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VOL. XXI WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1870. NO 2. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. The Sumter Watchman (ESTABLISHED IN 18AS.) ii rmtiiiii ?VEKY WEDHE8DA? WOK rt I NO AT SUMTER. 8. O.? BY GILBERT & FLOWERS. Terms. Ono year.?? JJ Six montos. J W Ihre? month.?. 1 ww ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at the rate of ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS per square fdr the first, ONB DOLLAR for the second, and FIFTY CENTS for eaoh subsequent Iniertlon, for any period les? tban three month? OBIT ? A RI BS, TR 1B UT ES OF RESPECT .nd all communication? which subaorre private interests, will be paid tor a? advertisements. \$m L M'KAGEN. TUB ADVERTISER BEOS TO CALL AT? TENTION TO Ul? STOCK OF THE BEST AND FUREST CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDICINES, A FINE ASSORTMENT OF PERFUMERY, SOAPS, TOILET POWDER (uni Chalk, Puff Boxes and Puffs, Shaving Cream and Brushes, Hair Brushes, Infant Brushes, Tooth and Natl Brushes, All at McRAO N'S. PRESCRIPTIONS PREPARED CAREFULLY AT ALL HOURS, By I. A. McKAGEN rpilE BEST \[ BRANDY, OIN, WHISKEY and WINES, Sold at McKAOEN'S. ALLSPICE, Cloves, Cinnamon, Ginger, Mace, Nutmegs and Ponpor At McKAOEN'S Drug Store. K I', H OS IN E OIL, Lamps, Burnors, Chimneys Wicks. Ac, At McKAGEN^ LARGE and FRESII SUPPLY OF GARDEN SEEDS _ For salo by McKAOEN. MILLER'S ALMANAC for 1870 _At McKAOEN'S. A FINE SEGAR CAN BE IIA I) Feb 16 At McKAOEN'S. REMOVAL.. HAVING REMOVED to Corner of Main and Republican Streets, and thoroughly ruTiticd and renovated my Stock, I can offor to my customers and tho pnblie genorally, as fino AN ASSORTMENT OF WELL SELECTED Drags, AND *-' General Medicines, At> can to found in this market. Comprising most of tho populnr Patent Medicines, -SUCH AS Hosndnlls, Philotokcn or Fcmnlo Friend, Mystic or Fcmnlo Regulator, Jayno's Expectorant, Jayne's Pill?, Ayor's Cherry Pectoral, Wl?lar's Bnlsam Wild Cherry, Reinhold's Iv tract Buchu, Simmons' Liver Invigorator, Sandford'!) Liver Invigorator, Hall's Hair H?nower, Bnrry's Tricophcrous, Tammi's Aperient, Stafford's Olivo Tar for colds, coughs and consumption. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Russell's Soothing Cordial, without ano? dyne, Holloway's, Van Deuton's and Hurley's | Worm Candy, with all tho Vormifiiges. A comptota assortment of PERFUMERY. TOOTH BRUSHES AND TOILET ARTICLES. -ALSO A dioico article of COLOGNE, of our own manu? facturo, which wo can roll cheap-with all other | articles which should bo found in a Well Regulated Drug Store. Jan 26-tf J. F. W. DF.LORME. DRUGrS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS I Toilet and Fancy Articles. A. ANDERSON & CO.. Apothecaries and Chemists, SUMTER, S. C. Aro roceiving constantly a full supply of Pure | Drugs and Chemisais, and a woll solootod stool of Fancy Artiolos and Perfumery. -ALSO A groat variety of Toilot Soaps, Extracts for tho Handkerchief, . F? ?/> Colognes, Foreign and Domestic, Surgical Instruments, Trusser, Ac. All Medicines warranted genuine and of tho very host quality. PHYSICIAN'S PRESCRIPTIONS, Carefully compounded night or day. To be found at night at tho residence of Mr. Anderson on Main St. A. ANDISHSOIf, - A. J. CHINA, RI. 1? Jan 6 _ Navassa Guano -FROM THE NAVASSA GUANO COMPANY -OF WILMINGTON, NO. CA. INCORPORATED AUOUST, 1809. IMroUTI:ns OF Navassa Guano, Sulphur, NITRATE OF SODA, kc. * " AN C I'A OTU ll I ; IIB OP Sulphuric and Muriatic Acids, And of tho Patented "Navassa Ammoniated SOLUBLE PHOSPHATE." FOR SALE BY ' A. A. SOLOMONS, Agent for Sumter County; March 2ft-.im PIC ACH TRI MANURE "PERSIOATOR." The Original autl Genuine Article. Prepared under tue Format* of Dr. DAVID] ST K w A KT, Chemist, and secured by Letters Put-1 ent by us for the Patentee. COMPOSED OF Phosphates and Potash, The FOOD which forms the mineral part of the plant, and that is removed from the soil with overy crop. PARTICULARLY ADAPTED TO HORTICULTURE, FRUIT TREES, CORN) AND TOBACCO, THE EXTERMINATOR OF Rust, Spores and Insects Diseased Peach Trees, With yellow loaves, under its influeuce, produco j a dark green follago in a fow weeks. Put up in New Barrels. PRICE, $40,00 PER TON. . Liboxal deduction made to deniers. We annox the following certificates taken from j many recoived by us : SUNNY SIDE, Anno Arundel co., Md., ) March 10th, 1870. J Menura. rVtn. Crichton <t* .Voil-Gentlemen : nsed the Porsioator on my Peach Trees last spring with much satisfaction. Many of my ireos are six years old, were diseased from th o WORM, the loaves wore yellow .and sickly. I applied a small .shovel I ul of tho P?rsica tor around tho baso of URO h tree. In a few weeks thoy produced rich green foliage, and bore a (ino crop. I am I satisfied that this manuro completely destroyed! the worm, invigorated tho trees and the growth of j the crop. THOMAS SHEPPARD. RICHMOND, VA., Fob. 9th, 1870. Megara. Wm. Crichton ?t* Son, Baltimore-11 usod tho PKRSICATOR on a piece of very poor land to give tho CORN a start, and drilled it in j at tho rato of 60 lhs. rKU ACRE, at tho .