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mmm>mmmmi ' " "' J" "l"'ll<'1- ''H^H^lU^ ??.?' ?!? ?i^'iWM"..U **Bl^^ VOL, Xfe^;', . "^^ - ' " WEDNESDAY Jft^ AUGUST 10, 1370> DEVOTED TO ?SS?^SS^^MI?IT^ AND GENERAL INTELIV'tJENCE. The Blunter Watchman (ESTABLISHED IN 1850.) I fl ruiiimiD -< ? /K ? ? . V ERY WKDNEIDAT lIOttNINO AT S U MT ER, 8. O. ? BT -, GILBEKT Sb FLOWERS. Terni?. \ * Ono yo?r..m.??win.M 00 Si* month:.. ..... J ?J ?broo months... 4 vw ADVBRTI3BMBNTS Inserted at ?he rate ' of ONE DOLLAR ABD FIFTV OBNTB per "uurofor the flr.t, ONB DOLLAR for the "coiad, ?nd KI VT Y G BN TS for eaoh ?ubeeoaeat inwrtlon, for eur period len than thr.e mooth? OBIT?AR1BS, TRIBUTES OF RK8PB0X and ell communication? which subserve. prirtU interests, will be paid lor M advertisements. frjffl- STATJE, OJ^YAM. jBBKVILLE KNTHU8IA?TIO .FOB 'MUMU HKFOUM CAUSE. Tho Great Gathering on Saturday Wbat ?va? Said by Cothrau, Kershaw, Butler and Carpenter. [CorrespoDdeaee of the Charlastoa Newe.J ! ABBEVILLE, Saturday, July 80. At six o'clock this morning we left G reenvide, ?nd four hours later arrived at this place-tho fifth regular appoint? ment for the nominees of the Union Reform movoment to address the people and arouse them to action. Wo were recoived at the depot by Gen. McGowan, Colonel J. S. ?othran, and other citizens. Amid the Inspiring strains of the Anderson brass band, the party disembarked, went up to town, and made preparations for the meeting. Thc streets of the town were crowded with men, who were intently watching the manooinvres of a squad of fifteen ot twenty colored mon armed with Win? chester rifles, and drilled by a colored olficcr. At 12 o'clock, the Courthouse, capable of holding one thousand persons, was j jammed-the whites a little in the *^uajority. Colonel J. S. Cothra>.(whc was elected senator from this coontj? but was not permitted by the Radioalf to take his seat) called the mooting td order, and said that tho occasion of the assemblage was one of great interest and importance to every person in Abbe? ville County, and in tho Stato of Soutl Carolina. A groat movement had beet begun in the Stato for the purpose ol correcting the abuses in the administra? tion of its affairs by tho corrupt mer who had gotten into power. That sud n movement was necessary, every on? know, and he believed that although thi citizens of Abbe vi Ho had been slow ii moving in this good work, and cam* into it at tho eleventh hour, they wouh do their whole duty, and, by tbei works, provo their earnestness in thi cause for the ie for mat ion of tho State Their past glorious record was a su mc i cn guarantee that they, w'ould'not be rea fte bc behind-hand. Ho said he would no consume the time in avowing his senti monts in regard to tho movement. They weic well known. Ile was bearii!; in favor ot it. lie would now introdue one whose record spoke for him ..'allant soldier and patriotic citizen-* General J. R. Kershaw. . Thu (Jencrai stated tho reasons whicl had influenced the people' of the Stat to cuter upon this movement, which wa only for thc purpose of. relieving th State from ofliciul cormorants who wer preying upon it, and reducing th peoplu to beggary, lt was-a movemen favored and uphold by both Republican and Democrats, white and colored 3 uc only by tiloso ia South . Carolina, bu throughout thc United States ; sustainc 6y the Republicans outside of tho Stat 1 because they did not rccognizo th government iu South Carolina as carrie on under tho principles of the part^ but by a corrupt set of men who admit intered tho laws and controlled th a fla i rs of tho State simply for sell aggrandizement, and thus brougl disgrace upon the Republican, party sustained by the Democrats outside c thc State because they recognized i the movement a policy which, if vi; orously pushed forward, woutd end i redeeming tho State from the band 1 robbers which now controlled it, an restoring it to its 'brmcr glory an prosperity. General Butler, who spoke nox addressed himself moro particularly 1 thc colored men present. He relatt to them what had been told him 1 members of tho .operations of tl League, how tho members were swot to vote for tho nomiueo of tho part I were bound to do so even if the noniiu I wcro a bob tailed cow ; he knew th j members who voted otherwise. or lc j thc Lcaguo were threatened with deatl I he told them that the men who admit I istcrcd the oaths to them had 1 I authority to do so, and could bo tri? I for it, convicted and punished ; 1 I entreated them to como out of tl I Leagues, in which thoir minds ai I souls wero enslaved, and Uko mc I honest, intelligent men, listen to tl I arguments of both sides, and then vc ? as their consciences dictated. If, aft I hearing both sides, thoy believed th S Scott was tho better man, then to vc I for him by all means ; if they thoug I Judgo Carpenter tho better man, th G to voto for him. i He then spoke to them of tho necessi I of tho two races working harmonious I together, and showed them how t I capital of the one and tho labor of t I other must bo united boforo either cot I bo benefited and all be made prospero: I Scott & Co. know vory woll, said 1 I that ii the two races wore ever uni! I ho and his plundering oompanic I would have to tako thoir hands out I thc pockets of tho people and leave! I Stato; knowing this they catered to I I prejudices of tue colored people a I arrayed thom in antagonism to 1 1 whites. It was time all of this \ 1 slopped j every difference between 1 I two races was