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gut ^imto: watchman. ' VOL. XX_I_- WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 13. 1870. NO 49. r, n-,nr,nr,r,r,nnr,r,r,r,r,r,nnnnnn_*??*?S? DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. the Sumter Watchman* (ESTABLISHED IN li**.) xVggy WIMMD1Y MO? NI WO j AT SUMTER. 8. 0.? BY GILBERT ?* FliOWERSe Term?. 0MJW.?..} {} gu ?.?ibt...................-. . *: Th rc? ?om hi. 1 w* A I) VB HT IB BM KN TS loMrUd t>t tb? rat? tf ONB DOLLAR AWD WTV JM? ft' Jam for th? Ant, ONE D0^**0*'*? ?Lad, aad MPT* CK NT H for ?ach ?ub??qo?nl E&. for aa, f^^^S^SSlm OBITUARIES, TBIB?TB8 OF RESPECT .?4 allI WaSulirtlOOl which aub.arv? privat. latortrta, h? D?IO 'or ?? *?>srtU?awu._ THE REVOLUTION? AN INTERVIEW WITH JUDGE ORB. The Conclusions cf an Oil Statetman ? There's Life in the Old Land yet" The Fate of the Aegro-Fact* for Capitalists and Agriculturalists- The Politiced Flatform-Manufacturing Resources-Work for our Young Men -The Old and the Nao Regime. A correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing from Anderson, S. C., nader date of March 17, gives quite an interesting ftport of a conversation with Judge Orr, tn whioh that gentle? man appears to have set forth bis political views with great fullness and precision. After a sketchy account of the Judge's residenee, manner of life and person, the letter proceeds | tosty : j LIKES AND DISLIKES. In Charleston and among the low i country planters generally, ex Governor i Orr is an object of cordial dislike.- i When a Confederate Senator, he dared i to anticipate before others, the probable t downfall of the cause, and to iotroduee 1 io secret session what was known as the t "Peace Resolutions." When Governor, I he was bold enough to rise in the pres- I euee of a body of Charleston merohants, ? at a public dinner, aud utter truths, t political and commercial, that made < them wince. He had the hardihood to 1 affiliate socially with Generals Sickles i and Canby, and aid them in the arduous i work of reorganizing the State. He ? assumed the responsibility, at whioh 1 other men shuddered, ot recommending I officially, and on the hustings, that the while people should vote for delegates to the 3i?t* Constitutional Convention -a Republican body;and finally capped i the climax of political iniquity, by > permitting himself to be eleotcd to the ? office of Circuit Judge by a Republican i Legislature. People now say : "All this ' was right;" "Governor Orr was two < years in advance of us;" "had we < followed his counsel the condition of ; affairs would have been very different." . But still the prejudice is hereditary and i strong, and they neither forgive nor ' forget. 1 tasked the judge how he relished 1 this opposition. "Why, sir," he an- ' swered, "a public man in South Carolina, 1 who thinks for himself, must have a ' hide like a rhinoceros, ai 1 forty years ' of antagonism have made mine so tough 1 that all the poroupioes in Christendom 1 couldn't draw blood; that is, when 1 1 know I'm right." In the up country, however, the feel- ! ?og toward him is one of almost uni? versal respect. Known tobe just in his i administration of publio affairs, 'un- < tainted by the breath of any corrupting influences, of ten weighed in the batanee and never found wanting, af.able with the humblest, and personally popular i among all classes, the people trust him. They confide in his judgment. The very fact that he predioted long ago 1 present consequences, and advised the publio how to avert them, has more than ever increased faith in his wisdom, and fixed, as I am impressed, a determina? tion by thousands to adopt his policy. What that policy is, is foreshadowed io tho following conversation : THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION AND DEMOCRATIC PARTY. Q. Jndge Orr, you have been long affiliated with the Democratic party of the country, and I have some curiosity to learn why, so soon after the Phila? delphia convention of 1865, in whioh you played an important part, you identified yourself with and espoused the principles of another party not generally acceptable to your own peo? ple. A, The answer to that question is a simple one. It was generally believed throughout the South that the object of that convention was to restore harmo? nious feeling between the two sections, and, accordingly,her representative men were selected to confer and sot with the Democratic leaders of the North. Re? sults proved, however, that elements of disruption were already at work within the party-that the West and East were antagonistic in their views of publie policy-and that, in many respects, the South was not in a eondition to agree with either. The effort then made to create a healthy publio sentiment to? ward us signally failed, and, after a mere spasm of cordiality io thc conven? tion, itc members separated u diverso in their opinions as ever. These bickering? resulted in the election of General Grant and the present supre? macy of the Republioan party. Q. But ia it your opinion that tho Democratic party will never regain its power ? A. A party oalled Democratic may eventually suoeeed, but the ja ld regimo is forever dead. Tho antagonism of so many leading members of the party to