Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-10-29
BOUNTY LAND.
Letter from Hon. j. D Ashmore to the
Chestnut Dinner.

GENTLEMEN Il have received your
invitation to attend public Dinner, to
bc given by the citizens of Kershaw Dis
trict, to the lIoa. James Chestnut, Jr.,
United States Senator, Cat Camdcn) on the
2Sth inst"
1t would afford me pleasure to accept
and be present with you on the OCCASION
referred to, but other engagements prccIudes
me from so doing.
1t was my good fortune, when living in
an adjoining District to you, to be long
and somewhat intimately associated with
Col. Chestnut, both in the private and pub
lie relations of life, and | ever found him
conservative in his views, calm, deliberate,
and dispassionatc in council, but bold, man
~, and fearless in action. In the irving
contest of 1851 the similarity of our views
placed us side by side, on more than one
occasion, on the same platform and | had
every opportunity of seeing tested those
high aud cnnobling qualities of moral cour-
age which. 1T required to enunciatc opin-
IONS and doctrines so unpopular as those
entertained by him in the beginning of
that contest, and / could not but admire
the man, aud the statesman who so gallant
ly bore himself throughout that memorable
struggle 1t is seldom that any man is
called upon to pass such an ordeal the Sc
cond time in his life, but, should the obli
gatIoHS that Col. Chestnut owes to the CON
stiution of his country, and the interests
Of his State, either in Congress or mt home
demand it, | doubt not that lie will be
found equal to the task, and will do his
devoir right noLly.
repeat then, that it would afford me
real pleasure to be partcipator in the
compliment you propose to pay him, but L
must torcgo it, as my time will be fully
occupied with my private affairs until the
period arrives for me to meet Col Chcsnut
in the halls of Congress, where hope that
we may be able at least, to deal one good
blow ut the Black Republicanism of
Wm. IL. Seward, and the equally danger
GUS and perniciouS suuatter 30; crcignt,'
doctrines of Stephen A. Douglas.
am Gentlemen, very respectfully, your
obcdicnt servant,
j. II, AsHMoRE.
10 the Committee of Invitation
TRIAL OF TERREL AZ BENNETsvILlE.
We have been Informed that this case,
which WIS commenced OIL "Wednesday last
terminated on Saturday afternoon, at p.
M, III verdict of guilty. The prisoner
y. Z: Terrell, was charged with the muir
der of three persons, and with several for
gcries. The trial for murder was first in
order, and was argued with great ability.
j. a. inglis, Esq, appeared for sbc pris
oner, assisted by Mcssrs. H. Judge Muorc
and G. Il. Townsend, of Bennettsville, and
Col. Price, of Cheraw. The prosecution
was conducted by Solicitor Mcivcr and j !.
III. Hudson, Esq, of Bennettsvillc. 1t
was understood that the counsel for Terrell
would enter an appeal.
The particulars of the crime of which
Terrell has been convicted, were published
in the Mercury AT the time of tho occur
renee, and will be rccollccted by many of
our readers. 1t was the poisoning of his
father-inlaw aud brothcrin-law, and child
III his store, by treating them to whiskcy
doscd with strychninc.- -Cha1<ston .Mr-
cm'y.
a SENSIBLE MAN.---yyhat the world
calls ayaricc is oftcntimcs no moro than
compulsory economy, and even wilful
pcnuriopsness, is better than wastcful en-
trayagance. n just man, being reprual ,ed
with parsimony, said that no would rather
enrich his enemies after his death than
borrow of Ills friCads in his lifetime.
o.
A PAINTERS FAHcY.- story is told
Of the Dutch painter IIeimskerk, who died
about 1922. that he left by his will sum
of money yearly as a dowry for ono young
girl Of his native village, on condition that,
on the day before her marriage, she and
her future husband should dance upon his
grave This condition was complied with
for scyorai @,eoro