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TWJ) Defecate Battles!
TUM PRUSSIANS VlVTOMQUS ATI
... WKMSZXB?HO AND HAG ESAU.
?JH^ HEAVY ON BOTH SIDES.
TU* French BatreaUn? to ?ne Mr??f>
I THE ENEMY ON~FkENCUSOIL>
PREPARATIONS TO DBWSD PARIS.
S Apolber Gre?! Battle Immlneat.
The Battle o? Uelesenbarg.
? V" PARIS, Augusto"-Neon.
The Journal Official of this morning
?at? tit? French troops who, te tho
- uut?ber of seven or eight thousand, wore
engaged io the affair before Weissen?
burg, bad to ?entend with two Prussian
. araiy corps, i Deluding pic Wed troops of]
the Prussian Quard. The Journal adds :
*>Iri ?pit? of inferiority of their numbers,
our regiments resisted the assaults of ]
the enemy for several hours with ad
mirUble heroism, when they were forced
to give way. The loss of the enemy
was so severe that he did not dare to
Sursue, while at Saarbruck wo hero
rokcu tho Prussian line, aud our ow ir j
remains intact."
La Liberte, this morning publishes a
private dispatch sent at midnight last
night i root Strasbourg, reporting that
MoMahoo beat the Prussians yesterday
evening, and that the latter had evacua?
ted Woisseoburg.
Telegraphic communication with Weis
senbu.rg has been ro established.
La Lifatrto says MoMahoo moved
yesterday towards Weisscnburg. He
was but two hours march from that
point, and his men marched at quick
stop. He bas bctweon sixty and sevent/
thousand men. To-day thtrc will be
about two hundred and fifty thousand
? moo concentrated ue?r Weisscnburg.
The loss of the Prussians in the
recent engagement reached ten thousand
five hundred iii killed and wouuded and
prisoners. Thc French forces defending
the towu were but eight or ten thou?
sand, while the attacking force number?
ed fully furty thousaud. Thc enemy was
so severely crippled that he could not
follow the French when they retired.
Geu. Able Douay, i ulam ry command*
cr, was killed at WeisBcobur!*.
THE BATTLE: OF U VG AN AC.
BERLIN, August 7.
The French have been defeated along
the entiro line in two days fighting, and
are in retreat, on Motz, and concentr?t
ing for the defence of Paris. Their loss?
es are immeuse. McMahon was beaten
on the right and Frossard on tho left.
The Prussians captured four thousaud
prisoners and thirty guns, and six mit
railleurs from McMahon.
PARIS, August J
The French officials report reverses on
both wings. Paris is tumultuous, tho
people dre maddened at thc defeat.
MAYENCE, August 7--4 P M.
The Prince Itoyul repot ts say that on
August 6ib, io the evening, in th
battle iu which we defeated McMahon
his corps had been reinforced by divis
ions from corps of Kai I ly, and Caurobert
We have takcu two eagles, six mitral
lours, aud at least 4,000 prisoners. Gen
Bago was wounded. Thc loss was great
on both bides.
SALTZBURQ, August 7-P. M
lt is roported that Marshall McMahon
was Wounded in thc buttle of Yesterday
We havo tukon over four thousaud
prisoners.
COLOGNE, August 6-Midnight
There was a violent combat near
Saarbr?cken to day, commencing at ll
o'clock iu the'uioruiug and ending at
o'clock to night, lt is ?till continuing
Our troops repulse1, the enemy who
have abandoned tho field of battle.
We have cou quered. Our losses arc
heavy.
Au official dispatch dated Berlin 6th
via Loudon, says the French Emperor
has withdrawn his entire line and
concentrating his troops for the defence
of Paris. His losses have been enormous
The Prussians .overtook the retreating
Fionch forces early on Saturday morn
ing, West of Saarbr?cken and near
Spiehrea Hills. The position at which
thc French endeavored to make a stand
during their retreat, was carried by tho
Prussians at the point of the bayonet.