the war will, sinoe the war has proved successful, put them in the samo cate? gory, in all future popular eleotions, with tho opponents of the revolutionary war, tho war of 1812, and the war with Mexico. None of the parties opposing .heso wars had snffioi?nf. vitally to recover from the damaging results of their opposition. But the blunders of the Republican party, already made, and wbioh they will continue to make, not moving cautiously in consequence of their consciousness of strength, will necessarily create a reaotion, under the influonoe of whioh they, too, will be overwhelmed in national polities, u the Jaokson party wu overwhelmed in 1840 m the contest between Mr. Van Buren and General Harrison, when the eleetion **B won not so muoh by the popularity ?f tho Whig principles a? by the un? popularity of the Jackson and Van .Buren Malnutrition, tlign Uses, the eonseqent stringency of the finances, ?nd official corruption, is the rock upon wbioh the Republican party will be wreeked. From the debris another party wilt arise composed of the progressive men of the country, whose Jeaderj will be real statesmen and economists, and under their administration the Union will advance in true greatness and solid prosperity. Doubtless the next census will chango basis of power. More reta* ti ve strength will be given to the South and West, which will result in weaken? ing the influence of the New England States, and transferring the control of the country to the agricultural sec? tions. Q Do you think the oountry would be better off under s Demooratio ad? ministration than it is at the present time ? A. I oan only answer that question with qualifications. In my judgment, thjp election of Qeneral Grant avoided violence and bloodshed throughout the South. Under the administration of My. Seymour, efforts would unquestion ibly have been made to overturn exist? ing State governments, even before his inauguration, because the people wore itimulated by the delusivo representa? tions of ardent partisans, who believed lie oould undo the entire work of recou itruotiou. The truth is, however, that had Mr. Seymour been elected, ho would bave been as impotent as Andrew Johnson in every endeavor to render issistance to the South. Tho majority )f the Senate would have been against kim for at least two years, and he could aot have removed or appointed a post? master. The House was in the same ipposition, and none of the party would have felt amiably inolined toward one ?hat had defeated their oandidate. GUANT'8 ELECTION A BLESSING. In this view, therefore, it was a bless? ing to thc South that O .ut was elected. Some of the resfflts to us, politically, may not be agreeable ; some of the Con? gressional legislation that has followed bus been based upon a misapprehension of the real public sentiment of the South;but the end will prove the wis? dom of the election of General Grant [t must be remembered that the war did DOt close with the termination of hostilities. It required time to make the people fully realize the fact that they were conquered, and to adapt themselves to tho new situation. The principles for which ?they had fought were, so to speak, hereditary, aud it would be a marvel in history or in human nature for them to have even theoretically submitted to a stronger power at once. Q. Suppose, on the theory that the Southern States were never out of the Union, their representatives had been admitted to Congress without the rex strictions which have been imposed by the enactments of that body, what then would have been the result? A. In my judgement, one third of the States of the Union would have been hostile to every leading feature of the polioy of the conquering party. They would not have sympathized with the power by which they had been de? feated. They would not have given universal suffrage to the negro; they would not have permitted the South to be overrun by irresponsible and, in many instances, corrupt men-mere adventurers, having in view solely their own elevation. In faot suoh was the temper of the people, that they would not have recognized the rights of qual? ified suffrage to the colored man at the time it was proffered. Ofcourse, at the present time, they would be glad enough to make suoh a compromise, It is the knowledge of this fact which accounts for the persistency of Republi? canism at the North, and for the adop? tion of a plan of reconstruction whioh would remove the fangs of the serpent by whioh that seotioo had been stung. Still, I do not wish to bo understood as endorsing all the peouliar manifesta? tions of that political creed which bavo been exhibited in the South, because Republicanism has gone to extremes here whioh would nover be accepted at the North. A rehotioo must, necessa? rily, take plaoe, aod is already in pro? gross. REPUBLICANISM TO PREDOMINATE. Q. But will a true Republican ism gain accessions to its ranks from tho native white men of the South ? A. Most unquestionably, but it will be a work of time, lt is every day bc coming evident to men of shrewdness and foresight that there is no organiza? tion antagonistic to the Republican par? ty whioh oan be successful in South Carolina for the next ten years, and the remark is equally applicable to every Southern