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- -- e - - - -*V- * 4A.. ,-- * - DOOT ro POLITiCs, )ORALITY, IDUCATION AND '0 THE GEERAL INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY PIK N - VOL. VIL- PtOKEN8, S Os, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 187. NO2 SENTINEL IS UBLTSUED EVEaY THURSDAY iY D. F. BRADLEY & 00. Ter$*s of RabsecIgaton. One Year ........... . .. $1 60 S.I8 [ojths..... 7 Avertistg Rates. Advertiqements Inserted at the rate of $1 00 per square, of (9) nine lipes, OR LESs, for the Ugt insertion, and 60 cents for each subse bu6t inset tion. -Contraets m%de for TnaMn, six or TWZLVE mouths, on favorable terms. Advertisements not having the number lf p Insertdons morked on them, will be published untI forbid and charged t1ccordingly. 1 These terms are so simple any child may understand them. Nine lines it a square oneinh. In every instance we charge by the space occupied, as eight or ten lines can bi made to occupy four or five squares, as the - advrtiser may wish, and is charged by the spa;ce. 'AWb Advertisers will please state the nupn ber of squares they wish their advertisements 4 - to make. '41r Business men wh'o advertise to be benefitted, will bear in mind that the 8ENTINEL has a large and increasing cir culatlon, and is tuki by the very -class of - permons whose trade they desire. About a Tea Party Mrs. Dyer S. Stirred the fire, Agnes Stout Poked it out, Tommy Voles FoLtched the coals, Alice Good ' Laii thuwood,. Bertie Patch Struck the match, Charlotte Hays Made it blzo, Mrs. Groom Kept the broom, Katy Mooro 8wept t.he floor, Fatitsy Froth Laid the cloth, Arthur Gray Brought the tray, Betty Batc. Washed the plates, Smoothed the salt, Dickey Street Fetched the mont, Stilly Stril' Rubbed the knife, Miniio York Found the fork, Sopiia Silk Brought the milk, Mrs. Bream ben t some cream, 8usan Head Cut the brend, Hiarry Host Made thme ceast, Mrs. Dee > Poured out the tea, And they all were as happy as hap. py could be. State Executive ommittee.. The State Demuoret ic Execut ive Committee met on Thursday even ing and. aigain on Friday afternoon. Gen. Kennedy, temreporary-.chai rmran, stat ted the ob)jects to perfs.ct the organ izat ion of the Exe':ntive Commiwt tee by tame election of a chairman to fill thme vacancy~ oiccasioned by the resig * ~ nation of lion. A. C. [Haskell. Gen. Jiagood nominated Gen. Johnt D gen'gedy'for thme position, aind hie was elected by acalarmation. Mr'. J. Ad( ger Smnythe noumiuiated James A. Hoyt fur Secretary, which was car' ried. The menmbers entered ni3)on a full discussion of the matters port&ting to the ensuing campaign, and the re * stalt.otftheir deliberati ns la embod led in the annexed proceedings. The .following resolution was adopted: R~EsoLVaD, That the State Execu' live Committee of the Democratic party of South Carolina recemmends anl im)mediate reorgainization of tihe same in view of the campaign of '8'8, and~ that-the Ounty Con ven tions be c,alled as soon as practicable in the sev'eral counties to' elect offl% cers to serve for tbe next two years. In pursuance of the foregoing re Ssolution tihe Ezeentive Committee dir'ect4(ention ,too rO uc[h of the ,coustitution oft the part, adopted by the State, Convention in Anguist, 1878, as a ofete tb the cobuaty orgai-. zationp,as @ltows: Awirci 1.4There shall be one or * more Deudoratio clubs OFgapIteddign each deect n precinct, each of which clube shall. have a' distinct title: "The - - Dem6cratia Clb;" and shalRl elect A President, one or more Vioe Presidents, a Recording and Corresponding S.