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VOL. II, . PICKENS, S. 0., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1878.__
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GBRENHvILE, S. C., June 5, 1878. 1
Mr DEAu SEzTIK.E:-Since I read quc
your comment on my comtnunication wil
In your issue of the 80th ult., I have wOl
bad a first class barber to shingle 'l
my "hgd," and he says it is about as P
'level as he can make it; and not der
having given much attention lately fro1
to mechanics, I am at a loss to know anc
how Iam to "get.2ny head a little vili
more level;" but-and if there be any bla
process by which, or through which bn
I migbt carry this "self constituted" bel
thinking apparatus of mine, and not Mr
destroy the moral gravity of the Gr<
thing, I certainly would like to find adv
them. -Be that as it may, I am glad ing
to know that I do disagree with you Jus
in some tiings. Now, of course, I bio1
must tolerate primaryllections, tioin- calf
iiatlag conrentions, but can I toler- rop
ate cliques and rings? But you do, a g
and this is just where we differ, and was
will ever differ, unless you become roy
'a little more level." Now, I took rav
these four words, primary elections, we
nominating convention, cliques and easi
rings, together, and in the main sing
would allow, for the present, the first to I
two, but never the two latter. You, frot
in acknowledging your disagreement, and
virtually tolerate and would foster coir
the whole, while I would eject- was
erase-the two latter from all our he,
political lexicographies. I woul have law
tiem expunged from all (ther dic- we
tionaries, except in the sense of the that
clicking of a clock, or in -that of all till
other useful machinery, as for in- and
slance the clicking of a trigger just -1i
behind a bnll that would wipe ont all n1ev
"my dear Josephuses" from the face one
of our ioblo old State. Afid except tan <
in the ringing. of a bell when we are
hungry, and in the riniging of aIl An,(
other good rings- as the ring on the Wi
tore linger of a beautitul lady, how- was
ever distaiteful it might be to a 'few (Iry
would-be lovers who are thus noti- .fror
fied silently that ''thieir. cake Is and
dough." Now, if you think I have lia
ie'eled down aniy on this subject,' I con
shall be content, and shall take much wet
pleasure in -assisting you and your turi
man~y readers in making rough thr(
places smooth; and' I know if y, n tfu
live long you will have to pass overle
many. 'san
I was in attendance last night up- tow
on the city Deinocratic club, and sch4
must say we had a good time gener- oth
ally; everybody firing "a squib."- to1
You will find when you visit our F'ro
club that it is "right side," and as the
ready to do battle in '78 as it was in ed t
'76. The negroes are cordially in- COr'i
vited to join ns or organize clnbs eot
(Democratic clubs of course) of their has
own. fouu
Now, to be brief and- to conclude, and
I would talk of something useful to sa
Ds all. Everybody likes a genius, twe
and we all like, above everything H
else, to have our clothes fit well, even C- I
it they are of the coarsest fabric; and str'ui
in order that your readers may know bev
where to get good fits for thetnselves line
and the boyse, I would most earnestly cow
recommend Mr. A. B. Morrison. He villi
is an Englishman Americanized, and full
worked here tour or five years ago, '48,
s mnany of the readers'of THE SEN- clot
TINEL will remember. He is a per-- he
tect adept in the cutting and ini the malt
fitting up of a job, has no equal here one
So. bring in your .dry goods and see said
"Morrison," it door south ot Court no I
liouse. If' I eould not come over temt
to Pickens soon, I will write iin a satt
week or two, and if I do come and one~
should not see you, I will write any she
way. Druoco. bac
Maeyour farms so valuable by he
conistantt improvement, skillful cul-'.
tm'e, good fruit,-or'namental shrub- bri
bery~Ad plemsat surroundings that cro
no) htu3ne wonid tempt you to leave pac
'Is.W*tbin'k t should be the set,
A Trip Down the Country.
)EAR SETINRL-As--yo'U have re
sted dots from different parts, You
I publish this scrip if you think it
-thy of space in your columns.
