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1 ' i THE PICKENS SENTINEL DEVOTED TO POLITICS, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND TO THE GENERAL INTEREST OF TIIE COUNTRY. YOL. V. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1876^ NO. 36. T ? ? ? ? The Lesson Taught Us- In 1874 wo "took advantago," of a I OornMnr* An,;i oi I !?- """ * " ' Tho Kopublican Convonvention which rocontly mot in Columbia was a disgraco to tho whole country. It was a disgrace to thoso who participated, and a disgracp to that party in the Unitod Statos that has kopt such worthies in powor so long. It is diffl* cult to concoivo how a party so blatant with rowdyism and rooking with biU lingsgato, as that which roccntly mot in Columbia, could possibly rotain powor if loft ontiroly to itsolf. In that Convontion woro assomblod tho mon who havo rulod South (Jaros lina for eight long yoars. Thoso mon roprosont tho brains and tho animus of thoir party, and their actions, do jngfl, and sayings may bo takon as flair and truo oxponcnts of tboir constilucnts. What thcso aro it is unec* ossary to rocall; thoy havo boon pubs lishod to tho world and thoy aro not easily forgotten. They show conclusively that thoro is no liopo of reformation insido tho Republican party. Wo may bo told, howovor, that Governor Chamberlain is sincoro in his propositions of roformj that ho advocatod tbom boldly in dofonding his administration, and that ho was chosen a dologato to tho Cincincinnatti Convontion---all of which goos to provo that ho can control his party. It provos no such thing, and the whole history of tho Convention at Colum* bia proves just tho contrary. "Why then, was ho chosen? Well it is diftU ' cult to oxplain tho whim or impulse that may, for a moment, control such ft body. Ho hau just emasculated , -1 1 - - -- ? \/oi jjuii uui, auu in uoing BO, 110 nolU up to view tho history of a grout po? , liticnl campaign and in representing Carpcntor as having eowod tho aced that sprang up into tho armed Ku~ | Klux, and himself na tho hero who had 1 battled with and crushed tho hydraheaded monster, lie made an artificial ^ 1 appeal to tho passions and prejudices J of hia audionce and secured to himsol' a momontary victory. It matters littlo whothor this bo tho true explanation or not?otio thing ia certain, ? Chamborlain was ono of a hopeless mirmi'it.v in (lint l>ndrt ' ~ ?? ? - Vjf M mm VIIMV UV/WJ' U IIliMI, W I 1U doos not proposo to stultify himself, can construe hisoloction an a dologato ^ into an approval of tho oflicor, for ho is mot by the crushing fact that a resolution ondorsing Chamberlain's ad* ministration was dofatod by a two thirds voto of this voiy body. This of itself is conclusivo on tho poiut, and it rocoivos additional atrongth from the fact that ho was tho only ono of tho minority who was choson. r We are told that fools will loam in tho school of oxnorioneo. find if * rionco, politically epoaking has ^pught j os ono thing moro conleusivoly than anothor, it is tho uttor folly ot hoping for reformation insido Iladical ranks. In 1870 wo put forward a mixod tick-> ot in which wo hopod that ovory man would find a seasoning suitod to his palate, and wo Holoctcd tho IIonor> ablo It. B. Carpontor to load us to vie. <oiy. It was our fortune to hear this # high tonod, consistent, chivalrous gentloman, and in all that campaign vsro heard no man moro brilliant for roform, nor 0110 who Bpoko in such unmeasured torras of tho villainies and rascalitios of tho Radical pary. That campaign ondod in ignominious dofcat. But whoro do wo now find tho bold teformor 11. B. Carpontor? In loss than tho four yoars wo find him in tho / ranks of Bowcn and Lcslio, and tho friond and alloy of honost John Pattorson, who swears that thoro yot romain fivo yoars' of good stealing in South Carolina. In tho campaign of 1870 who lod tho hosts of tho opposition