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VOL. XX . . . ? - -,WEDNESD?T M?TOtTO; l^^Cg 2, Wfc ' ^] NOi3
DEVOTE? TO LITERATURE. MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
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OllIT?ARIB?. TRIBUTES OF RKBfBtr
?o<t ?ll aominuairatlon? which ?ubserv . privet,
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poTitirnl.
I^ATOKBtYAHD ?NTH? ?BOON
srKiioruD st A TUS OF TUB MOUTH.
.?After all, wltut bald humbugs nod
?retched rdiums are your 'resuscitated
States,' a* they huve been termed ii. the
course of th?6 debute ! What honest man
but munt laugh in acorn at these speci?
mens of radicul manufacture, Met up hire
a? Kepublican States 1 They are the
creations ol' violence and revolution,
based upon thc dental of underlying
principles of our oriifiuul government.
They arc the products of ruthless mili
tary rule, of fraud and force combined.
The intelligence and wealth and moral
worth ot all th cae communities are ut
terly proscribed, and ignorance and pro?
fligacy exalted to high places of power.
The machinery of our own constitution
of government, designed only for opera
tion through the exercise of tho will of
a Irec people, has been distorted and
perverted to purposes of tyranny and
usurpation. Hence tho failure of all
these schemes of reconstruction ; hence
they will always fail, for you cannot en
graft the principles of despotic power
on the tree of liberty. You may mu?
tilate that treo and insert your unnatu?
ral scions, but they will nevct grow.
You muy continue by force to pursue
your method, and tho tree may wither I
and may die under your manipulations,
but you can never change its st;jck,
or make it bear for any timo the
false fruit that you have sought to en?
graft on it.
?Would to God the people of this
broad laud could fully realise how fatal
to the cause of civil liberty, how hostile
to tho very genius of our institutions is
the doctrine of ooercive powers, upon
which now alone the radical party
in Congress proposo to govern this coun?
try.
"When will tho leaders of that party
recognize the truth that the true strength
of our Government rests not in thc |
number of bayonets it can command to
overawe and subdue looal discontents,!
not in penal statutes and test oaths and
disfranchisements of the ablest and most ?
intelligent citizen?, but in love and re?
spect which exists in the hearts of our
people toward it and their rulers ? That
its 'cheap defence' will be the ramparts
which patriotic sentiments shall con?
struct to guard it, and that thc 'consent
of the governed' is the only just and
firm foundation upon which we oan build
our hopes lor the perpetuation of the
free Constitution of OUT fathers, desig
ntted by ihcui to be our shield and safe
guard against all tyranny and usurpa
tion, whether from within or from
without "
TKI: SALE OF CA ni. i 'sn IFS--wurr-1
TVJIOltE U1SGHACED.
An unexpected sensation was sprung]
upon thc House this afternoon when the
Miliury Committee reported progress |
in tho ea ct sales' investigation, charg?
ing Mr. Whittemor?, of South Carolina, |
with corruptly disposing of his cadet
ships for the Naval Academy and West
Point, and accompanying a copy uf the
testimony wi. h a resolution of expulsion
ol the guilty member.
The reading of the testimony was I
listened to with marked attention from
mc m he rs us well as an overcrowded
gallery, and Whittemor? was himself
apparently the least excited person of
them all. Ile stood thu universal gaze
with generally unmoveable features, but
to a close observer it might have been
noticed that frequently his eyes snapped
and his facial manifestations showed
that he occasionally felt the deep hu?
miliation of his .situation.
The evidence was deemed conclusive,
especially as Mr. Whittemor? did not
attempt to deny the direct testimony ol
Mr. Brooks that he had paid thc South
Carolina member $1,500 for his cadet?
ship. Hud final action been taken
this afternoon Mr. Whittemor? would|
have been expelled by an almost unani
mous rote, but thc deluy until next
Wednesday may bring tj his rescue
possibly thirty or forty votes, some of
them from those who fear that they
themselves may yet come in for censure,
and others from a spirit of forgiveness
that begins already to develop.- }\uah.
Cor. liic/.mihid Dispatch, Fen. 21.
REVELS.
Thc black Seoutor, Bevels, still oe
copies a senatorial sofa, and whether he
will ever stretch his ebon legs beneath
a mahogany desk, and snap his dusky
fingers at the saucy pages; has become
a question of morals. Sumner may con?
gratulate Mrs. Revels in tho gallery, and
Downing give dinners in honor of the
new legislative color ; but all thnt will
not suffice the stern moralists of thc
Senate. They have suddenly discover?
ed that the purity of their dignified body
Will he contaminated by the admission
ol one whose past record, after indus?
trious research, gives up some naughty
stories of indiscretions, youthful and
otherwise, and the groat social and po
lineal ice breaker of his race is counted
out until this delioato matter is settled.
Wo have not been used to consider
irreproachable virtuo as ono of the nec?
essary qualifications of a sonator. The
freshness of scandal has hardly yet worn
off those stories of divorce obtained, of
clerkships granted and of boarding house
exposures, in which certain senators figure
as the moving cause. If?decd, what with
the known general stato of society in
Washington, and the particular instan
oes now and then mentioned, ono can
scarcely belicvo the virtuo of senators
? ' MC lLhcir loyaUy? ir<>? clad.
Hut while they are about it, it is rather
our.ous that the first vict.m to this
nowly aroused morality should be the
vory negro whom the lUdicaU havo
professed to long for.
