?lffifcjHaaloa l?ewe bu e^lvsaiaed toltol LegUlMasVwhiosi we HBfe?'W^'M' fc-P ?t*?t)ipg In oar columna fwg|Bjii^ t? order tb tit oar readers, ajMfjPSti ?0?MCry generally, maj fetnll aptttaV tbeaaelre? with it, end explaio HHity.J&e. oolor?d people. From thia jPjpP^ Wteke, for th? pr ea? ot, the |^w^a%? "Code of Procedure," or copy of ??gMNew York Code, cost the State ^^TfaVCoata constabulary coat $30,000 j^NHrf ?600 ?lap? for Chief Constable ie fr necessary to give $9300 as f?rafetitlegeot lund to the different dopart %k BM ot officers of tbe State ? "Tha expenses of the general elootioos ff?f?iWO are ?et down et $15,000 Four w jeers ago $1000 wes eoosgb. [ \ \ 7 The whole espeosee of the 8 tate Gov? r, eromcnt this year (esclasivoyof inter? is^ ^?sO ftre/ofer times ss mach as (hey ;) .were three years ago. ? ??} The total appropriations for carrying , co the Stet? Government were $420,000 v i*' 1806, nod are $1,070,000 for 1869 tr <.' including interest. . rf, The legislative expenses in 1867 were let down at $48,00). The session just '.v?lo?ed coj>t, according to senator Leslie, ?U?0at $?00,000. Is there not a press \. log need of reform ? The Citizen's 4Vty vote Aye! , Tn* ."extraordinary expenses" of the r State Government this year are set down ? at $140,000. This is just ono hundred and forty thousand arguments on the aido of retrenchtnoot. This alone will draw thousands of voters to the Citi? zen's Party. In 1867 the salaries of the State offi ? ?er* and judges amounted to 850,800. . . This year they amount to $107,800. u \ Under this head the cost of the State *'\ Government is more than trebled in , ''. three years. Tux payers, mark this 1 Governor Scott'? mi li ii? is to cost ''?f?jf thousimd dollars this year. Win? chester rifle law is o leetle dear. Why jethia thus? Does "his Excellency" expect to fori? his candidates into office with Winchester rifles and bayonets? The Adjutant-General of the State has a aslary of $2500 and ? contingent account of $2500, and the spending oi $50,000 for militia purposes. Besides this, he draws his pay as speaker of the House and has a gratuity, or extra com? pensation, ai the end ol'ouch session. BIKNINGITIit, Dr. T. J. Ward, of Columbus, in s -, letter to the Enquirer, Bays : ? Io 1864, I had charge of the hospi? tal for tho treatment of the laboren - employed in the Transportation Depart jneot in this oity. It fell to my lol in tho latter part of the wiuterand ear ly spring of that year, to treat six casos of oerebrospinorl meningitis, and thal was tbe first case, which had existed j some twenty-four hours before I wai "called in lathe other oases I saw tb< patienta within a fevr hours after th( - appearance of the disease, which wat - generally ushered in with chilly sonsa '. tious, pain in the bead and spine, anc i followed by fever, detirum and curva? ture Of the spine vt i iii in from two t< -six hours. My plan was (o bleed thom freely fron a large orifice until I made a de cid et impression upon the pulse, anti unti there waa a manliest relaxation of thi muscular rigidity and tension and tem > pcrat ure of the skin. I then put then upon nauseating potions of-tartar cm et " .jo, and gave a brisk mercurial purgativi and applied a large blister to the spine extending from thc occiput to the lowe s . anglo of the scapular. Alter the actioi of the purgative, I continued the mer cury and tartar emetic in alterative po tiona, combined with Dover powder if i was disposed to act two freely upon th |)OWols. And if reaction was fully cs tabliahed before relief, 1 repeated th bleeding. Uudcr this treatment I ha : the satisfaction of seeing my patient relieved iu from nix to twelve and twen ty-four hours of all symptoms of th disease. lt is an active, inflammatory discast ; tending rapidly to disorganization an jj death, and to treat it successfully th . most prompt and decided a nt i flogt? ti i remedies must bo employed curly iu th discU.sc, and I know of no single reine * dy that offers such advantages, both t . patient and physician, as uti carlj ... thorough and decided bleeding; in lan . guage of thc books, ad dcliquim anim 5 Bat io order to give the remedy a fui ?hence, the physiciao must sec the ps tientturly und oct with vigor. - . - MAY IT rr HST ty PK ACE. The Anti Sluvery Society intends gp lng up the ghost. It proposes to hoi a commemorative jubileo in this city O the 0th instant, wi.ich shall bc its lai meeting. We are very glad it intend dissolving. A hecatomb of grove; ': many thousands of widows nnd orphar and a frightful load of debt aro tho re . salts of its lubors. If, after all th .