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THE 1KNTLNEL D. 1.3 1&, Editor. Wd E N. O. I1., S. C.: Thursday, April 5, 1877. 1ampton's Government Established. The long expected order for the ,WLhdrawal of the troops from the Stato 11ouso has at last boon promul, gated, and Hampton's goverr.nment practically acknowledged by the Pres ident. This secures peace, prosperity and happiness to the citizons of South Carolina. Our victory, so gallntlly and gloriously won at the ballot box last fall, after long suffering and pa-. tiont waiting, is at last to be fully ro, alized. The prostrate State will now rise tip and movo forward with rapid stridos to a prosperous and glorious future. The reign of the carpet bag ger and scalawag is at an.end. South Carolina is once more In the hands of her native and true sons, and will re main there for all time to come. Lot us be thankful to the river of all good for this blessing. The Fence Law. "In Mecklinburg county, N. C., the new fenco law is working wonders, snys the Greenville News. It was first applied to a single township and now, the whole county is fenced around. It is impossiblo to estimate the advantages ot this system. Thc lands will be enhanced one hundred per cent.. and hundreds of voxatious law suits avoidod whon every firner m-ust keep his stock on his own land. In South Carolina this system will work well in the middle country-that is, all the country betwoon the barron pine lands and the foot of the mountains. We hope the law will be enactcd by the Legislature of South Carolina, giving any township or county in the State the priviloge of adopting the systein for the township or county by popular vote. Wo un etand the people of Anderson are anxious to test the question again by voto. A bbovillo, Laurens, No wberry, Union, and' t,ho lower townships of Greenville would save millions by the system." - We are not sure that the "Fence Law" would prove a saving to the farmers in this section of the State, though some of our largeste and best farmers are in favor of it. The lower section of this County, where the population is more dense, and the forest has been more extensively cleared up would, per haps, be bone, fitted by the law, while the section of country from this place to the top of' the Blue Ridge, where the populafion is more sparse, and there is a good range, an abudanco of forest land and a good stock raising section it would probably be a disadvantago to the farmers. The question will doubtless be brought up before the next Legis,. Jaturo, and in order to understand the desiro of the citizens of Pickens Coun ty in reference t.o the lawv, we invite a discussion of the question through the columins of the SENTINEL. The Ring of the True Metal. A prominent Democratic member of Congress, from Pennyslvania, writing to a fi iond in WVashington city says: "I fear our Southern friends have been too credulous, and are about to be shamefully deceived. Hayes has lost the opp)ortunity of his life. A .withdrawal of the troops.in Louisiana was expected by every body and that would have given peace to the coun try. The Republicans arc surprised at his courso themselves. For my part, I will not voto a dollar to main tain the army while it is used to prop) Packat d and Chamberlain," This is the ring of the true metal, and we feel confident it will ho the sentiment of every Democratic Corn. gr essmon, and when the extra session of Congress meets on the 4th of Juno if Ir. Hayes has not withdrawn the tre'9ps from South Carolina and Lou, iislana by that time bo will find that lhe mnust do so or disban:l ti.e army. QQngress is master of the situation and.we feel asured it will exercise its power. Gen. Hancock has boen interviewed 4.reporter opptured him in Missouri, '!gegeral said he did not sook the ospDtrQQcrati nolminlation for Praes Ident, but he would not deline it. It elooted ,he wooId'probably declino the lttr idaltion of ani electoral cornm mis ;Pubw Meetdug At ,metink of' thb ta*payore o Pick*E, CountY, held. at the Cour Houde,'March #th, 1877. On moion of C6. Holligsworti