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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-01-29
Putting the President to tho reat

The Grant retirement bill has been
generally discussed by members of the
House, and it was developed that the
Edmunds bill would have strong oppo-
sition because of the fact that It names
no one, but gives the President the
power to appoint any one. The truth
is, the Democratic leaders, many of
them, are not disposed to let the Presi-
dent down so easily as the Edmunds
bill does from his position on the Fitz
John Porter bill They are deter
mined that if bill is to be passed at
all it shall be ono with Grants name
on it. Then the President will either
be compelled to veto the bill, to be
consistent with the Porter veto, or
will have to back squarely down from
his position Oh that measure. If he
adopts the latter alternative q Grant
retirement bill will be introduced and
passed by the Forty-Ninth Congress,
along with n bill restoring Fitz John
Porter to rank and pay, and both will
get Mr.. Cleveland's signature. Some
of the leading Democrats will there
fore urge that the first retirement bill
in which Grant is named shall be
passed on the first suspension of the
rules day, which is the first Monday Of
February, and thus put President
Arthur to the test. Republicans say
that if this is done the President will
allow the bill to become law without
his signature Wash. Cor. Philddek-
2)hin Times.
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Summary TrestneRt.

MEMPHIS, January 90. "A. NJ. Hom.
ner, aged fifty-three, who kept small
grocery store four miles north of Col
liersville, Tennessee, was shot and
killed last Friday morning byunknown
parties. Suspicion pointed to two
negroes named Jesse Jones, alias Jesse
James, dliaO Jesse Dupany, and Pen
Drumright. They were both arrested
and lodged in Homncr's store for safe
Keeping. Yesterday morning at three
O'Clock some unknown persons broke
open tho store door and fired at the
prisoners. Drumright was struck by
three buckshOt and Jones by nine,
both being seriously wounded. They
were afterwards taken to Collicrsvillc
whore they were lodged in Jail and
given medical attention. Excitement
runs high, and probabilities are that
they will he lynchcd. 1t has been
proven that Pen Drumright did tho
killing.
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The state sllver.strealed.

DALTON, Ga, january 22.-Extra-
ordinary discoveries Of silver in the
Cohuttah Mountains have been made.
For several weeks past Jerome Prince,
of Boston, and an assayist of San
Francisco, have been pursuing investi-
cations in that region. They are
making their tests with an electric
machine and to-day announced the re-
suit of their Investigation. They state
thcy have traced vein 800 feet wide
which extends entirely through the
mountain, q distance of eight or nine
miles. They represent Boston capital.
ists,, who have extensive mines in Nova
Scotia, Colorado and California, and
state that the Georgia mines arc ten
times more valuable than any they
ever before assayed. The assays have
run as high as eighty per cent, and
they state that 800, 900 could not buy
the vein they have tested. An extern
sive smelter will be erected at Dalton.
Great excitement prevails throughout
North Georgia over the wonderful dis
coveriess
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Take Care OF the BODY.

The Christian Inder, the leading
organ of the Baptist Church in the
South, published in Atlanta, Ga, in its
issue of December 4, 1884, has the fol-
lowing editorial: ....
Too many people seem to think that
a religious newspaper should be con-
lined TO the discussion of moral and
religious subjects only, forgetting that
religion has to do both with the bodies
and souls of men. "Prove all things,
hold fast that which is good," has as
much to do with the practical side of
life as it has with the moral side. Our
readers will bear testimony that in all
questions discussed in the Inder, the
practical has been duly set forth. In
this paragraph, therefore, we only
seek to present an article worthy of
commendation. After subjecting it to
the above test we have tried Swift's
Specific and found it good-good as q
blood purifier, good as health tonic.
In this opinion VIC are sustained by
some of the best men in tho church.
Rev. Jesse II. Campbell, the Nestor Of
tho Baptist denomination in Georgia,
says: cit is my deliberate Judgment
that Swift's Specific is the grandcst
blood purifier ever discovered. Its
effects are wonderful, and / consider
them almost miraculous. There is no
medicine comparable to It," DR.. H..
G. Hornady, one Of the best known
ministers in our church, says: "Swift's
Specific is one of the best blood puri-
fiers in existence"
These brethren speak adviscdly. But
few preparations can bring forward
such endorsements. The Inder de-
Sircs only to endorse these statements.
We have witnessed the beneficial
effects Of this medicine, not only in
our own households, but in several
other cases where seemingly all other
remedies had failed. 1t is purely a
vegetable compound, scientifically pre-
pared, and perfectly harmless in its
composition. 1t rcnews the blood and
builds up broken down systems-gives
tone and vigor 10 tho constitution, as
we'll as restores the bloom of health to
the suffering. Therefore, we do not
deem it inconsistent with duties of q
religious journal TO say this much in
its behalf.
Our Treatise on Blood and Skin
Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 8.
Atlanta, Ga.
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The Liberty Bell.

