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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23
Hampton, Simpson, Connerand
Hagood Certainly Elected.
A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN THE
LEGISLATURE, WHICH SECURES A
u. S. SENATOR. "
SOUTH CAROLINA REDEEMED
GOD BE EoEeAKSEDg

The aggregation Of tho votes by the
State Board of Canvassers, as required
under an order ofthe Supreme Court
has resulted mcro favorably TO the
Democrats thar could havo been cx-
pccted, if the State Board had been
permitted TO proceed, rs they desired,
and to have exercised judicial powers.
Ii the Supreme Curt had not passed
the order requiring them 10 exercise
only ministerial duties, there is not q
doubt but what they would have as
sumed to exercise judicial powers, and
would have thrown out enough boxes
or counties 10 have given the RcpubI
can partyn majorityin the Legislature,
which body cnnvasscs the return for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor,
and 'hcy would have counted in Cham
berlaln and tho whole Radical ticket.
But the Democrats were too shrewed
tor them, and applied to the Supreme
Court tor the necessary orders TO in
sure 1llr count.
One box in Beaufort county was
counted in by the State Board OF Cans
vasscrs, which had not been established
by law, and which contained ubOu.
500 Radical votes. This box Is clearly
illegal, and should certainly be thrown
out by the Supreme Court. If this
should be the case, the entire Demos
cratic ticket will be elected, and also
two OF the Democratic electors.
We clip the following from the
Columbia Register, which moro iully
explains tho situation.
The State Board of Cunvasscrs com
plcted their IaborS last night, 80 far as
oheying tho order Of the Supreme
Court is concerned. 1t now devolves
upon the c. urt to declare whether the
election shall stand as tho following
figures Indicate, or whether The illegal
poll at "SheIdun," in Beaufort County,
which contains over 500 votes Sha be
! thrown out. Should Ihc Court decide
to tn ow out this poll, the whole Dem
u.
two electoral votes added to tho vote
of TiIdcn and Hendricks. There can
be little doubt that the poll will be
dlsregarded, as it is clearly illegal
The law requires that poll shall be
opened at place called "Brown's
Cross Roads," in Beaufort County,
and no poll was opened ut that place
on election day, but at another place
known a. "SheIdon" stated by some
parties TO be three and ny others to
be six miles diAtant-and between 500
and 600 Republican votes wero return,
ed AZ having been cast at the latter
place, which is not designated in the
law, and was never used for such u
purpose before.
The f flowing is the electoral vote
as figured up by tho boa d:
REPUBLICAN ELECTORS
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The Legislature meets next Tues
day, tho 29th inst. Governor Hamp-
ton will select his own day to be in>
nugurated, which we presume will be
in day or two after the Legislature
is organized. air. yIs Q, g....
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23
Brick" Brick,

NNHE undersigned have now on, hand and
4 for sale. 100000 BRICKS. one fonrl6
mile from D1pot, Mt Liberty Station. s. G, = :
TERMS CASH--BaTrer Will be taken. ~...
Oct5, 1879 r.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23

Tho yellow fever epidemic in Sa-
Vannah has subsided and oil the
branches of business has boen ro-
sumed
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23
Sheriff Sale. :. "."'
- a...s j., 60 ....
S ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
..t GoUNTY IF PIcKENs. .....

IN PROBATE COURT
Andrew J Cothran Plaintiff against William
!. Gotham, Joseph N. Cothran, Beniamin
F'ColIran, NJ. E. Cothran, El:za Cochran,
MahHla Suttles. Mary Dodson, Jane Dur. d
ham' Rebecca Mckinney, Thompson W.
Tolleson and others. ,.jlI3 g SIlff g
CoMPLAINTToH PARTITION AND SAbE3oy REAL,
Estate.
RY order of. H. thilpot, Judge of Probate,
~ l will sell at Pickens Conrt House on
SaIeday in December next, the REAL Es-
TATE Of Samuel W. Cothran, deceaseu-
One Tract Of Lnnd lying and beinsSiu the
county aod Stnte aforesaid, being Tract No.
2, containing 49 acres more or less, adjoin-
ing lands of r. f. Morgan, J. 81. Herd. Tract
No and others. Sold for Partition. So. 49,.
TERMS----On n credit of IL months, with
interest from date, except soamuSh as may b6
necessaryto pay costs of these !proceedings., =
Purchasers to give bond and mortgage Of the
premises to secure the PURCHASE money, Also,
to pay extra for titles and ~ ortpa0e. -, q. y
j. RILEY FERGUSON. Ep.o:
Nov 0, 1875 10 HS' 20 ~
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23

