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I ? I Trmrf'T? I ..ni i .r ,, ..? , , ? . . .. , y- - ^. f.^-- J 7': "" i TOE PICKENS SENTINEL. * ' ra=?-.- -V 1 -I . . r - J 1 ; '. i i I . m . lon.i ). .... y j. j - - ag* ?iM? ' 1 ? ' DEVOTED TO POLITICS, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND TO THE GENEUATj INTEREST OF TI1B COUNTRY. ' ?;> tj'iw i.> ? ?. i { v.- . _ . . . . . / 1 Ol ' . . . ? y ? ^ ... > YjOIjtt Afcsjv;; PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAYTMAY 25 lil67 NO. ' 1 1 "" 1 1 * 1 T 1 ? inw?m > I. i > ?. ;.t I A I I' i ?. Jui.ii.i.m I . ? , .1 , i, ,.L ? i . i ' TJio Duty Democracy- I Only One Remedy. | Reform With n. Vmwnnn J irww 1 The admlfbWof Governor Chamberlain's administration, who advise + the pQjnocracy to venture upon no opposition to bun In tho coming olec. tiw^ Jtat, ho bo tempted to neo tho corrupt 'machine^ at Uls command to detent not only his own opponent, but tho entiro Democratic ticket besides, adopt a questionable method of inquiring confidence in tho Governor's professions of honesty and consistent Reform. A Reformer who is honest to day wjiea bo has noth~ ing to Jose and utuqb to gain by honesty and who may be relied upon to?re8ort to a corrupt us of power .to morrow to gain political advancomont or rdtiew his loaso of power, is not altogether a safo Reformer. It ^ Gaternor Ohftmborlain really iutends to stop at no arbitrary use of power Which may be necessary to secure his re-election In case he is nomin* nted by his own party and opposed by ajDomocratic candidate, bo should be too shrewd a politician to let his intentions bo known. It must bo confessed tliat there seems to bo a * mistrust among sorao Democrats lest the Governor, if thus nominated and tbus1 opposed, would not hesitato to connive at any irregularities in tho election which might bo necessary to his 8iy3qosav ^'hcy may do tho Govn nfimi11 iiiinclino hut- vDlifllatrm< Miou irtny^iiink of hiin, tlifc Democracy of ' tliis Stato wiil hardly bo turned aside from their straight forward couroe by ieai'i of 1^1 unscrupulous nso of power by him. The day for audi expedients to succced at all to the satisfaction of men possessed of any -1-.. ? t.... ... .... iv^<\im im 'iito* ^??ou opinion i>i meir fellows is for the picsent, at least, , 1 ' ' faat passing away from American politica.* It is doubtful whether in ^ w ' the.npar future they could succoed to the ultimate eatisfation oven of so thick-skinned a knave as tho bocnlled Governor of Louisiana is overy where admitted to bo But tho Democracy irf not immodiatoiy concerned with Governor Chainbertuin. i.he letters which wc Lave published from day to day from correspondents v iit various ; arts of tho State, and VU1?rtl'Artf urn rtiinfJ ??Ia .m%L1 yvx* ho Vrt/ll l i nuu lliu pUOUUUtiUII tl^to g^rning, all indicate tlio unfyii-r mouB dotoi initiation of tlio Democratic party of South Carolina to come together, and to act together in compact ranks, tor the Regeneration or uie state. We urge them now, f as wo have already frequently dono Ijofore, to continue actively the work * of reorganisation tor.a more effective coutcet than they have raadesioco the Government of South Carolina passed out of tlio hands of her representative people. The day of delivernnco mu^Bfeomo. and it can come from no otntfr vieiblo aourco than the I ' .Democratic party .-Charleaton Journ al of Com merce. . 4 %q removal of Gouoral Cuator from hift command by tho Preaidont is a 11AA #1 .? 