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SW- Advertisers will pleas6 state the num ber of squares they wish their advertisements to make. XW- Business men who advertise to be benefitted, will bear in mind that the 8ENTINEL has a large and increasing cir culation, and is taken by the very class of persons whose .trade they desire. The Back Poll Tax. SUMTER, S. C., October 28. To the Editor of the News and Courier: Your editorial comments on my action in relation to back poll taxes would inmply that I had neg lected or disobeyed the verbal di rections of my superior officer, the ion. Johnson ilagood. Although the law requires ther orders than werbal I would not have made any question in this instance had I not vxcellent reasons f,>r dving so, which I % ill now explain. Soon after the verbal directions idluded to, I was visiting Columbia, and called -at Governor Hampton's flice oik brfiness connected with the C ltge Librarv. His Excellency, after-attending to the matter of the library, asked me whether the re lations between the races in Sumter County were fC iendly, and remarked that he desired all o'flirs of his aps pointments to do what !iy in their power to impress the colored people with tie sincerity of his policy of kindness and fairness to them. I re plied tilat I wats glad his Excellency had "'rbached the subject, as there was a serious obstacle to the pleas anit rblations wvhich ought to exist between the c.>ored people and his government, and I stated that I had been directed by the Honorable the Comptroller General to assess the poll tax for all the past years in cases where it had nmot been assessed. I said that' I did niot desire to be understood as complaining of my superior officer, but that as his Ex cellency had drawn it forth, I would say that 'I had examined the laws relative to the poll tax, and was A datisfied .that "to assess the back poll taxes was neither lawful, pracetical uor.politic." Uis Excellency said he Would se the, Comptroller General on the subject, and, if possible, have it stopped, and remarked that, "we ouglktto be satisfied with collecting the poll lax.for the current year." Several weeks having elapsed, and no change in the instructions having be4z4 40mm.diiciatef. .to me, I Ven tured to asic his Excellency, on the occasion of another visit, I think on the 14th October, what had been done about the'back poll taxes. IIis ,. Eteellency said it had been over looked ini the multifarious duties of hris office, but that he would attend to it' immediately. IIe accordingly sent a message to the Comptroller General, aeking him to come, to his office; but unfortunately that gentle 6 man bad left Columbia, and the matter had to be again post poned. Meantime the necessity for deciding tl!.tietion was upon me, and I then, on the. 17th October, addressed * to theo Honorable Combptroller Gent oral the letter which you have seen publishe4 .In the "Sumter Watch ina." You will peroeive that I did niot act without due caution; and that in what I iave done, I Was only car rying out the wishes of our wise and good Governor. 1am pleased to say that our able Attornoy Goneral has decided in favor of his Excellency's views, and that I have now received written in structions from the Comptroller General not to asaess back poll taxes. Yours, respectfully, CUARLES 1I. MoIs, Auditor Sumter County. The Situation in Mexico. HAVANA, October 27.-Advices from the City of Mexico, of the 18th, sayo: "An attempted revolution in the State of Nichoacan was suppressed instant ly. It is authentically reported that the State of Sonora has seceded Peace prevails in the other States. Re ported insurrection on the Northern border prove untrue. President Diaz shows an inflexible determination to extradite criminals on the Rio Grando belioving extradition necossary to preserve the National decorum. Ger. Travins and Gov. Charles, of Coa buila. arrived at the capital on the 16th, from the border States, bringing favorable accounts of the situation, except that discontent is manifost at Diaz's determination to extradite all criminals. Several regiments of in fantry and cavalry have marched for the border, relics of the Lerdo faction being sLill at work. The Lordists are actively organizing to co-operate with Escobedo in his efforts on the Rio Grande. ELIzABT, N. J, Oct. 30.-The chief of police of the city last night arrested, at Morristown, L. Cass Cpert, alias Carpenter, editor and proprietor of the Columbia, (S. C) Daily Union,. on an indictinent for forgery in raising two notes,.from $600 to $1,600. Also for default of $3,000 in hi3 settlement with the United States Governinent, which sum lie drew on sala,-y and adver tising accounts, but did not pay the bills. Ile ran away from Columbia to Connecticut, then to NeW York, and afterwards resided tLwo weeks in this city.: Gol. .johnson, of the. Sotith Carolina Logigture, camne with a requisitsion 'from Governor IIamnp tou for Carpenter's arrest. lle is now in jail, and will' beiukuw' away at once. [NoTE.