tev.. W4 B. Singleton was cilled to tho Chair, and W. G. Field requested to act as So cretary. By request of the Chair, Col. Hol. lingsworth ex)lained the objects of the meeting. It being the adoption of some plan or systen by which the ballance due on the judgments ob, tained in the Oireuit Court of the United States on the supersedoas bonds might be raised and paid over to prevent further cost in the case, also, to prevent the sale of the lands advertised by tho United States Mar shal. On motion of Col. Hollingsworth the following resolutions were unani, mously adopted: Resolved, That in the sense of this meeting, the County Commissioners have acted promptly and acceptably, to the people in appointing Capt. W. R. Berry as special agent to collect the eight mills tax, and it is the duty of each taxpayer to pay to the said agent at onco, his tax, as near as the same can be ascertained. Resolved, That each taxpayer of the County should come to the relief of those bondsnen who have their land advertisod and stop the sale as etch ono is aliko intorested. Resolved, That in t,ho event the sales cannot be otherwiso stopped, that we advise the County Commis sioners to malco a bank note of the County, sufficient to pay off the said judgments, but only as a last rosort. On motion of Col. Welborn, the fol lowing was unanimously adoptod. Resolved, That the County Conmis, sionoirs be instructed to make a bank note, and go to Greenville on Satut day noxt and got any balance, if any thoro be romaining, from the bank and pay off the judgments. R(:solved, That the PICKENS SEN, TINEL bo requsted to publish the pr-oceedings of this meting. On motion, the meoting adjourned. W. B. S1NGJLTON, Ch. W. G. FIELD, Scretary. [FoR TIlE PICKENs3 SENTINEL. 1 Mn. EITxon-The action of the County Commissioners of Pickens County, ini refusing to grant licenses to retail spiritous liquors, deserves more than a gassing notice. .In these de~ genorate times, when vice of every kind seems to be on the rampage, swoeping before its destructive flood all that is pure, and true, and good, when intemperance and profanity pollute our highways, and by ways, it it is really refreshing and encouraging to find a body of men to who7n, for the time being, has been committed thc guardijanship of the public inter ests in regar'd to public drinking, thus nobly and resolutely discharging .a high public trust, in behalf of' society, temperance and good order. TIhese gentlemen, c'onstituting the Board of Counity Commisksioner's, 'icserve, and will receive, the hearty wollsdono of every well wisher of the County. It has always boon a matter of surprise to me that a SLtte would ever license a grog shop, when long experience and obseo vation hmas established the fact that every such licenso results, virtu ally, in a license to disturb the public peace, to provide a numerous array of criminals for our' courts of justice, to add to the distress cf brokon hearted wives and helpless children. 01h! for' shame, that such things should bo on, cou raged by a public license from the State. The Comnmissioners of' Pickens County have thus set a noble example which ought to be followed by other counties in the State. This action on their part makes it entirely possibe, nay prIobable, that a licensed bar-room will not exist in the wholo County. The1 different towns may now do like the County town has done for years. 'oto the licenso dow at the ballot box, with the assurance that their efforte to r'id themselves of this frightful evil, '.7i1l not ho neutralized by the etab-1 lishmont of a grog shop just outsido of the corporato limits, by the County Commissioners. Well done for Pick enfs, say3 we. A COUNTRYMAN. BOSTON, March 26.--Advices from Congo, \Vest coast of A fricn, Jan. 15, . states that the British wvar Steamer Avan destroyed seven villages on Con go river, and killed three natives asI punishment for plundering the Amor, ican schooner Thomas Nickerson, of' New Yorkc. The vessel had been cap. Lured by the natives, and about thirty tons of coffee carried up the country. She was fired by the Avan in order to pieoven t further plundering.r There has been five suicides in Co t Latest From Washington I FKampton's Government As sared. 