-. 'mischief it has done, it con rest io pene I wa trust it will. But what Wende Phillips, its President, will do withot fe it vre cannot even imagine at thc pr< | Bent writing.-A'. Pl JleraUl. THK PB CAS IC K50 L UT IO NS. We have endorsed theso resolution ' a? a declaration- of principles, upo * which the action of our p?oplu shou bo bared nivltr tho existing ?tate attona. Perhaps Ur is ss well to st ; (Hat instead of^'aocuptiug tho situation wo simply recognize it sud yield to i We do not dostro to bo understood t endorsing the measures by which "tl f situation" was brought about, nor cot sooting to its perpetuation if by at mesas it eau be avoided. But wo < mean to bo understood U9 advocatii striot jaetiee to every ono, a fair ai rv faithful adntiuutruiion of whatever lal , wo havo, an honest and coouoinit j yorernoaent, sud a dcosnt rcppoot ) ibo rights of every mun subject to ! ., j Upon this platform, we ounuot a how aoy oue can reiuxo to staud, wi j. /rnotry desires tn remote tho ovils of t . present rule, and promoto the welfare tRo whole community. Nor do wo a how (t ?Mn Bt?hjvot its friends to t ioharua of untairnoas to auy olass psoido. We do not endorse ike l*tgic of sui df. tho advooatcs of these re?olutio i .?ar siltatll we follow others to i ??treme, concluions to which tl would l?ad.- Chesterfield Democrat, IV' '"V ' . THE WATCHMAN A. A. aiilERT *+?*. - ? > ? ?-EWTW The Sumter* Watchman hoe by far the fargeet circulation {espe? cially in (he surrounding country) of my paper published in Sumter, and was established in 1850. NSW IDBMBIBBHS; The Watchman ie steadily increasing ita circulation, and oar nail book exbib* ita a long Hat of new subscribers since the first of January, 1870. We say this only to make some acknowledgement for the generous support of the people generally. FIREMAN'S PARADE-BKAVTIFVL SOENE-.pRESKNTATION OF A SIL? VER PITCHRH, *C.-?RACEF17L ?PEECH ES~ENTHCSI A ?rio Bl* VAlrRY IN SQUAD PRACTICE, A*\ The Fireman's Parade, and the ex? ercises attendant thereupon, on Friday afternoon last, constituted quite an oc? casion of our growing and intelligent community. At the designated hoar, tho front of our stately Court building, embowered, as it is, in the majestio branches-' of noble oaks, just now assuming the grand and gorgeous livery of spring, smiled in the embrace of Sumter's beauty and intelligonoe. As DRYDEN'S muse has sung : "A oharmiog seeoa of nature was displayed." And how shall our dull pen describe it ? Look you! Prom poreb to steps on either eldo adown, Fair woman throngs A wreath of roses forms, More lovely in its bads and Mooms, Than spring time garden e'er displayed. Mail's more stern and study form is mussed upon the side-walk, forming tho base upon which this wreath of beauty resta. Thc street immediately in front-it? self a lovely archway, formed by inter? locking green boughs from either side is filled by our gal laut boys in red shirts, out in force, and with their best looks, surrounding their beautiful machine, which dazzles the eye as it reflects the sunlight ot heaven, and stnuds decor? ated with wreaths and garlands, a thing of beauty, like "a bride urrayed for her lord. Expectation is protracted but a momeut. A quiet movement umid the throng, when Capt. JOHN S. RICHARD? SON, JR., steps forth, and in ono of those orn?te and graceful little speeohes for which he has such a-gift, presents a large and handsome silver pitcher to Capt. K. C. GREEN, a testimonial of the esteem and admiration of tho firemen, whose former president he was. Capt. GREEN responds, in modest appreciation of thc beautiful gilt and the complimen tary way in which it was presented. And now the beautiful "Eugle" is put to the test, with a spirit and enthusiasm which we have rarely seen, evcu under the inspiration of contending rival organiza? tions. Now one, now two, and now three streams of the fire destroying ele? ment pop and crack as they leap, with power, from their nozzles, uud driving their way through thc grceu arches above and beyond, bcspaukle them with glittering spray. And ever and anon the welkin ringa with the plaudits of the victorious squads. This practice, throughout, was highly satisfactory--thc quickest time in which the engine was put to work being forty seconds. Previous to leaving the engtoe house, un elegunt silver trumpet was presented, tl.rough Mr. A. W. SUDER, from the officers of the Company, to President \Y, II. G i it A un KAU, for his lise1 and the use of subsequent President.