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THE PICKENS SENTINEL. DKVOTED TO POLITICS, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND TO TIIE GENERAL INTEREST OF TlIE COUNTRY. , . _____ . . . , . ? VOL. V. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1876. ~ NO. 5E D H- Chamberlain1VIIAT A REPUBLICAN OUOAN THINKS OF 1HM. % * ' ' 'Vh r\ YV~nnliinrrtr.il T?nri(il>lii>nn linn ?, b?.. tho following : Gov. Chamborlain, of South Carolina, lb at pvosout reeoiving somo notico trom tho press of tlio country in connectio? with tho opon lottor addressed by him to Sonator Morton. It may not bo unintorosting to our readers to bo informed something about tho htitocedonts of tlio man. Wo may i-omark, on passant, that a fow years ninnn ("IIInmhnrlnin ivns flnilv rlnnnnnn. od by tho opposition, press of tho South as hoing tho most corrupt ;rmn in South Carolina, and it was to him, moro than to any othor man, that tho misgovern men t which afllictod his State was attributabio. After serving for a timo as a sergeant, and aftois wards commissioned oflicer in a colored cavalry on Iho soa coast of South Carolina during tho latter yoars of tho war, Chamberlain sottled down upon Wadmalaw Island, whero ho en gaged in tho culturo of Sea Island cotton. IIo catcred to tho worst prejudices of tho lately liberated blacks, and actually conspirod with thom to prevent tho return of their old owners to tho homos from whonco thoy had rcfugod. Dr. McIIoniy, now ol Napoleon, Ohio, who was then an assistant surgeon in the United Slates nrmy, and stationed on Wad mala w Island, under tho command of Major (Jon. Scott, then in chargo of tho Krocd man's Bureau, declared, in a leitor addrosscd to a gentlemo.n 1/1H6 euy, unib "six monuis 01 inc tunc which ho should have devoted to tho caro of tho sick was oxpended in preventing a wholcsalo niassacro of tho whites through tho machinations of Chamberlain. Scott, tho Goneral commanding, onco threatonod Chamberlain with tho "ball and chain" if lio did not cease his efforts to array tho blacks against thoir old owners. Tho Jenkins. Frinns and others on Wndmalaw Island can attest tlio truth oi this statement. As a cotton planter Chamberlain was not a sue* cess. It is said that ho never paid his laborers, hut of this wo know nothing further than rumor. At all events, lio was in ncody circumstances whon #***%.!? i.U ii.a ?. r*~? i IV UUUIV III.-) Pt'Ut 111 LIIVJ VyUllWtl lUlIWIIill Convention of tho Stato as a dclcguto in April, 18G8, and tho liLtlo form of tho then embryo Govornor was cov^ orod by an army blankot coat, which, from its patched appoaranco, rominded one of tho historic coat of many' T ? 1i. 1: ? r*\ i uwiuio. xii tina uuii vuii uuu, ^iiaiuuurs lain oxhibitcd nil tho trails of tho demagoguo. Ho introduced at length, a resolution asking tho Gonornl Government to appropriate 84,000,000 to purchase lands for his homeless con. ofihiAtiia Uir Sntif mt/>l\ 4 Hint* A*t?t I. a owituuiiwo. uj juno diiv;ii inuivuij' iju Huccocdcd in having his namo placcd upon tho Stato tickot for Attornoy Gonoral, and wns cloctod, and ontorod upon tho dischargoof his duties when Scott bocamo Governor. As Attorney Goneral it was his business to protcet tho interests of tho Stato, but wo find him onrracrod in various nthm* o o ' *" "" " Bchomcfl whereby tho Treasury, undor tho manago^ont of bin friond Parker, was doplotod. Tho "Land Commission" swindle was concoctod by him, and ox?.Treasnror Pnrkor states that Chamborlam 'got tho lion's sharo in this fraud upon tho Stato, getting dollars whcro C. P. Tjeslio and himsolf oidy got conta." During tho timo tho embryo *'i,oformor" was in a dormant stato, and was on tho most intimato terms with such mon as Mosos anil Whip, per. Ho was noisy in his dcnuneia*tion of Domocrats, and thoy, in turn, hoapod their anathemas upon him.? l_i I 1 J- i ? * . ? so compioioiy wouueu was no to tno nogro, and bo bittor wnw ho to tlio ( i South Carolina whites, that in 1871, whon his infant child docoasod, ho cnllod iti ft colorod proachor named Harris to perform tho last rites ovor its remains. In 1874 tho misgovernmont of fuoa. t os rondorod it necessary tlmt a new I leader should head tho tiokot, and t Chamborlain was nominated for Govornor, rocoiving tlio support in tlio convention of Whippor and othors whom ho now dcnounccs. So unlinntllnr wna fllinmliovlnin flint. fl?r? I'~I ""v V..?.v Hocoivor of tho Stato had to 1)0 brought into requisition, and over 820,000 of that institution woro misapplied