-cretary, atd -a Treasur,qr, adsbell have the follow. ing working committees, of not les -than three mornbers oech, viz.: A committee on registrat16n, an execn tive committee, and sch other com mittees as to each club may seem er pedient. ART. 2. The meeting of the clubs shouli be frequent, .fter the opeining *f the canvss, and some member of the club or invited speaker deliver an address at each meeting if practi cabld. Awr 8. The President sha'l have power to call an extra meet ing of the club; and - 1membeC of the Club shall constitute a quorupi fur the tranmsaction of bieiness. Awr. 4. The clubs in efh county shall be held tiogether and operate mider the contral of a county execu five committee, which shall consist of one member from each club, to be nominated by. the resi,ect.ive clubs a nd elected by the county convention and such other meimbers as the con veition. may add. T e. executive committee, when elected, eA!! vppoint its own (Aleers and fill all vacancies which tuay arise when the ci.nventiou is not in session. The tenure of office of the excntive c1411mmit tee shall be. until the next general ciapaign, uile3s sooner re ruoved or suspended by the county convention. The poresent county executive com iiitlees Shall cotinue in office until the tirst meeting of the county con. ventions utider this organiziftion. * A ir. 5. County Deipoccatic con VCn10tmin( shall be con>posed of dele gates elected by the several local clube-one delegate for every ciib, and an C~dditional delegate for every twenty-five enrolled menAibere--witb the righft to each count y convent ion to enlarge or diminish the rep.sesen tat ion according to circumsteancs. Tise c(?Bonvetiun shall Eo called to gether by the chairman of the exec utiveo committee, under such rules as each county may adopt; and when assembled ehall be called to order by ahe chairman of the executive corn mitteet anti phball p)roceed to elect from amnong its mewmbers a President, one or more Vice-Presidente, a Sec a etary anad Tra surer. The convyen tio:: shall proceed to bhasitiee, and when the pamne i8 transacted it shall adjourni sine die. AR 6. The muode arnd manner of nominiating candidates for the county uflices or for~delegates to the State, J udcial and C9grssonlconVen% lions shall be regulated in eachi conn ty by the respective county conven t ions. In this convention, the Executive Connnittee made the followiang re coimmeridation: Upder article 1st, where local clubs of tLe Set ca'ipaigni are in ex isten)ce, that they be reorganized by the electice of officers to ser ve the ensunrg two years, ated a many ad% ditional clubs formed as may be deemed essential to the sncesof tbo party. Also, that the committee on ITegistration forthwith matie a comu plAte registration of all the voters, cla~ssalyinug themn as h,ite and black, Democrats and Republicans. -Under Article 5th ibat the Countj Chairrta be ex officio Chairman of t he County Exeocutive Comumittee and of all onaty contventions. Ude, ar4oi. leth, that the system of ptimarny 2eetions by ballot .be adoptend 'the'sobde .af nomioating candidates tot countj officers and fineteebrs of the GenrI<AWembt'f W hile the principle of pritnary sloe. tionahduld be- at oztee annoneed, it is lb. ,4olded judgment of the~ Ste: EZeentiYe Commi~ittee:that stbe nomhlations by prhnary ,election should not take place tinti a later period in the campaign, and in re gard to which firther recommendi, will be mado 'hereafter as to te etails for. condwting the said election. When the County Conventions )9ve elected oers, tho new County Obairman will at once report, to the Secretary of 'the State Execntive Comtjittee, giving the names and post office address of the officers choe4n, together with the names and post efflees of the Presidents of the local iclubs, and the number and memiership of the several clubs. The suggestioins aid recconmenk dations of the Executive- Committee are fonnded upon tie experience of its members in The last eampaign , and while not conflicting with the conn stitutipn prepared by the August Convention, will assist to work out the jlan of organization more per tectly and harmoniously. The main purpose of the constitution was' to secure uiiifornity throughout the State, pnd the nearer each county adhears to the plan and recommen dations under it, the more certainly will harmony and concord prevail in tho organization. NEw XvK, Fab. 20.