both on tho ? a*\A otwi 4i? ~:1 -? -? uvivt aiiu it* biiU l/UUHUlI 1H1UII1 UUr?""" Tho Hon. Daniol 11. Charaborlain. - In 1872 Mobos and tho nominoes of tho rogular Itopublican party wero oloctod. Who again led tho ranks of tho?opposition? Tho Hon. Daniol II. Chamborlain. Tho administration of Mobos was tho most corrupt and do* basing that has boon poimittcd in tho annals of any modorn civilized people, Who was tho attornoy goncral of MqflOB? Tho Hon. Daniol H. Cham* ** ' borlain, split in tho party "to oloct" Groon and .Dolany?t>no a good Radical and tho othor a negro.?'Tho knowing onos assured us that at last wo had a "good thing" and that nil wo had to do was to lay asido prejudico and, onjoy tho rewards of victory. Woll, wotriod it> but for tho want of votes, wo would havo won. Who was tho logal Counsolor of Hardy Solomon's Bank??a swindle that was a disgraco ovon to a disgraced party. Tho Hon. Daniol II. Chamlinrlftlr? Whn tooa ? t? ttmw M ui&uui/v;i ili mm disgraceful, swindling, banking oporationV Tho Hon. Daniol II. Chamberlain. Yet, thoro aro thoso who would havo us bolievo this Ilonorablo gontlcman an innocent lamb; who would havo us shut our eyos to tho past and beliovo him honest, good and truo. If wo havo brains enough to com^ prehend tho teachings of tho past, and tho lato uttorancos ot tho Republican Convention, tho Domocrntio party, uniting to a man, will fall back upon il SO If fin tlin nnl vr linnn ~ - J I..U Stato. Wo havo trustod to othora long onoughj wo must now trust in oursolves.?Lauronsvillo Herald. The Black Thursday JudgesThe Charleston Bar havo taken a bold and decisive stand, says the Nowa and Courier. They agree to tho legal proposition that Judges Reed and Shaw, although e'.octod lor an unexpired term, aro in office under the Co nstitution, and aro entitled to serve for the lull term ol four years from tho day ol their elcc lion, and that tho election of Whipper in tho place of Judge Reel, and of Moaea, Jr., in tho place of Judge Shaw, was unlawful and void. They therefore uphold Governor Chamberlain in iiia refusal to issue commit sions to the persona who claim to have been elected and were not elected; and they pledge to Judgo Reed their support in every way ho can devise or mivy require. They further declare their determination not to recognme Whipper as Ciicuit Judgre in tbis County, and that thoy will resist any attempt on his part to en'force his right to the ollice. This is a proper beginning, but wo do not think ot Charleston alone.? There is Orangeburg to care for, and it is hoped that the Bar there will think favorably of what baa been done hero and will doclara similar conclusions ond determinations. Only finp. lawvnp in P5llO rloofr?r? An/ilin^/1 ?.* J V> iVObUli UV\>IIUCU IU sign the letter to Judge Reed, and with a likejunanimity in Orangeburg, tho prospect of a peaceful victory will bo blight. Tho Counties in Judge Shaw's Circuit have already spoken boldly and decisively about their pretender, ex>* Governor Moses, and tho lino agreed upon in this Circuit will no doubt bo satisfactory to them. They can count on Judge Shaw's assent to a request similar to that made of Judge Reed, and tho moral effects of it will bo ox cellent. Sumpter, spirited and resoluto, can well take the lead Again. The declaration of the Charleston Bar will be understood everywhere. It has only one meaning, which is that Whipper is not Judgo, and shal' not sit as Judgo in this County. Tho law will bo exhausted in this effort to koop out tho usurper; and the law, in so clear a case, outrht to bo sufficient. But if tho law does not snflice to kcop Whipper out, lie will bo kopt out. That is the declaration of tho Charleston Bar, who, in tLis, aro tho spokesmen of tho whole body ot res apectable citi/eus. A lazy fellow falling a distance of fifty foot and escaping with only a few scratches, a bystander remarked that ho was "too slow to fall fast enough to hurt himeelfl" ?