Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-05-12

HERE AND TnERE-THE Offence. A
new light or fveelove philosopher, who lad
been misleading some weak minded women
III some villages in Connecticut was seized
one night by an excited populace aud coat
OF tar without the feathers-the latter proba-
Oily being rather too expensive an article to
waste upon such worthless fellow-adminis.
tered to him. It is needless to say that he
did not permit tar to stick to his heels in
making for other parts. The transfer of Ku
kluxing operations from the horrible South
to the land of Steady Habits is ore of those
curious events of the times Great excite
ment exists in Springfield, by reason of the
murder of Hon. Sharon Tyndalc, late Re-
publican Secretary of State for Illinois. He
left home about A. NJ. of the 10th ult.,
and was found dead next morning, shot
through the head, and his money gone. The
pcrpetrator of the foul case is unknown. Had
this taken place in any State south of Mason
aud Dlxon's line, every Republican paper
from Maine to California would hold it up as
terrible ku Klux outrage. Occurring in
the 'loil'' precincts of Springfield, however,
it is simply murder; and how dreadfully the
Republicans feel that they cannot make DO.
litical capital out OF his death, there is no
telling.
In tho South aud North
SERIOUS AFFRAY IN GREENv1LLE.-We
lo'rn that difficulty occurred in Greenville,
on Monday afternoon, which came near prov.
ing very serious matter. 1t appears that
two colorcd men--one of them potorioua
charactcr-went into the store of merchant,
named lsaacs, where some words occurred.
Al.
did not leave promptly, he started after them
with stick, when the inruders immediately
left AS MIR. 1saacs turned around, one Of
the men threw brick at him, which struck
him Just above the temple and mas he'd in the
skull. An officer arrested one Of the party,
but the other ran off AS the prisoner wns
being carried to Jail, rescue was attempted
by number of colored men. The Wits
sided with the officer; pistols and other wcap.
ons were displayed and for short time there
was imminent danger of bloody affair."
Judge Orr and other influential gentlemen
lutertercd, the excitement quieted down, and
the prisoner was locked up. Mr.. Isaacs was
alive at last accounts, but no hopes are enter.
tanned Of his recovery -PAeuin, Nays.
BsA- Because New York's foreign vote is
mainly Democratic, the Radical papers declare
that the "damncd Dutch and Irish" arc igno.
rant, corrupt and revolutionary But, be.
cause Chicago's foreign vote is generally rad.
'cal, these same papers triumphantly assert
that the foreigners there are of the '"better
class If the foreigners are of the "bctter
class in Chicago, Heaven help tho.natiyes
OF that leprous city, who arc no doubt cpti-
tied to the "honor" of making it the most
d'sreputablo city in the world
9sS- Col. D. L. Donald of Abbcvilc. is
dead. lie was man of manly bearing.-
Fuom volunteer private of the Palmetto
Regiment in the Mexican War, he was pro.
noted to Licutenancy, and received gold
mccall ms reward for his bravery. In our
late unsuccessful war for the liberty of tho
South he was twice wounded, and was pro.
NOTED from the Captaincy of the company
he had raised, to the Lieutenant. Colouelcy Of
the End Rife Regiment, S. G. Volunteers.
The FIRST CASE The Atlanta Cous,ttu.
ton learns that four citizens of Taladega.
Ala, have been arrested and carried to Mont.
gomcry, under the charge ofbeing Ku Klux.
This is the frs case, perhaps, under the new
bill. The defendants were discharged by the
United States Commissioners, no case having
been made out against them
rea- A Radical Journal says: General
Butler would take no appointment from the
present administration, even If offered him
on the point of silver fork" Another
says he might not take the appointment, but
the administration would do well to keep an
eye upon the fork.
aey secret political society, mostly com.
posed Of working men, has been discovered
IN New York, which has been in existence
only two months, and has membership in
that city of nearly fifty thousand, tn has
branches in all the large: cities 1t is known
as the Raft
sJ- A lady named Martha A. Kyle. Iiy.
ing near Cross Keys, Rockingham County.
Virginia, has put out, on two acres of ground
one hundred and sixty bushels of onion sets
this Spring, all Of which she raised herself
EH The $4,000 heather Chimes in San
Francisco don't make much noise in the
world, but they own S47 900 in real estate.
and sl,l78,O0O in personal property. not.