Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-05-22

o:or questions of marriage.
The opinion holds that tho laws of mar
riage ere at tho sovereign control and will
Of each State, unaffected BY any provision
or any article of the Constitution of the
United States; that absolute and entire
power over these laws is necessarily left all
over the world and in the Union Of States
to the government Of local society; that
the law under which the parties we're CON
voted was with the unrestrained legislative
powers of Virginia to enact it, and that it
is not prohibited by any provision of the
National Constitution.
At to making contracts, the opiuion
holds that section 1877 of revised Statutes,
which secures to all persons within the
United States the right in every State to
make and enforce contracts, &c., CAP only
refer to contracts lawful under the law Of
Seates wherein it is proposed to enforce
them. Admitting that marriage is con-
traot the opinion holds that tho privilege of
enforcing it extends only to lawful marriz
ages, and that if citizen of Virginia went
10 tho District of Columbia or to Tho Terri
tory of Utah, and was there married in 40
cordance with the local Law, he could not
return with bis oonsort or consorts to Vir.
ginia to expect to subordinate her laws Of
marriage to tho laws OF her jurisdiction.
Tho case will probably be takcn to the Su.
premo Court Of tho United States.
Too LATE.--Thc following incident took
place in Washington County, Texas. Tho
jury of a circuit court, before whom misc
rable wretch had been tried, returned q
verdict of 'guilty," and suggested the
whipping post. The court thon adjourned
for dinner. immediately after dinner the
defendants counsel, without consulting his
unfortunate client, moved for new trial
and commenced reading tho motion.
"1lold cn!" whispered tho client, pull
ling at the counsel's coat tails, "Don't read
that!'
'IIet mo alone" muttcred the lawyer ir-
ritably; "I'll attend to you when I've read
the notion"
"But T don't want you to read the mo.
tion," whined the agitated oulprit.
"Don't want me to read? Why not?
What's the matter7 I'm going to get you
new trial."
"But don't want a new triul!" exclaimed
tho wretch.
"Don't want one? Why not?" returned
the other heatodly, frowniug from under
his eyeglasses.
"Cause it is too late" urged the client.
"While you were all out to dinner the
sheriff took mo out and whipped the very
hide off of mo-"
The motion was summarily withdrawn.
THE RECIPE FOR PRospERmY.-1 Let
every youth be taught some useful art and
trained to industry and thrift.
q. Lot every young man lay aside and
keep sacredly intact certain portion of
his earnings.
3. Let every one set out in life with a
fixed determination to engoge 10 business
for himself, and let him put his determine.
ton into practice as early in life as possible.
q. Begin in small and safe way and
extend your business as experience will
teuch you is advantageous.
B. Keep your own books and know con-
stantly what you orc earning and just where
you stand.
6: DO not marry until in receipt of q
tolerable income-suftioien to live on com j..
fortably.
Z. Let every man who is able, buy a
farm on which to briug up his sons. It is
from tho farm the best men are turned out.
morally and intellectually.
3. Bear in mind that your business
cannot be permanently prosperous unless
you share its advantages equally with your
customers.
EXPERIENCE THE BEST TEAemER--Jim
n nh olo
OF Blackstock, moved to Kansas n year or so
ago. lie has returned with tho intention of
living and dying in his native county and
State. just before his return n considerable
number of his old colorcd friends wero yios
lontly attacked with tho Kansas emigration
fever, but whom they saw Homphill, and
listened to his gloomy tale of "boody Kan
sas," thy abandoned theic vile scheme, and
determined to stick and stay by old Chester.
Ihey prefer their good comfortable houses to
tho dirt huts their clerical brothor told them
about: they prefer fire place blazing with
abundance Of wood to stove scantily sup
pied with coal; thoy prefer tho warm pleas.
ant climate hero to the rigors of the North.
west In short they prefer good easy timos
at homo to q hard life abroad. This accounts
for the sensible conclusion at which thoy
have arrived Chester Bulletin.
London is spread over about I, 900 square
miles. There is ono death there eycry six
minutes, and ono birth every four. The
growth of the population is at tho rate of
$4,000 year; or 205 each day The total
length of the streets in London is about
1000 miles; there are built every yeur
about 5000, by which tho length Of tho
streets is increased by twonty.eight miles.
In tho jails thero is an average Of $4,000
prisoners, The FOREIGN horn roa;aonts &c