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?, THE WEEK. ;?fl*!d Adver tieer says the lb bo waking ap on tb? qnastioo, ?od that ii is onster temperance meeting Chicago recently, irai disability bill, which poll ti cal disabilities, ia now ?er?tion in comtuitto, ?od j is cou Adc n t ly exprc- ?ed lott both house* ot Congress ie colored Senator from Mis instructed the door-kee per? er tba ?ards of any visitors >g tbe sessions of tho Sen dored friend? were disposed ri vi leges" add crowd into the Senate. This was too ie Radical nostrils of the ts Senate, and hence Revels' door-keepers, o, in Utah, is seven feet it was ten years ago, and is l 'j ?ousinuriy rising. It has been urged r by 'those who have paid attention to tho ; - subj eec that the rise of water there s?V. would produce a solution of the Mormon fe quest iou bei oro Congress would act upou Tho Colombia correspondent of the H ftharleeton Am s is incliued to fear that y th? second movement to complete the fhmous canal is all sham. Spraguo's - ?gent took j'me bunds with shovels, who :* shovelled lor two days, when the work ?5 ?gain ceased. .Tim looks very much u Uko trifling.. At tho rcocnt Municipal election of . : ' ^Bdgetield, us wc learn from the Adver? tiser, a committee of Democrats and Rc V. publicans met in conference and agreed ? ; upon u ticket, which waa elected without Kc -coutest, and is tis follows : Intendant, \t * X>. L. Tumor j Wardens, T. W Car? . ' .wile, I). H. Dur iso*, Lawrence Cain, ! Paris Simpkins. This itt, uo doubt, the I wisest course to bo pursued. Thc Edgcfield Advertiser says: --Thc llouso of Representativos before ail L jourpiug, voted Speaker Moses-the '? v~ enrolling oiliccr who formerly weeded ? so wido a row in Edgcfield-$000 ns a gratuit!/. A gay gamboled- is Speaker Moses. And gay pambolccrs require . ; much mouey to keep up their gambo ."' leering." Revels prcscutod, a few days ago, a -petition from tho Mississippi Legisla-j toro, setting forth that tho State had ' . adopted a constitution Republican in ? form, passed the 14th and 15th Amend? moots, and asking for thc removal of j political disabilities from all citizens of v that State, lt is supposed that this \ would includo Jefferson Davis. The State Medical Association hos .recently had a meeting a Nickcrson's 7 ./ Hull, Columbia. About twenty physi ^ oiaus wero present. Tito address of T,' President Tally was of much interest. .. Dr. john T. Darby subiuiited anuble paper cn "Jiair Sutures?-' exhibiting them in 'comparison with those of thread, wire, &c. A-writer in the Greenville Mountain *0er says-.tho idea, of a young man without . capital regarding hiwsolf as an overseer on n farm with some three or four ?' laborers, is simply absurd. Ile must. ? lead-not drive. Ile must not say to bis laborers, "go," but "come." There ia no alterative. False gentility and fuiluro, of genuine manliness aud suc? cess. Ouc of thc editors of tho Newberry / Herald made a "(lying visit" to Colum? bia on^.he heels ol' tho adjournment of Y^the Legislature, and, in his paper, speaking of tho operations ol the civil rights bill says: "lu ono coso where a benighted son ol' darkness demanded a . "shuvo," und became insulting, a billet of wood on thc tup of his head routed both him and tho ?dca." An uu-civil way of giving him his civil rights. AN Ki.<>Qi;i-;vjr AND xui.'XIIrri. SPliliCH. "I mean to say," said lion. John Quincy Adams last week to thc Ruston Constitutional Club, "and I say it with a sense of responsibility, tliut to-duy ; there is nothing ui*tho old Constitution of our lathers left to us except what was ulwnys understood and believed by thom to bo a mere incident ol' constitutional gower, und that is this war power " . * * + ??The old constitu? ional edifico of i he fathers was built of thc white marble ol thc States, which they v brought together voluntarily as a work of love, and piled up there, ono by one, each iu pride and delight, stone niter -,stone to thc beautiful and symmetrical edifice under which wo all li.e. (Ap? plause.) Rut what is this thing which ,. ? wo now soc there in Washington '{ Is !.. that built of those stones? Is that put . together by any such hands ns those which cemented the old capitol '( Why, * gentlemen, it is built ol' tho volcanic ri . lava, hot yet from thc results of tho outpouring of tho mount (applause.) , ?y end it is clamped together by great bands of black, rusted, iron felters. (Applause.) D's no such edifice- at nil j ?nu1 now we have in tho Presidential ii ohair a man who, when ho swears to protect, and dol'ooJ, and preserve thc Constitution, seems to think (hat this is .., the Constitution which he swears to , preserve." r , . Alluding to a proposition which was N made in tho Massachusetts Legislature ? a low days before lu lire a hundred guns 00 Ruston Common in honor of (ho pas? sage of (ho fifteenth amendment, Mr. Adams sahl: "I was only sorry (hut I t ' was not in the Legislature to propose, us an amendment to it, that, tho United ( Slates bo humbly solicited to allow tho State of Mn-umcbUKCtts lo fire that salute 2R Jirom. h'ort Wu-rrou, und that tho guns i might bo shot teil, ?ri order to -how tho , . nropess by which I ho amendment hud \Y been earned." .. t-Ar- Alexander T. Stewart says : "He who invests ono d ellar in business should ' invent ono dollar in udvcrtining." Ro* bert Bonner uuys: '\Mv