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THE" PICKENS SENTINEL. devoted to politics, morality, education and to the general interest of tiie country, VOL. y. ~ PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1876. NO 22. Cftvender and His "Fees " Tho following wo copy from tho Nowe and Courior in roforonco to tho doings of Mr. Cavondor in tho issuo of warrants undor tho provisions of the Little Bonanza. Governor Chamberlain, as soon as his aotions bocame Known 10 mm, cut on nis omcmi nonu. Tho Governor is thining thorn out rapidly, and wo oommond him for it: Tho lottor of Govornor Chamberlain to Mr. Cavendor published to day is a clear statomont of tho chargo that Mr. Cavendor has been guilty of improper conduct, to U8o a mild phrase, In tho I88U0 of warrants under what is commonly callod tho Littlo Bonan xu Act, ana it is oviuont ttiattno lucts admlttod by Mr. Cavondor, in his loiter of dofcnco, justify tiio requiretnont that tho accused person resign tho placos ho holds, and aro amplo roason for romoving him summarily. Alio Ajjuio Jionanza ivci, or tno jyei "to provido for tho psi^-inotit of certain ilidobtod 11088 of tho Stato," lovics, in throo annual instalments, a total tax of three mills to pay claims passed at tho previous session of the General A8sombly,lho unpaid appropriations for printing, sundry specified indebtedness of tho State, and tho past indebtedness und unpuid appropriations of .public institutions. Tho amount of tho claims and indebtedness so provided for is about $400,000; and the Comptroller General is required to iasuo warrants to the porsons entitled 4 _ il.. 4 I . A 4 .. I .1 I. .. vu \u%j [jruuuuua ui uiu tiui'n iuviuu u> Act. Tlioso warrants arc for llio lull amount of tho claims, and bear interest; ono third of tho warrants boing payable respectively out of tlie proceeds of the taxes oi 1875, 187G and 1877. Govornor Chamberlain was H.'itiijficd that much of the indebted11 ok a providod for in the Little Bo~ tianza Act was wholly or partly fraudulent, and he insisted that a pro via fdiouid bo inserted requiring the Com]) troller General "to audit the claims" embraced in tho Act, and requiring liini In "<1 i<4<i I Irt <A' in \ulwiln nr in lini-l. any such claim which lie shall find to bo illegal." This proviso was subscquantly s'.rickcn from the bill, and was only restored upon the Governor making it known that, without that protecting provision, the bill could not receive his approval. The Comptroller General, Mr. Dunn,was noloctod as the Auditor, both because of his official position, and because of the high es teem in which he was held by both Republicans and .Democrats in tho Gonornl Assembly. A.8 soon as tho bill had becomo a law, Mr. T. S. Cavondcr, tho Auditor of Darlington County, and ono of tho threo Auditing Commissioners undor another Act to provido for paying Ifiat. irulnl\f iirliinuM r\ f I Im SItntn /Irunir n as tho JJig Bonanza) was given on tiro chnrgo, by Comptroller Dunn, of the issuing of warrants under tlio Littlo Boznana Act, Tho selection wns apparently a wisoono, as Mr. Cavondor is a highly capabio accountant and a cioso rnond oi Air. Dunn. Warrants woro prepared, and up to Friday night last lmd boon issued to tho amount of ?192,000. Whether any claims ombraced in tho Act have boon rojooted, wo do not yet know. So fains tho public wore advieod thcro was no reason to doubt that tho requiro monts of tho Act had boon, and wero to bo, faithfully compliod with. This was tho situation whon (iovornor Chamborlain was informed that Mr. Cavondor was ongagod in levying black mail on poisons holding claims payable under tho Act. Tho in for innuon ib maimy coniainoa in an affidavit of Air. Horry and a loltor of Mr. Symmora. Thoso, togothor with Mr. Cavondor'a dcfonco, will bo pub