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DEVOTED TO POLITICS, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND .0 THE GHNERAL INTEREST OF TIE COUNTRY. L. vi. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1877. SoNO 3HRS THE SENL.TINEL '1 .PUBLISHED EVERY. THURSDAY. BY D. F. BRADLEY & CO. Terms of Subscriptionk. die Year.. ............ .1 50 514 M6nths ............ 75 Advertising Rates. 'Ad'ertivement s Inserted at the rate of $1 00 pap aquoe, of (9) nine lines, oR LESS, for the lyst insertion, and 50 cents for each subse fuesh lnsei tion. - Contracts made for TnREE, sIX or JrWFLVE rpenths, on favorable terms. Advertisements not having the number of insertions marked on them, will be published qtil forbid and charged accordingly. These terms are so simple any child may ttaerstand thon. Nine lines Is a square one. inch. In every instance we charge by the space occupied, as eight or ten lines can tbe vade to occupy four or five squares, as the avWertifer may wish, and is charged by the spce. - g' Advertisers will please state the num ber of squares they wish their advertisements to make. AWftBusiness 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 pat-sons whose trade they desire. MY ANGEL MOTHER. In the land beyond the river, Over the skies forever fair, -Dwells my sainted angel mother Watching for my coming there. One day over the silent waters At the setting of the sun Went she with the mystic boatman, And her earthly life was done. Much I miss her at the twilight, When the shadows veil the skies, For she used to sing at evening Many tender m'lodies. I have stood I'a old cathedrals Where a hundred singers sung, But their voices mdver thrilled me, Like her voice, when I was young. She would take her time-worn Bible, When the lamps were all alight, And from that God's word she red us, Truths to guide our steps aright., And she whispered to us of heaven Where the many mansion are; Ar.d while she was here among us Heaven seemed not so very far. Oh',3I know the angels met her, When the boatman rowed her o'er, And they sang a song of welcome When her feet. touched Heaven's shore. * There she wait& the IIeaven-ward coming Of the one lo-ved on earth, On her face and heart the glory Of her new Immortal bir th. Sometimes, in the twilighit silence, I fancy she is near, And I listen for her blessing, Which I teel, but do not hear; Then I long to hear her calling From that fairer shore than this * For my heart grows weary waiting. For my Angel Mother's Kiss. Silver Currency. The recent order of Secretary Sherman, directing the exchange of silver coin for National banik notes Ihas had the effect of distributing large amounts of silver coin in remote dis tricts where there was a scarcity of small change. Thle exchange so far for the present month aggregates $60,000. The disbursements of silver to date has been as follows: On account of cur rency obligations $12,260,904 81 in redemption of frrac *tionial currency 19,070,361 96 Tijotal $31,331,566 76 TJ.here still remains outstand-ing dractional currency to the amount of ,$22,489,357 52, which added to the -silver in circulation gives a total of *2,770,542 29. The late act of Congress provides for a silver circu )ation of $50,000,000, and at that tline there' was $40,000,000 in the frenwy,which the Secretary claims tY4 igh&t to issue, so that if all the fractional currency were exchanged, there would be a silver cir'cnlation of $54,000,000. It is believed, h'owever', at-Tie Treasury, that at least $10,000,. 000 of, the fractional currency has 4 benh lost or destroyed, whieb, of gonrse, will.niever be presented for redeinption. The amount received for thedemption has fallen off from $8,500,565 in May, 1870, to $? 