Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-05-14
Courtof Common Pleas and General Ses
siDns.

siOns.
Hon. Thomas j. Wthcrs, presiding Judge
The Court opened at lOn m, on Saturday,
June 30. The day was devoted to- the call
ing of the Process and Enquiry Dockcts, and
the business was not ofvery special interest
In the case of the State vs.. Pringle, Henry,
Ind Morgan Jackson and others for riot and
assault and battery, which was given to the
jury on Friday uftGii"ou, the ,Iury Ioina;n.
cd out until eight o'clock Saturday evening.
and were unable to agree. when the case was
terminated by mis-triul"
The defendants in this case were indicted
for riot at Arlii Church. The evidence
presented several questions Of interest, Il
WAS in substance as fellows:
Tie defendants were dark completed, but
had the status Of white men. both by nssocia-
ton and under tic law. On one occasion two
of the brothers, one of W hom had been n mem
Lcr previously. and the other an attendant
Tor short time, went to 4tppii Church, Free
Methodist, in St James Goose Creek Ger
tam OF the congregation. and among them
several of the prosecutors, had determined
they should not sit among the seats assigned
to the whites. and informed them that unless
| they would sit where they told them, they
would beat them out Of the church, if ncccs-
! sary.
1t was in evidence that many of tho lead
ing members OF the congregation objected to
attending the Church with the defendant =
1t was also in testimony that the Jacks. s.
had the legal status of white men, and had
associated, stayed under the same roof and
ate and slept with several of the prosecutors.
Under these circumstances the ,Jacksons
ana their friends were Indicted for q riot and
| the following questions arose: First whcth
! er the facts constituted n riot and secondly.
whether the defendants, having been dcclur.
cd by the laws oft the land to be white. had
not the right. in free Church. tn sit in the
seats appropriated to white persons without
let or hndrnncc. and whether the attempt
to cNpcl them was not in itself unlawful.
and therefore their right to remain perfect.
The case was argued before the inry hv
| Attorney General linync. for the State and
| by Col. Thos. Y. Simons for the defendants.
Ills Honor Judge Withcrs ruled in cvi-
dcncc of their blood as throwing light on the
transaction. His charge was ~ able. and
excmplifcd by many illustra IONS and com
| rarisons. lie charged, however. in sub
| stance on the point made-tllt the dcfen-
dants had the legal status of the white; that
/ they could vote, muster, and be members of
! the Legislature; but that did not ncccssnri-
/ ~ confer upon them the social rights of the
! pure white; and that if it was n fact that the
! defendants were tingcd with African blood,
I though their legal status was that of white
persons, that they, the prosecutors. had
right toiassign to thrm positions in the church
lnicror to the whites, though not among the
coiorcd persons if there were those in the
congregation who objected to sitting with
them; TINT they could assign them positions
of infcriorty though not of dcgradation
Charleston MycuW Sd inst
IN Hopcr'S Weekly of tho 18th. we find
the following comments on the late homicide
ut Washington:
An injured husband has but three ways
OF meeting the injury. lie may laugh at it,
French method. The first recourse affords
but little consolation, and requires unusual
philosophy, the second may supcradd phySi-
cal to moral injury He may sue the adul-
tcrer for damages. This is the English plan.
1t involves patience, delay, expose, disgrace.
1t paradcs the injured party to the contumc-
ly ofthe world 1t seldom yields substantial
profit, and when it does it must be painful to
use money obtained at the cost of the virtue
OF wife. Finally, the injured husband may
take the life of him who has injured him.
This is the American system and lattorly it
has been followed in many parts of Europe
Terrible as homicide is, method must, on the
whole. be admitted to the most cifecual the
wIScSt end the most natural revenge of an
outraged husband.
There can lie no excuse for the adulcrcr.
| lie commits three fold crime a crime n
gainst the woman whom he miscads. q crime
against tho man whom lie disEonors, Il crime
against society which he disorganizcs Each
of the three calls for condign punishment.
In these the iutcr duys experience proves
that i'll Mi such cases society will Justify the
intlictons Of the last penalty by the husband.
TIcnTiNC on EQuAL TERMs-In Georgia.
Judge H., II celebrated dnelist, who ha d lost
his leg, and who was known To be dcad
shot challenged Colonel d., gen'l cman
OF great humur The friends tried to prevent
the meeting, but to no effect. The partios
met on the ground. when Colonel y. was ask
cd if he was rcudv "Nu." lie replied -
What arc you Whiting for then?" inquired
Judge rs second" Why. sir, said Colonel
d., e" have sent my boy into the woods to
hunt bee gum to put my leg in, for don't
intend to give the Judge any advantangc over
me. Yon SEQ lie has wooden leg" The
whole party ronrcd with laughter and the
thing was so ridiculous thatit broke up the
fight. Colonel D. was afterwards told that
itwould sink his rcputation "Well," he
let can. =" But" urged his friends. =" the
papers will be filled about You. - Well"
said lie, :" would rather fill fifty papers
than one coffin" No one ever troubled the
Colonc' after that.
GREEN OLp AdE-~There is something
beautiful in that age which ripcns without
decay-iu that peaceful going away, down
the dccivity to the eternal, with the undim-
med lus!rc WIFI which the sun sometimes
passes to lis rest. They who preserve the
freshness Of the hoart, can never be old,
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