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mm VOL. xx WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1S70. NO 46. Tlaneo Danaoa B< Doa? Perentie*.-Vir?. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE. MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE* (ESTABLISHED IN I Wt -oaths.*...a. }}. Tbreo month?. * ADVBRTIJMMBMTg LMMUd .* jjj '?I? of ONB DOLLAR AND PlfT* CENTS por Lar. foi th? In?, ONB DOLLAR for th? S, ?ni f I?TY ?BNTS for own ?uhf?qa?tti OBITUARIES, TB1BOTKS OF R Ko PB OT .nd"ll^oommiulMUon? which ?BB??rv? privat? oUrett., will b? P?'<> lor " ?dvrtlwiaanu. The Northern Itatiieal Press OB Whl aunare, AND TOS COKHUPTTIONIST8 OF SO. CAttOLltfA,. 7 (j ,-? Tb? Work or ??form Urged* ID the leading Radical paper of Phil. adelphi?, the* Evouing Telegraph, of June 8, we find the following strong and significant leading editorial artiole : TUE RETURN Of WHITTEMORE. Sufficient roturas have been received from the speoial election io the first Congressional District of South Carolina to render the return of the notorious Whittemore certain by a deoided ma? jority. We need not recapitulate in de? tail the story of his shame. Worse than a defaulter in Massachusetts, be? fore he donned tho sacred robes; more than distrusted for dishonesty as chap, lain of a regiment; charged circum? stantially with defrauding the freedmen in various ways ; elected to Congress from a district where colored men of the most ignorant class largely predominate; bartering his cadebtships F openly and shamelessly in the market; and finally fleeing tho House to escape an almost unanimous expulsion, he now returns to the same House that drove him out as a moral leper, with the broad seal of the State of South Carolina attesting his right to represent the First District of that Commonwealth io the popular branch ol our National Legislature. In a few days he will again appear at the bar of the House and ask to be sworn as a member. Will he be admitted ? Tbs nation profoundly sensitive respect? ing the half developed corruption which seems to prevade our supreme law-ma? king power, will watch the action of the House with much solicitude. Tho case is without precedent in our history Members have heretofore resigned under resolutions of oeusureand been returned and sworn unchallenged, but in no in stance, we believe, has a member ol Congress been expelled or compelled to resign, to escape expulsion for venality, and subsequently returned lo claim seat. Mr. Matteson, of Now York, was censured by a strong vote, some years ago, for alleged corruption and then compelled to resign ; but a resolution of expulsion had failed to command tho constitutional majority of bis case, ?and his legal right to his seat was unques? tioned. At the time of his resignation he had already been re-elected to tho succeeding Congress, and whin thc new term commenced he resumed his place The propriety of allowing him to serve without some notice of tho disgrace he had brought upon tho previous Congress was freely discussed in thc publio jour? nals, and was the subject of lepeated consultations between some of the lead iug'membcrs of tho House. But it is due to Mr. Matteson to say that he ' stoutly disputed all the allegations of corrup tion, and claimed that his explanations cleared him of all moral turpitude in thc matter. It is clear that the House has thc le? gal right to protect itself from the pros enee of any improper person. It is the solo judge of the qualification of its own members, and it is morally bound to ro fuse admission to a man who has notori ? ously and corruptly abused his official privileges and brought infamy upon himself and the eountry. We submit therefore, that when Mr. Whittemore's credential? are presented for readmis sion, it is the duty of the House to re ject him and declare tho scat vacant beoause the proposed incumbent is ut? terly unworthy, and his admission would be a blistering stain upon our national character. Mr. Whittemore's re-election is but a part af the.grand scheme of a pack of the most unscrupulous adventurers to maintain power in South Carolina. Of the four districts in that State, two elected Republicans-Whittemore and Bowen ; and the othor two districts eleoted Simpson and Recd, Democrats by about 4000 each. Of the two Re? publicans, Mr. Whittemore is sadly no toriou9, and the antecedents of his Republican colleague are anything else than creditable. An adventurer and campfollowor in the rebel army and more than once arraigned for crime bofore the rebel military authorities, he naturally cast his lot with' the swarm of vampires who have fastened upon that State, in desecration of the name ol Republicanism, and are eating out its vitals and making rooonstruotion a term cf reproach among all upright men. IQ tho two districts which gave very largo Demooratio majorities