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[FOR THE PICKENS SENTINEL.
Ma. EDITOR: In looking around
for the many causes that are ruining
our whole country, where do we find
one that is half so potent as extrava
gance and speculation, and who is
most to blame for iti Well, let us
commence at the head of our list and
cbme downwards. Our President,
the wisest as well as the best, so say
his party, reeeives A $50,000 salary.
Does be coinprohond the condition
of the country, when he accepts such
an onormous sum? Tlien the Cab
inet officers, Supreme Judges, etc.,
who are not entirely innocent; but
probably the members of Congress
and the Senate areniust guilty tor
voting these salaries, and their own
five Or six tlioufaud. Duos one %t
our private citizens in teln thousai d
ever expect to make tlhat amount in
a litotime by hard and honest work?
Our shjipof State miust be a rickety
old bal k if she requires all this mil
lions worth of talentt to run her, and
run her so badly too. She looks like
she was in a stormy sea wit,bout a
pilot and well nigh on the breakers
]3oor -old yessel ebb must have been
stolen out, else bad two much wisdom
diisplayed on her, over the left. Ii
theso officers can't live on shorter ras
tioqs, they ought to be sltened, for
they need starving out and replaced by
a-hardier set; most of our people live
on less. I'm aifraid they are coppy.
ing after 'the crowned heads of En
rope, the newspapers tell us they are
p.ay1 from $3,000 to $10,500 per
daly-we don't want any of this in
-Our Legislature is coppying closely
after Congress, give themselves and
officers of the State, with a~ few ex
ceptiota, Qfnorrnous salaries, and
hAid down 'this er.ample to the
churohes and society. The high
salaries drive out our patriots, ar)d,
enable demagogues and thieves to
buy themselves high positions in the
government. Some of them ought
to bave their tails cropped three
inches behind their ears. "I am no
p'rophet nor the son of a prophet,"
but predict that this spirit of extra
vagance and speculation will be the
petard by which his satanic majesty
will blow up the very foundation of
our governmnent, Society and the
church itself. If the pulpit bateries
are not silenced, now they are almost
as harmless to his cause as if they
were usinag blank cartridges? What
is the use keeping up a church with
its members all 'speculatings extor
tioning and wrangling among them--..
selveeatvei the almighty dollar; but
the dollar is the one thing needful;
the governmnent bas no otber use for
its eiizn than to tax them to death,
drives them to steel from each othek'
toi keep out of the cluitches of its
officers. Our farms are barely
yielding a scanty support, we could
not-more than play thunder living
ii the taxna wore naynd tn .m, lo
alone us having to'pay.- Look at this.
Mr. C. is a church member, with a
little property, *as E$150e to'pay for
taxes, his farm ba only produced
100 bnshels of corn, surplus, and this
after putting hiinself and ?took on
half rations, his 'oyn is Worth 60 or
65 cents per bushel, now the man
agemeft must come in--how in
thunder can he get all that tax
moneyl -Well, as his government
has wheted its teeth, so has be. Mr.
D., a still more unfortunate man, has
no corn, nor not much credit; Mr.
C. borrows the money to pay his
taxes, adid says ro brotber D., well
brother, I'll sell you corn at $1.25 or
$1.50, 'till tall, as I love to help my
poor friends and neighbors, if you
will give me a lien on your crops.
This is no over drawn figure, its
common. Is not this religion with
a vengance. Men stop and think.
This is the 19th century, in the most
e nligh1tened cowntry in the world I
believe we claim! Well, whataill we
not be at in one more century, to say
nothing of nineteen more; some in
veutive genius will have to produce
larger figures it we improve much on
this sort of enlightenment. It seeins
that a little c)minmon sen8e ought to
be distributed from the pulpit or
somec other fource to go in with our
religion. It won't do raw.
I hold that our government is to a
very great extent to b!awe for this,
through its lavish expen(litnires of the
hard earnings of its imnpoveriebed
millions. Aid who is next to be
blamed-we the people, for submit
ing to that which will destroy our
civilization. I do not believe one
hall the world was born with saddles
ton their backs, and the other half
born booted ad spured to ride them
by the grace of God.
