Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-05-06

ond section Of this act are about to be
committed, and having power to prevent or
a'd III preventing the same, shall neglect or
rctnHc 20 to do, aud such wrongful nc: sha' Il
/ he lahRr to the person I'M ured. or his legal
/ rcprcsc.1, ,flEes, ior all damages caused hy
i any aucFwrongful act, which such first. amcd
! person or persons by reasonable diligence
/ could '.a'o prevented and such damages
| may be recovered IN an action on the case in
! the progcr circuit co"rt of tic United States :;
and any number Of persons guilty of such
wron@ta, neglect Oh refusal may be Joined as
dc'cndaAsa III such action provided that such
action shall be commenced within one year
aitcr such cause Of action Shall have occurred.
An' it The death ofany person shall be causcl
by any such %rounginl act and neglect tho
/ legal representatives of such deceased person
shall have snch action therefor and may re.
cover not cScccding 80 400, damages therein
for the benefit Of the widow of s,:ch deceased
| person, il any there be, or if there be no Md
ow then rCr The benefit of the next of kin cf
such deoca"cd person.
Section I. That nothing herein combined
shall be construed to super9cdc or repeal any
! former act or Ia" except 80 FAR as the same
mny be rerugnant thereto end any osicnscs
heretofore committed against the tenor Of any
prncccd!nG Already commenced Cor ihc prosc-
cu:!cn thereof shall be continued anG compile.
ted, the same as il this net had not boon
passed, except so fac ar the provisions of :his
act may 80 to sustain and validate such pro,
cceGings.
DESTRUCTIVE TonNA violent storm
of win! .!.d rain passed over the Eastern side
of this County on Thnr.i,lay mosn;u. list, a
. la ifrr IN ~. ;,,Ll 4
Breazeal"'s NJ i'll the wor.: of destruction began,
aud tie ..y;,cst fury was ccnc ntraird mile
"r ", Lryon,i, in tic drcct'un of Hrl,on
The residence aud ont hui!,ii ,.s of Rob, r. G.
.<"y> were bnwn dawn auA the family barely
escaped :itt. their lives, one or two members
; 1T lis hm elod tc;na seriously niGred -
Everything was torn literally to niec,.,, even
to the c..'tnus upon their persons Other
'm".c :p,il" ,,,. of ~" Tornado we're VIC.
icn;!y h.:rci to the g.ound, aud An immense
amount OF timber aud fencing WAS blown
d,wn. The track of the hurricane was only
| Il fe" Eundred yards widn aud it was most
destructive IN !hr locaI;ty mentioned, .hich
is srvc, or eight miles East of this town
{ appears nirncl.ons that no lives were lost,
and that $" few casualties to persons occur.
rcd i'r'rspn Mirii,yr"tcr
SourA CAROLINA CONTESTED ELECTION.
la the House Of Representatives of the
| Forty srcnnd Congress from the Second dis
II ct uf South Carolina, the w !shington ,Si,,r
says that the contest for seat will, it is be
Iicvrd, DC decided in favor Of G. G. Bowen,
as the commissioners of election of Beaufort
County, in that district, were tried in the
United States Circuit Court in Charleston,
last week, upon an indictment charging them
with having stnifrd the ballot boxes, falsifcd
the election record, make false returns OF .hc
number OF votes cast, and committed divers
other ;,cts i'll violation OF the United States
enforcement law at the last election The
jury found the prisoners guilty. and Judge
Bond sentenced them each to two years im-
prisonmcnt in the pcnitcnIary, thus sustain.
ing Mr.. Bowcn's charge Of fraud in that dis
| trict and prorortonally increasing the clan
ccS for the contested seat.
TIE COUNTY TREASURY RoBpERY I'm
der an order Of Judge Orr. issued upon the
exhibition of additional ntlidayits, alleging
new circumstances OF guilt rs well as the in
adequacy of the hond given, both in amount
ami in the aovcncy Of the ohligcrs, the Guf
fins have been re-arrcsted and not giving bail
committed to Jail. Albert IIambln was also
"iftStCu uhucF titt same oracr l0r COtnpnClty
in the robbery, and required to give bond-
AjJeuNte Press.
EeD" Letters from Dnenos Ayrcs give
frightful account Of the havoc the yellow fc.
yer is making there. The deaths are set
down at 25D per day, and the fright among
the people all. .pervading. No nurses could
be had at any price. Whole squares in the
Southern part Of tho city were abandoned,
and every little town within forty miles vas
Overlooking with fugitives.
ES- Victoria G. Woodhull recently lee.
tured for tho Radical club at Syracusc, aud
refused compensation. "What do | want
with money!" snid she. 81 make $40 900
per month out of my business" She further
stated that she often spent $50 900 per month
in spreading her sentiments on female suf-
frago
Efy" a decree has been entered in the
Chanccry Court at Nashville, for the Cincin-
natl Cumberland Gap aud Charleston Rail
road, for the sum of 500, 900 in bonds of the
State, or $i48,000 in cash, the company to
have tho usual time of ninety days to liqui.
date the claims of the State.
Mr. Farnsworth, Radical member Of the
House of Representatives from Illinois, ad.
mittcd in Congress, few days ago, that "tho
party to which he belonged had passed mnny