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DEVOTED TO POLITICS, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND rO TJE GENERAL INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY. VOL. V. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY,O OTOBER 18, 1877 NO.6 . THE' SENTINEL 18 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. BY D. F. BRADLEY & CO. Terms of Subscription. One Year... ...........$150 Six Months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Advertising Rates. Advet tisements inserted at the rate of $1 00 or square, of (9) nine lines, OR LESS, for the rat insertion, and 50 cents for each subse quent inser tion. Contracts made for THIEE, six or TWELVE months, on favorable terms. Advertisements not having the number of Insertions marked on them, will be published until forbid and charged accordingly. These terms are so simple any child may understand them. Nine lines is a square o4e inch. In every instance we charge by the space occupied, as eight or ten lines can be made to occupv four or five squares, as the advertiser may wish, and is charged by the space. & Advertisers will please state the num ber of squares they wish their advertisements to make. $ Business men who advertise to be benefitted, will bear in mind that the 8ENTINEL has a large and increasing cir oulation, and is taken by the very class of persons whose trade they desire. [Correspondence of the News and Courier] The Downfall of Smalls. CRUSHINP RWDENCE OF IsI ACCEPTANCE OF A $5,000 BRIBE. COLUMBIA, Monday Oct. 8.-The preliminary examination of Congress tman Smalls was resumed this morn ing at 11 o'cllock, tho prinicipal wit ne6s, Woodrufl', having arrived from ClirleSton bi cC Saturday. But few spectators-perIaps nut more than a dozon men and bilys- t*cro present in the curt ri)oi, as the public in Cilumbia have ceased to manifest any interest in thcsc oft-recurring trials, for the reason that all the cas. ts are very muck alike. All arc for stealing in some shapo, and the only break in the monotony of the pro coedings iS that afforded by changes of name as to the culprits, and as to the amount each receivod. * Senator Nush, however, was pros ent on this occasion, and seemed to take a lively interest in what was passing. The court being called to order, ~ Mr. Youmnans read from General * Statutes, page 463, the joint resolu tion appropriating $525,000 for the public printing of the sessions of 1870-71 and 1871-72, and also parts. of the Journals of the House and Senate, wherein he traced the course of the resolution from its introduc tion to its final passage. It appear s from the Senate Journal that the resolution was called up tor a third reading on the motion of Smalls and among those voting in the affir'ma tive were Smalls, Nash, Owens and I W hittemore. Mr.~ Woodruff was then sworn, anMd testified first, in substance, that he was clerk of the Senato at the time of the passage of the joint reso lution. A. 0. Jones was the clerk of the' House. Q. (By Mr. You mans.) 'Who was Senator from Beaufort at that time. * ~ Witness: 'Robert Smalls.' Q. 'Had he been for some time previous?' A. 'Yes, sir.' Q, 'Did you ever have any con versation with him in reference to the passage of this joint resolution before the Senate?' A. 'I did.' Q. 'Wcere was th at conversation had?' A. 'To the best of my recollection it was held gt my office in the State House.' 'Q. 'Did y1 ouCyCr give him any * gift or gratuity with a view to influ ence his vote on that question!' A. 'I gave him a check for five thousaniid dollars.' Q. (By Mr. Molton, c 'mnsel for prisoner.) 'Do I understand you to ~. say that you gave it to him for the purpose of secu ring his vote?' Q. BYes sr. Yulas)'a i given before or after Mr. Smalls had voted for it?' A. 'After.' Q. 'Did you make any promis to him before h; voted for itd' A. 'I did.' Q. 'What was the amount you promised to give him?' A. $5,000.' Q. 'That was to influence his action on the resolution?' A. *Yes, sir.' Q. 'And after ho voted for it, you gave him this $5,000 in accordance with the agreement?' A. 'Yes, sir.' Q. 'How did you pay him this five thousand dollars?' A. 'I gave him a check for $5,000 payable to cash or bearer, at the South Carolina Baking and Trust Oompany." Q. 'Was that chock charged up to youl' A. 'Yes, sir.' B. 'Did you make any memoran, um of these transactions at the titmel' A. 'Yes, sir.' (Witness producod i little book, and continued:) 'I have t here in my diary,' (reading:) Thursday, January 16, 1873.' After mumerating others who had drawn :hecks, there is one for Robert Mnalls for $5,000. Q. 'Did you date the memorandum Lt that time or aftet ' A. 'I don't remember. I frequent. y dated checks in advance.' Mr. Melton here interupted, and esiMred the witness to road what was vritten preceding this entry i! ques ion, and preceding all the naie in lie same connection. Witness bo ;an to read, sotto voce, as he looked or the place, '-- drew chock fur lansier for five thousand dollars.' Court and coun3el on both sides, Nul no! not tlhat.' Witness moved ih finger a little iighor up the page, and read again, Paid W. II. Jones five hundred Llars.' Courit and counsel together: 'NevM ir mind, never mind about that.' Q. (By Mr. Youmans.) 