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The Sumter Watchman, %V KPN ESPA V PEW. 16. yy7vT??XT0N . ? BU81WES8 MANA8ER '. ~ ;?g>?*AII Transient Adverlisetncnia, ?od all Job*???3 ???? be paid for io ca. h. Tbl? will beobrervad wlthoat di,unction Bub.erlpUoD? ar? al?o payable in advance. mgr ApplieatloD? f~-b Work will b? made, at th? ?ffloe. to Tao?. B Fw?M- . Tba WATCHMAN book? ?re in tb. keeping or w. Y. PAXTON, who will r-rcelpt lor ?onie? do? and attend to all mat Ur? connected with tbe Adver? tising or Bubacrlplioo departments. gar Our Advertising Mends are requested to j?nd in their furor? not Inter than Mojiday. Liberal fin?u C e me n 18 NEW SUBSCRIBERS AND TO ADVANCE PAYERS FOR THE SUMTER WATCH? MAN. lu order to add to tba present increase of | Subset" ? to our paper and to deal liberally with those who will pay up in advance for the pr?tent year, we offer aa follnwe: THE EXCELSIOR MONTHLY] MAGAZINE-An Excellent House? hold Magazine, Will be ?eat FREE FOR TWELVE .MONTHS to ?ll new subscribers to the SUMTBR WATCH DAM, and to all who will pay in advance for the lame fur twelve momba. The "EXCELSIOR" ia a 82 page Journal, with il I Marmion* and about one third forger than an ordinary double-column Magasine; ia of tbe highett toned mern lity, not sectarian or partisan, and extends to all the band of love, sympathy and friendship. It alms to stimulate and pro? voke to good purposes and endeavors; to be Pure, Fnicinatitig, Instructing, Novel, yet true, Pungent, Wide Awake, Chaste, fitted for the Christian Home ; to interest also and entertain, sud still bo faithful in proclaiming the truth. Wc also offer the SUMTBR WATCUMAN, "Excel? sior Magasine" and the following, at the prices named ! Kural Carolinian.. $5 00 Deiuorests' Monthly . 6 00 Guilty'? Lady's Bnok. 6 00 Peterson's Mu.? i ca I Monthly. 5 00 XJIX Century. & 60 And any other Mugnzine or Periodical pub. lisped, in like ratio._ ?t?f We have received copies of the Minutes of thc South Carolina Confer? ence, of thc annual session held at Chcruw, in December last, executed in very neat typography, and on good paper, at the office of the Christian Neighbor, Columbia, S. 0. Wo were pleased to see Mr. HUNKY G. MCLEOD, (who some time since suffered the iraeiurc of a lug) on our streets, on Monday last. Mr. G. lins suffered greatly in tho flush and is still upon his crutches, though wo are glad to state, convalescent. Hg?, Deiiiorosts' Magazine, Godcy's Lady's Honk, XIX Century, Hurper's Magazine, Yankee Blade, Every Satur ' day, New York Albion, with sonic more new Literature, may be found at thc Sumter Kook Store. (JOT '! he Charleston Courier, of Mon? day, announces thc death of Mr. Henry Cobla, one of thu most prominent mer citant? ul'the city, after an illness ol' several weeks, nt thc uti? ol' Go years CvaV Wu beg to express our apprecia? tion of the elegant cuni of invitation, received I Vom Washington College, Va., lo attend thc Anniversary Celebration ol' thc Washington Literary Society, of that noble institution ol' learning, lo occur on the 22nd in?t. TEMiM.uAMI: MEETING. Thc 'J cm pera n co Meeting, at the Methodist Church, this evening, will nu doubt attract ct nsiderable attention. Thc ladies are specially invited Lei (here be u large attendance, and tins good cause furthered in our community. MU HI CAROLINA RAILROAD. Tlie attention ot our readers, guttural? ly, is called to thc article, Irotn tbe Charleston Courier, in relation to this roud, to bc found on another column. Ibis roud bas, no doubt, been the sub? ject of much persecution. TAXES. T/. J. Coghlan, Radical .sheriff and County Treasurer, gives notice that taxes for 1869 will bc received until th? first duy of April, 1870, at which time all who have not paid will bc charged twenty per cent, additional. 50 cents on every hundred dollars worth of property fur State purposes, und 30 cents for county. Executions to bc forthwith issued uguinst defaulters for 1808. THE PRACTICAL FARMER ?c RV? RAL ADVERTISER. Wc have received three numbers ol' a monthly, entitled as above, published by PASCHALL Mourns, Editor and pro? prietor, at No. 18 N. 13th St., Phila? delphia. It is a large and finely execu? ted work, containing much interesting matter. Much attention is given to improved stock, poultry, &c, in its broad pages. 