-Carpenter is a very good specimen of the gehus car'pet bagger. Lie was best known as the editor of a Radical sheet published in Column bia, and called the Union-~1rald, which was for a long time known as Chamberlain's organ. In 1874 he was elected to Congress, on the Re publican patent plani of co'untin gin, to compjlete the unexlpired term of his very worthy pr'edecessor, R. B. Elliott, Massach use'tte Ethiopian,who resigned for the purpose of being elected to the Legislatmro i' oin Aik.Z en, so that he migh t be chiosen Spdak. or of the Sotuth Carolina Ilouse of Representatives. At the expiratiom of the termh Carpenter was succeeded by Iloge, another' sample c. b., and he was soon after appointed assistant collector of initernal revenue for the third South Carolina district, which position he hold until a f2hort time ago ]i \V AsHINoToN, Oct. 3".--The case of Senator Patterson, who was claimed on a requisition of' the Governor of South Carolina, and who sued out a writ of habeas corpus, hiaw.beon fur t~p postponed by agreement of o' nsel at the request of te- Attor niey General of' South Carolina, who is unable to be here to morrow on account of official business. The case will not again he heard until some time after the 10th of November; the exact time to be agreed on hereafter, with the express undterstanding and agreement that no other requisition will be made or new obarges prefer r'ed, during the pending of the pros enit proedings before Judge Hlum nhrnv. The Testimonial to Gordon It is- nearly a year since our peo ple, with strained nerves and anxious hearts, awaited the result of a gallant struggle for reinstatement in the right to continue the noble history of South Carolina. The knowledge that Jail ure would be fatal was enough to make us put forth the whole strength of an united population, and to nerve the true ipon of the State .in every -effort in retaining what was so well Adhievd. With or without help from abroad, the utmost with or without our power nust have been done. The long weary years of oppression forbade the relinquish inent of just expectations; the future welfare of the State, wherein was in., volved the happiness of prosperity, urged onward the determination to throw off the shackles which invir-n ed the limbs of a people who were entitled to be free. But we were not left to "maintain the contest alone." A great sympathy was energized in increasing labor and vigilance, by one whose position and ability was of inestimable value, and this kindly sympathy served to relume the hopes of our people, whenever the clouds of doubt and uncertainty seemed to veil the misty future. To the unsel fish, patriotic Gordon was due the in spiration! The months in which General Gor don wat giving our leaders the use of his experience and counsel, the women of Columbia, among others, drew steady hope and trust from that fact. These women, exulting in the renewed opportunities for Caro lina's sons to take her from the dust of humiliation and lift her high in the records of the nation, designed a memento of the event, in rec. gnition of a noble friendship to the State. It was to be presented to Gcorgia's bat. Ie-scared hero, for whom they felt m everlasting gratitude, which would lain find expression in a lastig sou venir of appropriate design. The purpose of the devoted women who pr,o.ectedl this tegtimponial aa guiet ud as .has. been already announced, bhe silvenesel which 'has ben pre pared under .their direction will shortly find its destination. The de lay in getting out this beautiful offer ing was caused by the order being given at a season of the year, when skilled workmen of superior ability were not in service. But this does not diminish the beauty or signifi cance of thoe gift, which is the more valuable in its intrinsic character' for thie fervor wvhich has not abated with time's delay. The inscription is conitained in the words of Governor Hampton's mem orable dispatch to Gordon, when the troops marched out of the State [louse, except the clause relating to Chamberlain's resignation. Although proper to be included in the telegram, the wbmen. rebelled against t heir use of a name which symbollized only dishonor'. TIhe exact wording of the telegram has never appear'ed in the newspapers wd believe, and what was printed did not convey its full and applropriate nieaning: "The troops have been removed. I'erfect peace prevails. Sonth Carolina thanks you.-WADE LIAMPTON." The idea con veyed is that the whole p)eop)le of South Car'olina united in this heart felt expression of gratitude to oneo w hose steadfast friendship deeer ved this suitable recognition, immediate ly as the result was 'an fal accompli.' Further, the Governor had a right to speak in this representative capacity, for during the protracted days of waiting for the fiunal dawn of deliver. ance, it was ho who stood unmoved in the firm position that whatever else occurred, the rights of the ma jority in South Carolina were to be respected. It was not a personal ex j.rossion of thanks to General Gordon. but the spontaneous outburst of grat. itude from a people henceforth free and untrammelled in the enjoyment of local self-government. The wom en of Columbia, who I)ave embodied this sentimont in a rarely beautiful gift, deserve all honor and praise for the manner in which it has been car ried out.