Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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=- 0 DHV0Tl XOPLTC,XR.UTq'D0T0 N OT Vo Ls Vi P KNS9 HURS THE -SENTINEL 18 jUELISHED ZVERY '!M1URSDAY. BY D.F. BRADLEt 4 00. Terms of Subscriptidn. "O.e Year .......... .. . $1 60 BizX Months .... *a.... ........... . '5 *dverisUg HateS. Advertisements inserted at the rate of $1 00 per siuare, of (9) nine lines, OR LX8s, for thie fret jnsertiop, and 60 cents for each subse quent insertion. Contracts made for THREE, six or TWELVE maonths, on favorable terms. Advertisements not having the number of Isertins marked on them, will be published intil forbid qnt charged occordin ly. Tlhese terms are so simple any hild may understand them.' Nine lines is a square oue inoh. In ev ery instance we charge by the space occupied, as eight or ten lines can be made to occupy four or five squares, as the advertiser may wish, and is charged by the space.* JW- Adyertisers will please state the num ber of squares they witlh their advertisements to make. X@- Business men' who advertise to be benefitted, 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. A United Democracy-How to Achieve It. We must -have, and will have a united Democracy, and the only hope of .ding so, is to approach the caipaign with a iquare honest de sign, do nothing for self, but every thing for the State, as the embodi. ment of our social well heinr. We know this is impoSbible, for cono mel', because they b. ,l and believe, tlat all me101n av-e actated by 6olfishi motives in whatever they do, and it fi too la0 aid a weo of time t4) argue this poiit with t-liem. Fr1 their very natu!ee, t! ey accept this, perhaps fron their earliest training, they have been tanght -., ai the true ple41ophY of life. It would be ecarcely.charitable thou to endeavor to I loce sucli as these nieni on any other platforin, f6or they cannot apprehcnd it even. Bnt there are many, very umany, men who do not so hold, and who do riot so ict. They, reccognize a certain fel lows&hip amrongst men,~ 11~ in whi their~ *fellowv men are an alter ego having - solewmr4claims upjon) them, and so far 'recogid ses society as a God,.given element of human life, as dear to us as the most treasured objects ot per sonal desire, and as eesential to our wel1l,being as the air we breathe. Ilfence, such as thbese take an ab-, solute plefasure in serving society and - regard is as one of the choicest pri vile&eseof their lives to be able to do so 'o St ate, no government, no people can exist without this feeling, and the deeper it is felt, and the more Narniestly it is cherished, the higher rises that society or peop)lle wherein it is maintained as a car dinald principle. There is a certaip amount of dia location which arises out of periods of confli ct, especially internecine strife, which demoralizes and de grades all classes of men on both sides of the conflict. 'This is pain fully true in our day. We are n better than other people who havo lived under like circumstances. Men so situated lose confidence in each otherr and learn to look to selfish or.. ganizations for the gratification of selfish pur poses. Lit tle knots of so. cial conspirators atre fornyd in the svery bosom of society, and atre con tinually plotting against each other; so that the peopie at lar-ge have no j'est, tind seciety i8 kept on the tenter books from dgy to day--not, knpwing what the day ,and 'hour may bring fourth. This, call it what you may, is anarchy, and there can be neither liberty or peace,so long as these or.. ganizations go unwhiipped ofj just.ico. * If these organizations pr'ove too strong for the people, all liberty is at an,end, and the throes of degpair, dismay and discord are soon followed by the quick breath, and anxious glanceo of the 'dying sufferer. An other Stato, anothecr country or peo. Their Views in a Nutshell. "Honest Joli' Pattor'on beleves that IHdyes is a "fraud," but han't made up his mind whether his title ought to be investigted. Senator Coke, of Texas, is another man who thinks Tilden would have been inaugurated "it he bad exhibits ed th4 proper nerve s.at the proper time. ' Kellogg, of. Louisian.1 dosen't want the Presidential controversy rc opened, but he does "want, more than anything else, that