-?? flov. ltico. of MftftBaflhnnrtf>a Ifnu tood tho bill legalizing Parton'a marriago with Fanny Forn'a daughtor. UJ/iii Al, JLOIO. ' To Mrs. Geo. W. 1 aylor, Jot the ladies of Lexington, itfrtss., (care Capt. Courtcnay, Charleston. S. C.) Dear Madam?I havo, to day ro- 8 jceived by express, the cane cut from r the old lilac tree, which still adorns the "Parsonage" at Lexinortnn 11 ? D 1 Hancock and Adams took counsel to. c gotbor for their couutrys freedom, be ^ neath its roof ono hundred years " ago. f It is a precious relic, a precious * token, a precious inspiration; relic of c one of tho most sacrod spots in hu- * man history; token of kind remem- 1 brance of my visit to Lexington, a 1 year ago, and of your too high esti- c m of A nf * - * ...?w ui uij wurua more spoken; in- t spiration to new and greater efforts ^ to take up and weave togethor, in-* > dissolubly, the parted cord which 1 once bound South Carolina and Mas- < sachusetts, in. brave and victorious s companionship, in defense of Ameri- t can freedom. e Ilumblo as I am, thero are few i earthly honors I would value higher f than the honor that has already coino i to mo from you, dear madam and ladies of Lexington?the testimony ( you boar to tho good inlluonceof my 4 words of peace and good will at Lex?, 1 ington one year ago. ' ^ You aro now on a similar errand 1 to Charleston. You have come a~ mong us to bring the returning olive branch of peace and good will. You come to a people sadly bereaved sorely disappointed, but still with hearts that thrill to the touch of old memories, hearts true to every call of Truth and Honor and patriotic duty; j hcai'.e yearning, niivdst their sorrows for tho coming back of a peacc which shall unite South Carolina and Mae- i sachuseita by the same bunds which i united Adams and Gadsden, Hancock ' and Ilutlege?the bonds of mutual respect and plighted faith to a great ' and sacred cause. 1 To speak one word, as you say I have?to do ono act, as I know you have?which shall haston such a re. suit, is glory and consolation enough In tlio name of an honorable and high minded people, whom I oflicially represent, speaking thoir profound ( feelings, I bid you welcome to South > Carolina on your pious and patriotic I tu- i-??-? ? - . i - imotuuu. X UU LMCbblllgS 01 IU0 UIU 1 Bay* State wafted you forth on your i errand; tbe biessiugu of overy hearty in tho Old Palmetto State, groet your < safo coming. Wo are deeply touch- 6 ed by this evidence of personal and 1 individual interest in tbo occasion 1 which so peculiarly concerns our lo- 1 cal history and pride. Wo regard it j and we shall cheerisb it as a i?ure tri , buto to tho underlying and inoxtin^ I guishablo love of country which can survive tho throes ot civil war, and on tho warm ashes ot recent conflicts eruct its 6hrino and plant its ensign* I express to you my profound ro-> grot that I could not leave the Capi tal to meet you, taco to face, but I know how well and worthily all such duties will bo discharged by tho good J ?* . ana gauani cmzons ot our venerated f metropolis, and my absconce will not 1 mar the charm of your visit. ' I beg you to accopt my .gratoful 1 thanks for tho personal and touching ^ compliment conveyed by your gift t and note, and, abovo all, to carry ( back to Massachusetts and Lexington f thiii message: "One hundred years t ago South Carolina and Mas6achu- , cntta wni'a of ? ? * ~ *. I P gu>io iiui u Du lugeuier ior ( freedom and independence; to day t South Carolina is Struggling alono tor t good government. By tho memories ? of Lexington and Moultrie, wo bo- J ?eeoh Massachusetts to stand by us ' in this diro extremity, in tho spirit 4 of Adams and Hancock. 1 With Dl'ofound PGftnftP.t: nn.l 1 ation, I mil, dear madam and ladioti of Lexington, your most gratuful and 1 obedient servant, < 1). 