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DEVOTHD TO POLITICS, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND MO THI GENERAA INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY. b VOL. VIi PICKENS' S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1877 g TABSENTNEL 19 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. BY D. F. BRADLEY & Co. Terms of Subscription. One Year ... ........ .$1 50 Six Months . . . . ......... 75 Advertising Rates. Advertisements inserted at the rate of $1 00 per square, of (9) nine lines, OR Lss, for the frst Insertion, and 60 cents for each subse quent insertion. Contrao'-s made for TuIONa, six or TWELVE months, on favorable terms. Advertisements not having the number of Insertions marked on tiem, 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 Opace occupied, as eight or ten lines can bb made to occupy four or five squares, as the advertiser may wish, and is charged by the space. W Advertisers will please state the num ber of squares they wish their advertisements to make. SW?tBusiness men who advertise to be be tted, 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. Aets Passed and Approved at the Sle, cial Session of 1877. Joint Resoluti.n to appoint a coin mnission to inv(stigate the sale of the Oolnmbia Canal. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That a commission, consisting of the Attorney General and three ireinbers of the General Assembly, two of whom'to be appointed by the Speak Cr of the Uouse of Representatives and onle by the Presideut of the Son ate, be raised for the purpose of in vestiga'ing the sale of the Columbia Canal and its appurtenances by a comil%iuin of this State. Sec.2. That it shall be the duty of said coeAnission to inquire into the manner t-f said sale, the consideration received by the State therefor, and whether or not the State is bound the eby; aId also to inquire whether the purchasers have duly complied with the conditions of said sale, and * whether the title to said property has not reverted to the State by reap son of the non-comnpliance with the oQnditions of said sale. * Sec. 8. That said commission shall have power to call for persons and papers, and to administer oaths to witnesses before them; and that a majority of the members of said corn mission shall have power to act in all Sec. 4. That said commission shall conduct said investigation without delay and report the result to the Governor, to be0 by him transmitted to the General Assembly, and that, until the-meeeting of the General Assembly, the Governor is author, ized to take such action on the report as may be necessary to protect the interest ofthe State and others. Approved June 7, 1877. An Act to declare and punish fraud in the sales of produce. Section 1.- Be it enacted by the * Senate and House of RepresentativeE of the State of South Carolina, nowi met and Bitting in General Assembly and by th~e authority of the same Any person engaged in the businest of- buying cot ton, corn, rice or suel commodities, either on his account or .for others, who shall buy such or * Bale fromi a planter, commission meor, chant, or any other person or persons for Qash, and shall fail or refuse tc pay tor the same, Md shall mank( way with or diepoi the same be fore he shall have paid therefor, shah be.deemed guilty of fraud and em *bezalement, and shall be liable, or conviction, to be imprisoned in the penitenltiary for a term not less that one year nor more than five years, a the discretion of the cour t. Sec. 2. That if any factor or COmn * mlission1 Umerebaut sha1 rec-v fr. any plant er any cotton, rice or other agrioultural produce for sale, and shall sell the same and fail to pay over the. net proceeds thereof to the planter on demand, or to apply the same to his own use and benefit, or shall fail to account for the same in a satisfactory manner if unsold, he shall be guilty of fraud and embezzlement, and, on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than five years, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 8. No person shall be convic ted under the provisions of the pre ceeding sections, if Le can show that the cotton, corn, rice or other pro ducts received by him was dostroyed by accident, after due diligence on his part, or that he was forcibly de prived of the possosion thereof. Approved June 7, 1877. An Act to render officers of corpora tions personally responsible in cer. tain cases. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the came, That, on and after the passage of this actjit shl be deemed a felony for Ty president, director, manager or cash.. ier, or other officer of any banking institution, to receive any deposits or trusts, or to create any debts for such corpration, after ho shall become aware that such corporation is inso% vent. And every officer of such fail ing corporation shall become person ally liable to the amount of such do posits or trusts received by him, or with his knowledge or assent, inl any such case, to the person thereby dam aged, whether criminal prosecution be made or not. And all personE convicted for felony, as berein pro vided, shall be punished by iinprit onmient for a term of not less thal one year, and by a fine of not losE than $1,000. Approved May 31, 1877. Joint Resolution to authorizo the Governor to effect a loan. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and Hlouse of Repro sentatives o f the State of South Car olina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority ol the same, That the Governor be au thorized to borrow on the credit -os the State, the sum of $100,000, if s< much be necessary, in anticipation o1 the taxes to be collected under the act to raise supplies for the current fiscal year, on such terms as he dem ad visable. A pproved June 7, 187. An Acet to amend section 1, chaptei 69 of the revised statutes and t< authorize the Governor to appoin Regents of the Lunatic Asylnx from Richland County. Be 1t enacted by the Senate am House of Repr'esentatives of the Stat< of South Carolina, now met and sit.. tin)g in General Assembly, and bj the authority of the same, That see tion 1, chapter 69 of the revised sta tutes be, and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follow8 "That the Governor shall appoint nin<4 Regents of the Lunatic Asylum, wh4 shall hold their offices for six year from the day of appointment, exeep upon the occurrence of a vacgey ii the regency, when the Governor sha] fill the same by an appointment fo the unexpired term only. The Re gents shall be appointed from Rich. land county, and shall receive neithe i'ioage, per diem or other compen sation for their services."' A pproved June 7, 1877. An Act to repeal ant act to pr1oteC the interest of the btate whereo1 the payment of mterest no0w du remains unpaid on) bonds issued b any railroad cnmpany, ad ...e on the guarantee of the State is en. dorsed. Be it enacted by the Snpate and Honso ot' iopresontatives of. the State of South Carolina, row met and sitting in General Asoembly, and by the authority of the same,, That an act to proteot the interest of the State whereon the payment of inter est now due remains unpaid on bonds issued by any railroad company, and whereon the guarantee of the State is endorsed, approved March 7, 1871, be, and the same Is hereby repealed. Approved May 23, 1877. An Act to revise the charter and to extend the time for the commence. ment of work on the Anderson, - Aiken, Port Royal and Charleston Railroad. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That an act entitled "An act to char ter the Anderson, Aiken and Port Royal Railroad," approved February 26 1873, and an act amendatory thereto, approved March 14, 1874, expiring by limitation on the 20 Feb ruary, 1876, be, and the samo are hereby, renewed and re-enacted, and that the baid charter be reinvested in John R. Cochran rind his associates: Provided, That th o work on the said railroad shall be commenced within three years from the passage of this act. Sec. 2. That section 1 of the act be amended by striking out the words "of all railroad corporations ot a similar kind, now existing or hereaf - ter to be created in this State," and insert "of the Northeastern Railroad Company by their original charter." Approved June 7, 1877. An Act to require all school claims and claims of teachers to be sworn to. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Stato of South Carolina, now met anid sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act the correctness and legality of all claims for services rendered in teaching in any of the schools of this State which are supported wholly or in part by the State, and all claims of every description whatsoever which are chargeable against the fund raised for the Bupport of the free schools of the State, s hall be sworn to by the person presenting said claim before it shall be approved by the person or persons authorized by law to give such approval. Sec. 2. That all school trustees aire hereby invested with the powbr and required free of charge, to administer oaths to pers5ons presenting the claims contemplated by this act, as fully, to all intents and pulrposes, as are all other persons who by the laws of this State a re qualified to administer oaths.. A pproved May 81, 1877. - An Act to require the Blue Ridge Railroad, in South Carolina, to c rect and keop open a depot at Seneca City, in this State. > Section 1. Be it enacted by the a Senato and H1ouso of Representatives t of sho State of South Carolina, now I mot and sitt ing in General Assembly, I and by thio authority of tho same, r' That the Blue Ridge Railroad Comn pany in South Carolina shall receive - and deliver passengers and freight r received into its custody for transpor - tation at the crossing or intersection of aid road with the "Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railway," at Seneca City, in Said State. t Sec. 2. That at said crossing or in i tersectioni the said Blue Ridge Rail a road be, anid the same is hereby, re , quiredl to erect and keep open suita e, ble structures for the accommodation of passenger. and for the sale keep. ing of treight; traiwported or to be transported over the ame. Sec. 8. That upon the failure or: refusal of said Blue Ridge Railroad in