Solid Sam-solid SUulh-lhat is q
combination that the Office holders
can't break.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23

rom BarHwell, which was not. counted
'ndthe Illegal box containing oyer
'OO votes from Beaufort, which was
':ounted. @ 81 M
Aftcr canvhsstDg CharIeston bounty
she plan Of canvassing tho precincts
was abandoned, In acecrdance with
Haynes Feselution, ana the county
returns only werO examined How
many irregularities, had the precinct
plan been continued, might have Boon
detected, it is impossible to say. No
doubt enough exist to deafeat all the
Radicals who claipi tHair election mn
der er'the'foi!owing table, which'is q YER
balm, COPY OF the ono uto. o.b .be, presented
TO the court tomorrow:
sEcRETARY OF STATE.
Hayne, ... .. r..,.u.o 91!677
Sims, 9l44o
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Republican majority ..
Democratic majority,

Republican minority, 81
Hnyno received l vote rs f. II.
Hayne; T"lbart received 532 votes az
}. b. Tolher; General Conner re-
c,ivcd 4O7 votes for Adutani General
AID CromptrolIer General, and II. &.
Du"n $50 votes for Offices other than
the one for which he was Il candidate;
all OF which wore cIuimed by the onn>
dldntes and aro included in the above
statement.
1t is conceded by both parties that
Hampton and Simpson are elected bv
IL larger majority than any OF the can
didatcs, the Governor rurning ahead
of tho ticket at least 1000 votes
The names Of the candidates for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
not appearing in the pIeadings, the
Board OF CanvasScrs were not required
To mako any returns in their cases.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23
Ter1ms Of @IEbscrRrpfiOrn.

One Year y -. -. .. 81 so
Six Months, 80. . ...a-~. rs
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23
The Vote in Fickeus.

The following is the official vote tol
Governor, at each Of the precincts in
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23

Hampton's majority. .s.,....... 1896
In our first issue after the election.
we stated that Hamp. on's majority in
the County, was l ,648 This was an
error, caused by total vote cast Mt
ono box, being handed into ns as
Hampton's majority, when Chamber
Iain's vote should have been deducted
from il. ."....
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

The IMPEACHMENT TRIAL in the Senate, it
is now decided, will proceed on the 9Th of
July and not be adjourned until November
To this order is added the proviso that the
trial ''can only proceed while Congress is in
session" This proviso opens the door for
another contest in which the majority in the
Senate will endeavor to force the majority in
the House to remain in Washington during
the summer,-something the democrats, who
want to work in their districts, will not like.
The whole trial has become SO bound up in
the Presidential campaign that each party
will fight for effect before the country. The
republicans, who are anxious to punish Bel
KNAPP for the good of the party, will have to
fight the Fabian tactics of Belknap's counsel.
The democrats who can get as much politi-
cal capital out of the case if it is LETT un-
finished by the republican judges as if
Belknap was convicted, are not likely to
help the Senate in its difficulty. For the
sake Of public business it would be as we'll
to get the case out of the way before the fall,
but for cool trial perhaps November would
suit all parties better.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

we commented upon the fact that only
one address of any importance directed
against the progress of materialism was de-
livered, and that bya German doctor. 1t
has been the fashion to say that atheism
gained ground only in Catholic countries,
where liberal minds revolted against its ex-
travagant pretensions to infallibility. but
Protestant Germany is in reality its head
quarters, and a great many Protestants
would be astonished to find that in their joy
over the attacks of Bismarck upon the Ger
man ultramontanes they have been taking
part morally in war which gains most ofits
anti-Catholic force from the enemies of all
religions. In England materialism claims
men OF the highest social and scientific in
fuence, and in America its forces are
far from unfelt. Here we submit, is work
for the divines of all creeds. What M.
Dupanloup says to-day was said by Professor
Christlieb three years ago, if not in the same
form. at least with the same object, and in
few years at furthest it is likely to be the
subject on which all Christian sects shall
approach unity in striking at common foe.
AT present recriminations between Prot
estants and Catholics are the order of the
day. Say the Professionals: Catholicism
forces men into atheism by the law of ex-
trcmcs." Say the Catholics PROTESTANT
ism leads to materialism like steps down
ladder"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

