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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29

tures are taken two hundred and
seventy five miles away from their
homes and friends, counsel and
means, and tried before negro Radi-
cal juries in a region to all intents
and purposes unknown to them. We
are told that last April large por-
ton of these men, old and young,
went to trial without an attorney or
friend. Judge Bryan contended in
open court that they should have
been bound over to court in Green
vile instead of Charleston. Judge
Bond went 80 far as to reprimand the
jury for recommending one of the
first cases to mercy. The effect upon
his packed juries may be Judged
If acquitted, foot sore and heart sore,
moneyless and triendless, they are
turned loose two hundred and Beven~
ty five miles away from home.
Besides the injustice to these pris-
oners, the expense to the govern
ment of transporting prisoners,
guards and witnesses to Charleston
is considerable. Judge Bryan stated
in open court that the juries in
Greenville could not be excelled, and
this crying evil should be corrected.
Judge Bryan, no doubt, will con-
cur in these views, for when William
E. Earle charged a mercenary mo
tive upon the Commissioners of Green
vile, Mr.. Symmes, for binding over
Il case to Greenville instead of Char
lesion, and Judge Bond said the
Commissioner should be discharged,
Judge Bryan came nobly to the res-
cue, and said that the Commissioners
was right aud deserved credit.
Law should be law, and justice
should be justice. The charge Of
crime is not it's proof. And no mats
ter how grave the crime, or how
worthy of punishment, every man is
entitled to a fair trial, according to
the rules of law and the forms OF as
cer'aining justice, whether retribu-
tive or otherwise.-Journal of Cons
merce.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29
Thoughts for Saturday Night.

Our heart is it's own grave.
Things past may be repented but
not recalled.
So sad, 80 fresh, the days that are
no more
Passions are easily evaded as i'm
possible to moderate.
Pain addeth zest unto pleasure and
teaches the luxury of health.
The air is full of farewells to the
dying and MORNINGS for the dead.
Opportunity is rare, and wise
man will never let it 60 by him.
Passion costs too much to bestow
it upon every trif1e.
The mind revolts against certain
opinions as the stomach rejects GER
tain food.
The public man needs but one pa
tron-namely, the lucky moment.
The only sin which we never for~
give in each other is difference of
opinion.
Predominant opinions are gener-
ally the opinions of the generation
that Is vanishing.
Necessity is cruel, but it is the only
test of inward strength. Every fool
can live accor ding to his own likings.
We cannot conquer fate and neces~
sity, yet we can yield to them in such
way as to be greater than If we
conld.
Every man has something to do
which he neglects, every man has
faults to conquer which he delays to
combat.
Thou tooll Nature alone is antique
and the Oldest art a mushroom; that
idle crag thou sittest on is six thous
and years of age.
National progress Is the sum of in
divldnal industry, energy and up
rightness, as national decay is of in
dlVidual idleness se,fshness and
vice.
The happiness of life is made up of
minute fractions--the little, soon for
gotten charities of kiss, a smile, a
kind look, a heartfelt compliment in
the disguise of playful railery and
the countless other infinitesimals of
pleasant thought and feeling.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29
cut with his knife:
j A OK Blu LET,
AGED FORTY.
Men may not have given him
q chance.
AGED FORTY.
BUT GOD WILL !

q chance.
BUT GOD WILL
You wouldn't think those rough
mon had sentiment in their hearts
but they saw through the elders mo.
tives in an instant, and the toughest
man in the lot stopped down and care
fully rearranged one of the sods.
Three weeks moro went by, and one
evening Jack Bullet oame into Joe
Whites Dream, alive and we'll. He
stood on the little square in the center
of the town, and he said not word
till the wondering mon had gathered
about him. Then he pointed to the
grave in the valley, his eyes filled
with tears, and he ohokingly said:
"Boys, I sneaked back here this
morning to kill some one in revenge,
but cum across that-that grave
downtown thar, and-and"-
lie held out his hands to the men
and tho tears blinded him so that he
could not SEQ face. Elder Graves
won't down on his knees again, every
man with him, and thero were more
tears and % prayer so beautiful and
tender and true that Jack Bullet
sobbed like O child. His heart was
broken, and all the satan in his nature
was driven out in q moment.
Joe Whites Dream was q mining
camp for many months after that, and
Jack Bullet was one of the best men
in it. The headboard grew gray as
tho rain beat down and the sun shone
and tho wild rose grew till it covered
all tho grave, but no ono disturbed O
sod. The grave was q sign-a beacon
light, as it were, and perhaps miners
wero right when they said of oul
town:
"They've had q revival up thar, an
they arc tho best chaps an the hard
est workers on the slope."-M. Quad
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29
The Newspaper.

