Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-01-14
Execution of Col. Havna.

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Col lsadc lIayne, of South Carolina man
| who, by his amiablity of character and high
sentiments of honor and uprigbtncss, had s,-
cured the good will and affection of all who
knew him. lIehad wife and six small chill
dren, the oldest O boy of thirteen years of AGE.
His wife, to whom lac was tenderly attached,
fell a victim to disease an event hastonod
rot improbably by the inconvenicnccs and
suffering incident to a state Of war, in which
the whole family largely participated. Col.
lloyne hlmsolt was taken prisoner by the Brit
| lsh forces, and in short time was executed
on. the gallows, under circumstances cacula-
| ted to excite the deepest commScratiou. A
great number of persons, both English and
American, intercodcd for his life The la
dies of Charleston signed petition in his
behalf; his mothcrcss children were pres6n-
ted on thcif bonded knees as humblo suito.s
for their beloved father; but all in vain.
During the imprisonment of tho father, the
| eldest son was permitted to stay with him in
prison Bchoding his only surviving parent
for whom he felt tho deepest affection, loaded
with irons and condemned to die, he was over
whelmed with Consideration aud sorrow.-
The wrctchcd father endcavored to console
him, by reminding him that the unavailing
grief of the son tended only to increase his
own misery's that we came to this world merely
to die, and he could even rejoice that his
troubles were so near at an end. "Tomomow."
said he, " set out for Immortality. You will
accompany me to the place of execution and
when | am dead, take my body and bury it
by the side of your mother" Tie youth
here fell on his fathers neck, crying, "Oh,
my father my father! / will die for yo !
| willadie with you ~ Col Haync, as At.
was loaded with irons, was unable to return
the embrace of his son, and merely said to him
inrcpsy: olive, my son live to honor God
by q good life; live to serve your country; and
live to take care of your brother aud little sis
tcrs"
The next morning Col Haync was conduc-
ted to the place of execution Ills son ac.
companicd him Soon as they came in sight
of the gallows the father strengthened himself
and said: "Now, my son, show yourself a
man That tree is the boundary of my life
and ali my ifc's sorrows. Beyond that, the
wicked cease from troubling and the weary
n.o at rest Dor't lay too much at heart our
separation; it will be but short. To-day die,
and you, my son, though, but young must
shortly follow me-" I" Yes my fathers" re-
piled the broken hearted youth, "I shall
shortly follow you, for, indeed, / feel that
cannot live long" And his melancholy an
! ticipation was fulfilled in manner more dread
ful than is implied in the mere extinction of
| life. On seeing his father in the hands of
the executioner, and then struggling in the
halter, he stood like one transiixed and mo-
| tionlcss with horror Till then he rad wept
incessantly; but soon as he saw that sight,
the fountains of his tears were staunched, and
he never wcpt more. He died insane; and
! in his last moments often called upon lis
father in terms that brought tears from the
hardest hearts. .--I'haaaelphia Press.
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MATRIMoNY beyond THE GRAvE;-Wc are
told, 10y theorists upon the Future State, that
our intermediate purgatory, between death and
the Last Day. is very probably passed in this
very world--to which we, return according td
our dcscrvings) as birds, beasts, fishes, insects
vermin, or, probably, as unconscious oysters OF
clans. But Natural History seems to indicate
that there is occasionally a return to earth of a
married pair in one body! To punish them for
never agreeing though they were one" the
quarrelling husband and wife are shut up to-
| gether. to try it again Read the account given
10y auckland, the great Naturalist, of the. cha.
| mcleon:
"Betwixt the twosidcs of the body there seems
a lack of sympathy. One eye may be looking
4 straight forward, while the other is looking as
4.digsc;!y backward. One may be entirely asleep,
while,the other is wide awake. And this kind
| oflndependent and separate action applies to
| each side of the creature-to its limbs. 1t can-
4 not swim, because its limbs refuse to act in
concert Could the two sides understand one
another, and agree onsa prescribed course of
action it might always be awake, or half awake.
But it gains nothing by its unilateral indepeud-
! ency; the two sides are like two horses that
won't work in harness. 1t seems strange. with
such apeculiarity, that on trees, or te,10 f,1ma,
! the creature should be able to make any prog
ress. But as the two sides are fed by one mouth,
and, rs The insect tribes refuse to come to It, so
.they seem, in regard to all culinary matters, to
agree to sink their differences and to move in
harmony. The stomach is potent harmoni-
| zcr." .
WHAT Is LiFE ?---The mere lapse bf years is
not life. TO eat, and drink, and sleep--to be
exposed to darkness and the ight-to pace
| round in the mill of habit and turn ihought into
an implement of tradc--this is not liRo In,all
this but poor fraction of the consciousness OF
humanity is awakened, and the sanctities still
J sumber which make it worth while to be -
! knowledge, truth, ,sl0ye beauty. goodness, faith
alone can give vitality TO the mechanism of ex-
istence. The laugh of mirth that vibrates
Through the heart--the tears that freshen tho
dry wastes within--the music that brings child
hood back--the prayer that calls the future
near--the doubt which makes us meditatc-the
death which startles ms with mystery--the bard
ship which forces us to strUggle--thc anxiety
that ends in trust--are tho true nourishment oi
Four natural being.
! HAVE you any powder?" said sports.