81,50 per annum. THE SOUTHERN GUARDIAN, We huvu ut lust buen per..lilted thc pleasure of wolcotuing the Southern Guardian to our office, lt is published ni Columbia, daily and tri weekly, by Wm. ll, McCaw & Co., with Charles P. Pelham, Editor, aud W. II. McCuw, assistant. It is conducted with ability, ftud i? one of thc most welcome of our exchanges. Price 84 lor six months. -4 .tm*'* CHEAP PHILANTHROPY. Colonel Donn Piatt, a Republican editor, thus discoursed! of negro eman? cipation : "Tho cheapest philanthropy . t,ial which frees' sounbody else's '"KJicr. Hud these sluvos belonged lo u?, hulead of to thc South, is there one simple enough lo believe that wc would mu h * Wur ?t" e,,mi,ciPat,?n '{ Not Yes, and be might have added that the cheapest loyalty is ihut which g. is imo offioe by disfranchising ..rebels " jnd steals the. properly ol the tux payer by making citizens of the puuper - Without thuso there would not have wau much Congroe^: .ual tteconstruc Godey for March is with us-a beautiful number-embellishments an usually fine and general variety attract' ive. Thia magasine is now io hu fortieth year, and tosca nothing in .its popular l'y. _ _. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. SUMTER. JAME8 CALDWELL-Bout aud S Loo Store, opposite J. T. Solomoos. I8AAC A. McK A GEN-Druggist and Apothe? cary, bas recently been maklpg large additions to bis stock, which now comprises a very genera' variety in bis department. And be has, besidcs> beaunfol toilet anieles, floe soaps and perfuuv ry, flue cigars, fresh Gardeu Seeds, Ac , choice liquora for medical purposes, Ae. See advertisement. FASHIONABLE DRESS MAKING-Mrs* John W. Dargan, at the Sumter confectionery, is prepared to make Dress?e, in the latest styles, as put forth by Md. Demorett, of New York. Mrs. Dargan, wo are pleesed to say, bes been highly successful in th? display of a cultivated taste in matters pertaining to the ladies' toilet. PLORBNCO, S. C. Mr. G. McD. STOLL, the accomplished gen? tleman, and no less aoeomplished auctioneer, will sell corn, bacon, flour, lugar,salt, molasses, Ac., at auction, at Florence, on Saturday, 26th inst., whlob sales will be continued from time to time, at the establishment of Mr. M. Jacobi. CHARLESTON. WM. C. BEE A CO., Agents for the Etiwan Guanos, Soluble manures, and Sulphuric Acid, manufactured ut Charleston-Messrs. MrLaurin, Solomons A Co., agents ut Sumter. These fertil? isers runk with tho best In the country, nnd Messrs. Bee A Co., ns well is tho ugents hero, aro prepared to exhibit satisfactory statement* as to their value. See advortisoineut. TUE SUMTER BITTERS-Messrs. Dowie, Moise and Davis, wholesale Druggists, of Char? leston, are the proprietors of these Bittera, wbiob are now becoming as popular in thie section as any other. Messrs. A. Anderson A Co., are toe agoots at Sumter. Seo advertisement. OLD CAROLINA BITTERS-Messrs. Good? rich, Winoman A Co., who are importers of choice Drugs and Chemicals, offer tho Old Carolina Bitters, which ?s a tonio, uro muoh esteemed and much usod. Wo beg to rofor ourroadera, generally, to the advertisement, which will be found standing in our columns. PHOENIX IRON WO ii KS-Messrs. John F. Taylor A Co., aro successors to Cameron A Co., in the proprietorship of thoso woll known works which ure id tun ted on Pritchard Sf cot, nenr the Dry Dock. Every description of Machinery is horn manufactured-Iron fronts for Buildings; and castings of every kind in Iron mid Brass. See advertisement. A. R. STILLMAN-Mr. Stillman was one of tho well-known liouso of Fugurties A Stillman, and, nt 231 King Street, now donia largely in foreign and Domestic Dry Good?. The Attention of buyers generally is specially directed to ibo 'advert?.-omen l on another coln um. PHOTOGRAPHS_Mr. Jessio II. Bolls, long and favorably known throughout the country as an artist, avails himself of all improvements in the very useful art of picture taking, And keeps his gallery in first glass condition. Our readers tire referred to his curd on another column. BALTIMORE. WM. CRICHTON A SON-A m m on i at ed Solu? ble Super-Phosphnte of Lime. Tho certificates attached to the largo advertisement on another column, are from highly respectable citizens of this Stnto, Gcorgi? nnd Alnbiiuin, and speak in very decided terms in favor ot tho Fertilizer manufactured und sohl by tho .Messrs. Ci'ICIlTON of lia! i i m oro .Messrs. Green, Watson A Wa Uh, .-?gents at Sumter. ARMSTRONG, CA TOR A CO.