am farmer. My farm is named
Paeturefeld. 1 take great pride in
it and work as steadily as . can, for
[ am sixty six, and was not Injured
to farm iabors in early life, but
trained to the dry goods business
Well, no matter for this. / work
and enjoy it. Then l get tired, then
l smoke, and then ] sit down to the
newspaper. Ah, then my fatigue is
forgotten, and [ revel in enjoyment,
and am recreated. The great, good
newspaper! | used to read good
books, but neglect them now. What
becomes of all the books published2
l used to take agricultural journals,
but there was TOO much agriculture.
get hints enough in the home news
paper to satisfy me. All around me
are men who who work hard, and
are honest and faithful in their aims
and ways, who take no newspaper.
How do they live? I should have
died twent years ago without them.
lend and give mine to my neigh
bors.
And the newspaper grows, and
will continue to grow. Better and
better men continue to 60 into its
labors. The best only will live. o,
men of the newspaper, great teachers
of the people, accept the law "that
honesty is the best policy" CAST
out the cowardly, the weak, mean,
and wrong headed; and let the brave,
the manly, the clear-eyed and cour-
ageous help in making this great
and glowing gospel-this big book,
this early teacher, this household
preacher, this hope, comfort, help,
and enjoyment OF the common peo-
ple-the American newspaper
Make it clean and true and faithful
AS I believe the newspaper has
already heightened my lite, 1 doubt
not that it will lengthen it to the ex-
tent, probably, OF twenty five years
which will give me quite respecta.
ble span. And l think of what ite
character must be to mel But then
l know the true, the brave, will live
and flourish, and that puerile, the
foolish, and false will soon die
Circular.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29
Fair Trials the Right Even of Illicit
Distillers

The illicit distilers of whiskey in
the mountain slope of South Carolina
above GreenvIlle, when convicted by
due process Of law are guilty of a
statuary crime and are liable to the
penalties Of the violated law. But
ia this crountry no man is guilty in
the eye Of the law, until he is COLI
vic'ed by the unanimous verdict of a
jury of his fellow citizens. And, in
order that men charged with crime
may have the benefit Of the charac-
ters they have earned by their lives
and the aid of friends, they are en>
titled to be tried as near as may be
where they live.
We call public attention to these
matters, because in the arrest and
trial Of men charged with this crime
great abuses have taken place, ac-
companied by gross tyranny and
oppression. The unreliabiity Of the
subordinate revenue officers by whom
citizens arc arrested, and whose tes-
ti,nony ccnvicts them, is notorious
Despicable witnesses whose heads
and stomachs depend upon their
conviction are used. Poverty strick.
en and ignorant men and boys are
arrested, twenty five and thirty miles
above Greenville, handcuffed, tied,
and forced to walk and double-qu
on foot, with soldiers in front and
rear, to that place, getting there sore
and broken down, often old men,
cursed, derided and put into jail.
Instead Of bei"g tried in Greenville
in August when the United States
Court sits there, they are bound over
to the April term of Charleston
The consequence is that these crea.-
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29

A citizon of Eureka (Nev.J having
occasion to 60 home rather unexpeca
tedly a night or two since, caught a.
gentlemen acquaintance in the act of
kissing his wife. On relating the
circumstance to friend, be was ask.
ed if he punished the guilty couple,
and replied: "No, not exactly; but
they must have seen from the way I
slammed the door that was not sat-
isfed."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29
NO. 2g
Losses BY Fire:

A tabulated statement of ali losses
by fire in the United States and Gam
ada during the year 1870 has been
prepared. The tabulations show that
in the period mentioned 9,3o1 fires
were obser we'd and reported in the
two countries, or more than one per
hour. The value Of the property
; destroye ed was $73,775, 800. In the
year 1875 there were fewer fires but
the aggregate loss was $so,32s, ,035.
of that class of property known as
specials 4,586 were burned against
1862 in 1875. The total losses by
specials in 1876 were S45,976, ,7OO:.
in 1875 they were $55,373, 900. The
difference in the records OF tho two
years is attributable to tho large fires
of 1875 in Virginia City, New, and
Oshkosh, Wis.
The loss to insurance companies ir
the past year was $38, 1862, 100: in
1875 it was $43,631 ZOO, the propor--
ton Of insured loss to the total loss,
being, therefore, greater in 1875. The
loss to insurance companies by spe-%
cials in 1875 was 1913, ,341 400, and in
1875 $28,O51,s9O.
As between the two countries Of
Canada and the United States the
fire losses of the former were S9,145,-
200, and of the latter $64,626,6o0.
OF the specials burned during the
year there were 145 drug stores, 214
grocery stores, 31S hotels, 145 liquor
stores, 11S livery stables. 1853 restau-
rants and 167 saw mills.
Of the twelve months February
proved tho most disasterous, losses.
therein amounting to $s,766,7Oo in
Canada and the, United States. In
the month Of December the losses
were $7,790,4OO. a,1 o....
In the State of New Y ork losses
for the year amounted to $1A,O00,--
900, of which the losses to the insu-.
rance companies were So, ,4S 500.
The total losses in Pennslvania we're
$5,S7l, roo; in Massachusetts, So, 5,491,-
400; in Ohio, $3,es5,7Oo, in Illinois,
$3,oc3,1oO; in California, $2,979, ZOO.
and in Michigan, $2,s96,5OO. .'.....
In some cases Of specials there is.
striking coincidence between Ehs
records of 1876 and 1875. Thus.
seventy seven Touring mills are
burned in the United States
in 1876 and the same number
in 1875; in Canada ten were
burned in 1876 ard elsven in 1876.
In some other cases the difference be.
tween the two years is notable. For
instance, twenty three fireworks
stores" burned in 1876 against only
five in 1875. Of cotton gin houses
only ten burned in 1875 against nine"
ty nine in 1876.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29

The number of sheep in Australia
at the close of ITS was 63,s45,719,
or more than double the number in
Great Britain. The cattle were 6,>
8S4, ,527. The horses had increased
to a million, and three millions and
a half of acres were under cultiva-
ton.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29
The Quadr1ple Hanging.
A. FEARFUL AND SOLEMN SCENE AT
go AIKEN.

AIKEN, S. O., March 16.-The ter~
rible tragedy is ended, four souls
blackened with crime have been
launched into eternity. Two min
listers were present with the culrrits
tiiis morning, and administered spir-
itual comfort. Two of the prisoners,
johnson and Brown, formally mar
ried the wives with whom they had
been living for many years, and re-
ceived the rite of baptism.
@'ln preparing the gallows Sheriff
uolley, who planned it, took every
ecaution to prevent any mishap.-
The scaffold was erected in the Court
House yard, just outside of the Jail
enclosure, but in full view of its
whole eastern side. 1t was construct
ed on new plan. The main frame
WAS of solid eight by eight timber,
twenty four teet from end to end,
and the cross piece fifteen feet from
the ground, and it was braccd and
supported OH every side. Through
five holes four feet apart were sus-
pended the ropes. Inside of this
frame was the scafold, the top of
which was six feet from the ground
The prisoners stood in a line facing
the east upon trap door running
from end to end, which was kept up
by supports under each man, all
connecting with rolling beam in
front of the scaffold. This beam
passed under the stairs leading from
the scaffold, and at signal from the
sheriff the whole beam, removing the
supports, fell, giving all the prisoners
q fall of at least fonr feet. 1t was
surrounded by State militia, called
out by the sheriff, and formed in a
square.
About IL o'clock Adam johnson,
Nelson Brown, Lucius Thomas and
John Henry Dennis, handcuffed in
pairs, were brought out, clad in long
gowns of white longcloth, and in
their stocking feet. They were sur
rounded by a special guard of six
members OF the Palmetto Rife Club,
the sheriff and two colored preachers
leading the way, and they advanced
singing hymns, aud when they
mounted the gallows they were re-
leased.
One preacher lined out the by mn
"Come ye that Love the Lord and
all Joined in. The other parson read
the service. Each of the condemned
men then addressed the assembly
There were over 1000 persons pres
ent of all colors, ages and sexes. The
prisoners were all remarkably self,
possessed, and spoke with perfect
composure. Thomas and Dennis
laughed great deal as if to impress
upon the multitude their readiness to
die, the former in q nervons manner
holding the rope in his hand and
keeping time with the singing. Their
speaking occupied half hour. Adam
urged all his hearers to lead good
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29
PlCKENS, S. c. THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1877