-?st of ono | dollar. On this lot I never had been nblo to se? cure a "eland" by roason of tho ''CUT WORM," al? though I tried suit in various ways. On thc rows to which I applied tho "PERSI .CATOR," tho corn cumo up "tn a hill" promptly I and grew off lind;. On tho remaining rows, not moro than ono-third of thu plants escaped tho | worm, and thoso that did, woro puny in appear? ance. If further trials on lnnds infested with "Cull Worms" shnll result in securing a "STAND" libo | the one referred to, I should consider it an ex* tremely valuable, and tbo cheapest remedy, which could bo used. S. BASSETT FRENCH, Editor Farmers' Gazette. PRESTON. Caraline Co., Md., Fob. 18th, 1870. I applied the PKRSICATOR to SonauUM, alter? nating with a fertilizer costing $56 per ton in I equal quantities. Tho growth of tho "CASK" ? boro tho PBRBICATOR was applied, was very su? portar and equal to any manured with tho moro j costly Fertilizer. H. F. WILLIS. FOR SALE BY Wm. Crichton & Son, SOLE M A N U V ACT U R ERS, BALTIMORE, MD. For salo by Green, Watson & Walsh, Agents,| Aprl C-lm]_SUMTER, S. C. C. 1\ MASON. WATCH MAKER AND S?MTER, S. C. nas just received and keeps always OH hand Now and Beaut ifni Styles of JEWELRY, EYEGLASSES, &C. WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY RE PAIRED WITH DISPATCH. Marchai O. F. HOYT. SUCCESSOR TO F. HOYT, SO. CA. "Y^"OULD rospcclfully inform bis frlonds and tho public of Surator, and adjoining counties, that ho has recently recoived a dioico selco tion of LADIES' AND OENTLEMENS' o lies, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, SPECTACLES, &c, &c, His stook embraces all 'tho latest stylos, and will bo sold at rcasonnblo rates. Sept 20_ P. P. TOALE, CHARLESTON. S. 0. t Largest ?nd most oompleto "\ ??u? J Manufactory of Doors, Sashes, ! ~.s. ,n 1 Blinds, Mouldings, Ac., in tho f **** V. Southern States. ) Printed Pri?e List Defies Competition.n?-^ Jttfr* 8end for one ls?, #9* Sent Free on Application, -ma April t ij PAUL. THE ORATOR. BT ?ON J. M0nR!80K HABRI8, B ALTIKOHB. The court of highest authority among the Jews had closed a stormy and tu? multuous session, nod the seventy mem? bers of the Sanhedrim, fierce with anger and hurrying to inflict vengeance, pour? ed forth from the hall Gazith. The type of religious enthusiasm they represented had just been defiantly confronted by a spirit of more exalted faith than their own ; and although for thc moment, by a mockery of justice and tho clamor of suborhed witnesses, they had passod upon the proto-iuartyr Stephen a scntenoe they had long before lost the power to inflict, their action, instead of dosing, only inaugurated the groat conflict between the opposing systems represented by themselves and their victim. Foremost among them, as they were merged in the vengeful multitude that crowded the outer court of the Temple awaiting the issue of the trial, was Saul of Tarsus, himself an Elder, and a member of the Sanhedrim. His voice had confirmed thc sentence, and his impatience for its execution added fresh impulse to the ferocity of the mob as with wild outcries and curses it swept through the Damascus gate towards the rooky edges of tho ravine of Jehosha? phat. In tho terrible tragedy that en? sued, he was a conspicuous actor ; and while none regarded its progress with more complacent conviction of its per? fect propriety and justice, none exceed? ed him in the savage delight with which he assisted in its details. Thc stricken and bleeding victim represented to him au abhorred seot anda blasphemous pre? tension, for which his remedy was ex? tirpation. Hud he lived later in the cen? turies, Torquemada would have embrao cd him as a brother, aud the Inquisition honored him as a saint. In the first flush of manhood, his ardent temperament and strong passions were fully enlisted in the work. This wns his first victim ; but he rapidly added to the list. Swift vengeful and unscrupulous, he hunted the objects of his wrath from refuge to refuge, with au eagerness and success that quickly gave him recognized pre-eminence in the haughty sect to which he belonged. Into thc sanctuary of happy homes buist with his myrmidons, and with bitter mockery and scourging he hurried their unhappy inmates to imprisonment and death. Woman, even, was not secure from hu cruelty, for he had respect neither to age nor sex. And to the ferocity of persecution he added the meanness of degrading and unworthy insult ; for he strove to compel his helpless victims to blaspheme the Holy Ono they adored. His very name became a terror, and men fled before him as from a raving beast ; for tho unrelenting ardor of a merciless bigotry possessed him wholly. And all this wus consistent with thc d?minant traits of his character. Not in vain, before hi/, infancy, had walked iu broad phylacteries a father of tho straightest sect. Not in vain hud ho becu nurtured in its strictest faith. Trained in thc mo?t emin cut sclnols of Tarsus, and