Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-11-12
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The following communication, from the
Fee Dee (Crorgetown, S. C.) Times. will
when taken in connection and linked>with
the marked maps of Brown and coadiu-
tors, be well understood
=" MIR. Editor Enclosed [ hand Won n
letter clipped from the Charleston Courier of
the oath. 1t is addressed to Alonzo G.
Bradley, Esq, aud was found among the
| papers that have recently turned up at
llarper's Ferry. Some time in July or
August last an individual who subscribed
his name j. w. Brady made his appear
ed in our town and took up his abode, at
one OF our hotels, He said he had been n
practicing lawyer in New York, and had
come to Georgetown for his health, whcro
he intended to remain six months, and had
no objections during this period to engage
IN teaching, or in the more arduous labors
OF his profession. lie applied for situa
ton as teacher to one or two gentlemen,
and perhaps proposed law co-partncrship
with others. He was without any letters
OF recommendation when he arrived, and
| afterwards obtained only one such letto
from man in New York. He, of course,
procured no situation.
7" Dnring his stay here he amused him
self by seeking information in a general
way about the population, habits, &c, of
kthe District and its citizens. He had
| come, he said by the advice of his phvsi-
clan, to remain six months, and he inten-
dcd to do so-at all events he would stay
until the Charleston Convention. He
was devout attendant at church &c. So
matters stood until the report of the Har.
pers Ferry difficulty became public here.
He Immediately took passage in tho stngo
for the railroad. He was told on Friday
last that he was en- object of suspicion by
the citizens. lie replied that it made no
dlileS9ncc, as he had already taken his
passage for the stage of that evening
but for that he would stay and see it out -
lie repaired to his hotel, and after an
hours absence, returned and said to the
gentlemen with whom the previous con-
VcrSation had occurred that he had made
up MS mind to remain m town until Mon
day evening, and if the citizens desired it,
they could search him or his effects. No
search was entered upon, for the hours
absence at his hotel had probably put
matters beyond the reach of successful
search"
The accounts which reached our town
on Saturday morning stated, in reference
to the liarper's Ferry affair." that sundry
letters and documents had been found
among the papers of the insurgents, and
our pcrcgrinating attorney took French
leave of the place ON Saturday evening
without footing his bill at the hotel. Nav
not, therefore, Alonzo c. Bradley be j. w.
Bradley @ the aboltionist to whom the
incloscd letter is addressed? And if so.
does it not stand us in hand to welcome all
such strangers hereinafter to "hospital
graves Z, There is little doubt among the
citizens that this fellow was an emissary in
our midst. but as usual, we have walked
up too late. Is it rot warning to keep
ever ready and on the watch towcr-with
our senses about us and our powder dry?
bradley is tall sparc-built man, complex
ion rather fiorid, withsnarp fcaturcs-what
is usually called " hatcbct face"-drcsses
very common, and were while Ecre rather
comical old white hat. lie left for the
! Northeastern Railroad on Saturday night
last, and may have gone towards Charleston.
as he was particularly anxious when hero
tolearn something about Beaufort District"
In the same connection, we clip the fol-
lowing paragraph from the Chcraw Gazette,
from which it will be seen that inccndary
documents have been passing through the
mails in that vicinity, and that public at
teton had been called to the fact
Within the past few months we have
seen intercepted documents from more than
one abolition State, announcing that such
a conspiracy existed, and that the time was
soon to come for its consumation. These
| documents have been circulated throuoh
The mails, and could hardly have entirely
escaped the scrutinizing eyes Of Post Mas
ters. One of these documents, to our
knowledge, was sent to the Post Master
General, an his attention particularly dircc-
ted to its endiSh contents. Why has not
some action been taken by that Department.
to arrest these reasonable plottings ?"
DIsTINcTION WITH DrrFLGENcE- -"You'ye
no wife, | belcve?" said Mr., Blank to his
neighbour. No sir" was tho reply. "T
ncverw married" "Ah!" said Mr.. Black,
,.yon are happy deg" \ short time after
Mr.. Blank. addrcssinga married man. said
You have u wife. sir? Yes, sira wifo
ana three children" Indeed" said Mr..
hlank' yon arc happy mnnn' why,
Mr.. Blank" said one of the company. "your
remarks to the married and the unmarried
seem to conflict somewhat" Z" Not at all
a"i az all sir There is difference III my
statements. Please he more observing, sir.
said tho man who hail no wife was n han
py d"g' and The man who had a wife was a
hHappy man" Nothing conflicting. sir
no'hins at N!i' know what I say, sir r.