the members eleoted Were not eligible, and tho mi nority candidates have both been sworn in in defiance of the popular will express ed against them in unmistakable tones Wo need not say that tho men, Messrs Rogo and Wallace, who consent to si in Congress in contempt of tho decision of tho olection roturns cannot uteri any high measure of popular respect. But for tho combinations of the cor rapt State authorities, WhiUoraore would not have had a shadow of a cha nce for rc election. But ho is neither bot tor nor worse than the average of hi follow official plunderers, and they di not dare to overthrow him. They'would have done so, but Whittemore . would have risen like tho ghost of "Banque to confuse them. Governor Sooft ia o&ndidato for re election next fall, an ho dare not break a libk in tho ciroL of Swiss mercenaries, who now control tho State by appeals to the passions and projudioos of the ignorant, and by tho officiai patronage they oommand. They ?rofess to purchase homes for tho homo tM freodmon, issue the bonds of th State to pay for lands, and then what they fail to plunder directly from the Stato they plunder from thc negro. Tho rc election of Whittemoro is but the act of desperation ot these nico, to perpotnate their pOwbP;a'?oVou'r Nation-1 al Legislature is presented with a hy poorite and renegade to eave a junta of ' petty thieves in their uneasy and uooor- i tain positions at homo. The Republican party must wash its J hands of those political abortions oallod State officials in tho reconstructed States, or it must cease to rulo io a singlo ? commonwealth of the South. When : reconstruction began it was impossible j to place competent and honest men in ; power in the Southern Stutos ; but t?\ construction is settled, and the Itopub. \ Hean party must demand ability and ! Integrity in its representative men, or it must die. If Whittemoro shall bo ' admitted, and thus the high sanction of 1 the Republican natioual administration . be given to the political adventurers j who have blotted the history of tho con. stitution, and now hang as mill stoucs about tho necks of tho struggling States ' of the South, they will all follow Virgi. nia and Tennessee, nod Republican fower in tho South will have no future, ts history will be but a continued ohapter of shame and misfortune, and it will pass away speedily amidst tho rejoicings of all hottest mon. Already the citizen's party is making headway in South Carolina, and embraces in its ranks some of tho ablest leaders, both white and black, in tho State ; nnd it needs but tho admission of Whittomore, ind tho high approval of a Republican Congress to be given the imbecilo and sorrupt rulers who have returned him, to insure the utter and hopo!ess discern. Sturo of Republicanism in thc strong? est Republican Stute of the South. rms cn AKA <;-?-*: ic OF THIS MAN El. KCl li I?--WI I, I, CONt.KISS At). mix TIMS nisuu.vciio CADET SWINUM?t, In tho same vein as tho above manly md outspoken article, tho traveling jovrcspondent of tho New York f ribuuo writes from South Carolina ? Tho fact that the return of Mr Whit, tcmore to Congress will inflict a ?serious blow uuou thc best interests of thc Republican party and of thc South, is lot moro iu thc minority party opposing tim on general grounds than by tho in :clligont Republicans of South Carolina. 'Will not tho House vise to tho dignity >f rcfusiug to receive him ?" they ask, arging that his resignation ought not :o prevcut his receiving some adequate lunisluucnt for thc offence hi|eomiuit(cd lint when I intimato that thc House viii probably consider its duty douo in ctting tho self convicted representative ro back to his constituents branded rith a vote of censure, these gentlemen igh, and fear there is no hope of over? louting,in Mr. Whittctuoro's own dis rict, tho hold which ho has obtained ipon his very peculiar constituency du? j iog the too brief time which tho order I br election leaves to accomplish any bing. Tho extraordinary condition of ; [flairs temporarily existing iu Soul h karolina in consequence ol thc with tolding ot amnesty and thc .sudden olo 'ction to supremo power of a class, at east, inexperienced in thc wiles beset? ing legislation, has induced a facility br corruption in its politics which thc nany honest mou in the dominant par y have tho moro difficulty in lighting, iccauso tho opposition do not rccog lizc their efforts, but class all as leeches ogethor. Thcro is an unpleasantly argo class of politicians who live only ty politics, who know no other profes? i?n, and who look upon tho illegitimate ?molumcnts of tho trade with equally avorable eyes. Whcu to these wc add in infusion in tho Legislature of tuen ihoseu as thc most cligiblo in a commu? nty of field hands who never saw a ;ehool house 'and never owned a fivo lollar bill, it is easily to bo seen that langers