-Columbia Register. Our Mexican Relations. A long letter was received at the State Department to day from Mr. Foster, our Minister at the City of Mexico, recounting the progress and results so far of the negotiations pending in that city between the United State and Mexican authori ties for a new treaty between the two countries. This new treaty conforms in its main features and general outline to the one now subsisting between the two governments, with an enlarge ment in the extradition section of the number of offences for which ex. tradition may be demanded and had, together with the addition of an al together new section, providing that the regular soldiers of either country shall be allowed to cross the border and enter the territory of the other when in actual pursuit of outlaws escaping over'the-Troutier. It is un. derstood that this last provision is the secret of the delay in Ithe ratifi cation of the treaty by the Diaz gov ernment and constitutes the hitch which has kept the paper under de bate for the past three months. The modification of this section in such a way that it shall be palatable to the Mexican people ii believed to be the object of the prolonged series of con - ferences held in the Mexican capital with Minister Fuster by the officials of the Mexican State Depaitment. It is understood that Mr. Foster insists that thero shall b an un equivocal definition in the treaty of this mutual right of the troo)s of either country to puroS marauders into the territory of the other.4 During the course of the after noon it was repor-ted that Senor Matai, the 'representative of the Diaz Government in WVashinigton, hiad be come discouraged; that lie hiad de termined to desist from any further efforts to obtain recognition for his government by the United T1tates.-. Senor Mata declines to answer in. quiries relative to the p)resent state of his relations with the United States Government, butc he admits that he has very recently received an official communication fronm the for eign deCpait rtet of his governmwent, of wvhich the pending negotiations between Minister Foster and Presi. dent Diaz formed an impJor'tant fe'a tore, and that he has held a confer ence with thne head of the Depart ment of State here. iIe also ad mits that he is fully determined to leave Washington within a short time and report the result of hia no gotiations to Sen)or iDiaz personally in theo City of Mexico. Tue repre, sentative of' the defacto Mexican Government states, with a tinge of diplom'atic humor it may be con jectured, that on account of the so verity of the climate at WVashiingtont he had intended to remain ce'rtainily rto longer than thne 1st of September. IIe considered it probable, however, that lie would deter his departure for Mexico until he receives another dispatch from hiis govern me~nt, which he expects by the next mail via, Newv Orleans.-New York Hlerald. If Stanley Matthews resembles Brigham Young,.says the Rochester Democrat, it must be because Brig.. ham is dead. True bills htavo been found by the Richiand county Grand Jury against "Bob'" Smalls for bribe taking, and L. Cass Carpenter for fraud. Let the milla grind on). Captain Thompson's Story. The early days of April, though pleasant on land, on "blue water" were what might be called rough. Every vessel arriving at New York has brought news of disaster. The Norwegian bark Faro, which reach ed New York Sunday, April 22d, brought Captain Thompson and the crew of the schooner Laura A. Webb, of Deer Isle, Me., which was aban doned on the 15th, after five days effort to save her. Captain Thomp son says: "You see, Ive been on blue water for thirty years, but that storm lay away over anything I ever got into before. We left New York on the 7th of April, and worked along all right until the 7th, when we ran into the edge of the storm of Cape Henry. The wind came from E. S. E. all around to E. N. E., and the sea seem. d to roll up from almost anywhere. I conc'uded to heave to, so we made 6verytling snug and tossed for twen by hours with all sail furled. This would have been all well enough it the sea had been all regular running ifore the wind. That's whatit wan't; it seemed to come from everywhere. Dne minute her bows would go clean ander a wave, and before she got airly straightened again another would strike her abeam or astern. Well, we stood this for twenty hours, ind then I determined to run out of he gale. For six hours we scuddled Along under closenreefed foresail. rhen a heavy cross sea struck her, and another followed so quick that ahe hove clean on her beam ends to starboard; and the ballast shifte-i. I saw right away that we were wreek, ed sure, and it would take Mighty lively work to cut away the uigging n time to save life. "1here was nothing easy about it 11st then, I can tell you. Every sea wept her from sten to stern, and lie men had to lash themselves to he casheads and do the best they sould between waves. When the nauinmnast fell, Abner Newman got is leg bauught and wa&badly fresh% d. Ie was sent below, and