Mr. Hayee should have some respect for those Who helped to 1)lt him where he is." Daddy (Wain, our do facto Con gressman, opposes the Blair scheme; "one President at a time, if you please, is quite as much as our Coun.. try can stand at present." Smalls dosen't know how he should vote. "The ftct N we people in South Car olina haven't much to make us care one way or the oth-er. It is a 'dog oat dog' with o.g Staying Aw&y From Church to Read. Some stay away from church to read. Theyay they can find better religious thinking at.d teaching in their books than in any of the pul pits near them. Suppose they can, do they get better teaching? Are tly actually.growing better, more godly by thiis reading that keeps them from the church? Let then be honest with themselves, an see if this is not a flimay excuse for 3peniding their Sabbaths, not in mere. religions learning, but over all stirts of books. Even if thQy give their Sabbaths up wholly to religions reading, they have greatly nisttrken the aim of public Sabbath services, if they -think it can thus be met at home. God expressly comnandr us to "reverence his sanctuary, to lift up our h-andIS in his sanCtuary,," and promises to come ito us and b4es ls tliere. We Ih1ould () to churci *9 to worshi1 ; to N'orsiir~-publicly and unitedly; as~ well as~ to rc.eive ini structioni from the preachiur. Would an Israelite have t>eeni held blame less who never went to the teniple to worship, becauise he had the law athome? But the church service is, in a sense, our temple -of wo:sbip. No other appliance of religkis culture can take its place. A bolish all church services, and you abolish Chistianity. He whlo stays regular. ly away from church is douing what little he can to introduce heathen ism. lie is contributing his inflluence towards secularising his commuiunity. If his way was universail, irreligion would be dominant, and the nation would slowly sink back into atheistic bar ba rism. SLi:E.-A phiysicia says the cry for rest has always been louder t.han the cry for food. .Not that it is more important, but it is often harder to obtain. The best rest comes from sloop. Of two nmon or women, oLh, orwise equal, the one who- sleeps the best will be tho most moral, healthy and effliot. Sleep will do much to cure irritability of temper, peevish nes, uneasiness.. it will restore to vigor an overworked brain. It will build up, and make strong a weak body. It will cure a headache. It will rnu'o a brokere spirit. It will cure'sorrow. Indood, we might make a long list of norvous and other ma ladies that leep will cure. The curo of slooplosanoss require a clean, good bed, sufificiont exorcise to pr'oduco weariness, pleasant occupation, good air, and not too warm a room; a clear' conscience, and avoidance of st,inu, lants and narcottcs. F'or thoso who are overworked, haggard, nervous, who pass siooploss nigbts, we com mond the adoption of such habits, as shall soeure 81001); otherwiso life will be short, and what there is of it sadly imperfect. Four is t ti mbothir of fringht,. ple, has lived and has did-died the death that wAlpeth no more. The best of men are swept into the vortex. a1 cease to be citizene in any sense; and before tbey are aware of it, they are gathering fag gote for tLe funeral pile of the coun try when. all that is left them of a one beauteoqs organized life will be but the duit and ashes'of that which was just now iNstilt 4ith life, with love and big hope. They have thus lived perchance to learn that their country like themselves is but moral, and to morn for aye, that which they find, too late, was the dearest Vbject of possossion-a free, happy, united state. Let us all recall the motto of Massachusetfs, and profit by it: Ense petit placidam sub liber, tate quietem. Yes! We may reach quiet with the sword; but peace is alone the boon of libert)!