Jerusalem-at which latter city he had been resident for seventeen years,-ho studied in the school of Hillel, under tho celebrated Gamaliel, famous alike for his profound knowledge of the Jewish law and his intimate acquaintance with general literature. Under such teaching, he became imbued with a thorough knowl? edge of the mysteries and refinements of his peculiar faith, the traditions of thc fathers, thc muster pieces of Greek literature, and acquired that singular skill in dialectics characteristic of thc school to which he balongcd. He combined in himself thc qualities that indicated future greatness and when thc term ot his study was completed, there was hardly his equal to bo found in Jerusalem for knowledge of tho law and general erudition, while in compli? ance with custom among his people, he was practical master of a mechani? cal cruft. Ho was thoroughly in earnest in what ho believed ; desperately in earnest in what he did. He was just what birth, education, and surroundings had made him, and with concentrated energy he plunged into tho career they indicated as his appropriate sphere. Rapidly ho won tho honors such 'natures always compel. Well born and affluent, cele? brated for his learning and accomplish? ments, moving in thc highest ranks of a cultivated und polished society, clo quent in speech und resolute in action, ho speedily gained high position and influence, ard his ambitious spirit ! might have well anticipated its fullest gratification in thc brilliant futuro that seemed to be expanding before him. Over the threshold of a far different career ho passod from Jerusalem, clothed with thc confidence of his peers and thc authority of thc Sanhodrim, to scourge, persecute, and imprison at his own will j and immediately there gathered around him thc circumstances from which was evolved the new character wc propose to consider. "See Naples, and then die," say thc dwellers in that fair city that rises in surpassing loveliness from tho blue margin of tho Mediterranean Sea. Seo Damascus, and th Oil die, with yet greater forco might havo said the Oriental, whose vision drank in tho wonderful loveliness ofthat queon city of thc East. So felt Mahomet, when centuries ago ho checked his camels on tho heights of Salahiych enraptured with its boauty, and exclaiming, "Man cnn havo but ono Paradise, and mine is fixed on high I" turned away from tho allurements of Its terrestrial enchantment. Tho oldest oi ty of the world, tradition held that from ita puro earth tho Father of our ruco waa formed, and that it was the I0OOO of th? fratricide of Cain. Ita ihtue begins with the earliest patriarchs, i 'Founded before Baalbeo or Palmyra, it I still?remains a vision of delight, while those proud oities of the plain, with Tyro and Babylon and many a capital besides, have orumbled into ruin. In it David posted garrisons, and from it the son of Eliadah hurled his defiance against Solomon. Ezekiel turned aside from the fiery burden of prophecy to celebrate its greatness. Alexander seized it in;hls campaign against Tyre. Maro Antony turned from its gates the torrent of successful war, and Cleopatra revelled there in dissolute indulgenoo. Pompey poured against it his victorious legions. Tho Ommiad Caliphs made it the contre of the Mohammedan world. Tamerlane aud Saladin, in turn, won and occupied it ; and through continuous centuries "Tho Beautiful City," "Tho Eye of the East," "The Predestined Capital," has continued the cynosure of historic in? terest, and an obj oot of unfading re? gard. When the eavalcado of Saul reached tho heights of Anti Libanus, wo may easily imagine that all angry emotions were for tho moment subdued by the splendor of the vision that burst upon him. On ono side towered high the snowy peaks of Hermon. Behind, naked and sterile, rose the rough masses of thc mountain range. Far before him stretched the wide plain, tho long, bore reach of the desert, marked by the high? way to Palmyra and Bagdad. Beneath him, from out the green fringing of the mountain's base, sprang tho "Uiver of Gold," the pride and glory of tho lo.vely city. Bursting from rocky clefts, its magical flow summoned into life and verdure a vegetation more prolific than that of tho wonder-working Nile,-and which curtaiued with greenness, and beauty tho rushing volume of tho crystal waters. In the very heart of the hot and sandy desert, its branching channels created an oasis of luxuriant fertility, in whose midst-into the air, musical with tho perpetual play of sparkling fountains, tho low drip of tho Syrian water wheels, tho murmur of unseen rivulets, and thc rush of tho river's current-rose and spread (white^and gleaming in tho fold of fairy-like gar? dens) tho walls and roofs of thc famous city, with many a dome and turret glittering in the hot splendor of tho Oriental noon I For thirty miles around spread a wilderness of gardens. Beyond these burned the yellow sands of tl* desert, and roso against the horizon tho bare hills, and stretched sterile and naked tho wide sweep of tho repulsive