This battle is kuovvn as that of Haga
nau.
BERLIN, August 7.
Kiug William scuds tho following
dispatch to the Queen.
Good news ! A pleat victory has
been won by our Fritz! God bo praised
for His un rcy ! Wo captured four
thousand prisoners, thirty guns, two
standards and six mitrailleurs. Mc
Mahon during thc fight WHS 'heavily
reinforced from tho main army. Tho
contest was very severe, and las
seven o'clock in the morning u
(?'clock at night, when the Kr ?foi
treated, leaving the hold to';/
losses were heavy.
Lo.NObN^rA
Tho position tuken'b'p^JjgUnd in
reguru lo Belgium i? approved by
Prussia.
A Stlrrlii)- Aiiiioauc-cmoiit-PurlM In a
Statu of Niege. ?.
PARIS, August 7-Sunday Night.
The following proclamation has just
beau .issued 'Wj
"Details, of <otir losses ?re wanting.
Our tro?fflT ar;> f>?ll ef clan. Tho aituu
lion is t^nlnrihijig, but tho cnoiiiy is
on our ic?j-jtor^i^?f> ?ftjous effort is
necessary.'. -A hat I l?''TOprfc.fr.i imminent.
In presence of this grate -news, Our
duty is plain. Wc appeal^to tho pa
[Niiism, tho energy of all. -The Chum*
been convoked? We are
iris willi lill possible baste in
If fence. In order to facilitate
ih? exl?tvpu of military preparation*,
we dcclaMetite capital in u state of siege.
Their. uJus^be no faint-hcartcilues??
nd division's. Our rejouiwa aro liu
?neiMO? ?iet ns purnoo tho nrugt.
wit hont flinching; ?nd OW country will
bo saved. Paris, August 7, 187U--1.0
}?, j|,-By order of tho Empress Ko.
gent. Signed: M. OUVyic?, Minuter
of .Justice; Dundo Grnminont, Ministor
of Foreign Affaira) M. Ohenvandin d
Valdromc, MiutaUr of thc [utoriorj M.
?Wrw, MiuMUr ur Fioan?,* jflenea?)
Viwmpte de Jeto, Mi.i bier of \Y?r, ad
ipuriio." ! . ; . , ; m:
.TOB of?t.T ?KM?^xitc rjttrw?
IN THU 'tTATKi"
JbV> ?/?or ;- The followiog appear?
ed i ? the colooiBO of the Gbarleeloo
News, of the 2DO inst :
fcOOSt TO YO?* BB A Bl {fd??
TO TBE ?PITOR - OF TBS NKWflj. -
lt ia a striking and significant fact
that the Gbarleston. Radical sheet
Scott's ovo ??.^?1 organ, that lathe
head and front of tba Radioed party of
the 8tate-now quotes', weekly, in aid
and comfort (approvingly) from the
editorial columns of th? Sumter Ac JO?.
The list of papers opposed to Reform,
wbioh were published in the Sumter
Aetes, with its own oame in a fancy
square, under the style of "The Grecian
Phalanx," bas dwindled down to one
little hebdomadal, the Sumter News.
And aa its self-assumed title of "The
Greeian Phalanx" is evidently a misno?
mer, it is recommended to adopt the
muoh more appropriate and equally
olassioal name ol' the "Trojan Horse."
Let it be borne in mind, at the same
time, that the only newspapers in the
Stato opposed to tho timon Reform
party are the Sumter Netos and tho
Radioal Scott orgau, (said to be pub?
fished in Charleston.)
During the few years since it was
published, has it cot ohanged front
repeatedly without changing its pub?
lishers? Rid it net at one time lose
nearly ail its subscribers on account of
its Radical bearings ? And what,was the
hitch which broke off the trade when
it was about to become Radioal out
and-out.
Did not a democratic editor dissolve
bis eonneotion with the Sumtet News
because-its proprietors objected to the
democratic oast of his editorials ?
