Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-04-23
Important from Jamaica -Insufrection
of the Biaeks

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a of the Blacks. 49,
The Courier des Etats Unis has D pri-
yate correspondence from Kingstenj jam
aica, dated March %, from which we trans
late the following:
4" Encouraged by the acts Of their heigh-
bors, the Haytians, our blacks appear also
disposed to attempt a revolution In the
parish of Westmoreland has recently been
imposed new tax, to which the negro pop
ulation are not willing to submit. Some
of the disaffeeted raised the standard of re-
volt and entered the little village of Sayan-
nah, where they destroyed some property.
The ppIee having arrested fonror five of
the ri. gleaders, their partisans, far from
being discouraged, continued their work of
destruction, with energy, menacing With
fire theCity Hall, if the prisoners we're not
released, Informed of these facts, Gov
ernor Darling has despatched against the
reyolters a body of five hundred men under
the command of Col. WhiteGeld.,
"&s these troops were marching to-
wards the place of enfbarkmont, they met
n long file of carts npon which were porch
ed number of blacks. attracted thither by
the sound OF the drums and trumpets.--
These blocked up the passage from the
soldiers, and the colonel ordered them to
retire. His order producing no effect, it
was nccessacy to unsheathe the weapons,
and the sword of Colonel Whitfield, which
probably had not seen the. light since the
battle of Waterloo, fellapon the shoulders
of more than one of the poor wretclies,
Solouque, who lived near BY, bchcld
these exploits from his window. Far from
gricving over tho strokes under which the
negroes suffered. hecontemplated the scene
with evident delight "Ahp' cried lie
/" the whites tlast begin to understand
how negroes must be treated sweet words
are not for them; they need blows and
knocks" Solouque evidently adheres to
his own symtem, and his misfottuaes have
not yet cured him Of his delnsions."
MURDER, SuIcipE, RoGUERY.-7EIt may
have been observed thatthe Telescope con-
tains no notices of outrageous crimes, All
accounts ofsuch thingsare carefully cxcu
ded from our columns Some may have
been surprised thaswe did not evennotice
thcTucker suicide, or the Sickles murder
Our course in excluding even the fact in
such cases, as well as the details, is founded
upon conviction that the less we know of
crime the better for us. The horrible de-
tails of horrible crime that are, dealt out by
city papers and faithfully circulated, by the
country Press, must tend, FROM the very
nature of things, 60 the increase of min,or-
atty. The human heart is so desperately
wicked, that, when left to itself, it often
only, needs oknow to execute its hellish
purposes to secure the performance, Ma
ny aman hes committed suicide who, but
for the knowledge of the fact that others
had done the same thing, as well as of the
mode in which it was DONE would have
borne his fruits and suffered on until the
hand of Providence would Mhayerelieyed him.
And so of murderers and os.ier violaters of
the laws of God and of man Familiarity
with crime deadens the ssensibil ities, cor
rupts the heart, and makes u nsan fit fur
treason, stratagems, and spoilssy' Better
that he should never know of the existence
of crime, This is. of course impossible -
But the nearer he can appruach this point,
the better. This is especially true Of chill
dren and youth.
This being oup creed, as q controller of
che public Press our works must correspond
thereto. Tho Telescope wilEnot pandor to
"a violated public taste but will endeayor
to preserve and cnltivate5the. purity and
chastity of It's readers.
CDpe HHst Telescope,
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Am lime R.tlLRoAp. .---ANc learn that
the friends of this railroad arc prosecuting
their labors with redoubEed energy, and
all doubts are now removed from ahe minds
Of the most skeptical as we learn, and should
be glad TO see the capitalists of this section
'of country lending helpiug land to the
enterprise. We have no doubt as to the
stock yielding a handsome dividend. This.
together with the ulterior benefits to our
mountain country, on It's completion, should
induce our people not to. delay LONGER. hut
subscribe TO the enterprise innnodfately.-
Dahtogega &gael So
How 4 LADY Knows AN oLD BbcttE.
LoR.--" always know ahelphsS old bach
elor," SAYS q clever lady, by locking at the
corners of his pocket handkersh;cg IF /
notice in them any little pieces of rcd, blue
or yellow worsted -sucK as washerwomen
run N to Identity the property of cacH scp-
erate customer-I know chat he has 80 one
q he..ae TO mark his linaa, and that sbc
must be a poor, pitifdl, Iiisislntlmopic,l
airlcndless, helpless old baclicidr
YgaY T6gciusG.---. asv. s. s,,
i cried, & When retufa ~ - ...ii;s.
till then be faitbfal, siy aS.ss q
oft I'll think Of yoif."
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