lishcd to morrow. For tho prcnont wo confine our attontion to tho Hlatomonts, for and against Auditor Cavondor, containod in Governor Chain-. borlain'? lottor. Tho lottor shows that Mr. Cavondor ttgrood with Mr. Berry to aid in tho passngo of tho Littlo Bonanza bill tor a foo of 20 per cont.; that, ns clork to tho Comptroller Goncral, ho worked at his own houao all night preparing ^ho warrants lor Mr. Borry, and that Mr. Horry, with warrants to the full amount of 89,400 boforo hinij loft warrants to the amount of 81,900 in tho hands of Mr. Cavondor. It is immaterial whothortho 81,900 was to bo nnnlinrl f r% \Ti? i In irnn/lnv'a nvnltiuim lino or not. Tlio damning fact if^ that instead of requiring Mr. Horry to accept tho full amount of his claim, Mr. Cavonder rotainud, or permitted to bo loft with him, about ono filth of tho claim, and took rcccipts from Mr. Borry for ?1,900 moro than Mr. Borry received. It is alleged that tho 61,900 of warrants hassineo boon ro? turned to Mr. Borry on his order.? This does not mend tho ease. Any black mailor is willing to mako rootitution when found out. Nor doos the plea that tho if! 1,900 was only "a foo" lessen Mr. Cavondcr'a culpability.? Ilud it boon a fee, in tho ordinary 8CH80, Mr. Cavondor would h:\vo rotuincd it, in spito of discovory and demand. Thoro is littlo or anything of tho fearless indepondeimo of conscious innoconeo in Mr. Cavcndor's CO U 1*80. Tho sccond ease mentioned is that of Mr. Synimois. Jictwocn him and Mr. Cavondor thoro is a direct issno of voracity. One of tho two has solemnly said what is grossly untrue. It is i... \r.. 1-~ i auuni,i/uu "J mi. vuvuuuvr, IIUWCVIT Ihiit ho did issue to Mr. Symniers wnr? rants for 0,000, 1 ho amount of tho claim being $9,500, and that subsequently ho advised tlio Comptroller to audit tho rest of tho claim before issuing tho remaining warrants. It would bo a fair infcronco that this threatened auditing was an after thought, suggested and niovoked by I lin rnfnun! nf \f Q\f?nn?Aiu? 4 /\ ? v..v ? v? mi? uj iiimuin tu jJiiJ' what was oxpcctod. Putting this aside, on account of the contradictory charactor of the statements of Mr Oavender and Mr Sy miners, the conduct of Mr Cavondcr is still utterly indefensible. It was known to Mr Cuvon-, Jor, <>? ho know nothing, that tho claim ( i Mr. Sy minors is believed to bo ''in whole or in part" illegal. Rowing this, ho did not ntlompt to audit tho claim, so as to ascertain whether any part of tho whole was local, but issued at on00 1 wo thirds of tho whole amount ol warrants, and, at some subsequent time, resolved to audit the rest. It was the duty of tho Compt1 oiler to audit I lie Sy in mora claim and every other claim, boforo issuing a warrant, largo or small. What assu> ranee liavo tbo jxiblic that only ?3,750 of tho Symmors claim is illegal? Why was not tho whole aiulitod, instoad of a part? Mr. Cavendor may say what ho ploasos, but tho public must hold him guilty of gross and willful nogloct of duty, oven if it is ultimately proved that thero was no connection between the auditing of a part of the claim and a refusal of Mr. Syminers to pay "a feo" upon tho whole amount. Governor Chamberlain has acted aright. Any tardiness or hesitation vould have been a violation of official duty, liutwehavo not reachod tho end of tho Cavondor mattor. In tho Statehouao tlioro aro many mansions and wo hopo that wo shall bo ablo to find out who Mr. Cuvondor's partnors aro. A l'co of twenty per cont. upon tho claims to bo paid under tho Littlo Bonanza Act would amount to $80,000 This Jiittio Bonanza was not worked for Mi'. (Jflvruwlnr'a nrnflf. nlnnn Tho Marion Star of Wodnoaday gives tho particulars of a sad accident which occurrod nix milos from that placo luBt Saturday, by which fivo childron of Mr. A. Kl lor bo woro burn^t