908 for the'month of March last. It is not probable, therefore, t hat the total silver circulation will exceed e $44,000,000, until Congress shali tnke further nation~ inibi t ..e :rms The Governor's Second Message. Mesage No. 2 from his Excellenc3 the Governor was presented to tb Senate and read as follows: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, COLUMBIA, May 4, 1877 Gentlemen of the Senate and House o Representatives: I beg to call your attention to th( fund raised undbr the resolition o the House, adopted on the 20th Do cember last, and to ask what dispo sition of the balance of this fund re maining in the hands of General Ha good you desire made. As all the State offlicers are now installed in office, it may be propei that this fund should be turued ovoi to the Treasurer as a portion of th( taxes collected. I a'so bring to your attention tht fact that this is the only amount avail able just now for the general expen see of the government. The las! month's bills for the mainEenance 01 the State institutions are due, and these accounts have hitherto been paid on the 4th of each month. The salaries of the State oflicers Lave beet paid on the fom tcenth of each month If it is the wish of your honorabh body that these liabilities should b( discharged out of this fund, I suggesl that directions should be given to ih< Treasurer to that effect. In connec tion with thjis subject, I tratnsmit V letter from Messrs. Gleaves and Pur via in reference to their salaries, anc I recommend that provision be madt to meet their clahims I haJe the honor to lay before you also, the report of the Superintenden of tre Institution f)r the Deaf, Dunit and Ulind, 11n1.1 the mlemorlal of th< trustees (it the Palmetto Orphat 114m . Thsi ins t i itutions deserv< conSideratio , anI)d I II(S)oe Ihat aluet aid may be extended to them as wil enable them to fulfil the charitabh objects for whicb they were created The report ot the superintendent o the formner shows the d isbu rsementi I have made for its support so far As the coniditioni of the Orphan IIomi was deplorable, I have- appropriate< $500 to meet its immediate and prtes silig wants. WADE IIAItXTON, Governior. Where He Will Find a Peg for His Car pet Bag. What is to becomo of John Patter son, of Pennsylvania and South Caro uin a, is a question which John has nov to consider seriously. .He has hoar( of a prop)osi,tion to bu.ild a new poni, tentiary in South Carolina, and hai gone up and down WVashington saying "That's for us follows.'' John thuinks however, that in view of the ncw fa. cilit,ies for t,h-e accommodation of car. pot-baggers, he- will follow Chamber lain's example and withdraw forovo from the bull-dozedf State. Tho fivy years "good stealing," of which he sav so brilliant a promise have boen unex pectodly abbreviated. John mnigh return to Pennsylvania, whore th, Cameron's may find employment fo him as thov did before he was son down to buy the South Carolina Son atorship. It would, per'haps, be a well for him not to settlo in Juniat County, wvhere jail room is said to b quit,e asi plentiful as in Sou.th Car'olina but ho couldi lie abount IIarrisburg a of yore, where men of his' kind ar< still-encouraged, and perhaps ho migh pick up a precarious living in the oh line by doing odd jobs of bribery fo his Winnebago pa trons. ie w ill nov or be prosecuted there, for in tihe re quest by the Ilouse of Ropresentative to thto Governor to have him indicte he was associated wit,h a Pen nsylvani statesmlan whoso power on the resor vation is still equal to almost an emergency. T hore, at least, J olmn ii find a peg for his carpet bag and wor for his nimbhlo fingers-Now Yorl Sun. ".Don't give up the ship" is no longe heard from the Chamberlaini officiahi They have alim "cc i thei, ..eta Baptist Ministers and Liquor. In the Baptist Ministers' Confer ence, yesterday, Dr. Reid of Brook lyin, sprung' a vote upon total ab stinence. "How many of you," ho asked, suddenly jumping up and facing the brethren, "believe that for your own sake, for Chirist's, and for that of your friends, it is your duty to advocate and practice total ab stinence from wine, ale, and beer?" "One minutel" a brother shouted. "Do you mean as a beveragel" "Yes," the Doctor answered. Then an anxious voice from the back seats asked whether he included cider. Dr. Reid said: "No. And now for the vote." The decision seemed to be unanimously for total abstinence, and on its announcement, Brother Knapp said: ",-Brethren, I was total abstinence until last summer. Then, because I was an inordinate water drinker, and water made me too flesh)'"-here the Doctor straight. ened