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DBVOTBD T2O POLITICst MORAITjqy, BDUUATION AND W C TIXGNRA TE1SOTlEOURY VO viH PICKENS, S. 0, THURS SLT THE .SENTINEL D. F. BRADLEY, Editor. IS PUBLISHED ZVERY THURSDAY. BY D. F. BRADLEY & CO. Terms of Subscription. One Year.,............ . Ti 60 Six Months . . . . . . . . 75 Advertising Rates. Advertisements inserted at the rate of $1 00 er.square, of (9) nine lines, OR LESS, for the Brst insertion, and 60 cents for each subse quent insertion. Contracts moade for THREE, six or TWELVE nionths, on favorable terms. Advertisements not having the number of Insertions marked on them, will be published until forbid and charged accordingly. These terms are so simple any child may underst,and them. Nine lines in a square one inch. In every instance we charge by the space occupied, as eight or ten lines can be made to occupy four or five squares, as the advertiser may wish, and is charged by the space. - XW- Advertisers will please state the num ber of squares they wish their advertisements to make. ff&- Business men who advertise to be benefitted, will bear in mind that the SENTINEL has a large and increasing cir culation, and is taken by the very class of persons whose trade they desire. Gov. Hampton's Letter to President Hayes. THE INVIT&TION OF THE PREsIDENT ACCEPTED. The following letter from Governor I1hmpton to President iayes was sent last night by mail, as also by telegraph to the President and press: STATE OF SoUrr1 CAROLINA, Extrcvrivit C11AMBR, Columbia, March 26, 1877. Sir: I have the honor to acknowl edge your communication of the 23d in.stant, addressed to me by yonr private &ecretavy. As you express a desire for a personal conference with i.elf, I mrcopt, fihrough motives of proper courtesy to yourself, the in vitatin you have extended, though I cannot hope by duing so to thruw additiona light on questions which have already been st ably and thor oughly presented, and the solution of which is so Obvious and simple; but understanding from the commn-i iceation I have received that the ob. ject cohtemnplated by the proposed copfoerence is solely that I might place b'efore you my "views ot the 'impediments to the peaceful and * orderly organization of a single and undisputed State government in South Carolina, and of the best meth. ods of removing them," I shall avai myself of your invitation so that I may reiterate in person what I have had the honor to submit in writing, that, in my jndgment, all impedi mients to the object so earnestly de sired by yourself and so anixiously exp)ected by the people ot this State can at once be removed by the with drawal of the Federal troop)s fro1an our State IIouse. Tb'is action on the part of the commander-in-chief of the United States forces .would not only be hailed by our people as ant evidence that civil authority is no longer to be subordinated to the mi~ litary power in our country, but it would establish law, insure domestic tranquility, revive our wasted indus.. tries, and give an assurance that thia State is to be restored to her just rights under the constitution. W hat ever grievances exist, whatever wrongs we suffer', we propose to re dress them not by reasort to force, but by legal and constitutional agen cies. In seeking such redress, I feel sure-and I represent fully the de termination of the thoughtful and conservative portion of our whole people when I give the assurance that,no proscription shall be exer cised' here on account of political 4 opinions; that no discrimination shall be made in the administration of justice, and that all citizens, of both parties and both r'aces, shall be re garded as fiflly protected by and amenable to the laws. Joining most heartily with you in th)e earnest desire you express that you mayne able to "utne en .a speedily as possible to all appearance of intervention of military authority ot the United States in the political derangements which affect the gov ernmentand afflict the people of Soth Carolina," and fervently trust' ing that this auspicious result may soon be reached, I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WADIC HAMPTON, Governor of South Carolina. To His Excellency, R. B. HAYEs, President of the United States, Wash ington, D. 0. Washington Gossip. WASHINGTON, March 21.