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VOL. xx___WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 30,, i87o. _ NO. 47. TIM?? DUM?? Kt Dona F?r*nle?.-Vtrjc. ._ DEVOTED TO LITERATURE. MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. .-,-1 esjsaaaijeafsaisjsjsaaaBJ^^ The Sumter Watchman {K8TABUXBKD Of ISM.) ii rvuiim EVFMY wmnmu M?SHINC AT SUMTER, S. O., BT GILBERT * FLOWERS. Terms. Ooeyear......93 00 81? mu nih?.?. 1 ?J? Tbro? oionibi.?.M.". 1 VV v?V?Kri.Slf M KN TS inserted .? ?.?. rat* ,f ONB DOLLAR AND FIFTY 0BNT8 par sqajro for tba Brat, ONB DOLLAR for tba . cc-md, and FIFTY CKNT8 for eeen subsequent iuiartion, for an? period lat? than th rea aa on tbs and nil eommunleatlons wbleh subserve private Interest*, will ha paid lor as advertisements. ^olitirale. The Press Conference. COMMENTS OP THE PRESS. [Frota the Abbeville Press.] The right to vote carries with it necessarily the right to hold office. The voting das* form the body politic; they are tho State really and essentially - They are the sovereigns, fur euffrage is the highest a t of sovereignty. Suffrage sets the coiupk.x machinery of govern ment in motion, and keeps in in opera lion lt creates the executive, the legislative and the judicial-they who. make the laws and they who administer them. Can'anything be more absurd, then, than to deny to the miling olass the right to select from their owu body those whom they may deem worthy to hold the offices in their gift? .Negro Buffrugc is a fixed faot, and it is too late now to deny all of its legitimate conse? quences. If the negro is the ruling power in thc State, can we deny him the right to choose his office bearers-to ohoosc thttu especially from those of his own class 1 Not only has he the right, but we are prepared tu show that be? tween hts own race, and those who are properly denominated "scalawags" and '.carpet baggers"-meaning by tho one mere unprincipled adventurer*, and by the other those who are recreant to the instincts of race-it is a right which he should property exercise in elevating the best representatives of the black race (o office. Not only is the right of the black man to hold office a legitimate consequence of the right to vote, but it makes less inroads upon time-honored prejudices. It is a step less in advance-less re? volutionary in faot and in semblance, than was the concession of universal suffrage. To make the bondman the master-tho newly enfranchised the sole dispensers of office--to make the igno? rant role the intelligent, and the. poor control the property of the rich ; this was so contrary to the principles of right reason, and the first instincts of our nature, that, granting this, we may well concede, without a muriner, everything else invoved. We concede tho priueiple iu its length and breadth ; we have no reason to stickle at any of tts legitimate cons. quencos Negro suffrage has been established. We shall not gain say the right of tho negro to hold office. We go further ; we prefer tho negro in office to the rule of the carpet bagger and the scalawag ; and this for two reasons reasons which involve the whole ques? tion of competency-that he possesses more of ability and integrity. 1st The black man io office will naturally be the best representative of his mee, and surpass the carpet bagger and scalawag in intelligence and ability. Hy the carpet-bagger we du not mean Northern men who come to settle with us permanently for "weal or woe," we mean mere adventurers, the "bummers" ot'the camp. They have not tho stamina to compete with solid men at h mic, but are mere "waifs" of the storm, thrown up to the surface by thc currents of revolution. They are insignificant, inert and powerless for good as the scalawags themselves-men who turn against their race, and sacrifice their self-respect and the good opinion of their neighbors for the lust of office. Do you want to verify these conclusions ? Turn to our late Legislature itself. Who were its controlling spirits? Wright, DeLarge, Elliott, Whipper. Northern men, some of them, it is true, but the best, representatives of a raoe with whom they are identified io interest ano blood, and to whose advancement thoy are pledging their best energies. But 2d. Who were the most honest and conservative Republicans in that same Legislature ? We believe noone doubts thc honesty of Wright, and we have heard no allegation against the others. They are also thc most conser? vative. It stands toreasen that it should bc so The carpet-bagger has left his home and his associates, and allied himself with the alien race, and all for the greed of office. Tho scalawag has gone farther, .nd turned against "those ol' his own household." They have both done violeuce to tho instincts cf race, and sacrificed reputation and self respect, which are the bulwarks of character. Can we hesitate long iu choosing such a roan as Wright or DeLarge or Lomax in preference ? We respectan honest, conscientious blaok man. Not only do we not blame the colored men for electing auch a re? presentative of race, but we endorso his action in tho premises. We would choose