beset the public affairs of South ya roi i na-dangers which will lesson as iducation is spread among thc people, is wealth is diffused, as amnesty pcr nits thc voters to choose among tuen vhoso loyalty has been sadly stained, mt whoso private integrity is above uspicion-but dangers not thc less real o thc prcacnt welfare of the State, and hrcatenitig the creation of a chronic political corruption which it will bc hard o counteract. That tho general virtue ? nato in tho voters of tho Stato at largo 3 proof against this peril as yet, is bundautly shown by thc hi^h diameter ?f thc senators chosen, and of thc Gov rnor. But thoro aro detached localities icculiarly liable to error, tho votes ol' rh ich may fasten many cormorants upon he commonwealth, and thc 'most cone J piouous of these is tho district in' which Ir. Whittomore was lucky enough to nennip at tho closo of thc war,, and rhich ho shrewdly mudo the stopping ; tone to one placo after another, til) he cached tho seat in Congress, from which nly his own carelessness temporarily islodged him. And though ho nifty uoceed in deceiving his lmmodiutc onstituenis, Mr. \V ll itt om ore's true haraoter is padectly well known to i hose who have served with him in thc tate councils at Columbia, and tho oughly.understood by leading Ropub- ; cans throughout thc Stato, so that his i pparent success is anything but . ncouraging to those who arc battling ' rith tito raids of corruptions of minor ositions in South Carolina. 1 .Y4t;if tho gossip which tho gentle- j ian's own neighbors retail about him c true, it scorns strango that even tho lost infatuated of his black conslitu- j nts should not come soon to know thc i ian. I have listened to nothing from < bo lips of rebels or Democrats, and get i iy estimato only from true, earnest ] Republicans who have had to work bc- j ido tho man in ono capacity and i nothor, in legislation and in cleo | ion coring, and hove como to know him t y degrees. Thcso all givo him the j raiso of being a tireless, constant , iborcr, ever ready to answer any call, i ble to speak in stentorian loiics by tho : hour and by tho day, equally capable on the ?tump ?nd in tho -pulp-it, and an adept in all the poclnl cipedleutH koowa to the local politician. Bat 'they all attribute to him a readiness to replenish bis pockets by any method, a willing ness to confiscate small perquisites as well as largo ones, an inability to dis? tiuguish between his'personal treasury nnd that of tho party, which cannot but bring any pojiticiuu eventually to. grief. "Why, sir," said ouc gentleman' to me, "when two lady school touchera came to Darlington, and tho hotel refused to take them in, this man took them down to the house of QUO of tho host citizens, tind got him to keep them overnight, a man with tho real Southern notion of hospitality, und then thc representativo iu Congress collected seventy five cents apiece from them for their lodging, and put it iu li:." own pockot. They went to thc .?anio hcuso for shelter nguiu a few weeks after, and offered their host iu tho morning tho same sum thoy had paid heforc, and ho resented it tis au insult, und so tho whole contemptible swindle oame out." "Yep, aud that was hardly smaller than collecting dimes and quar? ters from ull tho negroes in his district for a national flag, and then getting tho money for tho saino Hag from pooplo iu tho North on thc pica of tho poverty of his people." "Wc found his accouuts in n sad state in our Ju publican Stato Committee, and when wc inquired into some of tho deficiencies, ho said ho hud spent a certain huudrcd dollars for printing ballots for such aud such a village; hut tho leading negro from there contradicted him on thc spot, and said on tho oontrury ho lind sent down and demanded a collection of money to pay for tho tickets, which had been duly mailed and entrusted to him. So wo were unable to certify to his correctnc;S, but made a report speaking of his great ardor and indefatigable work iu thc campaign, ?nd regretting his careless? ness in hooping his accounts." Of course I, on a brief sojourn in South Carolina, cannot testify to thc correct? ness of these stories ; I merely give them as specimens of multitudes ot allegations freely made among his political Iriends, so far ns I know uucoutradictod, and going to show how natural and consistent with his entire career was thc lapse which occasioned his departure from Congress. WHAT IN DOIXO VOIt MBT ?IT. 01IOUU? L. WALKER. A vt?RY important question for ino. as well as for e\ery ollie1 young mau, ii, What ia lifo dot tig lor mu '( Am .1 getting thc good ol' it '! Atn 1 acting on a right theory of value I .?