--The steam ship City of Dalles, of Mallory's Florida line of .steamers, wits this evening destruyed by fire. She had a:rived in the 'afternoon from Fer nandinn, and at 6 o'clock the fire waw first discovered. There were 480 bales of cotton she had brought-still in the hld. Q,nrtermaster Wallace and a pa - senger immed Humphrey Benn. fift discovered the smoke, and when they oponed the door of the enghne room flai es aRd smoko burst furth. The vessel had to be filled with water, which was pumped into the hold by eleven engines and four fire boats. The bull was saved, bit the cargo is a total Less. The lo S on the vessel is abou:t $50,000 and onl the cargo $50, 000. Theo City ot Datllas is owned by C. Ii. Mallory &.Co., was built at Mystic, Cono., ini 1872, at a cost of $124,000, arid was considered one* of the kest, 'boats ins the trade. It is' supposed1 there was fire in the cot ton wvhen it was eldgped. Mr. Bean, who bait the reinaius of his .son on board, :narrowly escaped with This life, having geino intoithe hold. to re move the coffin, witha which lie sue's. ceeded, in- getting to the wh'larf. ParINerroN, N. Jl., Feb. 1l)-.-A ses rious affray occWtred last night be tween two Sophoumores and eight Freelnuen at :PrincetonCoee,i whih 3.r.Aterbury, one ot ihe Suphomos es, was dantgerousiy.shot in the thigh. 'The trouble .aroee from the F'reshmren entering the .Sopi, omores room, bindinig 1:he latter .to chairs and shaving .their heads. Laterv.--The trouble has again t>roken out among 'the students at Princeton College. This time the treObbmen Are the aggressore. Dr. McCosh seemsq to be uual4 to su b. duge the saviqge si, of his jounhg men, althogi he.has frequently ad ministered severue rebuke, butL all .to no0 pur'poS.. Last nights a nrumber of freshmen entered the sophomores room; they tied several of them to chairs anud shaved their heads. Aft' the fr-eshmen hah retired, they wete followed by 'othef iphombred whE were burning Ifor nreVenge.. Two parties came to ,blow, and so serious was'the abay' t-bat shroth wOre . ex~ ehanged. To-day the excitemenit iIY the college'was intense and it is fler-' ed that bad feeling will 'brek a't agnd result In ser'Iens troajblb. jr. McCoshi and the Pro,fessors 'are ark inkg. every effort to preserve orde.r. lie ,that has more knowledge flian judgmoent is made for another man's nse rathes ilaD his own. Resentence of Robert ZoEvoy. AIKEN, S. C., Feb. 16.-Onr peo, ple were somewhat surprised this morning by the appearance in our midst, says the Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist, af Judge Thos. Thomson, one of the recently elected Judges. Our regular term of court commenced two weeks ago, but in consequence of theb Supreme Court decision onsting all of t he old Judges, we have only bad the form of calling and adjourning cort from day to day until some ove should come to preside. The first case takou up was that of the State vs. Robert McEvoy, convicted of the murder of Colonel J. J. Gregg. The rule of the Su preme Court dismissing his appeal having been iead to him, he was asked if be had anything further to say why he should not suffer the death penalty. ,9. Messrs. Myers and Lee, represent ing the prisoner, asked that judg inent be buspended, as they had the sworn affidavit of the prisoner that he was not present in the Supreme Court, eilher by attorney or in per son, during the hearing of the ap peal, and claimed that this was a privilege to which he was entitled. D. S. fenderson, Erq., represent ing the State, replied that the pris ouer was present both by attorney and in person. Judge'Thomson overruleI the mo tion for suspension of jndgment, and in doing so )aid a beautiful compli ment to the ability and justice ot the Supreme Court of South Carolina. He then, after a ftw touching and eloquent remarks to the prisoner, runtnveed the following sentellce: "The prisoner herein having been convicted of niurder at the May term of the Court of Genera! Sessions tor Aiken county, 1870, and having been sentenced by his lon. Judge Maher to be -hanged at Aiken on the 13th day of June, 1876, from which judgment the said priisonier having appealed to the Supretue Court, on motions for a new trial, and in ar aest of juadgmrenat, whiCh motiomns having both been dismissed by the Supreme Court, and the case now coming up for r<--senxtence of the prisoner, Rober't McEvoy, it is coni sidered by the court anid prtonounced as the judgment of