such ourselves in preference to the others. ^ Such are our views, and such wo be liovo are the sentiments of the whito men of the South-those ''to thc manor boro.' The Republican party claims the monopoly of good will to the black man. Wo despute the olaim. We appeal to the past; we are willing, if need be, to give pledges for tho future. All the associations of ouY past, all the interests of the present, all tho con? siderations of the future, mako us the friends of the black mao. This could bc clearly made to appear, but we must dofer its consideration for tho present [From the Newberry Herald."] The conference could not well have done less than adopt the above generous line, and we aro rejoiced that it went no further, and we have no doubt that all the Democratic papers in the State unrepre? sented on the occasion will fully and heartily endorse the r?solutions. We go furthor, in believing that they wiUtueet the approval of aoti Radioaliste, white and blaok in the State, and we indulge the hope that an earnest and determined rally will be made in the canvass ap? proaching to rid the State of its corrupt government. * [From the Orangeburg Aews) The sentiment of the people of South Carolina is unanimous. Prom the sea* shore to the mountains a voice cornea spontaneous from the people of the State, and it epeaketh might; things things of high import and pregoant with bright hope. ****** The colored man has a natural and eon&titutional right to bis freedom and his citizenship, and this right is really and heartily admitted and recognized by the white people of the State. Great things must come from this. There is hope for the State I Hope that the honest men, those who are citizens of the State, and who have exhibited the intention, and desire of becoming ber good citizens, will unite, and that their concert of action and community of interests will result in breaking upon the "ring of corruption," the nest of robbers that have settled upon us, and will secure tho governtuont to those who are citizens, and who ate worthy. Another grand effort is about to be organized, and it is to be made upon the basia of fact ; upon tho fact that the colored man is our follow citizen, and our equal in civil and politioal rights. Disgusted as the colored people are with the deception and dishonesty of the party, thai baa controlled his sym? pathy and ballot for its own purposes of robbery, they will hear that the peo pie of South Carolina are ready to guorantce to him Iris right of voting uod holding office. Thoy do guarantee to him these rights, and they ask him to use these rights to purify, to redeem their State of which they are citizens, and in which they hn^e tho deepest and truest interest And we believe that they will respond to this movement. They will free them? selves from thc galling shackles of the party that has ruled them, und will exereise their rights in* favor of the honest and worthy of her citizens, while and black. There is hope for the State 1 With a community of rights and of interests, the white men and thc colored men of South Carolina will make tho effort to? gether, and honest men will bc put in office. The intelligence, the elevation, the refinement, which have ever been the characteristics of the Southern people, and the labor, the industry, of tho col ored men, the best adopted to our cli? mate and to our great product, united io a community of the truest and deep cst interests, hopes and destiny, present io their union a tableaux of hopes in the future, the brightest aud most glori? ous of any people. We shall be as one. The same rights, hopeS, destiny belong to both. And in ?ls effulgence of brightness, the carpet? bagger will skulk away Yes ! he must pack up! Wheu honest men agree rogues must clear out. That the peo? ple of South Carolina have resolved to make this grand effort, upon this true basis, is shown by thc action of the Press, at their late conference at Colum? bia. [From the Marion Star.] The careful attention of our readser and of all who love honest government, is called particularly to the Resolutions adopted by the press Conference in Columbia, In accordance with those resolutions, it is incumbent on the honest citizens of Marion county, white and colored, Democrats and Republi? cans, to have a meeting at an early day, to uomit.ate delegates to the Convention tobe held in Columbia on thc 15th of June next, and candidates to represent Marion in the next Legislature. There are only a few Radicals in thia county Most of the oolored men are Repnbli cans, and to them in common with all other honest men, the invitation will be extended. We hope all nf our good citizens, white and colored, will respond to the call, when it is made. Let honest men of all classes make one grand and united effort to free our State from the galling shackles of the corrupt, party that is now in power. We have a duty -a saorcd duty to perform-tho re? deeming of our Seato government, from corruption and placing it upon a basis of honesty and justice. And if our good and true citizens will maroh up to tho front in harmony, this great