-Prontico Still Livos^vTfind the
iollowiog hot-shot in the Louisville
Vourxer Journal:
TUB FIVTBBIITH AIHBNOIflBNT.
lu speaking of the- ratification ol' the
Fifteenth Amendment and tho means
which have been resorted to tor the ac?
complishment of that objoot, tho New
York Expr?s? very truthfully bays that
hereafter when history records the man?
ner of this eoforoed Fifteenth Amend?
ment, to say nothing of its principle,
Americans will blush for those who did
the deed. To accomplish the end, States
have been treated with contempt, thc
black man placed above tho whits man.
suffrage denied the latter and-given to
the former, a penal system adopted dis?
graceful to Christian civilization, whole
commonwealths handed over to military
government, and systems nf State and
local power established, wholly incon?
sistent with Republican government.
Io this way the Federal Constitution
has boen, adopted, and wc therefore fed
warranted io saying that our countrymen
hereafter will blush at the manner in
which these innovation!? have been prac
ticed. Tho compensation of tcgro suf?
frage, whatever be the results of such
an innovation, we submit, will not pay
for the assaults upon State rights
and republican .government.
DUUONUST IQ JE lt CH AN TN?
"Macaulay," the New York corres?
pondent of the Rochester Democrat,
makes very serious charges against some
of the Now York merchants. "Macau?
lay" for thirty years and more was
engaged In the merchant's business in
thut city :
THIEVING AMONG MERCHANTS.
The business meu of Now York are
very dishonest. This I know from closo
experience. They have certain "tricks
of trade," as they are called, which arc
tiothiug less than absolute stealing.
Hexes of Castile soup and similar goods
are sold to eoutitry customers, who little
think tuat they pay for box. and all at
full price. Tho cheating on taro is
outrageous. Tea in chests is estimated
at twenty pounds tare, which is always
allowed by tho importer, but a cotiutry
dealer seldom gets more than eighteen
pounds. On half chests twelve pounds
is allowed, while at the Kamo lime thc
dealer marks the chests up a pound or
two. This m ar Ling up of weight entres
ponds to tho marking down of tares.
Casks of sugar, which few country mer
ohatKs can weigh, arc often marked up
twenty pouuds, and sometimes fifi y
pounds. They toll a good story of old
H-H-, a well known grocer ou
the north side, who was notorious for
his boldness in this line. Thc old mau
became at one time somewhat pious, and
when in such a frame was asked by u
clerk who had sold a cask of sugar il' lie
"should go it twenty pounds." "No,
Johnny," was thc reply, "don't go over
ten, for I'm under concern of miud.'*
Molasses, spirits, turpentine, and other
liquids are gauged up. which is very
(>nR?ly done. Au original gauge-mark
ol'say 31 gallons, can be easily altered
into 34, by using a gauger's "scube" in
a neat manlier. If that is not enough,
a turn nf thc scuhe CHU change tho 31
into 30 As a general rule, with many
dealers, from ouc to throe gallons are
made in each cask. Provision dealers
steal in a diflercnt manner. Hurrels ol
mackerel are opened in the bottom head,
and from twenty tit thirty pounds are
removed, and the space Glied up with
salt. When the retailer opens the bar?
rel he always takes tho top head, and
and here all looks right, but when he
gei.s to the bottom he finds a half bushel
more of salt than he expected. Pork
and beef are also thus stolen, and hence
our Government supplies are often
I short, and men suffer severely iu couse
q u cn ce.
I have referred to but a few of thc
I different branches of robbery perpetrated
among what arc culled honorable men,
for a complete statement would fill a
volume. Ono further instance may bc
cited, and.this is thc fraud in essential
oils. It is next lo impossible for any
country druggist to buy a pure article
of oil lemon, oil bcrgainot, oil Organum,
or any similar oils. Thc reason nf this
is that spirits of turpentine mixes so
naturally with these articles that detec?
tion is almost impossible. In these oils
our wholesale druggists make enormous
profit. Carrying out this ?dca, a bold
druggist contrived not only to cheat
country customer.;, bulaloo to fleece tho
trade at largo. To do this he employed
a mcchinist to imitate thc metallic seals
which tho manufacturers put upon the
cans These cans ho would unsolder,
and thon steal about? one-tenth of thc
oil, and fill it up with spirits of turpen?
tine, and then apply tho counterfeit
seal. These cans wuld then go into
tho hands of a drug broker, and would
be sold to tho trude ah pure from the
distiller's hands. This operator I know j
well. He is nothing but a thief, aud
yet in society ho is a "gentleman." Ho
has a fino house aud lives in style, hut
retribution may yet reach him, and
though slow it will bo sure.
.--<.?-.
-An old lady, who pretends to "know
all about it," says the only way to prc?
vent steamboat explosions is to make
the engineers "bile their water on
shore." In her opinion, "all the bus
tin' is done by cookin' the steam on
board the boat."
-Reautiful Kx tract.-Deal tenderly
with the aged and pray often for them.
Reach out your arm und lot them lean
upon it, as they step gently down to
Jordun's baok. Help to take the rough
places out of their path, and givo a hand
to smooth their passage to tho narrow
houso, and your reward will be sato.
-Red noses are sometimos light?
houses io worn voyagers on tho sea of
life, off tho ooast of Malaga. Jamaica,
Santa Crus and Holland.
CH CT BC II BTKtCTBTTB.