in getting him elected. This is a fact well known to ovcry South Carolinian acquainted with tho politics of that Stale. Possessing no porsonal magnetism, and with a quostionablo rocord, it took lmrd work to cloct him. No sooner had ho taken tho oath ol oflico as Govornor than ho "wont hack'' upon the honest yeomanry who had elevated him. Tho height of his ambition had been realized, and finding no other fields to conquor on tho ,1 ? l-? -- ^iu|;uuiii;iiii nmu nu uu uiiuu UIUUU U somersault into tho ranks of tho opposition. In Juno, 187"), Comptroller General Dunn,while examining the vouchors of tho Treasury, discovered tho loss of 8150,000 worth of coupons, which, nftor redemption, had boon rthflf rflP^nrl < hnvnlpnni l\tr ( Parkor, tho Into Treasurer. A suit against Parker for tho recovory of tho amount was at onco instituted, and tho defendant lodged in jail in default of bail. Ho was tried in July on a civil "action, and a verdict rendered for tho State for $200,000, tho jury finding that only that sum had been traced to tho possession of Parker, tho balance, according to tho evidence of one Ladd, having boon appropriated by Chamberlain. Duriiur all this liino Chamberlain was out of State, and declined to render any assistance in tho prosecution of his old friend, the cx??Trcasurcr. Parker, having "a friend at court" in tho person of the Governor, refused to inako restitution, and after remaining in jail for over a month, where ho was frequently visilod by Chamberlain, a Circuit Judge was brought into requi-' sition, and the defendant released on straw bail, liis wifo becoming his su rely for 8^.500. Thus ended the Parker fiasco, ami vol the trial was heralded all over iho country by the Democratic press as being a line piece ot ''reform" work by Chamberlain.? Parker is now in Now Jersey, whero ho dolifis Chamberlain, becauso ho known the ar.tcccdcnlsol the "reform" CJovornor. Conspicuous among the nllina P.lut mhni'luin iu I*1 I. ^ 'n n/l/\ zo, tho present Treasurer of tho Stato who is ft mixturo of tho Jow, Spaniard and negro. JLo catno to tho surfneo as Sccrotary of Stato under Stott's administration, and was subsequently eleetcd Treasurer when Moses became Ciovo'rnor, Jlo was tho right bowor of tho Cbainborlnin-Kimpton bond "ring" in Now York, and in 187 L ho took tho great seal of tho Stato to that city, and illegally affixed it to numberless bond*. 11 was during that year that Chamberlain, an Attorney General, approvod the ollicial bond o! Kimpton, the financial ayent of the Stato, without any security whatovor, JLenry Ciows and Co. having signed it only as witness. That ho has dono some good things sinco ho has been Govornor we aro willing to admit, and givo him duo crcdit, but that ho is tho only honest man in tho Republican party in South Carolina, as ho would liavo tho world bolieve, is simp i _ _ .. o. it :i i .. i . _ _ ly si iiuou. no win you oxporienco that tho namo power which mado him can and will unmako him, and in leas than a twelvomonth thoro will ho no ono in his ttlato bo low as to do him honor. But ho lms asked ovory thing upon his coup d'otat, and will leavo no stops untaUon to dofont tho party # Blood stained villains nro his aidors and abettors. Tho class ot men whom ho aided tho United States District Attornoy in convicting and Rending to tho penitentiary in IH71 for Ku Kluxism are his allies and supporters. ! !('v-l(i>linl f!nnni*nla miIia Imtn il.<> ??.? **wvw. i??Vj > MW lldiu tliu IIU" <rro worao than tltoy do ain, fill hia nntoohambor ami ontor into liia councils. For ovory drop of blood thai ia ahcd this aummcr and fall Cham^ borlain will bo Toaponaiblo, and if thoro must bo a victim to liia rapacity, llioro aro thono who beliovo that Clmmborlain will bo mado to ntono for it. Wo do not counsol lawlessness and disorder, but if Chamberlain inspires tho ICu Klux Klans, to ronew their attacks urinn thn 5nr>flY?ns;t?