so many dollars taken 1 i of the pockets of both and put into I pockets of the Scott ?Ring/' I At this point a coloicd man, I town marshal, asked General Bul 1 why ho and tho white people genen i had not before taken steps to bofrii I and clovato the colored people wh fl they now professed to havo taken ? I which ho replied that Congiess, by I acts disfranchising the white peo| I and thus depriving them of the righ I take chargo of the affairs of their < I State, prevented them. He admit II that the whites had made a gi ,1 mistake in not before extonding I Olivo brunch of peace to the cole ?I people, und gaining their oo?operat Jil ami working together for the good Al th? State ; but now they did so in g taub, pledging themselves ta fulfil all promises, and entreated tho co-operatiou of the colored men to secure an honest and eoonomical government.' He knew very well that Scott & Go. did not 'ctend for the two raoes to be united, if it were Kossible to prevent it. The Governor , ad done all in bis power to incite a war of races;- in his speeches and proclamations he had this ooo object in view. After asserting that the Win? chester rifle was the best law for South Carolina, he had armed tho colored men with Winchester rifles, aoj? refused to arm white men who were rogularly organised under the militia laws and had-ssk?d to be enrolled; he had oounived at, if not instigated, the murder of oolored men, honing that this would bring about the desired end. Ho (the speaker) did not objeot to the oolored men being organized and armed and drilled ; if they had had as rnuoh of it as most of the white people of the State bad during the war, they might not be quite so anxious to bo soldiers ns they were now ; but they had a right to bcoome soldiers, and neither he nor any ot the whito people objected to it. As for himself, ho was perfeotly willing, if desired, to drill or review them ; but tU?-? white people did objeot to the IccJoTcd people only being armed ; they ? sftijvjn'.it what the Governor had threat? ?g&a&r*n attempt to oarry the eleotion oi arms. The General said he didtnot know what had been done in other counties, but he was fully con? vinced that tho State constabulary forces wore sent into Edgofield County to stir up discord botwoen tho two raoes. Ile and the citizens-believed, and had somo foundation foe)'their belief, that the constabulary'men or their tools had under orders'from Scott fired the gin houses burned in the country, with the hope that the white men would lay the blame upon the colored people, and commit outrages upon them in retribu tion. But the people did no auoh thing; they did not believe . that the colored people did it. The General gave some further blows at the State con? stabulary, Governor Scott's paid spies, and reiterated his charge against Gover? nor Scott of conniving at, if not instigating, the murder of Randolph, extorting a- confession from Tolbert, .imprisoning him without warrant of law, permitting h im to escape, and then, !n^?j?g Ibat he would reveal his (the C&vawibrY) complicity in the matter, Miad Him billed by tho State constables. LY'f* Guflfo-and other Radicals were present at this time, and made an effort to interrupt the meeting By 'talking to thc colored people; but.,being told by General Butler that he did not intend that such cattle .should interrupt him, they sueaked out o/ tlic rooirt, gathcrod a few colored mien around them in the street, and hy addressing them in a loud tone of voice attempted to influence tho colored mon in the court-room to withdraw ; but only a few loft. General Butler did not notice them any further . thai? above related, and continued his remarks, which wore warmly applauded throughout. He told the colored men that all of the talk of Governor Scott being their deliverer, or that of the United States army being their deliverer, was absurd. Tho great God above was their deliverer, and' to Him alone could they look for having oast off their shackles. Tho United States army did not do it. Finding that they could not o vor th row the South, they enlisted 200,000 colored men, placed them in the front to bo slaugh? tered, aud by their aid overpowered the South. [Tremendous applause from the oolored portion of the audience.] . Judgo Carpenter was next introduced, and although so hoarse as to bq unable to speak except with great pain, attempted to address the audionoe. With his characteristic earnestness and with ungloved hands he dwelt upon tho oorruptioon whioh had marked the ad? ministration of the "Scott Ring." Ho had succeeded in arousing his audience, and was speaking most vehemently, when ho entirely broke down, and with an apology regretting his inability to 'continuo his address, took bis seat. Tho audience had notiocd with what diffi? culty ho spoke, and deeply sympathized with him; and many observing that ho suffered most when speaking rapidly, in a low tone of voioo bogged him to tako his time and not injure himself now. When ho retired it was amid thunders of applause from the audionoe, who thus showed their appreciation of his efforts in their bohalf and their sym? pathy for him in his suffering. Mr. Youman's was next introduced, and spoke at some length, earnestly and eloquently portraying the difficulties whioh embarrassed the people, and showing the way of overcoming them. By some moans or other it was under? stood by the people of Cokesbury that tho nominees would address them this evoning. Judge Carpenter was unable to go, but Genoral Butler