prize will bo won, and South Carolina will once more occupy tho same proud and envia ble position she did in days past, and the bright hope of her citizens realized Let us, honest citizens, white and colored, mako the effort. If wc succeed, glorious victory will bo woo ; if we ?ail, we will have th J satisfaction of knowing that wc have done our duty. f From the Barnwell Juurnal."] Thc abovo resolutions aro such as have never before boen expressed in South Caaolina by any anti Radical association. They contain hard and stubborn faots, and they contain the opinions of the members of the anti Radical pross of South Carolina, in con? vention assembled. It is unnecessary for us to say that wo most heartily en? dorse them. If the suggestions of the Conferenco are carried out by the peo? ple of the Stare we will havo a platform upon whioh all honest men in South Carolina no matter what their color, can unite, and, working togethor with hearty good will, secure for tho people of the Ststo an honest government, in whioh every class is fairly represented, and whioh will secure justice and equal rights to all. [From the Greenville Mountaineer.'] Wo certainly need a good and honest government, and we are willing to advo? cate any measures which promises to give us one. If the Convention will Eromote this end, let us by all means ave the Convention. And let all tho fteople, irrespective of party, who can orget Bolf io'.orcjt in their lore for the State, be represen ted. [From tlie Columbia Guardian ] One by ooe ?nd rapidly the decisive effects of the position taken by the press conference io the fear resolutivos whioh it has sent forth aro tuakiog their ap? pearance. Though ri ul colored men already say that they eau tuoet us cordially OD this platform ; and express the hope that the long desired harmony of races will be the result of this movement. Everybody knows that had th is step been taken three years ago, the disastrous consequences of the*e two years ot* tuisrule would have been averted. Tho colored men could not feel sureaat that time that tho whites of the South would accord them the "equal and exact justice" whioh this anti-Radical movement assures to all. And with some reason. -But the passage nf the fifteenth amendment, ?Dd tts ratification are tacts that have come to their assistance-fads that warrant them io trusting the whites of the South, and relieve them from all doubt or sus pieion upon the future polioy towards their raee. That is safe. These thought? ful colored men seo that, and also see why they should unite with their friends of the white race to relieve both of the incubus of the corrupt adventurers who control our State government, and hold all the offiers. They see that our people are iu earnest, when they say that thoy prefer an honest odored mao to a dis? honest white tuan, aud that we intend to fi ii ht it out on that. Hoe, if it takoa all summer. We trust-wo believe, indeed-that these views of the colored mea referred to are right, and hope that a fair trial will bo mude of the new programme. They have now the opportunity whioh they olaim--and we have said elaim with sonto degree of reason-has been de? nied them before. The cause ot the jealousy between the races is removed by the Fftoenth amendment, and the four resolutions of the proas conference-wheo endorsed by the white people of the State, as they will be-assure the colored mao that he can secure the three most desirable things together-an honest government, his equal and exact rights, and a har? mony of effort with the white man. [From the Columbia Phoenix ] All through . the State there is a general demand for a change in our present regime It comes from democrats. It comes from conservative radicals. It comes from colored citizens. And we believe that tho anti radicalises of Fairfield will earnustly unite in the second effort to redeem and regenerate thc State of their birth, of their suffer? ings and of their affections. [From thc Lancaster Ledger."] Heretofore there have been reasons for opposition to the measures of recoil, st rn eli on, and for attempts to defeat them ; but having failed tn this, it is now the duty of all good citizens to unite their efforts to make the best gov (.ruinent possible out nf tho form of thc one which has been established over- us. And, therefore, we hopo, should thc Convention adopt a platform, that it will accept the issues against which we have struggled and been defeated, as fixed facts, and agreo upon a policy that will promise more success. [From thc Camden Journal.] We agree with thc sentiments ex? pressed in the foregoing resolut ions-and feel sure that, all citizens desiring good government, and honesty, os well ns justice in thc administration of it, will cordially concur wi'h us in saying that the ln<;ie of facts demand the acknow? ledgment of thc rights of all citizens to vote an J hold office as therein indicated. NO RIGHT TO IC N DO II S IC. A man ha-> no right to endorse when the failure ot the first party to render his obligations wili render the creditors of tho endorser liable to loss io conse? quence