11. CilAMltRULAIN, t Governor oi South Carolina. 1 mo moil oi x 1117 mimons?Another 1 View. The Charleston News and Courier ays: The late A. T. Stewart was a nan of ono idea, liis single aim in ( ifo seems to havo been to mako money by keoping shop. True, he >wnod great hotels and mill towns ] )y which money was mado, but theso. I is lias been justly observed, were 4 luxiliary to the shop. Outside of 1 hat, ho had apparently no ambition, < >r, ho had, never exorcised it. IIis ' time were narrow, because, no doubt, 1 lis powers were limited. What he ( night hnve accomplished, had ho J loncentrated these powers on some* j hing olse than shopkeoping, may be vaguely imagined; or what result vould have attonded a diffusion of lis intellectual force and great vital mergy, may be the subject of guesses 1 till more vaguo. All wo know is . hat ho eucceeded in making and , elling of goods. It is a brilliant j coord, u you choose, but defined by { i single vivid beam, beyond which ( 8 iutenso darkbness, nothing moro. ( Consider tho wido and variod fiolda ] )f human entorpriso into which ho ( sithor did not caro, or, doubting his t cowers, ncvor darod, to ponoirato.? ] [lis record in billiards is a total blank; i ,ho wretched man probbaly novor ] landled a cuo in his wholo life. Did i ?o over make a ten strike, or know i ?o tho deep mystery of Iho "twister" < n "cocked hat?" History is silent. < llo yatched not, noither wielded ho 1 ,ho sculls. It may bo doubted whoth- jr bo over steered so much as a bum- i joat successfully, from tho day of his i jirth to tho day of his death. It ho joxed, or fenced, or played at quarter staff, no ono is aware of it. Tho i nan actually cared nothing whatever ( for fast horses, owned not a single bull nun nnnf.roitiiw* - -?--! - ft 1?V"U?IJ' with a pretty ratstorrior, and absolutely rcfusod to drivo tandom or rido at hounds, from early manhood to old ago: XhoHo statements sound incredible, but thoy aro truo. Why, Grant or Bonner could havo jockoycd liim out of his ontiro cstato! Indoed, Lhcro is but too much reason to suspect that this unhannv beintr was ah solutoly ignorant of short cards, and 3ouIU not and did not bot at faro.? rho fact has boon studiously concealed iy Judgo Hilton, but it is so, it must jo so, IIo wouldn't ovon got drunk it night! Stranger still, ho bolongod to no so;rot society, not ovon to a dehnt.in<r - , o looioty. Who said ho was a Mason, i lackluslro Mason, much loss a bright Mason? and yot ho might havo soarod lp to Knight Tomplarhood. In point )f fact ho appears not at any timo to < lavo beon a "froo and accoptod'' any^'1 ,hing, not so much as a dopondont i 3dd Follow. What lied Man-ly ac- | ion of his was ovor rocordod, and i vho boars witnossto his Iloptosophic 1 ichiovemonts. His Druidical romains i iro fow and far botwoon. Ho novcr ( icadod, or followod, or took part in I irocossions of any kind; novor march- i id with a thing slung to his nock, i i tiling in his hand, a thing round i lis wrist, a thing across his shouldors ind a plureo in his hat; yotho might I ?avo ownod prottior eoldior cloths I ,han Jim Fisk's, and paradod ovory i lay in tho yoarl Novor sinco tho | ,vorld bogan did human boing so nog- < cct maf/nifionnt. rninni'innUmo ? vmiiivivpi u uni ,hink of it! Ho novor was out of loors on tlio fourth of July. It in ihamoful, disgraceful; wo Imvo no pa,ionco with such ft man. Worso ronains to bo told. \Yo might alludo .0 tho shameful circuoiHtancos that ho ihot no pigoons, couldn't fish, invent;d no patont modicinos, was not a nomhor of tho Young Men's Christian Yssociation, livod wholly apart from jaso ball, praotioo no law, dcclinod to loctor, was not a notary public, never nado ft stump spooch, had no tillo won from a Tennossoo Colleiro. vmt. O t - T> ' italod for two and Hovonty yoarH uh i )lain Mistor, led no German, playod I >n no lluto, and couldn't Hing; but | ,h0H0 aro minor matters. Tho appals < ing and incredible vority ia yet to bo < Jtatod, and broadly statod, that bo t was not a corroRpondcnt of tho Now 1 York llorald, and probably, nay al- 1 most cortainly, novor contributed a i lino to a pnpor, town or country, not I ovon a communicationl < Iloro wo pauso. Tho pon falls.? Moro cannot bo said. Ilo was rich, poor man! and somo allowanco should 1 bo made for that, but upon tho wholo f wo are forcod to concludo that of all f iiuman boinga of tho whito raco that < avor lived on Amorican soil, A. T. ( 3towart, tho Man of Fifty Millions, ? was boyond all comparison tho most 1 jno-sided and imporfoctly dovolopod. : S^or will any mortuary "sculptor gravo ,his doop and solemn truth upon his ' .ombatono. But tho youth of tho iountry will talco it to hoart. 1 | Why Lincoln was Assassinated. ? Among Iho choson fliends of John iVilkos Booth's boyhood was a dashng, chivalrous young man named rohn Y. Boal. whoso homo was in tho ' f joautiful Shenandoah Valloy not far rom Winch'ostor. Damon and Py- * ,hias wcro not moro attachod to oach )thor than woro Booth and Boal.? Ucal was Southern in his sympathies, md plan nod raids on Northern citios, ) -i. l- i * * uiu ho iaeo was captured at or near ' IJuffalo, triod for piracy on Northern akos, and scntoncod to bo hangod on Bodloo's Island. Ono afternoon, in ,ho city of Washington, whilo Beal was undor sontoncc of death, there ' 1 \lighlcd from a eariiago two mon, { who walked into tho room occupied oy Washington McLean of Cincinnati, who was at tho timo in Washington in tbo intorost of his businoss. These ' mon who callod woro Sonator Halo of Now Hampshiro and John Will ? Booth. Booth was anxious to save ^ Lho life of Boal, his chum and confiJential personal friond. Ilo had interested Mr. llalo in his behalf. Thoy j importuned McLcan to go with thorn , to tho Preflidont, as a Domocrat?as a friend of Booth?as a man who had much influence with Mr, Lincoln, and to vouch with Mr. Halo for any promises Booth might mako in roturn for this great favor to him. After a protracted interview McLean accompanicd Hale and Booth in a carriago to mo resiuonco ol J. W. Fornoy, who was thon in bod, tho hour being lato. Pornoy was awakened from his sloop and told tho objoet of his call. His sympathis woro onlisted, as ho was always ready to sorvo his friends. It was an hour or moro past midnight when Halo, Forney, McLean, and Booth woro drivon to tho Wlnto House. Tho guard, at tho roquost of Fornoy, admitted tho carriago to tho grounds. Mr. Lincoln was called i from his sleep, and thoro, in tho dead of nicrht. ho sat and linfnnnH trw *?./> prayors of Booth and indorsements of thoso who camo with him to ask tho favor of Exccutivo clomoncy. This in- \ Lorviow lastod t'.ll 4 in tho morning. I'horo was not a dry oyo in tho ro^m [\s Booth knelt at tho foot of Lincoln, 1 slaspod hisknoos with his hands, and begged him to ?paro tho lifo of ono 1 man?a porsonal friond?who, in scrv ing tho onos ho lovod, had como to i Lho door of death. Booth told all. Ho told how, long boforo, in a fit of passion to do somo i bold doed. ho had joinod in a conspiracy to abduct tho President and to , hold him as hostage for tho roloaso of 1 sortain military prisoners who wore liooth's friends, and who, it was thought, woro to bo shot. JIo told of Lho meetings thoy had hold at tho Ijouso of Mrs. Surratt, and that all of that plan luid fallen to the ground long boforo. Ho offorod his norviccs xt any timo and in any placo or capacity, frco of cost or foarloes of co?ijcquencos. Tho ominont gentlomon who woro thcro with him joinod in , ,ho rcquost that tho pray or of IJooth io gran tod, and that Bcal should bo pardoned. At last J'rosulont Lincoln, with toars streaming down lii? fnco, 1 K.r (U i '-J- f uvsvsiv 1/UUUII ujf tllV IlilllllO, UUUU mill riao and stand like a man, and gave * liim