/> blacks, ho should have tho dirostpuniahmont meted out to him. Verily should tliia advonturor bo impoachod, for his longer continuanco in power will bo a poril and a shamo. (What Men Need Wives For. Tf to ^ .1-- i ? jlu to uvi iu nnuu|i iuu IIU11SO, IllHI mako tho bod, and darn tho socks, and cook tho meals, chiefly that a man wants a wifo. If this is all ho neods, hired help can do it cheaper than a wifo. If this is all, when a young man calls to seo a lady, sond him into tho pantry to taste the bread and cakos she lias made; Bend him to inspect the needle work and bed making; or put a broom in licr hand and 6ond him to witness its ueo. Such things are important, and the wi60 young man will look attor them. But what tlie man wants with a wife is h or companionship, sympathy* courago ami lovo. The way of life has many dreary plaCes in it, and man needs a companion to go with him. A man is sometimes overtaken by misfortunes; ho meets with failures and defeat; trials and temptation beset him, and ho -needs one to stand by and sympathise Ho has 3oi?c stern battles to fight, with poverty, with enemies and witL sin; and lio noeiis a woman that, when lie puts his arms around her, lie fools that he has something to fight, fur. will help him to light; that will pnt her lips t<> his ear and whisper words i>( council, and her hand to his heart and impart inspiration. All through life, >i i. ?i.i i i lliruilgll mui llt Mllll IMl'Ollgll 6UUSI11D0, conllict and victory, thrungh adverse and through favoring winds, man needs :i woman's love. The heart yeains for it. A sister's or mother's 1?ivu wi'l hardly supply the need. Yet many seek for nothing fi rther than 8UCC S8 in house work. Justly enough, half of thoso get nothing more; the other half, surprised beyond measure, have gotten more than they sought. Their wives surprise them by bringing out a nobler idea in marriage, disclosing a treasury of courago, sympathy and lovo. Plain Talk to GirlsA~.. _e JL Ulli W<JI J 'UkV IU1IUI IO tl 11 til t U1 your character. A girl who looks liko ii finy or a eloven in the morning is not to bo trusted, however fmolj' she looks in tho ovening. No matter how humble your room may be, there are eight things il should contain, viz: a miiror. wash ' I 1 stand, soap, towel, comb, and hair and nail and tooth brushes. Thoy are just as essential as your breakfast, bofore which, you shoula mako good use of them. Patents who fail to fnrnish their children with sucli ap? pliances not only make a mistake, but commit a sin of omission. Look lid)' in tho morning, and niter lliu dinner work ia over improve your toilet. Miil<o it a rule of your daily life to drosj up for tho afternoon.? Your dcess may not, need not, bo anything hotter than calico, bnt with a ribbon or a flower, or some bit of ornament, you can liave an air of self respect and satisfaction that always comes with being well drossed. A girl with lino sensibilities cannot help feeling embarrassed and awkward in ft rfigged ant! dirty dross, with licr linir uiikept, should a neighbor come in. Moreovor, your self respect should demand the decent Apparellino of vrtin* hnflv. Vnu ulwmlil ii>olri> ""r> " J J' * %? it a point to look ns woll us you can oven if you are euro that no one will boo you but yoiiraelt <? ' I think I Imvo soon you hoforo, nir. Aroyou not Owon Smith?" "Oh, yos, I'm owin' Smith, unci owin' Jones, un'l owin' Brown, And owin' ovory hotly." NecromancyOno dnv at Parell Ilis Royal Highness had an hour of quiet amusement in camp, watching tho tricks of 8omo Indian jugglers and snako charmers, which have been described ft hundred times over, and which never loso their interest for the spectfttor. After breakfast a ragged train of fellows leading apes and carrying bags wore seen coining up tho main 6treet ot tlio camp to one of the tents. Theso wore followed by seven or eight ugly, sliaclcless elderly women in bright drapery, carrying what are considered hero musical instruments. They all squatted under tho shade of tho trees in frout of iuu tents apart? conjurors, ape-leaders, singing women. Tho jugglers and snake charmers wero tho first to show off They were only two old chatty fellows, whose uK'in liiinrv nn Knli* Kahao ?? '* * w..... VT?? DIVI I I 'UIIVO II 11/ wcru cracked brown paper. They did 801110 clevor 'passes,' swallowed and spit out fire, produced an enchanted, inexhaustiblo water vessel, walked on wooden patents hold on by the action of tho feet making a vacuum?in fact the withered, vivacious old jug gier una ni8 ragged old confederate performed all tlio orthodox tricks o* their confraternity. Where did he get the coI)rus which ho produced suddenly out of two baokets which had been turned over inside our, in our presence? It was not the drum tiling of liis triends or tiie piaj ing on the dry gouid which drew the reptiles out of cover. Meanwhile a mango under the diily cloth was growing, and in an interval of snako work the old follow dashed at the latter, and exposed i\ fresh, bright green tnai<g-? t;ee some eighteen inches high in the ground, where ho had apparently only put