1 * "" * oywnumuuM ponorinanco. J.tioro is, unfortunutely, ovory reason to put tho worst construction iipon it and It docs not admit of a favorablo construction. Thoro is no protonso that Qon. Cnstor c{n? suporaedad bo as to proraoto the good of tho sorvico. Botli tho Gtonoral ol tho array and tho Sooro4 tary of war, it is reported, protestod against tho romoval iu the iatorestoi tho army and of thooxpodition which Gon. .Cjmtor) Wnn assigned to load.? Moroovor, Gon. Custor's tostiraony dooft not soom to hare boon in any d$groQ voluntary or offioious, nor disrdspooMul to the Prosidont himself.? Hut it \va& dispensing to oxtortionato " pont trndora in whoso interest tho l>vnol<lAnl ? - a. 4 yjiuviiw imtt ucoii wonting; And ICuHtor i? I'omovod to dotor otbor ot* ficoiH from tolling what tboy know. Tbfjro has novor boon ft Prpsidont of ,bo United States boforo who was capablo of brftving tbo docoot opinion oi tho country bo oponly and Bhamofully aa tbia, for tl\o Hftko of wreaking mien a misorablo vengoaneo.?Now York World. ^ * Wo havo alroady referred to tho doGcioncies of nearly a half million of dollars which will ariso under tho tax and appropriation acts, says tho Columbia Rogistcr, and to tho consequent embarrassments in all branehos of tho ? f - - -? |hiuiiu servico, nna in nil llio institutions of tho Stnto. Salariod ofllcors Imvo roccivcd about half of their pay, and will roccivo nothing furthor, oxcept a fraction of duos for May, until next Fobruary or March. It Is ostimated that tho Lunatic Asylum, Ors phan Asylum and tho Pcnitontiary will havo rccoivod and oxhaustod by tho ond of this month thoir full proportion of tho tax roalizod from tho levy for thoir support. Those who, to thoir loss and ruin, in some instances, came to thoir roscuo in f'ormor years with thoir goods and supplies on oredit, cannot do it again. Tho lunatics and the orpluins can do nothing to help thomsolvos, and thoir rogents will find it an upihill task to got crodit on thoir bohalf. Tho Penitentiary convicts can bo put to somo uso in assisting to procure thoir own support. Ono hundrod ot thorn aro working at Big Lako pluntation, bo* low Columbia, and, as wo loarn from tho Union-Herald, nogotintions arc ponding tO*utilizo two hundred or moro ofthom in grading a road which will mnko an important railroad connection with Columbia, and those who romain within tho walls will ho put to active work in manufacturing brick. This is as it should be, and necessity has confirmed at last tho suggestions of th[s and other journals for tho utilization of convict labor. * Tho evils hero glaneod at are but a drop in tho bucket of thoso which really exist. Our people aro bravo mill Itnnofni mill l\nt />? " plaint, bill sagacious minds must sec that ibo condition of llio country is fast tending to utiivorsal bankruptcy and ruin. Tho whole difficulty with us is oxpressod in a nut hIioII in a lccturo by Prof. Summer,of Yale Collogo, rocontly dolivorcd in Now York:? "Wo cannot lcgaliso plunder undor any guise whalovor, without surely wubliuk wujiitii, una impuviu'isiung robbers and robbod togother." Tho caufeos of this monstrous ucrc*? vasos" are not far to seek. Tho romody can only como from heroic troatmont. Nothing ohort of a thor~ ough political revolution can bring tho State any pcaco, prosperity or Imnn WKan r?At?AHnAM ..VJ/V. if IIVI^ MW?Ul IIU1 v/IIUIUUUIIUIIl said, in the Qarpontor-Bntlor cam* paign at Chester in 1870, that failuro in financo was failuro in ovorytbing, ho utlorod a truth which thon oxistcd, has oxistod over since, and now oxists in tho most intenso and magnified form, to bo follo*.vod soon by momontoua conscqnoncoe. What havo wo known but failuro, hot only in financo, but in ovorything which doponda upon it in tho last docado of yoars? Thoro is 110 narallol in hinf.oi-v r?f flm m!a. & J v,,v ",,M govornmont, corruption, oxtravaganco and profligacy that tlio peoplo of South Carolina have endurod. Tho ond now approaches oitlior of rescuo from this misevablo and contomptiblo condition or of confirmation over us of tho rulo of barbarism and of tho systom of organizod spoliation. Which shall it be? Tho Govornor wrestled with tho General AflRomhlv tn