lives. johnson insisted on the son OF
bis old master standing by him to
the last. Brown said he did not
dread death, as be felt that he was
going right to- glory. Dennis said
that whiskey caused their sin, and
laid the blame on Johnson. He
spoke in tone of bitterness towards
the whites. Thomas, tho youngest,
spoke last. he said that he was con-
verted four years ago, and was COM
manded to preach Gods gospel and
failed to do 90. He described the
murder, confessing for the first time
his participation in the killing. He
said that brother Adam bad struck
the first two blows, and that brother
Nelson went in and struck two also.
He, influenced by the great adver-
sary, struck only one. lie then spoke
about the fire, charging Adam and
Nelson, but they contradicted him,
and Dennis interrupted, saying 81
did that" He bade adieu to the
crowd, praying that he might meet
all in the paradise of God.
The whole scene was intensely
solemn, and every one seemed to feel
it. The utmost quiet prevailed from
first to last throughout the large as
semblage. When they had finished
their remarks their arms were pin
ioned and the black cap drawn over
their heads. The sheriff, who showed
great emotion then descended, and
stepping on the pedal at the foot OF
the stairs, launched the for men into
eternity so suddenly that few were
aware how it WAS done.
Your correspondent is informed
that no evidence of suffering was
visible in the faces or limbs of the
victims, johnson and Dennis onl y
slightly moving their lower limbs,
and in ten minutes all were entirely
dead. The bodies were given to
their friends for burial.
The sheriff received this morning
Governor uampton's reprieve OF
thirty days for Steve Anderson. Uo
was not brought out. 1t is doubtful
whe her his sentence will be Com
muted or not. McEvoy, the muir
derer of Col. Gregg, now under sen-
trnce of death, bat whose case is bee
fole tie Supreme Court, witnessed
the whole scene from his cell. The
sceue was terribly impressive throu-
ghout, and the effect will be salutary.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29

Cincinnati merchants employ hands
some lady collectors with gratifying
results.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29
Terms of Subscription.
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culatioh, and is taken by the very class OF
persons whose trade they desire.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29

A bill to establish new county, TO
bo called Wado Hampton County, has
beon introduced into the Legislature
of North Carolina.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29

"Who was the meekest nanW asked
q Sundy School teacher. "Moses."--'
every we'll; who was the meekest wo
manY "Never was any"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29

Logal equality of human beings'
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02
MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.
New York Market.

NEW YORK, May 1.-Cotton-l01s91lc futures
closed firm.
Flour-ReceIpts 800 bbls declined 25@5Oc for
Minnesota family on speculative lots; No
S. 7506 IS; superfine state and western 81 75@
IS; common to good extra sS@S 10; good to
choice IS l5@S Is; white wheat extra s. 19s 20;
fancy S. S5al0 70; extra Ohio sS@l0 Is; st.
Ryefiour-$6 5096 80.
Cornmeal-Easier; western So 1893 50.
Wheat-Receipts $1,000 blu; market entirely
nominal, heavy and fully l0c lower; No
Chicago spring 81 IS asked May; 81 IS bid; No
Milwaukee nominally 81 IS; winter dull and
nominal.
Barley-Unchanged.
Corn-Receipts 5000 bu; less doing; steam
err mixed 671z@691zc; steamer yellow 69@7lc.
Oats-Dull and unchanged; receipts 1900
bu.
Hay-Unchanged.
Hops-Unchanged.
CotfsezRio cargoes ls14e2O11c gold; jobbins
SugarEFair to good refining ssses1sc; prime
loo; refined li3F@l214c.
Observation-Disclosures
Rice-Carolina 5@614c; Louisiana 45496c.
Petroleum-Heavy; crude &c; refined 15c
Naphtha-10c.
Ta1low-Ss<@9c.
Rosin-Sl 9592 o.
Turpentine-Steady at S211c.
Eggs-12xc.
Provisions-Pork lower; sl6 10. Beef un-
changed. Bacon: Long clear middies SIC
SIC: short clear middies &c. Lard lower;
SlU 271zdl0 %; June $40 259l0 IS.
Butter-Western l0@14c.
J. Cheese--UnchanRed. -. ,tlee ~ -.s,
Whisky-n u, closing at 81 u bid.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02
Commercial.

The general merchandise markets were fair
ly active to-day, and the month of May COM
mences with a favorable outlook for an active
and remunerative business In all departments
of trade.
The grocery markets considerably ex-
cited, and we note advance in cofees, SUI
CARS and rice. The New York Bulletin of the
18th ult. reports the market as follows:
Raw sugar has continued to advance on
brisk demand for both the raw and refined
product and with favorable adviceS from Cubas
Considerable sales of sugar to arrive have been
made, and there has been quite good bust
ness on the spot during most of the week,
though for day or two past there has been
less activity. The closing quotations of the
week were 914991zc for fair TO good refining;
sc for prime, and 95<9I01zc for centrifugal.
Tne statistical position continues in holders
favor, and exerts an important influence on
the market just now. The combined stock of
New York, Boston, Phil adelphia and Balti-
more on the 10Th inst. was 44,62S tons, or de-
ficiency co.. pared with the same date last
year of ,072 tons, or equal to AZ per cent. The
following will show the statistical position
here yesterday morning according to the run
ming count, with some comparisons: