Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-05-07
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The Spectre Witness,

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purpose in thus going across Ireland being
the qualification of n very natural desire to
revisit the scene Of his birth, Il little village
twelve or fifteen miles from Galway on the
| way TO Dublin.
On arriving in the vicinity of his birth
| place, young Gordon found that he had grown
entirely out of the memory of the good in
habitants cf that parish, having left for AM
erica when he was n mere child. lie could
not find any relatives or especial friends Of
the family and so, after halfa days frui,less
research, he put up for the night at IL little
inn in tic outskirts of tho village determin-
ed to proceed on his way by the first coach
in the morning
The inn was in itsclfa somewhat rude and
nninviting affair, and was but little frcoucn-
ted by the ncighboring people One reason
of this circumstance WAS found in the fact.
that the proprietor was an ignorant. sullen,
eyi'-nllndcd sort of mOn and another con
sisted IN the flying reports which had been
gong the rounds against both tho inn and
ITS owner. a number of travellers had late.
lY disappeared. and genera! suspicion had
charged the surly landlord of the " BOG inn"
with having had an agency in their disap.
pearnnce. Yet for want of actual proof, no
legal steps had been taken further than to
keep strict watch for whatever might occur
to confirm the black suspicion.
DICK CarriGon and his equally ill.lavorcd
vile took good care to learn all they could
| about their young guest ere he went to bed
AS he had been frank or foolish enough to
state his business, the two worthless cnnclu-
ded it certain thing that lie was in posses.
SION OF considerable money, and they accor-
dingly determined to send him the same way
they had lately sent so many othcrs-bcnt
him inscnsiblc and then sink him in the
marsh, i'll the roar of their residence.
All unsuspicious 0fthc design against him,
our friend had retired at an carly hour. The
| bed was none of the best, nor were tho an
pointments of the chamber mt all calculated
| to occasion luxurious dreams ; but the fatigue
lie had undergone served as asomnoriGc and
he was soon in sound sleep.
How long he remained thus unconscious
MIR. Gordon had no power of declaring, but
he was finally awakened by stunning blow
on the forehead. He made an efTort to save
hlm:clf as he started up with an exclamation
OF alarm but ere he could fully rise from his
rude couch, another heavy blow rendered him
inScnsibie to all things nroundhim Tho two
assasSins, husband and wife, then plundcred
their victim. and attached large stone to
his feet, and bore him away to the marsh.
where they plunged him into the black and
muddy pool of earth and water looking tri-
umphantly at each other as tho body diSap-
! pearcd. They then turnel and fled Going
back to the cabin and dividing the booty, and
thinking that they were safe.
| But the weight had slipped from the feet
j OF young Gordon, and hence he speedily
arose to the surface of the marsh. owing to
ITS consistency it was almost as thick as putl-
ding. The cold plunge had also instantly
restored him to consciousness as lie had been
severely injured The result of all these ia
vorabic circumstances was that Gordon made
| ms way to terra tirma and followed the nssas-
/! SINS Dac& to their cottage. arriving there al
most as soon as they did. aud placing him
self IN concealmont beneath the window.
where they Immediately commenced talking
over their crimes, especially the last one.
By this very instiiablo caves dropping our
traveller learned how many persons these
wrctchcs Ind destroyed, what they had done
with the money, and all the most Important
secrets of their career. He listened until
they had retired for the night and then made
/ his way to the nearest magistrate to whom
he revealed all he knew.
| That parsonage decided to arrest the mur-
dererS at once, as it on mere suspicion. and
send Gordon on his way, without allowing
anybody in the vicinity to know that he had
thus providcntialiy escaped Accordingly.
at sunrise next morning. the landlord n6d
his wife were in Jail awaiting trial, and Cor
/ don was proceeding on his way to London
and Paris.
| We pass over the time which intcrvoncd
ere the matter could he brought to trial.
| Carrigan and his wife knew nothing of tho
actual circumstances of the case, and felt so
sure of having prevented every possibility of
I exposure. that they sang and laughed. he.
sides boastng and disappearing, while few
had any hopes of over seeing them receive mt
the hands OF the law what WAS generally felt
! to be their dnC.
The evidence on both sides was soon eiven;
/ that OF the government was very weak con.
ssting chiefly of suspicious and circumstan-
ccs, rathor than of positive fact just as
! every one was fearing tic niurAGr0us wretch.
GS would have to be acquitted, young Cor
| don walked into court, by prcconccvtcd ar
rangcment with the prosecuting officers. and
and passed through the crowd to the wiz ,css
stand. He had finished his business in Lon
| don and Paris, and Just come back. The OK
traordinary cOmmofion accustomed by this ar
rival caused the indicted pcrsonsto to cast their
eyes upon the new conner The result may
be imagined. Both started, uttering wild eX-
/ clamations Of alarm: and rccoiing evident
! CONSERVATION and horror, for both deemed
/ tins new witness n spectre from another world
Indeed, Mrs. Carrigan fell into convulsions.
from which she had no sooner recovered than
she confessed all. 1t is hardly necessary tn
add that both were convicted and executed
and that Gordon, when again lie found him
/ self safe in New York, did not Mt all regret
his share i'll the proceeding.
SEVENTEEN YEAR LocUsTs. Ja-
gar's !" Life of North America Insects"
recently published, is a sketch of the his
tory aud habits of this species of locust, in
which the assertion that they made their
appearance only once in seventeen years,