determined to do so, and secured a special train to oarry him and oitizons who desired to attend. While getting ready to depp.i t, some one, as we are informed, ' told the oonduotor of the train that General Butler could not leave, and tho oonduo? tor moved off his train while those who intended to go were within one hundred and fifty yards of the depot; doubtless he considered tho statement of his in? formant as authorized. Every person with whom your cor? respondent conversed was of the opinion that the largest vote ever polled in this oounty will be polled next Ootobor, and a large majority for Reform. The feeling manifested to-day among all classes isa sufficient evidenoe that great interest is taken in the movement, and we doubt not tho predictions above mentioned will prove true. Hollingshoad who shot Tolbert, is hero. We do not know that he was at the meeting; if so, be beard muoh to wonder upon, ?mark and inwardly digest." [Prom tb? Columbi* Guardian-j El. Bt. OHAMBKBLAIN, The flagran t awi od lea perpetrated by the Land Commission ?rs, by. which the State has been robbed of probably three? fourths of the 9700,000 appropriated to pu robase homes for the poor and needy colored people, sod the iniquity of charging those helpless and deluded persons a price four times greater than the actual paid value of the lands in order, to cover up the villainous plunder of the money by the Commissioners, have been frequently commented on by this and other journab for some months psst. An anonymous writer, over the sig? nature of "Repuplioan," undertook in our columns to answer for two, and two only, of the six Commissioners, viz., Gov. Scott and Secretary Oardozo. But while doing this muoh, even, this apol? ogist did not hesitate to fasten the obar> gea of cri mo upon the other members of the Commission, and- named as special and marked culprits Leslie and Par? ker. , R. C. DoLarge, having succeeded Les? lie as Land Commissioner, felt that he would be regarded as implicated in these swindles unless he plainly showed his innocence. To his credit as a na? tive colored man, imbued with that sense of honor whioh through life he had full opportunity of knowing was the prime and indispensable characteristic of a Southorn man, and. without whioh he is out of the pale of respectability, ho replied at onoe ; he acquitted himself completely of all participation in tho infamous oonduot of tho Commissioners by showing that he took his scat at the board after the robberies had been con? summated. Wo will not pause now to tako exception to the unsatisfactory and in? sufficient apology which the writer of the communication signed "Republican" made for Scott and Cardozo.. Even if they are not guilty of sharing the plun? der, robbing tho State, and oppressing the poor blacks with fraudulent, quad? ruple exactions, they are responsible for neglecting the duty whioh they assumed and betraying ever sinoe a criminal indifference to the villainy whioh their spokesman admits has been perpetrated by their colleagues: and whic! has long been patent to thoir observa? tion. We pass on then to the remaining three Commissioners, Chamberlain, Noagle and Parker. Of these, wo have at present to deal only with Mr. Cham? berlain, by the graco of credulous and deluded negroes, Attorney General of the State. .He has vouchsafed an an? swer at last, but not so*much to the accusation of official delinquency as to that plain and truthful representation of himself and his carpet bag colleagues as "unknown to our people, penniless, without credit or oven endorsement of respectability." In the language whioh wo have used to expose and denounce the infamous conduct of this ?Land Commission," we have employed every lilting epithet within the range of, perhaps, overstrain? ed propriety, if not just within the bounds of decency ; driven to it, as we have been, by the tough coated cou* sciences, if not tho utter insensibility of the branded criminals with whom we were dealing. Yet Mr. Chamberlain, in- his reply to us, mildly speaks of our characterizations as "your various vague chargea and insinuations." Our oharge was direct and explicit. The State has been robbed of ninety 'tTiousand dollars in one Land Commis? sion job, alone ; and tfie colored pcoph have been crucify, wickedly and heartless' ly cheated out of the cheap homes (sc called) whioh unprincipled Yankee intruders, carpet baggers and scalawag! pretended to 'buy for thom, at a cosi of near three quarters of a million dol? lars. Is that a "vague" charge? is that at "insinuation?" If Scott and Cardozo wore ignorant of the transaction, never (as is alleged' having been consulted about it; if Lesli* was out of office before tho money wai paid io, and DeLarge was not inductee into offico until both sale and paymcn wero completed, thou we wero justifi?e in saying, and wo repeat it now tim the remaining three Commissioners ar? responsible for the robbery and th? choat. Without the signatures and sanc? tion of all threo of thora, not ono dolla of tho monoy of tho State could hnvi boen appropriated to thc fraudulon purchase. Mr. Chamberlain vehemently protest that, "in all the purchases by tho Lane Commission, he oas acted honestly anei conscientiously," and that "not i farthing has boen made by him out o any purchaso of land or other transac? tion." We have said, in our comments upoi his letter, that "we are bound tobeliev him." But is it onough that ho did no pocket $30,000 or more, or "a farthing of the 890,000 swindle? Who