cd to doatli. Tho f'athor find mothor had visitod a neighbor in tho after noon, loaving tno cnuuron nt Homo. On their roturn, about two hours aftor dark, thoy found tho building on firo find tho roof falling in. All fivo of tho childron, agod from 2 to 14 3'onrn, woro consumed in tho burn* iug building. Tho romains of four of tho childron soomod to havo boon in bod, whilo tho romains of tho oldost or.c, a was found noar tho door. Florida is progressing in woalth and population more rapidly than any of tho Southern States. Givo Him Rope Enough I Tho spoccb of W. J. Wbippcr in tho JIouso of lloprosontativos on Tuoadny was unoxpectcdly nppropriato nnd becoming, Baya tho Cnnrleston N0W8 and Oourior. tllmd boon fonrnd r that Whippor would linvo somo littlo rogard for tho dignity of tho oftico to which ho supposod himsolf to havo boon olectcd; hut ho had ovidontly dotorminod to proVo to tho public, in his own way, his fitness for tho Bench. Tho 0110 mistako was that Whippor nominally aspires to bo a Judgo in South Carolina, instead of JDnhomoy nr Anhnnliv Snnnkintr sn na Inrnnn ? "I O 1" " ' " liia qualifications as jud^o of an A frican tribunal, ho failed to justify tho opinions of tho besotted Radicals who attempted to muko him judgo in a civilized land. Thcro may havo bcon mothod in this m.idnoRH. It. is .!??> nim of Whippor and Elliott and Less lio to build up an African Dominion in tho low country of South Carolina, and, perhaps, Whippor wishod to provo his ability to play tho part of Mumbo Jimbo. lio was not drunk with whiskey. It is duo to Whippor In finv l.lmt. Tho nliconn i?i t \r ?l?r> i i?.. Bolonco, the monduoity and tho cffrontory which marked hia speech, belong to him in his sober moments. When drunk, wholly or in part, ho is less savage and forocious, and, thoroforo, loss natural. Whippcr assuros tho public that ho will die bofoco ho will resign. This is wclcome news. The resignation ol Whippor would havo looked like the faint dawn ot sonec and. prudence in his mind and that of his rascally on lmrf T t. WAiiiil 1\I1V'<> l\nnn o tv?rw?/? form, as Whippor cannot resign an olHeo that ho does not hold; and it is best f< v iho can 80 of good government that Whippcr and his friends should porsovcro to tho end in their blind full V fnr lltiv nicm nf i-niinhlnh/m ixi.rl.t j j J " O - -1-~ havo led soino credulous person8 to suppose that, f.hn villains who cornpassed tho clcclion of Whippor and Aloses and Wiggins had changed their spots if not their skin. Whippor, then, will not resign! To that ho is hound. It, evidently cid not enter into Whippor's mind that his life or death is of no consequonco to anybody but himself; and that his harangues will neither haston nor retard tho action of tho peoplo. Thcro was no vacancy on tho Bonoh to which Whippor could bo oloctcd. Judge Rood, under tho Constitution, holds ollieo until 1878, find Whippor is not commissioned by tlio Governor becauso Judgo Rood already liolds tho ofllco that Whippor claims. Of couiso Whippor will go to the Courts. Tlmt is oxpocted and provided for. Tho law and tho Con stitulion arc against him; yet it is concoivnblo that tho Supremo Court may docido in his favor. But that will not, by any means, givo him his seat. No decision of any Court will force the people ol tho Charleston Circuit to accopt or submit to Whipporno their Judgo. 