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HIIIN ik DEVOTOD TO POITIC8, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND rO 'TH GENERAL INTEREST OF THE COYJNTht YOL. VI. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1877. THE SENTINEL RP6ftIJsHED EVERY THURSDAY. BY D. . BUDLEY & 00. Terms of Subscription. One Year .0.............$150 Six 1onths.............. 76 Advertising Rates. Advertisements inserted at the rate of $1 00 per square, of (9) nine lines, OR Lss, for the first insertion, and 60 cents for each subse quent insertion. Contracts made for TUEE, siX or TWLVE iAonths, on favorable terms. Advertisements not having the number of i nsertioni marked on thom, will be published until forbid and charged accordingly. These terms are so simple any child may understand them. Nine lines Is 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 a4vertiser may wish, and is charged by the space. AW Advertisers will please state the num ber of squares they wish their advertisements 4 to make. SW Business men who advertise to be benefitted, will bear in mind that the 14NTINEL has a large and increasing cir culation, and is taken by the very class of dersohe whose trade they desire. The Negro and His Rights. Now that the Southern conserva tives,hve captured the negro, body and'soul, as tihey have in nearly ov cry State; the questions that arise are how to hold hin and what to do with him. Upon their decision rests the negro's status in politics for some years to come and in great degree the peace and prosperity of t iho South. Ciffee rises like Wells befre Dudley Field's committee, and very naturally begs to know whether lie is a vassal or a peer. The answer that cmes 's as yet by no means unaniimoub, juE it is gratifying to the friends alil,e of 4he Southern negro and the Southern white man that the truly Representa tive men of the more intelligent race are disposed to insist upon the obser. vance of the fourteenth and fifteenti amueldqonts in their Ppirits as well as in their letter, thereby ensuring to the freedman all his rights, civil al Pplikcal. .1ndeed, there is no out spoken op)positionl to this policy; the onaly anitagonistic lans app)earing in very modest disguises. But as to de tails there is some difference of opin. Ion, and in view of the lingering diss trust in some quarters the true the ory of the race relations cannot be too plainly laid down. Governor Hampton struck the key note of the policy that ought to bie $kilowed.in his Auburna speech, when beaterrd thrat the white men of the South were bounud by every moral .,td legaI obligation to protect the ne gros in. all his rights. Hie did not c00i4a1, however, his belief that the intelligent property holding class are kosM tted to govern, and that with ofttjtheir supremacy no honest ad ministration of governmental func flons, sahedding its benefits alike upon poor and rich, could be expected. To seedre such government co-operation is necessary, but untill the black man shall bge intelligent enough .to .Bhare in its tdministratiob by official posi tions,,and is in fact able to protect himself from himself, lie must look to the whites for protection. He has the right to elect a field hand to the Legislature or the ben ha, or a carpet bagger to handle the public funds. 'this right will not be denied; but if his snffrage is thus perverted it is at his own peril. .At present not one negro in a thou sand (we speak of of those who com-. pose the bulk of the population of the cotton and sugar State.) has any of 4 of the Jeffersonian qualifications for ofliceholdiug. Let th pxn wait, there fore, until thley are qualified for ofii. 4cial position otherwise than by mere manhood, and in the meantime chose t4ejrtligilators and judges, tax gath erere and school boards from among the whites, taking care to elect only those by whom their confidence is not likely to be betrayed. This S guardianship may be distasteful, but exn)erience shows that it in wino The negro has never done so well as when he appealed to the honor of his old master; when he shows fight he goes to the wall, and when he looks to strangers for prtection he leans upon a broken reed. It is Hampton's policy to accept this guardianship in good faith, to fight for the negro's rights as for his own, and to lend every effort to fit the newly enfran chised race for the discharge of the high duties to which they may in time be called. This does not, however, mean the absolute exclusion of the negro from office; on the contrary, by way of en,% couragement, a point is to be strain ed in his favor. An example of this was soon in Charleston last week, where, in nominating candidates for the Legirlature, the conservatives put three colored men on their ticket. Men of passable attainments being found, they were pressed into service, and the wisdom of such action was seen at the election yesterday, which resulted in the success of this compo. site ticket in the face of a large Re publican majority in the city. Of course the cry will be raised that the rights of the negroes are im periled because offices are not allot ted to them according to their census strenith, but that is absurd. In no Northern community are three fifths of the offlice given to the Irisi be cause the voters of the Irish descent form tlat,proportion of the popula tion; nor are the Germans dealt with by either politicl party in accordance wit h any