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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-02-03

from an unsuccessful mission to Eu.
rope, and was representing Alabama
in the Confederate Senate. The
question of a navy was under discus
sion in secret session. The debate
ranged beyond parliamentary limits,
and, Messrs. Yancey and Hill became
animated over the abstract doctrines
of State Rights, authority of slavery.
High words passed, and finally the
lie was given by Mr.. Hill. Mr.. Yam
cey leaped forward, and as he aimed
blow at his adversary, was caught
in the arms of the latter and violent~
ly thrown back over dcsk. Mr..
Hill is man of wonderful muscular
development. Mr.. Yancey was never
very heavy, though little and active.
In the fall his spine was seriously in
jurcd, and when the bystandcrs
rushed upon the two and dragged the
one from the other, the great Southe
crnen lay unconscious upon the floor
with little trickle of blood ooziDg
from his lips. He was carried to his
hotel, vote of secrecy was passed,
and the rencontre hushed up. No
one in Richmond except that body of
men know Of the circumstances for
six months after. Meanwhile the
victim did not recover. He dropped
from day to day. lie became is,less,
hopeless and vacaM He was trans,
ferred to his own home, where his
convulsions ceased few weeks before
his death which was tranquil and calm
lie died without a hope of the success
of the Southern Republic he had aspir.
ed to found and govern, and for
which he had labored day and night
for twenty five years.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-02-03
Hill and Yancey'

We take the following from the
Charleston News and Courier:
The exciting debate on the Amncs.
ty bill, in which Mr.. Hill, OF Georgia,
and Mr.. Blaine, of Maine, were the
most conspicuous figures, brings to
mind the aGray between Mr.. Hill and
William J.. Yancy, OF Alabama,
which cansed the lattcr's death. The
circumstances wero first publicly
given by Mr.. Henry Wattcrson, the
present editor of the Louisville Cou-
riersJournal.
According to the published ac-
count, it was toward the close of the
second session of the first Confedere
ate Congress that Yancey broke out
from the counsels and influence of
Mr.. Davis, and became, with Henry
s. Foote, a leader of the opposition.
Mr. Ben. Hill, then Senator from
Georgia, had likewise changed his
front, and was remarkable for the
earnestncss, personal interest and
persistency with which he sustained
the n eaBurcs Of an administration to
which his allegiance had been given
but Ia'e in the day. Mr.. Yanccy, it
will be remembered, had returned
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-02-03

ABOUT ADNERT!sING.-It you havo
good thing advertise it. II you
haven't don't.
If you don't mean to mind your
own business, it will not pay to adj
vortse.
It's rs true of advertising rs of
anything clso in tho world, if it is
worth doing at all, it is worth doing
we'll.
We don't recommend advertising
as tho best way to got wifo, but wo
know that is tho best way to got a
good tradc.
Don't expect an advertisement TO
bear fruit in ono night, like the proph.
cts gourd. Advertising will take
effect, but it takes moro than ono
night to do it.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-02-03

GA SwINDLE."-A merchant who
was absent from his homo received
telegram informing him OF Ills wifo's
safe delivery of of a little'girl; at tho
same time a letter from his partner
advised him that a draft had been
presented for $4,000 and the sigma
turo seemed rather doubtful. The
merchant replied to both dispatches,
but misdircctcd them. The aston,
ishment of the wife may be imagined
whom she read 81 know nothing
about il; it's swindle." The part
nor received hearty congratulate ns
upon his safe dclivcrancc.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-02-03

The Baltimore Gazette, with point
and power, says the day laborers, the
mechanics, the farmers and the hon
est merchants and the honest traders
have mover boon in Wall Street, and
they are the real sufferers in the Fl.
nancial depression which has been
upon us for the last two or three
years. Production is the basis of all
prosperity, but the producer has al
most become pauper. Why is i!2
What is the wrong in our cconomy2
The whole country has been blooming
and b!ossoming and bearing fruit as
never bore before. The Western
fields and farms have been groaning
under their load of golden grain; the
Southern States have been singularly
blessed in their productions; but not.
withstanding it all the whirr of our
machinery has ceased to be heard,
and poverty and starvation stalk
through all the large centres of popu.
lation. There must be cause and
reason somcW here. We were to Id
two years ago that we had over trad.
ed; that We were doing business upon
an initiation basis, and that in a shors
time-a few weeks or few months,
the oldcn days would come back and
VIC should be again prosperous. The
days have glided into weeks and the
months into years, and the end is not
yet AS we said, whether Justly or
nmjnstly, the pcoplo believe that the
evil lies in the lcgisla ion Of the gen
eral government, and the remedy is
a change Of that legislation. Will
Congress, irrespective Of party and
politics, tell the country how it is?
No one cares about poor old Mr..
Davis and his disabilities; about am
nesty; about the fierce onslaughts Of
Mr.. Blaine; about the wit of Mr.. COX
or the wisdom of Mr.. Kerr. The
third term and what Mr.. Fish said to
Spain, or Spain to Mr.. Fish, are all
matters Of a small consideration. The
greater, larger question is: Why is
the country in the pitiable plight it is
in, and how can it be restored to the
prosperity it once knew? The party
that solves this question will be the
winning party next November. And
to all whom it may concern we send
these words greeting.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-02-03
Mr. Melton's Dilemma.

