The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-03-20

mingly, they met with a stretching mis-
hap. The foot of Boyton's rubber suit
caught on snag, and, as the boat could
not be stopped in time, something had to
stretch or break. The boys say they be-
lieve that gum suit stretched out 100 feet
long, but when the snag broke of, where
was Boynton2 The pilot says be saw
something ricocheting on the water about
q half a mile ahead of them, like a
twenty-inch bomb shell thrown from a
mortar.
- Colonel George w. Bushyhead, an
ex-chisf Of the Cherokee Indians, Of
North Carolina, and also an ex-Confed-
crate Colonel, was in our town Monday
and Tuesday last. He had with him a
Cherokee Baptist preacher named Suato
Owl, who could not speak one word Of
English. They had been on a visit to
their friends among the Catawba Indians,
eight miles south of this. Most Of the
Catawbas are familiar with the Cherokee
language, and on Sunday last this Indian
divine preached to them in that Ian
guage, which is written one, no having
with him Cherokee Testament. From
Colonel Bushyhead we learned that
about 300 of the Cherokee tribe, out Of q
total of about ], 500, belong to the Meth
odist and Baptist denominations. Col
onel Bushyhead raised 4 regiment from
among his warriors during the Confed-
crate war, and led them most gallantly
on many bloody field in East Tennes-
see. While here he solicited aid for
some Of the very INDECENT of his people.
Several of our citizens gave him small
contributions, for which he expressed
the highest appreciation. He was well
pleased with the kindness shown him by
our people.-Rock Hill Herald.
= The laws Of the land are good
enough and severe enough; there is no
fault to be found on that point; but it is
the want Of rigid, fearless and impair
tial enforcement which invites crime,
and the laws delay in eur courts which
rather encourages it. Our courts and
their proceedings need reform-a very
radical reform. The lawyer sinks his
good citizenship, his individuality, his
inmate love of right and justice in becom.
iuS tuo duFOCiICs SSulouliuS, Qcldyiu
technicalities, sophistries all are brought
to bear in criminal case, and the most
extraordinary efforts made to save muir
derer when he has had fair and impair
tial trial. Many times the murderer not
only has one trial, but two and three,
and when he is at last sentenced,
then petitions are gotten up to be sent to
the Governor for pardon or reprieve.
When public sentiment shall be educated
to deal out justice, and see that it is
speedily executed; when our court rooms
cease to be converted into trial farces /;
when lawyers shall be taught that one
fair trial is all that will be granted to q
criminal; in word, when public senti-
ment shall be educated to a high sense
of right and justice, and q great respect
for law and legal statutes, not only until
then need q reform be looked for. When
public sentiment shall declare that a
man who in a'quarrel shoots down an
other, being armed at the time, shall be
considered as having armed himself to
provoke or give an insult, a murderer,
and tried as such, and hung as such,
there will be healthy reaction as to the
carrying of arms and the taking of life.
l-iSavannah Recorder.