Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-11-16
.MISCELLA-NY. A
The Weatherwax Case.

The Weatherwax Case.
The Albany N. y. Evening Journal pub.
fishes another instance Illustrating the fallibil
danger Of taking the life of any human being
accused Of crime, however strong may appear
the evidence Of his guile In June, 1856,
Capt. John G.. Wcathcrwax, assisted by his
cousin, Andrew WoathorwaX and a deck hand
I was sailing lake boat from Platsburg, on
lake Champlan. to some Canadian port. Du.
ring tho day there had been an alteration and
threats between the captain and Andrew, and
/: mt night, alta point Just beyond the Canada
line, the deck hand, as he testified in the trials
ended by heavy thud" or blow and the
falling Of body into the water A few days
after a body, with its skull crushed bya blow,
was found near the spot, which was identified
more or less impcricctly rs that of Andrew
I Weathcrwax, who had disappeared and never
has been heard from since until las; month";
Tho captain of another boat passing near tcs-
tiiedto herring the quarrel, the. blow and
the body fall into the ewater. Capt. Wealth
orwaXS was. ten. days after, arrested tor the sup
posed murder, bya warrant from Justice Beck.
with of Pnttsburg, and an examination last
secmea coHclasivc 81 ,s te1tht gat, the h9uftrta
was Obliged to discharge him, ms it was equal
3Sly clear that the murder was committed III
Canada, ard the court had no jurisdiction
a rcquistion was then made by the cnnahi-
an authorities upon those of the United States,
and under Il warrant from William j.. Marcy.
Sccrcta,y Of State, Captain Wcatherwax was
arrested and scnt to Montreal. where lie re.
manned in Jail one year awaiting trial His
first trial resulted in a disagreement Of the
jury and the second in an acouittal on the
ground Of insnilccncy of the evidence ~
though Capt Wcathcrwax was thus free, the
universal belief Of the community contomucd
him, and he was scorncd as n murderer al
large. About the first of October, 1867, An.
drew Wcathcrwax, tho man supposed to be
murdered, returned to Plattsburg. He states
that owing to his quarrel with the cnptain he
left the vessel secretly on tho night in pnes-
tion, wandered III to drinking place, got in.
toXicrt9d .nA into another, quarrel, in consc-
Iucncn of wnrh he WIS taken before mag.
istr'tc and fined. Having no money to rav
the fine, he was about going to Jail when II sc.,
cnpta'n offered to pay his fine if he woul,l ship
fora sea voyage. iic did So and went as
sailor TO China, Australia, and various ports
llc now rct'irns 10 hear, for the first time, Of
his supposed death by violence. No cxplana-
tion has yet been given oe the body Of the
murdered man, which was actually found near
the spot o. the supposed murder.
How TO ISouu" IMM,GRArIoS.- - 4 shrewd
writer in the Columbia Phoenix of Satur5.v
suggests the following plan to induce immi
grafton to this State:
cit is this That Gen. Wagcnor invite the
land holders of tho several districts of this
State to meet Mt their respective cart houses
on II certain day. to be fixed by him, and or.
ganize "nssociations for the promotion of i'm
migration. Let all landowners be invited
! join the so associations. who nre willing to
donato portions Of their lands to immigrants
who will settle on md cultivate them. l, y,..
d "Let it be the loading business of these as
sociatons to collect and register the names of
all such persons. with the number Of farms or
acres they will donate, and forward lists Of tho
same to the commissioner, Gen. Wngencr. -
This plan will prove effectual--no other will.
Farms must be GIVEN to induce extensive i'm
migration. It can easily be shown that moth
ips could more successfully or more rapidly
enhance the interests of; land. holders and the
prosperity Of tho State than the advent with.
I'm her borders of ii large number Of small far
jiiers from tho old world. Mere ishorers from
thence will not.answcr the purpose I would
mob undertake to raise cotton with foreign la.
borers. if Tcou!d get them for their victuals
and clothes. Wemust have q host Of small
farmers. Theonly way to5g get them is to give
them farms. [ believe every lnhdholder in,
tho State. who. posscssesa q thimblc full Of
bruins, will bc willing, If the matter. be fairly
fresspted to, him, 70 donate portions. land 4
rs above suggcstodAS Qpe 5lbndsholder, and