'I hoy will oxhaust ovory peacoful romody beforo they try uny othor, Prevention, in thoir opinion, is better than cure. But tlioy will havo the euro, if the Courts tail thorn. The people are pledged pubs licly to tbia, find any who doubled tho wisdom of thai determination on Taos day, doubt it no longer to day. Whippor's npooeh will make an ox collonl tract for circulation amongst thoso who, led astray by Po^cnllod philanthrophy, havo boon willing to place tho Southorn Statos in tho poworof just such porsons as Whippor. And wo should lilco thoin to ask thomsolvog tho quostion: JIow ninny yoars of restraint and good oxamplo would bo rcqurod to fit a Whippor for ovon tho rational oxcrciso of tho privileges of tho ballot? That such.a man should bo a maker of laws for honest peoplo, that ho should sit in judgment ovor thorn, is too monstrous to bo borne. And it will not bo korno ! ? No moro nood ko said on that sukject. Tho pooplo can tako caro o(" thomsolvOB, and thoy propoao to givo Whippor all tho ropo ho noodH. Sukaoribo for tho Skntinkl. # Mr Melton's DileranaIt is a pity tliat Attorney General Melton sliou'd resign at this tiiro, says tho Charleston News and Courier, and leave others to pluck the. lumpiiug n uns oi retorm. 'Hie l'arkor trial cimie lo nothing, it is true; but lhere are, and there were, other criminals than Parker to prosecute, ami it is not likely that two oflVn dcrs of that class will escapo in tho same wav. DoubtlosR tlm rUffionUi * of obtaining good juries had sonicthing to do with the reluctance of M r. Melton to go into Court, but the prcs cut Jury Commissioner ior Richland County, Mr. Gray, is a staunch and fonrless man, who will faithfully exo cute the law. Then again the public temper is such that the highest popularity will attend him who succeeds in putting rascals in the Penitentiary Why, ohl why, does Mr. Melton want to re&ign? The private practice of bo eminent a lawyer as Mr. Melton must, ot course, be very large, and there are personal reasons why ho desired to avoid the temptations incidental to political life. But Mr. Melton might make tho sacrifice of holding on tor just a few months longer, whatever tho annoyances or losses to which this pati i ?tic act n ight expose him. rlM lit xiicu uouiu no rciiro with several scalps in his belt, while now he can only point to the place where a scalp might have been. There is likewise sonic chance that Mr. Melton, it ho resign, will be succeeded by Elliott. This i6 a danger Ironi which Mr. Melton can save ihe people it he will. In tbo course i f a few mouths he can make himself exceedingly strong witli all good peo pie; but it ho incontinently abandon tho i>is only power will bo with those to wht.m ho can say, "Thank ino for what I did not do!" Mr. Mcltun is an amiablo man, an eloquent man, an able man, although he does not like newspapers. This id his weakness. All great men have a \?'eaknesp; it runs in tlio family. S<> Mr. Mellon picks at the press, in seasun and cut ot season; it amuses him and docs not hurt us. Newspapors like to praiso people, and they will pruise him if ho will give them an opportunity. They cannot praiec for turning back when tho struggle between. tho honest men and the thieves is hardest. Mr. Melton will remember what he said when galloping to tlie rear during the fights around Richmond. An nflifm- nsUoil Iiow the battle was goin?r. ''That de ponds," said Mr. Melton, "on the ?jal ?i... ? MUIL1J oi UiU llvfjia "!I!1110 troopsaro going in now. Why does Gen- Melton ride to tho rear?. Hill and Yancey Wo take the following from the Charleston News and Courier: The exciting dobate on tho Amnesty bill, in which Mr. Hill, of Georgia, unci Mr. Blaine, of Maine, were the most conspicuous figures, biings to mind theallray between Mr. Iliil and William L. Yancy, of Alabama, which caused the bitter's death. The circumstanccs wcro first publicly givon by Mr. Ilenry Watterson, the m'eaent orlitnr of t.lm t on i^v 111.? riersJournal. According to tlio published account, it was toward tho cIobo of tho second 8688'on of the first Con fedcr* ato Congress tlint Yancey broke out from tlio counsels and influence ol Mr. Davis, and bocame, with llonry S. Footo, a leader of tlio opposition. Mr. Bon. Hill, then Senator from Oo.ni'irin linrl liLfttt'lon Al?a?i?