di pocket the money t Is that no bunine? of his? Is be a Land Commissionc without a duty ? a custodian of the put Ho money without responsibility ? $5,000 salaried offioor without hoed t the embezzlement of the very fund wbioh were put to his hands for. th benefit of the poor ? Is ho a " vrol 1-bre gentleman," (God save the mark I) e he claims to be, and yet persists in h! aesooiation with dirty and conUmluatiu thiovos, with all the eerdiality of an ai proving member of the gang, and th sang /foid of one who is wholly uoooi soious that stealing bears aiemblenoo 1 crime ? Wo hold Mr. Chamberlain to hi responsibility as a " Commissioner" an a salaried public prosecutor. If he woul assume tho further obligation of a wol bred gentloraan, in virtuo of what I 1 'jails his "history nod associations," li will o?ed, for our coo viotioo of his right to thai character, (io the face of facta I pointing very differently,) something I more than a bald assurance of bis own as to his admirable ant?c?dents and the ! assertions of a correspondent "bearing [ since ho has lived in this State." Te show that he has been and is a gentleman will require more than an indulgence in tho retort whieh he borrowed from Webster's reply to 1 Hayuo, io allusion to Benton, and whioh he bas put forward as all his owu. He must show .it by leaving a com? munity in whioh ho is regarded as an impudent intruder, and returning to tho ?copio whom he has incontinently aban? oned-that people with whom he was reared, and to whom his antecedents are known, without any assurances from him ef what they wore-a people who ought surely to stand r*>ady by this time (now that he has grown bald in their service) to confer upon him the merited honors to whioh a life ot "scrupulous personal honor" (to whioh be lays olaim) justly entitles him. Ho must abandon the role of the needy adventurer, hang? ing Uko a oamp follower on the skirt and coming in at the tail of a conquering army to despoil a downtrodden people of officers whioh constitute the goal of honorable ambition-the legitimate prizes whioh are to be won only by long service and the cultivation and display of high moral and mental endowments. He must forego the ill-gotton emolu? ments of office to whioh uot one gentle? man in tho State contributed to elevate bim, and which he obtained at the hands of ignorant negroes^ by exciting their prejudices nguiu-, tho intelligent na.? lives of the Stute in favor of imported adventurers and money-seeking sympa? thizers like himself. We trust that we have been "bold enough" this time in our oharges to show to Mr. Chamberlain that we are "responsible for them." ?SS TUG II KU I RA Cora.TlKNCEO. The plain declaration of the black men to tho carpet-baggers in the late convention : "Wo want no more of you," has created quite a consternation among tho latter. Worthington, Hoge's cham? pion, and tho mighty orator that was to be pitted against Judge Carpenter in tho jnsuiug campaign, in tho place of Dr. Scott, (who is acknowledged too muoh of a blockhead to meet his opponents in the field of urgumcnt,) has left the State, and, we hear, has expressed himself as utterly disgusted with what he is pleas? ed to term the impudence and presump? tion of tho "nigger." Chamberlain, it is said, proposes to take a hasty leave. Well Ired gentlemen, of Webster tan pride of personal character, arc at a discount, ho thinks, and stand but. a slim chance of further reveling in the fat luxuries of the Laud Commission should some en? terprising and ambitious fable politician fix his aspirations to a scat in the Boara. H?ge is gnashing his teeth over his defeat by Elliott, and threatens that wc will now have a surfeit of the "dar? ling nigger." No wonder he would "like to have them all in a ten acre lot, and, with a bellowing howitzer, blow the last ono iuto eternity." Thc places that have known him for the last two years will soon know him no moro forever, and he will leave not ono to lament him. Leslie has already "departed Tor parts uuknown. Parker's career is about ended. C. C Bowen is about done for. Aud, in fine, we anticipitc a happy and wholesale d J1 i veranee of tho detestable crew within a short time. Scott, by virtuo of his extreme social condescen? sions and the power of his official* patronage ; and Whittcmoro from we know uot what, unless it bo animosity to his own fraternity, have managed to cling on a while longer. Two years more will finish them, and we can then hopo to breathe a purer atmosphere. Tho sympathies of the whites of the State aro to a unit, with tho colored members of the Republican party; and, if tho choice is botwoeo tho two, will cast their voto cn 7nassc for the latter. - Columbia Guardian. niiisstJuiniuic-LHTir BEirilST* Tho Radical Convention has nomi? nated for Governor, the prosent incum? bent, and for Licutenaut-Governor, A. J. Hausier, a colored man, identified with tho extremo views of his party, and who, judging from his reported remarks, is disposed to press his party olaims without regard to tho interests and sensi? bilities of a large and important portion of tho people of the State. The issue is Unis made In nominating Governor Scott for re-election, tho corrupt ad? ministration of tho past two years, with all the fraud, bribery, swindling and cor ruption therewith connected, is virtually endorsed or passed over without rebuke Opposed to his purty, is tho party of retrenchment and reform. Opposed to Scott und Hausier, are tho candidates ot tho reformists. Tho good