The Catholic Bishop Of Orleans, Felix
Dupanloup, is also life Senator, and his
utterances, therefore, have double value,
for he speaks not only rs a cleric but as
politician. It is however, true that this
mingling of functions, which the spirit of
the age regards more and more MS incongru-
ous tends to take away from the authority
of what he has to say of a purely religious
nature. He has written pamphlet, styled
'Whither Are We Going?" which. a short
cable despatch says, 'sendeavors to show that
society and religion are in the greatest peril
through the triumphant progress Of atheism
and materialism." This is not by any means
a new cry, although we have no doubt that
the acute mind of the great French cleric
will have presented it in very striking
form. The progress of materialism is, in
deed, undeniable, but the question of how
far society imperilled thereby is one which
must be 4 Zen out of the heat of politics to
meet with fair consideration. That it imperils
religion goes without saying if the progress is
admitted to be great. With NJ. Dupanloup
tits evidently q politico-religious question,
and its discussion now will be attributed to
the defeat of the monarchists in the French
elections, the victorious republicans being
held by their enemies to represent triumph
ant materialism. How unfair this may be
we shall not attempt to discuss ut present,
beyond stating that among the monarchists
of France the progress of materialism is
only the less marked because it is yelled
under indiffercntism.
Tho danger to society from materialism
and atheism lies not so much in their being
the professions Of certain individuals as
that, unclaimed by any moral code Of their
own, they might, if adopted by the ignorant,
be held to absolve them from morality alto
gcther. There may be nothing in the rejec-
ton Of personal God, or belief only in
the physical manifestations of nature by un-
alterable laws as opposed to inspired &C
counts of the economy Of the universe, to
drive a man into dishonesty or any other
crime against society, unless it is admitted
that the fear Of hot hereafter and the
anxiety for an eternal reward in the next
world are the only motives that can avail
to keep man in the path of rectitude.
But it is cminently. subject for tho di-
vines of the present day to grapple
with. When the Evangelical Alliance
met in this city three years ago
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

A FoRaER IN THE Tons OF THE Law
William H. veltman and his alleged confed-
crates arc now under arrest for extensive
forgeries committed on Messrs. Bryce 4
Smith, of New York. The forger was the
bookkeeper of the firm. and was of course
intrusted with its banking business This
trust he has betrayed and now stands COM
mitted to await the action of the Grand
Jury. The circumstances surrounding
the crime, the cold blooded spirit of
thieving exhibited by the forger, who was
not in need, will weigh heavily against him
in court, but we regard his case as nm addi-
tional warning to merchants as to whom they
shall trust with their check books The fire.
quency Of the crime of forgery suggests the
necessity of some change in the manner Of
making checks by which private marks
known only to the principals and to the
bank officials would defeat the forgers, no
matter whether they are confidential clerks
or Strangers.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Sturgeon Is coming
President Harrison came from Ohio.
Morton worked longest and,Iost most
Ex-Covcrnor Moves thinks he did II all