such theory of toffice-holding. Nuither color, nor nativity, nor de scent, nor religion, in itself, qualifies a man to receive an offico either b% appointment or election, and of these several charaictoristics of a citizen col or is perhaps the least entilo.1 to consideration. Honesty and capaci ty are avowedly, if not in reality, the qualifications other than citizenship for office, and good government re quires that whon a inan fails to bear the passports he shall take a back scat. In this matter we cannot make one law for the Northi and another for the South. That experiment has been tried and failed. The bottom rail may be placed on top; if' rotten it cannot be kept there. The * ligent colored men in Lou isiana and South Carolina showed their apprecia~tion of the situation when they deserted the carpet bag gers and supported Nicholls and Hampton in the last campaign, and the result had justified their course. they have placed their political for tunes ins the hands of the best of the old slaveholding class. We cannot believe that their confidence has been misplaced. Hence we observe with p)leasure action lke that of the Char leston conservatives and similar ac, tion in Louisiana in fulfillment of campaign pledges, and entreat hon orable Southern men to walk in the same path to the very end. Only by confidence mutually bestowed and mutually respected can good governs ment be assured to the Southm and the ties between the races be welded into everlasting friendship.-Philhadelph ia Times. Acts Passed and Approved at the Spe cial Session of 1877. An Act to reduce and fix the salaries of certain officers. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Scnate and [Iouse of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the p)ublic officers hereinafter named shall receive the annual sa laries hereinafter mentioned, respec tively, to wit: The Governor, $3,500; the Governor's Private Secretary, $1,275; the Governor's messenger, $300; the Lieut. Governor, $1,000; to take effect after the next general election; the Secretary of State, $2, 100; Chief Clerk of the Rcreary of State, $1,27; the Comptroller Genet ral, $2,100; for clerical services in the office of the Comptroller -General, $2,550, if so much be necessary; the State Treasurer, $2,000; the Chief Clerk of the State Treasurer, $1,475; the book keeper of the State Treas urer, $1,000; the Adjutant and In spector General, $1,200; Clerk to the Adjutant and Inspector General, $900; the State Superintendent of Education, $1,875; for Clerk to Su perintendent of Education, $900; the Attorney General, $2,100; the Clerk of the Attorney General, $1,200; the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, $4,000; the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, $3,500 each; the re porter of the decisions of the Sus, preme Court, $1,000; the clerk and librarian of the Su preme Court, $700; the attendant on the library and rooms of the Supreme Court, $200; the Circuit Judges, $3,500 each; the Circuit Solicitors, $1,500 each, ex cept in the First Circuit, which shall be $2,000, in lieu of all charges against the State and counties, and of all fees received from defendants; the Keeper of the State House and State Librarian, $500; the watchmen of the State House and grounds, not to exceed two in number, $300 each; the Superintendent of the State Peni tentiary, $1,600; the physician of the Stato Penitentiary, $300; the Super intendent of the State Lunatic Asy lum, $2,000; the health offlcer of Charles3ten, o1,000; the health offi cer-s of Georgetown, $400; Hilton Head and S. Helena Sound, $000 ench; the Keeper of the Lazaretto, $400; the Librarian of the University of South Carolina, who shall have charge of the buildings and grounds of tile University, $500. Sec. 2. That the County Treasurer of cach county shall receive coumis 8ions upon all taxes collected in their respective countice, as follow6: Three per cent. upon the first ten thousand dollar; two per cent. upon the next ten thousand dollars; one per ct. upon the next $10,000; one-half of one per cent. upon all amounts collected over thirty thousand dollars: Pro vided, Tho same shall not excceed eight hundred dollars or be lees than five hundred dollars per annum, ex cept the county of Clberleston, where the cornmissions shall not exceed two thousand dollars. For clerical ser., vices in the office of County Treas urer of Charleston, eighut hundred dollars: Provided, further, That nothing herein contained shall apply to fees and costs allowed County Treasurers for making distress and sale of real or personal p)roperty. Sec1. 