1t is pity that Attorney General
Melton should resign at this time,
says the Charleston News and Cou-
rler, and leave others to pluck the
tempting fruits of reform. The Par.
ker trial came TO nothing, it is true;
but there are, and there were, other
criminals than Parker to prosecute,
and it is not likely that two often
ders of that class will escape in the
same way. Doubtless the difficulty
OF obtaining good juries had some-
thing to do with the reluctance of Mr.,
Melton to go into Court, but the pres
ent Jury Commissioner for Richland
County, Mr.. Gray, is a staunch and
fearless man, who will faithfully exc
cute the law. Then again the public
temper is such that the highest pop
ularity will attend him who succeeds
in putting rascals in the Penitentiary
Why, obi why, does Mr.. Melton want
to resign2
The private practice of 30 eminent
a lawyer as Mr.. Melton must, OF
course, be very large, and thero are
personal reasons why he desires to
avoid the temptations incidental to
political life. But Mr.. Melton might
make the sacrifice of holding on for
just few months longer, whatever
the annoyances or losses to which
this patriJtic act might expose him.
Then could he retire with several
scalps in his belt, nile now he can
only point 10 the place where scalp
might have been.
There is likewise some chance that
Mr. Melton, it he resign, will be
succeeded by Elliott. This is dan
ger from which Mr.. Melton can save
the people if he will. In the course
If a few months he can make himself
exceedingly strong with all good pco
pie; but it he incontinentlv abandon
tho fight, his only power will be with
those to whom he can say, "Thank
me for what | did not dol"
Mr.. Melton is an amiablo man, an
eloquent man, an able man, although
he does not like newspapers. This is
his weakness. All great men have a
weakness; it runs in the family. So
Mr.. Mellon picks at the press, in sea.
son and cut OF season; it amuscs him
and does not hurt us. Newspapers
like to praise people, and they will
praise him if he will give them an
opportunity. They cannot praise
for turning back when the struggle
between the honest men and the
thieves is hardest. Mr.. Melton will
remember what he said when gallop,.
ing to the rear during the fights a.
round Richmond. An officer asked
how the battle was going. "That de
pends," said Mr.. Melton, con the gal
iantry Of the troops going Gin" The
troops are going in now. Why does
Gen Melton ride to the rear?.
O--
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NO. %,
Father and Son of the Day.

We clip the following from ths
Kingstree Star.
What exists between father and
son more than the tics of associations
Nothing The same father who now
seems to care so much for his boy Of
twelve years, spends thousands on his
educ dion, and seems to care SO much
for his boys or girls health. Really
has no motive in view but self inter-
est. lie dreams of his boy pleading
at the bar, winning complicated cases
and recovering heavy feo>; or of him
some day, seated i'll the supreme seat
of the nation. To one, CT some of
these high places his child must
needs apirc. Yes, he dreams that
then he can Toll in great arm chair
i'll his sons cabinet, and only receive
congratulations from the millions OIL
having son 60 great. A las! how
often, too often sad mistake. Tho
son grows to youth, the father loses
his property. The fathers income is
small. The son, haf educated, is
flung on his own resources; he suc-
ceeds for time very well, but at last,
as every one is likely to be, lie ia
thrown out of business; he has some
means lett; he goes to strange places
to seek employment he makes ape
plication, but lie is only looked on
with suspicion, and is sent away.
Disappointments at last sink his spir.
its; he gives up in despair. In his
rambling he comes near to where his
parents are living; he has not seen
them for many years; lie was boy
when last he saw them; but now he is
almost man; he is 10 years old. He
meets his father near his home; this
is what passes between them: "W,"
says the father, "have you got back
here again2 Where arc you going
now2" "Well, sir" says the almost
shocked son, 6 l have been hunting
business, have failed, SO far, and
thought as | was passing, to call and
see you. Maybe l can get some
work to do near here. At distance
no one knows me, and can get into
the employ Of no one" "Well, you
can get down and rest q little, and
then go on. Suppose You haven't
been to dinner2' mo, Sir" "Wcll
you can do without, have often done
it; here's ten dolla's-you had better
be going. Good bye" This is
meeting that took place between
Methodist preacher and his son, after
an absence of six years. Has he
the hesrt and sympathy of man OF
God. Prepare, boys to hoe your
own row; poverty makes enemies of
friends and friends of enemies.
RUFUs.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-02-03

