Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-16

lie cared not for his life, but on the banks
OF the stream where he had sporled in Child.
hood there lived those who loved him, aud
here he was brtchcred in wilderness.
Tar away from hindrcd and friends perhaps
he had loved and was beloved and it NAV
have been that he thought of the eyes that
have since grown dim watching for the
lover that cani1 not and the heart that was
true even to s.Erobberl All this may have
rushed out witT tic last rcd drops that fell
from his ghastly wounds.
Though many have cxccraicd his memory
and sneercd ut his career there is one who
knows where his grave is; vino wecps upon it
and turks around it when the black storm rn.
gcs ana the rain falls aud the fierce winds
howl as they did the night Of the murder
nc faithful dog is long since gone, and the
lover maiden Is gone too. hui one still lives.
lhe heavens become inky with clouds, the
thundcrs peal, tho lightnirgs fash, the
hhh pclts against the old walls, aud the wild
blast ALMOST bears the old woman upon its
airy boso1n. but the crazy mother vet visits
mat grave where her robbcr boy lies and Wis.
Is 1t o!ieGcst @hen the storm is ticrcest and
the night darkest. She may be seen to night
cr"uc!llng under the crumblug walls, and bv
the ircftrs' li&'ii glarcs at the splotched floor
stained by the blood of her robbcr boy. Her
eyes, glazed wi,h frrnzy, have no tears now,
and her lips 80 color to lose. but the tears
flow in her heart aud a ghastly light shines
~ her withcred face. Her feet sometimes
bleed after walking through the briary path,
and tie tane',f bambnns tear the cruubled
SKIN OF her any and visionary limbs, hut still
she goes; and when the spring comes she
gathers from thc stony clcils the first violets
and daisies to Scatter over the grave of her
robbcr boy. <
MAN KlErt0 IN SrARrANBURG.-Dy a
gentleman VINO arrived from SIartanburg last
| evening, we le%tn the following particulars Of
tho shooting and Instant death of a YOUNG
man. at lSatcsvi!e, in Spartarburg county:
Our lntorn'ant states that several DAYS ago
General }. L. Bates, Of the place named. re-
cc'Ved hn hinX notice, and suspected and
| accused young man named Frank ii mpton.
the assistant agent Of the depot at Pacel"t, of
sending the nOt$ce that on Wednesday i .oht
Hampton int&fmpany Wit. friend, pro
cyN1N' Neutrality-suspicious. &c Grner.I R,tos ~.
lSntcsville, for the purpose of denying the ac.
cusntion. 1t is claimed that both we're un
armed nt the tine Arriving there, they
called General B,tcs out for the purpose
named, and hadc him 'gond evening" it is
stated the General replied 81 have no good
evening for you" and Immediately fired on
Hampton with fatal effect, killing him in
santly The other young man then fed.
1t is also stated that General Bates, fear
ing danger subsequently, sent for the Sheriff
OF the county, and was oy him arrested and
confined in the county Jail, Thursday eve
ming. - Daiy Lnioa
WHsuKHY AND NEWSPAPERS glass
OF whiskey is manufactured from dozen
grains OF corn, the value of which is too small
for estimation. glass of this mixture sells
for dime; and if good brand is considered
worth the money. 1t is drunk in a second
or two. 1t fires the brain, sharpens the appc
tite, aud drranges aud weakcns the physical
systrm. On the same sd.board on which the
dcteterions beverage is served, lies ncwspa.
per. 1t is covered with half million of
typcs-it brings intelligence from all qunrtess S
of the globe. The new <paper costs less than
glass of gros, the juice of a few grains of
corn but it is nevertheless true that there
are large number of people who think corn.
juice cheap and newspapers dear.
lloMI AFTER BUSINESS HorRs Happy
Is the business man who can tind that solacc
aud that poetry are at home Warm greet
ngs from loving hearts, fond glanccs from
brighter eyes, aud welcome shouts of merry.
hearted children, the many thopsand little
arrangements for comfort aud cnjnyment
that silently tell of thoughtful and expectant
love; th"sn are tho ministraions that recon