in this county, where he had some
friends, for security. This was about | |
O'Clock. Next day Denton returned to Ne
vada to attend the trial of man whom he
had followed and arrested for horsc.stcal-
ing, and stated that IIardwick had cot
away from him, -Four days after this
liardwick's body was found in large prai-
rc about ten miles from Nevada city, and
Denton was arrested for the murder of
ilardwci and committed to Jail. lie sta
ted that while riding through the prairie,
in conversation with Hardwick, he (IIard
wick) confessed to him that he was one of
the crowd who went to the house of old
man Denton after night, called him up
from bed, and shot him down while he was
standing in his door Denton said upon
this confession of lIardwick to him. that
he became perfectly cnmgcd, and could
not bear the idea of riding with the man
who would thus openly confess to him TIC
murder of his father, and at the e1mc tin .
rccollcctmg that all offence, O, whatever
character committed prior to amnesty
act of the Legislature of Kanss asst win
ter were considered as Lyyoncs, and see
ing no redress for him under tho law of
that country, he therefore took the law in
his own hands" NEe
ATTORNEY GENERAL BLACK s OPINION
on THE RlGnr OF EXpATRIArIoN- Pre-
ylous TO the preparation of the recent Off
clal letter to our minister at Berlin, inStruc.
ting him to demand of the LIanoverian
government the surrender of William
Ernst, who had been forced into the Aus
trian army, Attorney General Black, at
the request of the President, rendered an
opinion i'll the case, maintaining the gene
raj right of cXpatriation as incontcstiblc,
and that IN regard to the protection of our
citizens in their rights, at home and abroad
we have no law which divides them into
classes, or makes any difference whatever
between thcm-that a native and natural.
lied American citizen may there nc go
forth with equal security over every sea
and through every land under heaven, iu-
Guiding the country in which the latter
was born-cithcr of them may be taken for
a debt contracted o, a crime committed by
him, but both are absolutely free from all
political obligations to every country but
their own. They arc both American cti-
zens, and their exclusive allegiance is due
to the government of the United States.
In Judge Blacks opinion the IIanoverian
government cannot justify the arrest of
Mr. Ernst by showing that ho cmigratcd
contrary to the laws of the country, un-
less it can also be proved that the original
right of cxpatriation depends on the natu-
raj sovereign, and this last proposition he
is sure no man can establish
KEEP GOOD COMPANY
with persons of decided virtue and excel
loncc is of great importance to the. forma-
ton of good character. The force of
example is powerful; wo arc creatures of
imitation, and by necessary influence, our
habits and tempers arc very much formed
on the model of those with whom we IA
miliarly associate.