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DEVOTBD TO POLITICS, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND 'O TIB GIINRAL INTEREST O TH2 0OUNTRT. VOL. VI. . PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1877 NO. 37 T11 SENTINEL 1, PULISUED VJUY THURSDAY. iY D. P. BRADLEY & CO. teens of Subseription. Oie Year. .... . .1 60 at Months . . . . . . . 75 --Advertising Rates. Advertisements inserted at the rate of $1 00 per kquare, of (9) nine lines, OR LZSS, for the irht, sertion, and 60 cents for each subse qieit inset tion. Ceak*Ats made for THREN, six or TWNLVE mf4ths, on favorable terms. Advertisements not having the number of inertions mrked on them, will be published uq forbid and charged accordingly. These terms are so simple any child may udderstand them. Nine lines is a square one:inch, In every instance we charge by thse 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. 'X Advertisers will please state the num bet' of squares they wish their advertisements to 1"ke. 'AWBusiness men who advertise to be beneAtted, will bear in mind that the SENTINEL has a large and increasing cir cutation, and is taken by the very class of persons whose trade they desire. FOR THE PICKENs SENTINEL. Air.-" Shout the Battle Cry of Free, dom." With Hampton for our leader we marched into the fight, To try to whip the Radicals and battle for our rights. Cnoaus-Old Chamberlain with all his hosts can govern us no more; Shout forth the battle cry for freedom, We want an honest government as in days of yore; Shout the battle cry of freedom. The Radicals were cunning as by their acts were shown, But Hampton by his honesty their schemes hate overthown. CHORUS. The Aight was at the ballot box and there we gained the day, But still, the filthy bugbears tried to throw our votes away. C11onus. but Hampton went to Washington and made the matter known, And then Old "Dan" Chamberlain was left to fight alone. - CHORUS. he though that guns and bayonets would give 9 us all a fright, but soon he found that Hampton was con tending for his rights. Cuonus. Hie found his fatten governmnent he never could sUipport, While those who Went for Hampton was of another sort. CroRUs. 80 then he had to leave tas and thottght he'd write his will, Btin stepped Golernor Perry and *rote the codicil. CHonUse And now the question's settled with ilanip, ton at our head, We'll go to work in earnest for justice and a for bread. Clionus. Republicans or Democrats we do not eare a "'straw,"~ 13Mi what we want is honest men to make an ,honest law. CROnUs; We cordialy invite them to lay their weapons down, And help to bring Carolina back to her old renown. And now may God assist us to work with one accord, TQ nobly do our duty and reap a rich reward. CHonus-.Old Chamberlan with all his hosts 9 can govern us no more, Shout forth the battle cry of freedom, We'll have an honest government inst like we had before, Shouting the battle cry of freedom. T, W. T. The old hymn, "Rock of ages cleft for me," was written by the Rev. Augustus Montague Toplady about one hundred years ago. During these hundred years it has found its way into almost every land and ever'y tongue. Some time ago an Ameri can clergyman attended an American churph in Constantinople, and beard a hymn which in a foreign tongue seemed to produce a powerful im pression upon the congregation. As he left thegouse what was his suir prise to learn that this affecting hymn was none other than "Rock of ages cleft for me." True Democracy. The old Federal Party was not re pudiated by the people of the United States on account of the war of 1812. But because of its policy of consolida tion, manifested in the alien and sedi tion laws, it was overthrown by the Democratic party in the election of Mr. Jefferson to the Presidency in the year 1800. It died in conse quence of the disapproval of its prin. ciples by the great body of the peo ple. Nor did the Whig Party, the lin eal successor of the Federal Party fall on account of its opposition to the Mexican war. After the war Gener. al Taylor, a Whig, was elected to the Presidency and called around him in his Cabinet leading Whigs of the country, with Daniel Webster at their head. What throw the Whig Party out of power was the same cause which had defeated its predes cessor in 1800-its policy of consoli dation. There cannot, we think, be a doubt that the cause of the rise and success of the Democratic Party was simply its political principles; and that the downfall of the Federal and Whig party was due to the fact that the people eschewed those principles. What, then, were the principles of these two parties? Those of the Democratic Party made the General Governinent one of restraints or power. The principles of the Federal or Whig Party virtus ally made it a government of unre strained power. The Democratic Party maintained that the limitations on powers, conferred on the Federal Government, contained in the Con stitution should be observed. The Federalists contended for construe tive powers, which virtually sponged out the limitations of the Constitution and thus would make the Govern inent of the United States one of un limited power. The course of the two parties, touching various measures which came u p in the