3. That the County Auditors of the Eeveral counties shall rec'eive the annual salaries hereinafter men tioned respectively: The County Au. ditor of Charleston, two thousa:nd dollars: Provided, That no additional compensation shall be allowed for elerk hire; the County Auditors of A bbeville and Rich land, seven huns dr'ed dollars each; the county audi tors of Aiken, Anderson, Bar nwell, Beaufort, Chester, Collecton, Dar lington, Edgefield, Fairfield, Green v ille, Lanurens, New borry, Orange burg,8Spartanburg,Sumiter and York, six hundred doliars each), the county auditors of Chesterfield, Ma rion, Clarindon, Georgetown, IIorry, Kershaw, La'rcaster, Lexinlgton, Marlboro, Oconee, Pickens, Un ion and Williamnsbur'g, fivo hundred dol.. lar's each. A nd in addition to the salaries of the auditors, as hereinbe fore provided, the county auditors shall receive to defray the expenses of assessment of pr'oporty, such sums as may be necessary, but niot to ex ceed the following, to wit: The au ditor of Charleston county, nine hun dred dollars; the auditors of A bbe., villo and Richiand, five hundred dollars each; the auditors of Aiken, Anderson, Barnwevll, Beau fort, Ches, ter. Darlington. Edgefield. Fniichi Greenville, Laurene, Newberry, Or angeburg, Spartanburg, Sumter and York, four hundred dollars each; the auditors of Colleton, Clarendon, Uor ry, Kershaw, Lancuster, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Pickens, Oconee, Union, Williamsburg and Chester field, three hundred dollars each; and the county commissioners of the several counties as aforesaid shall, upon the application of the County Auditors, draw their checks on the County Treasurers for the several amonnts to which the audi tors may be entitled under the pro. visions of this section, and the coun ty treasurers shall pay the said checks from the first collection of county lunds of the fiscal year in which the work shall be performed. But no such check or order shall be paid by the county treasurer until the auditor shall have filed with the county cominisioneis an itemized statement of the services rendered by his assistants, the number of days each of said assissants were employ ed, and.the compensation they were severally to receive, which said state ment shall be examined and ap proved by the said board of county Commissioners: Provided, That no member of tho board of county com inissioners shall act as assistant as-. sessor. That the county school comi missioner8- in each of the several countics of the State shall receive for their conpensation $3 per diem for tho time in which they are actually engaged in the .usiness of their reso pective office, Provided, The nun ber of days in each and every year for which said compensation shall be allowed shall in no case exceed 100 days, except iII the county of Charleston, where the number of days shall not exceed 150 days. Sec. 4. All salaries provided for in section 1 of this act shall be pay able quarterly, and be paid upon the warrants of the Comptroller Goneral upon the State Treasurer. Sec. 5. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act he, and the same are hereby, repealed. Sec. 6. That this act shall take Mfect immediately after its passage. approved June 7, 1877. An Act to amend section 15 of chap ter 39 of the General Statutes, re lating to the power in school dis tricts to levy and collect special taxes for school purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and HIouse of Representtati-ves of the State of Sunth Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assem bly, and by the authority of the same, That section 15 of chapter 39 of the general statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended, by strik ing ourt all of subdivision 4 of said section. Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconeistent with this act, be, and the same are liereby, repealed. Approved June 8, 1817, An Act to reguilate the disburse monts of undrawn balances in the State Treasury. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate an~d IIouse of 1.epresentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assem bly, and by thme authority of the same, That all unIeMpended balances of apn p)ropriations now in the Stato Treas ury be held by the Treasuror ot thme State, freed and discharged from such appropr'iationls, subject and apl plicable to the appropriation made by this General Assembly; and all acts and parts ol acts inconsistent with or repugnant to thuis act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. A pproved June 8, 1877. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act supple.aentary to chapter 15, title 4, p)art 1, of the general stat utes of South Carolina, relating to ganization and government of the same." Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assem bly, and by the anthority of the same, That in addition to the body of militia known as the "National, Guard," the Governor, as command er-in-chief, is hereby authorized to receive all such bodies of citizen sol diery as may have tendered or may hereafter tender their services to the State, to c->nstitute the Volunteer State Troops, and to consist of such companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions as may b organized by the authority of the commander%in-chief. Theso troops O uniform themselves, and to be en bject to all such regulations as may be pre scribed by the con mander-in-chief and issued from the office of the Ad jutant iand Inspector General and published. Sec. 2. The Adjutant and Inspec tor Geueral shall appoint an Armor., or, who shall take charge of the State Armory in Columbia, and keep in order all the arms and munitions contained therein. His salary shall be $250. Sec. 3. The organization known as the Fourth Brigade, South Caro lina Militia, consisting of the Six teenth and Seventeenth Regiments of Infantry, the First Regiment of Rifles and First Regiment of Ar tillery, with the Charleston Light Dragoons and German Husears, shall be received and embodied in the State Volunteer Troops. Oficers of equal grade shall take rank in ac cordance with the period of time in which they shall have served in any branch of the military of the State. The field