South Carolina- to comply with tho provisions of the foregoing sec tic"6 of this act, the Attorney Gen eral be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to institute the neces sary legal proceedings to have the charter of said company or corpora tion herein offending forfeited. Approved June 7 1877. What Judge Wright thinks about the Liberian Emigration Scheme. The Columbia Register publishes the following from A. J. Wright, the Tharthaparilla Jnstice: COLUMBIA, S. C., July 17, 1877. Mr. H. N. Boney: Dear Sir: Your letter of the 7th has been received, and I feel it my duty to answer the same as request ed by you. You desire to know why :it , # that T ^*" f* , nd in the first ranks in counseling and marshaling our peaple for anaxodus to Africa. The reason why is because, whenever I advise my people to do or not to do a certain thing, I must he possessed of what I regard good and substan tial reasons for such cou:sel and ad vice. I consider that for me to ad vise them to emigrate to Africa in their present condition would be to advise them to do that which would prove fatal to their best interests-not only the colored people of America, but those of Africa. W hen per'sons go to Africa they should be thoso who are far above the native African in intellectual, moral and religions culture, wben Lhey will be able to wield a proper and wholooeno influence upon the nati ves, and therefPre be a benefit to then and a blessing to the world. All the best lights and authorities that we have are that the colored people of this country are not typl.. cal Africans, aud, theretoro, not true representatives of that race. Our forefathers were a claes of persons fr'om the western coast who were only considered by the real representative A frican fit for slaves. They were a low type of thre African race, and the evidence is that the native African to day is far above the masses of those who have been recently libera ted from slavery in this country in in tell igenee. Now, if the great mass of this peos pie should emigrate to Af.ric a, it would, in my judgment, produce an unfavorable imnpressron upon the na tive african ooncerning our civilzrtion and Christianity. Let persons of capita!, intelligence, moral and reli gious culture go. Then will they be benefitted and the native blese. Thor e are many colored persons in America who are informed and ac quainted with the history of the r'ise and progress of the nations of the earth, and who know of the most sue cessful agencies wvhich have been brought to bear for the civilization of' the uncivilized, and who stand ready whben thre proper ti'ue cormea for them to be hecard to give sound and whole-. some advice. This country is the country of thre people1 without respect to race or color. Political r'everses must be exp)ected. The colored race of this country are, and ought to be, as fully able to stand or endure themi as the white r'ace. Butlb races can and will dwell together in this couns try in union, peace and pr'osperity'; and, in my judgment, the time is not far distant when all diflerenrces based on race w ill be no mrore, but when persons generally will be mneasujed according to the real merit they po0s sess. Very respectfully. J. J. WRIouT. Messr's. lahine and Chamberlain ought to get uip another "high vld The Silent CaptaSb. HOW 6TONEWALL JACRlW OtCPt- ei SNGULAR RETIWtNOR. The following is an extract from rominscenees of General Stonewall Jackson, furnished the Philadelphia Times by Major B. Kyd Douglas, of Hagerstown, Md: Gen. Jackson's troops and his ene my's believed he never slept; the fact is, lie slept a great deal. When ever he had nothing else to'do, he went to sleep, especially in church. I remember, durivg the invasion ot Maryland, on Sunday night he rode three miles in an ambulanoe to ato tend church in Frederick, and then fell asleep as soon as the minister began to preach; his head fell upon his breast, and he never awoke un til aroused by the organ and choir. He could sleep any where and in any position, sitting in his chair, tinder fire, or on horseback. On a night march toward Richmond,. after the battles with McClellan, he was rid ing along with his drowsy staff, nod ding and sleeping as he went. We passed by groups of men sitting along the roadside and erWaged in roasting new corn by fires made of fence rails. One group took us for cavala rymen with an inebriated captain, and one of the party, delighted at the sight of a man who had found whiskey enough to be drunk, sprang up trom the fire and brandishing a roasting-ear in his hand, leaped down into the road, and seizing the Gen eral's horse, cried out, 'I say, old fellow, where the devil did you get your liquor?' In an instant, as the General awoke, the fellow saw his mistake, aid then bounding from the road he took the fence at a sina gle leap, exclaiming, 'Good God! its old Jackf' and disappeared in the darkness. Yes, Gen. Jackson slept a great deal, but he was never caught nap ping. He gave to sleep many mo monts which other men would have given to conversation. He was es sentially a silent man; not morose, but quiet. He smiled often, rarely lanighed. lie