'HE TROOPS TO BE WITHDRAWN The following telegram to Mr. Ham [in Beattie was received in Greenville on Sunday evening, and made glad the hearts of overy good citizen to whom it was shown, as it was the first reliable information received : NEW YORK, April 1, 1877.. Iamlin Boatt'e-Groenvillo, S. C. Tho troops are to be withdrawn to.. mor-raw. This is official. J. E. BEATTIE. The following dispatch, dated April 1st, 1877, was roccived to day, by Pool and MeBoo. WASIIINOToN, April 1.-ILampton Governmont assured. I leavo' to night. M. C. BUTLER. Hampton on His Way to Washington Evory whero on tho road crowds assemblo to greet him. At Vilming, ton, Goldsboro, Magnolia, Wilmon, Rocky Mount, Halifax, Woldon, and Richmond, the people rushing to dhiko hands with him and bidding iim God specd. The following is Governor 11amp .on's speech at Wilmington, March ?8th: "My friends, I go to Washington simpIly to state before the President LAho faict that tho people of South Car lina have elected me Governor of that State. I go there to say to himt that we nek no recogrnitio.n from any President. Woe claim the recognition f'romn the votes of the peop1)1 of the State. I go thero to assure him that we are not fighting for party, but that we are fighting for the good of the wholo country. I am.going there to demand our rights; to take nothing less, so help 'no God. I go to. tell him the condition that South Carolina has been in for years past; that our p)ople have boen under disadvanta~ges niever cncountcrcd by any other peo ple on this continent; that they car, ried the eloction; that they were suzc, cessful, and that thoy prlopose to en joy the fruits of their victory." RICHMOND, Va., March 28.-Gov. Ilampton's progress as far as this has been a continned series of the most popular ovations ever given a public man. At Wilmington the demonstra. tion was immense. Addressing the crowd, the Governor said: '-I go to Washington to speak for the whole people of South Carolina, because our success will give the State peace and security and all the roforms we need. I simply demand our rights as Amos rican citizens. We ask nothing more; we will take nothing less. We have won the victory, and we moan to kooep it, At every station the men rushed into the car to shake his hand and t.he ladies to give him bouquets. From Woldoh to iRiehmond the receptions wore warm, and at Petersburg the train was welcomed by a fuislado of rockets and torpeOdoe.s. At Richmond the greatest demon~. 3tration of all took place. RICHMOND, Ma.rch 28.-Governor Wade Hampton and party arrived tore at 8:30 p. Mi. en route for Wash ngton. lie was met at the depot by in immense concourse of people, num ering fully 5,000, including the Con servative clubs of the city, with music and committees cf prominent citizens,i and was received with groat enthusi% ism, amid firoing of cannon and flre% works. A n address of welcome was nade by lion. A. M. Keilley, ex,%May-. >r of Richmond. After returning< ,hanks for the ovation, Governor I [lampton said he interpreted the do- t nonstration as a tribute to the cause C to represented--good government, E iomo rule and reform. The people of f south Carolina, ho continued, are in i tarnest. We had tried compromise ' n vain, so last fall we planted our i Oct firmly on the constitution and be- I :an battle for our rights. We re-t rtembered that ours was one of the r riginal thirteen 8tales, and strong ~ non and noble womeon joined hands i n the struggle, declaring by Almighty < .