his promise that Boul should bo ( pardoned. Ilo askod tlio party to 'i iopftrt that ho might gain rostfor tlio j work of tho morrow, and eaid that | Jio official documont that thoy askod or should bo forwarded at onco to [Jnitod Statos Marshal llobort Mur~ ay, in Now York, and through him ,o tho offioors chargod with tho oxo;ution oi Deal. Altor breakfast Lincoln informod toward, Secretary of Stato, what ho lad dono or promisod to do. Seward mid that it must not be; that public lontimont in tbo North domanded Lhnt Beal should bo huncr. llo do* slarod that to pardon Bcal would discourago onlistmont, longthon ibo war, and insult tho sontimont that callcd for blood. IIo chidcd Lincoln for making such promises without asking tho advico of his Cabinot, or advising with himself, Soward, on Stato policy. As tho argumont grew con* Lontious, Soward declard that if the jonduct of tho war was to bo triflod ctrif h hir n?\nAnlfi 1. ? ? * * - icvu k/j iur uuumuiLy no jhouid got out ot tho Cabinet and uao jis influence against tho President, ind should charge him with being in >ympathy with tho South. Lincoln folded and Bcal was executed. Tho oaction to Lincoln's norvous sj-stem svas such that tor days ho was far Tom well. Tbo ofTect on Booth was torriblo.? llo raved liko a madman, and in bio :ron/.y sworo that Lincoln and Soward ihould both pay for tbo griof and xgony be bad been put to. From tbo 1 r*fl f K nf 1 Paa4U ? -JJVUI, AIUUUI UIUUUUU VUllgO^ meo for that which ho considorod a personal alTront. His rage took in toward, and ho ongogod Harold, Atlorodt and olhors to avongo Beal's loath by killing Soward, whilo ho, IjGO th, wroaked human vongoanco on tho President. At last camo tho hour. Booth killed Lincoln. His frionds *nd tho rclativo or avengers of Boal tried thoir bost to kill Soward, and when they left him Htabbcd, blooding, md limp as a cloth, as ho rollod over behind tho bod whoreon ihoy found him, Ihoy supposed thoir work was completely dono. * . Our story is told. Wo havo givon tho truth of hisiqry, and to!<* oxnoMv wny Abraham .Liincoln, tho humano Frosidont of Uio TJnitod States, was killed. Passongora by Tuesdays night train from Charleston report detention of tho cars in tho viciniivof Adam's Run if " " on the Savanah and Charleston railroad, by tho oncountcr of an army o^ myraids of caterpillars that wero wonding thoir way upon tho track, and in such numbers and \nannor as to impodo tho wheels of tho locomo* tivo for milos. This is a most extraordinary and unprocodontod occurronco, at. least at this season, and would Boom to indicato that we aro to bo in nictou witu rurtiicr disastor if tho next brood, aftor eating up vegetation in its track, invades tho cotton plant and provision crops, now tondor and in growing fltato.?Port .Royal Standard* Live Within your Income.?You cannot mako people honest by pay mg mom largo salaries. Our public 3orvaut8 wore leas suspected, and a Iea9 number wero guilty, when the salaries wero smaller tlian now. It is living beyond incomo lhat lias boon with most defaulters the first step, and wo say in all earnestness that in ovory caso living beyond incomo was neodlees and criminal.? The body of the pcoplo aro not in no mood to bo trifled with by puoriie pleas about social position and beautiful extravagance. This kind of Iifo is essentially vulgar becauao it lacks tho highest culture, which is self control and solf denial. Practical jokos don't go woll out in Arizona. Tho man who camo ono ovor an editor out thoro tho othof Jay, never caino two. Tho pooplo of Texas aro in tho midst of a hoatcd controvorny ovof Lho HUCCosHion to Senator Hamilton's iUJiv. rrum UIU uii/OHi. UUV1C0S 1'OCOIVOCJI Jio contcst sooniH lo havo narrowed Jown to a choico botweon Dr. Rich* ird Coko, tho present Governor, and I ton. John Ilancock, tho sitting moms )or in Congress from tho tilth Congressional District. A