never told a joke, but did not discourage thorn in others, and if one struck his''peculIar fancy he would smile in mild approval. He did not live apart from lii, staff, but, liked to have them about him, and they were nearly all very young men. Universally polite in manners, he encouraged the loveliest conversa tion among them, although lie took little part in it. J.Be was not a man of words; they seemed to embarrass him. When he lhad Wieas he p)ut them in action, not into language. His military dispatches were as brief as if studdied, like tile one hesent after the defeat of Millroy: 'God blessed our arms with victory at AMch Dowell yesterday.' He never die cussed his plans; indeed, lie never told them. The next officer under him never knew his intentions 1nor objects. He never volunteered his Opinion to his superior, nor asked advice of his subordinates. He was as self-reliable as he was silent, and believed 'be walka with speed who walks alono.' He was reticent to a fault. 'If my coat knew what I in tended to do I'd take it oilf and throw it awaiy,'. was onie of his sayings. This reticence often led to embarrassment and comiplaint from the officer next in command, and might have led to disaster ill case of his death; but lie evidently thought It better to run that risk than of having his pilanls discovered. The Radical organs think troops should be withdrawn from the South and stationed ini the North. Do tell I The new Georgia Conatitution makes lobbying a crime. That is a sure way of putting a stop to the most prolitic source of -legislative corruption in our nolitics. Aftwr V* Batee out from the ranks, down khe hill towa:d the toWn. 'hey ongh to acqurre a better knowledge of the locality1 saty Judge Rowe In' the Philadelpif Timer. Tiey wer feeling about in the log. for the toov of the hill, and the roads. After they bad gone a litt4 distanoQ, one of theni was stationed s 9 guide mark while the two others went furtbers reconnoitering or exploring. ie who was thus left alone found him, se t amid strange and. melancholY enrround ings.. Meditation sat upon his brow, but to- fall into complete' revery was Impossible. The hour and the scene would Intrude themw selves npon his thonghts of what bad befallen. The dead would not ro. main unnoticed. The dying criod out into the darkness, and demanded succor of tbe world. Was there nothing in the.universe 0 savef Tens of thousands within ear-shot, and no footstep of either friend or foe drew near during all the hours. Some times they drew near aud -passed by, which was an aggravation of theo agony. The subdued sound of wheele rolling slowly along and anon dtopI ping, the murmur of voices ad 0 cry of pain, told of the ambnlance Om its mission. It wont off in another direction. The cries were bornie through the haze to the officer as' he sat solitary waiting. Now a singlo lament, again voices intermingled and as if in chorus; from every di rection, In front, behind, tP rght, to left, some near,, OM9. distant and faint. Some. dgubtless. wPer faini that were not distant,. the departing breath of one aba9i4 to expire. They expressed every degree and shade of suffering, of painOf 'agony, a Aigb a groain, a piteont appeal, a hrIck, a prayer to God, ademand for Wter, for the ambulance, 'a deathirattle t horrid scream, a voice as of tbc body when the ou ore itself away, and abandoned it to the enemy, to the night and to dissoration. The voices were various. This,- the tongue of aGer manj that watl in the Oeltio brogue of' a poor Irishman. The,acv cent of New Engtan.d was distin knishable In the,tbg c,ryt of thb4 boy, From a different .qparter ,qamo Iteir, acces in the dialect of as fari of Ws' tern State. The appeals of tha Irish were the mest' pithetfe. y They put, them inito every: foroV.-'denuseistIon, i'emonstrance, a pitiful pwayer, a~ peremptory demand. The .erafIank was more patient, less' demrsoistra-' tive, withdrawling into himself. One man raised his body on his loft arn and extending his right hatnd up ward, cried out to the heavens and jell back. Most of them lay moan ing, with the fitful movement of un rest and paini. 00l. James A. lloyt, of Oo!umbia, has been appointed by Judge Ke' shaw receiver of the IHardy Solomnan Bank instead of T. C. Dunn, the for mer receiver. This is a good appoint ment, and we may now expect a full and complete investigation and pub. lieation of the affairs of this batik, which is believed to have been onei of the greatest swindles that was over perpetrated by RLepubl icanismn. It will, of course, require some time for~ the new receiver to straighten out the affairs of the bank, but we bave noy doubt the task will be as speediIy anid faith fully per formed as cant possibly be done. 8AN FaANCleOO, July 27.--Tho lat est advices from Chief Joseph say thatC ho is entrenched on tho Lolo trail, above Orafino and Camas Prairo eroa~ sing, that ho was not going to leave the country and that be was inuroasing his forces ovary day; that, he had bo, tween 400 and 500 warriors, anwd a he would soon have as many as Gori. Howard; that he intentded to whip Howard and then go to Lew iston and back to Walla Walla,