State in whioh there is a large oolored majority. The results of the last three years have satisfied the people that all the present evils of whioh they complain might have been averted by showing to the oolored v)ters that they intended to maintain their new rights. Large numbers of the best men in South Carolina are even now willing to espouse Republican principles, and would doubtless do so but for the distrust whioh, as gentlemen of oharacter and intelligence, they naturally entertain toward iuuao who, by accidental circum? stances, have been plaood in thc lead of the Republican party-men who do not, and never aid, enjoy publie confidence ; men who aro ignorant, corrupt, dishonest, and unfit, by reason of their carly associa? tions, for decent society. They were adroit enough, however, to make the more ignorant among the negroes be* lieve them to be their best friends, and by employing all the arts of the doma Sogue, and an unscrupulous use of (?graceful agenoios, they suooeoded in being eleoted to tbs most important offices In the Stat?. TUK-COLORED PEOPLX. Q. Is it your belief thet tb? negro osn be controlled ? A, It depends upon tbe material yon work with, and the material you work upon. The most ignorant are the most radical ; the most intelligent are the most conservative ; and my ezperienoe with them, io the capacity of legisla tora, satisfies me that as far as lies in their power they mean lo do only that which will redound to the best interests of the State. Naturally, muoh of their action has been based npon the determi? nation to strengthen their party ; some of their measures, such as legislating a oity council into office over the head of another council, perhapi equally Re* publioan in oharaoter ; or such as ex? tending the limits of a oity or town in order to embraoe more votes, have been extraordinary in their purpose; but even these have found sturdy opponents among the race, who will not lend themselves to any policy, however ad? vantageous, that is not fully sustained by precedent or principle. As I said before, the oolored people may, for awhile, distrust the professions of white men, but when thov see them in earnest, and discover that it is not merely a matter of politics, but of practical benefit to the State, whioh is involved in a combination of strength, confidence will be restored, and the two races will work together in harmony. Q. Is there a disposition among the oolored people to improve their oppor? tunities? A. Undoubtedly * large numbers of colored children are attending school, many of their parents, by economy and industry, have aooumulated means ; as a olass they dress better than before, and there are general evidences of im? provement. There is of course a large olass of idlers, lasy mon and women, who have no ambition tq do more than live from hand to mouth. These prey upon society, and bring their race iuto disrepute ; out this is an evii which only time oan cure. It is the brighter side ot the pioture which our people are pleasurably contemplating, because they see in the advancement of this large oolored element a corresponding degree of advantage to themselves and the State. We want intelligent labor. As an agricultural community we must de? pend upon it for success, and, it it oan uor be brought from abroad, our polioy is tc promote all educational influen?a at home. It is a realization of the fact that the interests of the two races are common, thal each depends upon the other, that tho black man is essential to tho welfare of the white man, and that both must work together in the busi. ness concerns ol life, whioh has brought men to thoir senses. We ore, in short, becoming progressive. THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. Q. Allow me to ask, Governor, what is likely to be the operation of tho fif? teenth amendment throughout the South ? A. It is my belief that in a few years Congress will find that they have put into the hands of tho South a two edged sword ; that that with which they iotendod to deprive the white man of power has only doubled it. And should the question of repoaliug the clause be raised, its strongest opponents will then be those who live South of the Mason and Dixon's line. So identical will the interests of the two races here even? tually become-all local causes of irrita? tion boing removed-that the South will go into a national contest with all her armor on carrying with her the balanoe of power, and the ability to de ? termine every vexed question of nation? al politics. Ideas do not always culmi? nate in a day or a generation, and we can well afford to wait tho issue, know? ing that mind will at last triumph over muscle, and secure for us as a people united, without respeot to color, all the wrights to whioh we are entitled. In other words, New England will not al? ways dictate to us from the floor of Congress, and thc North generally will not enjoy the blessings of partial legis? lation. In this light, looking to the future for results, I think we should be grateful for the fifteenth amendment. THE FATE OF THE NEGRO. Q. I have frequently seen it stated in the public prints that the negro is dying out, and the fear is expressed that, in the oourse ot time, there may not be enough loft to