in 11 mango seed. Expressions of wonder followed: then the eioth wsis thrown over tho tree, and another ot tho fatuous legendary legerdemain feats \vi\8 executod. A shallow baas kot about eighteen inchea high and three feet lung, with a cover, was placed before tlie Prince. It was plain there was no docoit. At u call there camo out from tho group of natives near at hand a lad of twelve, or so, slight of figure and pleasant of tano, with not an article of dress save his lion cloth and a dirty turban.? Hi in tho old man, chattering the while, bound hand and loot, a la A r\ ?sv?n im ~ liiuiuum xjlv4j in iniiiu, llll'II ?l sack made of strong netting was pro ducod mid tho old fellosv slipped i( over tlio lad, whom ho squeezed down on hie haanchoa so that he could tio tho cords securely over his head and lift him from tho ground to prove how securely he was. lie seemed to U60 great force to put the lad into the basket and to liavo much difficulty in fitting I he lid on the top of him. When that was dono the music was renewed by one, and Hie other juggler began to talk to his basket. Presently the lid was agitatod, and tho c> rd and net were ierked out and foil on tho ground.? Then the juggler ran at tlio basket in a lury, jumped on tho top, crushed in the lid, stamped on it, took a stick and drove it with forco through the wicker work. Tho baokot was empty Then there came a voico as of a lad who had boen inaido, and lo! There was just such a youth on one of tho ri?i __ i [i cos. x no mango ireo, when next uncovered, appeared hung with tiny fruit. That was a smart niggor who, in upoakingof tho happinosH of married imojuu, nam, -lsiib ar ponciH n I logon dcr how doy enjoy dcmBolvos." A nogro was scivdod to deuth from a boiler oxptosion in Now Orleans last wook, and on his toinl>#tono tlioy chieolod dooply, "Stiorod to tho momory of our etcftmod friond.'' One Hundred Years Ago. Snmn wiar* wnr* l< .> o <> ~-l -? " - ~ .wv II 110 Iiuo ouiiliilUU ll[> LNtJ changos that havo tako.i plaoo during a eontury, in this way, | Ono hundrod yoars ago wodding tours woro not fashionablo. Ono hundrod years ago farmers did not cut their logs off with mowing iiiiiuiimurc* Ono hundrod years ago our mothors did no', worry over disordered sowing machines. One hundrod years ago horses could trot a mile in 2:14 wcro somewhat scarce. Ono hundrod years ago it took sevoral days to procuro a ciivorco and find a congenial spirit. Uuo hundred years ago thcro wore no disputo about the impoliteness oi street car drivers. Quo hundrod years ago ovory young man was not an applicant for a position as a cleric or a book koepcr. Ono hundrod years ago korosene lamps did not oxplodo and assist a woman to shuttle off this mortal coil. Ono hundred years ago men uid not commit suicide by going up in balloons and coming dow without thorn. Ono hundred years ago there were no third torm millionaire bishops to stir up tho wators of partisan politics. Ono'hundrod years ago thero wore no Turkish harems at Salt Lake, and Elizas suing for tho nineteenth part ol a divorco. Ono hundred yoars ago England was not very far bohind the United Stulvo ir. a!! that pjcce to nvk^ n wnv tion powerful and progressive. Ono hundred years ago tho J)utch lind lukod Holland, but had not made Franco 'como down' with a handsomo pilo of 'smart money.' Ono hundrod years ago a young woman did not lose her casto by wetting hor hands in dish wator or rub* bing tho skin ofT her knuckles on a washboard. Oho hundiod years ago a physician who couid not draw form oi' disea-o from tlio syatom by tapping a huge voin in tho arm was not much of a doctor. One hundrod years ago men wero not running about over tho country with millions of fish eggs to bo hatch4 /-v XW.l. - - 1~1 -K-!.. uu iw uiuur, r i9ii OU JJUI l II LUIIUUU 111L" i r own hatching in those days. One hundred years ago tho condition of tho wentheron the first of January was not telegraphod all over tho continent on tho ovoning ot Dccom-. bcrSl. Things havo changed. Ono hundred years ago peoplo did not worry about rapid transit and cheap transportation, out throw their grain crops across tho backs ol their horses and uncomplainingly 'went to tho mill,' Ono hundred years ago every man cut his coat according to his cloth, uvurj mini >vus u?uiiuiiuu^iiL mtj real I value, shoddy was not known, nobody hail struck 'ile,' and tho merit and honest worth wcro tho only grounds for promotion. Of tho ono hundred and seventeen women now at tidying ;U the Michigan University, four have chosen l;?