As all persons uro not as perfect in
church etiquette as they might be, the
following suggestions may cot be out ot
ph oe; :
Attending divine worship is not like
attending a public show, though io
this fast ugo there are some whose con*
duct makes tho difference appear but
sionll
First, theo, there is no etiquette for
any place, like thc etiquette of common
sense ; it avails when the rules of the
Chesterfields und the Hichtnans often
make .ODO ridiculous. In eutering
church with a lady, precedo her wheo
asoending und descending stairs, as also
in seeking a seut. Io the latter case,
it is especially polite-you act -is a sort
of shield to her modesty, and then you
save her the confusion of selecting a
pew.
It is proper ii you are a believer, to
kneel or stand ht prayur, according
to the custom ot' the church. To
disregard these is vulgar-at least,
it shuws too much tulse pride, or too little
reverence for the requirements of Chris
tiunity.
Excessive whispering during service
is decidedly vulgar. It is sometimes
necessary to address an undertone re?
mark to your compauion or companions,
but seldom.
Listen to the service-especially the
sermon. In this ugo of church opera,
culled music, you cannot help hearing
that, part ol' thu ceremony. t It would
wake up a Van Winkle. Hut thc sermon
you must not sleep over or disregard.
It is wrong. Appear to hear if you do
j not. A good way is when the minister
is dull, and you can't listen-which hap
pens often enough to make a rule-to
study phietiology-examining tho hump.4
of heads before you. Au hour may be
passed thus politely und pleasant
If you chow tobacco, do not usc it in
church. It is annoying to those
around you, and then the sexton gives
you jesse.
Never leave church during service
uni. ss it is absolotely necessary-as in
sickness, a house a fire or a professional
call.
lt is vulgar to como lute. Sometimes
it is unavoidable-a person wishes to
display a new dress, watch chain or
perhaps a beau. It. will occur soiuothncs
that n poor goose wants to be driven
from bia scat-then it is propel enough
also. These causes, and lite lik?>, excuse
late coming and the congregation
endure them. Auy other delay is unen?
durable.
Dress as plainly ns possible. We don't
mean thut a Indy should appear in her
morning wrapper nor u gentleman in
his shirt sleeves. A nice medium is
the thing in all mitten-ladies should
nut bo taken for milliter's show cases nor
gentlemen for bo jeweled ana neck tied
monkey. A plcbiau goos to church to
show fine clothes ; an aristocrat to show
respect to God
In entering and in leaving the house
don't walk too slow like the shoddies,
nor ton fast like the bash fuis, In thc
on? case, people ridicule you for af
footution ; in the otltor^ ibero is dan
uer of knocking down the pews or
running over somebody. Ilnsteu "slow
ly"
When you look around too mitch in
church, people think you wu ni to show
your profile, or tliar you want to attruct
ai i em ion to your style, or thut you want,
to murry, or thut like poor wheat, thcro
is not weight enough about your head to
keep it still.
Don't look too pious in church either
-it is ns suspicious us too much levity.
Religious worship is nuit her u joke nor
un emetic. If you feel extraordinarily
devotional begin to think about put
tint; .something iu the treusury,
and it will shorten your lace quickly,
innd spread over it the pleasant look of
?duty.
coin l'ltoin isiivG OLD DEBTS.
Wc think it due to a great many
creditors in this und other parts of thc
State, (says tho ..Greenville (8 C.)
Enterprise,) thut their liberal ami
generous course in compromising old
debts, should bc commended ns it de?
serves. We have heard recently of many
instances of liberal settlements between
parties, and wo believe that thc dispo?
sition to make them hus decidedly in?
creased of late. Parties bave all become
innre und more impressed with thc rca?
sonabloncssjof compromise, andu liberal
soiling-public opinion of ibo people
generally, and the advice ol' the lawyers
nil favor them nt ibis limo. Wo have
s"cn that in Anderson the juries brought
in verdicts sealing old (loots and were
sustained by the approval of tho people
and (he Har. This feeling as to such
debts will still extend in every county
' according to thc ciicutnstanccs."
I III. ?TIIND IS TUB MAN.
Tho mind is the mau. Thc body is
simply the instrument through which
the mind manifests itself while on earth.
Thc mind is manifested through forty
or morn organs. Each is primary and
ii '.d?pendent in its I unction, doing its
own work nnd not doing the work of any
other. Euohofthoso powers is mani?
fested by or through a particular organ
or portion of the brain. Tho power of
each organ, all other things hoing equal,
is in exact proportion to the size nnd
quality of that portion of tho brain
through which it is manifested. Tho
nicntiil powers nie possessed originally
in different degrees by different indivi?
duals, und uluo by tho same individual.
One possesses ten talents, another five,
another ono. Eaoh mental power grows
stronger and becomes moro skilful by
?proper exctciso Our accountability is
'just in proportion as wo muke a good
or a bad use of these talents. Eaoh
mental power wns erctUcd for tho por
Eos? of doing grtod, nod was intended to
e properly used.
' ?OU ULKS8 OUI! LOVED OINKS.
How sensitivo tho heart becomes
through yearn of lovel How dearer
day by day, and year by year, grow the
I darlings whom God hath giveo ua, aftd
blessed us ia the giving 1 At night,
when the day's turmoil is over, and the
evening of healthful recreation is past
when the weary head seelee its pillow,
and the troubled mind lays aside its
pressure of worldly oare-theo the
heart goes out to hs treasures, and the
involuntary prayer ascends for blessings
upon tho loved ones, and God give them
comfort and joy ; make their hearts to
sing; scatter the clouds whieh cucom
Kass them, and show them the olear,
right SUD of His meroy, which never
ceases to shine. How gladly, if we could,
would we place our arm beneath them
and bear them above the sorrows of lifo.