Is it not a substantial supporter of
Scott tfnd Moses, while boasting that it
is the only Democratic (?) paper in the
State, its columns being filled with abuse
of Carpenter und Butler and tho Reform
party ? Why dont it advocate Scott
openly, and full into lino with those
who pronounco it their "best ally ?"
Its circulation may be small, bot itt
offence is a grave one, when, under thc
name of democracy, it substantially uid:
those who are crushing the State, anc
who are seeking to fasten upon us foi
two yours more a set of rulers who art
a stench in the nostrils of decency
everywhere. Tho people begin to set
this, and they have too much at stake U
look on with indifference.
CRAYON.
The Sumter News, of tho 4th inst,
contains tbe following :
A SNEAK.
A scribbler, under the name o
"Crayon," in tho Charleston News o
Tuesday, displays personal malice ii
bis false insinuations against thc pro
prictors of tho ??uniter ?rews.
Ho says :
"During the few years since it [77i
Sumter News'] was first published, has i
not chuuged iront repeatedly withou
changing its publishers ? Did it not o
ono time lose nearly all its subscribo
ou account of its Radical leanings
And what was the hitch which brok
off the trade whoo it was about to b<
come Radical out-and-out?
"Did not a Democratic editor dissolv
hts connection with tho Sumter Newi
because its proprietors objocted to th
Democratic cast of his editorials ?"
Relieving that thc writer of the abov
extract knows all his insinuations to I
false, we do not hesitate to pronounc
him a liar as well as a sneak.
Though he attempts to hide himse
under a pseudonym, wo ask by way <
conjecture, did he not write tho cou
munioation in the Camden Journa
signed "Tell?" Is he not a folio
notoriously destitute of fixed prineiph
of any kind ? Was ho not a rabi
secessionist, when it was popular so I
be ? Did he not become a member <
the "Loyal League," and only quit
when he found that oven Radicals ht
no confidence in him, and would n
nominate him for an office ? Did 1
not then swing round to the Democrat
?iarty, and hurrah for Seymour at
Jlair ? And is he not now, after havii
repeatedly oxprcsred his disapproval
thc new party, n blatant Reformist ?
However much tho wisdom at
policy of holding fast to tho seutimeu
entertained ono year ago by eve
Democratic editor io tho State may 1
doubted, no sincero and honorub
Reformist will impugn tho motive? th
actuate us and all those whoso opinio
we represent and express-amoi
whom are many of the best, the pur?
andjhje wisest now in thc lund.
Mr. Editor, "A Reader" is
no'Wfcr rcRponsiblo for tho art ido
"Cv>$pn," but the matters therein coi
tatnell aro of tho gravest public cone
qu?t?ce, and the rcpfyy of the Stow
?News fails t'orttoueb"jtno main poi
involved, to W$$o"ns to whether tl
paper is io eylt^jfthy with the So
Ring, ami indirectly in support oft
Radicals, lt claims to ocoupy t
extreme position of hostility to tho ci
and political rights of tho negro-to
"the only Democratic poper in I
State," and upon this supposed vania
giound nlao secki? for, and claims tl
"new subscribers arc constantly sendi
in their names." If this bo so, th
thc News could not have a monier
hesitation io repudiating, utterly a
unequivocally, all complicity with i
Itadftfl purty, when io attention
called-fe tho matter.
A RUADEft
T1115 I?UOSPIU:T OF VIIU RI?FOI
MO VKltl ?NT.
During his Saluda Old Town spce
lien. KKHSITAW said :
Dy n vigorous afloat it would bo ci
tn carry tho clccijon'AHtl di ivo out
thieving offioials who woe rolling
Wealth, all stolen from tho people. 'J
thousand colored votes would bo all tl
was necessary to secure viotory, and
had little* doubt that they could he
cured. Ile would bc sorry to think I
the white people of the State, ol Into
gonce und worth, toCild u<)l, by veos?