till the orops. But what are your views on this subject ? A. It is one to whioh I have not given careful attention. Yot my ob? servation of the mortuary records of our principal cities satisfies me that the fear expressed is not without founda? tion. Natural causes, whioh you will readily understand, are at work to pro? duce this result. In old times, under our system, the health of slaves, es? pecially of the yoong, was a matter ol constant solicitude. Unless on extra? ordinary occasions, they were neither over-worked nor permitted to lounge in idleness. They were fed on substantial food, comfortable clad, properly amused and had no oares. When ill, the planta tion physioian was oalled in, and all hil skill applied to the business of restora? tion. The slave represented money mouoy in himself and money in tb? our rent year's crop. It wasn't profita? ble to allow him to be siok, and muot less profitable to let bim dio. The oon sequenoo was that, botween the yeai 1800 (when there were only 50,00( slaves in the United States) and th? year 1860, the inorease was upwards o 4,0J0,000 ; and it is a grave question by the way, what sort of a oountry wi should have had in fifty years more a the same rate of negro growth. It is an o th er grave question whether, if Provi? dence intended emancipation to tak plaoe at any time, it did not ocout au spioiously in 1868. But to resume. Th condition of the freedmen is now re versed. With no master, he has n sense of responsibility. Tho more ig nor n t among the field hands are eon tent to lire in squalor and wretchedness, their children die from lack of proper food and care, and there is unquestiona? bly a diminution in their numbers from natural causes, which in their present situation cannot bo controlled. This is especially tho ease among the negroes on the cc : but the remark does not apply to the intelligent colored man anywhere. It is s remarkable fact that the slave increased twenty-three and one-half per cent., and the oolored free people only one per cent, during the ten years preceding the war. If I re? member rightly, the eity registrar of Boston reported that during the five years preoeding 1869 the number of colored births was one less than the number of marriages, and the doaths exceeded the births in the pro {ortioo of nearly two to one. In Rhode aland and Connecticut, according to the registries kept, the yearly deaths of blacks and mulattoes have generally exeoeeded the yearly births. There is no method of reaohmg similar results in the South, except through the re poits of the health officers of th? dif? ferent cities, but these show a startling amount of mortality in the raoe, and invite a question as to its ultiainte con. dition. My own impression is, that in a quarter of a oentury from the present time, all the colder regions of the South, from Virginia to Georgia, will be main? ly populated by sturdy white emigrants, before whose oompeting toil the negro will be obliged to givo way, and that he will seek the lowlands as his final abi? ding place. Those are but speculations, yet the fate of the red man is to a very considerable degree typioal of the law of nature whioh oas applied to the ne? gro in every State in whioh he hos been compelled to work for his subsistence, side by sido with the white. The South, however, requires all her labor? ing population, and as a people, we do? plore any exigency whioh threatens to deprive us ot so essential an aid to our prosperity. Hence it is that our liber? al minded men, farseeing these results, are prepared by wise and human regu? lations tor their enlightenment and moral and social improvement, to make the colored people valuable io our agricul? tural developments, and thus retain them as an element of practical strength and usefulness. IMMIGRATION-ITO IMPORTANCE TO THE SOUTH. Q. Tho views you have expressed lead naturally to the inquiry whether the people ot the South fully appreciate the importance of an infusion of more energetic help, of white emigration from Europe and tho North, and what inducements are offered to citizens of other portions ot the world to settle in your midst ? A. The inquiry opens a broad field and comprehends much. In general terms, I answer that, viewing the ques? tion of Southern resuscitation in ail its bearings, emigration ?san absolute South? ern necessity. Our losses during the war amounted to the enormous sum of ?7,000,000,000. Wo have loft to us, however, an im ra snse area of land, a productive soil, and a genial climate. Our resources are incalculable, but we need population and oapital to develop thom. We are satisfied with our pre? sent labor. It is insufficient and to some extent untrustworthy. To illustrate : The population of South Carolina ts in round numbers say 700,000, near); equally divided between white and black. This would give us but twenty three persons to tho square milo, yet tho territory of the State, under thrifty cultivation, may be made to sustain 4,000,000 of persons with ease. To obtain this population we must tap the reservoirs of the world, and to all who oome we will extend a cordial welcome. Immigration will induce competition, and in competition is our safety. There is no other coeroion that can be applied to idlo men. They