-Speights' Daily Newapaper. The Florida Disclosures.: A Washington letter saye: The .statoment of Dennis that Governor Noyes, of Ohio, knew of every move, ment'made in Florida is undoubtedly porrect.. When the nomination of Governor Noyes for minister to France was before the Senate, it was stated in executive session that by all the rules or honesty and proprie ty lie Ahould be rejoeted, on account of tho gross criiminality of his pro ceedings in Florida. It was stated to-day by a gent-leman of the high cEt character, w4o was in Florida d1uring the whole time of the canvas of the vote, that Governtor Ntyos came there openly as the personal friend of Mr. Uaye!; that it was lie whg was n9ainly instrumental in 6-tiffening up the backbone of the Re publican ganvassers throngh his pro posed promiso of what Mr. Hayes would do when ho became President ai)d that it would be proved that Mr. IHayes was. cogiizant of everyti ing that took plice. WIen the investi gation commen1)?Ices the Presidenit will be regnested to recall Mr. Noyea from France, so that lie can testify. The whole drift of opinion still seems to run to the idea that no mat ter what else may come out of it', the thing will not result irn unseating Hayes. A distinguished Sonthbern Senator' said to nigh-t that to him it looks as if' ithvas a great op)por'tunity for.the Deinocra tic party to strength, en itself f>r the fature, nut that this could only be do through the most able and discreet mianagemrent. A Con federate brigadier, a member of the House, said lie "did not care how much fraud could be proved he was' in favor of lettiiig Hayes alone, a,s he had a great deal more respect and admiration for a man who wvould steal the presidency than for a man who was such ni coward and a sneak as.to allow it to be atolen from him." It is appearant that a good deal of the opposi%ion among Democr'at ic Congres8men t o extrceme measures against Mr. Hayes is prompted by personal antipathy to Mr. Tilden and an unwillingness that be should be benefitted. That~there wvill be an in vestigation seems certain oalmost so, but the prIobability is that if ordered it will be directed to the purjposo of making capital for lihe Democratic p)ar-ty rathier than to the displacement of' Mr. Hayes. It cor tainily affordcs a rich fiold for legiti. mate political caj:ital. The folow ing letter shows the appreciation in which Dennis was held by Mr. Hay es just one year ago: ExEoUTiva MANSIoN; 'WAstIUNGTON, A pr il 6, 1877. Dun1 Sm*I am reliably assured thnrt L. G. Dennis,'of Florida, would make a capital sp)ecial agent of the treasury. Lespecially desire that his claims may have your favorffe attenition. Sincerely, R. B JfIAnaS IIon. John Sherman, Secretary of renursily,' &c. Sitting Bull a a "Literary CuS." R. D. Olarke, U. S. army, sends to the President copies of a numbe of the writings of Sitting Ball, iiclud ing iutercepted letters alid spime of his poems. They ehow that the war. rior is not the unttutorpd savage be is generally supposed. (o be. One of his letters to Father Frone, the Catholic missionary, is in French, and another to ClAief Joseph is in Latin. Translations of both are furnished. The letter to Joseph is from-the "caminp beybnd te bound ar'y4ine," or in latin "castris trans terminos." In this letter lie says: "1 came here-bere into British ter. ritory-with4 all my forces arid un broken strength, and 1here it is my purpose to remain. I have always been most kindly affected toward the British authorities. But alas for the justice of man I That meani gov ernment on whose protection i1' had so confidently relied is already pre pared to deliver me over -to my en, Olnies. I think, therefore, that filr thor fighting would only occasion loss of otir people. Such being the 8tato of affairs, and the enemy also sending commiesioners to treat of peace, it seems we would do well to accept snch termnis as may be offered us." 11e is sorry, he says, that he came to this pos, and adds a poem (ulso in Latin) to the letter which he has "with pen long disused ret dUw n," The poem agr,cos in the toie vith the letter. The co uninication, which, Is before stated, is in Latin, is signed, "Taurus Qui Sedet"-t he bull who sitt or Sitting Bull. It was written, it will be observed, bL'fro the omntissioners a ppointed 'tA the Government to treat with him had arrived, and it will be observed that with the Indian consistency he treat ed those officials in directly an op posite Mann111er to tliat in which he stated he would deal %% ith them. BE AGREEABLE AT MEALS.