?: ^0- ?
fee thoueaad tba*.ibo asea wiro hud
controlled the? by meane of thc oaths
of leagues werC not their frrftods? hoi
only used them to ride into office; con
einee them that tbc white rn eu of tba
State are their beat friends; that their
interests were identified. In the County
of Edge?eld, and io other placee, the
colored men had become cooviuced of
their error in arraying tb? meei vee
against the .white men, and were now
ready to eo operate with them. If tho
races did volte; a good, honest goveru
ment would be secured, the taxes
diminished, and 'every . man equally
dealt whb- where $8 were paid in
taaea now, ll would be paid then.
THE WATCHMAN
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IO
A. A. SILBERT i.EDITOR
The Sumter Watchman has by
far the largest circulation {espe?
cially in the surrounding country)
of any paper published in Sumter,
and zeas established in 1850.
TUE FH1KNDN OF PKtCE.
The Reform party is tho party of
peace. The Scott-Moses Ring depends
for suocess upon keeping np a question
of race and alienating the blacks from
the whites. They have already succeed?
ed in getting up a war io feeling, which
is the precursor of a war in fact. Their
programme is to iguoro and rule out tho
white population. No country oan
prosper where one half, and the most
intelligent hatf, of the population, is
thus proscribed. The Ile form party
calls for Union and peace, and gives
fair play and a fair showing to both
races. If this country is over to have
tranquility rod prosperity, it must be
on this basis. Of course, thc pap?
suckers and their hired tools will de?
nounoe it, for wheo it triumphs, their
occupation will be gone.
But if the negroes could bc properly
enlightened (and every mau should take
pleasure in doiug this) thoy would soe
that tho Reform party proposes iu no
way to interfere with their rights, and
gives them the good will of tito white
race, without which, in the long ruo,
they cannot prosper.
DOW TUBY THUJMI'H!
Last week witnessed the glorious
victory of the people of North Carolina
over Holden, resulting in giving the
conservatives a two-tin rd majority in the
Legislature and five out of seven mem?
bers of Congress. This was aohieved on
idcoticaily the same plan and platform
adopted by the Union lleform Party ol
this State, which tho people of North
Caroliua had tho good sense to cart)
into the canvass. And they have theil
reward, fur they have saved their nob.lt
State.
Tennessee has done the same, enc
the same good sense and united actiot
will restore good govorntnent. to Soutt
Carolina.
The Radicals have thus been utterly
routed iu Tennessee and North Carolina
and shall it bc said that South Caroline
is tho only State which is too impracti
cable to use the means, and embract
the opportunity for delivetancc ?
Verily, if wo work not now for Uniot
and Reform, our sister States will laugl
at our calamnity, and say we richrj
deserve whatever comes. Thu whoh
country is moving to oust the robbers
Let Middle South Carolina woko up ant
work now, lest repentance comes to<
late.
WHAT SHOULD DEMOCRATS DO
They should unite with all who ar
in favor of an honest government an?
go in te win on tho Union Reforn
principle. No man becomes a Republi
can by voting for Carpenter, and n
man becomes a Democrat by voting fo
lintier. And no man deserts any pvirj
ciplo or espouses any heresy by votin,
tor both. "Let, dead issues" remain ou
of view, and adopt tho course earnesti
advised by tho N. Y. World, which say
it would bc folly to do otherwise. Thi
courso has redeomcd Virginia, and lae
week carried North Carolina an
Tennessee triumphantly for thc Con
servatives. Tho World of tho 5th insl
Roys :
The South can bc relieved only b
Northern Dcm oem tic intervention, au
Northcru Democrat* amy chum to und ci
stand tho publio sentiment of thi
section better than our impractical)!
Southern brethren. Unless they wi
permit us to act upon our bettor knov
ledge of the situation, they must rosig
themselves to the teodor mercies <
Radical domination. '
Wc toll them, therefore, in all cande
and plaiuuess, that they only rivet the!
chu i ns by further opposition to notft
auftr?ge. It is not hy negro votes thi
thoy arc oppressed, but by whito votei
It is vain foi thom to inscribe ou thei
poli i ?eal banners that they uro a "whit
man's party" so long as their tyran!
consist of a Congress elect cd hy whii
votes. Negro suffrage ia tho result of
white movement. Tho negroes did nt
a*k fo*>suffrago till tho white Radica
put it. into their beads. Tho negrot
would vote rightly enough, If the whi!