PHILADELPHIA, January 2S.-The
Liberty Bell was taken from Inde.
pendencc Hall this morning, and at 8
O'Clock the procession of 500 policemen
start to escort it to the West Philadel-
phia Depot Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, whence it will be taken to the
New Orleans Exposition. The truck
on which the old bell was hauled
through the streets was appropriately
decorated with garlands, flowers and
flags, and drawn by six bay horses
handsomely caparisoncd. There were
two bands Of music in the procession
and many of the houses along tho
route were decorated with flags. AT
the depot tho bell was transferred to
the special car constructed by the
pennsylvania Railroad Company to
bear it and its guard Of three officers
to the Exposition. This car is thirty.
five feet long and nine feet and halt
wide, one-half of the platform OF
which is taken up by enclosed and
comfortably furnished quarters for the
special police officers. The bell plat
form is protected by brass railing
with posts decorated with sildcd bells.
The large frame upon which the bell
is to be secured is the only work upon
the platform of the car.
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DYNAMITE I'm ENeLANp.
Atompts to Destroy tho Parliament Build.
inHs and tho White Tower I'm Londop.

']A' "Aiso AoWer In London.
LONDON, January 24-2.1O p. M
The Houses of Parliament and Glow
ernment offices were severely shaken
and considerable damage done bv
dynamite explosions. 1t is impossiblo
at this moment to tell the extent If the
calamity. The report of the explosion
was heard In Downing street. Great
excitement prevails, and enormous
crowds are assembling at the scene Of
the explosion. '' VI
The origin of the explosion ia wron-
pea IN profound mystery, but it is be-
iieVed TO have been caused by dyna-
4 z. M.-The explosion occurred
close to the House Of Lords. near
w estminstcr Hall. 1t is reported that
the explosive was placed in tho crypt
under the building. One policeman
was fatally hurt. The force of the
shock was tremendous and was felt at
agreat distance, and the damage done
was very great. Another explosion
occurred at o'clock this afternoon at
the London Tower. The excitement
increases with every moment and the
clty Is filled with flying rumors. There
were TWO explosions instead of one az
at hrst supposed at tho Parliament
houses. The second chine about three
minutes after the first. One was near
the House Of Commons, the other ot
Westminster Hall. One man has been
arrested near the scene of the explo.
sion.
The explosions caused quite q panic
among tho visitors who were in tho
buildings at the time. Those who
were in the House of Commons flee
precipit lately, and many Of the ladie,
| were bruised in the crush. The secon(
| explosion In the Parliament building
occurred three minutes later than til,
first, and was fnr more destructive
The dynamite which caused tho secont
explosion must have been placed undc
the PEERS gallery on the left side.
The fact that al unusual number 0
ladies visited the Parliament building
to-day has given rise to the suspicion
that the miscreants who perpctratct
the outragcs were either women o.
men i'll women's Disguise. 1t is now
admitted by the attendants about tn
buildings that parcels were carried b,
many Of the women, and that the
seemed to bestow unusual care il
guarding them.
| 1t was Mt first thought that the Crow
| jewel and rogalia, kept in tho Tower
we destroyed, but they aro now foun,
| to be snfe.
The Government will Use strong
measures to capture and punish Tho
dynamiters.
THE news from London has causct
profound sensation in every quarter
of tue world it has reached.
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Komance md Reality.