of such indorsement. a Ile has no right to endorse for an? other man unless he makes provision to meet such obligation independent of and aft r providing for all other obli? gations. He has no right to endorso unless he fully intends to pay what he promises to, promptly,'in case the first party fails to do so. Few endorsers prepare for this. His relations to his family demand that he shall not oblige himself to oblige another simply at the risk of depriving them of what belongs to them. He should never endorse or become responsible for any amount without se? curity is furnished by the first party. it should bo made a business transac? tion-rarely a matter of friendship. It is equivalent to a loan of capital, to the amount of the obligation, and the same precaution should be taken to secure it. A man has no more right tc expcot another to endorse his note without re? compense than to expect an insurance company to insure his home or his life gratuitously. It is not good business policy for ona to ask another to endorso his uote, promising to accommodate him in tho saino manner. Tho exchange of signa? ture may have, and usually docs have, a very unequal value. It is better to secure him the amount and exact a little s?cunty for tho amount of responsibility incurred. It is better to do a business that will involvo no necessity for asking or granting such favors, or making such exchanges It is always safe and just to do so.-Exchange. -A sailor explains the distribution of priio money to be as follows :-''It is silted through a ladder. What falls through goes to the officers; what sticks tho sailors get. -If mon's fault's wore written on their foreheads, broad brimmed hats would be fashionable. "SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN." Mr. Solomon Winthrop was * plain old farmer-an austere, precise man, who did everything by established rules, and eould see no reason why people should grasp at things beyond what had been reached by their great grandfathers. He had three children, two boys and a girl. There was Jeremiah, seventeen years old ; Samuel, fifteen ; and Fanny, fourteen. It was a oold winter's day. Samuel was in the kitehen reading a book, and so interested was he that he did not notice the entrance of his father. Jerry was in an opposite corner, engaged in oyphering out a sum which he had found in his arithmetic. "Sam," said the father to his young? est boy, "have yoi* worked out ilia: .mm yet ?" "No father/' answered thc boy hesi? tatingly. "Didn't I tell you to stiok to your arithmetic till you had done it ?" said Mr. Winthrop, io a severe tone Samuel hung down his bead and looked troubled. .'Why haven't you done it ?" contin? ued the father "I cant do it, father 1" tremblingly said Samuel. "Can't do it ! and why not ? Look at Jerry, there, with his slate and peneil. He had eyphered further than you have long bet?re he was as old as you are." "Jerry was always fond of sums und problems father. They havo no interest for me." "That's becauso you don't try to feel an interest in your studies. What book is that you are reading ?" "It is a work on philosophy, father." "A work on fiddle sticks ! Go put it away this instant, and theu get your slate; and dont let roe seo you away lrom your arithmetic until you can work out those roots. Do you understand me ?" Samuel made no answer, but silently he put away his philosophy and got his slate, and sat down in the chimney cor? ner. His lip trembled, and his eyes moistened, for ho was unhappy. His father had been harsh towards him, and he felt that it was without a cause. "Sam," said Jorry, as soon as their lather had gone, "I'll do that sum for you." "No, Jerry," replied the younger brother, with a grateful look ; that will be deceiving father. I'll try to do the sum but I fear I shan't succeed. Samuel worked very hurd, but all to no purpose. His mind was not on the -subject before him. The roots and squares, the bases and perpendiculars, though comparatively i imple in them? selves, were to him a mass of incompre? hensible things; and the more he tried, the more he became perplexed aad both ered. The truth was, his futher did not understand him. Samuel was a bright boy, and uncom* monly intelligent lor one of his age. Mr. Winthrop was a thorough mathema? tician ; he hardly ever came aeross a proble.ro he could not solve, and he de? sired that his boys should bo like him : he considered that tho acme of educa? tional perfection lay in tho power of conquering Euclid ; and he often ex? pressed his opinion that, were Euclid living then, he could ' give tho old geometrician a hard tussle." He seemed not to comprehend that different minds were made with different capacities, and what one mind grasped with ease an? other of equal power would fail to com? prehend. Hence because Jerry pro? gressed rapidly in his matheroaticial studies, and could already survey a piece of land of many aogles, he im? agined that as Samuel made no progress in the same branch he was idle and careless, and so treated him accordingly. He never candidly conversed with his younger soo, with a view to