-Beyond all doubt the IIM'M popular and reliable Millinery House in the United Slates. Our friends aro referred to tho advertisement on another column. r Mil i ? -?-J-. U.-cd twenty-four tons Wilcox. Gibbs A Co's Mn. uipulaled Guano, rind considers it the best and most reliable Fertilizo?- in uso. Griffin, Un., January 6, IS70. Messrs Wilcox Hibbs A Co.: Yours of the let December, asking our opinion ns lo tho benefit, if ant derive I from tho use of ?our Guano wu* duly received. We us< il on last e lion crop twenty four lons af your Manipulated Guano. Tn? result lins been entirely satisfactory: our opinion is thal- wlu-ro 200 lbs. was use,.I to the aero on various soils, tho average increase nf yield was double, mid that we have reuli?>>d nt leitet IOU per cunt, on the money invested in it We expect to uso moro of it another year ; we shall uso it on every aero we plant, if able to buv it. We think, judging from tho past dry season, it will pay ns Well of H dry a.? a w- t season. Wo consider your? ono of ibo best nnd most reliable fertilizers in uso. Respectfully yours, _MANLY A MITCHELL. _ The farther wo advance in knowledge the moro simplicity shall ?vu discover in those primary rules which regulato all tho apparently endless, and multiform operations of nature. Tc abuse them brings disease and its tribulations. To aid in conquering disenso is to benefit man kind, and therefore thc greater the merit. The most efficient auxiliary of this class, is tho "Old Carolina Bitters." Try Wlneman's Crystallzed Worm Candy-none helier. THIS HUMAN FORM IRVIN K. Wbut sml havoc Scrofula inflict.* on the human system. How Rheuma I Ism distorts thu frame. What misery the Injudicious uso of Calomel on tail*. How sud the effects nf Syphilis transmited from parent to child. Would you avoid th- MI lerriblo afflictions, fail not to use DR. 'PUTT'S SARSAPARILLA AND QUEEN'S DELIGHT. It penetrates every fibre of ibo system, ovon into ibo bones, and eradicates eery truco of dis ease. LATEST QUOTATIONS OF SOUTHERN SECURITIES, IN CHARLESTON, S. C., Corrected weekly hy A. C. KAUFMAN, Broker, No 25 Broad Street. FEBRUARY 8, 1870. 8TATR SECUIUTIKS-South Carolina, old, -@ 82; d<> new, -@82; do, rcgist'd stock, ex int -(?,77. CITY SBCURITIKS-Augusta, On. Ronds, 83@ 86; Charleston, S. C. Stock, (ex qr lui) 62(0)54 ? do, Fire Loan Runds, - @?6; Columbia, S. C Ronds. 65(?)70. K Aii.itoA t> RONDS- Blue Ridge, (first mortgage) -@65; Charleston nnd Savannah, 68(a)OU ? Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta,-(3*00; Chcraw and Darlington, -8U; Greenville and. Columbia. (1st mort) -(rv.lb ; do, (Slate guar anice) 00(g)-; Northeastern, 8(>(<t)82; Silvan* nain and Charleston, ( lat morl) -8; do. (Stale guarantee)-(?064 ; Smith Carolina,-@8U; do, 77; Spnrtanburg and Union, - @54. KA i ino A o STOCKS- Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta,-@55; Greenville nnd Columbia, IJ 0ij2 ; Northeastern, 7(<o8 ; Savannah and Citarlos ton, 2363)26; South Carolina, (whole shares) a8(|)42; do, (half do) 18(0)20. EXCIIANor.. Ac-New York Sight, 8 off par; Gold, I20(?)I22; Silver, ll 3@ 116. MOUTH CAItOMNA BANK lill.I.S. ?Rank of Charleston.- @ - 'Hunk of Newberry.- (?, Bank of Camdon.40fd> - Rank of Georgetown.- (nj I i Rank of South Carolina.10(a) - Rank of Chester.6(a) Rnnk of Hamburg- .3(a) Riink of Btnto ol S- C. prior to l?fll.56(a) - Rank ol State ol 8. C. issue 1861 und 1862 10(g) eplnnlers'nnd Mechanics' Ranko! Charles - (g) t'?n.- (g) - .People's Rank of Charleston.-.(a) - .Union Rank of Charleston.- (a) - .Southwestern R R Bank of Charleston, - (a) (old).,.-fn) eSouthweslern R R Rank of Charleston, - (a) (new) .- (a) - Farmers'and Exchange Bnnk of Charles-(a) ton..........i. .--fyi Exchange Bank of Columbia.I0(? - Merchants' Bank of Cheraw. 3(? Planters'Rank nf Fairfield .3@ - Slate of South Carolina Rills Receivable...pur. City of Chariest, n Change Bl ls.par. . Bills marked thue (.) are being redeemed at the bank Coun tors of each. Jan lt ly SPECIAL, NOTICES. .TSWABMP HVKTINfi. li ? Regular Monthly Meotieg Ol th? Board of Stewards of SemUr . (Station) Methodl/t Cbarofa, will ba hold at th? Paxton*** OB Wednesday even lng, J3, at T o'clock. A, prelimi? nary inset ?og, for tb* accommodation of tb* member? of tb* Board who rtald* lo tb* coon tr j, will be held at th* ofic. of th*%?a??r rPolcA. MUN, at 12 o'clock aam* day. Members will pleas? oom* prepared to report collection? 