himself up to show how very fleshy he was yesterday, and conse quently how inconvenient any st perabundant adiposity must be for him to carry-"then under the phy sician's order-no under advice-I drank claret with mny dinner. I found that by drinking a little claret I prevented thirst during the entire afternoon. This sumnmer I may not find it necessary, but I probably shall. I just thought I'd explain why I didn't vote on the question. Brother Lawson said that, for the Brooklyn Convention, he had been with others to Albiny to see what restrictions coitld .be laid on the li quor tratlic. A memorial is to be > presented by many Baptists to the Speaker of the Assembly and to the i President of the Senate. Th ten perance eno have weight and influ i ence in Albany, and it is believed I that the Legislature will not meddle with the existing liquor law. The Prohibitionists expect, therefore, to f close two thirds of the bars in the 3 large ciie of New York before the .end of the year'. Tue Chairman of 3 the Ilouse committee into whose I hands the liquor question has been p)ut is, Brother' Lawson said, a chris tian, and works for the cause of temn pe ran ce. In the Methodist minister's meet ing yesterday,. Dr. Goodsell, W. C. .Steele, and Geo. H. Corey were ap., . pointed a commnittee to go to Albany and.present to the Legislature the i ministers' f.ormnal reso-lutions against either the repeal otr any modification a of the excise laws of 1857, and against :the enactment of any new liquor' law. Niagara Falls was actually sold at auction on Tuesday last. The priop e' erty bt'ought under the htammuer at 3 this remarkable sale was the exclus sive right to the water of the Ame rican side of the Niamgara River at the Falls, t-he.Hydrau lie Canatl, Grass Island, above the F?alls, and ten lots in the Village of Niatgar'a Falls, thge whole being known as the Canal Sproperty. The first bid was $5,000, and the pr'operty was sold for $11,000 rIt had to be sold to avoidl being sold by te sheriff to satisfy a nmrt. s gage. 'Te property belongs to 11. 3 II. Day and cost over a million dol I. larB. The cantal furnishes one hun, I dred and seventty thousand horse e' pGwer. The purchasers were J. F. -Shoelkonn & Son, of Buffalo, for a sto"k 'company at Niagara Falls and SBuffalo cap)italists. -At thme concclu sion of thte sale the auctioneer said 'that he felt exhausted after iuking such a trcenedous.sale of water', and 1that he would be particularly obliged if e very body would step into the Snext room and take a drink of sUoe thing stronger with him. Iberykody went. r. . Thte very best thing to give a meQan , an is to give hi1n the go-by. I Reptile Imprisonment. AN IMMENsic LiVicSNAKE TAKEI FROW A Boy's STO&CH. The Dtibuque Herald relates v wonderful and almost incrodiblo storj of a snake which was imprisoned ic ihe stoiach oi a lad for a period ol live years. The boy, whose natne it Bunning, resides with his parentE near Dyerville, in Delaware county, Ia. Five years ayo, being then tet years of age, he began to suffer fror pains in his stomach and abdomica regions, which at times were almosl beyond endurance. The best physi cians in reaching distance were con suited, and every remedy known tc medical science was brought into re quisition, but all in vain. As the lad grew older the pains became lcsE frequent, but when they did ocei they were of such an excruciating na ture as to throw him into terrible convulsions. Just before the paine and fits came oi young Benning would declare that lie felt. something crawling in his body and windin and twisting about his intestines. Th( boy ate voraciously, but rcnained poor and emaciated. Several physi. cians believed him to be troublec with tapswormn and treated him foi that afiliction, but without favorabl( results. The cratrips and convulsion continued and recently wore accom panied by choking sensations. Ben l.ing's parents having tried ever mcanls in their power to procure re lie1 froim1 hiS troUbles, recontly sough the advice of a doctor who happene< to visit Dyer-villo tor the purpose e lecturiig. This physician, whos name is not given, inade an examina tion of the patient, and sutted thu the boy's