The Marion Star of Wednesday
gives the particulars Of a sad accident
which occurred six milos from that
place last Saturday, by which five
children of Mr.. A. Ellerbe wore burns
ed to death. The father and mother
had visited a ncighbor in the after
noon, leaving tho children at home
On their return, about two hours
altor dark, thoy found the building
on fire and tho roof falling in. All
five Of the children, agod from to
ID years, wcro consumed in the burns
lug building. The remains of four of
the children soomcd to have been in
bod, while tho remains of tho oldest
one, Q girl, was found near the door.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-02-03

Florida is progressingin wealth and
population moro rapidly than any of
tho Southern States.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-02-03

A modern cssayist defines gossip 10
be tho quitting of two and two tos
gothcr and making fvo of Lhom.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-07-22
CHANGERS!

You are warned by one of the Court
House clique, through the Register OF
last week, not to NEEDLE with politics;
now don't do it! You never was in
tended for such purpose. Work and
rois, the first is your mission, and the
last, blest privilege has been most
graciously accorded to you, by liberal
minded politicians, but, you must per
form that duty under Instructions
Don't dare, none Of you to aspire 10
Office, that's too prescriptions. Iuan" !,
is better manure than stump speecnes;,
Now you old "chronic asplrants' ao',
you dare to open your NOUNS "oo "S
POLITICAL matters, pay your 'aA.' 80.
work, that what you are inte,oeu ~.
to do; leave speech and id'o making 10
us gentlemen who have been bred ana an,
educated. for these exalted duties. oh,
Moses, wont you come back ana leao
adams children I'VE believe they
worked the soiD from political bondage
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-07-22
CORRESPONDENTS.

Mr. Editor-Yonr editorial of June
gath, "The Fight between Reformers
and Politicians" was one that reflects
great credit on your independence as a
journalist, it is pregnant with plain for
chile and sorrowful truths. The "protes-
sional politician" is a curse to the body
politic,-the people. His plans are self
ISL, and bis practices are mostly decep-
tive, therefore he should be avoided, the
natural instinct of the people will always
lead them to select proper leaders, If not
diverted by the Vaccinations of the de-
sionino politician The Changers, are
the best class of Reformers, they are
made so by their customs aud habits,
single minded, pure hearted, relying up
on Divine direction, rather than caucuses,
and studied trickery, they have grown
up to look upon the country Press dis
tributed in the counties, as a pure edu-
Gator, then how sorrowful when they re-
alze the sad fact that it is subsidized by
the wiley politician, as is indicated by
your Charlestown correspondent "Strict
Church" and plainly admitted by "Rieh
Politician" those practices could not
fail, but to bring about such deplora-
bic state of corruption and fraud as your
correspondent J. NJ. NJ. says list of,
would FIJI one side of your paper, when
the watchman-the Press, has been bri-
bed, and the bulwark of political purity,
the press has been corrupted.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-07-22

FIRST New WHEAT M MARKEr.-
Mr.. T. G. Flagg had 70 acres of wheat
on his "Mount Rock Farm" IL miles
southwest of Martinsburg. With four
cradles he harvested the whole tract in
2 IL days, aud as soon as the last sheaf
had been gathered Vanmeter's Steam
Thresher was promptly on the spot and
in l IA days GOO bushels of prime
wheat was ready for market. In Sc
hours it was delivered and sold at
Hawks Mills, for $l,2O per bushel, the
top OF of the market.
When it is understood that Mr..
Flagg, now in his 7Srd year, personally
experimenting the cutting ofhi entire
200 acres, never being absent from
his field. it is a pretty fair sample of the
grit of Berkeley MISUNDERSTANDING
Statesman.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-07-22
LIFE, GROWTH, BEAUTY,
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Can be applied by the hand as it does
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AS Hair Dressing it is the most perfect
the world has ever produced. The hair is
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Since the introduction Of this truly
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all classes, and it has proved to be the
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This beautiful and fragrantly perfumed
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-07-22
GRAND CELEBRATION.