the law, andl ac cording to the aentence of John J. Mahier, Cirenit Judge, .beretofore made as to the penIal'y of death, that the said Robert McEvoy be taken hence to the place, whence last he came, there to be kept ini close and sate custody in -the said county jail until Friday, 15th .day of March, 1878, and that on said Friday,-be tween t'he hours of 10 ini the fore. noon' and 4 in 'the aft ernoon, he be~ taken to the place of ' public expenu', tion'in this county, a'nid 'there be hanged by his~ neck until his body be dead, and may Gdd' hbe merpy on his 8ou1." Tlf eO court .room, was literally packed, and in all the vast multi. tude ot pe$le there was :not one whom hie. could call friend; and:yet not one whos~e hear't did not feel deeply for him in his wretched.con, dition. Go0T H it AT LA8T.--Parson W was the'congregational minister at A--, two or three generations ago, Orn one occasion he was called on to tuarry a rustic couple. According to his dustom' he begart 'ith: APlease jin y'our 'right hands." The g'room, a little co'need, lets go his graep, and with his k-ft hand tAkes the bride's 'rigibt. 'NY'+nr right haands! -Please joitr your righut hands!?' The groonm thiniks a momnent, lets go his, gras.p aigain, and taraing around, seizes the bride with both hands, her right; with his left, her left gith his right, an exclaims,. "Now P've got her!". Why the Rev. Dr. Xudge Stopped His Paper. Some years ago when the writer was a reporter upon an Eastern pa per, it devolved on.him to write for the same editiIn an account of the presentation of a gold headed cane to the Rev. Dr. Mudge, the clergyman of the place, and a description of a new hog killing machine. that. had just been put In operation at the fic tory. Now, *hat made the Rev. Dr. Mudge mad was this: The inconsid ergte buccatieet who made up the form got the two locals mixed in a frightful manner, and wl-en we went to press, something like this was the appauling result: -'Some of the Rev. Dr. Mudge's friends'called on hhn yesterday, and after a brie' consultation the uns-8% pecting hog was seized by the bind leg and slid along the beam until he reached the bot water tank. His friends explained tWe object .f their visit and presented him with a hand.. some gold,headed butcher, who grab bed him by the tail, and swung him around, and in less than a Minute the carcass was in the water. Therenpon he came forward atid said there were times when the feelings overpowered one, and for that reason he would not do more than attempt to thank those around hii f9r'the manner in which so huge an animal was cit in fragments was aetonishing. The Doc tor concluded his remarks, thg ma chiie seized him, and, in less than it takes to write it, the hog was cut in to fragments.atid worked into deli cions sausage. The occasion will be remembered by the Doctor's friends as one of the most delightful o0heir I res. Tho best pieces can be ob tained for fifteen cents per pound, and we are sure those who sat under his ininistry will rejoice to hear that he has been so-handsomely treaTed." Mad I Well, about nine o'clock that morning the offi-e had been abandoned by every man but the advertising.clerk, aihd lie ascended to the roof and robed himselt in boiler irou, so that hs couild see the clergy man tearing around down in the st reet with his congrega'ion, all wear'ing the panoply of war, and carrying butcher kni "es and things Thle next day we apologized, but the Doctor st opped lis sso bscr ipt ion. Hie ha~d stayed till the chock hands hti/g together at eleven, and that valuable recorder s.t time was mes nacing a etrike. She had yawned till her- mouth I6!t large enough for a horse collaf-, anid yet the young man eviticed no sym ptoms of' speedy departulre. ' l're been wdr'king on a motto to-.day," she fidally said, as she held hera eyes opezn wiin her fins gers..ad<mi't you wikit to sqe iti" lHe said he did. 86b brought out the article, and passpcd it to him for in, spection, UH beld it up to the light anid i-cad the-.'cheerful sentence, "Ther'e's no place like hoqne-" .The young ma" guessed hed be going, "Leonqru," he said, and his low, pleading tones