plain. Within thc charmed enclosure, all was luxuriant fertility and perennial beauty. Great fields of waving grain contrasted with groves of shining olives. Over tho emerald grasses burst into ripeness thc purple fig, and opened thc scarlet lips of thc pomegranate. Besides thc stately walnut drooped the ladap branches of tho apricot and plum ; while from tangled shrubberies und spreading gardens tho perfume of countless flowers filled tho air with rare and delicate odors. Through wide and shaded avenues swept long trains of burdened camels, lines of mules and asses laden with costly stuffs, crowds of Syrian peasants, and troops of swart and scowling Arabs. "A thing of beauty and a joy forever," claiming in all ages thc rapt admiration of thc traveler, kindling into fervor tho fires of fancy, and filling to satiety thc sense of loveliness ; so looked Damascus to the eye of Saul,-when suddenly a light above tho brightness of the noon? day burst all around him, and thc arres? ted pulses of his being paused at their Maker's voico, only to leap again into diviner action, and flow in purer cur? rents, in thc new life born of tho Miracle that checked and changed them. Sharp, sudden, and radical was thc revulsion in tho spirit and purposes of the Jew of Tarsus. In tho solemnity and solitude of the desert, human con? templation and superhuman teaching had calmed the turbulent emotions of his soul, and swept the scales from his spiritual vision. Brief was tho pause. His was no meditative nature, prono to brood and doubt and hesitate. Tho thoroughness of his new convictions aroused all nis energies, and tho man of action sprang at once into thc arena, to defy its dangers and to do its work. Tho circumstances demanded a perfect faith and a sublimo oourago ; aud from thc hard exigencies of tho case, a less lofty nature would have shrunk appalled. Tho spoiled favorito of Jerusalem shorn of power and stripped of prestige; with no attendant band to cxecuto his will, and no voices of acclamation to greet his advent; decorated with tho hatred of his old, and chilled by the distrust of his new associates-returned to Damascus, not to persecute others, but to bo persecuted himself. How vast must have been tho amazement ot his Jewish brcthcrii, when his slight form first roso in their crowded synagogues, and his coercive eloquence enforced thc hated doctrines ho had striven so bitterly to crush! How overwhelming their confusion, as with unanswerable proof? drawn from their own law, with clearest illustrations from their prophets, with tho learning of their greatest schools, tho young and fiery orator, girt with thc honors of their proud Sanhedrim, and fresh from thc feet of Gamaliel, hurled against the venerated fabric of theil antique faith thc crashing thunder bolt.' of his denunciation, argument, and appeal I Chosen doctors and loamed rabbis aud venerable masters in Israel, roso in vain to answer his cogent reasoning anc rcpol tho fervor of his assaults. Op? ponent after opponent went down bcfor< him, while tho edifico of tho Mosa'n policy shook to tts foundations, ant trembled through all its buttresses o pride, under tho fierce onslaughts of iti new and powerful antagonist. Argo mont failing, they tried ourses. Tho; excommunicated thia "Hebrew of tin Hebrews," and drove him out of their synagogues. Un terrified by anathemas, his speech waxed bolder. Larger grow the number of his converts,- and wider spread tho waves of his influence. Tbej resorted to the lash and the dungeon. With greater vehemence ho urged his assaults ; and then his desperato enemies displaying the same blindness he had himself shown in the oase of Stephen, and thinking to kill the prinoiplo with the mau, plotted to murder him. He escaped with his life; but he left his pride behind him. "With a troop in the blaze of noonday," he came ; l o left at midnight-in a basket I Pitiful exit 1 And surely ii nothing else had enforced the lesson of humility, the sting of this eontrast and that rotrogade journey to Jerusalem-each step suggestive of so many emotions and memories, and that unnoted entry into the Holy City of the wayworn and friendless man, whoso full heart kneV its own bitterness-was enough to emphasize the lesson never forgotten in his after-life. A FIGHTING EDITOR. Tho proprietors of the Boston Saturday Evening Express have recently engaged the services, as a permanent fixture of their establiahmens, of a fight iog editor. They thus announce the foot : .We have the sublimo pleasure to anoounce to tho deputy State constables and all others interested, that wo have engaged, at an immense salary, one of tho indcsponsablo adjuncts to an inde pendent newspaper establishment, to wit-a fighting editor. This ' course has boon taken by us in order that wo may have an equal show with all belligerents who desire to get proper satisfaction for anything wo may say. The gentlemen engaged for this purpose informs us that ho hus been io the busi? ness for some fifteen years, aud that he is fully competent to attend to all the duties