1er the month of January. J. H. I INGLE, Cb-irtas*. P. A. FOLSOM, 8 ec te te ry. Feb 2 Merit Soon Noised Abroad* It ls but six years sine* ALLEN'S LUNG BAL3AM. was first offered for sal*. Its good qualities w?s soon mad* koowa at home, and very soon Its fame was noised lar and oeer; now it is sold ID nearly every Drug Store in tho Uni ted Stat**- North, Batt, South ?od Wast. No similar medicine stands highor with tb* people. It is well known on tho Paeifio coast, and liberal demands fir it from San Fraoelseo, Sacramento in California, nod Portland, Oregon; oren from Australia, larg? orders ar* received for il. And throughout Canada, it ls wall and favorably known, and sold everywhere. Read what Captain Foster writes : POUT BURWELL, March 23d, 1869. Messrs. PERRY DAVIS A SON, Bins :-OC am pleased to notify yoa of | tho benefit which I have received from Allen's Laing Balsam, having been troubled with a cough for several years past, the Bataam was recommended to me. I immediately procured it, and found it to relieve my cough more readily than nnything I ever tried. My wife baa also used lt with must sntUfaetory results. Yours very Truly, Captain D. FOSTER. Captain Foster is a ship owner and builder, re* sidiog at Port Burwetl, Canada. Sold by A. ANDERSON A CO., Druggists Sumter, S. C. [Feb. IRRITABLE INVALIDS. Indigestion not only affects thc physical health but the dispositions and tempers of its viotiins. Tho dyspeptio becomes, too, in a measure de* moralised by his suffering?. He is subject to fits of irritai^", a?llennos<, or despair, aa the case may br A preternatural sensitiveness which he cannot control, lends bim to miscon? strue tbe words sud acts of thoso around him, nnd his intercourse even with those nearest and dourest to him is not unfrequently marked by exhibitions of testiness foreign to his real nature. These are tho montnl phenomena of the disease, for whioh tho invalid cannot be justly held re? sponsible, but they occusion^much household dis comfort. It is to the interest of the home cir cle, it is essential to family harmony as well aa to tho rescue of the principal autforer from stntn not far removed from inoipient insanity, that these symptoms of montai disturbance be promptly removed. This cnn only bo dono by removing their physical causo, a derangement of thc function? of the stomneh and its allied vie? cern, tho liver and tho bowels. Upon these three important organs Hastener's Stomneh Bit? ters net simultaneously, producing a (borough and salutary chango in their condition. The vegotnblo ingredients of which the preparation is composed ure of a renovating, regulating and alterativo character and the stimulant which lends activity to their remedial virtues is the purest and best that can bo extracted from tbe most holesomo of nil core?is, viz: sound rye. No dyspeptic can luke this genial restorative fe a singlo wcok without experiencing a notable improvement in his gcuertil health. Not only will bis bodily sufferings abate from day to day, but bis mind will recover rapidly from its rest' lessncseand irritability, and this happy cbnnge will manifest >tself lu his deuicunor to nil around him. [feb. R KIM VI VUS M The S. S. S. of 1861* Or Ur. I KU .S O N'S Original SOUTIK-.RN SOOTIIINO SYRUP POM ClilLDIiKN TKBTIII.NO, is again re? suscitated ! ! It is a Corrigent of the lioteel ditordert contingent upon this period ; a grate? ful Carminative ; a ti nt ri I ioue Syrup j and a gente Anodyne, inducing cairn und ref reeking re? pose, without thu pernicious nnd distressing re? actionary disturbance of the nervous system that results from thu exhibition of moat prepara? tions-exprcnely mode for children. Its use in tho .Southern States, ns far buck as 1862. estab? lished its reputation ns a Southern Institution, ami, us a medicine unrivalled, and HS being the lieut iu<l fifcii preparation for children teething, ensuring RKST IO MOTHERS nnd NUHSKS nnd re? lief nu?