stomach was inhabited b. a living reptilu of soe sort. 11 adininistered a dose of medicine, an expressed the belief that it would & operate as to cause the living reptil to make its appearance in the boy' throat. The doctor 1roved to be cor rect. In a fewv minutes after adinn istering the mendieine the head oft snake oppeared in the boy's mnouti and was gently drawn forth from iti five years impr isonment by a forCep in the huanids of: the doctor. Tih snake was of a garter species, beauti fully striped, and measures 13 inche in lengt h. The snake died soon1 af ter' leaving its living prison,. andi now p)reserved in alcohol'. The IHer aid says that it has been seen b' hundreds of people, and theo eveni created considerable excitemenit. The theory given for' the presence of th< snake ilk Bonnlin)g's stomach is tha he must have swallowed it wihl drinking from Bomne one of th< springs ini the vicinity of hIs resi dence, or else dIranlk the germ fron which his snakeship grew into hii formiidable size. Thle story is a re maarkable one and well calculated t( excite wide spread attention. A Pro-roonUAm'I Ws An1vIaIC.- At English phoitograper mnakes tihe jul. lowing suggestions: 'Wh len a ladQ sitting for a j.icture wolid comipos< here mouth to a bland and sereim character, she should, just upon en tering the room, say 'bosm,' anm keep the expression into which thi mouth subsides unmtil the dlesired ef f'ect in the camera is evident, if, o1 the other hand; she wishes to assnumt a distinguished and somxewhiat nobbi bearing, not suggestive of sweetnes03 she should say 'brush,' the result u which is infallible. If she wishes t< make her' mouth look small, she mus11 say 'flip,' but if the mouthi be alread; too small and neceds enlarging, sii must say 'cabbage.' I(she wishes t< look mournful, shie must say 'ker shunk;' if resigned,shie muIst forcibi ejaculate'i'cat.'' The latest hats ini Paris areC madt of nothin)g buit flower*s alranged, nc as head-dresses, blut in the ordinar hat shape Strange Characters. NKw ORLEANS, April 28.-A re mnarkable grapholito has been found near this city. A grave digger em ployed in the Shiloh Cemetery threw up among the dirt a rocky fragment which attracted the notice of the superintendent, an intelligent man, not only on account of the rarity of auch a discovery in alluvial soil, but also by its singular shape. Further investigation resulted in the exhu mnation of a slab of what appears to be petrified wood three feet two inch es in length, eleven inches wide, and one and a haif inches thick. On thie is rudely cut in large Roman capitals the following inscription, which no one has yet been able to translate or expai: R U I B D Y E II O V E R1 N O II E I T S E T NGR A S G T E N The grapholite, by a vote of eight to seven of the Cemetery Directors, has been transmitted to the Smith sonian Institute through Mr. Wayne MacVeagh, who has taken great in terest in the discovery. The savans will propably b able to determine whether the characters ropresent some charm employed in the Voudon worship of tWe negroes or are really a relic of a prehistoric civilization in Louisiana. A Happy Couple. A man should always be a little older, a little braver and a little stronger, a little wiser aid a little inure in love with her than she is with him. A wonian should always be a littk 6 younger, a little prettier and a litth more considerate than her husband Lo 1od bestow upon her tll hio worldly goods, and she should take care of them. le may owe her ev ery care and tenderness that connu bial affuction can prompt, but pecu iary indebtdiiess to her will become a burthen. Bettor live on a crust thazt he earns than on a fortnne that she brings him. Neither should be jealous, nor give the other cause for jealousy. Neither should enlcouriage sentimental friendship With the ops posite sex. Perfect confidence in each other and reticence conlcorning our nmtual affairs, oven to the mom bers of their own family, is a fit no cessi ty. A wife should equip) herself in the most becoming paraphmarnelia when silo explects to meet her husIban1d's Seye. The hlusband should not grow slovenly, evenl at home. W hen she meets him with a kiss and