Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-10-01
VOL. IV,'.'""NO. 5

A WESTERN HoRRoR.--A box was found
some day Us ago in Omaha, containing the body
Of q man chopped to pieces. The "Rupubli-
can" says: "The head was severed from the
body, and placed In one corner of the box;
both legs had been chopped from the body,
asd afterwards hackled off at the knee aud
ankie joints, The arms had been takcn of at
the shoulders. and packed closely alongside
the body, while the OF ,r Observed members
had becn placed in position With hcllsh
ingenuity that makes tho blood chill to think
upon. The head had also been sawed and
chopped across the front portion of the skull,
and from the forehead towards the back part
Of tho head, the top of v hich had been lifted
off. On tho chest was placed q Gue linen shirt,
supposed to be Of German Manufacture. The
fesh OF the faoe was entirely dccomposed
thus preventing Reorganization of tho fea-
lures. The lid Of tho box was directed in
plain black lette,s to ID. B. Sargent, Omaha,
Neb., nothing else was found which would ia
any way throw light upon the mystery
FATAL AFFAIR in UN1oN--Tho Union.
vile Times says "Amos Skceter, of this
place, was struck and instantly killed last
night by stranger who was passing the
hight IN town. Full particulars havo not
been received, but it seems the deceased made
a most wanton and unprovokcd attack upon
the stranger, while the latter was in bed and
unarmed. The killing was entirely in self
defence; and the public sentiment of the en-.
tire community justifiies tho decd Politics
had nothing to do with tho difficulty; and as
tho deceased did not belong to tho Radical
party;it is not expected that Governor Scott
will offer any reward The deceased loaves
extensive family connections u this county,
but they are not at all dependent upon him,
for support. His life was not insured in any
ofthe companies doing business here"
The INVESTIGATORS IN EDoEr1ELD =.
The Edgefeld Advertiser says: "Thcy have
come They have seen! And, no doubts
they will conquer! We mean the Congresie;
sional Investigation Committee appointed BY !.
the negro Legislature to turn the Third Con-
gressioual District inside out .nd shake it as
you would an old bag. There are six on the
committee, two whites, one Democrat, four
negroes, ali Radicals. But only four have
arrived in Edgcfeld, Mcssrs. Ivan Bryant and
Joseph Crews, white, aud j. j. Wright aud
r. 3 Elliot, colored. They have set up
their official nest in tho courthouse and vii
proceed to separate the tares from the wheat
casting the former into outer darkness,
where there is weeping, waling and gnashing
Of teeth
A LAwYBn CHARaEs Forty DoLLAns
soR COLLECTING Two CENTS A Washing.
ton letter in the Baltimore Sun says:
In the Orphans Court today Judge P1r-
cell directed citation to issue rcquiringa
member Of the bar to appear and show cauDs
Why his name shouid not be stricken from the
roll Of attorneys for charging fee of forty
dollars for collecting two cents Hugh Il.
Strathsro. tpoh whose petition the citation
was issued, oetti6cs that he employed the
nember Of the bar referred to to attend to a
claim which he had in the estate Of a de-
oedont; that he gave the lawyer ten dollars
retainer, and promised ten more when the
claim was prosecuted with effect that tho
petitioners share Of the estute amounted to
$40 OF, which was paid over to the attorney,
who theroupon retained thirty dollars as hs
fee, and paid the petitioner $40 OF, thus
charging fec of:'sty dollars for collecting
two oonts,
ThE MxKRIXoE QUESTION IN VIRGINIA..
Tho Hichmond Whis says: s
A oolored man wants to marry white wo-
man in Petorsbatg, and tho clerk Of tho
court, to whom application was made for Ii.
oense, has written to General Candy asking
for instructions ad to tho law, whether the CT.
vii Rights bill had the effect Of removing the
prohibition If the State law against the issue
Of License for the intermarriogc between white
and bIaok. Now, we suppose General Candy
will have no trouble whatever in deciding the
question, as the Supreme. Court Of North
Carolina has recently, by a unanimous vote,
decided that the Civil Rights bill and tho
prosisi6n Of the hew Constitution Of that
State which establishes tho perfect political
equality Of races do not repeal the law Of
said State forbiding the intcrmarriage Of whine
and 6oloYed people.