citizen will not hosituto long in making his soleo? lion. They who favor good and honest government in South Carolina; they who would put an ond to the selfish schemes of money-making politicians; they who desire to soo in this State a condition of affairs promotive of peace, security ond substantial prosperity, will unhesitatingly givo their sympathies, their energies and their votes fot that organization which, under the banner of Roform, Beeks to win for the people of South Carolina tho advantage of ?regime that will impartially advanoe the publio goodL- Phcenix, 20th instant. SonoOb suporintondents, cxarainors, and other person? who ex peet to hold Institutes, are requested to send us the timo and place of suoh meetings, that wo may furnish thom speoimon oopies of the EDUCATIONAL GAZETTE. Io a single century, two thousand millions of human boings appear on the faoo of tho earth, act their busy parts and ' sink into its toso m. ?lBNIl/9. . BT II. DKNNINO. ''Nothiag can oorer their high faina bat hear tn. No pyramids ?ot oflf their memories. Bat tho o toro al sub-tau oe of their greatness." The fields of eoieace, art, and litera tare have, siooo tho dawn of civilization, been open to the investigation of mao, and tho progress made baa been in a great part derived from the researches of men whose names have gained a plabe in tho world of genius. Wo should not hesitate to plaoe a Shakespeare first in rank in the field of modern literature, or a Kaphel or a Mi? chel Angelo in the perfeotion of art, or a Franklin or a Newton in the disoove* ries of great principles of ?eienoe, and yet these have only oontributed morsels to those departments of creation. Men of genius see Nature as it is, and ssoure from its storehouses its treasures of poe? try and art, and grasp her mysteries with the hand of science. In the su? blime words of Horace they "receive from nature more than human fires," and are thus enabled to become the cre? ators of what talent looks upon with amazement, and could not itself produee. Learning is not geniue. It may be an element of it. It constitutes the pass? port to the realms ol literature and sci? ence ; especially does it become a requisite to extensive scion tifio research. Some of tho most loamed men have' devoted themselves to the cause of lit? erature rather than tho oomplioatiens of Boicnoe. Intellect is dovelopcd by study and thought ; by these tho creative powers arc strengthened, and become gigantio in proportion as they approach the per? fcotiou of creation. Goethe is said to have confined himself to Ira room dur? ing the production of his great literary creations, and when he appeared to the world was almost a skeleton. Milton devoted himself to study during his entire lifetimo : tho result was the rep? utatiift of being ono of the most learned mon that over lived, and the production af one of thc most wonderful poems of all times. Profound learning is indicative of tal? ent, not always of genius. Some of the ?bief men of soienoo have attained great celebrity, and yet their works fail to jotno up to thc standard of that famous faying of Tacitus : "Truth is established ay investigation." The iufluenco whioh men of gonius ?xert ovcrthoir fellows is inconceivably treat. More than two centuries ago, Shakespeare composed his immortal plays : at the present day they aro met .vi t h equal applause by the ragged urohio io thc pit of tho play house and the philosopher of human nature. Raphael jucame tho disciple of art, aud all Eu ope was radiant with the light of his genius. Columbus couceived the idea >f another continent, and the Western icmispherc became thc domain of civ? ilized man. Martin Luther revealed tho aigotry and perverted doctrine of the Hornau Church in his age, aud all Eu 'ope became involved in the struggles of tho Reformation. Tho enthusiasm whioh the works of genius excite, is equally great. With what admiration do wo behold tho Madonna della Sedia of a Raphael, the 'Moses" of a Michael Angelo, or listen to the majestic strains of a Mozart's 'Requiem," or Hadyn's "Creation." Io. what quick succession aro brought to bear upon us tho power of pathos and satire, wisdom and tho charm of graceful languago in tho perusal of some great work of literature ; and with what emulation of thought we follow the elaborar* complications of a scientific theory. And thus we are led to see the links between revelation and genius,-the creative power revealed by each joined in tho boing personated as the Creator af all things. He has mado genius an earthly agent in bringing to light tho great mysteries of nature, the power of art, the triumph of literature, until we shall be tho recipients of th at perfect genius in the vast eternity to come. MAKE HOJUB A TT IK ACTIVO* No child, however sentimental, will levo a home simply because it has the name of one. If wo would have our children love it, wo must make it love? ly- wo mutt give them something to love in tho homo. Now if tho principal ideas which a child has of his homo are, that it is a place where he gots his meals and where he sleeps ; where, if ho is little, he is perpetually found fault with; where he must keep quiet; where at night? fall he must sit stupidly waiting till bed timo ; or if ho lins grown older, ho can only deem it a dreary room in which ho must employ himself OB best he may, while his father sits at his paper or dozes in his chair, and the mother is silently busy with her sewing or her book ; if such bo the aspect of home, ono coed not