~ v. rod AAt hey wpuld sacrifie.1v hiRity win.j [O'eers] JA?' .nd jou di4 w '] YeO,n lend, we dig win. canhotO ag no vhat to Ipoop bad t ieato lin ,heir dons Itutional viot(ry; hut thayI von, and fuIly 2O00*colo-rod men co )perated with them; and now thou, made and %ena f ihtbosaOds of colored enon are paying taxes to my govern anent. [Cheers.] And. now, all we isk, ond all, I am going to Washing% Lon to ask, is that the Federal troops be with4rawn from the State House of South Carolina the only place in the State where my authority is not ro, spooted. Send the soldiers to the barracks, where they belong, and leave the government of the State to the mon who are strong enough to sus. tain it. My people tell me to hold on, and do long as they have a right to give me such advice, so help me God I will hold on. [Prolonged cheering.] WAs1IN9TON, March 29.-Governor Hampton, Gordon and Conner, took lunch with the President at 2 o'clock, to day. There is nothing feared now in the South Carolina case but delay. The statement telegraphed hence that Senator Gordon and Secretary Schurz had drawn up a paper which Governor Hampton refused to sign is untrue in all its details. The Cabinot i; discussing yester day's interview with Gov. Hampton. The delegation from the Charleston Chamber of Commerco have divided themselves into Committees to call on the several Secrotaries. A popular demonstration in honor of Governor Hampton has been, with groat persuasion, avoided by conser vative leaders, who apprehend that under the circumstancos it would not be in good t-ate. It is said to day by gentlemcn who have called upon the Prosident in bo, half of tho IIampton government that while ho favors that government, he yet sees no moans by which Chain - berlai n can be satisfactorily d ispoed' of. Governor IIampton visited Senator Bayard and some other friends and dined with Fernado Wood to day. The President doubted to a color'. ed delegation whether ho would aap, p)oint Prof. Langston Comnmissioner of AgricultLure. Though no direct knowledge is ob,. tainable from official sources as to the intentions of the Government regard ing South Carolina, there is an im,. prcessi, sustained by x arious facts, that the end of the deliberations now prIogressing will be an order with drawing the troops fr'om the State IIouse at Columbia, and the conse quent practical recognition of' Govern or Hampton. FOR THlE PICKENs SENTINEL. Ma. EDrron-Early on the morning of' the 29th ult., according to p)revious arrangement, the Sheriff; Probate Judge, at torneys,Com missioners,,jurors and witnesses, along with a very re spectable crowd of spectators, assem bled at W. WV. Knight's, near the line between Pickens and Anderson Coun, ties, for the purposo of holding a~n in quisition in the case of W. Walker Russell, ox parto, John 8. Walk, er and Eleanor J. Walker for lu naoy. The court das org ani zod and opened by C. L. HLollingsw orth, Esq., attorney for the plaintiff, assistod by the Sheriff and Probate Judge. Being organized the court proccodod to busi ness. The first witness examined was Dr. S. WV. Clayton, for the plaintiff, followed by Dr. T. WV. Folger, WV. WV. Russell and others--crossedl examined by .R. A. Child, Esq., attorney for the dlefendents. The examination was very interesting-<lefen dants in terupt ing the witnesses at short intervals t ho Sheriff t:alling out at theo top of his voice, "silence in court!" Examina tion of' witnesses progressed unti bhrough with when the attorney for he phaintift'and the attorney for' the lefondants levelled their heavy artll.. or'y at each other, and managed it withi more than their usual skill and ability, especially Mr. Child, for the lofendants; it has been admitted, we >clievo, by all presbent, that lhe made he master effort of his life, under the :ircumstances. His speech was truly in able one. Though, unfortunately or him, the evidence was all against urn. The jurors were also familiar vith the circumstances and surround, ngs in the case. During his remarks oe proposed to submit to the court bat suoh and such evidence or testis nnwas not competent in the case. n s citemenrt~ be crys out, "w.bere a the court," .and being abo*n the onet ho nays. eyonr honor will OXOnSO for- sin#youj, Had not thefya ce b4#n ag inst him, and tho, a:mlUar *'jk1 the case aDd all ou nding &Oumstances, it, is ell how e decision might lave b . It is reported that Mr. 5hild received a portion of his too in advance, some-w--a--fthici sweetened hire and