\v, forty sovon medicine, and fifty six llb^lUblll U <IUU C VUJI1 VJU. Tlirco yoars ago Slieflield 6cnt cutlory and stool rails to tlio United States value 1 at . 1,700,000. Last year the total value of goods exported to this country was only ?G90,00(). How to raiso boots?take hold of I tho top*, and pull. Why is :i selfish friond lil<o tl?o lot*. Uv V??Bcenuso, though ho is tho first 1 in pity, ho is tho last in help. All Pin is Llio Chinoso Minister to tlio United Statos, but it's not stated what kind of an All Pin ho is. nun.-* 1 ^ ii .v,.I i\ /i \y ii:ib uu tnuj iiuYHj'n JMIU I r% \f. aftor Washington for?" asked Airs. Quilp of Mr. (}. "Why, my doar, don't you know that Washington was tho daddy of his country?" said <^uil|>, with a snicker. About Cashmere Shawl?. A letter from Indift givo9 an interesting account of tlio cashmere ehrtvtl ti a?.le i\8 it io carried on in the Pro* vinee oi unsiimercj in tlio north of India. To make tho real enshmoro shawl is tho work of timo and pa* tienco. They are manufactured by the dozen; that is to say, one shawl is never made singly, but always n dozen are made at one time and after one pattern, on account of tho number of persons employed in tho manufacture?each person having n distinct portion oi the shawl to make* and wlio is always kept at work oil tlio same part, although tlio patten* of liis work may ho changed front time to time. I?y this means each operator becomes skilled in the pnf? ticuliir form or shape of his ploce of work it may require thirty men for m year; or many months, according to ilie iineno88 ot the texture, to product* the dozen shawls. The work is per-* formed upon small hand looms, hold upon their laps, Irom patterns traced upon cloth, and so described in form and color that the eye readily follower the pattern. When the pieces are finished, ol which a shawl comprises many, they are put into the hands of tailors, who lit them maily together. ??11vi wiiu B'jum niuiu uniuroiuory, niui is generally employed upon the borders to cover scums or finish designs, the shawl is at lust finished, and after rho washing and prc.-ding is ready for the market. *1! i-? worL* in <lonn by*'men, hoys growing np to succood their fathers in the same kind of work The wages given fur this work run from six tj twelve cents per day. It is said that 601110 ol tho most costly shawls never lind their way into tlio market, hut are kept t>y ilio rajahs lor their own use. There is a good deal of trickery in the sh;iv\l tiadef 11jo dealers here asul at calcutta at first demand at least two and notne-* illllOS ilii'CC j>- ICCo f./t* their g oda.? But a careful p uclusor may buy for about one halt the prices that obtain in the United States, and at least ono third less than those of lvuidon. Not in tiih Kamii.v.?An old JXJ troiter brought homo l\vo jugs thw other day, one labeled "boiled oil" and tho oilier "turpentine." Tlicy wore placod in tho barn, and pretty rsooti it was noticed that tho old man had business thoro at regular intervals.? His oldest son slyly followed him, and saw him taking a deon draiifht. from o i o ono of thojugs. Tlio old man licard a stop outside, and before going out lie arranged those jugs according tor his artistic taste. Ito was hardly gone when his son skipped in and took adrink from tl.ojugoutof which ho supposed his father drank. Tha next moment he was sputtering, couching and gasping. and the old man entered ami asked: "Turpentine dosen'l agreo with j'ort dots it?'' "P.ul, I s:?\v ou drinking il!" ox-* claimed the injured and indignant son. "That is I rue," said the old man, while a beautiful smile played otor his face, "hut doscn't necessarily follow that the rest of iho family must relish turpentine hccauso I do.'' A French paper tolls the following} 'A Frenchman who had purchased a country ho.-iI w:<s complaining of tho want of^iirds in his garden, 'Set soma traps,' ropliod an officer, and thoy'lli como. 1 wa?onco in Afrioaand thororwasn't supposed to boa woman withIII I tU/\ Kll IlilfAil milnd I Itlinrf n ?\aS^ 111 ? >? v imiiiviivvi IIIIIV-PI * imii^ <% jmu of pantaloons, curl ings and a bracelet; upon a tree, and llio noxt morning B found two women under tho troo.'" ? Tho llostonian is not naturally it fiery being, hut ho very Justly ilaroH up when ho goes into a photograph gallery and is informed by the opcrtw tor that in order to sccurc a good likeness he must first wash bis faco. Whon lln* Mpider left the ark, (lit) he w alk 01 take a fl.} ?