-General Gordon had an interview with the President this morning, and again urged bim to at once withdraw the troops from the State Hlouse at Co lumbia. and called his attention to the decision rendered by Judge Reed at Charleston yesterday. The Presi dent, as usual, talked very smoothly, expressed his earnest desire to pacify both South Carolina and Louisiana, but could not be induced to sry more than that nction would be taken as soon as possible. It the utterances of the Louisiana and South Carolina conservatives who are to be taken for anything, the commis'sion will, so far as its r eal purposes are concerned, prove a fail ure. Mr. Wheeler and thri.se who accompany him will uidoubtodly be the recipients of every c-lurtesy and attention tromn the people of South Carolina and Louisiana, but it is iicarcely reasonablo to expect that they will listen w% ith patience to the sclleme lf compromise which will be laid b. re tlei. WV hen Mr. Wheel er weit io New Orleans bef'. re and c11mmill icated his 'W heOler'comTpro mi,e the Cotsarvhtives Were tick'ed witi the idea of having a majority in the low er uitso of the L-gis:atre, This was all they got. Kellogg was left midisturbed with he whole pa., t i age ot the State in his hands, and dhe Senate being of the game stripe as he, I he Demoicratic mlajority in the lower house was simply p)ower less to effectan ~tig. Thie commiiiSsi..: now. p,rojected1 is exphc: ed to~ atccomiipl i-ht precisely a simtih u resuli t, but the Conservatives ol Lou isiana are not4 Iikely to be cauglit a seconid t.ime napjping. As tu S *uth Carolina there is not hing at all to suggest evecn a thought of comn promzise, as the last peg has been knocked Ifrom uinder hbam berlain. Trhe uncertainty suirroundiingt the w hole affa ir hias de eeed very mu ich Those who pinned their faith to the Conserva'ive declarationa in the. in,~ augural are fast coming to the cont clusi, n thbat fair words butter no parsnimps. Eveni yet t here is a chance that the President will yield tot his better impulses if lie can only escape fromi the web of treachery, deceit and wrong which has been cost over him. Judi(ge Mackey said1 in conlversation( wi th y'our corresponIden t to niight that, alt hough lie approved t lie usp pobinltment of a conisiSon to Loin isiana, the si tuati ii in Sou thI Caroli. na " as quite1 diffierenit, andl that thle Democrats of t hat S~ ate would sub mit t hen' case to. no0 coinmnissini w hat ever. HIe said further that lie had positi ve inifor mation t hatt at the Cabi net meeting to day both Evarts arnd Schur'z strongly urged the imrnmediate withdrawal of the troops from South Carolina. DEADWoD, March 26.--Five mask ed men attacked the Cheyenne arid Black lill stago coach five miles firom here to day. The first firo killed the driver and the horses ran off, bringing tbe stago and passengers safe lnt,o town, The robbers got no booty. $500 reward has been offered for the robbers, dead or alive. Subscribe for TnIE SomaN1L The &rmy Bill. TLe following is the text of the section of the United States A rmy 0 Apprropriation bill which was the tl subject of irreconcilable difference C between the House of Representa- f tives and the Senate, and which being t adhered to by the House, caused the c failure of the bill: it SEOTION 5. That no part of the r money appropriated by this act, nor any money heretofore appropriated, shall be applied to the pays snbsis- - u tence or transportation of troops used, g employed, or to be employed in sup- p port of the claim of Francis T. Nich. h oils or S. B. Packard to be Governor e of the State of Louisiana; nor shall r any of the money be applied in sup- h port cf the claim of - the two -odies a claiming to be the Legislature of said z( State, presided over respectively by b L. A. Wills and Louis Bush; nor of c( the two bodies claiming to be the w Legislature ot Said State, presided o( over by C. C.- Antoine and Michael iN Hahn; nor in support of the claim of ol Thomas 0. Manning and associates to al the supreme court of said State; nor tL in support of the claim of John T. w Ludeling and associates to be the su- a preme court of said State; nor in aid ti of the execution of any process in the rr hands of the United States marshal in :F said State, issued in aid of and for cC the support of any such claims, nor 111 shall the army, or any portion of it t< be used in support of the claims, or Si pretended claim or &aims of any l kC State government, or officer thereof S in any State, until such 'governient ft shall have been duly recognized by p Cot gress. 