We would oot only share their grief,
but, if God would permit, we would bear
it in their stead, that their hearts might
over bo light, aud their faoes shine for?
ever iu sweet content. But every heart
must know its own?grief, and the best
we may do is to lighten the weight by
such sympathy aud aid as lie within our
power; and this is'much. A pressure
of tho hnud, a word of cheer, a look, a
toue-any expression which comesftotn
a true and loyal heart will bear the
heavenly blessing, and prove God's
messenger for good. God bless our loved
ones ! May their Beeret sorrows be open
to His merciful eye ; may the sad fore?
bodings which como of physical ills bo
turned to hopefulness through returning
health. If life'? responsibilities press
with cruel weight upon the already
overburdened heart, may strength be
given equal to the task, and may a way
bc opened leading out of the depths ol
darkness into the broad sunlight of Hit
love.
' If, in its weariness and distraction,
the loved heart grows rebellious, and
seeks to thwart the plans of Omniscience
may wisdom be given to soe that ever
I sorrow has its uses, and that a childlike
dependence upou the goodness of Goc
is not merely a duty but an act of faith
whieh brings Us rcwurd of peace and joy
God bless our loved ones,and those they
love! If the cares which lie heavies
on the heart take in the present anc
future good ot dependent souls, may He
who counts even the hairs upon out
heads, and who hecdeth the sparrow
when it fulls, causo His providentiu
cure to surround and protect thc?e dent
ones, und thus bring joy aud rest to th?
perplexed aud weary soul.
And who among us all have not loree
ones, to whom our hearts go out it. dui Ij
communion ; who live ever in ou
thoughts, and arc part and parcel o
every wish and aspiration ; fur'v h oin ou
pru)ers constantly ascend, and in whon
our very lives are wrapped up? Gut
pity the poor, dead, miserly soul lim
cannot find comfort in the happiness o
others. Thc heart that dwells constant!;
iu the dungeon of selfishness-that hm
not felt tho warmth and lifo giving vi
??or of a genuine human passion-tha
entrenches itself behind thc barricade
ol'mammon and self righteousness, am
gloats upou thc superior discern men
and cunning which prompts it to tur
away thc proffers of friendship and lov<
as it would spurn a ragged beggar frot
thc door-for such this bright world wti
not made. To such what meaning ca
there bc in thc beautiful things wilie
'.ome from God's hnud-tho brigl
summer days, tho breath of spring
laden with thc perfumo of flowers, th
songs of birds, thc cheerful greeting <
fi'tends, thc glad heart pulse wine
speaks of tho divinest of all huma
emotions, thc love which outlives a
sorrow, and grief, und discontent, nc
misundei-tanding, and even mortal lift
and which, it is blessed to know, wi
begin upon the other side only to gre
brighter and brighter throughout eterti
ty.
God pity the unloving nnd unlove
and bless, with such joy, and pence, ur
heavenly comfort ns cannot come fro
earth, our loved ones!-l'aekurv
Monthly,
CHA HIT Y.
The best charity is not that whic
giveth alms, but that which prompts t
to think and speak well of our fellow
men. It is a noble charity, if they I
condemned, not to gall their wounds 1
multiplying knowledge of their o
fence.
Wc aro nil ashamed to confess th
our quickest instincts are to think
of others, or to magnify tho ill of wilt
wc hear. Thcro is r universal shruj
ging of the shoulders, as much as to si
"Well, I suspected as much," "It's jt
like him," "I have suspected her sot
time," '?I could a tale unfold," and
on through an endless chapter, wi
which every person is more or loss
miliar.
He who say? "I could a tale unfold
yet holds it back, leaving the hoarcr
infer any and every ovil, stabs characl
with thc meanest, deadliest blow. \
who there (hut carries not this ev
ready weapon, this poisoned daggc
Tl' ? v harity that gives to help, n
not to iiimiliate, is good, but tho chi
ity that makes us "think no ovil"
botter.
Lot us seek to possess this char:
and practice it, for it alone is I
"charity that covcreth a multitude
sins."
-.-*>...- . --
-At Columbus, Ohio, thu other d
several young ladies refused to
baptised after a colored man had bi
?et down into tho font by the pastor.
-Why is ? tho happiest of
vowels? Hceaoso i is tn tho midst
bliss, c is in boll, and all the others
iu purgatory.
-lt is a bad sign when If preac
tries to drive homo his logic by thui
ing the dosk violently with his cieno
hand. His arguments are so fist loni
Extract from Minutos.
COUNCIL CH A M BK \
February 17th, 1870. }
Rtiolfxsd, That th* Ordin.no? entitled "An
Ordinance lo prevent the firing of fire-arms with
a the Corporate limit? of the Town" be repub?
lished for tb? information of all. And that the
.ame be rigidly enforced.
AN ORDINANCE
To prevent the firing of Fire-Arms with
in the Corporate limits of the Town.
D? it Ordaiutd 6y the /Mf?M<i?ttf and Wardtnt
of ike Town vf Sumer in Contcit AutmbUd,
That any person or person* discharging Fire
arma within tba Corporate limit? of the Town
?hall be liable to arrest anda floe of not leutben
five dollar? ($5,00.)