'You and ronies (clerk of the Ilouse) were in erested.in the passage of the bill?' A. 'Yes, sir.' Q. 'In the partition of labor, mak ng arran gemeonts with the Senators levolved upon you?' A. 'Yes, sir.' CIIOSS EXAMINATION. Q. (By Mr. Melton.) 'That book f yours, Mr. Woodruff, will you let no see it.'. The witness handed the little book o the counsel, who stated at it with nr air of admiration and miystifica ion, wvhuich was explained b)y the fact hat it was written in short-.hand, the ;eneral appearance of the pages be oig that of a neCst Of snakes which aad been st ruck by lightning--which 30,npar'ison may, or' may not, b)e ac 3epted as ominously appropriate to the situation of all involved in its I isclosures. Q. W~hat is that?-(pointing to a abaracter which might have been copied from a teabox.) Does that mean Mr. Robert Smalle? A. No, sir. Q What do you call that kind of sharacter? Greek? A. No, sir'. Short-hand. Q. Can any one road that beside yourselfi A. Yes, sir, Mi'.Shiaffer, of Char loston.. Q. Tis~ is a comibination char' A. Yes, sir; Pitman's, Graham's and Morrison's. Q. (By the Court.) 'It is a com bination you made yourself? A. Yes, sir. The examination of the witness was [bore conclud .d, and the books of the South Carolina Banking and Trust Iomnpany were next offer-ed in evi lence. froin whic.h it nW.ma.nd, Journal A, page 457, January 18, 1873, that Woodrnff is charged on that da4e with a check for $5,000. Journal U1 shows that STnalls is cred ited, same date, with a deposit of $5,000 on the Individual Lodger 'A,' page 875. The check wa3 produced in the couri, and was found to be paid to cash or bearer, but was dated June 19, 1873. Mr. L. N. Zualy, the bookkeeper of the bank, was next sworn, and testified that they frequently paid checks in that way for the accommo dation of patrons. Q. (By the Court) 'That is not the ordinary way of doing business?' A. No, sir. Q. (By Mr. Mclton.) You would not anticipate a check for a longer period than one day, would you? A. No. sir. Mr. Melton then stated that be would offer nc evidence in reply. R1s object had only beken to ascertain what was the specific chargo against the p)risoner. IIe then aslcd what amount of bail would bi required, which, after a Bhort discuslsion, was fixed at $5,000. The present bail will be allowed to remain in forco until Weduesday, when a new bond will be given for Small's appearance at the next term of the Court ;f General Sessiun3. TUE COLORED SEN AT%*R FROM MARL 1301o IN THE SAM1 DOX. Imm1ediately af.cr the conDcl1usion of the proceedings in the caso of simall, Senlator II. J. Matxwell,' col ored, was brought into court from jail, in custody of a conswable. The same preliminaries were g4me th rough as inl tle otheri' case, and the same books offered in evidence, *t ihe charge being the same in each case, excopt. as to the amount. Woodruff's testimony was as ful lows: 'Maxwell was in my office in the State House, according to my recollection, and I told him as 1 haJ told others, a certain mneasu1re was coming up, mainly this printing re. solution, and it lhe would hielp) me 1 would be able to help him, aft.er its passage, to a certain amount. Don't remember the precise amount. A fter the passage of the bill I gave him a check for $1,000, of whicd I made a note at the time.' Q. (By Mr. Youmnans.) 'This promnise was made to secure his vote in favor of the bill?' A. Yes, sir. Q. And this check was ia accor d' ance with that agreement? A. Yes, sir. Q. Is this (producing i ) the cheek you gave him? A. I think it is. Q. Is it endorsed? A. Yes, sir. Q. 'Whose handwriting? A. I think it is Mr. Maxwell's. Q. It appears to be his, does it? A. Yes, sir Q. Tha check was chargedl to you, in your settlement, by the Bank and Trust Company? A. Yes, sir. Maxwell, who had been picking his teeth and sucking at the steim of an empty meerscham pipe all this time, here got up and examined the check attentively, as it he had never seen one beforo. lie then sat dowvn and made a note of it with very much the air of the Artful Dadgerm under sonmewhiat similar circumistanl ces, an air in short which was in tended to conivey to the Court and hytadrs anu idea of thme rashness5 of the proceedings agains~t imu, and also [an initimait ion of crtainr unex pressed but dlire consequences which might bo expctedl to flow therefrom. Ile then, this cuning completed, leaned back in his chair [and( at nck his hands in his pockets and his pipe in his mouth, and expressed his sense of conscious innocence in other egnally ingenious an] t orcib2 w"ays. The ennei "lindiv,'idual Ler-" above referred to, shows on page 584 a deposit in Maxwell's favor ol $1,000 on the 17t1 of January, 1873 Mr. Molton said he would let this casO take the same courso n thI< other, for the reason already given and the amount of bail being fixed at t5,000, the caso closed. Immediately after hiis recommittal to jail this afternoon, Maxwell sent in his resignation as Senator. This is one report. Another is that the resignation was sent ia on Friday. At all events ho has resigued, and the fact was first aiounced to day. Clinton, the colored Senator from Lancaster, now in Columbia,is said to bave come here with the intention of resigning his seat, but has beei dissuaded from doing so by his Radi-, cal friends. Mr. Tillman Watsn, of Edgefield, has beei appoiinted aide-do-camp to the C-ivernor. W ASHINGTON, Oct. 8.