1' Any person offending against any L of the provisions of this act shall be o deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and % upon conviotion thereof shall be im-- ti prisoned at hard labor for not less z' than five not more than ten years. % b To the Front. i The "irrepressible" C. P. Leslie, of Land Commission notoriety now v comes to the front. In a letter of re- d cent date, published in a Washington it paper, referring to the offer miade to the President by the Chamberlain E committee that "if the administration ni would recognize Chamberlain as Gov- ti ornor, they could re organize the Re- a p)ublican party in South Carolina and win the next election two years hence," he says. "Reorganize the f<~ party-with whom? Democrats? No S Democrat of any influence would dar9 entor into such a scheme. And th full Republican vote was polled at the late election. A careful exam-i nation of this novel proposition thrust upon the President wvould disclose the whole secret of this committee insist-- 1h ing upon the rccogr.ition of Chamber,. c lain.. There is only one way the Re putbhceans can carry the next State election. That is, let the administra tion recognize Chamberlain as Gov- I ernor, and begin war at oneo, and i keep it up until the Ham pton partyL are annihilated; then the Republicans can, if there be any loft, carry the ' next election. STAFFORD, (Jonn., March 27.-The dlam of Staffordvillo reservoir gave way this morning. The dlamage in this village is fearful. The railroad freight house and all the cars were r washed away. Theo passegger depot ( is all right. The Stafford National t Bank, Congregational Church and about fifteen other buildings have I been washed away. Thei damage to t the railroad track is heavy. Telo- c graphic wanining has beon son t to Norwich and vicinity, as the flood is going in thiat direction. IIARTFORU, March 27.-The p)rob)a, ble loss at Staffor d alone is $30,000O0. Senator Converse telographs that ah, darns on the stroam from Staffordvillo to a point below the springs, with all the bridges, aro gone. Probably not less than 30 houses were destroyed, and the loss will be very large. Theo damn was consider'ed safo, but the heavy rains of Monday afternoon and evening, flled the rosivoir to overflow,. ing. The breaking away was whojj I unexpected, biut the reservoir b set some distance above the village, the alarm reached the people in time for them to effect their escaann The Civil Rights Bill. BALTIMORE, March 22.-The cuse f Harriet A. Culley, colored, against te Baltimore and Ohio Railroad rompanv, which has been on trial mr days in the United States Dis ict Court, before Judge Giles, was 1ncluded this morning, and under structions from the court the jury 3ndered a verdict for the defendant. Ilis actiot, with seventeen others, as brought against the company nder the Civil Rights act of Con ress of March 1, 1876, which im oses a penalty of five hundred dol Lra on any person who shall deny Inal accommodations to any citizen, -gardless of previous condition, in otUls, theatres and public convey ices. The plaintiff, a colored citi m of Maryland, claimed to ,have aen denied accommod.itions on the mpanV's trini in JUne, 1876, and as compelled, as she alleged, to ciilpy a coin lartment, car which was terior, simply because of her race color. The company denied this, d proved that cAored persiois have te same rights on all their trains as hites. Thie court, however, heard rgument on the constitutionality of ic act under the Fourteenth Amend tt to the Constitution, and held: irst, Tiat tho Slaughter House ises, "16th Wallace," had deter ined that the privileges belonging citizens of the United States as ch, were different from the privi ges belongii to citizens of the [ate as such, and that only the irmer were under Cougressional rotection, and that this opinion had een subsequently alirmed by the Inited States Suprieme Court. Sec~ nd, That the right to ride in a raik Pay car for the p)rpos of local -avel