giktly. Moused his sympa Lhy for his clieuts. The probability Is that, had he not boon thus dealt with, his effort would have been more feeblo. In the close, or soquol, all was calm and serone. On our way homo Chief Justice (Dr. Clayton) kindly administered to the wants of several of our party, which infused now life and cheorfuillnoss to all the way- worn, fatigued, sick and tired of the crowd. SPECTATOR. Two Men Burnt. About seove o'clock on the evening of the 1st instant, says the Greenville News, quite an excitement was cr ated in the vicinity of the store ro cently occupied by J. H. Morgan & Co., and which was destroyed by the late fire, by the finding of a portion of the iemains ot two persons, who are s3upposed to have lost their lives by the firo. A femus bone was found in the debries of the roar room of the storo; and Dr. Milos examined it, and gave it as his opinion, that the man was burnt in the late fiio ; and towards the front of the building, there was discovered an arm bone, the humerus, as Dr. Miles termed it, and this he thinks has been laying there a long timo, and was not the result of' the fire; but he could not say for certain that tho man was burnt in this fire.' The city authorities have ordered a general !rk for tho balance of the romains this morning. It somewhat remarkable that these bodies have not beforo bece discov cred; as it lias boon suspicioned, that there was fonl pay in the burning of the block on) Coffeo street, and that, a white man and a negro-both bad characters, have been rmissi ng ever since the fire. No dloubt there wvill be some startling developments in a day or two, as the authorit,ies are do, termnined to for ret the matter to the bottom. [Th is is one of Speights' big A pril fools.-En. SENTINEL. DEFI NITIoN OF (IIAMBEaRLAIN. Chiamb'rlain is a compound unconsti t utional noun, black in pcerson, doC clining in number, Africani geonder, "desperate'' case andI gover-ned by negroes, according to the old Puritani i-ule-one ignor-amat is gover-ned by another. Trho remains of the hate Gen. Wag ner- were d isi n terredl at Walhialla last wveek, and carried to Chiarleston by an escort of citizens, for the purIpose of reintermient, at the latter lIlace. Corn, Corn. WANTED TO PURCHASE 1,000 UUSHELS CORN, for which we will pay the market price in Cash or Goods. JOHN TI. GOSSETT & CO. N. 0. Molasses. A heavy supply of the above Molasses in store, which we purchased in New Orleans, and which we will warrant to be a genuine artiole. JOUN T. GOSSETT & CO. Irish Potatoes Call on us and get any of tho Early Vari eties of Northern Potatoes JOHN T. GOSSETT & CO. --o We are getting in store, a good supply of' the above implements, which we are offerinig at a very small advance above cast and car rrage. JOHN TI. GOSSETT & CO. Dry-Goods BPRING sBTYLE~ PRINTS; Ginghams, Cotton Plaids; Bhlrtings, Tickings; Camnbrios, Long Cloths, &c; 30mates' ad Clarks' 0. N. T. 8pool Tread; Whittemnore's Cotton Oards; L'urkey Rled Yarn, Palmetto Fans; Brpida, Ootton Hfose, &c., &o. And a full line of all sorts of Dry Goods md Notions in store and to arrive soon. Dal1 in and see for yourselves. JOUN TV. GOSSETT & CO. W.aslay. 8. C.. Fah. 12, 1877 St ri's Sale. ;iT4TE 01F 8% UTII RUOLINA. C6UNT PIOKUS. Ar TIlE COURT Op 0(Af5N PLNA,#. Itephen D. Keith, Ja;mes A. diffin and J. Calhoun Griffin, Surviving Administrators of E. H. GrIffin, Senior, deceased, PlaintWis. against . R. Newton Felger, Alonso M. Folger and B. Fletcher Lesley, Defendants. ,omplaint to Foreclose Mortgag4 ,of Real Estate. BY virtue of-a decretal order of His Hon. T. H. Cooke, Judge of the 8th Judicial 30irouit., in this case, bearing date the sixth lay of March, A. D., 1877, I will sell to the dighest bidder, before the Court Housedoor it Pickens Court House, between the legal 4ours of sqle, on Monday, the seventh day of May next., the following described Premises, to wit: All those certain Pieces,'" Parcels or Tracts Df Land near the Town of New Pickens, known as Lots No.1 and No. 2, containing One rind Three Quarter acres, more or less, and lying South of Main street, West of the Good. lett itouto, adjoining the Lots of S. D. Good-, lett, deceased on the East, Andy Bowen on the West, on the South by Lots 7 and 9, pur-i fhased by E. E.