\etrength to their Infants. It Is thcreforo no ?rio medicine, end needs no advertising whero it is boil known. Every precaution bas been nikon to preserve and protect it from fraudulent counterfeits. It is munufnetured only at the Laboratory of Coins, TOMPKINS A Huno, mern, hors of, and successors to, tho old established SOUTHERN DRUO HOUSE OP ll Ann AI., RIBLKY A KiTcnr.it, 141 CHAMBERS STREBT, Yaw YORK, to whom ull orders should be addressed, and is for salo to tho citizens of Sumter nnd surrounding country by tho following first elnss nnd respecta? ble Druggists: A. ANDERS>N A Co., J. F. W. Di: L' it MK. .Inno 16 - ly Iv O S KOO! Prepared hy Dr. J. J. Lawrence, the colobrntod p vs rn v H and cnr.M ST, Norfolk, Va., isa SAP , PLEASANT and RELIABLE remedy for ALL diseases CAUSED by TORPIDITY OF THE LIVER, IMPURITIES OF THE BLOOD, DISORDER., OF THE URINARY ORGANS, DERANGEMENTS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. It PITRIPI S and ENRICHER tho BLOOD, RES TOKES tho LIVER nnd KIDNEYS 10 a healthy ACTION, AIDS DIOESTION, REGULATES the BOWELS, Ulld INVIOOKATES lIlO NEMVOUS SYSTEM. lt ie NOT a Paient Medicine. FORMULA around cudi bottle. ENDOIIHKD by the bett Phym'eiaue. Thc MOST POPULAR Medicine in nee. Dil. LAWIIKNCK is constantly in receipt of j OHATBPUL letters and TESTIMONIALS of REMARKA? BLE erm:.- performed by KOSKOO. All letters answered nnd advice given-PREE. KOSKOO for sale by Druggists every whore at ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE. For sale by J. F. W. DcLormo, July 28 -ly Sumter, S. C, TO CONSUMPTIVES* THE advertiser having been restored to health io a few Wieks, by a very simplo remedy, after having suffcro.l several years with a severo lung affection, nnd that dread disenso, Consumption is anxious to moko known to bis fellow-sufferers tho moans of CUTO. To nil who desire it, ho will send a copy of the prescription used ffree of chnrgo), wijh the directions for preparing and using tho same, which they will find a sure Cure for Consump? tion, Asthma, Bronchitis, uto. The object of the .vlvortiser in sending tho Prescription is to bene, fit tho afflicted, ami spread informntion which ho conceives to he invaluable; and ho hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, ns il will oost them nothing, und may prove a blessing. Parties wishing the proscription, will please address Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, Williamsburg, Kings County, New York. June 2. EKKOKS OF YOUTH A GENTLEMAN who suffered for y ex tn from Nervous Debility, Premature Deoay, and nil tho effects of youthful indiscretion, will, for tb* sake of suffering immunity, send free to all who need lt, the receipt and direotions for making the ali ph remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing tu profit by the advertiser's experience, oaa do so by addressing, in perfect confluence, JOHN B. OGDEN, >. JOB? 3 Ne, 41 Cedar st., N. Y. 200 BBXaS. XfiXMB, AT ?2 50. 300 Sacks liverpool Salt, AT $2.50. 100O Bushels Corn* AT $1.50. 20,000 POUNDS BACON,! FROM 16 to 20 ota. 200 Barrels Flour, FROM $7,00 to $10,00. -ALSO A Large Assortment of SPRING CALICOES -AMD Dress Goods. GREEN, WATSON & WALSH,) DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE. Fob?_ Navassa Guano COMPANY -OF WILMINGTON, NO. CA. INCORPORATED AUGUST, 1800. IMPORTERS Or Navassa Guano, Sulphur, NITRATE OF SODA, &o. MANUFACTURERS OF SulphuHc and Muriatic Acids, And of tho Patented "Navassa Ammoniated SOLUBLE PHOSPHATE ."' FOR SALE BY Green, Watson & Walsh, Agents for Sumter County. Feb 9 COTTON SHIPPED. Wo have made arrangements to ship COTTON To New York, Uni timor? or Charleston, making \ Cash Advances on came ?rheo delivered, and har ng lt beld at { EITHER POINT as long as mar be desired. We will reeeive Cotton at Sumter, Lynchburg, | Mnyesville or. Manchester. Oreen, Watson & Walsh, DEALERS IN GENERAL MCRCHANDISE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. LUMBER ON AND AFTER THE FIRST OF FEB? RUARY, we ofTor FOR SALE LUMBER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AT Our Mill only FOUR MILES FROM SUMTER Having GREATLY REDUCED tbe cost of our Lumber to the public, we ask an examination of our PRICES. TERMS CASH. REAMES, CHANDLER A CO. Foh 2-If BUTTER RECEIPT. Eight pounds o? Butter to One Gallon of Sweet Milh. ? HAVE PU RC H A S ED THE I RIO HT, for the Town of Sumtor, Tor ibo "Copj right Butter Receipt" which will make EltillT HOUNDS of Butter to One Gallon of Milk, or one pound to one pint, without the as* siccance of any cheroicnl ngont. The hotter is good, sweet und wholesome Samples of it may lu; .een at tho Photograph Gallery, and at this office. Tho Rocoipt is for salo. Apply to J. D. WILDER. Feb 9-2t_ $2,000 to ?end. TUE UNDERSIGNED, ns the Finance