was not a plrivile re of a citi 1n of the Uijited States as such, but Pas a privilege belonging to a person y virtue of his State citizenship, and, ierefore, for the denial of such pri ilege, the citizen must 1. ok for re ress to '.be State tribunals, and that was not within the power of Con ress to inflict a penalby for' the do jal of such a privilege. rTe act, ecrefore, was unconstitutional. This pinion accords uith tha~t (of Judge ;mmrons,Uu ited States Circuit Judge >r the Sixth Circuit, and Judge awyer, of Calitornia, and other 'ederal Judges. Tho Love of It. No man can ever attaint to the ighest results itn any branch oIf atgri ulture uniless his heart is in the wor k 'o become a successf'ul breeder of imals hie must love themi, be wil, oto devote his time t.i supply g their wants and studying their abits and requirements. So -it is pith trees; they must have food as ell as the ox or the horse, and if bat nourishment is niot already a und ant in the soil, it must he Su p) lied or the trees will starve. Th'er 3 something" ulboukt fruit culture that o book con ever teach: it is only ac LuireCd b,y co'nstant and pauistakiing 'bservat ion in the orchatrd; a thions *nd little thlingsi are to he done or 1 ft 1undlone thlat onlby exp~erience can each You mvust love your trees and are for .thiit as you woulId for the vants ot a ftriend. You tmtust shiield hemt fromt t hiir enetmies as you vould guiard your own life from the tuack of a foe. You must study the eet works on hiorticultute that you LJay know the nature of' the disease nd how to apply the remedy. The amne laws of life govern the vegeta be anid the animal worlds; all imust at and drink or die; all muswt have u it able food or t hey will become lisnased and( wor'thless. Whlen >roper'ly culItiviated, an orchiard( is not >nly one of thle mnost prof)itable but >eautifnlI otrnenits of the farm. ramnes M. McCann. To break a dog ft om suicki ng egge -.Tat papa hol ma mama whi.: Josh Billings' Guide to Health. Never run into det, not if yu find anything else to ruh tto. Go to bed arly and get up arly, and be karoful what yu dream. Eat fish twice a week, if yu cant git fish, git herring. Allwuss be perlite, it kosts noth. ing and will convinse inore people than logik will. Go to meetin of Sundays, if yu kant do enny better go to leep. Never say No, if y u kan help it, and grese your butes regular Satur day nites. Eat rhi bred and onions, and don't fale to chaw them well. Be kind to your mother in law, and it convenyont pay your bourd at some good hotel. Bathe thoroly once a week in soft water an1d kasteel sopo, and avoid (ite butCs. Exercise in the open are, but don't saw wo.d till your oblige tu. Avoid hot bred and terrapins for Supper. Don't fret and worry, kare has been noan to kill a large sized toma" kat. Laff every time yu feel ttekled, and laff once in a while enny how. Don't phih s)phize too much, phi losopliy iz one ov the. luxuries of life. - Eat hash on washing days, and be thankplhul, if yu have to shot your ize to do it. Don't jaw back-it only proves that yu air az big a fule az the other fellow. Never gossip, nor kriticize your nabors. The chances are that they are az good az you are. Eat no biled lobster nor biled owl just before going to bed unless you want to tu see how your grate grand inuther looks. Be,kind to every thing. Better to throw a bone to a savage dog than a pavin stoan. Don't aware; it may convince yu but is sure niot to convince otbers. Wheni yu grese y'ure butes, use mutton tallo, injun rubber and rosin biled together. Stay at home o' nites; if you kant find anything else to do, play leep frog with your young uns. Keep yur hed kool and yure feet dry, and breeth thru yure nose as umuch as possible. Nor-Bi trycing to follow the abav gide to helth and happiness, the Billings family have bekum- what they am. I'RoruntLY A riRascrJ.-" My dearest Fiducia," he said, as they stood beneath a tree in a flood of mnoonshinie, "1 have longed-oh, so longed!