wonder that children learn to look elsewhere for pleasure and seek to find amusement in other circles, or that homo is forsakeu as soon as it is possible to leave it. It is practicable to make it so delight? ful that children shall have no disposi? tion to wander from it or prefer any other plaoe ; it is possible to make ti so attractive that it shall not only firm? ly hold its own loved ones, but shall draw others into its cheerful circle. Lot tho house, all day long, ba tho scene of pleasant looks, pleasant words, kind and affectionate sots ; let tho table be tho happy mooting placo of a morry group, and not a dull board whore a si? lent, if not BUIIOU company of animals como to feed ; let the meal be the time whon a cheerful laugh is heard and good things aro said ; lot tho sitting roora, at evening, be the plaoe whore a smiling oompany settle themselves to books or games till the round of good? night kisses aro iu ordor; lot there bo some musio in thc household, musio not kepi like silk and satins to show to com? pany, but musio ?n whioh father ?od mother and sister and brother join ? let the young oompanioosbe wolootned abd made for the time a part of tho group, so that daughters shall not deem it necessary to seek the obscurity of back parlors with intimate friends, or to drive father and mother to distant apart* meets jin a word, let the homo be sur? rounded by an air of cosy and ohterful good will ; then children need not bo exhorted to love it, yon will not' be able to tempt them away from it. Tho tics whioh bind a child to home are created not so much ont of great as from little things ; some of them I. have hinted at, and many more will suggest themselves to a vise parent. There should be a good many holidays in the home. I believe in anniversaries, and I love, by observing them, to oonnoot timo with events, and so give te both a deeper interest. The birth days of a family abott ld be always notieed, and in some way, celebrated. Tho busy prepa? ration of the whole household to make some present to father or mother or Bister or brother on a birth-day or holiday ; the many plannings, the work, inge in by corners at odd times ; the bundling of work out of sight as the step of the favored one is heard ; the careful stowing of gifts away till the appointed time ; and then, when the looked-for day has oome, the presenta? tions, the oo n fus ed and merry voices, the filled eye, tho ohoked voioe, the heart too full to speak io words, memory touohed as with an angels' hand, love that can only look its thanks-all these ! who can tell their sweet and mighty pow? er ? A home familiar to suoh scenes, will it, can it be one that children shall not love ? No, no ; from it, when the inex? orable time comes to go away, daughters shall pass with sobs ot sorrow, and BOOB with pressed lips and swimming eyes, and while mother lives it will be a home still, home, though years have gone and other homes have olaimed them.-Aik~ man's Life at Home. WHAT 18 SAID OF SUIUTRMI. Rev. J. F. M ORBALL, writing to that excellent papor, the Working Christian, speaks as follows of a rocent visit to Sumter : Dear Brethren : Sumter is one of the most-city looking towns in the up coun try. The houses are built more togeth? er, and every body is in town. The placo affords many elegant stores and a splendid court house, whioh is indeed an ornament to it. Every one that has visited Sumter must have been struck with the beauty of Main Street-a mile long-with its magnificent rows of.shade trees extending all this distance! Tho inhabitants must number near five thousand, having the usual number ot churches that are to be found in a town of the sise,' with tho addition of a CathoT lio Chapel. The Rapti6t have a very neat edifice, whioh the members seem to take a pride in keeping in perfeot order. Rev. S. M. Richardson is the young and pious Paster of our Church here. The Sun? day School is small, but well conducted by the Superintendent, Dr. J. S. Hugh, son, who is one of our old students at Firman University. Brother H. not only enjoyed tho advantages of tho Uni? versity, but has learned from observing the workings of that model Suuday School there to become himself a good Superintendent. He has tho tact of interesting the little oues. After preaching in the morning, I brought before the church the objects of my Board, nod tho next day obtained donations to tho amount of 022. I preached for the friends Monday night too, when my attention was di? rected to the fact that there were eight ministers present. Two Methodist preachers j and there was Dr. Sam. Furman, who must bo getting quite old now, but with firm and clastic stop, with whom I had tho plcasuro of spend - ing s day at his son-in-law's and who told mo of most all the old people of my native district j there was Brother Ora ham, with his usual bland manners and smiling face, one of tho oldest and most beloved citizens and (lot me whisper it) unreconstructed rebels j there was Brother E. A. Edwards, the friend of Sunday Schools and overy good work, and Brother Styles, too, onco a student of our University. These brethen all have their homes in Sumter, and had returned from their labors of the Sab' bath. AN EXTRACT. Tho address delivered by Dr. J. B Purcell,before Mt. Olivet Council, of T., at their installation ceremonies al tho Mason io Hall, in this oily, June Gib, has been published.in full in the Friend of Temperance. Wo extraot the following beautiful tribute as a little quiet reading for our friends : Thero is an angel at tho hand of every one ; an influence that partakes of the heuvenly, full of soul and noblest graco. With the presence of this angel overy pathway of thorns through life beoomes ahowercd with flowers j every dcNcrt spot of this weary pilgrimage be? comes an oasis ; every barren and rug? ged mountain slope beoomes ihW abode of civilisation and refinement. Hor sym? pathy sounds inuuiboo with overy chord aud pulsation of our heart. Hor breath steals ovor our ohcoks with a sweet, 60othing, delicate melody, a zephyr that seems to riso and flout Iiko a drawn sigh from the far dowu doep of tho bosom. This angel is mercy, a gentle dew drop, a ohild Irom the uppor world sont to mau because it waa not good that he should bo alone. The generous warmth of this help meet of man mun warm bis exist enoe, and ward off every danger. It is compassionate, lt is pure as the moun? tain rill. Ita afteotioo ia tho winner of our soul and body. Thia angel of oioroy ?a womma. Thia iuflueooa for.good is ?DOO ' it parable. ' Our li ttl? leo tura would aol be compl?te without these last gold? en sentiments to give oolor, and depth, aud symmetry, ?od beauty of complex? ion to the whola. She stands among meo th? living monument of patience and fortitude in the hoar of distress. Thrice happy is that man with, suoh a guardi?n. A holy woman lives ever as a graoious memorial. .Ber ooo tact is aa the sprinkling of hyssop, aod her purity makes man "whiter than snow." At her hand the intemperate is paoifiod - Whare she is, mae is restrained. Put har out of this world, and man will be oome e brutish beast. He will hare no glad and true" heart to oheer him on? ward ; to offer to his lips the taste of everything pleasant, and to dash from them everything poisonous and bad. lo the day of peril ?ne is there. * In the day of tyranny she is there. ID the day of sickness she is there. Aud in the day of inebriation she is there, coostant, stouthearted and true, to lead baok the wanderer, to counsel tho weak, aod to whisper at all times forgiveness and peaoe. She is gold, and lily,, and violet together. As solid as the one ; as pure as the other, and as sweet us the last. She will make man flourish like the green bay tree of the South. .Man, be? lieve in her, and follow her to the end. Wheo you oome there to find that hea? ven of rest whioh lies far, far beyond this life's tempestuous sea, yOu will gladly glide over, with her at the helm, leaving behind you to go down the op? posite channel, the bottle of wrath, ?nd its pent up demonaioal delirium, while your song, aud her song will be of "The land beyond the seal How dark our present homet By the dull beach and su'len foam, How wearily, bow drearily we roam, With arms outstretched to thee, Calm land beyond the Sea." TflBBB IS MO WAK AFTER DEATH, Suoh was the magnanimous reply of the Prussian Ambassador to an invita? tion to attend the funeral of the Frenoh diplomatic representative in Washing? ton yesterday. The sentiment was worthy of a great soul, and we honor the man that uttered it. God grant that the inspiration may strike home in some of the baser Amerioan hearts about Washington, which have delight? ed in pursuing the dead and heaping indignity on their graves. We oom mend it especially to the savage head of the "Army of the Republic," and bid him learn from this stranger of a for? eign land now engagod iu deadly strife, the sentiments and customs of a civil? ized age. Baron Gerolt's humanity oan drop* a sprig upon the grave of his country's enemy in tho midst of war, yet, five long years after its din has been hushed in this professedly chris? tian land, a flower from tho hand of kindred and friends is refused to the resting plaoe of the Confederate dead ! .Wc thank the Baron for his rebuke, and commend the lesson to all.-Savannah Republican. "WHAT ?IO THE SOLDIERS flGHT FOI?? The Pittsburg Pott asks the following pertinent questions in reference to the Union soldiers: "What was it for ? is a question whioh has been seriously asked by those who have looked around the cost for victory. W hat did we fight for ? First, for the Union ; but the Union as it was is lost, and the nation substituted. Was it for emancipation ? That has oeased to be a power under the 'high law.' Was it for unity and fraternity? Bitterness between the sections is still sought to be kept alive, and has not beeen diminished by magnanimity hate has been intensified by injustice toward even the widow and the orphan, ?nd the friends of the Government itself. Was it for liberty and human rights the oountry fought ? It has achieved Had . ioalism, corruption, and crime; no pat? ter what we fought for, that is what has boen gaiued. Will these compensate for the ?m?nense sacrifice of blood and treasure ? The only solace-the bow of promise whioh is hung out with its lu? minous hope-is tho overthrow of the party whioh is now io power, as oner? ringly indicated by the daily ohaog?s io public opinion." MAKING AND SAVING MANURE The wise and provident farmer should bo continually noouniulating manure. Everything that has the least value as a fertilizer should bo carefully collected and preserved for application to the toil ; aud it is astonishing how much that is generally allowed to "waste its sweotncs8,"not "upon the desert air but right under tho noses of the fanner and his family, about tho boase, may thus bo converted from 9 disease breed ing nuisnnco into a souroo of health, pleasure and wealth. Tho hen house, tho privy, tho