Ratified in Connell Assembled, this 27th dav of
November, A. D. 1808, uader the hand of
( L. 9?) the Intendant and the ?eal of the Curpo.
ration.
E. C. OREEN, Intendant.
J. 8. HoansoN, C. ? T.
Feb 23_?t_
A. WHITE,
Fire & Life Insurance Agent
SUMTER, 8. C.
UNDERWRITERS, AGENCY, N. Y.
SECURITY INSURANCE CO., N. Y
ENTERPRISE " ? Cino.
GEORGIA HOME " Geo.
RICHMOND BANKING IN, CO.
SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO.
[Memphis and Atlanta.
Capital Represented, $12.000,000.
SHERIFF'S SALES.
BY viriuo ->f gundry Execution? to me di rec t
ed, will be sold at Sumter Court House, on
tbo first Monday and day following in Mareh
next, wiihiu logal hour? of sale, to the highest
bidder, for ossh, the following property, situated
in 6umtor County, Purchasers to pay for titles
and stamps.
One Tract of 300 Acres of Land, more or less,
adjoining lands of 8. Durant, W. Durant and oth?
ers, lovicd upon aa the property or Chas. ll. Du?
rant, at the Hoparato suits of D. F. Fleming A
Co E?sa Murchison, W. If. Smith A Co., and
Wm. J. McLeod, Adin'r.
One Tract of 503 Acres of Land, more or less,
adjoining lands of Estate of 0. Chandler, Mason
Hearnes and John Pringle and othor lands of Wm.
Lewin, and land formerly of Graham A Coghlan,
levied upon as the property of William Low.
is, at the suit of Lemuel B. Oay, Adminis?
trator.
Ono Wagon and 1 Buggy, levied on asthe pro?
perty of James W. Richardson, at tho suit of John
Datoman.
One tract of 100 Acres of Land, adjoining
lands of Stephen Grooms and Sntnl. Mitohell,
levied upon as the property of Nancy Ivey, at the
suit of Cansan Mixon.
Ono tract of 387 Acres of Lend, more er less
in Sumter County, bounded by lands of J. T.
Solomons, A. J. Moses and J. H. Law, levied on
ns the property nf Thos Wells, at tho suits of M.
Moses, Wil<i di DeLorme and Wm. ll. Brunsen
(survivor.)
173 acres of land, bounded North hylands of
J. Rytteoborg, South by lauds of J J Jennings,
Kust by lands of J O White. levied on ns tho pro?
perty of Turnor Davis, at tho suits of C D llarby,
L O Pate, il ll Dukes, Ju?. Chandler, Ex'or und
other?. To be resold ut tho risk of the former pur?
chaser.
Stook of Ooods in Store, at the corner of Main
and Liborty Streets, levied on ns the proporty of
Jas. Darrell, at the suit of W T Purga A Co und
others. T. J. COO Lil AN, S. S. C.
Fcb2n_
The State of South Carolina
SUMTER COUNTY.
tn Court Common Picas-In Equity.
Lucius P. Loring, ~\
vs. I Bill for forolnsuro
Lnuringdon ll. Jonnings, { of Mortgage, Ac.
Sarah C. Dryan nnd others, j
IN obedience to tho order of salo, tootle in
this onee, dated I otb, January, 1870, 1
will offer fur salo, nt public outcry, at Sumter)
Court House, on tho fir.<t Monday in March noxt,
lor cash, tho tuortgago promises described in said
Dill) consisting of all that certain tract or par oui
of land, containing eleven hundred and forty
five aeres, situato and hoing in Sumter County,
In the State aforesaid, adjoining lands of J. N.
Frierson. J. K. Pollard, J. M. Pitts, W. H. Dur
m*t, Wm Darkely, L. II. Dinkios and ll. N.
Bradford,
Purchaser to pay for papors and stomps.
O. W. REARDON, C. C. P.
Feb 9-it_
Thc State of South Carolina.
IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
Edward A. Edwards, Astigneo,} Bill to Fore.
vs. > elope Mortgago
Sarauol Furman. J of Land.
IN obodionce to tho order of?nlo in tho above
stated caro, dated 15th January, 1870, [ will
otter for sale, at publie outcry, afr Sumter Court
Houso, on tho first Monday in Murch next, fur
cash, tho mortgagod premises described in ?nid
Dill, consisting of all that piece or parcel of
land containing about seventy-five acres, bound
edon tho. South west by the road leading from
Stoteburg to tho Bradford Springs, on tho North
east by land of Josoph D. White and other sides
by land of Charles M. Forman, said land lying
and being in Sumter Cou-ity and Stale aforesaid.
Purobasor to pay for papers and stamps.
O. W. REARDON, CC. P.
Fob 16-3t
Mercer & Johnston,
Commission Merchants,
COTTON FACTORS,
AND
Dealers in Corn,
1 Bowl/a Wharf.
Baltimore, Md.
Tho nndersgned, neting as Agent for the above
firm, respectfully informs tho publio thut ho is
prepared to fill ull order? for COHN or OATS,
upon tho most reasonable terms, and also solioits
consignments uf Cotton, upon which ho will ad?
vance three fourths of its Market Vnluo, ou the
day <if i>hipmotit, in cash or grain.
Cotton hold over if desired.
References givon if de.iirod.