Tho young people Of Tendorfoot
City, Arizona, had masquerade ball
some time ago, and an envious iourlIsl
OF neighboring town had the follow
ing paragraph about it: ,"Wc under
stand that several young ladies wero
dressed rs Indian maidens, in pink
hosiery. kid slippers, diamond neck
lace, with peacock feathers in their
hair. We don't like to shattcr this
beautiful ideal of an Indian maiden,
but duty compels us to say that no
Indian maiden ever sportcd such a lay
out. The genuine article wears an
old plug hat, o dirty army blanket and
q discarded pair of trousers. Eor q
necklace she wears u string of pale
faces teeth, and carries considerable
amount ofrcal estate with wherever
she ."-,NeO York Tribune. :
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-01-29
THE REVOLUTION IN PANAMA.
Commander Clark Lands Fosco from the
"Alliance" at Aspinwnll to Pootect Amer
lean Citizens and Property,

commander Clark Lands d Fosoc from the
"Alli"nce" at Aspinwnn to Pootect Amer
lean Citizens and Property.
WASHINGTON, January 2O.-Thc Sec.
retary of the Navy yesterday received
the following telegram from Com.
mandcr l.. Clark, commanding the
United States steamer alliance, dated
Panamas January 18: "a revolution
is in progress. The President Of Pan.
anna announces his inability to protect
the property of the Panama Railroad
Company. AT the request of the
authorities, shall land o forco as soon
as possible to protect American prop
erty at Aspinwall. l will keep YOU
informed of the status of affairs. I
have put the alliance alongside the
dock to assist in case Of u dcmonstra.
ton. Please give such instructions as
you think proper. The United States
minister at Borgata cannot be com
munlcated with as the wires are cut
and Boirgata is in state Of SIEGE"
TO this the Secretory Of the Navy
replied Immediately: "Your action is
approved. Act discretionary in the
interests of humanity and for protec.
ton of American citizens and proper.
ty, but avoid taking sides in politi-
cal or military controversy"
Another dispatclP was received from
Commander Clark this morning, say
ing that the trouble is over and tic
force withdrawn.
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nIsroRx RnprAra rrsrLr.
Ireland says 20 Arthur what Brown sa,d
,n.a to Davis.

.tna to Davis.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, January 22.-Goy-
ernor Ireland in his inaugural address
uses the following language:
"Since my late message to the two
houses was penned knowledge has
reached me of the perpetration of a
series OF horrible crimes, murders and
thetts OH Texas soil by incursions of
predatory bands from Mexico.
"Since it has become known that
neither Mexico nor tho United States
Will surrender one of their own citi-
zens to be taken to the other Govern
ment to be tried for crime, the people
on the right bank Of the Rio Grande
have grown cmboldened, and they
stand on Mexican soil covered with
the blood of our women and children,
and their booty in sight Of our people.
"lhavc mado repeated efforts through
the Secretary of State to induce the
discussion of the propriety of so amend
ing the treaty of 1861 rs to permit any
one, no matter where his allegiance
may be, to be extradited, but no re-
suits have followed. Commercial
treaties and money affairs seem to be
OF more Importance than tho blood OF
our people.
SIN tho last few days have written
to the President giving him full ac-
counts of the condition Of affairs on
the Rio Grandc and have also informed
him that. Texas can, if need be, pro-
tect herself, and minute companies and
State troops OH that border have been
directed to protect our people without
deferencc to nice points of interna-
tOnal law.
"If the Federal troops, whose duty
1t is under the Constitution, arc too
tender to patrol the border, or few
companies In the interior to make a
show at dress parades are Of more
Importance, it would seem that their
presence on our soil is Of little practi.
cal use.
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ChanCa for n Fight,

WASHINGTON, January 2O.-Thc adj
jutant-general of the army to-day re-
ceived Telegram from Brigadier
General Augur, commanding the De-
partmert of Missouri, announcing that
the number of settlers on Oklahoma
land is steadily increasing, having
reached nearly 1000, and that resist
ancc to Federal authority is threaten
cd. Secretary Lincoln had n confer
ence with the President on the subject
this afternoon, the result Of which was
that General Augur was instructed to
concentrate more troops at the settle
mont and to remove the invaders from
tho Territory in as peaceablc manner
as possible.
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What O'Donovsn Rossn says.

NEW YORK, january 4.-When
ODonovan Rossa was told about the
explosion in the Houses Of Parliament
III London to-day, he said lie was glad
to hear the news; that the Houses of
Parliament ought 10 have been blown
up long ago, and that he had been
preaching and collecting money to
light England with fors the past five
years, and the sooner England, he
said, was crippled the better. When
askcd If he knew anything about the
explosion, he shook his head in mys-
terious manner and replied that he had
nothing to say.
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a Talk With Governor Magrath.

