Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-05-07
Rape and Summary Punishment.

" oo'h iaooS, we RlYo
publicity to an outrage and tragedy that 90.
CURED in Western Georgia within tho
last week. We withhold Names, time and
place, for tho reasons that we do not desire to
parade tho unfortunate woman before the
pubic, or give prominence to the retributiye
justice that so soon overlook tho fond. ,l.
a negro fellow watched for, and intercept.
cd a young lady at a spring, seized her,
choked her till she was unconscious, and erut.
flied his bestial lust. A soldier Of the lost
cause with but ono arm, came upon him in
the act grasped him and cried for hclp-nonc
came. The negro tore loose, but left q por.
ton OF shirt in the hand of tho one arm
soldier. This detected him a few hours after.
wards, when he was takon TO a tree hardly,
and placed at the lower end Of q suspended
rope. A
We wish it distinctly understood that we
approve and endorse tho action of the jury
that tried and executed this fend; and that
we are, heart and soul, in favor of its repcti.
ton wherever, whenever, and by whomsoev.
OF, a similar outrage is committed. Ay.
more, let those who utter expressions Of SYM
pathy, defiance or revenge suffer the same
penalty. Trials by Legitimate tribunals, CON
vlctionS and sentence under tho law, with
such a creature in the Gubernatorial Chair
as Bullock, can end in naught but f~iarcical il
lustrations of a peoples decay. We advo-
cate, advise, and will assist in administering
the primal law in all such cases.
Let the negro know, aud the white liber.
tine too, that death is the penalty, and that it
it not within the power of the Government
State or federal, to respite or pardon. if we
have lost the manhood necessary to punish
the hell bound ficnd who thus outrascs Juno
cencc, without Courts and ~jurics, then indeed
arc we lost. -Aibooy Noes.
JOSH BILLINas' PApEns.-Dry goods are
worshipcd in This world now more than the
Lord liz.
Counciling with fear il the way towards
are made; counciling with hope liz the way
heroes are made; counciling with faith il the
way Christians arc made.
Pleasure liz like a hornct-gencrally ends
with a sting.
Lazyncss liza good deal like money-tho
more a man has of it the moro he seems to
want.
There IL no such thing MS inhcriting vir.
tcw money and titles and fever sores can be
Inherited.
Reputashun IL like money-the principal
IL often lost by putting it out at interest.
There are lots of folks in this world who,
rather than not find no fault at all, wouldn't
hesitate to say to an angle worm that hiz tail
was altogether too long for the rest oy his
body.
Envy is all insult to a mans good sense
envy IL tho pain we feel at the excellence Of
others.
jealousy is nothing more than vanity, for
If we love anything more than We do oursclf
we shant be jealous.
There are many who are kut out for smart
m'n, but who wont pay for making up.
Modest men in trying to DO impudent al.
wa g get sassy.
The Virtews of n convent arc like hot. house
fruits-tender but t~astcIcss.
Life like a standardization CLIMBING nm
one side ana sliding down the other, put up
the sled.
When a man proves a literary failure, he
generally sets up for a critic, and, like the
fox in the fable, who had lost his brush in n
trap, kant soc a nice long tail without han.
KERN to bob it.
FARMERS VISITING FARMs.-This Is one
of tho most useful employments a farmer can
be engaged in. 1t is getting tho necessary
knowledge of the business. Not only the
best farms, but the poorest also, may be visitd
with advantage. An eminent farmer once
said he mover visited a farm, of whatever char.
actcr but he found something useful to him.
A mans failures arc instructive as we'll as
his success. TO know what to avoid is often
required. What we have about US, what VIC