-.very. one can do something to add to the social life of the table. If one cannot talk, ho can listen, or ask questions, aad draw out others who can talk. Good listeners are as necessary as good talkers. Never argue at the table, but~tell pleasant stories, relate or read anecdotes, and look out for the good of' all. Sometimes a single anecdote from a paper~ starts a con versation. A family table ought to ho0 bright and corful, a sort of do mestio altar, whore cvery one casts down his or bor o.ffering, great or small, of pleasantness an)d poeaco; whore, for at least a space in the day, aill annoyances are laid aside, all stormy tempJers hushed, all quarrels healed; every one being glad and oon tont to sit down at the same boar.d, and ont the same broad and sagJt, with contented and thankful hearts. TaHE OLD MAN.-Bow low the head, boy; do reverence to the old man. Once like you, the vicissitudes have silvered the hair and changed the round merry face to the worn visagg beforeo you. Once that heart boat with aspirations cooaqual to any that you havo felt.; aspirations crushed by ditsappointment,, as yours are; perhaps, destined to be. Onico that form staalks ed proudly through the gray scenes8 of leasu8ro, the beau--ideal of grace. Nowv the Hland of Tinvo, that withers theo,flowcr of yesterday, has wrapped that figure and destroyed the noble carriago. Onoo at your age, he pos-. sessed the thousand thoughts that. pass your brain. Josh BIllings soys: "The mowl is a larger byrd than the goose or tur key. It lias two legs .to walk with, and two more to kick wit,h, and wears its wings ona the a do of'its head." We notice from the Lauronsville IIerald that a majority of the town ships in that county are opp)osed to the primary election system. We believe this will be the only county in the State but what will adopt~ that modo of nomtinationi. A Great Curiosity. Silver Spring, Floilda, Is one of the greatest curiosities in the Sonth. It burst- forth in tb9 midst of the most fertile county in the.State. It bubbles up in a basin near 100 feet deep, and about olie acre in extent, and sending from it A 4ep stream 60 to 100 feet wide, id ending six to eight miles to the Ocklawaha River. In the spring itself sixty boatq may lie at anchor-quite a fleet The spring thus forms a napural in" land port, to which -three steamers LOow run regularly from the St John's making close connections with the ocean steamers at Palatka. The clearness of the water Is truly won% derful. It seems even wor transpas rett than air; you see the bottom eighty feet below the botton of your boat, the exact form of the smallest pebble, the ontline and color of the lesf that has sank, and all the pris tiatic colors of the rainbow Mare re 11octed. Large fish wiM in it, every scale visible, and every movement distinctly seen. It you go over the spring in a boat you will see the fis., sures in the rocks, from which the river rushes upward like an inverted cataract. How P OGLI O'T squK.-Eating too -fast, swallowing imperfectly m.asticated food; by taking too much fluid at meals; drinking. poisonous whiskcy and other intoxicating drinks keeping late hours at night, and -leeping to,, late in the morning; wearing clothing too tight, so as tq retard the circulation; \wearing thii.' shoes; neglecting to take utiicient exercise to keep the hands and feet warm; neglecting to wash the body sufficiently to keep tho pores open; exchanging the warm clothes worn in a warm room during the day, for costumes and exposure incident to Ovening parties; starving the stomach to gratify a vain and foolish passion for dres; keeping up constaint eX citement; frettinig the mind with bor% rowed troubles; swallowing quack nostrums for every imaginary ill; taking meals at irregular intervals. Exrm~uTon mr 'rus GUJ1OnarmE.-A friend once described to us an exe cntion which he witnessed in Paris, outside the walls of the city prison, and in the p)ublic street. it took place in the gray of dawn, and at the p)rcCise hour indicated in the sentence. A equad of soldiers filed out of the gates, anid in a twinkling put together the machinery of thes gui lltiune, somec of them sprinkling sawdust on the pavement while it was being put up. Beofore, this was fairly finished .the gate swung open, and the criminal and executioner and the spiritual adviser marched out.