Requesting you potrmcige,
I Rcmaiu Yours Truly,
Fob 2.1-t22ro. THOS. T. UI'SHUR. .Tr.
B. B. NASH. P. M. HUMS
NASH & DULIN,
WHOLESALE DEA LE US IN
Manufactured Tobacco.
SMOKING AND CUR WINO, OF
DIFFERENT ORA DES,
SUMTER, SO. CA.
ALSO
Keep a good supply of NORTH GAROMNA
RYE and COHN WHISKEY, SEO ARS, and
LIQUORS of various kinds.
TOBACCO at Whulosalo furnishod at Manu,
facturer?' Prices.
Country Merchants will do woll to call and
oxnmlne our ?tock.
All orders promptly exeeuie/l whon accompa?
nied with the emil.
The oustom of my old friend? whom I have
furnished hy wagon for sevoral year? la re?
spectfully solicited. .
B. R. NASH.
Oet. 0 -O.u.
AT THE
SUMTER BOOK STORE.
Floe Lot Toilet ?nd Eng Hah Caetlle 8oap,
Cheap, ?t th? SUMTER BOOK STORE.
MOCN?NO Paper .od Bovelepea to ko had
*t tb? SUMTER BOOK ST O KB.
GOOD Letter Parer at IO, 15 ?ad SO ct?, per I
quiro. I
Fool? Cap at 15 to SO ?ts.
Legal Cap, 111)1 Poper, .4e.
Sermon Paper, to bo bod low,
_At tho SUMTER BOOK 6T0RB
SUBSCRIPTIONS for all tb? Periodical! and
Nowepopara received,
_At tb? SUMTER BOOK STORE.
ACheap lot of Tooth B ruthe?, Hair Brashes
Bud Comb? to ba had
At tho 8UMTEK BOOK STORE.
LL Mia eellanenue and School Booka fnrniab
. nished at New York Retail Prices,
At th? SUMTER BOOK STORE.
A Lot of Beautiful Wall Paper, very oheap
!\_ At tba SUMTER BOOK 6T0H1?.
Fob S3
JAMES CALDWELL.
WHOLESALE ANO RETAIL DEALER IN
Boots, Shoes, Hats,
Tur L3L rere.? dbo.
Oppoaite J. T. SOLOMONS,
Sumter, So. Ca.
Feb 10 tloet.
- i., ,
COIT'S
MILITARY ANO COMMERCIAL
Academyi
Af A YES VIL L E, S. 0.
IN HHS INSTITUTION BOYS and YOUNO
MEN will be thoroughly fitted for COLLEGE
or BUSINESS.
In addition to Ancient and Modern Language?,,
the Soienoes and ordinary English Branoboa,
peselal instruction will be given in PENMAN?
SHIP, BOOK K KEF IN (J, Boeiuess Forma And
Aoeounts, and in Vooal Music
The Principal refera with pride and gratifica?
tion tc bia former pupil?, who have taken high
lion! t ion? in College or DUB ?nos?.
THE FIRST SESSION begin? October lat,
and cl osen February 16th.
THE SECOND SESSION begina February ICth,
and close? Juno 30th.
TERMS : $100 per Session for Board and
Tuition, invariably in ndvanco.
French, Oorman and Drawing extra.
For Circulars address
CAPT. WILLIAM n. COIT.
Mayesville, S. C.
REFEREES.
Rev. J. Lolghton Wilson, D. D., Dr. J. A.
Mayes, MaycavMle, SO, Ca.; Gen. W. L. T.
Prince, Chcraw, ?. C. ; Rev. J. B. Maok, Charles
too, S. C. ; Rev. G. W. Petrie, D. D., Montgom?
ery, Ala. ; Messrs. Blandiog ? Richardson,
Sumter. S. C.
Jan 26_t7July.
St. Joseph's Academy.
CONDUCTED BT TUB
Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy,
SUMTER, S. O.
THE Collegiate Exercises of thia
First Clasa Institute, will bo resumed
fon the 1st of September. A prompt
-attendance is requostcd in order to
facilit?te tho progress and arrange
mont of tho claise.. The now buildings ara
spacious ood elegantly finished, furnishing ae
conimodntious for nuo hundred boarders. The
extensivo ground.* and pin ?us ore ample for open
air exorcise, nnd youug Indies nre thoroughly
instructed in English Mathematics, French, Ita?
lian, Musio, Drawing, Painting, Ac, Ao. Location
healthy, air puro, waar good, and terms roaaon.
ahlo. For particulars apply to the Superieroaa of |
St. Joseph's Acadeuiy, Sumter, or to tho Supe
rioroDS nf tho Sinter? of Mercy, Charleston, who
will ondoovor to meet tho pressure ot tho times.
Nov. 10 _
MUSIC LESSONS.
Vocal ami Instrumental.
The undersigned having talton bis residence at
Sumter, will giro lessons in Singing and on tho
PIANO nud VIOLIN. He will likewise give io.
simenon* in FltENCII,GERMAN uod ARITH?
METIC.
TUNING OK PIANOS ATTENDED TO.
For further particulars, apply to bim at bis
reuidcuco in liurvin Street.
, ll. C. M. KOPFP.
Feb 2- *f_
WOFFORD COLLEGE.
SPAHT.tNBUltG C. II.,
SO. CA.
FACULTY'}
REV. A. M. 8H1PP, D. D., President, an
Professor .Mental aud .Merni Sri nco.