ascertain the true bent of his mind; but he had his own standard of the power of all minds, and he pertinaciously adhered to it. There was another thing that Mr. Winthrop could not sec, and that was that Samuel was continually pondering upou such profitable matter as was in? teresting to bimi and that he was scarcely ever idle; nor did his father seo, either, that if he ever wished his boy to become a mathematician, he was purcuing thc very course to prc vont such a result. Instead of endeavouring to make the study interesting to thc child, he was making it obnoxious. The dinnor hour oatne, and ."amucl had not worked out tho sum. His fathoi was angry, and obliged the boy to gc without his dinner, at the samo time telling him that ho was an idle, lazy lad. Poor Samuel left thc kitchen for hil own room, and there he sat and cried At length his mind seemed to poos fron tho wrong he had suffered at the banc of his father, and his face lightened up i There was a largo fire in tho room bciov his chamber, so that, he was not verj io ld ; and, getting up, he weut to i .jlosot, and from beneath a lot of oh olothes he took forth some long strip of wood. He was evidently fashioning some curious affair from these nieces o wood. He had bits of wire, little scrap; of tin plate, pieces of twine, and dozen of small wheels that he mado himself and ho seemed to be working to get th wholo together after some particula fashion of his own. Half tho afternoon had thu -, passe away when his sister ontered his oh a nv ber. She had her apron gathered u in her hand, and altor dosing tho doa softly behind her, sho approached th spot whero her brother sat. "Here, Sammy ! seo, I have brough Sou something to eat. I know you mut o hungry." ? i y. , .-' ..?.V.L. . ? ? . * ..'..."..?v.-.V As she spoke, she opened her apron sod took out fear cakes, a piece of pio, sod some cheese. The boy was hungry, sod hesitated oot to nvail himself of his sister's kiod offer. He kissed her as be took the cakes, aod thanked her. "Oh, what pretty thing is that you are making t" uttered Fanny, as she gased upon her brother's labor. ' Won't you gire it to'me after it is done?" "Not this one sister," returned the boy with a smile; "but I will make you one equally as pretty." Fanny thanked her brother, and soon after left the room, while the boy-went on with his work. Before long, the various materials that had boen subjeotto Samuel's knife and pincers were joined and groved to? gether in a curious manner. The embryo philosopher sol the ma chioe-for it looked like a machine upon the floor, theo gased on it intently. His eye gleamed with a peculiar glow of satisfaction ; he looked proud and happy. While he stood and gazod upon the child of his labors, the door opened and his father entered. "What! are you not studying?" ex? claimed Mr. Winthrop, as ho notiood the boy standing in the middle of the floor. Samuel trembled wheo he heard his father's voice, and turned pale with fear. "Ha ! what is this ?" said his father, as he caught sight of the curious con? struction on the floor. "This is tho secret of your idleoes. Now I see how it is you cannot master your studies. You spend yoar time in making them ffycages. I'll see whether you'll learn to attond to your lesson or not. There !" As the father uttered this harsh ejac? ulation, he put hit? foot upoo the object of his displeasure. The boy uttered a quiok cry, and sprang forward, but too late. The curious oonstruotion was crushed to atoms-the labor of long weeks. Coveriog his face with his handy, ha burst into tears. "Ain't you ashamed ?" said Mr. Wini* throp. "A great boy like you, to spend your time in making trap-claps, and then cry about it because I choose that you should attend to your studies ! Now go to the barn and help Jerry with the corn." Thc boy was too full of grief to make any explanation, and without a word he left the chamber; but for long days af? terwards he was weary and downheart? ed. "Samuel," said Mr. Winthrop, one day after the spring had opened," "I have seen Mr. Young, and he is willing to take you as an oppretice. Jerry and I can get along on the farm, and I think that tho best thing you can do is to learn the blacksmith's trade. 1 havo given up all hopes of ever making a surveyor out of you, and if you had a farm you would not know how to mea? sure it, or lay it out. Jerry will now soon bc able to take my place as sur? veyor, and I have already arranged for having him sworn, and obtaining his commission. But your trade is a good one, however, and I have no doubt you will make a good living of it." Mr. Young was a blacksmith in a neighboring town, and he carried on quite an extensivo business. Moreover, he had the reputation of being a very fine man. Samuel was delighted with his father's proposal, and when he learned that Mr. Youn/jalso carried on quito a large machine shop, ho was in ecstaeics. His trunk was packed-a good supply of clothes having been pro? vided ; and after kissing his mother and sister, and shaking hands with his father and brother, he mounted the couch, and set off for his now destina? tion. He