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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-08-09
Acts Passed and Approved at the spe,
cial Session of 1877.

Joint Resolution to appoint COM
mission to investigate the sale Of
the Columbia Canal.
Section /. Be it resolved by tho
Senate and House of Representatives
Of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly +,
and by the authority of the same,
That commission, consisting of the
Attorney General and three members
of the General Assembly, two OF
whom to be appointed by the Speak
CT of the House of Representatives
and one by the President of the Sen
ate, be raised for the purpose Of in
veStiga'ing the salo of the Columbia
Canal and its appurtenances by a
commission of this State.
Sec. Q. That it shall he the duty of
eaid conirnission to inquire into the
manner If said sale, the consideration
received by the State therefor, and
whether or not the State is bound
theI eby; and also to inquire whether
the purchasers have duly complied
with the conditions of said sale, and
whether the title to said property
has not reverted to the State by reae
son of the noncompliance with the
conditions of said sale.
Sec. 3. That said commission shall
have power to call for persons and
papers, and to administer oaths to
witnesses before them; and that a
majority of the members of said com
mission shall have power to act in all
cascs.
Sec. 4. That said commission shall
conduct said investigation without
delay and report the result to the
Governor, to be by him transmitted
to'the General Assembly, and that,
until the meeting, of the General
Assembly, the Governor is author
lied to take such action on the report
as may be necessary to protect the
interest ofthe State and others.
Approved juno z, 1877.
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of passengers, and for the safe keep
ing Of tfeights transported or to be
transported over the same. ....,v..
Sec. 3. That upon the failure or
refusal ofsaid Blue Ridge Railroad
in South Carolina to comply with
tho provisions of the foregoing sec-
tio"b OF this act, the Attorney Gen.
eral be, and he is hereby, authorized
and required to institute the neces--
sary legal proceedings to have the
charter OF said company or corpora
tion herein offending forfeited.
Approved June Z 1877.
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Advertising Rates.

Advertisementsin inserted OF the rate of ST. 90
per square, Of (9) nine lines, OR LESS, for the
FIRST insertion, and 80 cents for each subse-
quent insertion.
Contracts made for THREE, SIX or TWELVE
months, on favorable terms.
Advertisements not having the number Of
insertions morked on them, will be published
until forbid and charged accordingly.
These terms are so simple any child may
understand them. Nine lines is o square,
one inch. In every 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.
R6P Advertisers will please state the num-
ber of squares they wish their advertisements
TO make.
B7y~ Business men who advertise to be
beneftted, will bear in mind that the
SENTINEL has q large and increasing cir
culation, and is taken by the very class Of
persons whose trade they desire.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-08-09

Col. James A. Hoyt, of Columbia,
has been appointed by Judge Ker--
shaw receiver OF the Hardy Solomau
Bank instead of I. @. Dunn, tho for
mer receiver. This is good appoint.
ment, and we may now expect a full
and complete investigation and pub
lieation OF the affairs of this bank,
which is believed to have been one
of the greatest swindles that was ever
perpetrated by Republieanism. 1t.
will, of course, require some time for
the new receiver to straighten out tho
affairs of the bank, but we baVe no
doubt the task will be as speedily and
faithfully performed as can possibly
be done. ..'.' ....' - ..|,...
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-08-09

SAN FRANCISCO, July 27.--Tho lat
est advicos from Chief Joseph say that
ho is entrenched on tho LoIo trail,
above Orafno and Camas Prairo oros~
sing, that he was not going to lcave tho
country and that he was increasing
his forces overy day; that be had be.
tween 400 and 500 warriors, and SAID
he would soon have as many as Gen.
Howard; that he intended to whip
Howard and then goto Lewiston and
back to Walla Walla. .a. .- y..a-
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any planter any cotton, rice or other
agricultural produce for sale, and
shall sell the same and fail to pay
over the net proceeds thereof to the
planter on demand, or to apply the
same to his own use and benefit, or
shall fail to account for the same in q
satisfactory manner if unsold, he shall
be guilty offraud and embezzlement,
and, on conviction thereof, shall be
imprisoned in the penitentiary not
less than one year nor moro than five
years, at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. No person shall be convic
ted under the provisions Of the pre-
ceeding sections, if lie can show that
the cotton, corn, rice or other pro-
ducts received by him was destroyed
by accident, after due diligence on
his part, or that he was forcibly de-
prived Of the possession thereof.
Approved June Z, 1877.
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Approved June 7, 1917

An Act to amend section 1, chapter
80 of the revised statutes and to
authorize the Governor to appoint
Regents of the Lunatic Asylum
from Rich!and County.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State
of South Carolina, now met and sit
ting in General Assembly, and by
the authority Of the same, That sec
ton 1, chapter 50 of the revised sta
tutes be, and the samo is hereby,
amended so as to read as follows:
"That the Governor shall appoint nine
Regents of the Lunatic Asylum, who
shall hold their offices for six years
from the day of appointment, except
upon the occurrence Of vacancy in
the regency, when the Governor shall
fill the same by an appointment for
the uDexpired term only. The Re-
gents shall be appointed from Rich
land county, and shall receive Mother
mi cage, per diem or other compen-
sation for their services"
Approved June 7, 1877.
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After the Battle.