required of him. As a recom? mendation, he informs "us that during his career as a fighting editor of vari? ous newspapers, ho has succeeded in biting off soaie sixteen noses and twenty ears, and gouged out nearly forty eyes having them now all nicely preserved in a glass bottle ?which ho is willing to exhibit to any who desiro it. He also informs us that besides being a good Liter, he has broken several artus and logs of his numerous antagonists. Ho has also killed six men by throwing them out of tho editorial wintlow, and broken three spinal columns by kuoc'k ing tho owner thereof iowa several flight o? stairs. He is an infidel, has no fours of n hereafter. .Aggrieved parties who desire a set tie ment tire hereby notified to apply to him ut our oflioe at any titno, und they will bo accommodated. Our associai o is n little over seven feet high; his ago is thirty five, o nd ho weighs one hundred and sixty pounds. Ho lives on raw beef exclusively, nnd ho is never? fed enough at ono timo to take away his appetite for more. Ho was born in fighting hollow,Gougo Coun? ty, Arkansas, and uover had a brother. Mle proposes to conduct his depart tnent on the barber's plan : first come first served. Ul orders will bc.prorapt. ly executed, and gcutlemcn cnn examine a Map of MounL Auburn Cemetery while waiting for their turn. Slate Constables served first, suckers next, after which indignant members of thc dramatic profession will bo attended to. Wea? pons constantly on hand, for which there will be no charge. He will not undcr tuke to givo explanations after thc first interview, for thc reason that they will not bc required. Lost noses, ears, &c, will bo properly labeled and put care? fully away for futuro refcroncc of friends. Dead bodies properly buried at relatives' expenses. .His department is olegnntly and sub stantially fitted up, and is now open for business, both wholesale and retail. .P. S. When not fully engaged at our office, 'contracts can bc made with him for any other newspaper that may require hissorvicos." A CHILD POISONED. An interesting littlo girl, aged about eighteen months, tho daughter of Dr. W. G. Philips, residing near tho Agunta Arsenal, where he has but recently locv cated, wo regret to learn was fatally poisoned yesterday morning, about 10 o'olock, from sucking tho bloom of tba yollow jnssnmino. Under thc alarming symptous exhibited by the littlo suf? ferer. Dr. P. summoned the aid of tho scrgcon nt tho arsenal, who adminis? tered every remedy known, to tho pro? fession, but without avail, ns the littlo ohild died about midday. Parents should accept this sad warning of tho danger ol allowing their children to have access to a poisonous jnssunnne, weich arc in such profusion at this season.-Augusta Constitutionalist. HOW A SIC II KN.\ DR KN DUD. A fow evenings since, when thc stars blossomed on thc canopy and tho chaste young moon hung on "tho horizon's verge," and all thc air was redolent with the young perfumo of spring flowers, a party of our gallant and suscoptibl? iou tin went to serenade a fair young canty. From beneath tho window where there lovo was supposed to lie dreaming, they poured forth their dulcet strains. After vising to tho richest and fullest mcalody, tho ruusto toned down to tho tenderest and sweet? est notes of lovo, that tremble upon tho night air soft as the dream of an angel. Tho uppor window was slowly raised and tho dainty curtains drawn aside, when .Say look herc,' saiil ono of Africa's sable daughters, 'Misais ain't hero, but please play do mookin' burd fur me, I won't yo r ' . Tho 'MusiokorV subsided. BXP?liSttlOlf OF cotons. There is a language of oolors. They speak to the eje as strains of masio to the ear, and produoe in us peouliar trains of ideas and sentiments. A witty French? man says, that he noticed quite a change in his wife's conversation when he fur? nished her rooms in crimson in the place of blua. We will briefly mention what effect is exerted on the mind by eaoh of the primary and secondary col? ors,-blue, red, yellow, orange, purple and greon. Blue is a eold and retiring color, and its effoct upon the mind is of a quiet, soothing yet attraotive nature. Goethe remarks : "As the high beavens, the far off mountains, look to us blue, so a blue superficies seems to reoede from us. As we would fain pursue an attraot? ive objeet that flees from us, so we like to gazo at the blue-not that it urges itself upon us, but that it draws after it." It is symbolical of divinity, intel? ligence, sincerity, and tenderness. Long Pity, lot the nations view Thy sky-worn robe? of tenderest lino.-COLLINS. In accordance with the laws ot con? trast, blue \i most suitable for summer costume, being peouliarly a winter color, and by nature cold and retiring. lied is a strong, ostentatious, and warm color ; and being so beyond every other, it is thcrcforo the fit symbol of war, pomp, and power. While Mars, descending from hts crimson car, Fans with norco hands tho kindling flames of war.-IIALLRR. Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robbod this bewailing land Of noblo Buckingham-SHAKESPEARE. From ?ts hot and fiery nature, it is espressivo of anger and tho ardent pas? sions. Spreads tho rod rod of angry pestilence. Celestial rosy rod, Love's proper hue.-MILTON* Of all colors, red and its modified hues aro most suitable for winter oostume. Tho warm pleasing effect of a soar let cloak on a cold wintor day is well known. Yellow is the color nearest approach? ing to light, and is most advanoing and brilliant, cither alone or in connection with other colors. As a rule, positive yellow should be sparingly used in dress, preference being given to its modified hues, such as gold color, maize and primrose. Yellow is tho common symbol of envy and other malignant passions. Shakespeare, alluding to jealousy says : "I will possess him with yollownoss." Tho effect of yellow upon the mind is of a bright, gay, gladdening nature, owing to its likeness to light both natu? ral and artificial. Yellow is sometimes employed to express the richness of autumn, aud also tho season itself, although deeper and richer oolors are more suitable, as russets and brown .? In dress, yellow is most suitable for spring and carly summer. Orange is a warm, prominent color, and both in nature and art appears to the best advantage when in small quantities, and associated with its contrasting colors, blue and purple. Orange is the medium color botweon red and yellow, being produced by a union of both, and is similar to thom in its properties and expression. In dress orange is most suitable for winter or very early spring. Purple is the mose retiring of all rich colors. It is composed of red and blue, but is not their medium color, being heavier in its effect than the latter. Purple is symbolical of dignity state, and regal power ; it is a color frequently adopted for mourning, aud is expressive of gravity, sorrow aud sad? ness. Purple is suitable for winter, spring, and autumn costume. Green is a cool, calm, and refreshing color, lt is composed of blue and ycl low, and holds a medium station be? tween them. To the human eye there is no color so grateful as green, it being a temperate, and retiring, as well as ;i most beautiful and cheerful col? or. Green is tho peculiar garb of spring. Nature displays it at that scacon alono in freshness and vigor. It is the sym? bol of youth, mirth, hope, gludnosss, tenderness, and prosperity. While virgin Spring, by IM o n's flood. Unfolds her tender mantle greon.- IiunNS. Green is tho most suitable for late summer or autumn costume, being fresh and grateful at a season when nature arrays herself in bright and buruing colors. tfiPDr W. W. Hall, tho publisher of Mall's Journal of Health, in his re? cently published work on "Health and Good Living," has the following on the physical benefits of keeping Lent strict? ly, without tho dispensation usually granted : "If all persons for n mon I h in early spring were to abstain from nil meats whatsoever, as the spirit of the doctrine of Lent requires, it would add greatly to thu health of Communities, by enabling thc system to throw off tho impurities of thc hotly acquired by thc hearty eating of winter, would cool off tho heated blood and thus destroy tho germs ol ofsptlng and Summer disease ; and thus it is that tho proper practico of the precept? of religion promotes not only thc spiritual but the physical health ol man. Th080 are simple measures ; they aro practicable, coat no money, and art available to all; and if heeled in c rational manner, death would ho kepi from many a dwelling and lifo time sorrows would bo lightened .to man} bosoms." -?An Irishman called nt tho oflico ol the Dooorah (Iowa) Democrat and asker! what they qharged a hundred for "cow "billa." "Two dollars" was tho roply -.Thon," said Pat, lay i nu down a ton? 001?rplanter, "givo mo five of thiui." . y *V C*1!' ' X ' V ''. '? V?, . . . $ ANTIQUITY Ol' ?ANl?l TRll UNI- ' IBD STATES. Col. Chu. Whittlesea has ob tai o od evidence of the existeooe of two races of mao, ?od possibly of a third inter? mediate raee, ns having held possession of the Northern portion of the American continent-the more reoent of them be* ing the North American Indian or red men ; the earlier raoe he terms the mound-builders. The antiquaries of Europe regard the people who used flint instruments as being prior to those who had implements of stono; and the latter, again, as older than the racet* using bronto or other metals. Io the United States, the raoe next prior to the white man had very few implements of stone ; their knives and arrow iioads, their war impclments and their Agricul? tural tools, were almost of flint ; they had very few nod rude instruments of native eopper. The mound builders, on the contrary, who proceeded thc red men, produced and used tools ia tho reverse order : their axes, adzes, nod mauls were very numerous, and some? times of stono ; their copper tools abun? dant ; but those of flint very rare. Hence, in this instanoo, the most an? cient people were the most industrious : they