Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-08-13
well established by the evidences of many of
the speotators. both white and black.

doors. His word was death to the unfortu.
nate prisoners, and those superior in command
listened to him, aud tho death sentence was
passed ut his belest. He derived this infu.
ence from the fact that he lived in Critten-
don county for three years, and knew who TO
kill. The.other officers who ranked him, ex-
cept one, were strangers. The male inhabi.
tants of the county were compelled to fly for
their lives. A requ'sitiou for sixteen prom
inent citizens was made at one ti,ue upon the
Governor Of Tennessee, and q second requi.
tion for a much larger number was made
shortly after. McAlister, Harvey, TIGER,
Wallace, and several others had been murder
cd without charges being preferred and with
out trial and thorc being no game now in
view, and awaiting the result of his requisi-
tions for more subjects, Haynes amused him
self a little by raiding, and being inclined to
"turn a penny" found many opportunities Of
filling his pocket. He took a horse that be-
louged to Clarence Collier and swappod him
off for a mule. lie percmptorily refused to
make reparation. lie had large herds Of cat
tie driven to- this place and butchered. These
cattle belonged TO tho Inhabitants of the
county, yet Haynes got a voucher for each
aud every one of them. This is we'll known
in Crittendcn county and it is also we'll. known
that on the coming of the militia Haynes
drove his entire cattle in this market and sold
them-thereforc he did not own one hoof of
the oattle for which he obtained his fraudu.
lent vouchers, amounting to many thousands
of dollars. 1t would require pages to emu
mcrate oil lis doings. The people were by
him insultcd, robbed and murdered. His
bare word was death, but, unexpectedly, civil
law was restored, he was shorn Of his power,
and those whom he had run off and then
made acquisitions for, returned to their homes
-Clurcnce Collier amongst them. His home
being dcsolatcd, his parents gone, he stopped
ut Marion for a fow weeks, and while there,
was repeatedly warned of threats made by
Haynes that if he did not depart he would
be killed; he persisted in staying at Marion,
and paying no attention to these threats. On
the evening Of tho 18th instant he met
Haynes in the streets of Marion, and shot
him. Haynes died and Collier made his es.
cape. The conduct Of each party is ~variously
stated. The courts Of the country will devel-
op the fncts whenever Collier shall be put
upon trial We will content ourselves to
await the result without passing Judgment.
Haynes was the first ex. federal soldier
ever killed III Crittendcn county by an ex-
Confederate, and Wallace was the eighth ex-
Confederate soldier killed in Crittendcn
county by ex. Federal soldiers who hive stop
| ped in said county since the war; yet Radi-
cal papers marvel at the killing Of Haynes,
but say nothing Of the murder Of MoAlister
and others .-Aemphiis APpeah July rs.
Out of the Frying Pan.
1t is . very common thing for poor geoplo
in this country to be very uneasy to get to
the city, There they fancy all their troubles
will be over. Work will be plenty, and if
one thing fails, they can turn their hands to
something else. Then, too, thereGis some
thing rather grand in the idea of living in the
| city, which dazaies the imagination.
Any one who has this city fever should first
spend a month there by himself, before he de-
oides to remove wife and children If the
season of tho yeor is July or August, tho ex,
pertinent will be still moro satisfactory. He
can thus have a good chance of solving the
question; "dow do you like it" without
involving himself toe deeply to make an es,
cape possible.
A glance at tho homes which the poor CO.
cupy in no city, compared with the same in
the co lntry, should bo enough to satisfy any
thinking person with regard to the desirable.
ness Of the two situations. On a little knoll
just outside Of our village, lives a poor Dutch
shoemaker, with a most thriftless wife aud
half a dozen children. The man is sober and
industrious, and the wife good.humored, but
hopelessly careless in her housekeeping.
The house they occupy is too old aud out Of
repsir for a better GLASS Of tenants, but ONE
owner, twcnty or moro years ago, planted pear
and apple trees a.! about Y, and now the old
shell is, perfectly e~n'lhoworedi in green all
through tho summer. Two grand old naples
shade the walk Just before IL, AMI here on
summer evenings, the family all cit on the
soft green grass, The picture Of country ease
and oontont. The children lu..priate on pears