Ve have acted very unwisely at
home too, bl,ilding $100,000 Rail
r< ads, got into expensive law suits,
invested all we had on hand or could
borrow in store houses and goods,
preparing to mend' our fortunes by
speculating off of a broken and bank
rupt peop)le. Is there a remedy for
all the~se evils or is the day of re
dIemfptionl past? It sceems to me that
the remecdy has always been in our
own hands, but it will certainly need
lots of physic to save tihe patient at
this late day, for -it Is in the very
articule mnortis. I think this is the
best remedy, let all unite in the most
rigid system of industi y and econ
omy, and denounce with one voice,
and render so unpopular specuila
tion and extravagance that no mortal,
and esp)ecially no officer dare prac
tice it. Teach them that folks who
cant live on mnoderate incomes and
hide their~ uglinesses, et ceteras,
unner plain garbs, don't suit these
times, and had better flunk. Let us
live inside our incomes, if it brings
us to beans for breakfast, water for
dinner, and the swell for supper, and
spectaclex and cravat for a toilet.
Better be honest than fiue. If God
did not make the man and woman,
the taylor nor ruillener ought not to.
Let nue see who can out pay, and not
who gan outshine on borrowed cloth
ing. This system if adbered to will
restore confidence of man in man.
Who can not say from the bottom
of}is heart, amen to Senator Hill'se
sentiment. Lie says: '"My country,
my whole country, bles- ed is he that
blesseth thee, and cursed be he that
curseth thee."
ENQUIaR.
WAsHINGToN, Feb. 12.-Dispatchu
to the Commissioner of Iternal iRev%
enue from A gent Chamberlain, dated
Cartereville, Ga., reports that a raid
has beenmadeo in~ the northern part
of that State, and 38 stills destroyed
and 84 arrests made. Lient. McIn
myre, of 2d infantry was killed in
Log mountains by 30 illicit distillers,
who attacked the government force
under cover of nimt
~thePl'lpPromt.
An objection is Interposed by th
trnders*ned senators and ror4son
tatives to the debision nadei by th
commission constituted by the ac
entitled an act to approve and regu
late the counting ot the votes fo
president and vice%president and th
decision of questions arlstng there
froin for the tirm oonlienbing Marci
3, A. D. 1877, as to the true and lei
gal electoral vote of Florida on tb(
following ground:
The decision determlne4 that tb<
vote cast by 0. H. Pearce, F. C
Humphries, W. H. 11olden, and T
W, Long, as electors of president an<
vice president of the United Statei
in,and-for and behalf of the State o
Florida, is the true and legal elector
al vote of the said State, when ir
truth and in fact the vote Oadt by
Wilkinson Call, J. E. Young, Rober
E. Hilton and lRobert Bullock, is thi
true and lawful vote of said State.
For that committee refused to re
ceive competent and material evi
dence tending to prove that C. H
Pearce, F. C. Humphries, T. W
Long, and W. II. Holden were no
appointed electors in the mannei
prescribed by the legislature of tb
State of Florida, but were designated
as electorsby the returning board o
said State corruptly and fraudulently
in disregard of law, or with intent t<
defeat the will of the people express
ed in the choice of Wilkinson Call
J. E. Young, R. C. Hilton and Rob.
ert Bullock, who were legally an<
regularly appointed oletors by the
State of Florida in the manner pre
scribed by the leuislature theieof, *
Fur that the commission refused t
ruecognize the rights of the courts o
the State of Florida to review ani
reverse the j udginent of the returninp
boaird of can vassers rendered througi
fraud, without jurisdiction, and re
jected and refused to consider th(
action of said courts after their decis
ion that Pearce, tumphreys, frolder
and Long were not entitled to cas
the electoral vote of the State o
Florida, which said decision was ren
dered by a court of said State, law
fully brou~ght before said court
which court had jurisdiction over th<
subject matter thereof, and whos<
jurisdiction over the said Pearce
Humphreys, Hlolden and Long 'ha<
attached before atay act was done b.1
them as electors.