*. We congratulate President ClRAR DKAU, and Vice President UREN NAN, and Directors GltAHAM, TAYLOR, WIL? LIS and FLOWERS, aud thc officer? and members all, aud our community, ups-u the efficiency and Bpirit of their Fire Company. It is at once the ornament and security of our town, and we are justly proud of it. "?rilli EXCELSIOR MAO.ISMNE.? Promised by us, some time since, us a complimentary presentation to those who paid us in advance for thc Watch? man, turned out to bo a cunningly devised New York swindle. The first number of the Magazine was issued-in good stylo, ard filled up with interesting and instructive matter, und contained, also, a number of advertisements of the leudiug and most responsible business houses of the city of New York. It was offered to editors at very low ratos for presentation lo their subscribers. Wc accepted the propositions tundo, after examining the publication with care, and after some cautious correspondence with thu parties, the thing first became tainted willi the breath of foul suspicion. After further efforts tosecuro tho Maga? zine, our letters ?oro roturnod i brough thu mail, endorsed : "No such conocrn in New York city." Ono or two num? bers only of the much-landed ExcMsior wore issued. We have thought ic necessary to say this much in explanation to our readers, and ospecially to the largo uumbor of kind and warmly esteemed friends who ro spooed to tho proposition. 'Tis true, the terms of tho Watchman' have always been, and oow-uro, in advance, and that, thc (sup? posed) Magasine wasdesignedns a purely complimentary gift; yet, a? honest ?nd candid, wci.oMMt buk expreae aome mortification. The p/eee of the Roath b the eonstaat prey of a elaee of eon nom?nate ?windle?, who infeet th? Northern cities-New York nore espe? cially-and safety and protection are to be found alone in refusing to touch any? thing, coming from that quarter, that baa not an established reputation or ia not known to be reliable. We are endeavoring still to make other arrangements tn order to make good our original design. A VISIT ANO LBOTDBB PBOH Bi* PAUli OaOHAILLV, TUB F A (TIO US AFBIOAN KXI'IOHKB. Our oitisens will enjoy the rare privi? lege of a visit and free lecture from the eminent scientist and famous African traveler and explorer, M. PAUL DU* CHALLU, at the Methodist Church, this (Wednesday) evening, at 8 o'clock. Having learned that M. DUCHAILLU was temporarily the guest of his venera ted friend of African acquaintance, Rev. Dr. J. LEIGHTON WILSON, at his resi? dence near Muycsville, an invitation, in behalf of our citizens, was sent, inviting him to visit Sumter, and favor us with a leoture. That invitation, we aro pleased to announce, wus accepted, ?ud the leoture will be given as announced above. The presence in our midst of a man of world'wide fame, aud of distinguish? ed ability as a lecturer, such* as M. Du CIIAILLU is said to possess, will no doubt bring together a large concourse of our potpie. It will be remembered by the re aders of M. DUCIIALLIU'S books, that he made two bold aud daugcrous journeys through Equatorial Airicu and the wilds of the land of tho dwarfs-a strange and hitherto impenetrable portion of , tho Afrioan con ti tient-making hazard? . ous explorations and cautious investi , galions during a series of years. The publication of the discoveries ' and general results of his first travels j meeting some unsatisfactory criticisms . from eminent naturalists of Europe, with a will indomitable and an energy | unflagging, ho fitted out a vessel at his own expense, and undertook and j accomplished a repetition of his perilous adventures, this time scuding back , specimens of the particular animals, whose identity as described had been ( disputed, AS well as other specimens, confirming all tho statements previously ' made, and establishing a fame hitherto unattained, in this direction, by mortal ' man; The complete works of M. Du ' CHALLIU, to the present time, comprise five books, viz : "Explorations in Equa? torial Africa," "Journey to Vshango Land," "Stories of the Gorilla Country," ! "Wild Lifo under tho Equator," und ( "Lost in a J ungle," thc last named being ^ now fresh from the press. His leading Lectures aro three in number, which may be delivered as a scries, or separately, under tho follow- ( ing headings : I. Explorations tn Equatorial Africa 1 -Hunting Adventures-Tho Warrior , Auts-Juuruey to the Cannibal Coun? try. II. Tho Gorilla, tho Chimpanz?, thc I Gibbon, the Orung-Outang-thcir anuto- i my, habits aud habitat. 