-~ Whatever religious exercisies were essential had been attended to within the prison. The criminal, with his hands bound behind him and a Cal) drawn over his head, was led forib, his body hent, forward over the car riage, which, as he pressed it, shot for ward on noiseless wheels, and the knife fell with a glitter of its keen, polished edge; the head dropped into the b)asket awaiting it, the body was pilaced in a coflin, the machintery taken ny, and the whole scene was over. Withini ten minutes, by the watch of the witnese, every trace of the execution was over. Tlhe so1 diers, the priest, the executioner had disaptpeared, and there was not even a drop of blood up)on the pavement to indicate that a trag'edy had been there enacted.-Cairo Bulletin. All the indications now point to-. war between the two great European~ powers, England and Russia. Jiego, iations have boon pending for sorne time to settle their differences amicaq bly, hat it imeoms that they cann)ot agree, and it now seems that t,ho~ Lion and the Ilear will have to fight it out. Obeying Ris *04ther PestIe Hary had seen .ime #lker bPT fly thetr kites from thq top of hou0s% and he thought it wopla, be nic1 fun if he could do ao too. o i came to his aunt. and said, I'Au^ may I go up 1o the tep of-tho bomm and fly.wy kitel His aunt wished to do everything to pleaso him; but she thought iS very unsafe, so ohesaid, "1o, Harry, my boy. I thiak that is a very dan gerous Sort of play. I'd rather yo wouldn"t go." "All right. Thou I'll go out on the bridge," said Harry. His aunt smiled and said abe hopP4 that Le w1nid always be a* owdiiit as that. "H1arry, what are yo' duiipgV' iaid his mother one day "Spiuniug my top, mamnao' . "Oan't you take the baby out to ride? Get out the carriage, and I'll bring him down." "All right," shouted the boy, ashe , put his top away In his pooket, and hastened to obey his mother. "Uncle William, may I go over to your shop this moruingI" said Harry one day at braokfast. "I want to see those baskets again that I was looking at yesterday." "Oh yes, harry," said his unPN I shall be very glad to have you. "But I cannot spare you to--d4y, Harry," said his mother. "I want you to go out Ath me. Yo shall go to the shop another day." "All right," said Harry, and Jig wont on with hi breakfast. Np matter what Harry was asked to do, or what refusal he met with when asking for anything,. his oon-. stant answer was, "All right." He never stopped to worry or tease. He never asked, "Why can't I " or, "Why musn't I" Barry7 had not only learned to obey, but ho had learned to obey in good .humor. SAvan nr A MU.-A very inter eating incident occnrred at a railroad accident on the Pittsburg and Fort Wayne Railroad at Lakeville, Ohio. Standing between two of the cars, which wore loaded with horses and mules, was a brakeman. He went down with the wrpck, becoming fs tened bptween the carp, .'nder ten feet of water. Htis weak stryiggIws to release himself were useless and he concluded that in a few short soo onds all would be over. The squleo had been kicking in te oar, and suddenly the brakeman felt the end boards give wa.y. Then he received a tremendous kick on the thlg1* which sent h im out of hiis perilous position -to the top ot thme water. Hero lie spluttered about until a white mule rose up and struck out for the shore. Then the brakeman grasped the animal's tail and was safely earried to land.-e-.Plttebufg Telegraph. A DEVOT Lr.-Devout life has untold power. Like th.e forces of nature, it is often hidden or ob.cons, but it holds and shakes the world.---. Men may refnse to hear your preach ing; they are not able to evade the ar gument of a blameless and holy life. Th e aroma of It fills the atmos~. phere3; its doctrine distilla like the gentle dew or like the small rain on mown grase; its lines go through all the earth, its words to the end of the world; there is io speech or lae.g where-its voice is not heard. Your religion, to be of any worth, munst be such a life. Profession is well, but it is only the gateway to the life-,. only the sign of the inward substance. The Gospel was not proclaimed to give you a creed, but to render pes, sible to you a devout lit., YoU will be a power Among men, not in prw portion to your knowledge, or yone natural endtvment, b4t in propge. tion to the sanctity and fullness or y our religious life.