That said decision excludes all ev
idences tending to show that th4
State-of Florida by all the depart
ments of Its government--legislative
judicial and ex.ecutive--had decree<
as fraudulent all the certificates o
Stearns, governor, as well as that o
the state canvassers, upon which
certificate the said canvassers ha<
acted. and by means of which th<
true electoral votes of Florida hav4
been rejected and false ones substi,
tuted in their stead, and
8. For that thecount of the votoi
of Pearce. Humphreys, flolden an<
Long for presidentrand vice-presiden
would be a violation of the constitu
tion of the United States.
Signed by Senators Jones, Cooper
Barnum, Kernian, Saulsbury, McDon
aid, an d Representatives Knott, Field
Holman, Tucker, Thompson, Jenks
Finley, Sayler, Morrison, Hewitt an<
Springer.____
To PRLEYENT L00KJAW.-EVery lit
tie while we read of one who ha
stuck a rusty nail in his foot or sow<
other portion of his body and.lockjav
has resulted mereiromn. All suel
wounds can be healed without anr
fatal consequences following theni
The remedy is simple. It is only t
smoke such wound, Or any wound, o
bruise that is inflamed, with burning
wool or woolcn cloth. Some twent;
minutes in the rmoke will take th
pain out -of thbe worst case of infiam
miation we ever saw arising from
wound.
L. ad Occupation in the Black HilU
. Rold Diggin~gs,
there is n regularity about any
I thing. A man opens a place af bus
t iness Aad makes lots of money thei
he gets tie prospecting fever, start
for t4p .gulpbs, and : shuts up hi
shebang, When a placo ip closed ul
it means that: the ownor: is oat dig
k ging, has been killed it a 6ght, o
is off 6n a-spree. We have no mW
nidipal government at all. Ever;
man thinks he Is mayor of the town
EItvery once in awhile the boys cal
a mass meeting, draw up resolutions
etc., and decide' to incorporate ih
town and have a board of aldermen
but, at the end of. the w'eek nobodj
knpws what in the h-1 has becon
of the resolutions or the aldermen
We start a new city government ev,
ery two weeks, and burst one everj
week-if there! is any.
THE THEATRE.
The orchestra chairs are made o
stakes driven into the ground with v
round piece of board about the Siz<
of your hand nailed on top. Admis
sion $2.50; reserved seats. $5. They
run a sort of variety show, and sling
in the jokes and stage business al
broad as possible. Tlhe "can-ca'
was danced for some time until th<
t boys got tired of it, and they said
give us some iingin' or we'll clear
out the place; we want something el.
ovatin';" and the mNnager had t<
import a female sentimental vocalis
at big expense to appease the pa
trons. She sung "Sweet spirit, hai
my prayer" Consider the lillies,"
know that my redeemer liveth," an
other high toned music, and I though
the boys would go crazy with delight
f but they got tired of it in about j
I week.
SALOONS.
-There are saloons all over th
place and whiskey four bils for I
drink. They put two barrels up Gi
end, nail a board across for the bar
and deal it out. A miner who wanti
to treat pours some gold dust on th<
barrel head and says, "set 'em up..'
They never weigh the dust. Some
times a man won't put down enough
dust, but they feVer say a wvord; anc
if be's tight, and" or out $10 01
15 worth, they never' mention it.
They have three faro banks running
all the while. Thjey doni't use checki
for the boys;.when they won a pilh
of checks they threw 'em all over th4
place,, and some were too drunk t<
handle 'em. So the checks playe<
out. Now a man puts a litte gol<
dust in a dollar gr'ern back and it goci
for two dollars. Ten dollars worti
'of dust in a ten dollar green bacl
goes for twenty dollars, and 8o on.
They never weigh dust at all, bu
guess the amount.
THE DEADwooD DAILY PAPERVI.
We have a daily newspaper-tha
is sometimes it's daily-and the:
#hen the compositors get drunk i
don't come out for several days. I
a man wants gun wadding he goc
and pays four bite for a paper.