a fond clasp at tile door, he0 shonld not fail to kindly reciprocate the kindnelCs. Fault-finding, prolix argumen ts, or scold ings, ends the happiness that be gins with kisses and love making. Sisters and brothers may quarrrl anid theni 'mlake up.' Lovers are lovers no longer' after such d istmii banices oc, 1cur, and married people who are not lovers are bound by red hot chains. It a mai&n admwires his wife most in striped calico she is niot silly to wear 3 it. Thej~j te3lephone will be death of the prlesent telegraphi lines-that is, all thle wires will have to be buried under grounid, or the wicked girls wvill climb the poles and hear wihat thle boys are talking about in tile great offices. Sjournialiet who, noting thle presenta' t on of a cupI to a brothe1r editor, re. mIarkedl: 'lie neceds no cup. ie cani dr*~ ink from aniy veC3sl conitainling Ii ) qjuor, whether tile neck of a b)ottle, the mothi of aL p)icle jar, the spik of a keg, or t he bung of a barrel. "It's not loud p)raying," says' at tArkansas circuit-rider, 'WhIich counKtI withl the Lord, so much as givinl four full quarts to the gmllon.' A New Game. The Virginia Chronicle sayso A man came into a restAnrant gud mounting a high stool leaned over the counter and ordered a porter house steak with eggs on the side,. and some ale and oysters to begin on. In about half an hour lie had' finished his repast and was begin ning to deliberate what kind of des sErt he would wind upon-,-when a man walked in, and tapping him otr the shoulder, remarked:. 'Is your name Bill Hickst' 'Yes, that's my name," said t1he man on the stool, as the band stole down to his hip pocket, fumbling for the handle of a barkery'what do you wantV 'We had a little trouble once be fore in White Pine, and now I guess I've got you dead, to rights' contin ned the new comer, pulling owt a large sized six shooter: 'If you'll j lst step into the street and pace off your dietance, I'm yo*r man,' said the feeder, who just fin. ished his pie, and whipping out r# a revolver he sprang off his perch and rushed after the other into the street. The frigh-tened restaurant inan got down behind the counter anct. 1)ent hiB Car to liGten to the 110ts and the rush of the mohl but didn't hear anything unusual, and im about five minutee he recollected that there was $2.50 owing on the meal. Then he went out on the side walk to investigate, 'Was there a row ovot herea tew minutes. agol' he inquired of a stAr& gazor on the sidewalk. 'Didn't see any. I've been here for the last half hour or so.i 'See two fellows with ulaters and revolvers come out' 'Yes, they were talking Abont swappin' guns, and they're over across ther way now, takin" a driak. The restaurant nan went back to clear up the dirty dishes and reflect on his foolishnese. A Kentucky darky said: 'I've know'd dat mule fur free yeah,' an' I don't tink de animile kwad hurt a lamn, 'cause'- The blank -space in dicates where the recommendatlon was interrupted and Sambo for warded to the other side of the fence. 'Handsome is as handsome does,' quoted a Chicago man to his wife oni a recent occasion. 'Yes,' rejoined t be lady, in a winning tone, and hold. ing out her hand:, for instance, a h usband who is al ways r'eady to hand some money to his wie Married ladies- will beo so good a to hold the Norwich Bulletin resa poJnsible for the following: 'Don't you think,' she inquired amiably, 'that most meon are possessed of a devii?' lie said be thought they wore, particularly after they were mnarried. An up-town girl sat on her lover'st hat anid kept him three houtrs.over time. T1he next time that young man goes to see his girl be should hang his haLt on a nail, instead of holding it in his lap.. In wAindin)g up an article on the .hast corn crop) an Alabama editor re marked: "We hrave on .whibitioy in our sanctum a magnificent pair of' ears. Josh Billings says: Whenever I find a real handsome woman engaged in~ wimmnin 'a righites bizziness, then I am going to take my hat under my arm and jine thre procession. Tfhe salaries of good base ball phAy era will this year range from #20~ per week down to a wvhack under theojaw for' jumIping into a muan's garden after I ree iermkrg