history of the country, shows in practical app)lication. the fundamental principles on which they were organizedi. The Democratic Party opposed the Alien Law aimed against the rights of foreign born citizens; and the Sedition Law strik,. ing down the liberty of the Press in its criticisms of the Federal adminis tration; and the incorporation of an overshadowing Bank of the United States; and Tariffs laid by the Gener al Government, not for Revenue only but for the benefit of manufacturers; and various other measurers. It could find no warrant in the Consti tution authorizing such measures6 of legislation by Congless. The Feder al or Whig par'ty admitted that they saw no express warrant in the Con stitutiotl, lbut claimed that the meass ures were constitutional by construe tion. The Democratic party replied that if a construction of the Constitu tion by a majority in Congres&e was the criterion of the powers of the General Government, then it must be limitless in its powers. "The general welfare" was its license; and absolution its nature. On these prmnciples, conslsting of nothing short of constitutional gov ernment or absolutism, these two parties faced each other. ThgDemnocratic party lost power for tbie very reason the F'ederal and Whig party had lost it-a portion became consol idat ion ists. Demnocr at ic Freesoilism and Squatter Sover etgnty were the outgrowth of ran kest consolidationism. Their constructive constitutionality was so refined and feeble that Whigs, even like Mr. Seward, threw aside the Constitution and rested the legality of such meas ures on the "higher law." But the clear majority of the p)eole, in the Presidential election which in 1860 put Mr. Lincoln into the Presidency, was opnosed to thn cnalidntion of the wings of the Whig and Democrat. ic parties together; for be was elec ted by a decided minority. The Democratio party, united, could have elected any one it chose to the Pres. Idency. But the South, which rested on Democratic principles, not mere spoils, would not support the portion of the party at the North which had abandoned these. The Democratic Party of the South will affiliate with no party of consol idation. Democratic or Republican consolidation of the powers of gov ernment in the hands of the central government is despotiam; and free government consists in the constitu tional limitations on the authority of the central government. We con sider political liberty or political slavery a vital matter. We have a terrible experience of what a consoli dated despotism at Washington is. Its usurpations-its tyrannies and its corruptions have burned their iron into our souls.-Charleston Journal of Commerce. Remarkable Dream. The accuracy of the following may be relied on in all particulars. Two ladies, sisters, had been for several days in attendance upon their broth. er, who was ill of a common sore throat-severe, and protracted; but not considered as attended with any danger. At the same time, one of them had borrowed a watch from a lemale friend, in consequence of her own being under repair. The watch was one to which particular value was attached, on account of family associations; and some anxiety was expressed that it migh t not meet with any injury. The sisters were leep ing together, in a room communi cating with that of their brother, when the elder of them awoke in a state of great agitation; and having aroused the other, told her that she had a frightful dream. "I dreamt," she said, "that Mary's watch stopped; and that, when I told you of the cir cumstance, you relied, 'Much worse than that has happened, for James's breath has stopped alsol"'-nam ing their brother who was ill. To quiet her agitation, the younger sister im mediately got up, and found the brother sleeping quietly; and the watch which had been carefully put up in a drawer, going correctly. The following night the very same dream occurred, followed by similar agita tion, which was again composed in the same manner; the brother being again found in a quiet sleep, and tbe watch going well. On the following morn.. ig, soon after the family br.eakfast ed, one of the sisters wgs sitting by her brother, while tbo other was writ% ing a note in the adjoining room. When her note was ready for being sealed, she was proceeding to take out for th is purpose the wate;h al luded to, which had been put by in her writing desk, when she was ass tonished to find it had stop)ped; and, at the same instant she hoard a scream of intense distress from her sister in the other room. Their brother, who had still been consid ered as going on favorably, had been seized with a sudden fit of suffoca.' tion, and had just breathed his last. "Do you know what bull-dosing is?" asked a man of an old farmer. "I thought I did said the granger, "but the bull wasn't dozing; he was only making believe, and being in the middle of a forty acre field, I naturally had to make p)retty quick time to reach the fence ahead of him." A man in Kentucky was found dead with several bullet holes in his head, and the astute jury summoned to hold.an inquest returned a verdict of "death from undue excitement." Whby is the letter "s" like a lamb? Because it is the beginning of 'aheep.' War News. IONDON, May 14.