Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-01-19
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Iielosafc Inequalities in this table; which
we trust, will soon disappear. ls} 1.
IS: ss,s 81 81 stsA awful Calamity.
Tho ssj Kiingstreo Star, Of the Tth instant,
gives the oll6wihg account of the burning of
the jail yilliamburg District and t,ocnt.y-
teos human beings i. 81 $5 Z,
On thsSs syening Of tho Tth' instant, be-
hours of 8; and 8 =. NJ, the occu-
pant Of thojail heard. very suddenly, n rum.
3bling4noise ms fhe upper stories Of the Jail as
sif the iron grates we're beiuS shaken, and m-
$mediately followed the cry of fire, he rushed
from his room TO ascertain whether the Jail
was on fire goranpt, and after walking around
the nilahog observed a littlo smoke, issuing
from ono 3of the windows on the third floor,
|sllis next oDj Dject twas to open the prison dNor
and eStingIislSit, but remembering that Mr..
Barinea,i !, Tho Nus the jailor,ond who was
living several Sibandred yards from, the Jail,
Ithad dthes eskayss sinShis possession, lie CHE occu-
tpants ofsthsxjanD Immediately dispatched n
#messsng & foFSliim, Mr.. Basineau,s accom-,
|$panied by the sheriff, were soon at the Jail
|3pstheS SnieantimeS however, numbers of per.
sons Ind collected. The fire, apparently, d,
|fthis time ha1 nVs made as rapid progress us
sSas shown ina tpw minutes althougla dense
Ssn,e lse was isspiqg from every window. The
Issherif, With assistance {of nearly oil Che
citizens Of tile Village, annd the garrison al
this place Immediately took the most active
measures to save, if possible, the unfortunate
inmates. Tho door on tho basement was
opened, but the dense and ;suffocating smoke
prevented any ono from rescniug those who
occupied tho third story AS n last resort
strenuous efforts were them made with tho as
sistance ofladders, to remove the grating from
one of thoWindows, which proved Intellectual
AT this time the cries and screams of the suff
ering inmates wero heart. rending The ja
was in flames and twenty two human beings
wcrc being burnt to death without any possible
relief. Human agency could effect nothing
every effort was made to rescue thom Which
could be suggested. butall to no purpose, tle
devouring flames soon consumed them, and in
the charred ruins is only to be seen the ehast
I ly spectacle of bones
At the time the Jail caught fire there were
Tin it twenty three prisoners. twenty-five nc
groes were confined in the upper cells on thu
third floor, among whopl were three women
On the second story Robert III. Finn, a white
man, was confined on bail process. Mr.. M
e. Mclsridc, by great during, rushed to Mr.
Flinn's room, which was the first one ut the
head Of the stairway, and unlocked tho door
he thereby making. his escape. Mr.. McBridd
dosesves the highest credit, but in his attempt
o save the prisoner, he came nigh losing his
own life lie fell twice by sullocation before
he reached the foot of tho staircase.
Where every one did so well it would be
wrong to make invidious distinctions, but we
cannot withhold our need of praise of the SUI
pcrhuman efforts Of Licutenant Ross, private
Wm. Green (whof mounted ladder at the
most perilous crisis, and ascended to a window
on tho third story,) Sheriff Mathews, Mr..
Beck, Joe and William Blakcly, (colorcd,) }
particularly excited our commcndation." 55
Tho cause Of theSfre issupkpown. yS
~ itt - u ~ t5d
LONDON, Jan, I 1-Tlie threatened iInpeact-
mento Of President johnson oxcites the inter
est of tile press everywhere, The journals
of Paris and elsewhere haye articles, thisn,osn-
ing, on the project, and warn Americans OF
the seriousness Of the, step about to be taken.
HARRIsBURG, PA., January 15. Clover.
nor asnry was inaugurated withimposing cere
monies at noon, to-day. The inaugural address
was intensely radical, and applauds Congress
and says, upon its deliberation and actipns
our present interest and future welfare all dc
pend. :" sfS. !. e. q e. 4 i x
MARRIEDoN HogsE:pAo OK. Westerl
paper publishes the following marriage e'notico;
On horseback, Novomberl1 1868, byy
Geo. Kinkade, Mr.. Wm. Bunyard, slate'a sol
| dier of hIerrilPs Horae and Miss Martha E