nrnvnnt. tho culmination And oxpoHuro which havo now oomo. Ho Bought to koop tho tax lovy within boundu, and to mako appropriations conform to it. Ho pointed out roductions, and mado variouB UBoful BuggoBiions, which, had thoy boon adopted, would havo kopt up nppoarancoR a little longer. But that iH all thor would havo dono. Tho crash had to como soonor or lator. irt has como, and loavcB but ono duty to tho pcoplo to dischartro and but ono ronvody for thom to apply.. In Uh application thoy will wolcomo afifiistanco from ovory quartor. Fivo thousand butchors in aniform will parado in Philadelphia on the opening of tho Centennial. Lavondor saytj his wito iaalways ready to toll hor rugo, | Th? Columbia Uuion-Horald raisoa a wail of cliargin over tho empty State Treasury, and botbinks itsolf bow tbo salaried officers of tbo Stato, and tbo Stnto institutions, thopcnitontiary, tho lunatio assylum, and tho orphan asy? lum, nro to pull through until Fobru-> ary or March without monoy. Our ootomporary thinks that ns Stato officers havo in years past managed to nogotiato their way through the dry 8Ca80n, thov Will bv hook or mnnlr Kr. / ? ) able to got through tho prcsont Bquoozo. Tho convictp, it thinks, can bo mado to contiibuto not a littlo to their own maintonanco, by working on tho Big Lako plantation, and at tho ponitontiary brick yard. For tho in^ matos of tho orphan asylum and of the asylum for lunatics tho Herald has nothing bottor to offor than an appoal to charity! And is this tho point to which a long Borios of Uopublicnn "roformors" has brought this Stato, that its holploss wards must go a begging in tho stroots? In this tho best that Governor Clmmhorlain, standing at tho hoat! and front of tho party to whioh ho adhoros as a dovotoo to his church, oan do towards lifting tho Stato out of tho miro in which his party friends havo plungod it? Aro wo to understand that tho party lever of which ho novor ccaaos 10 boast is worthless for such work, or that the Govoinor has not tho strength to wiold it? Tho Herald complain.* that 4 K - 1 ? - - 1 ' 1 ^ otiu vauvumur mis uuvihcu mo ucnorai Assembly what tlioy ought to do to provont tho rccurrcnco of such lamentable scandals, but that tho Gonorul Assotnbly rofusod to heed his advico. And yot tho Herald insists that tho Republican party must bo trusted to carry out the work of reform! Possi oiy ino iieraui is right. Tossibiy if Govornor Chamberlain shoul'1 remain Governor for fifty yoars or moro ho might get a Kopiiblican Legislature which ho could control in tho interests of reform if ho kept on trying But tho Democrats of South Carolina are tired of waiting for roform at A J- aT il - i? * ? i>u?; iiitniin vi wiu jvcpuniican pariy.? Promises of that sort havo bocoino too cheap, both in State and city elections. Thoy want loss promise and moro performance. In fact, they do "not purpose to accept any moro promises. The Republican Uorculos of high and low dogreo may go his own way. xnoy win put tnoir own should ora to the whool.?Journal of Comraerco. ? ? SUFFERING IN TUB IiOW COUNTRY.? Tho Union-IIorald says: Letters from sections of Iieaufort and Colleton counties give distressing accounts of tho suffering of tho pooplo from want of tho actual necessaries of life. Tho Executive ollico is in almost daily receipt of petitions and memorials from those localities appealing to tho Governor for advances of bacon and corn until tho srops chall ho gathored. Wo woro informed by a dolagato to tho Domooratic Convonlion from Jlardoovillo, Beaufort county, tlmt many people in his vicinity have not tastod meat lor threo wcolcs, many living upon ono meal a day, and many woro consuming their last bushd of corn, without money or crodit to got raoro. This terriblo state of affairs exists amongst whiten and blacks aliko, and appeals to tho Christian and charitablo