success isowing to roy liberality In advertising." Rsr . nuin ?fly? liborHl udvfrtiYtng mud?, him s million dollars iu ten years. Stephen f?iraid said : '-ConMunt and persistent I *di erasing ts u sure pr-Jud? tu wealth." [TOE IJRKINftBST tPT OF iLL! I ?ADM ?J A Iff NOW PITCHKS IrTT* . - M I I The intimation tfca? li? will ft? aeat berk, lo CungrtM . Diesrece to th? Weiro If ac?. , The Mia iona ry Record, Daddy Cain's paper, of ?March 12, gores the wounded and dying carpet bagger and high priest of Radicalism, io the following fierce way : BENJAMIN V. WU I TTE MORE, VERSUS NE QUO HONESTY. a We have refrained from uttering a word iu relation to the conduct of tho above named gentleman, and the cir? cumstances ot his disgraeo by expulsion from tho House of Representatives in Congress, for the sale of r. cadetship. If wo are to be guided b tho opinions expressed by the leading journals of tho country, Mr. Whittemoro has disgraced the position whioh he occupied to such a degree that under uo circumstances could he hope for restoration, by his constituents ; wo have heard that it is his purpose to appeal to tho people, to scud him .back again* as a means of vindicating his course; we believe that tho largest vote which he received was that ot'thc colored people iu hts district, we know that they have been tnado to bclievo that no man was ever so great as Mr. Whittemoro, but we aro greatly mistaken if, when they are informed of ] the terpitude of his crime, that they will ever cast a vote for him to roturu to Congress, as their representative. Wc know that there is a certain class of men, who believe that the colored people are the greatest dupes io creation, aud that they will do any mean thing that any mean white man from tho north may wish done, but we can assure the country that there are no negroes so debased in this State who, wheu inform? ed of that gentleman's couduct, will cast his vote to return him to Congress, and thus disgrace themselves by partaking I of his crime. We protest, in the name of an out? raged people against any attempt of] either Mr. Whitemore, or any of his friends to disgrace the negro race, by any such intimations that they will send him back to Congress, as a vindi? cation of his cour.se. The negro is low enough down now, without dragging him tu tho last sink, with hopeless de? pravity. It hus been thc policy of our w iii te Republican friands to hold that no colored man Was capable of occupying so high and dignified position as a rep? resentative in Cougrcss. Well, if any colored man can cup this cadetship gentleman io corruption, wo should like to Gnd him out. Wo do not believe that there is a colored man in South Carolina who would bo so mean as to sell the privilege of sending a worthy colored man to West Point, if he found no white man's son whom he be? lieved it would be just to encourage to send there. They would have regarded it, of too high a character to barter away fm- mann/. Wo say to those who believe tn tho iuferiotity of the negro, gentle? man ! we aro too proud of our man? hood, too appreciative of the high boon of freedom, ord national glory to be found indulging in suoh contemptible business.. When again we are ea lied upon to vote wo shall cast it for one whom wo believe worthy. U llirriO^IORK'S DEFENCE. The expelled carpet-bag Congress? man Whitemore, han publis'icd a lot? ter defending his sale of the cadetship, aud announcing himself as candidate for re-election. Ile says that recent de? velopments have satisfied him that his resignation was a hasty and unnecessary step, and adds : "I do nob hesitate to say that tho Republicans and Demo? crats regard the whole transaction as unparalleled io haste and severity; and I furthermore I repeat t hat < ? enera I Lo? gan himself, the day uf:er my resigna? tion, did not report a resolution of cen sure instead of expulsion, that he did not believe my intention wrong, that he hoped I would bc returned to Congress and mat ho would bo thc first mau to welcome my return. ''Such has been the chango already, which, ofoourso, brings a little balm to the wounds inflicted. Tho hop? ex? pressed by n very largo number of thc members of thc House that I may bc returned to Congress is tho evidence that, while they wero pressod into a seeming acquiescence in this hasty ac? tion of a few Hotspurs, they aro still openly friendly, and they express every confidence in my honesty and integrity in this whole matter. I shall como again to my constituents, whose confi? dence I have never violated. I shall ask them to give mo ..licit- votes and send me back to my place, made vacant by uo dishonest action." IHVI THO! NANI? IMU.I,Alts IN SOLID HOLD FOUND HIDDEN BENEATH THE SOD. Yesterday afternoon a gentleman named Wm. Pole, who reccutly pur chased and is now improving a lot nour thc eastern terminus of Twelth street discovered on his promises a treasure of ?no trifling import. He was digging for tho foundation of a house. NTcur the j roots of an old tree that had long ago ?been cut down, Mr Palo was freely ufeing his spade when suddenly it struck something solid and apparently i in mo? vable Digging around thc ?bjcot it was soon brought up to light. It proved to bc a small iron chest, rusty, but heuvy und solid. It was nt I once removed from its bed under the ? earth, and with sotuo dilFiculty opened, j Imagine tho surprispipind delight of I Mr. P. on discovering ^herein gold to tho amount of 85,620/' With tho gold ! was also found a not?, and in -the note i wai legibly written \ > . Hidden fromi tifo soldiers in 1861. If I never return, and this is dijonvored thu findet will ploaao devoto half the amount to charitable purpose, and the bataneo he onn kocp for his own usc. I ai^ nu old man, with not a relativo in Missouri. J. C. WAITE. Tho rooney has been placed in bank. Mr. P., we understand, intend* fllllfill ?rig the written ropiest of the old man to tho lotter, and especially gladly, n doubt, will ho appropriate ?'tho ba In noe* referred to in Mr. Waite's note.