1 III. 'A Journey to thc Country of the Dwarfs, (discovered by DUCHAILLU,) with descriptions of the customs of the j people. . , These lectures, with three prepared especially for the young, entitled "Under . tho Equator," "Among tho Cannibals," and "Lost in a Jungle," have been delivered successfully before large Eu? ropean and American audiences. The former, before the British Association for thc Promotion of Science, elicited commendations frotu Sir RODERICK. MURCHISON, Dr. MURRAY, and other scientific Englishmen. They are each distinct and vivid pictures of savage life in a wild and barbarous country never 1 trodden by the foot of white man until discovered by this bold aud adventurous explorer. USE OUIt OWN SCHOOL BOOKS. The attention of School touchers, parents nud all interested, is specially directed to ilse advertisement of ".School Dooks," by DUFFIE & CHAPMAN, Pub? lishers and Booksellers, Columbia, S. C , to bc found in this issue. Their enter? prise, in thc good work ol'providing text books of our own creation for tho use of our children, merits the highest com? mendation, and should be promptly and liberally sustained. Especially should this be the case, when SCOTT, JILLISON & Co., have entirely ignored their hooks, und adopted those of Northern produc? tion exclusively for tho public schools. Their books, too, aro freo from all political sentiment or sectional feeling or allusion, und could have been reject? ed only becauso they spring from our nativo Carolina mind and enterprise.- ' The full series by Rev. Prof. J. L. REYNOLDS, D. D., of tho South Caroli? na University, may be found at tho Sumtor Dook Store. Siuoo the death of Mr. Burlingame the rumor has boen ourrent in 11. Pe? tersburg that he was taken off by poi" soning, tho motive for tho crime being the jealousy of his Chinese nssooiutes j io tho Embassy. The truth, however, j is said by those who know, to be that Mr. Burlingame ovorhoatod himself by violent oxeroise in skating when- the weather was very cold, and heneo re? sulted congestiuu of tho lungs, of which j ho died, ' . .' i * / . ti. Th? ???loasman ajor? of th? Sond?t 8?boola of Charl?toa have ?oiud in ? proposition lo hold ? 8uoday 8cbool Coavention io that ?Hr. to bo ocmpoe .d of representatives Iron tho aoboola of the various deoomination? throughout the Slate, and to aiton tb? 12th, 18th and i4tb dava of Hay next. Thia blending, in christian concert, of the variouM d?nominations, in further? ance of the great aod good work of the Sunday School, meeta onr highest ap probation, and hence we view the call for the proposed convention, and the large-hearted, warm and liberal senti ment whioh characterizes it, with special and peculiar interest. It ia an augury of a better day to the ohristian world-a day which shall witness the drawing together in the bonds of closer sympathy and union, the hitherto too much divided hosts of the Redeemer's Kingdom. And what more beautiful in its touching simplicity of example, and glorious in its ohristian results, than that wo should join hands in the grasp of fellowship, as we surround, with the oirole of our affectionate and pious in struotion, the children of the conn?, try ? We trust there will be a general response throughout the State, and that the proposed convention may be largely attended. We aoknowlege onrselves indebted to Mr. OLIVERF. GREGORY, Corresponding Secretary of the South Carolina Sunday School Union, for personal courtesies in the above connexion. . CHARLESTON LOAN COMPANY. This institution was incorporated hy Aot of the recent Legislature Sub? scriptions to tho amount of $50,000 have already been realized, but we learn that the Commissioners do not desire to commence operations until 8100,000 ?hall have been subscribed. Under its provisions, wo aro pleased to state, liberal loans will be grouted to the planter or owner of any of our great staples, or produce of any character. Any who may have money to invest will and this Company safe and profitable. Messrs. JJcuj. MORDECAI, Wm. GOR? REY, Z. B. OAKS, J. B. CAMPBELL, E. W MARSHALL and A. L. TOBIAS aro Commissioners to receive