sympathies of ovory man. Wo desiro simply to call attention to tho mattor io order that further inquiry may ancortain tho corroetncfia of theso roports, and wo suggest, if thoy aro found to bo truo, that tho churchos throughout tho Stato set apart a day on which all collections rocoivcd shall bo contributed to a fund for thoir rob of. A Columbus man, whilo watching his ohickon houso a few nights ago, wont out aftor hearing a noiso, a lantern in one hand, a pistol in tho othor, to ?oo what was raising such a- disturbanco in tho hon houso, IXo found ho was hooked for a duel with a polocat. llo fired first, tho onomy fired buck, aim now tho fronUomjm Ima - ? r> " """ , "boon oompollod to #et liiin a now I wuit," tiB tlio ohl one has licon buried. 4 AUD MWHQ vi uuunmeL Tho following countries, it is said, woro originally named by tho Phoonicinns. llin i/rcnlnut nnmrnnpnlnl - VMVV^W WUIIIIVIVKU puvij[;iu in tho world. Tho namos in tho I'liccs nioian languago signify somothing characteristic of tho places doBigna-* tod: Europo signifies a country ot whito complexion, bo namod hccauso tho inhabitants woro of n lighter complexion iimn uiobo oi ahirt or Africa. asia signifios betwcon, or in tlio middle, from tho fact that geographers placed it botwoon Europo and Africa. Africa signifios tho land of corn or oars. It was colebratod'for its abundanco of corn and ail sorts ot grain. Siberia signifies thirsty, or dry?vory characteristic. Spain, a country ot rabbits or conies. It was onco so infested with these animals that thoy sued Augustua for an army to destroy thorn. Italy, a country^ of pitch, from its yielding great quantities of black pitch. Calabria, also, for tho samo. roason.? Gaul mnHnril PVnnnn oirenifl/io **"'!" ? 1 ...... .MIIVU, Olglliuuo JfOUWff haired, as yellow hair characterized its inhabitants. The English lor Caledonia is a high hill. This was a rugged, mountainous provinco in Sootland.? Ilibornia is utmost or last habitation; for boyond this, westward, tho Phoenicians never extond their voyagos.? Britain, tho country of tin, groat quantities boing found on it and tho adjacont islands. The Grooks callod it Albion, which signified in Iho IMicoiiician tongao oilher whilo or high mountain, from Iho whiteness of its shores or tho high rooks on tho western coast. Corsica signifies tho lootstops of mon, which it rucomblos. Syracuse signifies bad savor, so callod from tho nnwholcsomo marsh on which it stood. Khodos, scrponts or dragons, which it produced in abundance. Sicily, tho country of grapesScylla, tho whirlpool of destruction.? ylOtna signifies a furnaco, or dark and smoky. A terrible fire occurred in Darling ton, Saturday night, the 13th instant, sweeping away most of the business portion of the town. Tho town was arouiiBed from its Blnmbore by tho alarm of firo about 1 o'clock Sunday morning. Tho flames broke out in Mr. Mannos' kitchen, and spread rapidly to the adjacent buildings.? Nearly an ontiro block has boon laid in ashes, ombracing tho following places of bnsinoss: Nottlea' law of? fice, Hutchinson's shoo shop, two or throe tenement houeos adjacent, H. Iiyams' store, Iliggins' store, Watson's barber shop, Hiram Hyams' store, Mrs. Ilyaina' millinory, Manucs's'oro, Sternbergor's storo, Williamson's bar room, Jack William* ston's two stores, Wolsh's storo, Weiu berg's store, Phillip Calmus' storo, Phillip Lewenthal's storo, and Mrs. Gibson's magnificent residence, val* ucd at from $(J,000 to $10,000. Tho tiro was tho largest and moat destructive that has ever visited the town. Tho entire loss is variously estimated at from $100,000 to $150,000. In a majority ot instances tho stores woro used as a place ot residence as well as business. Mr. Wood's storo was saved as if by a miracle, tho fire leaping over it, as it were, and destroying Mrs. Gibson's residence. rno assumption