/ .g.wI 1 .GtLy ErT-%TSfg yyevgtt,t..,EF
| aAt this slime three officers 7 rode
ont from the ranks, down the hill,
toward the town. They sought TO
acquire better knowledge Of the
locality, says Judge Rowe In the
Philadelphia Times. They were
feeling about in the fog for the foot
of the hill, and the roads. After
they had gone little distance, one of
them was stationed as q guide mark
while the two others went furthers
reconnoitering or exploring. He
who was thus left alone found him~
self amid strange and (, melancholy
surroundings. Meditation sat upon
bis brow, but to fall into completes
revery was impossible. The hour
and the scene would intrude thems
selves upon his thoughts of what had
befallen. The dead would not ro.
main unnoticed. The dying criod'
out into the darkness, and demanded
succor of the world. Was there
nothing in the universe to saveG Tens
of thousands within ear-shot, and no
footstep of either friend or foe drew,
near during all the hours. Some
times they drew near and passed by,
which was an aggravation Of the
agony. The subdued sound of wheels
rolling slowly along and anon stop
ping, the murmur of voices and q
cry of pain, told of the ambulance ON
its mission. 1t won't off in another
direction. The cries were borne
through the haze to the officer aa he
sat solitary waiting. Now a single
lament, again voices intermingled
and as if in chorus; from every di-
rection, in front, behind, to right, to
left, some near. eome, distant and
faint. Some doubtless, were faint
| that were not distant, the departing
| breath of one about to expire. They
expressed every degree and shadel of
| suffering, Of pain, n,dof agony; Sigh )
a groain, piteous appeal, a shrieky
a prayer to God, ademand for water,
for the ambulance, a deathIrattle, q
horrid scream, voice as of the
body when the soul tore itself away,
and abandoned it to the enemy, to-
the night and to dissolution. The
voices were various. This, The tongue
of a Ger man; that wail in the Celtic
brogue of poor Irishman., Pho, acS
cent Of New England was ,distin-
guishable in the thin cry Of that boy
From a different quarter came utter.
apces in the dialect of q far off Wes-s
tern State. The appeals of the Irish
we're the nosE, pathetic. I,They put
them into every form-denupciationy
remonstrence, a pitifal2 prayer, o
peremptory demand. The German
was more patient, less demonstra.-
tive, withdrawing into himself. Ono
man raised his body on his left arm =.
and extending Lis right hand up
ward, cried out to the heavens and
tell back. Most Of them lay moan
ing, with the fitful movement of un-
rest and pain. ..... .,
| % %---
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An Act to repeal an act to protect
the interest of the State whereon
the payment of interest now due
remains unpaid on bonds issued by
any railroad company, and where,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-08-09
on the guarantee of the State is en-. n

on the guarantee of the State is en-
dorsed. $3.50 ""'' '''.' ''."
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority of the same, That
an act to protect the interest of the
State whereon the payment ofinter-
est now due remains unpaid on bonds
issued by any railroad company, and
whereon the guarantee of the State
is endorsed, approved March Z, 1871,
be, and the same Is hereby repealed.
Approved May %, 1877.
An Act to revise the charter and to
extend the time for the commence
ment of work on the Anderson,
Aiken, Port Royal and Charleston
Railroad.
Section 1. BE 1T enacted by the
Senate and House Of Representatives
of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same,
That an act entitled IAN act to char
ter the Anderson, Aiken and Port
Royal Railroad" approved February
26 1873, and an act amendatory
thereto, approved March Il, 1874,
expiring by Limitation on the 26 Feb
ruary. 1876. be. and the same are
hereby, renewed and re-enacted, and
that the Said charter be reinvcsted in
John r. Cochran and his associa tes:
Provided, That tn O work on the said
railroad shall be commenced within
three years from the passage of this
act.
Sec. 2. That section 1 of the act be
amended by striking out the words
'of all railroad corporations of q
similar kind, now existing or hereaf
ter to be created in this State" and
insert cot the Northeastern Railroad
Company by their original charter"
Approved June 7, 1877,
An Act TO require all school claims
and claims of teachers to be sworn
to.
Section I. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
Of the State of Sonth Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by tho authority of the Same,
That from and sitter the passage Of
this act the correctness and legality
of all claims for services rendered in
teaching in any of the schools of this
State which are supported wholly or
in part by the State, and all claims
of every description whatsoever
which are chargeable against the
fund raised for the support of the free
schools of the State, shall be sworn
to by the person presenting said
claim before it shall be approved by
tie person or persons authorized by
law to give such approval.
Sec. Q. That all school trustees are
hereby invested with the power and
required free of charge, to administer
oaths to persons presenting the claims
contemplated by this act, as fully, to
all intents and purposes, as are all
other persons who by the laws of this
State are qualified to administer
oaths.
Approved May 81, 1877.
An Act to require the Blue Ridge
Railroad, in South Carolina, to
! oraot and konn ODaD q depOE at
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-08-09