found Mr. Young all he could wish, and went into his bu-iness with an assiduity that surprised his mas? ter. One evening, nfter Samuel Winthrop had been with his new master six months, the latter carno into the shop after all the journeymen had quitted work and gone home, and found thc youth busily engaged in Atting a piece of ?roo. There wore quite a number of pieces on the bench by his side, and some were curiously riveted (egcther, and fixed with springs and slides, while oth? ers appeared not yet ready for their des? tin?e* use. Mr. Young ascertained what the Young workman was up to, and he not only encouraged him in his underta* kings, but he stood for halfan hour and watohod him at his work. Next day Samuel Winthrop was removed from the blacksmith's shop to tho machine shop. Samuel often visited his parents. At tho end of two years his father was not a little surprised when Mr. Young informed him that Samuel was the most useful hand in his employ. Timo flew fast. Samuol was twenty one ; Jeremiah had been free almost two years, and was ono of the most accurate and. trustworthy surveyors in the coun? try. Mr. Winthrop looked upon his eldest son with pride, and often express? ed a wish that his other son could have been like him Soon Samuel caine home to visit his parents, and Mr. Young came with him. "Mr. Young," said Mr. Winthrop, after the tea things had been cleared away, "that's o fino factory you have just erected in your town." "Yes," replied Mr. Young; "there are threo of them ; and they aro doing a very heavy business." "I understand that they have an cx> tensive machine shop connected will the factories. Now, if my boy 8am is i good workman, as you say ho is, perhaps he might get a first-rate situation there.' Mr. Young lookod askanco at Samuel and smiled. "By tho way," oontinued the #oli farmer, "what is all this noiso 1 sei and bsar in the paper about those Win throp looms ? They tell me that they gt .head of any thing that was evor got ap before?" '* You may wk your son ?bout that," said Mr. Young. "It is some of 8am ucl's business." Eh ! what, my sen ? Some of Sam n Tho old man stopped short and gazed at his son. He was bewildered. It could not be that his son-his idle eon -was the inventor of the great power loom that had taken all the m ann fae? turera by surprise. '?Whist do you mean ?" he at length inquired. "It is simply this, father, that the loom is mine," returned Samuel, with conscious pride.. "I have invented it, and taken out a patent, and have al? ready been offored ten thousand dollars for the patent right in two adjourning States. Don't you remember that clap? trap you erushod with your foot six yearn ago ?" "Yes," answered the old man, whose eyes were bent to tho floor, and over whose minda now light seemed to be breuking. "Well," continued Samuel, "that wa-> almost a pattern, though, of course, I have made much alteration and im? provement, and th cte is room for much more." "And that was what you were study? ing when yon used to stand and see me weave, and when you tumbled about my loora so much ?" said Mrs. Winethrop. f,You arc right, mother. Even then I had conceived the idea which I havo sinoe carried out." "And that's why you could not un dcrstand my mathematical problems," said Mr. Winthrop, as he started from his chair and took the youth by the hand. "Samuel, my son, forgive me for tho harshness I have used towards you. I was blinded, and now see how I mis. understood you. While I thought you idle and careless, you were solving a philosophical problem I oould never have comprehended. Forgive me, Samuel; I meant well enough, but lacked judgment and discrimination. Of oourso the old man had loig be? fore been forgiven for his harsh neds, and his mind was opened to a new les? son in human nature. He was taught what some parents are slow to learn, simply because they do not try to win the confidence of their children by lov? ing sympathy. Human souls are of as many varying tones as musical instruments, and have to be attuned with a hand as delicate and as skilful). Different minds have different capacities, and no mind oan be driven to love that for which it has no taste. First seek to understand the natural abilities and disposition of chil? dren, and then, in _your management of their education for after-life, govern yourself accordingly. In the same family you will often find that every boy has a taste or bent of mind differing from each of his brothers. This varie? ty of talent isa merciful provision ol our Heavenly Father. For "diversities of gifts" a field of varied labor is hap-' pily provided in this wide world. Some of tho most eminent musicians, whose talents have enohantcd tens of thou? sands, have no taste whatever for draw? ing or mathematics. Many of the ablest artists have no ear for music 1 One of the great moral philosophers of his day oould hardly reckon in simple addition, and one of our greatest mmhomaticiaos oould not writo out a commonplace ad? dress. Ono of our leading editors, whose sterling integrity and profound originality of thought nave made him rank as almost the chief