-Kan tai City Mnc$, Feb. 18. WE?NE8DAY. M A ?CH 16; A. A. jBjjgj-- . - . . . . w . . EWTOR The Sumter Watchman lias by far Ute largest circulation {espe? cially in the surrounding country) of any paper published in Sumter, and teas established in 1850. ?ST Cotton at New York on the 14th inst, dosed firm, at 21 J. Gold olosed unsettled 112. TOB PR RS? RIBBT1N?. The anti-radical editors of the. State seem generally to have agreed as to the practicability of a meeting for confer renee as to the course to be pursued, or rather, the position to be taken, by thom, in tho coming oletions, before the peo? ple. We have no doubt such a course is prudent, looking to harmony in the State, and to this ond wo trust that the meeting may bo successful. STATE' CENSUS). The census of 1870, as compared with that of 1860, shows a tota] decrease of population of the State of 42,(500. Ol this decrease, it is a significant fact, that of tho colored population largely preponderates, tho decrease of whites, being lb,427 and of colored 42,609. When tho greater number of oolorod is considered - C86, 138 to 274,961 white-and the decima? tion of whites by tho war is takon into account, the faot stated is striking. Many blacks have left the State since the war, and yet the same may be said of the whites, aud wo must therefore conclude that tho mortality of the form? er has greatly exceeded that of tho lat? ter, and that this mortality has largely increased since emancipation. In 1860 -just previous to tho beginning of thc war, it stood, whites, '?91,388 ; colored, 412,320-colored majority, 120,932. In 1870, whites, 2T4,961 j colored, 386,138 -colored majority, 111,177-a decrease of the oalored majority of 9,755. If the fearful mortality of whites, from tho results of the war, could bo correctly estimatod, it is likely that at least 10, 000 more would be added to this de? crease of the colored majority. Sumter is one of a few couutics in which tho whites have increased nnd the colored people decreased since tho war. "HOM*: IS THE DEAREST SPOT ON EARTII OTO I?1E.*> Those are the words of a youth of our community, now absent from home, as contained in a recent letter to his parents. Feelings and expressions of love for homo and thc dear ones who gather about the domestic hearth, arc en? nobling; and when commingled with that more sacred and purifying sense that comes from thc inspiration of tho love of God in the heort, produces an elevation and satisfaction of thc soul far richer and moro precious than anything which can come tu us, from associations and com ming] ?n^'s with the outside world. The softening and holy tears of affection flow, when wc dwell upon tho one, whilst a joy serene aud undisturbed nnd full of unutterable bliss, swells thc heart, wheo we drink deeply ot thc oth? er. "Home is thc dearest spot on earth tonto." How often hos the emotion, inspired by a feeling such ns this, sud? denly checked tho wayward youth, or ^t may bc thc man of sterner years, in the pathway of dissipation and ruin. Thoughts of a mother's tears, and a mother's prayers-of her sweet, gentle attentions-of a fathers lovo and de? votion-of dear sisters and brothers gathered within thc charmed circle of home, have come flooding tho soul opening up again its fountains of tender ness, and bringing contrition and re? morse, when they are insensible to ull other influences. How careful, then, should parents bc, in making those impressions of them? selves and home, upon tho miuds of j their children, which they arc to bear with them when they lonvc tho parental roof, and go out to battle will? the.world, and bravo the fcarlul tide of its tempta? tions. OPERATION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS Dili Ii? Now that thc great fight has been made over thc civil rights bill, and it has become a law, tho workings of it do not scorn to give satisfaction to those who clamored most for its passage. The truth is, tho mass of the colored pcoplo care nothing about it, while those of beter reason aud intelligence and moro modesty do not euro to thrust themselves into positions which produce mutural unpleasantness ; and wo apprehend.that this UCW law will produce but little chango upon former usuagos in this respect. A lettor written from Columbia, at tho time of tho adjournment of thc Legislature, has tho following : To night small crowds of negro??? aro making a practical experiment u? to the effect of tho Civil Hight? Hill. Thoy have visited bar-rooms, and havo boon refused, tried to bo shuved in barber shops ; one or two havo been knocked down by irate, coloicd barbers; and ap? plied for admission to hotels. In ono nf tho bar rooms thc proprie? tor hud tho wip handlo of them. He had been reading tho Courier. When