-co men acting on very dissimilar theories ol' tho vjilue of lifo. Tiioy get very di floren t results jut of it. Now, what isa right result? I want a sound l hoary, for I cannot tilford au unsound one. There is uo coming back to try 'over ugniti. This little span through which 1 am passing must give mc its best, for it is all ol this kind of lifo I am io have Perhaps I can get a hiui. or Iv . towards an auswer by looking at some people ;.vouud mc. Here is my wealthy neighbor Mr. B. Lifo to hiui is what it brings him of ? ropcrty. J ! is theory is : Lifo is worth what il docs in making a mau rich. But thai theory will uot do for mc. L only ne? d to look al Mr. 13. himself, to sec it is ioo scanty to answer. It j docs not meet bis wants. When his* child died last spring-when tho Wull Street panic came last October-I saw his theory failed him. Nay, it fails him every day. A hundred wauts look out of his eyes unsatisfied. His theory is too narrow for him even now, and to carry it over into thc future, is to make it shrivel up altogether. "Our best garments r.vo without pockets." I look, then, to my old school-friend W. li if- theory of thc conduct of lifo is thc gaining of happiness. Life docs its ollico for him, he thiuks, when it brings him pleasure But 1 cannot hide from myself that, under this theory, W. has been going downward ever since I knew him Ile has bei n hardening and con? tracting. IPs thoo.ry ignores all obliga tion to others. It makes him heartless. It shuts him up in his own iutores:~ - Besides, I see, also, thai W's theory of lile leaves very many persons hopelessly to fail of good. Thc sick, tho oppressed, the very poor, cannot bo provided foe on an y such plan. If enjoyment ?3 life's end, then for multitudes tho cud must ititi. W's theory will not do forme. Two ot he.1 men oftcu pass mc on tho ktreot. One is 1>, tho great student; the other is M, tho great politician - Ono is the mon loavuca, thc other tho most inilueuti.il mun 1 kuow. J), thinks life is worth what it gives him of knowledge; M. what it gives him of power. But I know both of them well enough to sec .hat the theory of neither is adequate I*, is hy no means as useful in proportion as ho is learned; inti M. hy no moana happy in propor? tion to his iiifleuoe Life is not doing for them what ought-to content a mau. J hey arc making splendid failures. . " I look, thon, ut one other man. lt. in licad book-keopor at tho establishment iu which I am. He is an old man now. Ili.t lifo has been a very evoutful one Ile has known what it was to bo a [bu lled child of rich parents; then an impoverished orphan ; theil a struggling fouth thrown on his own resources; dion a wealthy merchant, tho head ol bis own homo; and now, finally, after a period of disnulor in business and alli ic ion in family Ito has been ten years kel ping books on a scanty salary for thc lOIUOWltat 0I08O handed linn WC both H i ve. 1 asked tho old man ono quarter* loy som o y oars Ugo, as we each of us .coiIved our meagre stipe: 1 for three 111 i? !. -' \v ;1 ; "What's tho 11^0 of lifo 00 these ter nub? What do you g out of it ?" I hate ?hi?l forgo! answer. "I" get-a H that *?y one 6th,? waa his reply: ''Life's only worth ia what its disoiplioe amounts to." - "Life ?8 worth just its diaoipliue." The idea wes a new ono to me theo. It came to me at a moment wheri I waa bitt^r nnd sore. But I have never for gottoo ?t? It olong to me. Aod the more 1 thought of i,t, the wiser it ?seemed, Aud the longer j havo lived, aud the more I havo seen and done since then, the truer has appeared tho' bid clerk's theory. I have adopted it as my own. And I have dono so beeause it fit?, more than aoy othor one, all parts of life, and the life of every mao. Let me show you how it does so. Io the first place, it fits every man's life. Wo are put into this world to be trained. We oame empty-handed into it, and we go empty-handed out of it. And that show?, us that the good of life is intended to be an interior thing. It is something a man can have, even when his anns lio orossed in his coffin. And that good is his discipline of spirit. The training and culture of the soul is tho great matter. How a man feels to? ward God and toward his fellow-men, is the question which life's discipline decides; what hid influenced are, what his principles, what his satisfactions, these are thc things life determines. If man has a soul, aud is to live furo ver, these mottoes are the great ones of life'. Thc theory, theo, fits every man. Bul seo, too, how ic fits all parts of every rcau's Hfe. If tho good of life is what its disciplino amounts to, then there is no circumstance of life which may not be without its profit. Is a man rich ? Why, then, he has the discipline of wealth. How ho uses, richos is the trial luostiou for him. Is a man poor? Coverty is his tiiul experience How he hears want is the important problem to him. Th ero is not a circumstance of any man's life, prosperous or adverse, hut in this tboory of thc "value of life" li rds its place. And each circumstance, iu