The new Georgia Constitution
makes lobbying crime. That is a
sure way of putting a stop to the
most prolific source of legislative
corruption in our politics.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-08-09
What Judge Wright thinks about the
Liberian Emigration Scheme.


What Judge Wright thinks about the
Liberian Emigration Scheme.
The Columbia Register publishes
the following from A. J. Wright, the
Tharthaparilla Justice:
COLUMBIA, S. O., July II, 1877.
Mr.. Ii. N. Boney:
Dear Sir: Your letter of the 9TH
has been received, and l feel it my
duty to answer the same as request
cd by you. You desire to know why
K is shat &c; rot found il the fret
ranks in counseling and marehaling
our peaple for an exodus to Africa.
The reason why is because, whenever
/ advise my people to do or not to do
q certain thing, I must be possessed
Of what I regard good and substanS
tial reasons for such counsel and ad-
vice. I consider that for me to adj
wise them to emigrate to Africa in
their present condition would be to
advise them to do that which would
prove fatal to their best interests-not
only the colored people of America,
but those OF Africa.
When persons 60 to Africa they
should be those who are far above
the native African in intellectual,
moral and religions culture, when
they will be able to WELD O proper
! and wholesome influence npon tho
natl yes, and therefore be benefit tc
them and blessing to the world
All the best lights and authorities
that we have are that the colored
people of this country are not typ1~
cal Africans, aud, therefore, not true
representatives of that race. Our
forefathers wcro q claes of persons
from the western coast who we're only
considered by tho real representative
African fit for slaves. They were a
low type of the African race, and the
evidence is that the native African
to day is far above the masses Of
those who have been recently liberia
ted from slavery in this country in
intelligence
| Now, if the great mass of this peo>
pie should emigrate to Africa, il
would, in my judgment, produce an
unfavorable impression upon the ma
tive african concerning our civilization
and Christianity. Lot persons OF
capital, intelligence, moral and roll
gious culture 60. Then will they be
benefited and the native blessel.-
There are many colored persons in
America who are informed and &C
quainted with the history of the rise
and progress of the nations of the
earth, and who know of the most sue
cessful agencies which have been
brought to boar for the civilization OF
the uncivilized, and who stand ready
when the proper time comes for them
to be heard to give sound and whole
some advice. This country is the
country Of the people without respect
to race or color. Political revcrses
must be expected. The colored race
of this country arc, and ought to bo,
as fully able to stand or endure thom
as tho white race. Both races can
and will dwell together in this couns
try in union, peace and prosperity;
and, in my judgment, the time is not
far distant when all differences based
on race will DO no more, but when
persons generally will be measured
according 10 the real merit they pos
sess. Very respectfully.
j. j. WRIGHT.
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An Act to declare and punish fraud

in the sales of produce. 80
ssection l. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State Of South Carolina. now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same,
Any person engaged in the business
Of buying cotton, corn, rice or such
commodities, either on his account or
for others, who shall buy such on
sale from a planter, commission mer-
chant, or any other person or persons,
tor cash, and shall fail or refuse to
pay for the same, and shall make
way with or dispose Of the same be-
fore he shall have paid therefor, shall
he deemed guilty of fraud and en-
bezzlement, and shall be liable, on
conviction, to be imprisoned in the
penitentiary for term not less than
one year nor more than five years. at
the discretion of the court.
Sec. Q. That if any factor or coln--
mission merchant shall receive from
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-08-09

The Radical organs think troops
should be withdrawn from the South
and stationed in the North. Do tell
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Joint Resolution to authorize the


Governor to effect a loan.
Section /. Be it resolved by
the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives Of the State of South Car
olina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of
the same, That the Governor be ALL
thorized to borrow on the credit of
the State, the sum of 100000, if so
much be necessary, in anticipation of
the taxes to be collected under the
act to raise supplies for the current
fiscal year, on such terms as he deems
advisable.
Approved June 7, 1877.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-08-09
May 81, 1877.

