Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-11-16

lie SUPERIOR COURT OF DELAWARE !iE-
cIDEs TIE "ClvIL RlGmrs ACT" UScoN.
srIruTloNAL.-A special despatch, Of date
Goth ult to the Philadelphia Age" from
! Dover, Del. says:
"'Thc fall term Of the Superior Court be-.
gan here yesterday, and to .d,yn case of much
| interest, us it Involved the consttutonnty
nf the Civil Rights act, came up. 1t arose
in case in the Quarter Sessions for an as.
sault and battery committed upon negro
prosecutor by white man.
| g There is statute in this State that whore
white pcrsons, who may be competent wit.
ncsscs, arc present, no negro can DC examined
as witness rs to what took place This was
the case here, and the defendants counsel
raised the question on the competency of the
prosccutoiito to the assault and battery. After
argument, the Judges delivered the opinions
scrintim. Chief Justice Gi.pin and Justice
Woottcn held the act. SO far aS it attempts to
interfere with the rules Of evidence or mOdr
of procedure in the State courts. absolutely
void. Justice Wales said, in view of some
decisions, and also of his own impression. he
WAS inclined to hold contrary opinion but
on fuller argument this might be changed
1t WIS therefore ruled that the statute of
the State remained unaffected ly the Civil
Rights Act; in other words, that it is nul!
and void 50 far as it attempts TO interfere with
MURDER VIII. OuT-A MYSTERY Ex.
planned. On the night of June H. 1874
n foul murder WAS committed in this ci,v a
Mr. Lyons, an English Hebrew, who kept y
watch and jcwc'ry store. and lived bv him
self. on the premises, on East Bay. afterwards
occupied by the Mercury Office, ncxt door
to the French Cnifrc House, and who was sup.
posed to be man Of considerable wealth. was
found dead in his bed the next morning, with
lis throat cut from car to car, and no cn.
could be found to the murderer. a respect
able man WIS afterwards tried for the deed
I tut there being no evidence against him, he
was acquitted. The excitement about the
mUrder gradually died away. aud it was only
rcr"i'ccteh as a strange and horrible mystery
which had never bcon explained Day he
fore yesterday gentleman OF this city re,
ccivcd Il letter from a friend in hungary sta
tn- that Il brigand who had lately been exc
cutrd, in his ncighborlood. and who c He'd
himself papp, had confessed just before his
execution, that he had murdered !; man hy tn.
nam" of Lyons, in Charleston, in 1914. whcu
he himself Was connected with II Mr. Erpi,,u
in the drug business. The Hungarian cor
| respondent wished to know whether there cv.
cr lad been such murder committed here,
aud whether there was such drug establish
mcnt as that Of Mr.. Epping. From these
facts, it seems beyond doubt that the mystc-
rious murder of Lyous has at length been cx-
| p!aincd.- Charleston Mercury
! Stick TO ). BUSINESS. Fortune, success.
fame, position, never gained but by pious
| ~, dctcrmincdly, bravely sticking. growing.
living to thing till it is fairly ncconplis he'll
! In short you must carry a thing through, il
| you want to be anything or anybody No
matter if it costs you the pleasure, the society
the thousand prarly qualifications of life. No
1nrttcr for these, stick to the thing and carry
| Il through. Believe that you were made for
tho matter, and that no one else can do it /; put
forth your whole energy; stir, wake, .clectrify
yourselves, and go to the task Only once
learn to carry n thing through in all its com
p!etencss and proportions. and you will be.
come q hero, You will think better of YOUR
sei--othcrs will think better Of you The
world admires the stern, determined Goer.-
1t sees in him its best sight, its brightest Oh.
jcct Drive right along in whatever you un-
dcrsakc; believe yourself sufficient for the
task, and you will be successful mover fear
. ~---.-.
THERE is story told of Jtalinn rcvans.
of which we are continually reminded. A
noblcn,an's wife, of great bcauty, seemed to
her friends the most light-hcartcd of all hor
gay company, till one day an afflicted com.
panion had to be consoled, when tho seeming.
y gay countess led her companion into a pri.
waite chamber, and uncovered the ghastly
skeleton Of her former lover. detected and
murdered by her husband, and which he com.
PEELED her thus to uncover and look upon once
ieach day; She added Could you but sec
1T, there is g skeleton III every house,, Il
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RHEsfollo from g par publishcdne
stilo setting sun, is very severe on tbes East
s Jcltny S said. iittte three year Old sister.
toais elder: broths of 81 Johhy, wliy.d,n:t
You 500 tho suh 90 baacka where il rises: ~.
6 BY, bis. yd0 little goosey, booauseitwould.
Sbe ashamed I'd DO seoi, going down East" :.