teacher of pub lie opinion in this generation, writes a hand so execrable that those unused to it can scarcely decipher it. No one commends these deficiencies as worthy of imitation ; but they serve to illustrate how nature limits some faculties when other capabilities are enlarged. May each right-minded child bo suffered to follow thc instinctive mit stretchings of its own soul towards the divinely sanc? tioned end ! A CH.ianiNA Y AN KMC SCHOOL mt A tc m MHDCJCHS AN AOKD CtULltBD H tl OTU lift. The Savannah Republican of the 4th inst., oontaios the following in refer? ence to the adventures of a buxom scbool "marm" in that city with a susceptible ebony urchin of sixty sum? mers : A Yankee school "marm," twlio has been engaged io teaching a colored school in this city for several months, was arrested yesterday upon a warrant issued by II justice of the peace, charg? ing her with seducing a colored man, the husband of tho colored woman at whoso instance the warrant waa issued. Tho testimony tended to provo that the parties were found in tho same bed at tho same time. The school marm appealed to tho magnanimity of the col? ored Indy, with many tears, nod promis? ed her thut in ouse she would withdraw thc prosecution she (the school marm) would never seduce the "culled" gontcl man again, whereupon the "culled" Indy relented and tho oaso was amicably set? tied. Thc school marm is fair, fat and forty, and tho culled gentleman who was BC duccd by her charms is between fifty a?;d sixty years of a^e. -"Come here, ray dear," said a young man to a little girl, to whose sister he was paying his addresses, you aro the sweetest thing on earth." "No, ( am not," she replied artlessly ; sister says you aro tho sweetest." -A Dentist presented a bill for the tenth time to a rich skinflint.. "It strikes mo," said tho latter, "that this is a pretty round bill." "Yes," replied the dentist, "I have sent it round often cn->ngh to make it appear so, and I have oallod now to havo it squared." I8T?. IST??. MATESVILLE, 8. C. J. A. ??Y?S"& CO., WILL CONTINUE DURING THE TEAR TO KEEP ON HAND A PULL 8UPPLY OP G0Ok)3 IN THEIR LINE, CONSISTING OF DRTJG-S, MEDICINES, GROCERIES, aHB ?R0?IS?0HB. and hop? to merit ? continuance, of the liberal patronage thor have bei ll receiving. We desire to oall particular attention to our trade in FLOUR? It is our atm to keep for sale only good quail ties of FLOUR, and'families may rely upou our stock as affording the best grades of Extra am? Family Flour, te be bad in the markets. Our groeorles geneially are all FIRST-CLASS GOODS. and our DRUGS and MEDICINES are war. ranted to be pure and genuine. Besides the nsual stock of DRUGS and MED IC I NES. wo keep always on hand, \tB offer two invaluable preparations of our own manufacture. Anti-Malarial Specific, FOR TUE PERMANENT CURE OF Chills and Fevers. TONIC BITTERS. an admirable combination of TONICS adnptod to all eases needing Tonio Medicines. COUNTRY PRODUCE of all kinds taken in CA RT EU for goods at fair prices. J. A. MAYES A CO. Jan 1, 1870 ly New Hardware Store, Main-st. under Sumter Hotel. L. P. LORIN G, -AOKKT FOR Messrs. King & Huppman, BAI.TRRIOIIH) IS. D. Would respectfully announce to his friends and the public, that he has received and opened, at the above establishment a Stock of Hardware and Family Utensils, embraoing every article in this line of business, whiah he intends to sell at the LOWEST PH ICES, FOR CASH. ne will keep always In store, a complete assort? ment of Collin's Axes, Ames' Shovels and Spades, Trace Chains, Hoes, Rakes, Pitoh Forks, Grain Cradles, Soy the Blades, Guano Selves, Pooket and 'fabio Cutlery, Brass Preserving Kettles, Tin Ware, Window Glass-?ll sises. Persons in want of tho most convenient and economical Stoves, can be supplied with the latest improved pnttorns at prices which cannot fail to give entire satisfaction. May 26 _ JAMES CALDWELL. WHO! ESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Boots, Shoes, Hats, TrunKs dbe. Opposite J. T. SOLOMONS, Sumter, So. Ca. Feb In tl oct. TO THE Planters of Maysville ami Surrounding Country* GBHTLEMBN; We most respectfully offer you the following manures: PERUVIAN GUANO, direct from tho agent, FARMERS PLASTER OR GYPSUM, up to standard, SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO, COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE, for compos! ting with cotton seed, DISSOLVED BONE A SUPERIOR ARTICLE FLOUR OF BONE, BAUGII'S RAW BONE PHOSPHATE, CAROLINA FERTILIZER, THENAVASSA AMMONIATED SOLUBLE PHOSPHATE of Wilmington, iy, cash ordors solicited. MAYES ? COOPER Agents. Jan 5-3in_ B. R. SASH. . P. H. DULI* NASH & DULIN, WHOLESALE DE ALK US IN Manufactured Tobacco, SMOKING AND CHEWING, OF DIFFERENT GRADES, SUMTER, SO. CA. ALSO Keep a genii supply ?f NORTH CAROLINA RYE ?nd CORN WHISKEY, fi EG ARS, and LIQUORS nf various kinds. TOBACCO at Wholesale furnished at Manu? facturers' Prices. Country Merchants will do well to cnll and examine our stuck. All orders promptly execute* when accompa? nied wl'h the cash. The custom of my old friends whom I hnvc furnished by wagon for several