eultivatod the soil ; they possessed moro mechanical ingenuity, and left more prominent and permananl monu? ments. On the Atlantic coast, From Nova Scotia to Florida, aro numerous sholl heaps, identical with those of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, and known as kjcokkenmooddings. Thc ex? amination of several caves gave bones of the wolf, deer, bear, rabbit, etc., mixed with skulls of the red race, and not dating back apparently more than 2000 years. Coi. Whittlesey estimates 2000 years as the period also of oc? cupation by the mound building race, which doon not take us back as fur as tho beginning of the historical period in Asia and Africa. THOUGHT. Next to tho good heart and clear con science, is the clear head. Dull thinkers are always led by sharp ones. Thc keen intellect outs its way smoothly, grace? fully, rapidly ; the dull one wears its life out against the simplest problems. To perceive accurately and to think correctly, is thc aim of all mental train? ing, and-I had almost said-of life itself. But I will not say that. Heart and conscience arc more than the mere intellect. Yet we cannot tell how much tho clear, clean-cut thought, tho in? tellectual vision, sharp and true, may aid even these. Some say that a man never feels till he sccs, and when the object disappears the feeling ceases. So wc cannot exaggerate the impor? tance of clear, correct thinking. We should cat, drink, sleep, walk, excroise body and mind, to this end. Just so far as we fail', we make dolts and idiots of ourselves. We cast away our natural armor and defense. The designing make us dupes ; wc aro overreached by the crafty, and trodden under foot by thc strong. Very likely there is a low murmur of conscience, too, for falling below its pure ideal. This adds a sharp sting to the shamo of conscious dull ness. A man's great power in tho natural world, among Nature's forces, water, steam and lightning, is not in his mus? cles, bul in his brain. Any horse can pull harder, lift moro, and enduro longer than thc most perfcotly developed mau. Buta single human brain can control a nation of horses, It is for u?, then, to look out for this. If we would eh aro what has not only given Napoleons, Cresars and -Alexanders their power, but tho great conquerors of natural forces as well-the Fultons and the Morses-let us look out for the brain, sec that late suppers and indigestion do not rob it of vitality, that alcohol docs not harden it, nor want of sleep goad it on to insanity ; but that moral, honest ticing may render it tho clear, strong, glorious thing it may becomo. [/iY. Schoolmaster. TIIIC JURY LAW. The Chester ' Reporter % in comment inf upon the trouble existing in that county as to thc time of holding Court-thc Legislature having passed two acts or the same dny providing for difieren periods-takes occasion lo draw at ten ti on to tho jury, in tho fol lo wi nj terms : Under tho law as it. existed last year juries wero tnndc np of jurors drawn b; the select ment, of the different townships The lato General Assembly repealed thi township law and of course wiped al tho township officers out of existence It failed to make any other providion for tho drawing of juries So that even if (he timo for folding tho Cour were fixed, wo see no means by whiol petit juries can bo organized. Abott tho Grand Jury there is no difficulty as thc persons drawn to serve in th capacity at thc January Tenn, aro re quired by law to serve twelve month All this trouble and bother "arise from tho Stupidity and blundering care Icsncss that preside over tho Legisla tivo and Exccu'.iv? Department? of titi Government. Let ut all pull togcthc this year, no J reform tho whole concert Dr. Botid thus touches u pcculiarit of the negro rnoo : "But as yet negroes ahow no passio for work among negroes. Their phil nnthropy inevitably takes a tai)ff*th direction towards whilo society. Unlik Moses, who abandoned tho cultivate Egyptians to devote hin educated talen to his own rude people, tho educate Amerioan negro finds in his educatic only a claim for separation from h raoe and presumption of nearer rut tion to ours. As sojn as a negro bi comes a physician ho. wants to doott i white people, to associate, with whi doctors, to be dn-negrocd by his dlpi 1 ma." PUOMPTLY **| oitioi S?mter*Wi -IN TBB TT* Highest Style 0? egggggs f'jilitB mit JPsBBM <k>?lrjl SOUTH CAROLINA, Timo IOU BAMOAt ri" We clip the following. *rtfo&*Kfi| tho nation of March tho 81*V *' WH cal paper published in New ?ToYk^^^ The no called anti lUdloel ?dftfflip? South Caroliua have pet a Pr<>f*$M?fl which many of us \ui\y live to ".'Ir'f^^S erally followed, by assembling ' io- "'?^^[ fere noe ?o decide upon the lftf?r?|$ political policy which ?hey shall' in urging upon the votera ot the Hitherto, tho ''Coiiservative'Vp?^flMyK^ South Caroliua have not boon t.r^?t??HTO| with entirely accordant, voice? j TnVtj?* feat as it hos boen for some years 'jfowffi negro absolutely mast be wade fti^.WgwR there was still left, here and thor#^g& bitter negro bater who counselled^.