'he first plaea we will notice is
reetown', whicijs located in An
son Co., on the main road leading
n Anderson, C. H., to Slabtown,
ther leading from there to Green
e. It consists of four fatnilies, two
Dksmith shops, one wagon and
,gy -shop, one store. One mile
)W, we came to the dwelling of
W., who we met last July at
>ve btation, who was a strong
ocate of fencing stock and .turn
out the farms, which he has got.
t before coming in front of his
so, my attention was drAwn to a
tied around the neck with a
a 15 or 20 feet long to a stump in
rove of timber, and its grazing
a patch of dog fennel and penny..
al, which it didn't devoilr very
inous. One mile below Mr. W's
left the A. and G. road, turning
ward two miles to'Orrville. Pass
there, some 4 or 5 miles, I came
dr. E's, who was taking his mules
n the wagon. He spoke to me
I stopped. After the usual
ipliments, he asked me where I
from; I told him P. "Alt," says
"you have not got the no fence
up there." I told him no, and
didn't want it. He remarked
he had been enlarging his pas
that there was fifiy acres in it
he feared his stock would perish
is 136t charge was, for God's Fake
er have the no fenco law. I drove
mile and took lunch and fed my
k. We then crossed the G. and
. R., some fifteen miles froi
ierson, C. 11. and five or six from
liamnsto,. The next Ilace of note
stan toi vi 'le, situated on a high,
ridge, whiero the road leading
a Orrvillo to Cooley's Bridge
road from Honea Path to WVil
itn cross. It is in a de1apidated
d~itiont, the buildings are old and
ther- beaten. From this place~ we
ted down the II and W. road,
e miles below we come the beau
I little place Calhoun, which is
ted in one of the prettiest, white,
Jy country we have seen for ai
ni. There is a nice Baptist church,
>ol house, two shops (one iron, the
ir wood) and everything seemed
eo alive to their several interests.
mn this point, four miles down in
direction of the Toogalo, I cross
he Ander'son line into a small
ter of A bbeville and down to the
mod1s mills of Mr. M. E. He
a brick house, 80x85, two stones,
-'sets of runners (two for wheat
two for corn) cotton gin, circular
His mills are on theToogalo,
rty four miles from Anderson C.
md twenty miles from Laureuns
I. H is d welling looks well con
q?sd from the' road; lie is in Ab
lle county, two miles from the
four miles from where four
itios corner, Anderson, Green
I', Laurens and Abbeville; he is
bloodded Irish, and came here in
without anything except what
les he had on his back, He says
vould not take $10,000 for his
hinery. lie has fine stock; I saw
of his cows and priced her; he
he might take $500 for her, but
ess. He said lie wet to the Cen.
ia'ltou bny some) fine stock, not
~fied with his, but did not see but
that he would exchange his for,
br tight 51,500, and he come
k home eatis tied t hat his was good.
then crossed the river just above
mills at an island, whore the first
Ige extends to the Island, then
sing the Island, some 20 to 30
es, struck the other bridge; as
)as we crossed tlu we landed in
Ladren~e county;~ derih eight
as, landed at oildietig e '
and heard an able sermon by Rev. E
Sunday was rainin*g and we did no
go to church. We 'remained ther
until Wednesday, when we starte
en route'for Lome, travelling ove
the same road. On our return w
did not see anything further worth
of note.
We~saw some fne-flelds of whea
while we saw some that was sorry
[ saw one field belonging to Capt. W.
one of the agricultural standar
bearers of Lanrens, that was verj
tine. Corniand cotton was looking
well-rather small for the season
farmers seem to have it in good con,
dition. I saw some that were it
lovor of the stock law and some wh<
opposed it. Big Matt was the strong
est for it. The majority that I hear
speak of it were not in favor of it.
RUST1C.
'he Bayonet Era in the South Carolini
State House.
In the course of his speech on the
army bill delivered in the House o
Representatives a few idays ago, the
Hon. Milton I., Southard, of Ohio
introduced some very interesting
telegrams and testimony relating t(
the dark days of 1876, in Columbia
We copy this portion of his remarki
rrom the official report in the Con
gressional Record:
On the 14th of October, 1870, thil
telegram was sent by Gen. Shermat
to Gen. Rtuger, who had pr eviousli
been transferred to Columbia, Soutl
Cal olina:
fleadquariers of he Army,
Washington, Oet. 14, 1876.