they askod for a drink ho anid they couldn't have it. "Why, bcoauso 1 don't like YOU ; I sall liquor to whom I pitase?" '?Well, why don't you like ?" "I don't like your olothes; I don't like your actions, I don't like yon? Ulk ; yon don't behave like gen I tleasen ; but mind yo?, I don't object to jon on account cf your race, color, dr previous condition." The uegroes 'lek with a flea In their ear, and with a spe? cies of disgruntlement whioh they exhi? bited by planting themselves on the aide walk, eursiug the proprietor end endea? voring to or?ate a disturbance.. Some of tho negroes ?re precipitating a Bori cus difficulty, and they don't know it. WHITTBHIOUB AT Si nxKH. ffe Arrives at 1 o'clock on Saturday, 12th-One colored man escorts him from the Depot-Ac comes with hold front through the business street and goes directly into tlie Sheriff's Office Ile speaks-small attendance of his constituents. On Saturday last, when it was an nounced on the streets that Whitten.ore bad arrived, thc feeling produced among tbe whites was akin to that excited by tho approach of a menagerie. All eyes were turned in the direction of the said road-a considerable number of colored people were on the street at tho time. These seemed to bo rather confused, and stood iu motionless silence. Ho comes ! With bold frout and quick step-holding nn umbrella over him? self, ono colored man with another um? brella, walking by his .sido. He moves rapidly, bib eye glancing quiokly from sido to side as he approaches. He seems to hare no words with his escort,- and darts into tho Sheriff's Office? Tho colorod people stand off at respectable distance and look on, as though they wore almost ready for a Stampede. Soon it leaks out that he has failed to get the usc of tho Court IIouso in which to display his oratorical powers in appeal to his constituents, for sympathy and redress of his terrible grievances, and that ho will hold forth at the Emanuel Church, near tho Hail Hoad Depot. Soon he moves out from his retreat (after proclamation by tho Sheriff) iu the direction of the piuco indicated. Hut few seem to follow. There is cer? tainly no general movement on the part of the latgo number of blacks that now stand on thc streets. Here we loose sight of the honorable gentleman. Wc learn that he speaks to a small crowd o? colored people, and, pouring forth thc story of his wrongs, with c?o quenco sublime, and pathos touching, and fcoliug deep and moving, he finally gets up some little enthusiasm among his hearers. And when ho finally puts thc question, "will you vote for mo again?" "Yes!" is heard in reply from a number of voices. GEN. D. F? BUTLER AND SI If ED w.vHu ii Uli WER LYTTON BART. Gen. Butler hus a great dislike to Bulwer, as tho English Novelist is generally called, and this dislike is of very recent or'gin. It is said that he read thc novel called " \ Strange Story," to a certain passage, which proved so offensive to him, that he threw down tho volume in great wrath, and declared if Bulwer had been in Pompii in its Last Days, it would have been better for thc world. A gentleman who was present at this outburst of passion, picked up the volume as thc (jcnoral flung out ol'] thc room with mighty strides, aud fe mid it open at this place: "Aye, true ; thc vulgar proverb says it is good to be born .with a silver spoon in one's mouth; so it is when one has one's own family crest on it ; but when it is a spoon on whioh people recognize their family crest, and cry out, 'stolen from our plato chest !' it is a heritage that outlaws a babe in his cradle"-p.p. 155-Globe edition. This scene occurred just after tho ex? pulsion of thc Kev. Mr. Whittcruore. 1.1 HICK A !.. Thc House of Representatives before it adjourned voted Speaker Moses five hundred dollars extra, besides his six dollars a day. This was quite liberal with other people's money. What right had these members of the Leg? islature lo take five hundred dollars of I the public funds and give to Frank Moses? If they wanted to mnko him a present why did they uot tako tho money out of their own pockets to do it with ? Fifty cents a day is what thc majority ol his constituents biro for, and why should he bc paid ten dollars ? Such extravagance as this is thc cause of high taxes and low wages. Wake up dar k i es.-Kingstrett Sta r. .I na: < A Uli rsm I' i'i:i)ii,i;i[s. Thc New York Tribune intimates that thc peddlers in endotship will be rigorously dealt with to tho lasi man, and thc Rodorick lian dom Butler has "only aggravated bis punishment by ef? forts lo delay it." Says tho Tribune "Mr. R. ll. Butler, ot i cnnesKco, only aggravates his punishment by ef? forts io delay it. Tho defiant air of Mr. Wbitteiuoro robbod him of all pub lie sympathy, tho obstructions which Mr. Butler attempts to throw in the way of his propor punishment for on offence which he docs not deny and hardly at? tempts to palliate, will bring upon him tho public contempt. Tho public ex? pects tho Millitary Oom mitt 00 to doits full duty in this mutter; and titcro is not tho least occasion to suppose, what? ever D?mocratie papers may suggest, that this painful duty will bo evaded cither for politioal or personal reasons." B?ftv Tho Hon. W. F. DoSaussuro comly departed this lifoj on Sunday night, tho 13th instant, in the seventy ninth yoar of his ago, having boon born in tho city of Charleston on tho 