Spurgeon Is coming.
President Harrison came from Ohio.
Morton worked longest and lost most
Ex-Governor Noycs thinks he did it all.
Ex-senator Dooittc says that Hayes is strong
kentucky doube-yoIked egg Matched Two
chicks
Sam Bowlcs says that Conklng was tho bcst Of
the lot
There was . time when oven Belknap was moi
Known.
Tom Murphy was SO chagrned the loss OF Conk-
ling that his face turned pink
That Hayes will in good time reward his friends Is
the opinion OF Murat Hastead.
The Chicago Times heads the announcing Hayes
nomination "a Fool for Luck
Ex-Confedcrato judah p. Benjamin Is the most
famous advocate of the English Bar.
Ex-Governor Reuben 4. Fenton thinks that Judge
Davis will be the ST. Louis candidate.
An exchange says that there a Kansas town which
is called woman's Waist or corset is
Mr.. Hayes suddenly said. my dear, won't fatten
moro pork than after tho 4th of March"
Schurz, in linen dustcr. busted out of Cincinnati
under the belief thai when tho people get excited they
forget HIM.
Heterogeneous Pomeroy is very smart, but he can
use more capital "ls" to the quart than any In
convention.
Dr. Coelt says that all great authors pagiarias
referring probably to tho paragraphs Of the st. Louis
Globe Democrat
Captain Eads bronzed and has returned 70 St Louis
saying that the channel the South Pass Is eighteen
and halt feet deep
Cincinnati Enquirer:-"G George william Curtis is to
the politics Of the country what Colonel Delaney Kane
is to stage driving
Reiza, leader in the Mexican warfare to "rcstors
God to Mexico" has harcm In Michoacan stocked
with ten beautiful girls
II is understood that Hayes Is pledged to give the
South show in tho Cabinet; but how can he give .
show IN a democratic Cabinot'
Deacon Richard smith says that Bristow can catch .
thief and put HIM into tho pcnentiary whe most
other men are pulling their boots
Bon Egglcston, OF Cincinnati, tclcgraphed to HAYES
on Friday morning, saying that the Governor woul1
DO the nominee He shall be made consul
Dr. George I. Mcr, editor OF the Omaha Herald
and principal fnglcnan Tor Sam Tdcn, passed through
Chicago without stopping, on his way to New York
The Pail Nall Gazette makes tho mistake OF sav,uf
that Oncnbach, on the night OF his arrival In New
York was sercnadcd with Moody and Sankcy hymns
A Vermont son said at his mothers funeral that h
and his iathcr were very much obliged to tho people
who came, "and hope that the time 10 not "a,
distant when we may do the same for you.r
DR.. Wilson, high toned physician Of ssaunton,
Va. has been the habit or giving his lady
patients chloroform, and taking advantage OF them
Lake most OF his kind he seeks Canada for residence
Only ono race on the face Of the globe has the
patience TO conquer tho ashy wastes OF Wyoming
Utah, and Nevada and thst Is the Chinese. The
sinn- question Ia "Dossrts Chinese cheap abort"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

"A HunnIED CASH WIrn HAsTY KNIT
in the hands Of George Knight cost tho un-
fortunate and quarrelsome Joseph Bennett
his life in a drunken brawl. Tho Court,
deeming the blow an unprecedented one,
sentenced the prisoner to years imprison-
ment. and this short term of punishment is
the price Of human life. This is lucky
escape for tho homicide, but il the victim
had not spent that quarter of a dollar on bad
whiskcy he might have been enjoying tho
life to-day which no sacrificed for the
drinks."
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

DURING THE OLD SLAVE DAYS the diyines
of the South were not conspicuous for de-
votion to the cause Of human freedom in
a black skin. They had grown up under
the shadow Of the peculiar institution"
and never saw fit to quarrel with their bread
and butter We do not suppose that the
testimony Of the Episcopal clergy of Bar
bados as to the Communistic aspirations of
the blacks of that island will be given much
weight by the English Colonial Office. They
are naturally as much in tho hands
Of the planters as their brethren Of
the Southern States were, and are doubtless
inoculated with tho West Indian religion
that any idea. save that of laboring in tho
sugar fields at tho cheapest possible rate, is
sinful in black. Willingly or otherwise.
they have been made the tools Of the polit-
ical party which opposes Governor Hen
messy. end, although they do not accuse him
Of being responsible for the black Barbadian
equivalent Of forty acres and mule" they
mako sly blow at him over tho turned
heads of the negroes. The cloth never looks
we'll when Disgusting the politician.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-A decline oc-
cured in the coal carrying stocks. The
Dther speculative markets closed trife
higher. Gold sold at 112 L. with few ex-
eeptional sales at 112 5-S Money on call
was freely supplied at 2 and 2 1-2 per cent
Government bonds were. strong. Railway
bonds steady. Foreign exchange quiet.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20
The Caldwell Despatch-An Infamous
Affair.