bb did, 't.have no easy time either, for thei-e d&as Glenty of water in both forecas le and cabin. "Well, eveun after stick and spar was Qverboord except the bowsprit and mainiboon, she wouldn't right because the ballast was so badly shifted. So we had to open the hold and the men were set to heaving the ballast back. Four or five hours' work trimmed the craft enoughb to give us the use of the cabins. The meni were pretty well exhaubted, and there did not seem much to be donle duringv the night. I awwe were drifting to the eastward, and toward morning I got anxious lest we should drift out of the track of the coast traders. In the morning we rigged little jury masts, and tried to get up sail enough to give us some sterage, way. We could not do much, for althe h canvass we had left was a lits tie of the foresail. "I never see such a sky as broke on us next morning. It was streaked all over, brassy, and looked a threat in every rift. All our small stores was in the cabin, badly damaged with salt water and hardly fit to eat 1'here was no chance to cook any hing, not eveni a cup of coffee. The rain, although it wasn't froze, cut where it struck like shot, and was just about as cold. Oni deck or bos low deck it was all the same for wa ter, and all of us were drenched hrough. We didn't see a sail all lay, and when n)ight closed in with he storm arnd sea wilder than over, there didn't seem to be much hiope. '-Tbe next morning, A pril 11th, was just such another. Now, I've been wrecked before, and have seen some pi etty high seas, but I never saw no use in lashing myselt to keep from getting washed QVOm.oar... -. Well, the mate eame up and aid: "Cap, these seas are mighty high; you had better try a lashing!" Ijust laughed at hi'm, and said I wouldn't do any such thing. He kept telling me four or five times ihai I had bet ter do it, and at last, just to please him, says I: 'len give me a lash% ing!" Well, it was riot more than five minutes after I had made It fast that a mountaki sea struck her astern, lifted mne right over the wheel and took me to the end of the lashing with such a jerk that it pretty near cut me in two. That wasn't all of it; after the sea rolled along I came fore head on the deek so hard that it closed one of my eyes. That was about the narrowest sbave I ever had If I hadn't taken that lashing the first heave of that sea would have lifted me right overboard. "Two more days without eight of sail. We were btill doing what we could to keep from drifting too far to eastward, but it wasn't of muc' use, and most of those on board were getting discouraged. Abner New, man, the man with the broken leg, kept up his courage better than any of them. On the third morning he told his mates that he had a dream in one of the short spelle wben ex haustion so far overcame pain that he could sleep soome. "1 dreamed that I was eating my soup, boys, at Deer Isle,' said he, 'and a white cat streaked with gray jumped upon the table and watched me eat. We'll get out of this all right, never fear." "1 liked the fellows pluck, but at the same time I was beginning to feel a little dubious. We seemed to be dritting along about the middle of the atorm with nd chance to.run out of it. Besides we were going so much to eastward that I thought that accounted for our not encour.A tering vessels of some sort. Four days and nights had been spent int about as uncomfortable quarters as a man could pick ont, and still no sail hove in ight. About half past three on theoafternoon of the .15th, the Norweogiain bark Fat-o sighted us'audd came to our assistan ce. The storm had abated somewhat, but there was still a good deal of risk im making the transfer in such a sea, but it was ac complished without acci dont. "I never took much stock in dreams, but it does sceem strange the way A bner Newman's came out. As soon as as we could get him .ashore he was sent to comftrtable quarters, and the first morning after they got there they gave him a bowl of pea soup. There imoethan oewt ness that can swear that before ho swallowed the first spoontul a w hito cat, streaked with gray, jumped on the table, as familiar as an old friend and eat there watching him till he had finished. A party of French wits once stop pod at a tavern. When tihe feas% was over one of the members called in the hiostess. "Angeligqie," he said, "I am going to give you a les son in astronomy. IIave you not heard of the great Latonic year, when everything must return to its former condition? Know, then ,that in 18,000 years we shall be here again, on the same day and at the same hour. Will you give us'credit till then?" The hostess, however, had her reply. "I ami perfectly wil, ling," she rotorted, but it. is just 16,000) years eince you were here before, and yon- left withle .it paying; settle the old sc.ore, and I will truist you on the new. In Greece you can tell by the way a woman wears her hair' whether she is married or not; in America you malty know that a; man is married it ho dosen't wear any hair at all. A iDenoerat in Ohio is reported to have actually laughed biwnself to death over the recent triumph of his part~y t.here.