An Act to require the Blue Ridge
Railroad, in South Carolina, to
erect and keep open a depot at
Seneca City, in this State.
Section l. Be it enacted by tho
Senate and House of Representatives
Of ,he State Of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority ofthe same,
That the Blue Ridge Railroad Com
pany in South Carolina shall receive
and deliver passengers and freight
received into it's custody for transpor-
tation at the crossing or intersection
of said road with tho "Atlanta and
Richmond Air Line Railway" at
Seneca City, in Said State. 49,.
Sec. Q. That at said crossing or in
tersection the said Blue Ridge Rail
road be, and the same is hereby, re-
quired to erect and keep open suita--
BILE structures for the accommodation
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-08-09

Messrs. Blaine and Chamberlain
ought to get up another "high old
joint"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-08-09

An Act to render officers of corpora
tons personally responsible in Gers
tain cases.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representative
of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the came,
That, on and after the passage Of fthis
sct,st shsl! be deemed g felony for any
president, director, manager or cash.
ier, or other officer of any banking
institution, to receive any deposits or
trusts, or to create any dobts for such
corporation, after ho shall become
aware that such corporation is insol /,
vent. And every officer of such fail.
ing corporation shall become person
ally liable to the amount of such de-
posts or trusts received by him, or
with his knowledge or assent, in any
such case, to the person thereby dam
aged, whether criminal prosecution
be made or not. And all persons
convicted for felony, as herein pro-
vided, shall be punished by impris-
onment for term of not less than
one year, and by fine OF not less
than 81 600.
Approved May 81, 1871.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-29
The Wealth OF Brazil.
New York Mercury.1


All intelligent travellers who have
visited Brazil speak in the most glowing
terms of the country. Professor Agassiz
regarded it as the most productive and
interesting country on the globe, and the
one in which it Is easiest 10 obtain q
livelihood. Some who have sailed up
the Amazon declare that a vessel can be
loaded with Brazil nuts at an expense
of only few pence per bushel. These
constitute valuble article of commerce,
while the oil extracted from them is
very desirable. All the tropical fruits
are produced in Brazil almost without
cultivation. The soil in many parts of
the country will produce twenty sue.
cessive crops of cotton, tobacco, or sugar
cane without application of manure. No
country in the world approaches the
land of Dom Pedro in the variety of its
forest productions. Professor Agassiz
states that he saw one hundred and seven
teen different kinds of valuable woods
that were cut from q piece of land not
half mile square. They represented
almost every variety of color, and many
of them were capable of receiving high
polish. One tree furnishes wax that is
used for candles; another pith that is
used for food, and another yields juice
which is used in the place of intoxica-
ting liquor. There is single variety of
palm from which the natives obtain food,
drink, clothing, bedding, cordage, fishing
tackle, medicine and the material they
manufacture into dwellings, weapons,
harpoons, and musical instruments.
Doubtless the day is not far distant when
the valuable woods of Brazil will be used
for various useful and ornamental pur.
poses.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-29
WOman's Headgear.

/ would desire the fair sex to consider
how impossible it is for them to add
anything that can be ornamental to
what is already the masterpiece of Ma
ture. The head has the most beautiful
appearance, as we'll as the highest sta
tion in the human figure. Nature has
laid out all her art in -beautifying the
face; che has touched it with vermilion,
planted in it double row ofivory, made
1t the seat OF smiles and bushes, lighted
1t up and enlivened it with the bright
ness of the eyes, hung 1t on each side
with curious organs of sense, given It airs
and graces that cannot be described, and
surrounded 1t with such flowing shade
of hair as sets all Its beauties in the
most agreeable light. In short, she
seems to have designed the head as the
cupola to the most glorious Of her works
and when we load Il with such pile of
supernumerary ornaments, we destroy
the symmetry of the human figure, and
foolishly contrive 10 call off theeye from
great and real beauties to childish gew-
gaws, ribbons, and bone lace.--Jo,eph
] Addison.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-29

This is another point, says the Ameri-
can Agrieulturist, which we are pretty
apt to overlook, greatly tn our disad van
tage. We suffer ourselves to be guided
by wagon makers, and the wheelwright
knows very well he lives by his trade,
and that wear and tear is the life of trade.
He serves himself when we are suited
with narrow wheels. A set OF wheels
with four-inch or six-inch rims and heavy
tires cost to make considerable more than
a set two and q half inches wide, but an
extra price is always put upon them.
They are we'll worth It. A wagon or
cart with a six-inch, tread, will take
heavy loads over soft meadows and hardly
leave q track, where q narrow-wheeled
one with a similar load could not 60
at all. On the country roads such broad
tread vehicles destroy ruts and act like
rollers, making the roads agreeable for
light carriages, and keeping them in
much better order throughout the year.
It would be a real blessing to every State
of the Union, to put 80 heavy tax on
narrow wheels upon heavy wagons and
carts that they would become quite OBJ.
solete. Millions Of dollars would be
saved to the people Of each State In re-
pairs of roads, in repairs of wagons, and
In horseflesb.