its turn, may equally secure life's good. A man may be gaining it wheo be is accumulating wealth, or when wealth is fleeing from him; when ho is iu health, or when be is sick; when ho rejoices, or when bc wocps. Discipline is accomplishing its purpose. Ile is getting tho good of life. "What lifo is doing for mo," thoo, is a question which bas, for a good while, turned my thoughts inward instead of outward. I dou't expect to find my answer in a bank account. I look not first to sec whether lifo is going well in suchatnattcrs associai standing, political perfcrmont, or literary repute. I ask myself, in quiet hours, "Is thc discipline Ol'lifo making mo humbler, strouger, moro patient, moro Christiuu ?" "Is life doing this best thing that it ever docs for any ono, fitting mo for useful uess iu tho present, and for a readiness to meet whatever comes after?" I try to bc nblo te unswer that qucs* tion affirmatively. And when 1 am able, it docs not trouble mc much to bc poor, or disappointed, or lonely : I nm still gelling tho good of lifo. Nobody can rob me of all that is bost iu it. Tho theory fits tho case fully. "Life is worth just its discipline;" and that discipline is securing my good. [From tho Albany Journal. A ItOOTA.NCIS IN Itu Al, Lit??* A YOUNG OTAN LOSES A Wil l: BY A FOOLISH ACT-SUBSKQI'KNT HAPPY BE-UNION. About three years ago a good look? ing, stalwart young mechanic went from this city to accept an advantageous of? fer in tho town of Salem, Washington county. Being unmarried and rather fond of society, it was not long before James West, as wc shall call bim, acquired a circle of acquaint? ances that embraced ot least all the prettiest girls in tho place. After bestowing attention indiscriminately, thereby causing many hearts to beat with jealous rage and envy, ho sudden? ly became more reserved in his de? meanor, and from thenceforth devoted himself to but one, a young lady, whoso person?.) attractions wcro only surpass? ed by bot amiable character and varied accomplishments, named Ka to -, daughter of a well to do farmer of Washington coun'v. West had evi? dently beard tho admonition that "faint heart never won a fair lady," for ho pressed bis suit wilban ardor that soon received its roward, and their engage? ment was announced. Six mouths afterward on a bright sunny day in May thc muptials were celebrated. After marriage thoy settled ilown to house keeping iu a neat little cottage, surrounded with all that o hap? py young couplo could desire, iud everything scumed to augur well l'or n loug and tranquil lifo of domestic bliss. Butin an evil hour their bright hopos W3ro shuddowed. A former acquaint .nco happening in the village was mot by tho young husband, and whilo re? calling old times a sooiul drink was proposed. A faint show of resistance >n tho part of West, and tho drink was taken, followed soon by another. As tho iquor mounted to bis brain all thought )f thc sweet young wifo at homo fuded 'i om his mind, aud Ibo rest of the night ,vas ?pent in hilarious debauohe'ry. Poor Kate, having passed a lonely eveuing, rotirod to rest, framing a thousand ox JUHCS for ber husband's absonco. In ho morning sh o awoko in an agony of en or nt finding herself still alone, and tastily flinging on some clothes, oponed, be door togo in search of him. Tm igiuo her horror at beholding tho ono die loved so well lying across the stop, jesmearod with filth, in tho worst stage J'intoxication. The sight was so .hor iblo that for a timo sho was unable to novo or act. Thou, ns if having formed i Midden resolution, she hastily drag* B?bU ged *?i$?r^Ur** *n? Kate/we* astonished kt rsftt?bg tt? ?o'. swen Tb? 'thought blurred io hi? that his oonUuot ol tho sight before had driven her away. A^ek psssed by, and alihoagh tho conscience stricken husband made every search and inqui? ry, BO traoe of tho lost one ooh Jd be found. A y oar el apse dj ?bil having given dp ali hope of ever regaining bia lost happiness, the. husband, threw un his situation, sold his furniture, ana carno to this city, where he secarod em? ployment as a maohinest. A few day* ago happening to be in Troy on bas!ness, while passing up Seoond street he carno face to face with his wife. The recog? nition was mutual! and.with the old love welling up in their hearts they were onoe more united. Half crated at the sight which met her eyes on that fatal morning, the bad fled from thc house and taken the oars to Troy, for? tunately scouring a situation in a dress making establishment, whare she pre? ferred remaining rather than bs the companion of one who would so imbruto himself. And now, after being separated for more than a year, they have resumed house keeping in this oityMhe husband on his part, with a firm determination never to do aught that would oause, hie wife a moment's unhappiness, and she with a desire to brighten their