subscriptions -gentlemon, all of whoso names oarry confidence with them. SN VIL DfJBTl TUNIC, SHOO PLY.? A contest between two rival black? smiths of Omaha, Nebraska, named II. M. Stratton and Andrew Manning, took place on thc 25th of January. Thc match ivas for $50 a side, the stakes was to be iwardcd to tho man who could tum off me hundred horseshoes, completely made, with the exception of tho corks, in tho smallest space of time and with thc best show of workmanship. Strat? ton made 101 horsehocs iu two hours ind nineteen minutes; Manning accom? plished hts 100 after laboring two hours ind thirty minutes. The judges de. sided that the work of each was equally ;ood, and awarded thc prize to Stratton on tho ground of quickness, ho beating his opponent eleven minutes. Gen. Butler is busily arranging mat? ters with a view to securing his election to thc Presidency. Ile will lose his la? bor. The-coming man will not squint. Tho Augusta,- Ga., Constitutionalist be? lieves that the Southern heart bids d?? fiance to malignant fortune. That paper says : "The South has been defeated iu battle ; but she will once moro emerge as a contestant in tho arena of reason and on the fields of industry. Wo have to thank our Northern Drethem for ruins and ashes. But iu tho ruins no bats and owls gibber to tho moon, crooning over a solitude that has no hope j and beneath thc ashes our an? cient fires aro still alive and still immor? tally aglow." Bishop Simpson, of tho M. E. Church, gave the following advico toa class of deacons ordained by him in Philadel? phia last Sunday : "Don't cat lato sup? pers. I have found that nine out of lou ministers who cat alter preaching die < arly." FEMALE EDUCATION". BY W BEAUMONT CLARKSON. SP.CT10N 3. Som? writer has wisely objcrvod that "a largo proportion ot the men whose names adorn thc pages of our country's history, were left at an early age to the watchful caro of their widowed moth? ers." First on record is Washington, loft at tho tender age of ten years, to his mother's fostering caro ; nud many others could bo produced us striking examples, did wo not deem it superflu? ous to do so. But, if wo desiro to miso tho standard of cducution in our midst-if wo de? siro tho moral and intellectual im pro vom ont of our beloved country-il wo desire tho reproduction of Hitch men as Washington, to pilot us saio!y through tho storms of political strife, let us look to tho proper education of our daughters. # To tho daughter., of tho South is intrusted,- in a groat measure, tho future woal or woe of our country. Thoir in? fluence upon future events is undoubt? ed, and powerful boyond oonoeption. At that tendor age, whon the mind is pliable and impressible, impressions aro more easily received and retained, for there oau bo no donbt aa to th? fact, that SD wi J youth, th? imprem?*? received aro. over more Uatiug than ?I a?y other period o? life. ' The mother bea, through her maier ntl and undivided influence, at thia early age, the power to mould her child's disposition and obaraolor for future aaefalaeas or the ooo tra ry-to adora or blot the future pagea of bia country's history* Her power is supreme, from the tim* she guid?e his tottering steps, or teaeh es him to lisp the name of God-from that hour e'en to when the grave has olosed upon her earthly remums, uer iufluenee is felt, but more especially at the period above mentioned. How vastly important, then, is it, that we should thoroughly eduoate the fe? males of the South-not the superficial education, and flimsy accomplishments too often bestowed, but sound praotical educations, ornamented by the usual fe? male accomplishments, not permitting them to interfere with the practical part of the training. Were our females more highly culti? vated intellectually, there, would be less frivolity in the association bctwoco the sexes, and more intellectuality. The en? tire standard of society would be eleva* ted morally and intellectually. Many of the frivolous pastimes of tho ball roora would be changed for the pleasures of conversation, more becom? ing in dignity and morals for the pas? times of immortal souls. Would that every one*would view this subject io all its important bearings upon society, and that we possessed space to urge its undoubted importance upon the minds of our readers. [Spacial Dispatch to tho Courier.] HEAVY BANK ROBBBRY. COLUMBIA, S C. April 17. Scott, Williams H BBRY. Our community was a good dt