To Gen. Ruger, Columbia, S. C.:
We are all back from California
If you want anything, say so. ]
want all measures to originate wit
you. Get along with the lminimunir
force hecessary, but you shall hav(
all we can give if you need them.
W.. T. SHERMAN, Gen.
On the 16th of October, General
R11ger anscred tha.t telegrm I , a
[bollows:
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 16, 1876.
l'o Gen. WV. T. Sherman, Wahinug
too, D). C.:
T1hinl< I have troops sufficient ui
leSs circumstances change. I1avt
nineteen companies in State now ii
stations'of one to fou r ccmpanies.
I ave some companies still in reser ve
No special disorder has occurred
siuce Ellinton r'iot last month. If ]
riced more troops will ask for them.
[ shall be here to day.
RUoER.
Notwithstanding that telegram
frow Gen. Enger, in which he said
that all was peaceful and quiet here,
mnd that if lie needed more troops he
would call for them, and without
Eurther information, the very next
morn in g a proclamation was issued
by President Grant, from Washing
:on City, declaring South Carolina
nU insurrection, and there followed
inmerous telegramns fromn the Gen,
~ral ot the army, ordering all the
i oops from th e A tlattic coast, from
he extreme North to as far South as
'ortress Monroe, into the State ol
~outhi Carolina.
Here is a specimen of the telegram
ent:
Headquarmters of the Army,
Washington, Oct. 17, 1876.
L'o Geun. W. T. Hancock, Command-.
ing M ilitary Div ision Atlantic,
New York City:
It will be necessary too reinforce
senl. Ruger to the-maximum possi
ale, and we may have to order every
tvailable man from the North At
antic posts.
Acknowledge receipt.
W. T. SHERBMAN, General.
'In obedience to these orders from
Washuington, all available forces were
entm jnto South Carolina and other
southern States under pretence 6f
presrVt g order~ bi wit Ahn
. tiken of those States, and the eb c
t tions were controlled in violation.<
s the constitution of your country, i
I viulation of law, and in violatio
r of every principle of justice an
D right.
r ot only that, it did not stop therq
military l'ossesion of those State
t was continued until long after th
elections. The Legislature of Sout
Carolina was organized, not by th
I members who were elected to it, bi
by the Administration here in Wash
ington through the use of Feders
troops. I hold here in my. hands th
official telegrams relating to that or
ganization. There was a disput
about certain menbers from Edge
field and Laurens who held the cer
tificates of the Supreme Court; the;
were to be ejected. Governor Cbam
berlain sent this telegram to Wash
ington City.
Columbia, December 1, 1876.
Hon. J. D. Cameron, Secretary o
War, Washington:
Cannot Edgefield and Laurenainel
be resovedl They are now actini
as members and have no credentiah
If they are. removed the House cai
act and order be restored. Canno
we be protected against unlawful in
trusion, we have no power to enforc
exclusion?
D. H. CHAMBERLAIN, Gov.
Then followed a telegram from At
torney General to Governor Cham
berlain, and also to General Ruge
from the Secretary of War. Her
they are:
Washington, Dec. 2, 1376,
To Governor D,. I. Chamberalait
Columbia, S. C.:
The President tbiiks that yo
[ hould exercise your own resource
as Governor ii behalf of the Legis
lature which you have recognized b,
assisting it to purge itself of uuau
thorized person.
If you are resisted in this, Genera
Ruger has been instructed to entorc<
your aut hority. AtraOXso TAFT.
Attorney General.
War Department,
-Washington, Dec. 2, 1876.
Gen. T.1 U. Roger, Columbia, S. C.
The Governor nf the State of Souat
Carolina shouild exerci-e his own re
sources to purge the Legislatur<
which he has recognized of unau
thorized persons. It he is resisted ii
this it will become your duty to ezg
force his authority.
J. D. CAMR~oN, Sec. of War.
Su bseqnently the following tele
grams wvere sent in relation to the
same su bject.