Whenever they start a new city gov
er.nment they print, a Jot of ordinan
ces; theD there's a grand rush for thi
paper. Soignetimes it-oomes out twic4
a week,..and sometimes twice a day
A Gho*ING GUAVEYIARD.
Every man ini Deadwood carrie
abont fourtee'n pounds of firearm,
hitched to his belt, and they neve:
pass any words. T1he fellow tha
gets his gun out first is the best mat
3 and they lug off the other fellow
' body. Our graveyard is a big insti
' tution, and a growing one. Some
I times, however, the place is righ
-quiet. I've known times when
Sman wasn't killed' for twenty fou
r hours. T1hen, again, perhaps they'
s lay out five or six a day. When
man gets too handy with his shtootir
e irons, and kills five or six, they thin
he isn't safe, and somebody pops) htir
a over to rid the place of' him. Tiw
don't kill him for what ho has dou
s but for .that he is liable to do. The
averagerdaths amount to' about 100
a month.
-111 EOSTIL1! SAVAGEs.
Thye 0(inty-wAros with 'em. They
swoop down on the small camps At
night; and kill whole par tios. In one
) campf aie* nWaib f1rom. Deadwoodi 62
> mon were killed in one night. But
I n6vo saw a word about it in. any
r newspaper. The Cheyenno papers
supproos all such i:ns, and If the
Doadwood papers print them they
are bought-up at any price in Choy
onne aid destroyed. I have gone out
several timef to hunt for men who
went out td prospect, and found thedi
all.dead. I once saw fifteen mon ly%
ing around a. camp--fire where they.
had been eh6t down and loft. The
Indians take their arms,'currency, find
coin,.but leave the gold dust.
TE GOLD DIGGINGS RICK.
The Aiggings are immensely richj.
I have known five men to take out
$2,000 i day right along. Of oburso
avery place isn't alike. Some mon
don't strike such rich deposits, but a
man who is tLrifty, saving and indus.
trious can take away a big stake at
the end of a year. The men who
come from there broke are shiftless
fellows, who gamble and drink all the
while, and squander every cent they
get. I have soon mon put down a
week's run of dust on a single card.
There is no limit to bets, and I have
seen $1,800 put down on the ace,' and
it was what a man had washed out of
the gulches in a week. Of course the
dealer took it. Board is $16 a week,
and ovexything else in proportion.
The quartz claims are also very rich.
I saw, just before I left, a piece of
quartz literally honey-combod with
t free gold-more gold than quartz.
The piece was not as big as. my hat,
and there was $300 in gold in it.
Thore are no stamp-mills, however,
and no attention is paid to quartz
3 lodges. The present claims pan gut
L from $10 to $30 a day, and if it wasn't
for the Indians men would strike out
and find splendid diggings all over
the country.-Virginia (Nov.) Cbron
A Chivalrous Craksman.
Ralph I. Rolland, a Chicago craks
man who figured in .the Chanlbe
burg (WV. Va.) banik robbery Jast year
has been 'interviewed by a reporter
of the Ilarrisburg (Pa.) Patriot, who
describes huim as 5 feet 6 inches jt
height, sparely built, with a broad
white forehead; hair thick, glossyand
dark; a thick mustache; faco clear
and of a clasic appearance; nose.
aquiline;'mouth rather small, the lips
indicating self will and firmness, and
a lull set of natural white teeth. HIe
wore no shirt collar, but on his bos
om was fastened a magnificent dia
mond stud, and a small gold ring was
on one of the fingers of'the left hand.
HIis clothing was of dark cloth, fash,
ionably'made. In course of conver
sation, Rolland sam:
A fter information, I suppose? Glad
to oblige you, provided you will not
drag mec before the p)ublic unneces
sarily, as the Chicago papers have
done. Some of the public journals
are inclined to be rather too sensa%
tional, and frequently drag men into
print who are no way responsible for
the actions of others. Force of habit
has taught me to bear up under any
cloud, under all cir'cumstanices; and I
never lose my presenice of mind. I
have thus f4r been treated respect'.
fully (md humanely by all the officers
with whom I came in contact since
my arrest. I have made it a rule in
the adveutureroums, exciting life I lead
to "give no one away" under any cir
cumstances. Although I may be
considered a bold, reckless man, I
r have nevertheless an inherent prin
Sciple, a sympathetic heart, ar.d'have
Sgiven aid to hundreds of my fellow
creatures in my time. No man has
ever asked mne for aid and .met thme
Sreply "I have nothing now for you;
call again." I thrustit my hand into
e my pOCket anid give the l.tst dollar.