22nd of February, 17Q3. , TB? ?BtBHT. Thif ?a a subject of deep iutereet, in ; a political potot of ?tejr, to ?rery ?rae Southern patriot. Tho present hoar is one of deep humiliation to everj South ero white man. It really would seem, that the Molock of Northern despotism ?Radicalism- would hare been satiated, after devouring the whole wealth of the Sooth, and degrading lier to a gov? ernment in which she has no oootrol ; but io the elevation of the negro to a first position, and putting all politioa) and oivil jurisdiction in his hands, bas caused tho humiliation and degradation of the South to reach a depth, wbioh is beyond the power of lauguago to fathom. One would havo thought that, freeing tho negro, whioh, at one stroke, removed from tho South its chief basis of wealth-the repudiation of her cur? rency, -winch took every .dollar from her pocket, and emptied thc treasury of every bauk-the mardi of soldiery thiough her length and breadth, cap? turing horses aud mules, stripping ber citizens of their food, clothing and sil? ver plato, and burning tho giu houses, dwelling houses, and cotton, leaving her in the most absolute penury, would have so glutted the appetite for revengo, that long beforo this, a revolution of feeling would have taken place, and a generous sympathy ireou awakened, and like Israel of old, when she had cruelly treated Benjamin, would have been found in tears for her misfortunes. But how bitter and unrelenting must boa hatred, whioh, after perpetrating tho cruelest acts of war, in tho heat of pas? sion, subjecting the perpetrators to the charge of barbarity, rather thtiu to a claim of the civilization of the nineteenth century, should shook thc sensibilities of tho whole civilized world, by consign, ?ng an equal, brave, aud patriotic peo? ple, to thc eulin, oool, afterthought uud deliberation of the present time, to a cruelty worse -than heat hen ism could have devised. The uegro, thc former slave of the South, whose color, physi? cal structure, aud mental development., shows him to be thc inferior ot' every other type ol' humanity, und utterly in capable of thc highest order of civiliza? tion, and muong whom, when of pure negro blood, not oven one exception of a great intellect can bc found, even ut tho North, where for years ho has en? joyed all tho blessings of education and association, is advanced, not to equality, but by numerical strength, toa superior posit iou to tho white mun, and the whole political power placed in his hands ; and thc white man, whoso col or, physical cou formation, rational in stiucts, and mental capabilities, make him tho superior of all other grades ol' men, is put under his political control ; and then, os though she feared thc es? cape of the victim Iront her teeth und claws, passes, "by hook and by crook," thc fifteenth amendment to the consti? tution, by way ol'perpetuating this in? famy to thc lust limes. "Action and reaction aro equal and in opposite directions," is an axiom as true iu governments as it is in physics. This condition ci things cannot last always. It is as unnatural us it is cruel, as un? reasonable as it is inhuman, and cootia diets, at once, the laws of civilization uud human development. Who can suppose that that strange thing-called tho Legislature ol' Suuth Carolina-a mixture ol'white, yellow and black, with little reason und much nonsense, little judgment, and much stupidity, little virtue, and much corruption, which can not bc compared to anything iu thc heavens above, thc earth beneath or thc waters under thc earth-a hybrid, which is neither fish, bird, nor beast, which, like Nebuchadnezzar's image, is part metal and part miry clay, can perpet? uate its owu existence for any number of years! A b?dy that has legislated, and legislated, until neither chicken or pig is see ii ve in tho yard ol' honest industry, and a crop is stolen before it can bc gathered (rom the field ! A body, which, by its legislation, has caused rascality to rise to a commanding pre? mium, and honesty to sink below par whioh has made dishonesty strut in hoots and broad cloth, und truth and honesty weep in secret ! A budy, which is becoming us disgusting to thc honest und industrious negro, us it hus been for a long time to tho white man. How long cutt it perpet?alo itself? OHS KU VE lt. "OKoi? rilli M I;ito." Thc Radical papers at ihc North arc all echoing thc cry, '-diop tho negro " They instinctively realize the fact tlitit his popularity is on tho wane, and he must soon assume bis real character in the great theatre ol' American politics. Ol'course tlity aro ns yet cautious in this heresy, nod confine themselves to abuse ol l'hilips, for wishing to r.ppro priato laud to Sambo; Howard, for wish? ing to gi VJ him monoy*; Summer, for wanting to charge thc nation with the education ol' pickaninnies; ll?vela, for presuming to a scut in tho Senate. These ure only thc outposts now being engaged, but the eiWidcl which en? shrines tho ebony idol U plainly in great danger. His high priests aro being turned upon his purty, and in a very short time, he, too, will bo left to hoe his own ro?v Now if Sambo is clever, ho Will realize th! i ?',ct and ac? cept tho situation, hy honestly working in his own sphere Directing newly acquired privileges toward it legitimate result and properly discriminating bo tween his real anti his deoiitl'ul friends, he can become a most uselul member of society, and r?quiro by merit that station and importance of which ho is soon to be deprived, whoo tho Radicals "drop the negro." m wnw MMrmm'rnmmmfnm. POMTBd CONFECTIONERY, by Jean W. Dargan-Fina Sogar? ?ad Saoklag Tobacco, Pip??, Ac^roekery and Oh?? Wari. Fia? Caa diaa at rodaeed p?io??, and, oheorli g to hear specie pajm??t returned. Bea ad?ert(cement. FANCY GOODS, CANDIES, ?