Execstive Mansion,
Washington City, Dec. 3, 1876,
Gen. T. II. R~uger, Columbia, S. C
Fearing your instructions maty b,
conflicting and leave you in doubt ai
to your duties in the present unhap
PY condition of affairs in South Car'
olina, I wish to say thie: Governoi
Chamberlain is the legally constitu,
ted Governor of that Stete, and re,
mains so until the Legielature can.
vasses the vote and installs his suc
cessor; and he is entitled as such tc
your s1npplort and proteotion. It is E
civil duty to organize the Legisla'
ture devolving on State authorities
All you can do is to prevent unau.
thorized persons from forcibly inter
fering with the Gover'nor and 'othet
authorized officers in the perform
antve of their duties. To be -plain, J
want to avoid anything like an an,
lan~ fuil use of tho military, but it wil
be entirely right to sustainjthe Gov
ernor, or any of his agents or officers
in the p~erformande of any duty it
connection with the Legislature if in
ter'fered with by outsiders while. ii
the performance of that duty.
.U. S. GiNT.
Columbia, December 5, 1876.
To Lion. J. P. Oame~ron, Bertrj
- filled with armed an&
if There is greater need thau s
n fore of protection ofd State
n Specific orders must be set
d ing this matter at one, In
avert riot and bloodshed. V
; tion here now is anost n0fortn
a Please anewer. All I askId
e the State House be prote d
b violence.
e D. H. CHdAMBERAn G OID
it War Departme -
Washington City, pec. 5,i
3l To Gov. D. H. Chamberlain, 0o1.
bia, S. C.:
General Rager's instructionsa
to protect the Legislature freo
- outside interference,, and tho86
. structions will be repeated.
J. D. C"amoyi z l
Secretary of 4
MeLin of Florida stands byl
statement made by him in his
historical confession. He testofed
Saturday before the sub-comtnit
of Congressional investigators
two or three days after the Presii
tial election of 1876, telegraphie
spatches began to arrive from 66,
prominent Northern Republiciana 9
t
Zachariah and William E. Ohat
the gist of which was that erey
depended on Florida, and that
effort must be nade-after tLA.l 4
tion, remeimber-to give the op
the State to Hayes. Presently *%
rived William E. Chandler, GenoWusa.
e Noyes, Gen. Wallace, Gen. Barlojuj ,
e Attorney-General Little of Ohiogan
others. McLin was given to undah
stand tiat two or threo of these
itbre represented Hayes, and in pa
ticnlar that whatever Gen. Noyes
said or did, Hayes would -ratIfy
Gen. Wallace told him several tIn s.
that the members of the Retgrn
Board-of whom McLin was 0
would be "taken care of." 0 ee
occasion, William E. Chandler, pro
fessing to speak for Noyes and Wal''
lace, as well as for himself, tod him
that, if the State went for Hae he
and Cowgill, another mem r4 of tho '
Returning Board would be "i
taken care df'." When te
met to can vass the vote, thefre '
County. If one (the bogus D
one) was counted, Hayes' ma~~ys
in the State on the f ace of theya
would be about 40; if they couI4~
the other or others, Tilden ~Q4
have a majority in the State of b J<
95. McLin pigeonholed the ,othe'
returns, laid the Driggera returnb*
fore the board, and it was cn
Ho did this because it was the ns~~
formal-and "the most favorable t
H ayes." He also joined in throeIu
out en ongh precincts to give Hay~
an apparent majority of eight or nixr e
hundred. After theo Baard compldi
ted this canvass, Gent. Noyes caj1ed'
on him, thanked him, and JoDidh%
he had acted nobly. $'IbsequentI7
Noyes wrote him that jie had wat-y
ten to the President, urging hin tK '
give Mr. McLIn an appointment.
ATLANTA, June 4.-A special tio Abe
Constitution states that a man .ngne4
Caidwell, near Amerious, Ga., y~ew
day killed his wife and three obIIq
and hys wife's sister with a smoothin
iron. Two other children were at
school and one in the field, and on,
little ono ran under the house and
escaped. The murdprer jumped In a
well, but failing to mnatorially injure
himself crawled out and get oiut~ihe
top of his dwelling house and jmamped
off. Heo was picked up insensible by /j~~
two negroes, who wereatr
by his cries and gesticulations etI~
on the house. lHe recovered in a ahw~~
while and sent' the negroes of ta
some neighbore, andthen Went
gin house and olimbod to itsC -M~4
poipt and threw l~Insel~
to the, ground sad 04