-The Russiai claim that after capturing Mukhasl on the 11th, they advanced two co uwas against Khatzubani, on i righs of Skidding River, and oi against Centrizo, which they storm( with a loss of 12 killed and 11 wounded, and with immense lonm the Turks. The Turkish aocoui claim a victory in the same locatio The Turks were entrenched on Kbi tubani heights, which are near Th toum. The Russians, in passir Bucharest, carry flags bearing ti double Greek cross, which are on] carried when the war is a religiot one. The Danube, which has bee very high, is falling. The Turkie forces at Widdin are well prepare for an attack from the Roumanian which is daily expected. The Por is anxious about arms and munitioi still due from America, and ia re[ resented as angry with America fi allowing the Russi%n squadron to r main in American waters. T1 feeling against England is growic bitter, the Turks thinking it she' ir tends assisting them she should do i on the Danube and in Asia. T1 Turkish vessels are taking soundinj off Odessa. One only eacaped froi the monitor sunk near Ibrail. A Bucharest journal states that t Turks have crossed the Danube Oiochauesch, stolen 1,200 sheep at killed a theppard and some cattle. The Telegraph's special from BR toum, Friday midnight, says: Abo 5 o'clock this morning the Russih forces, which had beon largely aul mented for the purpose, advatic with batteries of field artillery ai made a furious attack upon t heights defending Batoum on t land side, which were occupied B&shi Bazouks. The Ottoman troo were entrenched in the usual effi tive mauiner upon the slopes and lei ges of these hills, and upon the ai vance of the enemy they opened i his columns a terrible and well su~ tained fire of cannon and musketr which literally mowed the Russia down. They fell by scores and hui dreds on the plain below the Turki positions during their attempts make their way against the fire. body of Turkish horse and foot, ta ing advantage of a thick forest, bro forth upon the flank of the Rlussia column and effected great slaughti The Muscovites being upon gr'oui p)erfectly openi, and having no clan but to fight or fly, in a short tit the spot which was the scene of tI flank movement becanale diovered wi dead and dying RLussianis. But t enemy quickly brought up reinfer< mente, and the bat tle was renew, with much determination fot- tnal houirs. The efforts of the assailar were desperately maintained, but ti ward midday their artilirry slacke& ed and they withdrew. Thme Russians deny , their repul at Reni while attempting to cross t Dannbe on the 9th. The Turki war vessel complrted at Pesth has a rived in the D)anube above Kalafi and to cover her passage, which w safely accomplished, the Turks bom barded Kalafat furiously. Extensi movements of Turkish cavalry we observed from the Romianian side the Danube. The '1rks threaten bombard Simnitcha, cross and plmi der the town. A special to the Telegraph fro Bucharest says: "In consequence energetic British remonstrances, ti Porte has given most satisfactory i surances relative to the destruction British shipping at Beket, and prom ised full compensation." The corresponden t of the Telegra1 describing the battle near Baton, says: "1 myself was an eye witne of this imp~ortant engagement fra first to last, and can testifly that il Ottoman soldiers behavod with ga lantry which wAs most admirable. Tey had, however, during a great i part of the action, the advantage of entrenchments en high ground, and it is due to this- fact, no doubt, that their losses, compared to those in fieted upon the enemy, were Insig., d nifgcant." The same correspondent, of Saturday's date, says the victory was won by the extraordinary cour." to age of the Bashi Bazouke. The dead and wounded on the Russian side wWl exceo, 4,000. The engagement lasted over eight hours actual fighting g The lost of the Russians did not with% ,e draw until near midnight. The Rua y ians last many guns. The only s Turkish officer of note killed is Kba, lim Bey, Major of Irregulars. The News says it is stated the Do. d ver and Shorncliffe garrisons have been medically inspected for fvroign service. a A despatch to the News from Kis cheneff says the Grand Duke Nichol as and all the chief staff officials who 3 left here Sunday morning arrived at ie 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and will g proceed to Ploiesti immediately. The whole headquarters of the staff will 'o be on the Danube in five or six e days. 3 The Times correspondent at Pera telegraphs as follows: An evidence of the general condition to which ten e days of incessent rain have reduced i the Asiatic region, we need only to read the intelligence from Bagdad describing the flood which has over whelmed both banks of the Tigress. t A similar inundation is unknown Ln since time immemorial-the river ~ having thrown ont a new branch above Bagdad, which has completely blockaded the city and swept away he 200 houses in the village of Kiamf. he izie. by The worst evil which the Russians PS may bring upon us by their premas ture invasion is cholera, which expo sure to so inclement a season will ~ hardly fail to ,produce among their n troops. Y, How Mad. HAtE8 LooNs.