Judge Magrath, the author of the
letter to Governor Vance, is living in
Charleston. He has not taken an ac-
tive part in politics since the war. A
reporter for the NeaDS and Courier
called on him and asked him if he
could be "intervicwed" in regard to
the article published in the New York
Herald. Judge Magrath said: "Whv,
am not i'll politics now, and you are
digging up political corpse" When
told that the Herald had invaded the
cemetery i'll this instance and that the
NeWs anG Courier wished to give his
slde or the story, Judge Magrath said:
"Jhc truth Of the matter is lust this:
You have brought the letter to nv at
tention and have read it. 1t fully
expressed the sentiments and opinions
that entertained at the time it was
written. Under the like circumstances
at this day [ would entertain and ex.
press the same opinions. The idea
that ever intended TO express an
opinion that the relation of county
to State was at all like that of q State
IN Its sovereign capacity either to the
Confederate Government or the Gov
crnment Of the United States, was one
| that only could be entertained by him
| who had no conception Of what was
tho relation of State to General
| Government under q written Consti-
tuition, which declares that every DOW
er not granted by that Constitution to
the General Government was right
reserved by the State to itself in its
sovereign capacity; that the Constitu-
ton was limitation upon the powers
Of the General Government, and, only
so far as those powers were expressly
granted, did it give power to tho Gen
eral Government. These were doc.
trines entertained by the people of this
State at the time of its secession. They
were fundamental and had come down
TO us from the creation of the Govern
ment.
''It was for the purpose, among 9th.
CT things, Of maintaining the rights OF
a State that the State of South Carroll
ma and other seeding States resolved
upon a separation Of the Union, be.
cause in the continuance of that Union
they believed that these rights were
being imperilled by the constant cn.
croaChments made upon them. The
same conviction of the necessity that
existed to preserve these rights at the
| time of the secession of the State con-
tinued to exist in full force after the
State had seeded, and the rights of
the State, as q sovereign State, wero
matters to me of paramount considera-
ton after the State seeded and during
the war quite as much as they had
been before the State seeded. had
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Cotton Planters Assoei,.,ou.

WAsHINGrON, january 24.-.Presi,
dent AOrchcad of the National Cotton
Planters AS sOciation has invited every
Senator TO appoint ten delegates at
large from their respective States, and
every representative and delegate five
delegates, to attend and participate in
the proceedings of the Worlds indus
trial and Cotton Exposition, ut New
Orleans, February 10th 10 Goth, under
the auspices of tho National Cotton
Plantcre' Association.
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Protost AnnInst SpeCr,