were brimmed with boiling p' ssion, "can you love? Will you be mine? May I hope? Shall I tear the loved image from my bosom? Mnst I, surrender. thee? Might I look forward to a joyons day when ~~-~- and lie pansed, satisfied with the mess of verbs lie had sp)illed all over the carpet. Thue young girl gazedI at hm sadly arid tenderly; then Bush,ed to her swimming eyes, and, oyei..g her peach bloom mouth, .she said, besitatingly, 4-Alfred, what sized poQhet book (1o y0O1 wear?" LQve tepaches ear ning even to inno. conce; and, whien hp get. possesion, his first work :is -to dig deep within: a hear't and' th 6re. li4 hid, arid like a miser In the, dark, feast alone. Pour.cold tea, that w,ould utherwiso be thron away, nta ta* vlno.. b...... A Prightfu Accident. The Green v ille Sent inel gives the following graphic description of, a frightful accident whinh happened in' that viciity recently: "A seventeen year old daughter of an - estimable resident f Rupert, spent yesterday afternoon at a nelgh. bor's iouse, wending her way hom, ward just as the suit was sinking bc. hind the hills. It was a beautiful sunset, .and she stood in raptuous de4 light gazing upon it and upon ''ie hills surrounding lier, and thinking how good God was to make every.s thilg so beaitiin for Ihb inhabitants of the earth, when she discovered that fier garter was unclaqped, and she poised herself to adjust it., ' A William goat standing near took in the situation and deeming it too good to be lost, stealthily apprvached . the stooping form of the heantiful maiden made a bee line for the bulge In her frock, came up with sliffle-ent force to ip9et this fair daughter, and to spoil a two dollar criterion and a six dollar bonne'." We are glad there is a pause here as we are dying to know what a two dollar criterion is. WiAT KissTNG REALLY Is.-Je was-fresh from over the range, and had just steppod in to get the latest news.- He listened attentively to Jim while relating his experience the night previous -with his 'solid girl,* at a kissing fray, when with ai'ebi of derision, he opened his mouth and said: Go away! I have kissed in tje North, I have kissed in the South; I have repeated the soul-stirrig opo xation East and West; I kiised in Texas and away down in Main; I. have kissed at Long Branch and at the Golden Gate-in fact, in every State of the Union; in every language and according to the manners and customs of every nation; I haie kissed on the Mississippi and all its' tribus taries; but, young man, for good, sound kissing, give me a full fledged Caribou girl. When you feel'the pegs drawn right through the soles of your feet from your boots, that's kissing, t bat is." THE WoNDER~FUL CIHIMPANZ1Cms. Two of the inissing links arrived ini New York hy steamer on Sunday two chimpanzee monkeys that would make Mr'. Darwin (lance for joy. Their tails are short as even Dardjn himwself could desire; their faces are .more like the human face than--those of any animals ever before broughit to America; their oars 'are exact reproductions of th e human ear; theh hands, or fore p)aws,. are humtin hands; they have 'distinct human noses irnstead of the dog nose of the common monkey; hley walk en;irelg man, and their hands, tcet, fa es, and ears ar'e void of hair. They are small, but they are only abou~t eigh teen~ months old, and havis plientyrof time to grow. It is almost impossi ble, in looking at them, not:to be hieve them colored children with chests and limnbs covered with har. The most singular thing about these dreatures 18 t hat th#ey can talk, 'They seem to understand much of what is said to thnmz, and can say "yes," "no."- and several other Enmglishi words ver'y distinctly, and have quite a vocabulary of German words. Besides this, they talk to each other in language of their own. The fe male has ai bad cold, and the tiro are kept itt a private room in the aquia. ruin till-they are strong enuigh tatr tii'ir voyage for exhibtion.--.t Times. 1t is difficult to avoid'envy without laying ourselves open te contenpt; for in being too scrupulous not to trespass on othere, we , Jay pomnselves open~ tb be trifled with and,trampled on. -