The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-05-17

down with flowers and wroaths, with
which the graves of tho "deathloss
dead" were decorated. Following tho
little girls wero the grown ladies and
,itizens generally. After the process
! son had entered tho enclosure in which
the soldiers lay buried, and had como
to hault, Governor Hampton said:
"Tho audience will please come to
order and observe silence, while the
Rev. DR.. Giroradeau offers a prayer
to God." The DIR. then stepped for
ward md delivered one of tho most
fervent, eloquent and impressive prays
ers wo have over listened to. At the
conclusion of the devotional exercises,
the procession broke, and commenced
laying their floral tributes on tho
graves of our immortal dead. The
scene was, indeed, solemn and inn
prcssivo one. The Senate did not ad>
journ in honor of the day, but plo-
cecded with their legislative duties
The day was o very important one
and resulted in complete triumph
for tho Democrats.
The House, few days ago, passed
concurrent resolution, invoking the
President to exercise Executive Glenn
ency and order the prosecutions now
commenced in the United States
Court at Charleston, against the FL
lenton and other prisoners, to be dis
continued. This resolution did not
suit the Radical majority in that
House, as they hoped, through packed
.juries and suborned witnesses, to convict
some Of the best citzons in the State,
and furnish o little material for the
"bloody shirtors" in the North. Yes
terday, Johnson, colorcd, Senator
from Sumter, moved to reconsider the
vote, whereby the resolution was de-
fcatod, and, by his and Cochran's aid,
the vote was roconsidered and a sub
stitute, offorci by Cochran, was adopt
cd. The substitute provides that the
prosecutions against the Republicans
for similar offences, about to be COM
mencod by Attorney General Conner,
in the State courts, shall be discon-
tinued. Cochran said that if this
course vas not pursued, there would
bo moro Republicans convicted than
Democrats, and for the peace and
welfare Of the State it was essential
that it should pass and the prosecu-
tions cease on both sides. The reso>
luton to go into an election for Chief
Justice, on Tuesday next at l o'clock
p. NJ: was then taken up and passed.
The vote on this resolution stood IA
to II; Cochran voting with the Dcm-
ocrats; when Simpson, having tho docl>
ing vote in case of Il tic, voted il the af-
tirmative and carried tho resolution.
These resolutions were concurrcd in by
the House to day, and the canvass for
Chief Justice has now commenced in
good earnest, with Willard in the load.
As to tho Associate Justice to fill his
place, in tho event of his election,
there are, rs your readers have before
been informed, quito q number of dis
tinguished aspirants, whose chances
seem to vary every day, and it is al-
most impossible now TO form an idea
as to who will be tho successful man. ]
will not guess at it any more, The
Senate bill to re- establish the old
usury law was cortinuod in tho House
to-day until our next session. This
l consider, virtual dcfoat of the bill
though many who had informed me
that they favored it, voted for the
postponement. Why they did 80
do not know; but they claim that thoy
did it in Difference TO tho wishes o.
the Governor, though It is said he
would have signed the bill had it pass
cd. On this question, / must confess
the vote to-day was quito a surprise
to me, for it stood &c to 26. As soor
as the bill came from the Senate tc
the House, tho Charleston capitalists
flocked here like buzzards to carcass
and lobbiec increasingly with tho Nom
bers Of the House to dofeat it. The