-Gen. Miles telegraphs ftrom 13ear Paw, October 3, that he has surprised a Noz Preos ea*mp, capuring about GOO horscs, mules and ponices The engageunt was severe. The Indians lost seven teen killed, including "Looking Glaes" and Joseph's brother, and three other chiefs, and forty wound ed. Joseph gave his solemn pledge, yesterday, that he would surrender, but did not, and they are evidently waitiin g tr aid -from ot.her ldiams. The Sioux are coming to their aid. They are closely invested in some deep raviies and are kept under fire. Fo take iben by assault would cost mally liveI. I may wear them out and 'eVttually compel them to givt tip. They fight with moro despora tion thain any Indians I ever m(. Our killed aro Captain Erwin HaILl, Seventh Cavalry; Second Lieutenant Biddle, Seventh Cavalry, besides non-commissionled officers and pri vates. Wonided, Captains Maylor and Godfrey, First Lieut. and Adju tant Baird and Lieut. Romeyn, 38 non-commissioned oflicers and prik vates anid two Indian scouts. Aproposo of education, which a great many persons in England arc of Opinionl has boon carried to a point wvhich does more harm than good, inasmuch as it renders boys un willing to follow the occupations of their faters, an English gentleman writes: "1 was staying the other day in a lile box in the country whore a friend of mino lives. lbo is fortunato enough to possess one of those old fashioned mon as servants whose hands spare their CmlOyors the necessity of on gaging another pair of hands at least. I asked him what his son-whomi I rcemmbored a promising boy-was doing? I was told he was abovo wvork, but that he read handbooks of p)opu lar science to his mother. Poor wo mani! For that sort of thing, though good in itself, goes a very little way." W omen vote in Wyoming territory and that is the only place whore they p)retend to be older thani tho,y really are-that is some of thiem do, who are not yet of age. If' Honest John Patterson wvants to escape ani investigatian le can either door run away. At least th)ese are tli two ebanmcs presented him by a "'free an:d enligh tened( pries.". Gonm. Garfiehi and Mr*. Pendletoni l ike caeb~ &iber personamlly), but hav e no0 respect for ebach othier's opi nions. Rev. Mr. Rilhinson says Chr'istians are '"rocked to hiell in the chair of in, dlolence,"' and sinnters ini that of pre.. Thecre aro n ineteeni w.oirnon's ( chris tiani tmperCIanlco iuions inl Ve~rmnont, Although the IBrailianx law recog ize~s thie deathL penialt.y' t he preCseni empjeror has nlever yet con'msented tk ui a death wanm aot The Rules of the Demooratic Party. At the meeting of the State Dom ocratic Convention, last August, the Stati Executive Committeo submit ted a series of rules for the govern ment of the Democratic party in South Carolina. Theso rules were adopted by the Convention, and go into forco when the campaign of 1878 shall open. Meantime it is pr- vided that the present County Executive Committees shall contine in oflice until the first meeting of the County Conventions under the now rules. In other respects the rules show what was the sense of the State Convention and will be a valuable giide to the p)arty. Under these rules there can be both unity and uniformity of ac tion in the next cnvass: ORGANIZATION OF PRECINOT AND COUNTY CLUBS OF THE I)EMOCRATIC PARTY. ARTICLE 1. ThOrc shall bo one or more Democratic Clubs organized in each election precinct, each of which clubs shall have a distinct title, "The Democratic Club)," and shall Ulect a President, one or moro Vico Presidents, a Recording and Corros ponding Secretary, and a Treasurer, and shall have the following working committees, of not less than three members oach, viz: A Committee on Registration, an Executive Commit tee, and such other committees as to each cli) may seem expedient. Awr. 2. The meetings of the Clubs should be frequent, after the opening of the canvass; and some member of the club or invited speaker deliver an address at each meeting if practi cable. ART. 3. The President shall have power to call an extra moting of the club; and - mombors of the club shall constitututo a quorum f .r the transaction of business. Aiz,r. 4. The clubs in each county shall be held together and operate under the control of a County Exce titive Committee, which shall consist of one membor from each club, to be nominated by the respective clubs and elected by the County Conven tion and such other members as the Conventiona may add. The Executive