new home with a love that will make it last? ing, and full of confidence that ho will be true to his- word. [From the Eastern Argos.] Sins. RRVBIiS AT Ct ft ANTS TA B li K A 80XSNB AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Mrs. Seuator Revels, the wife of the distinguished "mau and brother," ar? med in Washington on the 17th nit., and was entertained the next day at a State dinner party by Gen. Qrant. Gen. Butler, Gen. Schcnok, Gen. Garfield, and othor military imbeciles of note, accompanied by their wives and daugh? ters, wore among the company. M rp. Hovels passed from the drawing room to the dining room on the arm of Sena? tor Sumner, and occupied a seat at the table bctweeu tbat gentloman and the President. Her oooversation charmed tho company evon more than her ap? pearance, although the refined and in? stinctive taste in dress in which the ladies of Guinea are distinguished was sweetly apparent in tho decoration of her person A turban of mild scarlet with yellow border--a crimson moir antique with blue and sreeu flounces, and buttons of dainty brawl-red slippers with white rosettes-with a mas? sive necklaco ot barbar! pearls, and half a dozeu breast pins of curious workman? ship-a few neat riugs and a guilt belt united to form a toilette io which pu? rity and simplicity were exquisitely unitod. Mrs. llev?is partook freely of the Ex* ccutivo nourishment, and avowed her satisfaction over tho cookery at almost every bite with a frankness quite re? freshing in tho saloons of the State. "See boah," sho remarked, as she passed her plato for another out of ham, "of all dom dishes guv mo the hog and the hominy-Golly but dat'? a sweet peace of bacon. Dcso Yah ! it reminds me of ?ossoin fut. I)es6 is good cook ins, Iiram." This last observation was, of course, addressed to the partner of her bosom. There was a general feeling at tho table that tue "Court Gir?les" had received io this estimable matron a re? markable addition. On her departure, at the oloso of the entertainment, Gen? eral Grant, with his wonted urbanity, remarked that he would like to tee more of her, to whioh Mrs. Hovels, with un? common taot, replied : Yah t Yah ! Can't seo no more of me dis time, but I'se rjittin low nook dresses. Dis heah high ono was made down Souf." DORS IT PAY. Oh, how sweot to work a day for Gol und then lio down at night beneath his smile.-JU' Cheyne. The closest walk with God is thc jweetest heaven that eau be enjoyed on earth.-Brainerd. My heaven is to please God and glo? rify him; to givo all to him; tobe wholly devoted to his glory; That is the heaven I long for ; that is my re? ligion, and that is my happiness.-Brai? nerd. "Oh, dear sir," says Brainerd, in writing t) A friend, "Do not think it enough to live at the -rate of common? place christianity." Shall I grudge to spend my life for him who did not grudge to shed bis lifo blood for me ?-Beveridge. lu my pursuits of whatever kind, let this come to mind, "How much shall I poluo this on my death bod ?" Pr?sid?t Edwards. I havo had a view in my sickness that [ never had beforo, respecting those opiates which huvo kept me in a dose at least, whoo 1 ought to have boon broad iwako. ' Aits and soicfccc?, literature, ?mrioaitics, *iows, and even nonsense, have wasted hours aud d>iys, and that while I hud a most important ohargo to bo executed.- Cecil. No man is n bettor merchant than he that lays out his time upon God ind his money upon the poor.--Bishop Taylor. - tie lives long thst lives woll ; and time misspent is not living, but lost.-Fal 'cr. There is no real uso in riches, except it bo in the distribution ; tho ros^t" is but-j^ jonccit.-.?aco?. it?1 $?$1 Testamentary chamliea "r hre no better than dead sacrifices.-Sherloeh. Timo appoars very uhor^ eternity tear J aud a great name, ci'tht* ?tr* or iftor life, togothor with all 'earthly pleasures and profits, *^..b'ut an ; rn pty bubble, a del udin?'droa?. - tterd. K?? ' ' > I would not give.one moment of hea ven for all tho joy and* richos of the -" ' 'i a a "i % mi11.n 11 world/even ir U l^t^ for thouwrd* of WHAT TB? UBABT FST??aS, Our worst aoooyeooes ind dUc?uie tude* nearly all COtne from a wu nt of kindness aud'?ympatby where it properly belongs. * Har**' 'Juagarat, ' rough Words, anal) but frequent?ota or selfish neee aftd injustice sometimes quite Kelson tb? heart thai promised tobe ealtby, ?lid curso the heart that prom? ised tor be bless ed. Thar? at? fina i ll es which possess every earthly conlfortj health, money and occupation, but ar? miserable from the jealousy and quar? reling that prevail within them. There ate married couples who lit? in daily sorrow, not because they are in Want, or because of any great domestic sffliotioD, but because each thinks th? other unkind, arbitrary and "?inconsider? ate. Young people sometimes marry with their eyes shut ; and thus