must either work or starve. Doubtless we have to en? oountor much opposition from the West in our endeavor to divort the tide of emigration, but we have more to offer in the shape of reward than any Wes? tern State. Our products are nearer the great markets of the world, our soil is far more fertile, and the emigrant will come to a State already settled and poscssiog the advantages of age if not of progress. The same causes whioh have developed Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa may bo applied with equal, if not greater success in South Carolina. We only require a multitude of farmers to raiso a produot for whioh we have heretofore paid the North and West, and in my judgment the owners of large tracts of valuable plantation lands will be glad to dispose of their surplus pos? sessions, rather than attempt the oulti vation'of orops on tho gigantic soale whioh belonged to our formor system of labor. Experiment has demonstrated, both here and abroad, the value of small farms sod diversified industry. We have about 4,600,000 aores of land un? der cultivation, only ono fourth of the area of the State. This would throw into market 45,500 farms of 100 aoros oaoh. To illustrate by comparison, Now Jorsey and South Carolina aro vory near? ly equal in population. The value ol tho products or tho first named State in 1850 wau $b0,003,00; of South Carolina during tho same year only $40,080,000 True, tho oapital of one is largely de? voted to manufacturing purposes ; thc oapital of the other is employed obieflj n agriculture ; but you will readily soe that if all the facilities at our command our vast water power and msnufaotu ring resources, wore developed to th? same extent as in New Jersey, we would roalise truly a golden dream of prospor ity. Even under present oiroumstanoei we shall bo batter off pecuniarily, in flvi years, with anything like favorabh orops, and will have more aotual casi at' our command than ever before. It two years wo will begin to invest om surplus capital io manufactures, but at present oar people are afraid to invest in anything. They hare money, a large amount of it, bat it has gone into coin, and ia hidden away. In a little while, as soon as political* affairs are settled, and confidence ia restored in the.administration of Stato and national affairs, yon will see it come forth and go into atooks and benda. The old evil of extravagance, so fatal to permanent prosperity, has been effectually cured, and hereafter as mao appreciate the diff? iculty of making money, they will manage ita outlay judiciously. IN 00N0LU8I0N, remarked Judge Orr, the views I have expressed to yon this evening, while entertained by a large number of the citizens of the State, have never before that I am aware of, been publioly utter? ed. I know what will be the result when they sro published. I shall be roundly abused for telling the truth and speaking what, in my judgment is common souse ; but the soundness of these reflections will, I am confident, be demonstrated in the future, when passion has sub? sided, and reason once more assumed sway. AN ACT To malee Appropriations and Raise Supplies for tlie Fiscal Year commen? cing November 1st, 1869. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the author? ity of the same, That the following sums be, and they aro hereby appropri? ated for the payment of various officers and expenses of the State Government, that is to Bay: FOE SALARIES. For the Governor, three thousand five hundred dollars ; for the Seoretary ot Stato, three thousand dollars; for completing index to the records of the office of the Secretary of State, two thousand dollars; for clerk to Seoietary of State, one thousand dollars ; for the Private Seoretary of the <Governor, two thousand dollars ; for the Adjutant and inspector General, twenty five hundred dollars ; for the Assistant Ad? jutant and Inspeotor General, fifteen hundred dollars ; for the Comptroller General, three thousand dollars ; for Clerk to the Comptroller General, one thousand dollars ; for tho State Treas? urer, twenty five hundred dollars ; for tho Chief Clerk to the State Treasurer, eighteon hundred dollars ; for the Book keeper for Stato Treasurer, eighteen hundred dollars ; for the Auditor of tho State, twenty five hundred dollars ; for the State Auditor's Chirk, one thou? sand dollars ; for the Superintendent of Kdunstion, twenty five hundred dol? lars ; for the Clerk to the Superintend? ent of Education, eight hundred dol? lars ; for tho Chief Constable, fifteen hundred dollars; for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, four thousand dollars; for the two Assooiate Justices, seven thousand dol?ais; for the eight Circuit Judges, twenty eight thousand dollars ; for the eight Circuit Solioitors, eight thousand dollars ; for the Attor? ney General, throe thousand dollars; for the Attorney's General's Clerk, one thousand dollars;for the Clerk of the Supreme Court, who shall perform the duties of Librarian of said Court, fifteen hundred dollars ; for the State Reporter fifteen hundred dollars ; for the keeper of tho State Houso and State Librarian, seven hundred dollars ; for the Superin? tendent of tho South Carolina Penaten? tiary, two thousand dollars ; for the three health officers, throe thousand nine hundfed dollars; for the Watchmen of the State house and grounds, six hundred dollars each ; for the County Auditors, thirty one thousandjfive bun'* dred dollars ; Clerk to tho Auditor of the County of Charleston, one thousand dollars ; for the three Code Commission? ers, ten thousand five hundred dollars ; for the Governor's messenger, three hundred dollars; for the land Commis? sioner, two thousand dollars ; for the County Sobool Commissioners, thirty one thousand five hundred dollars ; for the Commissioner of the Bureau of Ag? ricultural Satieties, fifteen hundred dollars. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. SEO. 2. For Contingent fund of the Governor, twenty five thousand dollars, out of whioh shall be paid the expenses of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, to bo drawn upon the order of tho Gov? ernor ; for the contingent fund of tho Treasurer, ooo thousand dollars ; for the contingent fund ot the Comptroller General, ono thousand dollars ; for the contingent fund of the Attornoy Gene? ral, one thousand dollars; for the con? tingent fund of State Auditor, ono thousand dollars ; for the contingent fund of the Adjutant and Inspeotor Goneral, twenty five hundred dollars; for the contingent fund of tho Superin? tendent of Eduoatiou, ooo thousand dollars; for the oontiogent fund ef the Seoretary of State, one thousand dollars ; for oontiogent fund of the Chief Constable, five hundred dollars ; for the oontiogent fund of the Stato Librarian, three hundred dollars ; The abovo appropriations to be drawn on the order of the hoads of sovoral de? partments, if so muoh bo necessary. JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT. SEO. 8. For tho purohase of books for the Supreme Court Library, five thousand dollars, if BO muoh be neces? sary, to be drawn on the order of tho Chief Justice ; for contingent expenses of the Supreme Court, tinder section 7 of an Aot rati?ed the eighteenth day of September, 1868, one thousand dol? lars. ORDINARY CIVIL EXPENSES. SEO. 4. For contingent aooonnts for the expenses of the general eleotion of 1870, fifteen thousand dollars, if so much be neoeesary, aooonnts to bo audited by tba State Auditor, and paid on the warrant of tbe Comptroller Gen* eral; for the support of the Lunatic Asy? lum, six tees, thousand dollars, to be drawn on the order of the Governor; for the support of the State Orphan Asylum, fifteen thousand dollars, to be [?aid in accordance with the law estab isbing tho same ; for Quarantine expen? ses, four thousand dollars, to be drawn on the order of the Comptroller General, scoounta lo bo first approved by the Governor;for the Physician of the Charleston Jail, one thousand dollars; transportation and olothicg for dischar? ged convicts, three hundred dollars ; for the Catawba Indians, fifteen hundred dollars, to be paid on the order of the Governor ; for the State constabulary, thirty thousand dollars, if so muoh be oeoessary, to be paid on the order of the Governor: for contingent account of the State, including the payment of ex? penses ot the General Assembly and printing, one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars; also, tho sn m of thirteen thousand four hundred and fifty ?4 100 dollars, to meet the deficiency in the Legislative appropriation for regular session of oightecn bundled and sixty eight and eighteen hundred and sixty nine; the futher sum of six thousand three hundted and forty 81-100 dollars, remniuing undrawn, of the appropriation for the payment of the Special Session of 1868, can be applied, if necessary, for the payment of the above aocounts. All payments to be made in the usual manner : Provided, That all contingent accounts be audited by the State Auditor, and paid on the warrant of the Comptroller * General. EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES. SEO. 5. For continuing the construc? tion of the South Carolina Penitentiary, eight thousand dollars, to be paid on the order of the Governor ; for repaire and extension of the buildings of the Lanatio Asylum, ten thousand dollar, to be paid on the order of tho Governor, accounts to be approved by the Board of | 'Regents; for repairs on the University buildings, ten thousand dollars, if so much be necessary, to be paid on the order of the Governor, accounts to be approved by the Board of Trustees ; for the purchase of books for the Library of the University of South Carolina two thousand five hundred dollars, the same to be expendod under the direction of I the Board ot Trustees ?f the University ; for building a vault to Comptroller General's office, five thousand dollars, if so muoh be necessary, aocounts to be approved by the Comptroller General and paid on the order of the Governor for fitting up tho New State House, thirty thousand dollars, if so much be necessary, the contract to be awarded by the Governor and the executive Com? mittee appointed by the Joint Commit? tee of tho General Assembly, to invite proposals for the completion of the State House, the money for the payment of said work to be paid upon the order of the Governor; for the remodeling and repairs of the Governor's Mansion, five thousand dollars, to be paid on the or? der of the Governor ; for payment of ac? count of J. S. G. Richardson, for 114 copies of Riohardson's Law, Equity and Law, and Equity Reports, agreeable to joint resolutions authorizing tbe Secre? tary of State to purchase the same, appro ved March 26, 18G9, eight hundred and seventeen dollars; for payment of| accounts of Bryau & MoCarter, for furn? ishing 100 copies of Riohardson's 15th Volume Law Reports, and 100 copies of Richardson's 14th Volume Equity Re ports, agreeable to joint resolutions passed, eleven hundred dollars ; for pay? ment of salary due C. D. Melton, for servioos reudered the State as Solicitor ot Northern Cirouit, one thousand five hundrod and seventy five dollars; for payiuont of salary due J. Williman, for services rendered os Messenger of Court of Appeals in Charleston County, and Messenger and Librarian of the same, two hundred and eighty seven 50 100 dollars. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. SEO. 6. For the support and mainte? nance of free schools, fifty thousand dollars, io addition to the capitation tax : Provided, That said sum of fifty thousand dollars be apportioned among tbe soveral Counties of tho State in propor? tion to their representation in the lower branch of tho General Assembly : And provided, further, That each County shall bo entitled to the amount of poll tax raised in said County ; for the support of tho South Carolina University twenty five thousand dollars, to be paid on tho order of tho Governor ; for the Education of tho deaf, dumb and blind, eight thousand dollars, to be paid on theordor of tho Governor. MILITARY EXPENSES. SEO. 7. To defray the expenses of the enrollment, organization and equip? ment of the militia, fifty thousand dollars, to be disbursod by ?ho Adjutant and Inspector General, on the order of the Governor. SEO. 8. For the payment of the interest on the publio debt, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. SEO. 0. That all taxes assessed and payable under this Aot shall bo paid in the following kind of funds, viz : Bills Roc?ivablo of the State, Unitod States Currenoy National Bank Notes, Gold or Silver Coin. Approved March 1, 1870. - Suooesa in life is very apt to make us forgot the time we was nt muoh. It is just so with a frog on a jump; he can't remomber wheo he was a tadpole -but other folks oan. - Josh Billings says: "Give the devil his duos, reads well enough io a proverb;" but prooeeds to inquire, very pertinently ; "what will beoome uv you and me if this arrangement is oarried out ?" 1870. 187?. MAYESVILLE, S- C. J. A. M?Y?S"& CO., WILL CONTINUE DURING THE TEAR TO KEEP OK HAND A PULL 8UPPLY OP GOODS IN THEIR LINE, CONSISTING OP DRUGS, MEDICINES, GROO ERIES, AHB pRoyissons, ?ad bop? to merit a contlnaaaee of tbe liberal patronage they bare be?a rewiring. We desire to call particular attention ie oar trade la FLOUR. It te oar aim to keep for sale only good quail, ties of FLOUR, and families may rely upon our stock as affording the best grades of Extra and Fumify Ftourt . to be had in the markets. Our groceries generally are all FIRST-CLASS GOODS. and our DRUGS and MEDICINES are war? ranted to be pure and genuine. Besides the usual stock or DRUGS and MED? ICINES, we keep always on bond, we offtr two invaluable preparations of our own maaufaelure. Anti-Malarial Specific, FOR TUB PERMANENT CURE OF Chills and Fevers. TONIC BITTERS. an admirable combination of TONICS adapted to all eases needing Tonio Medicines. COUNTRY PRODUCE of all kinds taken In BARTER for goods at fair prices. J. A. MAYES A CO. Jan 1, 1870 _ ly New Hardware Store, Main s! under Sumter Hotel. L. P. LORING, -Ad EMT FOR Messrs. King & Huppman, BALTinonE, ra. ?. Wonld reipco tf ul ly announce to his friends and the pablio, that he has received and opened, at the above establishment a Stock of Hardware and Family Utensils, embracing every article in this line of business, which he intends to sell at the LOWEST PRICKS, FOB CASH. He will keep always in store, a complete assort? ment of . Collin's Axes, Ames' Shovels and Spades, Trace Chaine, Hoes, Rakes, Pitoh Forks, Grain Cradles, Soythe Blade?, Guano Selves, Pooket and Table Cutlery, Brass Preserving Kettles, Tin Ware, Window Glare-all sises. Persons in want-of the mott convenient and economical Stoves, can be supplied with tba latest improved patterns at prloee which cannot fall to give entiro satisfaction. May 20_;_ PICTURES, IN THE j J HIGHEST AND LATEST STYLES OF ART, ARE NOW TAKEN BY WILDER & WHEELER, I i At the Gallery In Sumter, lately kept by II. B MCCALLUM, sueh as PHOTOGRAPHS, IVORYTYPES, AMBROTYPES, FERROTYPES, Ac| FRAMES of sit sises furnished. PICTURES colored,and old pictures deaned and remounted. , STEREOSCOPES AND STEREOSCOPIC | i1 VIEWS for sale. Nov_ JAMES CALDWELL. WHOLESALE ANO RETAIL DEALER IN Boots, Shoes, Ha*s, Trunks etoo. Opposite J. T. SOLOMONS, Sumter, So. Ca. Feb 1?_tl oct. TO THE Planters of Maysviil? and Surrounding Couatry. GBMTLKMBV; We most respostfully offer you the following manures: PERUVIAN GUANO, direct from the agent, FARMERS PLASTER OR GYPSUM, up to standard, SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO, COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE, for compost ting with eotton seed, DISSOLVED BONE A SUPERIOR ARTIC FLOUR OF BONE, B AUG H'S RAW BONE PHOSPHATE, CAROLINA FERTILIZER, THE NAVAS3A AMMONIATED SOLUBLE PHOSPHATE of Wilmington, ? oash orders solicited. 