Com. mitteoof the LADIES' MONUMENTAL ASSOCIATION, have in hinds about two thou, sand dollars to lend out until January noxt. Thoy will reeeive sealed bids for said money un? til tho 17th inst., whon they will lend to the bid or hidscombining tho hlgho-t interest and best seourity, bnsod on Mortgago of Real estate, that shall bo odV-jd. J. S. UTCHA RDSON, Jr., E. W. MOISE, A. J. MOSE8. Feb 0-21_ Dickson's Improved Cot? ton Seed for Sale. IAM prepored to receive orders for Hi ck so n's Improved Cotton Sood, which will he fur nished in nny amount desired, direct from David Dickson's Plantation in Georgia. W. ?. DUNCAN, At tbe Sumter Post Office. Feb 0-3t_ Vehicles to Hire, Hauling, Ac. THE SUBSCRIBER begs to inform the oili sens of Sntntor, and the publio generally, that he ls prepared to transport TRAVELERS, In a comfortable and commodious Vebiole, to any point in this nr the adjoining Counties. He will furnish pleasure parties desiring an evening ride or a trip into tho country, with a convenient vebMo, good horses and trustworthy driver. He is also prepared to do aoy kind ol banllug, either by tbe day or by special eon tract. Orders left at the Poet Office Mri ll be promptly attended to. Feb?-tf T A. FRIKR80N. Job Work Neatly executed at this office. -AND FOR SAXE LOW. Bbl?. FLOUR, Taruma branda. 10.009 pounds Baoou Bide? and 8hoaldera. 34 Bbb Mela****. 4,000 penada Bagar, various qualltls*. SO Sack? RI?, Laguayra and Java Coffee. 36 Bbb) Crackers, different kinds. 100 Kegs Mails, assorted sites. SOO Sacks Liverpool Bait? la large sacks, e 4,000 pounds Cotton Tie?. 9 Bales Heavy Bagging 40 Boxes Family, and Toilet Soap. 16 Boxea Starch. 36 Boxes Cholee Cheoese. 4 Bbls Choice Leaf Lard. 80 Boxes Candles. 6 Firkins Cholee Goshen Cutter. And a full assortment of I Canoed Fruits, Oysters, Lobsters, Sardines, Ilyson and Block Tea, Pepper, Spice, .Ginger, Ao. A. A. Solomons, Cor. Main & Liberty-Streets. Oct 20 TO ARRIVE. 300 BUSHELS Black Seed Oats, -ALSO SEEB WHEAT and RYE. For sale by A.A. SOLOMONS. Cor. Main & Liberty Streets. Oct 20 18TO. 187?. MAYESVILLE, S. C. J. A. MAYES & CO., WILL CONTINUE DURING THE YEAR TO KEEP ON HAND A FULL 8UPPLY OF GOODS IN THEIR LINE, CONSISTING OF DRUGS, MEDICINES, GROG ERIES, ?99 ?BGVm81!8. and hope to morit n con ti nunn co of the liberal patronage they hare born receiving. We desire to call particular attentiou to oifr trade iu FLOUR. It is our aim to keep for sale only good quali? ties of FLOUR, and families may rely upon our stock as affording tho best grados of Extra ami Family Flour, to be bad in the markets. Our groceries generally are all FIRST-CLASS GOODS, nud our DIUJOY. and MEDICINES aro war? ranted to bo pure aud gonuine. Besides the usual stock of DRUGS and MED? ICINES, we keepalweye nn hand, we offer two invaluable preparations of our own manufacture. Anti-Malarial Specific, FOR THE PERMANENT CURE OF Chills and Fevers. TONIC BITTERS, an admirable oombination of TONICS adapted to all oases neodlng Tonio Medicines. COUNTRY PRODUCE of all kinds taken in Ri. RT KU for goods ut fair prices. J. A. MAYES A CO. Jan 1, 1870_ly Glass and Crockery Ware, The obeapest ever offorcd In this market. Fancy Groceries, In great variety. Fruit and Confectionery In any quantity desired. Family Supplies? As Coffee, Sugar, Flour, Butter, Lard, Sosps, Starch, Ac, Ac, always on hand. mn. ar. tv. SPANN, whose services I have permanently secured, will tako pleasuro in showing goods to all who muy wisb to examino them. Call before purchasing olsowhoro and you will bo suro to sucuro GOOD BARGAINS. JOHN S. HUGIISON. Under the Photographic Gallery. Jan 20-tf THE PATENT COMMON SENSE SAFETY BRIDLE. THE Choapnat, Simplest and moat effective Sufety Bridle ever invented. It is a perfeot safeguard against Runaway, Kloking, Hardmouthcd and unruly Horses. Having bought tho right for Sumter, parties can be supplied on application tn mo, nt Mnycs vllle, 8. 0. 