instead of being meted with angela aa they foolishly imagined they might be, they find out afterward that they ari only maa and * women with the common workaday weakness and fsuite of their respective sex. _ This sham love easily gets soured, and then eaoh reproaches the other for not fulfilling tba promises and exaggerated prospecta with whifh they entered into the marriage state Take ant ot the relationships of Hf?, and we should find that the far great or part of all sorrow cornea from tho same cause. EFFECTS OF SIN. Penalties are often so long delayed that men think they shall csoape them ; but at some time thoy are certain to fol? low. When th? .whirlwind sweeps through the forest, at its first breath that giant tree, with all its boughs, falls crashing to the ground. But it bad been preparing to fall twenty years. Twenty years before it had received a Rash. Twenty years before .the water began to settle in at some notch, and from thenoe decay began to reach in with lilont fingers toward thc heart t>f tho tree. Every year th? work of death progressed, till at length it itood, all rottenness, and the first gale felled it to the ground. Now there are men who for twentv years have shamed the day and wearied the night with bheir debaucheries, but who yet seem jtroog and vigorous, and exclaim : "You need not talk of penalties 1 Look st me I 1 sra as hale and hearty to day as ever/' But, in reality, they are full t>f weakncsa and decay. They have been preparing to fall for twenty years, and the first disease strikes them down in a moment. I EIGHT MILES FROM SPARTAN BURG COURT HOUSE, S. C. A>et0 Furniture-Hotel thoroughly Reno? vated-New Bedding-New Bathe Bowling Altey, and oilier mode? of exercise for guests will be readg for visitors, June 1 st, 1870. Board per month.$30 00 Per week. 10 00 Per day..'. 2 00 Tba water ls Chalybeate, ard la cool and pleasant to tho tagte Hut proven effioaoloaa In Miring Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Kidney Dls Bases, Gravel, Dropsy, Diarrheas, CuUoeoos Affections, Chill and Fever, General Debility, ind many other ills of a kin ired nat um. The table will be provided with the bert the country affords j and every attention given to visitors, ialoulated to roako their stay pleasant. CABINS TO RENT. H. C. OLIVER, Proprietor, Spartanburg Court House, S. 0, June 1, 1370. JAMES CALDWELL. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Boots, Shoes, Slats, TXTULTlT^S etoo. Opposite J. T. SOLOMONS, Su niter, So.Ca. Fob 16 tloot. St. Josephs Academy. CONDUCTED BY TUB Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, SUMTER, S. O. TUB Collegiate Exercises of thia First Class Instil ute, will be resumed 'on tin? 1st of September. A prompt 'attendance ia requested in ordor to facilitate the progress and arrange nent.of tbo clasios. The new buildings are paoious and Olognntly finithod, furnishing ao ouiinodatlons fur one hundred boarders. The ix to mi vu grounds and piatsaa aro ample for open dr exercise, and young ladies are thoroughly nstructed in Engliah Mathematica, French, Ita. ian, Mufie, Druwing, Pointing, Ac, Ac. Location loaltby, uir pure, wa'er good, and terms roasoo< kble. For particulara apply to the Superioress o it. Joioph'* Aondomy, Sumter, or to the Supe toreis of tho Slaters of Morey, Charleston, who rill endeavor to meet the pres* uro of tho times, Nov. 10 MUSIC LESSONS Vocal and Instrumental. The undersigned bnving taken his rosldonee at iiimtnr .yin ?ire leesons in Singing and on tba .I ANO and VIOLIN. Ho will likewise give tn. tractions in FRENCH, (1 KUM AN and ARITH. IKTIO. TUNINO OF 1UAXO.S ATTENDED TO. For further particulars, apply to him at bis esidonoe in Hurvio Street. ll. C M. KOPFF. Feb 2-tr _ . W JESSE THOMPSON, attorney and Counselor at Law, SUMTER, S. C. . WaV * r kW WILL Pi&OTICMio all thc Jourla of tho Third Judicial Circuit, also, in th? Supremo Court at Charleston and Columbia. I May ba eonsnltod nt prc?cut at "SumterWaU h nan" Office. April 27 100 year* a RooreV- +>4 .?/?? Curca aa by inegio-^ v I,00Qlv|K?r?otMi u?4if/;- . r j Faina, wounds, and Buffering? .> '.; MMBlft V '. -?.. ' v. ' f>4, jOQrPh5?ioians uso and recommend is- : .; .19*10.00 pott ordered daily for . hospitals febd publio institutions ip all parts of tho U. 8. Kl .ll Colt, Barns, Braises, Par*?, Ulcers, Canoera, Sur? Nipples, and B rx ken Breast?, Chapped Ups ??