\o-Frank Folsom'? Headquarters for ?heap gooda contin? ues to bo a placo of attraction for tho ladle?. Ho gires particular at'eotlon to the Fancy Depart? ment, and Mr?. F. to the Confectionery-tho 6oufton and department of goodie* generally.-? Look to the advertisement. JOHN 8. HUQHSON, nodor the Photograph Gallery-Fruit, Confectionery,.Paney and Heavy Groceries, Glas? aud Crockery Ware, Pine Se? gura, Mercbnum Pipe? and Smoking Tobacco. All these at very low prices. See advertisement SUMTER BOOK STORE Some moro new Book?, some of which are mentioned In adver? tisement, and various grades of writing paper?, at astonishingly low pricos. LIFE INSURANCB-Piedmont ond Arling? ton Life Company, of Virginia-Loaphart, Jef? ferson A Runsom, General Agents. Capt. Geo. B. Lako. of EdgeBeld 0. H., Superintendent of 1 Agencies for tho Slate of South Carolina. SALE, by T. J.-Coghlan, Sherhf, on the first Monday in April, of eleven hundred and forty fi vo acres of land in Sumter County, in the oas? of L. P. Luring v8. Lauringdon R. Jennings. OBITUARY. MRS. MARY ANN SWINTON, the subject of tbia notice, was born Juue 25, 1832, and died February 26, 1870. Afflictions do not often come alone. The war vio tiiulited one brother, disease shortly after bore off | tho excellent mother, and then her noble husband died while yet in the full vigor of manhood, in a distant city, wither be had gone to engage in business having, like thousands, lost all bis earthly possession? by tho casualties of war. Tho dusoluto and boreaved widow, with abalterod beulth, brought buck bis mortal remains and deposited them In kindred earth. She caine back, Uko Naomi of old, Booking consolation from relatives and the friends of her brighter days. Sho wu? a widow indeed. Out tho long catalogue of her sorrows was not yet tilled out ; suddenly, death directed another shalt against tho family, und tbo youthful moth? er, the wile of a dear brother, fell pierced to the heart, leaving bohind a heart broken hus? band and a dear little one unconscious of it? early huron erneut. Thon it was that this gener? ous lady aud loving ??.-ter stepped forward and offered to bo a mother to this motherless child, and to con-.iuuo ii home for her bereuved brother. It sue m ot provident iii I, that such nn arrange? ment should bo mudo. Friends boped that ber own griet might 8nd an alleviation in tho cures necessary to bo dovotud to helpless infancy and in the snperintoiidanoo of household affairs. Hut huw circu.ascribed is human forecast. When nil seemed .to point to ns much pennunen cy as mun eau naturally calculate upon, death again invaded this nlready repeatedly smitten family-Puralysis, with fearful rapidity, struck down this sei'oud mother-this mourning sister and daughter-this deeply desolate, widow, and Irnnsforrud, in a fow days, her body to the same grave, where livo n onths ngu sho had deposited tho remains of her hosbund. Jutta little before shu WO? smitten by tho um la dy which resulted in her death, .-lin hud eructed a beautifully chaste monument, with a t?m hingly ?implo Inscription tu bis memory, and wbilo eng;.god in this sor row ful tusk of love, she remarked to tho gentle? man who fjxecutud tho work, that it would not bo long before be would have to extend the inscription by putting hor namo also there. And there ii deed do her remains lie in tho ramo grave, tho sume head stono answering for both. ''They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, nnd in their dentli wero not (long) di vi. ed'" * Mrs. SWINTON bad for years been n professor nf religion, hnving early ih lifo, connected ber self with tho Baptist Church, of which she con? tinued to bo an uoccptnblo member to the timo of lier dentli. She was a lady of great enerby of character, and of ardern affections. Her funeral was largoly intended by weeping relatives and sy uiputhizing friends. To livo, to lnvo, to weep and die, Is this our bis'try hero ? 0 look, poor mortal, look on high, A heavenly borne is near. 'Tis sweet to live In sorrow's land, 'Tis sweet to suffer puin, If so. at lust, at God's t ight hand, Forever moro we reign. 31A SO x\ I C. rpHE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMUNICA JL TION OF CLAREA ONT LODGE, NO 64, ?.'. F.*. M.". will be bold on Thursday evening, March I", 1S70, nt 7 o'clock, P. tl. Druthers will toko duo notice nnd govern them -elves accordingly. E. C. GREEN, W.\ M.*. T. V. WALSH, Secretary. Jan ft_._ COM MU HCl AL?. SUMTER MARKET. MARCH 16. Cotton steady ut from Mi to 171 but little i.ff ring. BACON-Bib Sides. 19J@00; Clour, do., 20 f". ot) ; Shoulders, 16??0; Hums, 26. LA lt l>-20? 25c. FLOU lt-Per bbl. $7? $12. COFFEE-Luguayra, 30@32; Juva, 45@5u; Kio, 22(fl)M. SALT-$2 50 SUGAR-Brown, 1"@00 ; C., 17? 10; A., 18 (M. ID ; Crushed, IU@2ll. BAGGING-Best, 30? 32; Gunny, 28@30. IRON-TIES-10? 12. ROFE-10? 