'I HOS. L. BURGESS. Refers to Col. T. V. Walsh, Sumter. Feb 0-1 in? Estate Notice. AALL porsons having olalms against tbe Ks taU of W. W. Mo Cu tenon, deceaied, will please present them doly proven. ' And sd per? sons Indebted will please make payment to H. C. MoC UT CH EN, Adtn'or. #a.W-tf PLANTERS' WAREHOUSE, -OFFERS* Pure Peruvian Guano, TO ARRIVE. NOW ON THE WAY Pure Peruvian Guano. Planters' Warehouse Feb THEATRE OPEN. Business before "Pleasure, A NEW PLAY? ACT 1. SCENE l.t. Scene, th? Store, corner of tho 01(1 Hotel next the Court IIou.o-SCHWERIN behind the counter-Enter a Countryman. COUNTRYMAN. Are you the man that lelia STORE CLOTHES so cheap t SCHWERIN. Yes, I'm the man. So If your clothes are worn out, or ruined by tear in', There's no use in cu??iV but go right to Schwerin. C. Whall Qo to ucear?a't Look here, my friend, if that's tho way yon talk, how do you expert t<> prosper, wbon the Bible says "Swear net :il all ?" S. Von don't undorstaud me, I mean come to me ; und I'll Ttl you out with a new suit, inside Hint outside. .My neon* ir. &AIWIM. C. Ohl That's it, is it? Well its n cuss-n very b.id narnu, any how. Out I s'puseyour go-.ds are none the worse for Unit, und I see how you might Qt me with a suit outnide from your stock of Hut.*, Hoots i nd Shoes, Costs, Vests and Pants, Shirts. Undershirts, Drawers, Socks, Collar?, Handercbicfs, Ac, Ac, but how can you fit me to a suit (neide, hey* S. Why, I'll tell you. 8onte of my excellent G It OC Kit I KS there would suit yon intide lo a T., wouldn't they t 9 C. Yes, they would, that's a fact, some of your Sugar, CofTor, Tea, Flour, Molasses, Cannot Fish. Oysters nod Lobsters, Chow Chow Pickles, Ac., Ao. S. Yes. I sell my Dry Uouds and Wet Goods, Groceries, Clothing und other articles too nuraorous to mention, very CH HAP FOR CASH. "Small Profits and Quick Returns" is my motto. Exit Countryman with a bsg full, a basket full and a bundle full. Sept 22_6m Lynchburg Female School THE FIRST TERM OF THIS SCHOOL will open 1st FEBRUARY, and ooutinue 20 weeks, tobe taught by MRS. WILBUR, (lute of Davenport Female College.) TERMS : For First Grade.$14 00 For Second Grade. 12 00 For Third Grade. 10 00 Musio on Piano. 10 00 rayment for Tuition required Quarterly. Hoard, Washing and Lights oan bo bad at $10,00 io $12,00 per montb. For further particulars apply te E. SPENCER, Chairman Board of Trustees, Fe!, 2-41_Lynchburg. S. C. Valentines! Valentines ! AT THE SUMTER BOOK STORE. Adam and the Adamito, or tba Harmony of Soripturo and Ethnology, a discussion con cerniog the origin of tito negro. Atibe SUMTER BOOK STORE. Plutarch's Ll vos, Josephus, . Works of Kdgnr A Poe, McCauley's History of England, Webster's Uuabridged Pioiorial Dictionary, Family Bibles, with Photograph Loaves, Hymn Books, Prayer Books, Gold Elsie, by author of old Mamsells secrot The Doomed Ship or Wreck in the Arelio Regions. Shirley, by Currer Bell, Villotto, by Currer Bell, Scenes in Clerical Life, by Oe? Elliot, Peg Wofllngton, by Charles Bead, Lora me liule love sae tang, by Chas Reade, FonlPlay, ' XIX Century f r January, Uedey's Ladys Book fer January and Fob. . Aube SUMTER BOOK STORE. JanSfl ?. . i. v.;..v.. - ..':.>. vi- .-. - JJAVIHQ appolaUc COL. 010. W.LM?? for ?? aa!* Of "The Soluble Pacific," "The Phospho Peruvid|| and ot I Ug to ioTl te th? ?tun Hon of all to M Inspection o? than. " ? ' 'lyV For Ic formation eon ?era log tba abovo, ploaMoaU on bl? at tba ll ARD-WA RB \ P. LOBING, Agont, S Doon Soatb or Court BOOM. V \ . JOHN B. Thankful to friends for former generous support,^ I now aak their attention to tba salo of SARDY" AND "MAPES FOB WHICH I AM AGENT. * ' "^?SSl Call and procure CIRCULARS and PAMPHLETS, charge, and examine samples. "Feed your Land and it witt feed lot/." ' GEO. \V. LJBB?'*M Agent to eclff ? Sumter. S. C., January 5,1870. I refer to the following plantors. Maj. THOMAS B. FRASER, Mr. JOHN 0. HERIOT, Mr. PETER MELLKTT, AC, AO Mr. DANIEL A..FOXHOW Mr. ALPIIETJS B?IAR. ' % Jan. ll.Smoa. m Pate & Taylor AHE NOW READY TO FURNISH TO PLANTERS, IN ANY QUANTITY, CAROLINA FERTILIZER, C. C. Ooe's Phosphate, Vitriol Phosphate, Dissolved Bones, Land Plaster, \>luble Pacific Guano, ?inpound Acid Phosphate, Hour of Bone, Waugh's Raw Bone Phos. Tuvian Guano, j?ime. LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES ON TTOKT Consigned through thom to either NEW YORK or CHARLESTON. A FULL STOCK OF GOODS always on hand, At Loxcest Market Prices. Jan i_tlOm J? D. GIVA,lGr, Upholsterer, Manufacturer, AND DEALER IN FURNITURE, ^RESPECTFULLY INFORMS HIS frionds and patrons that he is now preparod to furnish them with Furniture, etc*? of the dim rent STYLES and PATTERNS now in use. Ile has now on hand a supply of BED ROOM AND COTTAGE SETS. CANE AND WOOD SEAT CHAIRS, BEDSTEADS, TADLES. BUREAUS, CHI ns. AC, AC. SAMPLE PLATES from