wood-shod, the sink spout, the ash heap, the sweeping of the yard, the slops from the chamber should all contribute to the oorapost heap. Muck should also bo drawu from the swamp und piled for seasoning ; leaves should be gathered from the forent and. from the fence corners ; old plaster, bones, refuse salt, shells, and all kinds of animal and vegetable matters, that oannot be other wise made uso of should be ootorjosted Po. .you say those aro little things ? Small as they are, they often make all tho difference between success and failure in (anning. # We ndvocato tho uso of oouimorbiul fertilizers, but first lot the farmer nukeji all tho manure ho can at home. HintTr on tho Hubjeot of making and saving manures, as well as oxporimeniB in their j* use ute wanted from futmers. all ovo* the oountry. ' ' ? f - A Lady of a certain age says the reason why an old maid ls generally devoted to hoir put is, that not having a husband, abo .naturally takes to the next most treacherous animal. ENDORSEMENTS M FROM ABROADj " . : >*?.*?. :*%??3i Thousands at Hom?, a HEINITSH'S ^ HOUSEHOLD REIHBDY1 IT has been justly remarked that tb* j Judgment of the people, dellberaUly ?aadenp, J . oyrreet. It stamps with lu owu aea\ whatever " t approves. The reputation, whtoh eur-(ree Us marching te? le ls estebliihfc) Ob ? Bru fbua'df?- . ion and. toon reaaheattfflTbpllfet ?t feve^td > Tb lob it la Justly on t Hied. It ia ai) with' V j ?KINITSH'S ^Q?^^?yl^i^lw? Tba people approve, and phyetohwia sahotloU'. Q ts aae, bee ante lt possesses wealfc and ls What it Cfl -.ima tobe- ' : ' ' ^ 1 HOUSEHOLD "'Pli&IN^-;^ J THE SICK. il I T C TJRE)? ? : UK A r> A CH RB.-SI ok* H oa dache, Nervous Head-; j oho, Bilious Hvudaohe, Neural ?ia Headache, J katarrhal Uoadaohe, Di nines s, Rush of Dl?o4> ? o the llead, Fullness, Oppression of- the Hesai/i "' j to.. - .; - tfff% ; CATABBB.-This unpleasant disease, l? aiilts fi srsasi soon cured.. " v SORB THROATS, Ao--Sore TJirdaU,- , loarseness, Loss of Voice, Weak Vo|oe, all soon ured. *..'<" DVSPBPSIA-This disease always oura? Itt all ossa, in persons of all ager and occupation*. ? LIVKB OOMPLAIHTS, JAUADICB, Ac-These oinplalots oured in all oases. Ohronlo Diarrhoea and all CL ron lo Dysentery, lolioa, obstinate Costiveness. PILBS.-Piles, Blind, Blooding, or Uloerated, > .alnful, Itohiog, Burning, no matter how long ziating, soon oured. Kidney Disease, Diabetes, Gravel, iDoentt-. . enee, Stoppage, Bright's Disease, al 1 cured. vj MALKA.-Their peculiar disoaaea aoon oared. FACB ArraoTioNS.- Brown Spots, Moth Blotch. ?, Pimples, Black Speoka, Red Patoheo. Burn- ?3 ig, Itching, Rash of blood to the Faoo, Cloesu&a, . ad Complexion, all aoon and perfectly oured. Absoessos, Scrofula, when on the Scalp, Throat? iternal or external, on the Tongue, Back, Llnjbe r anywhere, Sore and Swelled Legs; all per foot- - t eurable. i SKIN DIAKABBR.-Salt Rheum, Tetter, Acne,, hingles, Scaly Eruptions, Watery Diaoherge*. tching, burning, Cbronlo Erysipelas, aired. . ? _ TBB Eran.-Inflamed and Itching, Scrofula, e., on the Byes and Byetlds, oared. Gorras, SWKLLBD NBOK.-AU eases oured. Re? tnt oases'of Goitre oared. Rheumatism, Ohronlo, Ao?t?, Neuralgia, amenosa, Swelled Joints, inability V> walk, sinful or passive, cured by the use of ' lEINlTSH'S QUEEN'S DELIGHT. * The afflicted, nervous and debilitated,- wheeo ifforlnga have been protracted from hidden , tuses, and whose oases require prompt treat? ont, will find always a sure remedy' ia [EINITSH'S QUEEN'S DELIGHT. Do you feol weak, debilitated, easily tired t Oos a little extra exertion produce palpitation r tho heart ? Doea your Liver, or Urinary .Or? ana, or your Kidneys, frequently get out pf or? sr ? Do you have spell* of short breathing or rspepaiaf Are your Bowell constipated ? Do ou have spells of fainting or rushes of blood-to ie head ? ls your memory impaired ? Is your lind constantly dwelltug on any subjeott Do. au feel dull, listless, moping, tirod of ooinpany r of life? If.'you do, then your Liver and Stom laeh are deranged, and their sympathotlo action pon the Brain produces jost suoh results,' Tho >oneryoa remove tho cause, the soouer you will s restored to a healthtul and a thoughtful oon ition. We say-by all moans try a bottle, and ssuroyou get . ?, lEINITSITS QUEEN'S DELIGHT/' None other is genuine. For sale by Druggists ay whore anti at . ** ,' H EINITSH'S DH UG STOni?, COLUMBIA, S. C. July 27 NO. 3 SROCERIES. TUB ONLY STRICTLY ' Grocery and Liquor House IN TOWN rilli UNDERSIGNED, begs leave to call tho attention of his friends and the ubllo generally to bis NEW AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF * leayy and Fancy 'Groceries ?hloh ho offers low for CASH ONLY, '^tW All nrtioles warranted af recommended Jt-tf- Pure Mod'cinal Liquors kop? coiietanlly? ii n hand.' J. II. KUKU HA UT. * T April 12 tf jil.* i , MARBLE YARD EUE uDilcre'l^rtedv'w'ould most- re^pi^tfuUy on non ni-? to ?he people of Sumter and sar? oundlog conni ry'hus lie have just received a SPLB-NDID LOT OF ' ' Ma, rtol e>, ve?, nd ls now prepared to receive and ajxcoii&w ?rc of all kinds in bis Hue, with jBiliCd lispatoh. 'Jf-FS^ RON RAILING FURNISHED TO ORDER. W. P. S MIT& . SUMTER, S. C. ' Nvo? ir . .. ;?? '\<y tf . ; *?*? T ? - ., <m . ? ?" ? ? ?? --r LOT HAIR. ?UCK t)F ROAR?NO CAMP, ' Ourlu*Ule*.atf-Lite.rvtur?, Old Curloilty'?V.fc, PkkwtoJt PepeWT1 ind all th? Ute pAl?o*ll*??K?f-tl<e day tu b> lia 1 it publisher's nrlue?, <3lfjs7?Y* At TliK .su#!Ti;u ^i>oi: STi>:;t?, Jul;- 27 , ..7 . ft**. ?