DAVID DUNCAN, A. M., Professor Anciont
Languages nnd Literature.
REV. WHITEFOORD SMITH, D.D., Professor
English Ll tern turo.
WAItltEN DU PRE, A. M., Ptofcssor Natural
Science.
JAS. IL CARLISLE, A. M., Professor Mathe
or?tica.
REV. A. ll. LESTER, A. M., Professor History
and Biblical Litcrntiiro.
The Preparatory Sehtol, undor tho immediate
! supervision of tho Faculty, Jno. W. SH1PP,
A. li.. Principal.
Dirinity School -Rev. A. M. Shipp, 7>. D.
Rov. Whitefoord Smith, D. D.j Rev. A. H
Lester, A. M.
Tho drat Session of tho Sixtconth Collogiote
Yoar begins on tho first Monday In Octobor,
ISfl'J, tho second Suasion bogins on tho first Mon?
day in January, It?70.
Tho com .-o ol' studios ?nd tho standard of |
ichiditrship rom ai ti unchungod, bot tho Faculty
now admit irregular Htudonts or those who wibh
to pursue particular studies only.
The Sohools also opon nt tho same time.
Tuition per yoar, in Cnllogo Classa*, Inoludinr
contingent foo, $54 in Specie, or its equivalent it
Currouny.
Tuition per yeer, in Preparatory School, inclua
lng contingent fie, itt in ourr.noy.
Bills pay ?Wo one half iu advance Board, pc
Month, from $10 to $1.0 in currency.
For further particular!) addross
A. M. SHIPP, Provident.
May Itf_ _ly
I H. ALEXANDER,
DENTIST,
BROAD STREET, CAMDEN, S. C.
Every description of work executed with
promptnoas, and In tho most approved and dura?
ble style. Sets of Tooth furnished at very mod
erato rates.
REFERENCES:
Gen. J. D- Hertha?, Camdon, S. C.
T. Barueh, M. D.. ?
L. ll. Deas, j? "
. J. M. Davit, Esq., " "
Jan 6 Om
Msnufacturodjbr
Harbeck, Coiiklin ? Willis,
Manujacturers of
Stoves, Tin and Japaned Ware,
And AgtDlD for
Kaoline and Enameled Ware.
For ??lo by
L. P. L01UX?, Agent,
Juno 9-_80 inter 8. C.
Spring ?lid Summer
IMPORTATION*
1870.
Millinery and Straw Goods,
ARMSTONG CATCH & CO.,
Importers nod Jobbers of
BONNET, TRIMMING and VELVET RIB?
BONS.
Bonnet Silke, Satina and Velvets,
Blunda, Nett?, Crapes, Ruchos, Flowers,
Feathers, Ornaments,
Straw Bonnets ?nd Ladies' Hute-Trimmed
and Untrimmed,
Shaker Hoods, 4o.
287 and 289 BALTIMORE ST.,
BAI/riiflORB, KID.
Offer tba Largest .Stock to be found in this j
Country, and unequalled in choleo VAriuty and
cheapness, comprising the latest Parisiuu Nov?
elties.
Orders solicited, and prompt attention given.
Feb 16_
BALTIMORE AND WILMINGTON
Weekly Steamship Line,
.COMPOSED OF
The First Class Steamships1
Lucille,
(W. 6. HARRINGTON, Commander.)
James A. Gary
(H. h. HALL, Commander.)
One of the abeve Steamships ?rill leave BALTI?
MORE and WILMINGTON every
SATURDAY,
forming ? Regular
WEE KL Y L IN E.
and tho only authoriaed through conncotion with
Wilmington A Manchester Railroad.
COTTON and other Produre consigned to our
eare will be shipped to BALTIMORE by first
steamer,
FREE OP COMMISSION.
Having covered Wharves In WILMINGTON
and'DALTIMORE, goods cnn be received ut all
times and be properly protected.
A. B. .SH EPPERSON A CO., Ag'ts,
Nos. ll and 12 North Water Street,
Oct 20 ^VNmington, N. C.
Established 1834.
Gr. H. Reese
& Brothers.
207 & 209 W. Pratt Street
BALTIMORE, M. D.
WHOLESALE AND
FAMILY GROCERS
WE RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE
Citizens of Sumter mid its vicinity, thal
we uro propar<td to furnish
Every Article in <rar Line,
(Except Spirituous Liquors )
At <w Lote Ralee as any Home in
the United States.
Our long nxpcrlonco and unsurpassed facilillos
for procuring goods upon (ho mus? favorable
terms, enable us lo guarantee satisfaction to
evory purchaser. Wo pay particular attention to
T ES -A- JSr,
and can at any time, out of our extensive stock,
furnish the fiuost, ns well as all other grades that
come to this country. Purchasers mi.y r. ly upon
Laving their goodsearefolly packed, aud pr rapt?
ly forwarded.
Sept 22 Am
JAS. BARRAL & CO*
COTTON
1 AMD CEN EE AL
COMMISSION" MERCHANTS
2S WHITEHALL STE BET,
(Lower omi of Broadway.)
NEW YORK.
- Liberal advanoa made upon Bills Ending.
Nov SI ? 6mos.
(?E().Z.FRI:NCH.
Commission Merchant
-AMI? -
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
WILMINGTON, Ne ?.