1no OsAuWeAA Oesp1tch-An Infamous
Affair.
Tho republican party has reason for
gratitude, not unmingled with terror, at its
narrow escape from Mr. Blaine as its Presi-
Dental candidate. The notorious Caldwell
despatch, which he SO fiercely assailed Mr.
Knott on the floor of the House for suppress
ing, is proved to be shameless and un-
scrupulous trick for practising upon the
committee. Mr.. Knots suspicious of it's
genuineness, which induced him to with
hold it, are fully justified by the facts, now
that they have become known. That de-
spatch was telegraphed from this country to
London, in order to be cabled back. for the
purpose of imposing on the committee
and deceiving the country. It's skulk-
ing concocter did not dare to sign it with his
name nor to address it by name to Caldwell.
It was sent from the Western Union
building, in this city, addressed
to "Favo," in London, subscribed
philadelphia" with this direction
''Cable this Immediately to chairman
House Judiciary Committee, Washington. :"
What followed was an exact draft of the
London telegram received by Mr.. Knott.
This is one of the basest fabrications ever
perpetrated, and it will cover with ineface-
able infamy every man who was party TO it
or nm accomplish in it. It's detection and
exposure are due to MI. Hewitt, whose init
mate knowledge Of the telegraph business,
f~,~ - hoo sc -
the cable companies, enabled him to direct
the investigation with the requisite skill for
uncovering this scandalous fraud. We trust
that its skulking authors and all their accom-
plices may be detected and put in the
pillory of public contempt
It is clearly the work of Mr.. Blaine's
friends, and there is a strong presumption
that it was done with his knowledge. The
fact that he knew all about it before Mr..
Knott, to whom it was addressed, and the
two or three gentlemen to whom he had men
toned it disclosed its existence, is strong
circumstance against Mr.. Blaine. His ac-
quaintance with the transaction was SO minute
that he surprised and almost COMPOUNDED
Mr.. Knott, by telling in the House the sub
stance of its contents and the very hour
when it had been received. Mr. Blaine's other
attempts to tamper with witnesses and to
manufacture or suppress evidence, seem
small matters in comparison with this. Even
his method of procuring his letters from
Mulligan is less disgraceful. This extraor-
binary and astounding transaction justifes
the suspicion that the Mulligan letters were
not read by Mr.. Blaine as they were written,
and that he garbled them to deceive the
House and the country. The republican
party had an escape as lucky as it was mar
row when Mr.. Blaine barely failed to get the
nomination at Cincinnati.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

THE PnopArIoN SYSTEM in tho Methodist
Episcopal Church is occupying the attention
Of that religious body and calls forth a varied
expression of opinion from tho ministers.
The subject is one of considerable impor-
lance to the advancement Of the interests Of
the Church, and, judging from the arguments
used at the conference Of ministers, will re-
ceivc all the attention it deserves.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

THE LIGHTING OF THE PIERS is suggested
of Aldermen are already moving in the mat
ter. Such project is a good one. and if
carried out will afford considerable protec-
ton to life as well as to property exposed
nlonc the river front
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

The LONDON COACHING CLuB and its hand
some array Of drags continue to form one
OF the attractions of the English metropolis.
Like horse racing and polo, this amusement
has its advantages in developing taste for
improved horse flesh, which must result bone
6cially on the blood and breeding Of the
roadsters.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

YALE AND HARVARD These old rival col
leges are preparing vigorously for their boat
race on the Connecticut River, at Spring
field, on tie last day of this month. The
history of the challenge and its acceptance,
together with some analytic observations
upon Harvards crew, will be found in an
other column.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

MILITARY Polo MATCHES have been played
1T Brighton, England, with great success
AS schools of craftsmanship and dexterity in
the use of weapons by mounted men the
polo club cannot be rivalled, and should be
introduced into our system of cavalry train
ing
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

1.-THE MORE THE MERRIER The city of
Lyons, France, is to send its own delegation
of workmen to America. They will be
astonished, perhaps, to see what we have
been doing in silks when they reach Phila-
delphia.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

THE DoDwELL MURDER furnishes another
terrible temperance lesson, for it was clearly
the result of the intemperate habits Of the
murderer, who was laboring under the in
fluence of mania a potu when he committed
the crime. 1t presents one of those
cases in which the law finds il
difficult to distinguish between an act
of deliberate slaughter and the fatal
violence of man whose reason is destroyed
by the abuse of alcohol. The evidence gath
cred at the Coroner's inquest goes to show
that Dodwell was peaceable and well dis
posed man except when under the influence
of strong drink, and there is an entire alb
sence of motive for the murder, so that the
tragedy presents . problem which can only
be solved by the most careful examination Of
the facts
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

The OPPORTUNITY Of examining Mr..
August Belmont's fine art collection
should not be thrown away upon the public,
who, in paying visit to Mr.. Belmont can
at the same time aid the Centennial Loan
Exhibition for the Academy of Design and
Metropolitan Art Museum.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-20

Two EXPLOSIONS and commercial failure
are among yesterdays news items from
Great Britain.