officers of the said Fourth Brigade, and their successors, shail be deemed in law the successors of the original field officers thereof, and shall be entitled to hold and enjoy all rights, franehises, and property which were of the said ik,ld officers thereof. Sec. 4. Immediately after the pasw sage of this act, thme Governor shall call in all arms, equipments, and mn nitions which are in the hands of anyp peersons not authorized by law to hold the same;- and shall mequire all cov mands lawfully holding any suoli State p)roperty to file in the office of the Adjutant and Inspector General a full statement of such property1 with the authority under which it is held, and the present condition there of. The Governor shall have author ity to permit the sale or exchange of any military property of the State, for the purpose of obtaining other arms, equiipmeats, or munitions more suitable to the wants of the state. Sec. 5. All field officers of batta! ions, regiments, brigades or divisione shall be elected by the eomariissioned and noncommissione3d officers and privates of the same respectively. Sec. 6. Not$ing in this act contain. ed shall deprive any soldier or officer of the "National Guard" of any right to which lie may be entitled in that organization. The said "Nat ional Guard" shall continue to exist, and shall be a separate and distinct body. See. 7. All commissions issued f ron the oflice of the Adjutant and Inspector General shall be carged for at the rate of $1 each; the fund thus raised to be devoted to defray ing the expense ovf getting in, repairinlg anid reissuing the arms and munitions be longing to the state. Sec. 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. A pproved June 8 1877. Tro be0 thrown upon one's own re. sources is to he cast into in the very lap of fortune; for our faculties then undergo a development and display an enery of whichi they were pre, vinnsly unansem>tihtem flu. Iaage of the Danube. IoNo. JuIy 1.-& oorrespondo on& at Toram hguerrell, undir date of Friday,- felegraphs as follows: "No crossing has takewr pliae here, a though there' we're wil'e spread re ports, even im ofSIa1 circle, to that effect. Indeed'it is not now likely that any nman' will be sent over at this point. The itention' of' thW' Russiane to effect a passage at this point has been, notoribus for the past fortnight. The Tu ke, therefore, con'. centrated large numbers oit men at Nicopolis, thus eom-pelli-g the Bus-e sians to choose another point. The demonstration at Turna Magurelli was made in such force' and with such preparation as regards boats and material for pontoon- bridges' that it would have lieen turned' into an actual attack had a fair chance of success offered. Even at the Rus sian liead4uarters it was uncertatn until the last moment which point would be chosen for the real cross, Ingi Rennitsa or 'TarnsN Mgnreil-?. The appmarncl of the Czar at the latter place induced a concentration of the Turkish forces. and the Rus sians acordItgly made the rea' at-, tack at Sennita. The Russian forces were shrewdly massed at Draga, ten miles back from the Danube and th neighboring villages, about equi distant from Turna Magnrelli un-d Semnitza, enabling a quick concw tration upon whatever point proved weakest. When,r therefore, it was ascertained from return ed spies that the Turks had massed oppoaite Turna Magurelli the eighth corps, under General adeteki, feH like a Jh-un derbolt on Semnitsa, on Wednesday morning, effecting a landing before the Turks had thne to recall their forces. The Russians' plan was to make numerous fIset at different pla with suficient force to turn feiats into real attacka at points that proved weakest. As a consequence, ths Turks were compelled to distribute their forces over a great l'ne of tire river front. The making of the bridge at Semnhsza was carried out in the same manner as at Ibrail, ex., cept thpt 1th. reaatio'is, for 'ita conetruatilon were much more dif0 cult, owing to the inundated con dition of the river banks at that point, A corroepcindent Who cairne fromt Ibratil, says: As he approached Tar' na MagarelHi a strange avrd terribIe sight met the view. lie could read plainly by the light of the burning houses of Nicopolis, situated on the opposite bank. Beveral houses stan% ding In a roy were burning at the same time, tharowiing a luried rod glare for miles around, and shooting up pyramids of flame alnost to the clouds. The muddy waters of the Danube threw back a dull red l'ighrt, while a strong.wind carried off dense volumes of smoke. A broad flash, bright white light resembling a com,' et ovorhung Turna Magurelli, mak ing it almost as light as day; it was an electric ligitt used by thre Rnssiana to show the position of the T1urks, and to enable them to direct their ar'til lery fire, wbkch was playing such sad havos with the doomed city on the opposite shore. The whole valley resounded with the roar of artillery. The Russians woro firing from three batteries above the town, as if bent on destroying Nicopolis, while the Turks were replying vigerously un der the delusion that they were thereby preventing the passage of the river at that point. Jn reality the Russian cannonade was only a feint to keep the attention af thai Turks rivited upon Turna Mngurolli while the real crossing wa beilng quietly carried out at Serninitza. The paesage was effected with scarcely more dift)enhv thani at Ibrail.