AUGUSTA, Ga, January PA meet
ing ofthc Bar of Richmond County
was held to-day to protest against the
confirmation Of Emory Speer us Judge
for the Southern District Of Georgia
The meeting was largely attended and
"ReSolced, That tho Bar Of Rich
mond County hereby earnestly protest
Emory Spcer as United States Judge
for the Southern District of Georgia.
and request our Senator'S In Congresf
to use all honorable efforts to prevent
his confirmation"
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not for one moment entertained the
| idea that tho State had surrendered its
| rights as q sovereign State because it
had seeded from the Union with all
the other States. 70"
"The critic In tho Herald falls into a
misccnception. never meant, and Il
could not have been understood by any
one that l did mean, that the eleven
seceuing States, each fighting indepen-
ueiitiy OF tho other, could carry on the
war successfully. But did mean that
III order to secure the full and volunta.
ny contribution of tho mon and tho
money OF these States to their utmost
capacity, 1t was necessary that tho peo.
PIC or the different States should feel
tnat they were contributed by the
states, each being secured iii the full
enjoyment OF its rights to that end, be-
cause OF the danger to which they had
seeded from the United States. be-
licved that the people i'm each State
| should continue to feel rs they felt
when they had seccded-that they
were the citizens of sovereign State,
and that to support that State as sucl
they would freely surrender all their
| resources whether of men or of money
And did not believe that there was
such a thing possible as cocrcing the
| people OF State to surrender every.
thing that they had under the guise OF
enabling them to be free, L did not
| tmuk that mere coercion would give
that support for the successful issue OF
the contest that was to be found in the
trec will Of the people in whose behalf
the war was being wagcd. '~-
"Any such idea that any other pur.
| pose was intended than to cement more
closely and firmly the resources and
the dcstincs of the seeding States to
the end of successful issue i'm the con-
test, would be curious misunder.
standing of me in the POSITION | occu-
pied.
"rhe immediate occasion of com.
municating with the several Governors
was because L WIS satisfied that the
temper Of the people should be pre-
served just as it was when the war was
commenced, and for that purpose that
the causes, which had supposed were
TO certain extent affecting that tenn
per, should be removed. It was for
the purpose of combining the opinions
OF these Governors rs to the proper
mode to be adopted in having objec-
tlonablc matters relieved, that their
piNl was uSHCu-
asked not for the purpose of weaken
ing the adhesion of the States to the
Confederate Government, but for the
purpose of making their bond of union
under the Confederate Government as
strong as it could possibly be made BY
uniting their affections for their States,
and their Interests as citizens, with
unlimited confidence in the General
Government of the Confederate States.
81 do not and did not at any time
question: the honesty of the purposes
of Mr.. Davis and those who were near
him, but | thought they were making,
or allowing to be made, weaker and
weaker, the sources from which
strength could be drived to continue
the war, and that rcmonstlancc to that
etlect would be needed when made by
those who were as earnest as any men
in the seeding States could be and
had devoted themselves to the success
of the purpose of their several States
in their ordinances Of secession"
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Tho Bluo and tho Grav.

ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, January ga
Jefferson City, Missouri, special to the
Post-DiSpatch says: "In the Senate
this morning Senator Van Cleavc, from
the committee on the militia, reported
a joint resolution to restore to the sur
viving officers Of the Twentv-sixth
Regiment of South Carolina Volun-
tccrs, late Of the Confederate States
Army, their battle flag captured from
them at Fort Steadman, March 25,
1865, now in the possession Of tho
acknowledgement; also to substitute in
the State armory for such battle flag Il
white flag with on inscription showing
what it represents.
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WhOOpInR Up tho ExnnaItInn

New ORLEANS, January 21.-Scy.
S sral gentlemen from Wisconsin, who
Worlds Industrial and Cotton Cen.
temnial Exposition for some weeks
have united in preparing a card to the
public: They say they consider the
Exposition "one of the greatest and
grandcst, if not the greatest and
grandcst, collections of valuable thin%a
and sights ever made in tho history Of
civilization" and they cordially com.
mend it to the patronage of the Ar,er-
lean people. They say further that
the public health is excellent and thNt
the attention and accommodations fnr.
nished hy the people of New Orleans
arc fairly good, while rates ut private
houses arc moderate. The card ia
signed by Edmund d. Holton, com.
missioner; j. M. Stith, alternate com.
missioner; S. r. Merritt, Beloit: Dex.
ter Curtis, Madison; John p. Roe,
Oshkosh, and nine others from differ
cnt cities in Wisconsin.
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SouTu CApoIINA's WAR CLAM n

South CAROLINA's WAR CLAIM or
1912.-Senator Hampton has informed d
Governor Thompson OF his receipt OF
the concurrent resolution OF tho Gen
eral Assembly Of South Carolina in
reference to the claim Of this State
against tho United States Government
for money loaned and expended in the
war Of 1912. Senator Hampton states
that the Judiciary Committee OF the
House have reported unanimously in
favor of this claim, and the committee
have instructed its chairman TO move
to suspend tho rules and put tho bill
upon its passage at an oarly day. 1t
is confident. hoped, therefore, by tho
friends Of the measure that it will pass
both branches of Congress at the pres.
ent session.
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North Carolina Takes IL New DeDartur

RALEIGH, N. g., January 22.-To-
day both houses of the Legislature by
a unanimous vote endorsed the adj,
ing his six years. term Of office, and
recommended him to Prcsidcnt-clect
Cleveland for n Cabinet office. MANY
Republican members, white and color.
ed, made highly enlogistic addresses
saving their constituents, of all colors,
earnestly and sincerely endorsed Gov
Jarvis. 1t is Observation-Disclosures
TIRE North Carolina Congressional
delegation will join in tho recommen.
dation of the Legislature.