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

| account ot the hanging OF two negroes IN that
county, last week:
Our heretofore quiet and peaccablc district
has been disturbed and shocked at the hung.
| ing OF two negro men, which occurred on
Monday and Thursday nights of last week.
The first OF these executions took place near
Coward's Station, on the Northern Rail Road,
on the 24th ult. and the other on Green's
Road, on the 9th ult. Coroner Donath was
notified, and held inquest over their bodies
AT the Investigation of Daniel Edwards, the
first victim, he learned that party Of dis.
guIsed men came to the house where Edwards
was staying, late in the night and selected
hun from among some other negroes and car
ricd him off. He was found the uext morn.
Ing short distance from the house suspend.
ed to u tree with II rope around his neck.-
Alexander Mccain, the other victim, was
visited in the night also and taken out of his
house aud hung 10y the side of the public
road, about ten miles North Of this village
We are informed that nothing WAS elected at
the Investigations of the Coroner to indrnti.
fy any one connected with these unlawful
proceedings. That they are old aud de.
tcrmned sci of men. we'll organized, thc,c
seems but little doubt, as is evident by the
cool aud system attic manner of their perform
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bnrhnnd where AlcClan was hung inlurn us
that he was aroused lnic at night 10y - patty
Of ncn to learn from him the ralinn uf
McIIam's huu>r; that being II littla cautious
tn e, out NJ that time to body of horscmrl,,
he was politely informed by them that he
wouln MT be mrlcst,d. lie says he neither
recognized their persons or voices.
We rr.rrt that such II drpnrahlr cnn,liinn
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the present government affords the people
very little protection in ANY respect and they
have lost confidence in its justice and ability
tD redress their wrongs, still the remedy they
employ is IL desperate and dangerous onr, and
| >huu'l not Ire rrSnrtcd to while there il the
>rmblance of hope in the courts Of the cuun.
| try.
The unfortunate victims who have been ~
| >nnnarily dealt with are said to have been
profrsSiun.l thieves and robbers, whose onIy
occupation w,s in irprr'iatiny upon the pro
perty OF their nei.hbnrS. trrnkn. oprn
hnnses aud committing all manner nf theft
Their characters were so h,d in this respect.
,I,n, they appear to have no sympathy from
itler The blacks "r the whites where they
were kn,wn We trust chat all evil ,,.rs
will take w,rting from the fate which has
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cr again he c He'd upon to chronicle such lcs
prratc deeds Of violence.
The Coroner has handed ns the following.
which he found pinned to the LynaSt Of Alex
| McClam
"IlEApoUNRrERs, April 2lth 1871,
GENERAL ORDER No 10
Beware! Beware l5aw,rr for one and
all we mean what we sny--Bewa We
will not submit to the rnbberics and stealing.
which is going on. We arc taught Thou
shalt not steal, nnl again, love thy neigh.
Dor as thyself.' a word to all Beware
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AUGUSTA. May g. The steamer Carrie
hence To Savannah with 500 bales Of cotton,
WIS burned this morning. twenty three miles
below Augusta The passengers and crew
were saved The cotton was insured but no
insurance on the steamer The fire was
caused hy sp,rks from the engine
LATER. .-'rhrcc casualties are reported on
the steamer Carrie. Mrs f. A. Dnnhar lost
child nine mouths old, aud WIS herself ser-
'u>ly injured in Jumping from the burning
| steamer. One negro woman was drowned
Mr.. o S. Winans. Radical member
| W thc NC" L 1pTK lEHISEiturc, having foteG
with the Democracy, the other day, ut il very
important juncturc the press of his party de.
clare hat he WAS paid S75 900 f,r doug 81
AS it was the first time Radical member
of that body was ever known to do an honest
act. the thing does look IL little suspicious,
sure enough.
- 1t is calculated by Mr.. Slmucl B Rng.
giles, the statstcnn that in the year 1900
the population of the United States will be
| seventy five millions, and ti,rt cereal ioud
will he raised here sufficient not only for on
"wn population, but for Two hundred millions
OF the people of European countries
- The Southern candidates for the Rad.
ical nomination for Vice President on the
ticket with L S Grant, arc Gov Alcurn OF
Mississippi; ex Governor Clayton, Of Ark,n
s,s; Horace Maynard, Of Trnncssrc; ex.
Gov. Orr, Of Sputn Car,in,; Gov. iullock,
OF Georgia, aud cx Senator Rcvcls, cplnrud.
LoNDnN, May 4 The Times, rlit,ri .lIy.
says the decision of the United Stites Sn
preme Court, in favor OF the epI,stitutitnnlity
of the legal trndcr net, is both unjust and Il.
otent. aud will prove misfortune to the
country.
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