1 MAYKS A COOPER Agente. I Jan 5-8m For Sale. IUI AT VALUABLE PROPERTY, , i called Brookland, Situated ia Sumter County, i about ene mllr from 8tatesburg, and whieh was I tb? family renldenco of the late John Bradley. It consiste of a large and fine Dwelling House, with 10 rooms, (8 unusually large,) Brlek Kitch? en, Stable, Barn, Carriage Hou?, an J other nee essary ou t- building?, all in thorough repair, and about UO norse of land. Place entirely healthy. Prlea $6000 00 and terms aoeompaatlftg. For other particular!, apply to the undersigned, at Marietta, Ga., or te J. 8. O. RtohnrdreO, Eaq at Sumter S. 0. Pcb 23- tf. ELLEN BRADLEY. PROMPTLY IXt< OVTfXCJt Q'? Tho Sumter Watej -IV TIM - I Highest Style of tt SUMTER V MARBLE Yu rllK undersigned woatd noel rer^e?ft}a^||| announce to lb? poop!? of Sumter ?ed .Mft^T . urjdiog couutry bss li? have Just weeltedj^rVj SPLENDID LOT OF < . f$3 "Bag CL ar lo f . nd le now preparad to recel <r? aod exeeate WI'_?;^ lors of all hinds in his line, with naatneer ead |Ogg lispateh. , HON RAII.INO FURNISHED TO O lt) EE. ^ W. P. SMITH, ' .^M SUMTER, 8. C. y'$M Kro- ir_ yr >M ST* O "V E Kt ManufacturodJTjy v< larbeck, Coiiklin & Willi?/?] Manufacturers of y Hoves, Tin and Japaned Ware, ? And Agonie for Kaoline aud Enamel?? Ware. 'or sale by ? '' \< L. P. LORING, Agont, . ^ June 9- Bumter 8. 0. j . -.-.-, COIT'S ,\ ; MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL Academy i MA YE SVILL\E, S. ?. TN THIS INSTITUTION BOYS and YOUNO ?1 L MEN will be thoroughly fitted for COLLEGE . r BUSINESS. In addition to Anelent and Modern Languages, . tie Soi en cog and ordinery English Bramones, esoial iostruetion will be giren In PENMAN*. . jr HIP, BOOK KEEPING, Business Forma, and I .O0OU1118, and in Vocal Muslo. The Prineipal refers with pride and graillas- ' ion to h|s former pupils, who have taken high ? osltlons in College or Bnsloess. \: HB FIRST SESSION beglna Oetober 1st, .v? and oloses February lath. ' ^ HE SECOND SESSION begins FebrtUTy loth, ? and olotes Juna 80th. TERMS : $100 per Session for Board and ' . ] 'nilton, Invariably in advanee. & Fron ob, German and Drawing astra. For Circulara address CAPT. WILLIAM II. COIT. Mayeavllle, S. O. V REFEREES:. ? Rev. J. Leighton. Wlteon, D. D., Hr. J. A. 1 layes, MayesvUle, So. Ca.; Gon. W. L. T. .;" .rince, Cheraw, 8. C. ; Rev. J. B. Meek, Charlea- f an, 8. C.; Rev. G. W. Petrie,D. D., Montgom- < r ry, Ala.; Messrs. Blanding A Richardson, lumter. 6. C. ; Jan 26 t7July. 3t. Joseph's Academy. | coanneran av TBB ', Sisters of 0or Lady of Mercy, SUMTER, S. O. m yifm? THE Collegiate Exereisea of thia J ' OTrwBL Fin" c,ais I"s,l,ut?? wl11 i>?resumed Ibo let of Seiiteniber. A prompt y. Td?^faUoiidanco is requoft? in order to , *^ft?9* faeilitato the progress and arrange*. lent of tho classes. The new buildings are paoious and elogantly finished, furnishing fie*- Jr* ommodatione for one hundred boarders. 'She ' itensiro grounds and pinsias are aiuplo for-etoen ir exereise, and young ladles ara thoroughly ostruotod in English Mathematics, French, ItaV 'Tffi ian, Muelo, Drawing,Painting, Ac., Ae. Loeattea ... ealtby, ?ir pure, wnter good, and tarma reason ble. For particulars apply to the Super teresa of " t. Joseph's Academy, Sumter, or to the Bape? M loress of tho Sisters of Mercy, Charleston, who rill ondeavor to meet the pressure ot' the times. -?L-J.?_. ; MUSIC LESSONS. focal and Instrumental. - M The undersigned having taken his residanee at ! nut tor, will give lossone In Singing and ou. tba' 'j ?IANO and VIOLIN. He will like wi.o give In. :, trnotlonaJtLf RENCH, GERMAN aud ARITH? METIC. I TUNING OF PIANOS ATTENDED TO. For further particulars, apply to bim at hit esidenco in Harv in Street. II. C. M. KOPFF. Feb 2-tf_. i WOFFORB COLLEGE. .FARTANBIina ?. H., 80. CA. FACULTYl IEV. A. M/8HIPP, D. D., Presiden Professor Mental and Moral Sol? ace. DAVID DUNCAN, A. M., Professor Anelent Languages and Literature. ttEV. WHITEFOORD SMITH, D. D., Profeeaot^ \ Baglish Literature - rVAUREN DU PRE, A. M., Professor Natural Sclonoe. rAS. II. CARLISLE,. A. M., Prefassor Mathe, matios. ?IEV. A. H. LESTER, A. M., Professor History and Biblloal Literature. The Preparatory Sehtot, under tba' Immediate -. mpervlsliin of the Faculty, Jno. W. S HIPP, K. H., Principal. Divinity Sohuol-ROT. A. M. Phipp, D. D. lev. Whitefoord Smith, D. D. t Rev.' A. B Lester, A. M. The first Session of the Slxloonth Collegiate Ifoar begins o:i the first Munday In October, I8A0. tho second KP*, lon begins un tho first Moa? lly In January, 1870. V" The course of studlea and the standard of ' loholarship remain unchanged, bat the Faculty? ?ow admit Irregular studeuts or those Who wise to pursue particular studlea only. The Schools also open at the same time. Tuition per year, In College Olaeeee, Inolndlef jonllngeot fee, $61 la Specie, or ita equlvelta'Vrn Oarreney. ? Tuition per year, In Preparatory SvhM, IhelueT lng eontlogeut fee, #44 In earranay. Rills payable ?ne half In adranee. Board, | Month, from $10 to $1.1 In rurrenry. For forth, r partlealar? address A. M. Mill i', PrcMimt May 10 ... A J ... . .* *'