or tho titio ot I'JinproBs by Qucon Victoria Rooms to havo mado a torriblo row in England. Tho London Timos ha* workod iteolf into a whito hoat on tho subject, and calls upon its eontomporarios to opposo in ovory lawful way tho Imperial innovation. Tho Lord Chancollor has givon the aHSurnnco thai tho titlo will not bo used in England, but that does not in tho loast allav tho oxoitomont on tho subject, Tho cflTcct of tho agitation 1ms boon to Btrongthon tho Ropublican fooling in Rngland, and to givo tho discontontod claasos an opportunity to indulge in thoir attacks upon tho samo. ? 4^ Old hoi Is can ho in ado us good as now cqos. Old hollos can't. A Slippery Plaoe to Pop tho Gueitiott. She cftmo tripping froui tho church door, her face flashed by omotione awakened -by tho juet uttered diecourse, and oyea bright with loving expectation. lio ahivored on the curbstone, where for an hour ho had waited impationtly with a burning heart fairly palpitating in his throat, and frozon tiger6 in his pockets.? | They linked arms and started for1 the residence of her parents. After a fow moments' hesitating silonco lie said: "Jane, wo havo known oacli other long. You must know just how I feci. You must havo seen that clear down at the bottom?Ch, Moses!" lie bad slipped down on I be ico with so much forco that his spine was driven up into his hat, aud bis hat was tripped over hie nose, but sho was a tender hearted girl. She did not laugh, but she carefully liftcd him to his feet, awd said: 4You wore saying, John, when you slipped that the foundation?Oh, goodnessl' She slipped hersolt this time, and saw littlo stars como down to dance bofore her eyea, but ho pulled "her np in hu6te and went on. 'Yes; just as Ijaaid, clean down at tho bottom of my lioart is a fervont love, on which I build my hopes.? That lovo has helped mo stand lace ?Thunder!' IIo was down again, bat scrainb led up before she could btoop to help biiu, and sho said, breathlessly: 'Yiifi, ye6, John. You remember, you just said a lovo which helped you stand and face thunder. And that you founded your hopes on? Tliis pesky ice!' Tlicro sho sat, John grasped tho -f i.~? ??- ' -* ivvqv [ v vi uui biiuKj uoiwoon ino shoulders, witfi ono hand, and raised her to foot, as ono would lift a kit-, ten from a pail of water by tho back ot the neck. Then ho said with in* eroaaod earnestness: 'Ot course, darling, and I hare longed lor an opportunity to toll my lovo and to hour those sweet lips whisper ?Whoopl' Somehow John'a alintwl frrttn imdor liitn, and his head and foot pointing skyward. Sho twined her taper fingers iu his curling locks and raised him to tho stature of a man, set bis hat firmly over liis eyes with both hands, and cried in breathless hante: lI undoratand, and lot measure you, John, that if it is in my power to lighthen your caree and mako ] orignier your journey through lite to I ?Jerusalem!' John stood alono, and said, with breathless vghotnence:* 'Oli, my precious! and thus shall it be my lifelong pleasuro to lift you from the rudo assaults of earth and surround you with the loving atmosphoro of?Toxne!' And there thoy both eat togothor. They had nearly reached the gate, and, hand to Imud, And with hearts overflowing with tho bliss of young lovo's first confession, thoy crept along on their knees up the front stops, and wero soon forgetful of thoir humps 011 tho softest cushion of tho parlor sofa. Remarkable Care of a Snako Bito. Iiov. J. E. King, of this placo, say* :.,<v ... *..V 11UIMI\4| IIIIUI llltt 1IO tliAt his littlo riftoghtor was bitton by a poisonous ftnako, a few days ago, ami lie curcd her by simply holding tlio part bitten closo to tlio firo and tlio poison was arreatod and drawn out bv the beat of tho firo. inat in tlm * * w? BHino way that burns arc cured l>y holding the burned pait near llio tiro. Mr. King