yeats is re? spectfully soiioited. v B. R. NASH. Oct. rt -flin._J For Sale. I'IMIAT VALUABLE PROPERTY, I called Brooklnud, ?ifunted in Sumter County, about one mile from Stntu?burg, ?nd which was the family rcstdonco of the late John llrndloy. It consists nf a lurga ami Ano Dwelling House, with 10 rooms. (8 unusually large,) Brick Kltch en, Stable, Bern, Carrlngo House and othor nec? essary outbuilding*, all in thorough repair, and about 140 acres of 'and. Place entirely healthy. Price$6000 00 and torres aoeomn.toting. For other particulars, apply to tha undersigned, at Marmita, HA., or to J. 8. G. Rlehsrdson, sXsq. et Sniater S. G. Feb?2S-tf/ KLLKN BRADLEY. THK undcr-lgned would mott announce to lb? peuple of Surotv rounding country has bo have Jun SPLENDID LOT OF md it now prepared to receive and oj lera of all kinda in bu lino, with nc? 1 i sp n tc li. [RON RAILING FDRNI8??FD T.Oj W. P. SMI-T.H,-3$ 8DMTKU, 8. 0. Nvo- 11 HM MonufftcturodJ'.by Harbeck, Conklin & Wi] Manufacturers of . Stoves, Tiu and Japaned Wa,.^ And Agent? tor * -^?*i Kaoline aud Enameled For ?al? by *k'M L. P. LORING, Agcut^ ? J 6umtor'??"*P June 9 COIT'S MILITAI. ? ANO COMMERCIAL Academy, ^1 j? il Y E S VILLE, Sr0.<?M [N THIS INSTITUTION BOYS and' Y?i?Aft MEN will be thoroughly fitted for COLLEGE^I ir BUSINESS. > SS In addition to Ancient and Modern LaajrajuMMH ho Sciences nnd ordinary Engllab Br abe bural lesclal instruction will be given in PENMAN -a (HIP, BOOK KEEPING, Business Forma jar^;"? tooount?, and in Vooal Muiio. ys3H The Prlneipal refera with pride and gratifica-' fi ion to hi? former pupils, who hare takan^btjraw tosttiona In Coilogeor Bueinest. , .'.'.'. . "*...ilaR fllE FIRST SESSION begin? Ootober lt?,y and closes February 16th. fflH TUE SECONJ) SESSION beglnt February l9{k\i? and closes Juna 30th. *- 'i'v TERMS : $100 per Session for Board and'^t tuition, invariably in advance. .'tfW? Fronch, Gorman and Drawing extra. j For Circulars addrest -.}.>$ CAPT. WILLIAM n. CO|T'. Mayoa ville, 8.-0,4 V$ REFEREES : * ? Rev. J. Leigh tan Wilenn, D. D., Dr. J.* A\~Z< doyes, Mayeaville, So. Ca.; Gen. W. L. T.^J Vince, Cheraw, 8. C.; Rev J. B. Mack, O hertel, i un, 8. C. ; Rev. G. Vf. Petrie, D. D., MonigotpJ^ ry, Ala. ; Mesara. Blauding A KicharJsooV v Sumter, 8. C. \ 'itiM Jan 26_tftuffiS^ St. Joseph's Academy, CONDUCTEn DY Tl! ? V*" f^S Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, ' ^ SUMTER, S. O. . ->'f 9 #TI1E Collcgiato Exorcis?e of.'tbi? j First Class Institute, will be resumed ,?, on the 1st of September. A . pr4BUp4?tM ?atoo d ii nen it requested In ord-r' ttr&j facilitate tho progress and arranftj?y nent of tho claf>3cs. Tho noiv buildings, (Trxra paciout and clcgitntly finished, furnishing. **$SM loinmndntiona f<>r one hundred boarder?; ixtcnaiva grounds and pia/.zaH aro ample for a^peWft cir exercise, and young Indict aro th o roughly. \ nslructed in English Malhemntica, French, inn, Muslo, Drawing. Painting, Ac, Ao. Location'^ leoltby, air pure, wa er good, and t?rma reason*,.'' iblo. Fur particulars apply to tho SuporlorcVlR?f-?' }t. Joseph's Acadomy, Sumter, or to the Bu pew /-j ioro.-s of tho Sisters of Mercy, Charleston, who''' viii endeavor to mcot the prosiuro ot'the tinfos,'. Nov. 10 . -_ V ".;:.;.: MUSIC LESSON ^ :. M Vocal and liistrumonta?j| The undersigned hiving taken his rc*id?n?? jj?? "nniior. will givo lessons in Singing and ob tWfflr ?IANO and VIOLIN1. H- ?ill lifcewi.-c ?SVC*R, tnicli-ma in FRENCH, U KUM AN and ARITH* j IIETIC. ' ''/dj TUNING OF PIANOS ATTENDED TO?/"^ For further particular.*, apply to him at ^bU^ esidouce in Harv in Street. ,f*5 H. C. M. KOPFF, Feb 2-tf_ ... y?, W0FF0RD COLLEGE. 8PA UTA ND Vtta C. H., * ; so. CA. - *m PAC?LTY1 tEV. A. M. SIIIPP, D. T)., President, art' '.'< Professor Mental and Morel 8ci -nee. V )AVID DUNCAN, A. M.. Profesor A'nofenll? Languages and Literatur?. tEV. WHITEFOORD 8M1TH, D. D- tf&ttt&SR Kn-I is h Literature. VA Ult KN DC PUK, A. M., Professor Natara!,' Science. -^vj rAS. H. CARLISLE, A. M , P.ofestor Mathe. malles. I," tEV. A. H. LFSTKR. A. M., Profasfor HUtorjf and Biblical Literature. rJjijffr. A? Tho Preparatory Sch ut], under the lmm?<fl<?ta..t upervUion nf tho Faculty, Jno. Vt, ftiiwHffl V. ri., Punelpal. ' Divinity School-Rev. A. M. Phipp, P. D, '. lev. Whitefoord Smith, D. I?.; P.i?v. A./ ftfl .ester, A. M. *-' '^'^?jS Tho firr. Session of tim Sixteenth ColJejinfe fear begins on the first .Monday In October,, i."'n'.i. the second Session begiot on the first Mon?'i lay In January, 1870. Tho course of studlea ind tho standar*) *>f-^ >clioh>rship romain niichumre-l, bul tho YAcahfc* tow admit irregular students or those wbv wLp* o pursue panlrnlar studio? only. ; T^** The Soho.>ls also open al lbw same tliWe. '.? ,'V> Pul.'lon per year, in L'olloge Clas.es, lurtiMftlf?| .nntingent fe?, $51 In Spc" ie. cr it? equlv-inrafi Tuition )>oryo .r, in PropTr?t,irv Schaolt'ln?t?S^B [ng contingent fee, $4* lo cum ney. i ^ Bills payablonne bnlf lo at!^?nco. BjorJ^-ffigg Month, fioai 410 10 %\h in c-irrnncy. ..'?'?i2S For fm th. i pHitloobi- -^? \&f? A. M. sm pp, VtfimSSm 'May 1? ^