^iti^i^ wuv to thc ond-"a square fight on V WffiraH man's platform"-until, per adv?r^?tmSj a national sucoss for the Doinocfj^ic3| party should give the ''ConsofTa^i^ey^H n chance to wake over their r.tee^?^g stiucted State. In the conferehit?w however, moro politic viows Pro*lji<TOra and ibo platform udnpted ia all anybody has any right to ask for../^Ij^Hsj attendance of editors, though ougje^W$ cally small, is said to have represent**!^ the feelings ami opinions of noarly "W^i the counties iu tho Stato. Thny bet?p^ hy passing a resolution to the %fRpfc?*j? thuL "tho conference recognised^ tb??$S legal right of all the citizens, white-, 9tT^ colored, to suffrage,' and proceeded tiji.^3 pass another to tho effect that thero^$ ought to be uno limitation of the i^gl?^'f to hold office except such limitations a| aro imposed by personal oharaot?r andV;^ fitness." A convention is to be. lipid .? which organise a party pledged to thea^ifl dogmas and noting io the hopo of get* s,..i ting a government which shall au^T^ :?i "some degree of security, prosperity:.Oj and good government." . These.-jp$*M^ cccdings seem promising, "and we \'At?^ uot disinclined to believe that they ate ?j taken.in good faith. South Carolin* events havo logio, whether or not ther?^j is much sense and logio in tho. Sp?ttt?^r Carolina Democrats, and how other. ^ conclusions could have been reached is not easy to soe. Yet, in the sanie paper which gives us an aocount o? thli^ sensible conference, wo find set forth a ^ scheme, looking towards immigration ? which would seem to show that the , average South Carolina landowner can* J; not rid himself ol bis Sesire to hold. ^ baronial possessions in land. Tho imV.^1 migrants he wants are the lowest. clans V of white Eurppcan farm laborers, jW*^ lie would havo them distributed; bureaus and sub bureaus to tho planners .* as they aro needed, employing thom on V an experimental farm till they aro called for. We up here distribute 1 !aboro?a ? from Castle Garden, but we send, outV: men whom we know to bo socking work , first., and farms afterward. . > ,' That there is need enough that somer? . bow South Caroliua should got a :neW' government, is not to be doubtod. ;.\ ?bero is no dispute among obsorvera* oJ^V its performances that the Legislature which has just been adjourned war one * of the most corrupt assemblages of men ..' that ever legislated for a State, abd ^oawS of the most contemptible io point OF/ ability. The Senate was better than'* the Lower House, for, though it;-haffV: members who looked for bribes, they X did uot make a show of their spoila, a? did - some representatives. No bil!, however y unobjectionable, could pass, it is said,V unies* it paid contribution to the "POrty^i Thieves"-an organized band, some of^ whom were white, some colored,- some' Democrats, and nome Hepnj^Hean?*.: J iii ck i ly, t h ttl precious crow did not t?ltfe** itself atti high rate, and would legislate' after being "recognized," or potting;. "light" to thc extont of fivo .or-toSH dollars a head. These gontlemen are ' said to have had a captuin and othtfr*^ officers, to hnvc resrularly sold them. ; 'J BCIVCS, and to have divided gains accord- ' ing to muk iu tho organization, hts this indulgent atmosphere, Mr. Whitemore, by ibo by, ia now laboring to secure a return to his seat tn CorK? gross. Tho Ropublicnn leaders oppose* \ him. and (he meetings that he ud?trotada; arc cot RU numerous ns his audle?&*$ in old limes nor so enthusiastic., itf? fact, they ure rather quiet; but the ' fueling of thc negroes is said to bo, on. thc whole, in his favor. It is probable! then, that wc shall have him back io\ Washington, in view of whioh . proba? bility, wo would refer any member who wishes tn look up Mr. Whittemore ; thoroughly to Mr. Dirk Teupk'en, of* Sulem, Mass., who reports, that when Mr. Whitlenioro wns chaplain of Ww* 30th Massae!) mot ts, he had some < deaf* inga whieii Toupkon. uiiiuh t o tho pconnir ' ary disadvantage ol'that foreigner, wftrt* had previou-ly thought tout olergymeo'; could bo tru.sied. - * , % NonTtiiii&N soci vii ic<ii;Ai.tr?-. ; The "Directors of tho Academy of Music in Philadelphia hilve rjpf?'?tid"ttf permit that building to bo used Ivy" tho negro Hovels, who dosi ros to *djre*flv! thc pcoplo of tho (-?fy nf DrotherlyLov*"' Eleven of the twelve Dircotor?a/0r?|rjh' pronounced KepnrMic.mi, and tho Had* io ?I p ipon of Philadelphia am very severe in their comments upon this 40-/' lion of their Radical friends. '??t?*., Public sentiment in PensjTOttf? upon ibo negro question seems rf?^bo? undorgoing a rai'kal change. .fVir, days since a bill p.sand both' brohea of thc Radical Legixlatnre crantrto <*' divorce to a vln'.'r w..man on .ho-^tfflra?] that her hu-band vs as discovered *i$if?\ a mulatto ufter her inrrriage. TbrqitjC Radical .Indget in PhilnJelphiflij^H rtdugi'd to issuo tuifnrahzation papfr?M AfrioauR, mid the o-it?re RtdftjM^jR^H tn the State, with tho extwptlotfp-flir^ few- subsidized pressed. Mema Ml?')M>k iV<Ho bM,k ,tauk ^^MSH