Bayu thia is the second euro ho has elToctod by this simplo remedy, and that ho has known of sovoral other euros by tlio samo remedy within his acquaintance. r ? ^ ?' r '?W lie enyB it was accidentally dun covered several yeare ago, by a yowtr|f man who was bitten on the foot by rt ground rattlo snake, one of the most poisonous of all anakeo, while working on the farm of his undo in North Carolina. When bitten, the yontig man called out for help, and went to the placo Where the hands had a lire to warm their dinner and, while waiting lor attention, ho held his foot to tho lire to aoc if he hud any feeling in his foot, that orevions to holding his foot to tho lioTo felt the poison going up his log like a hot iron was being run up his leg, and when ho held his toot near tho lire tho pnin was greatly increased, but, instead of continuing up his leg, it elpwJy came down and liually quit hurting* and, when tho w und was examined, tho poison was picked out in a lump on tho point of a knife. Mr. Kiug is a minister ot tho Bap* ?i -i- -* * ii.m vuurvuf ui goou tunneling, and 18 a man whoso statements are worthy of implicit confidence. Wo publish this remedy for tho public good. It is a simple remody and one within tho reach of all. and should bo gen* orally known. Asiikh fou Swkkt Potatoes!.?A corrospondcnt in tho Southorn Culti valor says: "I notice tho question is asked, which is tho bost fertiliisor or manuro for sweet potatoos? From the oxporioncc 1 havo had in manuring tho sweet potatoe, I must say that rotted (hard wood] ashes when properly put on, lias precedence over all others 1 havo had any oxperienco with. Tho plan that i adoptod was to open a deep furrow with a scooter plough, and put in a plenty of ashos. Bod out On tho jinlins. mid :i sum onm may bo realized on tho poorest soil. Cow ponning is good?ho nro cotton sood nnd stable manure; but niter experimenting with tjio ashes, they willnil bo abandoned, provided nehos ean bo had. I experimented on as poor soil hb I had. and the result was an fine a crop of potatoes as I ever saw on any kind of land. ltottod ashoa ib gouu ior couon also, ana Almost any kind of vegotation. I am convinced there is not a bottor fertiliror mado on any plantation than rotted aabes. So orery one will find it groaU ly to his intorost to take spooial caro ot it." Tiiu Tiiadk in Duikd Blaoku??? ribs.?In tho Piedmont rogioj) of North narnlin? f.hin !? ? hnonmn in enormous businoss. At tho towns ot Uoidsvillo, Winston nnd lliokory, thoro is markotod annually about 2,000,000 pounds. The gathoring of thcHO borrios affords employment to fv groat many poor pooplo, and is no small matter in thoir slondor incomo. Tho demand for them is so constant In tho Northwost that agonts are sont out from thcro in advance to mako contracts for supplies. This industry might booomo as gonoral among tho poor pooplo in tho corresponding rc? rogion in this Stato nod wo trust thoy will bo oncouragod in prosecuting it. Wo know how from nothing u great business has grown up among us in Sumac. Sicily onoo lmd tho mono poly of it; but tho tr.ldo has learned to valuo ours; indeed with moro caro obsorved in gathering it tho standard oi ours will quito reach thai ol Sicily. These aro rninor matters in our ^onoral oconomy; but thoy bring comfort to many need}' poople, and in tho aggregate of our work, provo to bo no insignificant factor. .?*???. Tho Richmond IDquiror, discussing tho rights of ox-Confcdoratos, says: "Our pcoplo did not want to rosumo their citir.onship, but woro forced into it, and now that thoy havo oomo buck under compulsion they aro ontitlod to *! <<! full uli'irn 111' lint linnnrii nu waM as Llio burdonp." ? If you wish for monoy, sond ft posts al card to Llio man wlio owes you, and llio tiling in dun. A young miss would rallicr havo her corscsts tight than licr "feller."