WILL PUBLISH. August 1st, for Fret
Distribution, a Catalogue of LA NUS FOK
I SALE IN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
I Seed in a description and price of landa.
fefU- No charge uuh.Sn a' sal? is eiWled
-INTU?S
Highest Style of
fm
Old Carolina Bittj^M|
A Delightful Toiile;^^
WK TAKE G HEAT PLEASURE IN
FEEING THE . .? '?C.vV?^B
OI.D CAROLIN A mTT?ba3|f
to til? (millie. They nre<?imp-i?mU?l "P* fN&jCra
euro, ?ntl contain ??nm of iii? ho<i Tynie?'\\> tho '*a
IMiummeopi?. A? evidmiru of.iho .rupettorjunSftS
?ur HITTERS ovor nil nthcr-. we h kvV^rf????
outee (mm umny of tho bmdl? ;r pli.vr5ci-.vne lu-**?tf^q
Sute, who huvo protoribid. tl.roi tn their jttu$n
The Old Carolina . Bitte^g
Will bc frond invtilniili'o fur - ^;<'?r?fl
WANT Ol' APPETITE, <!EV!..11AL PEB PrV$B
ITV. CHILLS AM) FEVi.K' AND.JiWg!?
PEPSIA. ->iv!$?
Wo rio not offer our HITTERS :m o our? for-0?Wj?{
.lisetiKcc, but nenn Aroiualio'T?:itc, they htt've^m^,*
'pur ?nie by Orugglac lind Oiocors ovcrrwLc&??li
Principal Dcp.it, ' * . r\
Goodrich, Winaman & G^fll
Importers of - j ->%BSB
CHOICE DRUGS AND CIIEMHMLS,.^'^
Fob 18-ly_Chiirli'-M'in, 8?*?w?|ja
PKCON?X XKCtfH
Wor?is. ?fl
-o-**$|S
John F. Taylor & 0o.-;
H 5 J CV KS SO lt S TO V A I?I BRON Ac CO.. *K
Engineers, Boiler-Makbrs, &C$|
Nos.4, 0, 8, 10 & 12 PR-ITCH ARD$C|
(NUAR THE DRY DOCK), *01
CHARLESTON) SO. C#?Wi
-o- BOT
Steam Engines ant! Boilei4^
MARINE, STATIONARY A PORTABLE/^
Rice Treshers, and Mills
every description. V
Shafting Pullies and Gearing, ?
Iron Fronte for Buildings/
Castings of every kind
in Iron or Brass. ,V Ai
We guarantee to furnish Engines
and Boilers of as good qual- ;3
ity and power, and at
as low rates as can
be had in . jj
New York, Baltimore or Phjla- y
delphia.
AGENTS FOR 'gi
JUDSON'S CELEBRATED ' GOV- 1
ERNOR AND STOP VALVE;
which are put ou all of our Engines, A
Fob IO-3m_\. '- . ^
PHOTOGRAPHS^
AT REDUCED PRICES.
_
JESSE H. UO?Ji!?8?' ;;:>
FINE ART GALLERY, NORTH-EAST COMER^
Kins and lUnikct ?licet?, ^
CHARLESTON, S. C.
PUOCELALV i Ali ENESSE3 \
LIFE-SIZE PORTRAITS,
In Ott, Wafer, anti Fusid Coloj?M
Taken in t'o '
iiiuiiuvr PUicirxtcrao.N os' ARV. J
P ll OT OH il A PII s
OF ALL A7.V.0.V AX J) ZlZ??l'?
__F?b l?-nn> " '
A. K.'sTaS^^?K^I
(Formerly of F >?:,? tl ic- <t S;'.i;n.iin.)
-DEA I.ER IN- . m
FOREIGN A ND HO M?$ TI Qi
Dry Goods, Hosiery, 1
FANCY GOOD^ NOTIONS &$M
2X1 Kin;/ Sfrt-tt, IC?iV?, "/
Fi?UKI ll noni! Jlhl.iMV WKNTtVnl'.TU STi.t-fiT, Jj
Oppo.-ilo the H?'h-r? Il-.u. c, ? >
CIIAR?-ESTOy, S. C?
Terms Cash or City Axe(7.Iiincc. |
Fuh IG-.lin Jf|g
B. JOHN80H & OC?.i
UMBRELLA MAS?FACTB?ZfBffj
yoi KING fciTiiiii-rr; J
Charleston, 3. ?,
AFEEL n-.mr-in-nt nf I'M lill F5.1,AS*. A'S li '/
. PARASOLS, iiiwfiv." ?il 1.?iM?, muer i?nlj<
chonpor limn noy ImpM'tcd,
Wholesale ? Itcla?.
A largo iioct.rii u n: .?j* Vi'A 1,1(1 Ni; ?'A\
Wo pity c-pfriiil iiiiriiii'.ii io ino i..?.. u.'l'e^VrSj
j'' BUGGY UMBRELLAS, ?J
which wo cnn fu'iii-li a- Nw AK ?nv I I.UHJ Nojf>>V
ill.d of ii Loiter (frillly I? i liv I'KKK. \ .'. ^
I7A VA LEXT? '?X ' \ ~
SEGAR FAC??JVSy
HAVE Fou ,-AI.I: ?.?- .!...;.?. .-.',&t?HgS
r .n- Hu i ,H.n i sfc'G \Hi. A.-'i. 'f,^itW8W
! mtiiia Sezom ?it ! <w lul -.x. J, . ?; <;?J
1 A I. f ii C IJ A ii ; I. J:'OVA (J^H