15. BATES VILLE SHIRTINGS-Per bale 12?c YARN BY THE BALE-$2.10c. Per bunch LATEST QUOTATIONS OP SOUTHERN SECURITIES, IN CHARLESTON, S. C., Corrected icccltly hy A. C. KAUFMAN, Broker, No 25 Broad Street. FEBRUARY 22, 1870. STATU SKCIWITIKH-South Carolina, old, 84? Sft; <h> new,-?78j do, rcglst'd stock, ex int - ?7? CITY SKCURITIKH-Augusta, Ga. Bonds, 83? SI; Charleston, S. C. Stock, (ex qr int) 54?57; do, Flro Loan Hund?, -?75; Columbia, S. C Bonds. 05? 70. RAI t.no A H lingua- Bluo Ridge, (first mortgage) - @50] Charleston and Savannah, 68@0(1 ; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta,-?'J0; Ciieinwitnd Darlington, -80; dixonville mid. Columbia, (1st mort) -?70; do, (Stnto guur onloe) 01? - ; Northeastern, 84?85; Savan? nah and Charleston, (1stmort) -80; do,(State guarantee) -??ti;i; South Carolina,-?83; do, 75) Spurlauburg and Union, -?54. RAH,no A n STOCKS- Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta,-@;>5; Greenville and Columbia, I) lu .2 ; Northeastern, 7? 8; Savannah and Charles, ton, 2:i?25; Soul!. Carolina, (wholo shares) 88?44 I do, (half do) I8?22J. Exi'MANGI-:, Ac -New York Sight, \ off p'.r; Gold, 1I0?121; Silver, 110? ll J. RoUrn CAROLINA DANK nu.i.s. *Bank of Charleston. A.- ? - * Bunk of Newberry.- ? Bank of Camden .40? - Bank of Georgetown.-?5 Bank of South Carolina.5? Bank of Chester.5? Bunk of Hamburg-.3?. Bunk of Stnto ot S- C. prior to 13(11.40? - Bank of Stnto ot S. C. issue 1801 and 1802 10? . Planter?' and Mechanics' Bank nf Charles-? ton.- @ - *Peoplo"a Bank of Charleston.- ? - ' l ui.oi Tank of Charleston.- ? - ?Southwestern R R Bunk of Charleston, - ? (old).-@ *Sotithwcstorn R lt Bank of Charleston, -? (now) .- ? - Farmers' and Exchnngo Bank of Charles-? ton.m.-? J Exehnngo Bank of Columbia.10? - Merchants' Bank of Chcraw. 3? Planters' Bank of Fairfield .3? - State of South Carolina Bills Recoivablo...par. City ol chariest! n Chango Bi.ls.par. .Bills marked thus (*) are being rodoeined nt tho Bank Counters of each. .Inn 12 ly ~ THE' PATEN T COMMON SENSE SAFETY BRIDLE. fpilE Cheapest, Simplest and most 1 effeotive Safety Bridle ever Invented. It is a perfect safeguard against Runaway, Kioking, H anim on thed and onruly Horses. Having bought tba righi f?t Sumter, parties cnn be supplied on application to tte, at Mayos Tlller 8. C. THOS. L. BURGESS. Refers to Gol. ?. V. Walsh, Sumter. B*V;V' .- :'. '? >''??'- K' . .' - .. ' ~ l> ??./>? - . ? . - - TO TBS Citizens of Sumter and Vicinity. I Frop?M to |{ft ? pabilo Reading of mj Poe?, . Ichabod," a Tribute to th? Loft Cai?, ?ad IU Defender a, both Living aa* Deed, at th? Tom pericoe H ?ll. la Sumter, on ia*s4ay, th? 34th of March, at b?lf p*st 6 o'clock, P. M., ta ea*? tb? weather paralla end I ?aa Beear* th? a** of th* Hall. Admission 6 Oe ts, and a liberal proportion of tb? proofed? to ba contributed to the Ladle?' Moanmental Assooiatioa Food. X asa entirely ?were of lb? basant of such an undertaking bat trait Co th? generoaiiv and patriotism of an en. lightened comrauaity to sustain my effort I will try to give you aa hoar's ploaiantentertain, ment, a quid pro quo, and hop? that yon will have no cans? to regret .jour patronage. It ls high timo that the South should set ?boat build? ing up a Literature of ber own, and tho only way t.. do it, is to aecord her literary men a generous encouragement. All I sab ls a fair hearing ; T am willing tu put my literary produotions on their merits, and to abide th? verdict of th? pub lio, and in token of my sinoerity, I am ready to engago to return tb? admission fe* to any person who is dissatisfied after hearing the Reading. This, I think, is a fair ofter. I know that "a prophet ls not without honor, sar? in his own land," but still I will venturo to appear before those among whom I was born and reared. I ozpect to give Readings of this sam? Poem elco where, in aid of tbe sam? and other Charities, and would like first to ootaln th? endorsement of my own people. Respectfully, W. Q KENNEDY. I will placo Admission Tickets lo tho Stores In Town for Sale. Head Quarters -FOR Cheap Goods, FRANK-F?LS0MS. GREAT BARGAINS IN Fancy Articles. THE PLACE FOR TUE LADIES TO BUY TRIMMINGS, LACES, &C Fresh Arrivals Constantly. THE FINEST LOT OF FANCY GOODS IN SUMTER, ul wai/s on hand and sold CHEAP. CANDIES I CANDIES ! I THE BEST. And Good Things Generally. TEA ! THiAS! A SPLENDID ARTICLE at $1.25 per pound in the Confectionery Department. M II i rh 16 Just Received -AT DARGANS FINE SEGARS, Smoking Tobacco, Pipes, Pipe Stems and Fix? tures. THE CHEAPEST Crockery and Glass Ware Offered in the market since tho war, (Auction Goods not Excepted?) CONTINUE TO RECEIVE WEEKLY. THE VE It Y BEST CANDY SOLD IN THE MARKET. First houseintown to PUT THE PRICE OF CANDY DOWN. SPECIE ?PAYMENT RESUMED AT THE SUMTER CONFECTIONERY Mnrch 16-4t NEW BOORS -AT Sumter Book Store. NOT WISELY, BUT TOO WELL. Cometh up as a Flower. Greatest Pingue of Lifo. Chaplet of Ponrls. Two Lifo Paths. A Life's Sccrot Foul Play. Tho Stolen Mask. The Lawyer's Secret. Diary of n> London Physician. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, with 1500 illustration?, the grcnto.t work of any age. REMEMBER -THAT YOU CAN GET OOOD FOOL'S CAf PAPER at 15 cents, per quire. LETTER PAPER nt 10 cents per quire ENVELOPES ot 6? cents, per pack. SLATES at lg cents, enc-b. SCHOOL BOOKS and all Miscellaneous Books nt PUBLISHER'S RETAIL PRICES. -ALSO Photograph Albums, Wall Paper, Toilet Snaps, Hair and Tooth Brushos. Visiting Cards, Engravings, Ac, Ac, VERY LOW At the SUMTKIl BOOK STORE. March 16_ A. WHITE A CO. Thc State of South Carolina SUMTER COUNTY. In Court Common Picas-In Equity, Luoius P. Loring, "1 Lnnringdnn R. Jennings, Sarah C. Bryan and others. Bill fur foreolnsnro of Mortgage, Ac IN obedionce to the orders of sale mado in this case, I will offer f?r sate, at publiooutcry, at Sumter Court House, on the first Monday in April next, for oash, the mortgage premises described in said Bill, consisting of all that certain traotor par eel of land, containing eleven hundred and dirty five aores, situate and being in .Sumter Cooroy, in tho State aforesnid, adjoining lands of J. N. Frlerson. J. R. Pollard, J. M. Pitts, W. H. Bur? gess. Wm Barkely, L. H. Dinklns and H. N. Bradford. Purohascr to pay for papers and ?tamps. ? T. J. COGHLAN, Shoriff sumter County. March IQ, 1B7Q_it GUNS AND PISTOLS V* EPA TR SD BY AN JtXPBRIBNOBD WORKMEN', if left nt *> C. T. MASON'S Jewelry 6tor?. March 0 .3?* K:v .'vi.*. v fcs . 'Sr ..S , GENUINE HAVAHi BEST JN SUMTER, A LARGE VARIETY nj! Pipes, j M ERO H AU M-Genuine and Iroiuu^, WOODEN-Various styles and yrkj Aed nani other? AT LOW FIGURES, j Glass and Crockery War?, -IN GREAT VARIETY, Th? cheapest ?Ter offered in tbit nmktt. h Fruit " Confectionery, FANCY and ll KAW GROCERIES, Always on hand CALL AND EXAMIBl < -AT JOHrfS. H UGH SO N'S, Under the Photographic Ga?tn March 16_* LIFE INS?R?NciT SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL AQEXC? '\ PIEDMONT A ARLINGTON LIPS COX. 1 PANY OF VIRGINIA. MAHCB 4th. UTI, WE HEREBY APPOINT CAPT. OKORO? B. LAKE. Superintendent or Ages** (or the Piedmont A Atlingtoti Life Intmtey Company, for the Simo of South Carolin*, ?hi authority to nppoint ?nil instruct Agent?, Tkii appointment in no tiny to inietfuro with A j*, riea already established. teitf Letters addressed to Capt. LAH ti Edgf field C. ll. will receivo prompt Attention. LEAPHART. JEFFERSON A RANSOM, March IS-Im_?euer?! Ageeu, A? WHITE, Fire & Life Insurance Agent SUMTER, 8. C. UNDERWRITERS, AGENCY, N.Y. SECURITY INSURANCE CO., N.T. ENTERPRISE " " Cinn. GEORGIA HUME ? Geo. RICHMOND RANKING IN. CO. vSOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. [Memphis and Atlunta. Capital Represented, $12.000,000. Notice To Planters. TnE DEMAND FOR OUR CAROLINA FERTILIZER hm been to great timi our colin ?tock ie exhausted, and no nure orders etti bs reoeived thin season. We have on h?nd a mod*, rate supply oftbe following FERTILIZERS, all of which wo guarantee to be No. 1 Manure? : . C. C. Coe'? AmtnnniuU'd Sup .r-Phosphate. Bradley's Patent Phosphate. Palmetto Soluble Aoid Phosphate. "B. D." Sea Fowl Guano. Dissolved unburnt Bones. Powdered Raw Bone. Bu8ey'? Excelsior Guano. Berger A Butt's Super-Pbospbato. Moro Philips' Supor Phosphate. Peruvian Guano (Guannpo.) P?riles dosirlng any of these articles, will please ?end in their ordors at once. OKO. W. WILLIAMS ? CO.. Factors. Corner Hay no and Church streeU, Mn rob 9-2t_Charlcoo , S. C. DRESS MAKING, IN THE LATEST STYLES AND FASH? IONS, EXECUTED BY MRS. J. W. DARGAN* Having established a Branch of MADAME DEMORESTS' Emporium of Fashions. -OF NEW YORK, She is now prepared to multo DRESSB3, SAQUES, Ac, in the neatest anti latest styles. CUTTING AND FITTING done with accuracy. NEW PATTERNS received fur each Seaton. SATISFACTION guaranteed. She can he found at J. W. DA KG A N'S Confectionery and Fancy Store. Feb 16 tf EMBROIDERY -AND BRAID STAMPING. HAVING tuken a gonornl agency in SHER? WOOD'S FRENCH TYPE OK PERFO RATED PATTERNS,, I wish to nutiry tho publie that I am now prepared to establish agents any where in the Stute in tile sume I have OD bund or curr procur? selection' from 221)0 Braid and Embroidery Pntierns, design? Ao., to ?ell at wholesale or retail. I ?tn also propnred in du stumping of nil kind? at reasonable prices-. MAS,/. W. DAROAN. Persona wishiiig to eMnbltah nn ngenoy can correspond with, or call un mo nt Sumter, S. C. March 2-_tf_ SPECTACLES -AD- - EY 1 I 1 A * * F $ . LORSCH'* PATENT ?NTEIUMIANABLE LENSES, flold, Silvor, Steel and Rubber Frames. Periscopio. Convex and Conen?? Li nse?. Cataract and Colureu Lenses, of all Shader. March 0__^.T1-MA8^' Copartnership Notice. ffl HE SUBSCRIBERS H AVINO I purchased the Stock of HOGERS, SPEN? CER A CO.. will conllnne the bufin.s? under the name nnd firm of SPENCER, SCARBO? ROUGH A CO., and re?pcctfully ask a '.??,'D0" ance of tho patronage so liberally extended? the late Arin. WILLIAM ROGERS, CHARLES SPENCER. "Aff/lB HENRY 0. SCARBOROUGH, WM. R. DIJON. Blshopy'illo. S. C.. March ?. 1"70. Vehicles to Hire, Hauling, &c THE SUBSCRIBER begs to inform the chi? ten, of Sumter, and toX^JfiSgh that he i. prepared to transport TR AVELERS ?J a comfortable ?nd commodious Vehicle, to ??7 point in thiiortho adjoining Counties. He will furnish pleasure parlies desiring ?" evening Mdo or a trip into tho country, wit?? convenient vehHo, g od horse? ami WMNff drlvor. Ho I? also prepared to do any ? nw ?' hauliug. either by the day or by ?peel? <??. traet. Orders left at theP.?t Offlc? will k* f A. gRlrBgO^ NOTICE. AN EXTRA MEETINO of the SUMTER AGRICULTURAL ?nd MBOHANJWJ 80CIKTY, of 8umter C?un?y. will be ? ? 8omt?r, on Monday, April 4th. (Wg^'fSL o'eloek, P. M., for tho purpose of?I???"0?.K55 gate? to the Agricultural Convention to M nw? tn May. B,?r JNO. B. MOORE, Pro.??* A. W. Sunca, Recording Boerettry. M?rohi $