We the colored citizens of Shepherds
town, Jefferson county, W. Va, and all
from the neighboring counties who may
Join us, will celebrate the first Centen-
Mai of the Nation,o ON Saturday, the 26th
day of August, 1876. We will have
speaking by the most influential white
citizens of Shepherdstown. No politics.
Dinner will be prepared for all. We
will have seperate tables for our white
citizens, and we want all of them to at
tend. Dinner so cents. There will be
a Brass Band in attendance. The whole
to be made up as far as possible of the
citizens of Shepherdstown, and Jefer-
son county. don't feel free to use the
names of those We prefer as speakers
just now, but will soon. Other towns
are celebrating, and ShepEerdstown is
not the least Of towns.
JAMES II. CAREY.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-07-22

FATAL LEAP OF A You've MAN FROM
THREE STORY WNDow.-On Satur-
day evening, between four and five
o'clock, our city was shocked by the
sad news that Samuel Clarke had killed
himself by jumping from the eastern
window of the chapel building OF the
Western Lunatic Asylum. He had
been laboring under mental alteration
since Thursday night last, when he was
placed in confinement. On Saturday
morning he was released, his mind be-
ing somewhat improved. About 3
o'clock in the evening he, in company
with his little brother, went over to the
Lunatic Asylum, where he saw Mr..
Andrews, one of the attendants, and
asked of him the loan of a pistol with
which to shoot some men-Theo. White
and - Glass, who he said had knock
ed at his door four times that day for
the purpose of killing him. Mr.. An
drews, preceiving that he was not alto
gether rational, did not loan him the
pistol, but sent him to DR.. Hamilton.
He went to DR.. HIS room, where he
also exhibited signs of delrium. DR..
Hamilton told him he Lad better 90
home, at which command went out.
Instead of going home, however, as DIR.
Ii. supposed he bad done, he went out
of the rear door CT the main building
and up into the chapel, which is in the
third story, and, as is supposed, leaped
out Of one of the eastern windows, fall
ing a distance of thirty five feet, break
ing his skull, from which death ensued
almost instantly, life being extinct in
in about ten minutes.-Staunton Spec
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-07-22
A Heni1h.Promoting stinuIant.

Physicians, who certainly ought to be
the best judges of such mattars, declare
that wholesome stimulation Is not only
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When the temporary good effect of a
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er, malarious fevers, and many other dis
orders. Its basis is sound old rye, the
purest liquor known to commerce, and it,
self possessing tonic properties Of no
mean order.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-07-22

lie takes great pleasure in informing
Ill the citizens of Berkeley and adjoining
counties thGt he has full and well Sc
lected stock of Goods, purchased in BoS-
ton, New York, Baltimore and Carlisle,
and in quality and price he challenges
comparison. His stock embraces Ladies,
Misses and Children's Boots, Shoes aud
Caters of every quality and style and of
superior manufacture.
Gents and boys Hats and Caps of the
very latest styles. Gents and Boys Boots,
Shoes, Caters, Slippers, and full line of
children's Shoes, also Trunks, NaliseS,
Umbrellas, SC, &c.
lie keeps from the very finest kcrcso
Kid and Lasting Cater 20 the common
walking Shoe, insuring ease and comfort
in the wear.
lie keeps general and well selected
stock which will be constantly replen-
ished with fresh Goods Of latest manufac-
ture. Ladies Caters Sl.25 10 the best
grades; Gents Caters Sl.25 to the best
grades.
Remember the place and give him call
and be convinced. of the superiority anG
cheapneSs Ct his stock.
GEO. \. SMITH,
Queen Street, Martinsburg.
July s, 1876. ly
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-07-22
| Sd Acres Land,

situated Oh the northern suburbs of said
town.
The improvements thereon consist of a
House and Barn in good repair, thrifty
young Orchard, Wagon Shed, Smokehouse
and other necessary out buildings. Good
Spring Water near by.
The above premises are beautifully To-
Gated, in good condition, and worthy the
attention of any person desiring pleas
ant home.
TERMS OF SALE.-One-third cash,
and the residue in two equal payments at
one and two years, with interest from day
of sale, to be secured by the bonds az the
purchaser and lien upon the premises.
GEO. NJ. BELTZHOONER,
Trustee.
July Is, 1876. 5w
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OF IT'S
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| purchased the first bottle from Edward
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MRS. MILLER,
: No. 730 North Ninth Street, Phila.
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