-Mrs. 138 Hayes is of medium height and I- squarely built. Her head and fea sh tures are large. So is her waist, and to bet- hands and teet are in proportion. A She. has a magnificeint stlit of hair. k- It is so heavy and black, and is dres.. ke sed so smoothly, that in the daytime mn it looks dark and predise in corntrast sr. with her clear olive complexion, The id most prominent feature of her face is ce the mouth, which is large (the jaw is me as broad as a man's) and conspicu uis ously filled with str ong white teeth. th The lips are particularly firni and be full, with the jaw indicating decision ie. of character and an ardent tempera 3d ment. The forehead is bt'oad and y smooth, and the eyebrows are regu Lts lar. The eyes are largw but deeply )- 8et, and are of that peculiar gray ia which does not mean a twilight depth of blue, ors an asuire light ot gray. so They are a decided gray, admitting be of all the steel tints from that of cold sh metal to the gleam and glitter of thie tr- polished ore. In the glow of intense it, feeling suc~h as animated her on in. as auguration day and at her first pub n,- lic reception, her eyes looked as black ye as night, and they had a lustre such re as is rarely seen. She made no ef of fort to conceal her delight.-Cincin~. to nati Oommeorcial. The Bridgeport Standard says that ma rumor has reached town that there of is a trout up in the northern part of e the county, and an expedition will B. probably ho organizedl to capture of him or wear the brooks out. "' When is a candle like a tombstone? Whben a woman puts it up for her >h late husband. 88 Why is an old man's farm in Texas m like the focus of a sun glass? B3ecause eo it is the place where the sons raise a imeat. Taking D%n %he RoC There lb altogethe, (9o U, timentalism abroad nowadays abops, whipping boys. In ancient days bug, were soundly flogged, and they grew ap into the men who laid the fon4.W WIotin of the worldis aivilization. The men who own our independene. were all whipped at home and at school when they were boya. Out tellows who went out to Mexico and walked through the hills of the Mon" tezumas had all been spanked by Lheir mothers, boxed by their pri mary teachers and flogged by their fathers and the teachers of their' youth. Every man on either side in Dmr civil war had felt the rod, there is not a man In the country now over thirty five who does not reamembe& Yood old days of wholesome flogging it school, and feel the better for the liscipline that made him then smart. [t is only these latterday young saints vhose spirits cannot endure the rod. Lhey are the high totid young bucks wvho seize a ene so soon as they can ook over a billiard table, who go into bhe mint julep business on joint spe Nlation with pocket money just mufllcient to go halves on one julep md two straws, wbd chd* tobaccd is soon as they Cut their second teeth, who torture their Infatit stomablis with nican cigars, and, as they ap proach manhood, go home on Satur Jay night into the presence of theie mothers and sisters as drunk as fools. rhey are the same higU-spirited fei lows who, when they, in the old age of their young manhood, take to themselves wivees being removed from their mothers and sisters, make themselves agreeable by frequently going home drun1k, and making their families economize for the benefit of the high-toned fellows with whom they run. It is all stuff and nonsened about breaking the spirit of boys. All that has ever been done in the world has been accomplished by wert who were flogged when they wera boys. What the new sentimental training is to do for the wtorid will be left for time to reveal, but ao person of any intelligence danh r6ard the tenderly nurtured and tnildly disciplined yattih coming up roud us now, and sa~y that he discovers in tbemi the eleuients of a greatness thaA is to make the gi'andeur of the pasU appear mean and little. Cromwell and Nelson and Wellington and all the heroes of English and A merican history were vigorously strapp)ed at school, and when the attention ot their fond parents was called to the occurrence, they lustily cried out to Tutor Macduff to lay on, and be hanged to him who first cried hold, enough. Boy human nature has not changed since the days of 801o04 mon, and spoiling the youth is as much a consequence flow of sparing the rod as in his day. Half the boya of this generation would be improved if they were soundly and regularly trounced three times a week. They might not all need it exactly at the appointed tiane, but It would benefit all by reminding them that there is an authority paramount to their own unbridled will, and it would make them grow more law abiding, peace observing, honest, sober and indus.. trious men than three fourths of them now have any chance of ever being4 -Louisville Courier Journal4 It is a great thing to be an astron-. omer and discover comets and such but the man who keeps his flour bar rel full and and his wood pile level has a right to pat himself on the head and feel proud. ____ Puck declares that Stanley, the ex plorer, recently Bent a letter to a friend, In which he stated that the most beautiful place he has seen in all his travels is Jzjzjzjzjz'z, on the southerly shore of Lake Nyiyiyiyiya "time works wonders," s the woman said when she got married after a thirteen year's courtsbip.'