Committee, when elected, shall appoint its own officers and fill all vacancies wvhich may arise when the Convention is not in ses sion. The tenu-re ot'office of the Ex ecutive Committee shall be until the next general campaign, unless sooner removed or suspended by the County Convention. Tho present County Executive Comnmit too shall conmtimanu in oflico un1til the first meeti ng of. the County Con vent ions under this organization. A w'r. 5. County Democratic Con ventionis shall be composed of dole gates elected by thme several local clubs-one delegate for every club, anfd a ni additional delegate for every twventy live (25) enrol led members with the right to each County Con vention to enlargo or diminish the rep)resentaLtion according' to ci rcum stances. This convention shall be called together by the chairman of the Executive Committee, under sush rules as each county may adopt; and w hen assemnbled shall be called to order by the chair man of the Ex ecutive Coinmittee, and shall proceed to elect, fromi amongo its members, a PresidenCt, one or more Vice-PLresi den1ts3, a Secretary and Treasurer. lho0 Coniventioni shall prdceed to bus iness, and when the same is transac ted it shall aidjouirn sino dio. A wr. G. T1hu moudo and manner of nominating canIdidadtes for~ county olcsor for delegates to the Stato, Jndicial and Congressional convens% tions, shall be regulated in each county by the respetive county con voil uns. A wr. 7. The St ate convention shall be compo'sod of delegates from each coun mty in the nummerical prOp)ort iona tv which that county* is entitled in~ both branches ofb the General Assem bly. ART. 8. The officers shall be a President, one Vice-President from each Congressional District, two See rotaries and a. Treasurer. AiT. 9. The State Ex6cutive Com-. mittee shall be composed of three from each Congressional District The delegates from the counties com. promising the Congressional District to nominate the candidate from that district, and the Convention shall then proceed to an election. ART. 10. The Executive Commit tee shall elect its own chairman and other offlIcers, and shall meet at the call of the chairman or any five mem. bers, at such times and places as he or they may appoiut. ART. 11. The Executive Commita tee shall have power, by the vote of a majority of the whole committee, to call a convention of the Democrat. ic party of the State, at such time and place as it may designate; and is chargod with the execution and di rection of the policy of the party in the Stato, subject only to this Cons stitution, the principles declared in the platform, and such instructics, by resolutions or otherwise, as the State convention may from time to tinQ adopt; and all shall continuo in oflice for two years from the time of election, or until the aFsembling of the next State convention for the nomination of a State ticket, unless superseded by the action of the State convention. And if any vacancy be occasioned by death, removal or oth er cause, the committee shall have power to fill the vacancy. AR. 12. When the Wate Demo. cratic Convontion assembles, it shall be called to order by the chairman of the State Executive Committee, shall elect a temporary President, shall proceed immediately to the election of permanent officers and the trans action of business. The convention, when it has concluded its business, shall adjourn sine die.- A nd when a convention is called by the Execu tivye Comn mittee, such con vention shall be composed of uewly elected delegates. AnT. 13. This organization shall not go into force until the State cam-. paign of 1878. Sensation in Court. KINGBTnECE, S. C., October 8.-The Court of Sessions for Williamsburg county adjoued to..day very unex-. pectedly, Business progressed very satisfactorily until a case against the county commissioners for official mis conduc., was reached. A jur'y of eight negroes and four white men hoard the case on- Saturday. They romained in the jury room until dark. Judge Wiggins instructed them, in case they agreed, to brig in a sealed verdict on Monday morn.. ing. This they did, and when the verdict was announced of guilty, the attorney for the defendants called for a poll of the jury, when, to the sur prise of every one, two of the negros juirymen denied that they had agreed to the verdict just tendered. The Judge, after some c'nsideration, in-. structed the clerk to enter a mistrial. The circuit solicitor then addressed the court, saying that, in his opinion, it would be doing the St'ite and the detendants great injustice to proceed with any more cases, and moved a continuance of them all. This wvas roadily granted by the Judge, and thme court adjourned. The two jurors who thus publicly situl tified themselves wore immendiate ly arrested for perjury. One of them. gave bail, and th'e other is noW fn p)rison, whore he will likely remain as a substitute for those whom hos corruptly attempted to shield from a (leser ved pirnish ment. -A Becrke coun ty, Pa., shoema kew mawnufactutres "med ica1ted" boots.