<t Heads. Eruptions, Cbll blaine, Bites cr Stiogs of Inrecu, ?o. ian- A WONDHRFCL CUBE FOR PILKS. Put op in 50o. sises (and $1 pots for families.) AH Druggists erery where Mit it. TbONVT BE ONE DAT Without it in the House. "COSTAR'S" Standard Preparations AR? . "Coetor's" Rat, Roaoh, &c Extermina? tors. "Costar'a" (liquid) Bed Bug Exter. "Costa?V (only pure) Insect Powder. "Costar'a" (only sure remedy) Corn Solvent. SOLD everywhere. Ask for "COSTAR'S" (Uke no other.) $1, 92, $3, and $5 sises, order from COSTAR CO., 18 Howard-St., N. Y. GOODRICH, WINE M AN * CO., Wholesale Agents, CHARLESTON, S. 0. May ? U 0 F. HOYT. SUCCESSOR TO 1 HOYT, & DU ill I Iii iii SO. CA. "Y^OULD respectfully Inform bis friends ind the pnblio of Sumter, and adjoining counties, ;hat he has recently reeeired a ehoice seleo lion of LADIES' AND GENTLEMENS* Wat ohos, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, SPECTACLES, &c, &c, His siook embraces all "Ibo latest styles, and rill be sold at reasonable ratea. Sept 29 0? T- MASON. WATCH MAKER AND SUMTER, S. C. Has just received and keeps ulirays OH hand Sew and Beautiful Stylos of JEWELRY, FYE GLASSES, &C. BATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY RB PATRED WITH DISPATCH. March 81 EUX?RBLE Y ?RD rHE undoraignod would moat respectfully announoe to the people of Su m tel and sur ounding country has he have Jost received a SPLENDID LOT OF iva: ?x rtol ? ? nd ls now propared to re?oive and execute or lera of all kinds in his linc, with neatness and lisps ton. RON RAILING FURNISHED TO ORDHIt W. P. S M I T H, SUMTER, S. C. Nvo- 17_lt General Life and Fire \m\nm AUKNCY. SUMTER, S. C. A HE following Companies having complied . rith the Law, and deposited $20,000 each with ! he .Comptrellar Genera), odor protection' " to ? OuifhoLls agaliftvloss or damage by Hr?: Security Piro I UH II rn nco Co m pu ny of iew York, AssottSj $2.017.800 81. German Piro Insurance Company ol' *cw York, Assctta. 1.053.054 01. Georgi*.Horns .Insurance .Company, Columbus, Ga., A'??fCtt?, 408.7.31 10. Richmond Banking losuranco Co., of Virginia, Assctts, 270.540 24. A. "WHITE, March 30 Agnat. FOR TUE PERMANENT CURI^?F^rW , JhllU ?nd Fever?. ? \- Ci. '<} ? -> 1 , TONI? BITTEtlS,; | in admirable oomMbattoo of TONICS Adapted o Ml ornes needing Tonio Medicines. :\ ?. COUNTRY PROfl?CK or'ftli'kJndi uk?, 1 3AHTUR for goods at fair prWs.' " V * J. A. MAYES A CO, Jan 1, 1870 . ly , * *? Til E S T? tt ' Wi?f'*{ Southern Real Estate Advertiser, g - MARION^. a'liJ-X '?<> Aside front from ' general' Intelligence- Rall- . K ?iou?, Agricultural ?nd Political-ono of tho LEADING FEATURES of our parier,', will bo } ho advancement of the interest of ?hose who do, - dre to PURCHASE OR' SELL REAL ?3- ' J TATE. ". .. .'"ii Its direct communication with the LEADING ' ' \MD MOST RESPONSIBLE AO EN TS AND AUCTIONEERS OF REAL ESTATE lb ?r*ry . uart of tba oonntry, will ?t oucb gl?c- it PRO M JD " HENCE AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM for-' ?he ?ale of.land? of every dosorlptlon, *.udJ**d to'' -.' nqalrles bot WOOD thojo who desire te purphaio Mid those who doalrn to aelf.' ! ' .r- --r;/ ^.* ? Eaob tract or parcel of Lia J advertised Wilt bo \ ./ lumbered, and the ftddreis.of th* party ''??shir.g '' V .o gell given, go Itbat correspondence may bo- f ?pened direotjy with the advertiser.' Communications dcaorintlte of lands, soil, and lites for mill? ?rfa'etort?s, (he health of localltio?, . - jr in any wiso relating to the geography of th? sounlry, solicited for publication. ' ' To ?ave tim? and correspondence-, parti?* aro 1 ?J equoited to forward UJO a ra du ni thoy < wish to> .' n vost with their ?dvertis.omqnt, and a.paper, will < \ JO regularly mailed to tbe address bf the adver? n?w ?.??y p . ? " .*>..*. Partios: ar? reqnosted to' write their names and - lost-omce address legibly. ' -, E Address' W. J. M.CKER?AL, Ed?tor>, - M., 18; ^t<J ' % BALTIMORE AND WUfVllNGTON COMPOSA? OF Thc First Class Qtbamsliips (ir. L. n ki ti; iwi - ' . ": Rebecca Cl y ? ey (D. 0. CHILDS, ^of?m?ridcr:)'' )uo of the above Steamships will lonvo BALTI? MORE and WILMINGTON every SATUR DAY, Witting a Regular ?j WEEKLY L f N E, \ ind the only authorised through eoinicctimi with . iVilmlngton A Munclicsf?r Railroad. COTTON nnd other Produc con ?I un ml lo ?hr' are will bo shipped to DALTIMOKE by first' >t?amer FllEK .OF COMMISSION. Having covered-Wharves In WILMINGTON Jt ind BALTIMORE, goods ca? be received ul ult \ lmosand be properly protected. ? A. B SHEPPKRKON A CO., Ag'tM, Nos. ll and U' North Watet Street, A i ri! 27 _ Wilmington, N. C. ? Coif?eSe- . I)RIME BIO, -V'" Good Rio, . . JM't? . Pair HU* ? y. ' 4 * ? .Couioioii Bin, ' -m, Jr ? CU-olvo Lagunyrs, 7 Jav. For sale by ' " . . ADU?.VN ft V?LLERS, Mai oh .'10 Wllmlftgt/>u,'N. C Flours. v. I? v EXTttA FAMILY, Family, Extra Super. ' "tjt-w"- Super. For silo by A Ult ? LLKUS, Mrtrch 30 _ ?j il Sundries. DRACK Kita, TEAS, ' * . Soup?*, . OranxM/ CMIMIICS, Lcuotis. ' Starch,' Canned Goods, Nuils, .Snuff, \ Ti/haoeo, .Segara. Fur attic Wy . ADRIAN ? yO-fiLEftS,1 March 90 . , . . V'Hfwfbutnh, K. C. S ligar H, ^TAXDABD CRUSHED. V 3 , StimOnfd 1'owdeii.d, St iii.lnrd A, .Crrotv A ao l 1?, KJttfS 0, ' ;w..nd..nl <'. ' ' li'i^htlir-.^ i. * Dui W' Hi ..?.n, Mils' ii-'-. For si? le'Ly ""Vf-. Alf|%TT!fTlMJ?2l..'J--:- '