/wl 1.! . ?ou vii(?ll^i;V4 II ID front, and was remarkable for the earnestness, personal interest ami persistency with which he sustained the ii CApnres of an administration to which his nllegitinco had boen given bnt Ift'o in thu day. Mr. Yancey, it will bo rcinouibciod, hud relumed from nn unsuccessful mission to Europe, and was representing Alabama in tho Confederate Senato. The question of a navy was under discus* sioti in secret, session. The dp.hn.to. ranged beyond parliamentary limits, and, Messrs. Yancey and Hill became animated over the abstract doctrines ot State High's, authority of slavery. High words passed, aiul finally the lie was given by Mr. Hill. Mr. Yancey leaped forward, and as he aimed a blow at his adversary, was caught in the arms of tlio latter and violently thrown back over a dosk. Mr. IJili is a man of wonderful muscular development^ Mr. Yancey wag never very heavy, though little and active. In the fall his spine was seriously injured, and when the bystanders rushed upon the two and dragged the one from tlie otlier, the great Souths crncn lay unconscious upon the i'loo1 with a littlo trickle of blood oozing from his lips. Ilo wns carried to his hoti 1, a vote of sccrccy was passed* and the rencontre hushed up. No one in Richmond except that body of men knew of the circumstances f >r six months after. Meanwhile the victim did not recover. lie drooped from day to clay, llo became list less, hopeless and vacaife llo was transfcrred to his own Ik mo, whero his convulsions ceased a few weeks before his death which was tranquil and calm llo died without a hopo ot the success of thoSouthorn Republic he had aspired to found and govern, and for which he had labored day and night for twenty five years. . The Baltimore Gazotto, with point and power, says tlio day laborers, the mechanics, the farmers ami Hie honest moichants and tiio honest traders j liave never beon in Wall Street, and tliev arc the real sufferers in the linancial denrcssion which has been . - I upon us tor the last two or three years. Production is the basis of all prosperity, but the producer lias almost become a pauper. Why is i!? What id the wrong in our cconomy? The whole country has been blooming and blossoming and bearing fruit as never boro l>etoro. The Western licldij and farms have been groaning under their load of gulden grain; the Southern States have been singularly blessod in their production*; but notwithstanding it all the whirr of our machinery has ceased to bo heard, and poverty and starvation stalk through all tlio large centres of popu. lution. Tliero must be a cause and roason somewhere. Wo were told two years ago that sve had over traded; lhat wu wtjiu doing businoss upon an intlation basis, and that in a short time?a few weeks or a few months, the olden days would come back and ..I. ..1.1 l.~ ! --- ? u niHiuiu du iig;mi prosperous. x ne days have glided into weeks and the months into yoftis, and tho end is not yet As wo said, whether justly or unjustly, tho people beliovo that the ovii lies in tho legisla ion of the general government, and tho remedy is a chango of that legislation. Will rv*.: . ? winning party next November. And ' to all whom it may concern we send llicse words greeting. A modern ossnyiHt defines gossip to be tho "putting of two and two to* | . ? r..?. ,.r ii.