--for tis blisJful opportunity; and even now I hardly dare to speak the swelling thoughts that struggle upj for utterance. Not in tire blistering glare of the noon day sun would I whisper to three of the sweet love that has tinged my whole being with a celestial brightness, but in this soft silvery sheen of thne constant moon would I syallable forth tihe ec static soing of Eros. 0111 canet thou realize how like the radiance of heaven thy beauty beams upon me? Aid shall not the b)less5ed boon be always mine? Wilt thou not hence forth, for all cominrg time, give mue ho right to shield three from the rough conrtact and chilling blasts of an unfeling word? Old if thy smniles could be mine while life should last, they would shed-they would shed -a-a-Ah, dearest, 'they would shed"-W hile lhe hesitated and stumb led for a word, Fiducia eagerly whiis per ed: "N4ever mind the wood shedi Augustus, but go right on with your pretty talk " II. J. Keith, a colored man of Dar lington, had a child born unto him last Sunday, which weighed 20 Founds. It is a boy, and is namedaWade HInp, ion. A Rash Bet. A Rochester man, according id the Sunday Herald 9( that city, bet five dollars the other day that he could put a billiard ball in his mouth It lie had been a newopaper man nc one would lid*e taken the bet, &it being another kind of hairpin, the V was planked Sure enough, the feat was accomplished, bbt tbe' pet former could not get the ball out. Physicigas weresent for. The mo6t attractive ldios in town were put vis-a-vis with the victim, btt thdy couldn't attract wotth a cent. Sam Hildreth, who has the reputation of drawing the biggest ball ever hefd in Rochester, was called; he couldn't conduct satisfactorily. Finally the doctor tried again. One got a l'oad stone, another took a cuesrious in strument and caromed on the two tonsils, he then made i cushion efiot on the larnyx, and tried to pocket the ball in the bronchials. After some skillful play, with several scratche he nursed the ball. out. That whale of prophetic billiard hsheres, now swallows codfish rotundities. A CONsoIENTIous J URY.- An old story is well retold in a recent issue of a Southern journal, as follows: "A jnry in Alabama had l1en erpan oled in a case of a Mr. Johnson, ibarged with ailling his wife. The evidence was positive and conclusive, leaving no doubt of his speedy e6om7 vidlion. To tie amazement, ot all, the jury, after a short absence, re turned a verdict: 'Guilty of horsi stealing.' The judge, aatonished, asked an explanationj stating that the indictment was not for horse steafing but manslaughter. The forenisn, with his hand upon a huge law bookV and with an amusingly dignified Wi' informed' the court thAt 'it was not a case of manslaughter, but woman slanghter, for which the law mad6 no provision, but being setised thd man deserved to be hanged, they had b)rought in a verdict of horse stealing, which, hn thmat country, wvould be sur'e to hang hi. Steve Anderson, who, for saifd keeping, has beeni rem'ov6d to the celi recently occupied by Adam Johnson, aroused the jailer and his family about 1 o'clock on Monday night lasts with loud cries for help. On re p)airing to his cell, the jailer found him in a high state of e'xcitemenit, and onl inqniring the case, was informed by Steve "dat Adam Johnson's ghost cumn in de cell an' kotch him by de head an' beat it up again de door; and it dey didnu't tot k him out ob dat cell he would broken out an' nebber' cum back no mo' as long as huis name was Stephben, sar~it shof"-AikO"h Journal. Professor Baird, Commissioner of Fisheries of the United States and Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti tuto; Proof. Mdilnor, of the Smithsonian Institute, and Captain T. B. Fergu.. son (formerly of Oharleston), Co'ii missionor of Fisheries for the State.of Maryland, have arrived in Charles,. ton. The object of their visit is to as certain what varieties of fish adapted to our waters can bo introduced by tho Government. Hayes' heart has "bled for Africa1 for tho0 first time since his inauguration Fred D)ouglass drew the first blood. lie gets the Marshalship of the Dis trict of Columbia, at a salary of 612,4 000 a year. A cabin ocoupied by negroes in the Cedar Creek neighborhood of Faire fi1(d was destroyed by firo on Thurs,. (lay last.,and a young negro child burn& to doath. It soemss that a negro boy loft to take care of the infant set fire to the building. Th~isj boy has before set fire to houses in which he was lef& by his mother. A politician in Washington has bov come cross-eyed tryingC to keep his eye on the main chano0.