the best Manufnolu rers of )!M..ton ?nd New York-will bo shown to purchasers and any styles prefu:rod, not on baud, will be ordered for accommodation nf pat? rons-all of s Inch will be sold at prices to suit the times. FURNITURE made tu order, io any style aud at short nolie?. Msnofneturlng, Repairing and Upholstery dona promptly, and in a neat and workmanlike manner. Chairs resoated with cane and tundo as good os new. Pioture Frames of all sixes, Rofe Wood. Gilt, and plain inuuldings, made to order, and Looking Glasses set In framer, and for sale. FUNERALS promptly attended to in Town or Country, r.nd Motultic, Mahogany, Wnlnut, or Common Co25a?, furnished as required, nt short notice Dec 8_ SUMTER MARBLE YARD THE undersigned would tnnst royp< clfuliy announce to the pouple of Sumter mid sur? rounding country that be have jun received a SPLENDID LOT OP MI ar fble. and are now prepared to receive and oxecute or ders of all kind.- In ?his liuo, with neatness and dispntoh. IRON HAILING FURNISHED TO ORDER. W. P. SMI T H, . SUMTER, S. C. Nvo- IT if For Sale, ALOT OF ALABAMA COTTON SEED, of the greatly Improved Tariety, known as ?THE POOR MAN'rT RKLIEP.? Orders will he received uutll March 16th, by A. Whito A Co., Sumter, S.O..anti by Mayas A Oooper. May?*, ville, S.O., where samples of growth and lotti, wnlnls oan be feen. Feb 2-3\ .:r x. II. DICK. ?.-..? ... v.-. REMOVI o HAVING REMOVED lo Comer of and Ropublioiin Streets, und tbory revised and renovated my Sleek, I cnn o\ my customers and tho pitb?lo generally, nc AN ASSORTMENT Ol' WELL 8EI?EOW| Drugs* General Medici ne j$ Asean bo found iu thts tnarkot. Comprising most of tho popular .. v.',*! Patent Medici&? -SUCU AS Rosadalis, Philotokon or Femnlo Friend? Mystic or Female Regulator, Jayne's Expectorant, . Jayne's Pills, Ayer's Cherry Poctornl, Wistar's Balsam Wild Cherry, llvmboid's E.' tract Buchu, Simmons' Liver Iuvigorator, Sandford's Liver Invigorator, Hall's Hair H?nower, Barry's Triouuherous, Tnrrant's Aperient. Stafford's Olivo Tar for colds, cuughs ?nd, ? consumption. , "?2 Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, .% . ' Russell's Soothing Cordial, witbwt'<?^d$ "dyne, ?' ';C Holloway's, Vnn Dctison's and- Hurray*] Worm Candy, with all the Vormlfuges. : 'vf* A completo Assortment of .. f$aSi PERFUMERY, TOOTH BRUSHES Aa?R? TOILET ARTICLES. - ??$r| -A T.SO- "'il, A cho ico artinlo of COLOGNE, of our own manu? facture, which wo can sell ohoup-with all other"^ artioles which should he found iu a '-?'. Well Regulated Drug Store. $5 Jan 20-tf_ J. F. W. Dr.LORMB/?. ^ DRU'GBI s ? : MEDICINES, CHEMICAL Toilet and Fancy Articka. A. ANDERSON & CO.. Apothecaries and Chemists,*; ^ SUMTER, S. C. * r : \ ; Are recolving constantly n full supply nf pm Drills and Chemicals, alni a well selected stot of Faucy Ardelos and Perfumery. * . -ALSO A great varioty of Toilet Sanpa, Extracts for tho Handkerchief, Fino Colognes, Foreign und DOin'e'stloV Snrgical Instrumeiils. Trustee, Ac. All Medioint-a warranted genuine und nf th very best quality. PHYSICIAN'S PRESCRIPTIONS. Curef compounded night or day. To he found ut.n at tho residonco of Mr. Anderson mi Mulp Si. A. ANDliMSOct, - A. J. CHINA, M.' Jon rt t Wt I Change F. A. FOLSOM'S CHEAP VARIE TY ST?] '.-AND CONFECTION? ERir. IRESPECTFULLY untiry my friend* eiM*J uiiitona generally, thai I have I a ked th joining Sland, and am univ pre pm vd t<> <>!)' (.'prater i nil ncc incuts (inn .1: Continuo to sui! Cheap Goods and nothing - . ' Bargains in Faun/ Articles f'arlicidarf, IJADXKS UV.Ut THIS IN ?IIM), CONFECT IO ii ER" MRS. FOLSOM ha? resumed <1iia.<h<pnrtih<M$ in Mime st ami. and inf-iru.* h. rf; tends iiiidUiV public, that sho ?viii he cuii.M jii'lj wi fy' tho hi*t of . <;?* CANDIES, FRUITS. NU IS. C.'.K ES, ". ,J;} CRACKERS, CANNED (luOVS, PlU^T?li?;^ .-1 ' . TEA! 1?3H3^2i TUE BEST MADE, at $1.7.0 per tf> \ i And a splendid Artlcl -ni ill.2V, . . F. A. lOL???M, - Jen, 2d \:\f:. Notice of Change, HAVING localod ponnnnrit y in the T?*ii.i Monning, where lam conducting ihe'.Drty l!n>iness, I have this diy tl'spured ?uf,< HT?O yrtj nul my stock of Drills anil Mrilivin?'?^' li? lt Town of Sumter, to my bmlln i, f. A Ab KAtfcfrt (slgnud.) GEO. P. Mc.i\Uil$M Jan. 1st, 18;u. Hating pnrchn?cd ibo D$?V '!. h gi ded to, I will cotiiinwo ilia l.nrii.f'V-ff Stand. And nek a continuum.. ? < ?.? be?-ct?T'<ri?*extendcd. . R TOSI