^m ^uiuvi tiim iiiiiivni^ uvu vi uiuim, ^ WY U U1 | fill I > <411VI politico, lull tlio country how it is? No one cares about poor old Mr. Davis and liiu disabilities; about amnesty; about tlio fierce onslaughts of Mr. Blaii.c; about the wit ol Mr. Cox or tho wisdom of Mr. Korr. The third term and what Mr. Fish said to Spain, or Spain to I\lr, Fish, are all matters of a small consideration. The greater, larger question is: Why is tun country in tlio pitiable plight it is in, and liovv can it bo restored to the prosperity it onco know? Tho party that solves this miestion will bo the Father and Son of the Day. We clip the iollowing from th? Kingatrco Star. What ?xist8 between father nnd son tnoro than tiie tics ot' association? Nothing* The same father who now 6eet)i8 10 euro eo much lor his hoy of twelvo years, spends thousands on his educ .tion, nnd seems to cure so much for Ilis boy's or girl's health. Really lias no motive in view but self intcfest. lie dreams of his hoy pleading at the bar, winning complicated cdscfl jiihI rnr.iivni'iiu* lnviw * ' - V.W - v. i.VI? ' j tv W'j VI VI II I I II some day, seated in the supreme peat ol the nation. To one, or some of these liigh places his cliiKl must needs a pirc. Yes, lie dreams that then lie can 'oil in a great arm chair in his son's cabinet, and only receivo congratulations from the millions on having a son eo great, yv las! how often, too often a sad mistake. Tho son gro\v6 to a youth, the father loses his property. Tho father's frrcomo is small. Tno son, ha'f educated, is flung on his own resources; hu buc? coeds for a time very well, but at last, us uvury one is UKeiy to be, l?0 lg thrown out of business; lie lias bouio means leit; lie goes to strange plaCtta to seek employment, he makes application, but lie is only looked on with suspicion, and is sent away* Di?aimoin1lTlPnlR Jit. lnRl Rinlr liiu or?tr? i \ " ~I'" its; he givo* up in dcBpitir. In his rambling hocoinc9 near to wbero his parents are living; ho has not seen them for many yearej he was a boy when last lie saw thorn? hut. now l?o ia almost a man; lie ib 19 years old. IIo tneots his father near liis homo; this is what passes between them: "W,1' 8ays the father, "have you got back here again? Where are you going now?" " Well, sir," saya tlie almost snocKcii son, * l liftvo been hunting business, have tailed, so fur, and thought us I was passing, to call and see you. Maybe I can get eomo work to do m ar here. At a distance no one knows me, and 1 can get into the employ of no ono." "Well, you can got down and rest a little, and tllOl! fO on - Rnniinen VMM Imvi.ii'f D ' I I ~ ' m,t% ' V'" w been to dinner?*' "No, sir." "Well you can do without, I have olten dono it; here's ton dollais?yon hud bcttef bo going. Good byo." This is a meeting that took place between a Methodist preacher and his son, alter !Lii nlisnnnnn fit' civ rumv !!??.? I?.~ ? v. Wirt J V??I D/ JKIO ?'tJ the iicHrt and sympathy of a man of God. Prepare, b<>} a to hoe your own row; poverty makes enemies of friends and friends of cnomic*. kufus. a a ! i iinuui II you IK1VQ a good lliitig ndvertiso it. II you haven't don't. If you don't moan to mind j'our own business*, it will not pay to ad** vcrti.se. It's as trno of advertising as of anything elso in tho world, if it is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well. ur i ? - - - yv o uori't rccommnnd advertising as Ll?o boat way to got a wife, but wo know that is tho best way to got a good tnulo. Don't oxpeet an ndvortisomont to boar fruit in one night, lileo tho prophet's gourd. Advertising will tulco cft'oct, but it takes nioro than ono night to do it. ? "A Swindlk."?A morchant who was absent from bis homo received a telegram informing him ot bis wifo'a safo delivery of of a littlo'girl; at tho same time a letter from It is partnor advised him that a draft bad bcoth presented for $5,000 and I be signa 1 'i'i iuiu dv;i;iiu;u i<uuui uimiuiiui. X im5 morclmnt roj?lie<J to both (liajmtcliesj, but tnisdirectetl tliom. Tlio aaton~ ishineiit of the wifo may bo imagined! wlion filio road: "I know nothing about il; it's a swindle." Tlio part* nor received lioarfy cougratulatioua ii|?on liis eal'udclivcranco.