-Mason. TERMS OASH. Purchasers to pay extra ror titles. - JOAB MAULDIN, s.p.c' april 5, 1877 80 4 Sheriff Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.. rICKEN8 COUNTy. IN TIlE CO URT OF COMMA ON PLEAS S. D. Keith, James A. Griffin and J. C. Grif,. fin, as Surviving Administrators of the Estate of E. 11. Griffin, SeniQr, deceased, plaintiffs. again- t Andy Bowen and Alonzo M. Folger, De fendants. Complaint to Foreclose Mortgage of Real Estate. 4 B Y virtue of a decretal order 'from His lIon. T. 11 Cooke, Judge of the 8th Ju., dicial Circuli, in thiq case bearing date the sixth day of March, A. D., 1877, 1 will sell to the highest bidder, before the Court Ioue door at Pickens Couit llouse, between the legal hours of sale, on Monday, the seventh (lay of May nexi, the following described LAND, to wit: All that Piece, Parcel or LOT of LAND, lying near the Town of, Pickens, known as Lot No. 3, and hying on the South side of Main street, contaLininug one acre, more or' less, and adjoining No. 2 on the East and No. 4 on the West, whereon Andy Bowen now lives. T'1' 18 M CASH-I-Purchaser to pay extra for Uitles. JOA B M AU LDIN, s.r' c. april 5, 1877 . 31) 4 Sheriff's Sale. STATE OF-SOUTil CAROLINA. PcIKENS COUNTY. By virtue ofai decretal order fesmn Hon. T'. iT. LiCooke, Judge of the 8th Jadicial Circuit, I will sel'. to t he highiest hidder, for cash , on Saheday in May next, the following Re al Estato. to wit: All the following described Lotfe, Parcels of Land, sitnmt e in the Towna of~Liberty, in Piekens County, 8. C.. viz: 1L01 No. 13, situ ate on Front and Second streets, East side, cont aining One Eight hi of an acre--excepting thieretromu, that portion owned by 0. N. Broom and R. L,. St ansell; Lot. No. 29 oni Third street, East side, conitaniing Thuirty..six Rods; Lot No. 47 on Main and Secontstreets, West side, containg One acre and Eight Rods; Lot No. 48 on Main and Third streets, a5l joining Lots No. 47 and 52, containing One acre and Eight Rods; Lot No. 5, South of Railroad on Fourth otre'et, containing Forty, one Rods. Levied on as the property of Sanmuel M\. Hiolcombe, at the suit of (forow losure) WV. 1. Hiolcomble. TERMIS CASIH. JOAB MAULDIN, s.r.o. april 5, 1877 30 4 Sheriff Sale. -0 S PATE OF SOUTI.L CAROLINA, PICKENS COUNTY. )Y virtue of' an order to me directed by 1W. G. Field. Esq , .Iudgc of Probate, in anid for said County, I will sell to the highest bidder, on znleday in May next (7t.h} the following descirted REAL ESTATE, to witt 411 'hat PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the County and State aforesaid,, oR branches of Golden's creek, adjoining Lands of Wmn. WV. Clayton, Taylor O'dell, Cato Banks and others, containing 254 acres, more or less. Sold as the propert.y of Emily Banka and others, for partition. TERMS CASH. , JOAB MAULDIN, i.w.a. april 5, 1877 80 4 The State ofrsouthi Carolina. PICKENS COUNTY. Byi W. C. FieM, Judge of Probate. Whereas, Emma Taylor, has ~made suit to me to grant h<r Letters of Administration, upon t he Es tate and Effects of Lucinda Taylor, deceased The kindred and creditors of the said Lucinda Taylor, deceased, are therefore cited to be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be holden at Pickens C. H., on Thursday, 19th day of April, Inst , at 11 'o'look, a. in., to show cause, if any they have, 'why the said administrat.ion should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this, the Ith day of April A. D., 1877. W. G. FIELD, Jrro april 5, 1877 80 2 PUCIASED in large quantites and sold at low prices. Call and exa,Tjne the argest and cheapest stock of Saddrles ever in he city, with an abundance of Harness of atest styles and best selected material. Also, Flames, Collars, Whips, &o. Hides, Tallow md Leather wanted at all times. Shoemakers F'ools and Shoe FIndings a specially. VARDRY McBEE, Main street, Oreenville, 8. 0. M~arch 16. 1877 27 4