'bia in Ity timn, I thiik, gIte
a*ayastttAli f6rt4 i haity
porteiT6 d ppefr to bxvy
been liberally.qi&*atid, of good ads
dress arsi respectable family. Why
do,,you.9ll9w an-occupation so dan
geros.Mnd pnl.awfulI .
Ralland-4t is a:morbid desire for
excitement and .adventure. 1' ba1e
had tdventure' enough, Heaven
knowst. but have never imbrued my
handa in blood. On the coutrary,
whn a "jb" waa planned or carried
ont I have invariably instructed the
men who vVere connected with me to
take the cooseqtIenoes if they took
the life of any one in. darrying out
plans or finishing up "jo." Some
men in the profession are blood.
thirsty and villainous, h ie no
deai're to be so, for I contend that I
have as much feeling 'a the neit
man for my fellow creatures. I adv'
mit, sir, that my occupation is unlaw.
ful and dangerously uncertain. Bat
take your men in public plaoem now.a
a days. They rob the people of teon.
sands of dollars-nay, of millions
and back out gracefully. Their
friends come to the resene, make a
big ado' and finally wori them out of
the meshes of the law by book or
crook. Now I take from the vaults'
of a bank, where there is an abun
dAnce of wealth. Besides the morti.
fication6'at the loss of money the
pulic at large will not suffer from the
act. Besides, I have already told
you, that I give liberally of my .ill
gotten gains. Charity, you know,
covers a muititude of sins. I believe
in religion; that is a sacred, holy
thing. I am no hypocrite, eithert
Why,;sir, when I was at Chambers.o
burg engineering .this job there was a
great 6tir of religion there, from the
fact that Moody and Sankey were
carrying out the work of evangelism
iu Philadelphia, and its influence was
apparent all over the country. My
wife and I were frequently pressed
to atted church and the prayer tneet
ings at Chambersburg. I said to
her, "Go if you like, with your lady
friends; I cAnnot Wear a cloak of r4
ligion to serg'e the devil in.' Reli
gign is too sacred ithing to trifle
with. I may have some glaring
faults, but I contqzAd that I have also
some,redeqnming trsits.,
Judge Carpenter In the case of
Wmn. -11. Wallaoe, the Speaker of the
Democratic IIo4se of Repsesentatives,
et sl., VS. Carolina National Bank and
other Stato depositories, anid F. L.
Cardozo, claiming to be Republican
Stato Treasirer, asking for an injuno
tion restraining theobanks from pay',
inig any funds upon checks .drswa by
Cardozo as Treasurer1 decides:
1. That lyy law the Treasurer on
tora upon the duties of his offioo when
the incoming Governor is duly and
legally installed, and not till then.
.2. That, the constitution of the
State andLltho statutes require the
presengo of both houses to open and
publish the returns for Governor and
for his installation..
8. That the Mackey House, in
which Chambbrlain was inaugurated,
was illegal and revolutionxary; that its
acts are null and void, and that, there
fore, no legal publiention of the re
turns hed 'been wado, and no lawful
installation of the Governor had taken
place,
A Westcein newspaper has the fol
lowing notice: "All notices of mar
riage where no btide cake is Bent
will be set up In, sinall type and
poked in an ontlandish corner of the
paper. Where a handsome piece of
cake is sent the notice will be put
conspicuously in large letters; when
gloves or otber bridal favors are ad..
dled a piece of illustrative poety will
be given in addition. When, how..
ever, the editor attends the cer'emony
in pe'-son, arid kisses the bride, it
will have a special nortice-.very large
ty pe and the most appropriate po
otry that can be boggnd. borrowed