Radioals did not mislead and dncoh
them Tho reconstruct ion laws wei
passed hy a Congress in whioh tho Soul
were uot represented st nil; by a Coo
?its?, therefore, which wa? wholl
elected by white constituents. It is ni
by negroes that thc Soul Ii is opprcBSo<
but by white mon ; its most daugeroi
chorales are the white Radicals.
Ue&? Colonel s. FAIR introduced tl
Helot in ?.peake, rs nt tho Nu who ri
meetings, and is fully ii? aocotd wit
tho movement.
We ?eero ??tn * priv>W |l?ttw'^l??,
under the provisions msdo "bj the late
General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South? Bishop.
WIGHTMAN organised a South Carolina
Colored CooTereDeo at Nuwbcrry Court
House, oO the 3rd i oaf.
The occasion ie dee*ribed as being one
of much intercut. Bishop WIP'UTMAN'S
large obristiau heart seemed all aglow
with seal and interest, in view of the
prospeot whioh seemed to be opening up
for the improvement of tho religious
condition of this poople. The letter io
question says, "in tears and ia lore he
read the appointments, and exhorted
them like a father."
Tho Conference reports several thou?
sand members and several schools. One
deacon and one elder were ordained.
Two delegetes wero elected to the
colored General Conference, the first
session of which is to bo held at Jackson
Tenn., we beliove, the, present
year, viz: Kev. ll. VALENTINE, P.
Elder ot Abbeville District and Rev.
Richard Moses, Presiding Elder of
Columbia District. As soon as that
General Conference meets all the
churches now used by tho African,
Zion, and Northern Methodists, will, of
right, be olaiuied.
Tho following arc tho appointments :
ABBEVILLE PIST.-R. M. Valontine,
P. E.
Groenwood ct.-C. Epps.
Cokosbury ct.-Ii. Stevens.
Mount Bethel ct.-G. Jones.
Willington ot.-To bo supplied.
Lowudesvillo ct.-W. A. Tuker.
Flat Woods ct.-To bo supplied.
Harrisburg ct.-N. Chiles.
Manchester ot.- II. Groves.
Laurens ct.- N. Davis.
COLUMBIA DIST.-Ii. Moses, P. E.
Butler ct.-To bc auppliod.
MuKcudree ct.-Supplied by P. Po
torson.
Monticello ct.-M. Kirkland.
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ENTHUSIASTIC KCFOK.U 91 IS STING
AT M A lt ?ON.
We were pleased to roccivo a call, on
Thursday moruing last, from Gen. W.
W. HARLLEE, of Marion and Maj. A. C.
SPAIN, of Darlington, who hud been
called to Sumter on professional .busi?
ness. From them we were pleased to
learn that the Reform Meeting at
Marion, ou Monday, Aug. 1, was large
und influential-tho largest since the
war.
Of this meeting, tho Star speaks as
follows :
The meeting last Monduy was ono of
tho most enthusiastic that wo have had
siucc the war. Intelligent and honest
inca from every scctiou of tho county
were present, ready und anxious to put
their shoulders to tho grout Reform
'movement, which, wo doubt not, will
bo strained by a largo majority in
Marion, next October. A largo number
of influential colored conservatives were ,
present and manifested much interest
in the mooting and tho success of the
.Reform cause. Tho Reform tido in?
creases iu Yoiutuo as it. rolls on, and
daily wo hour of more or jess,, who
when they Itarn tho origin of the Rc-,
form movement aud its objocts and
principles, turn their backs upon thc
Scott administration, and ourse the day
that they lent a helping hand to place
at tho bead of affairs corrupt men who
have only imposed burdensome taxation
upon them, in order to fill their own
pockets. Thc colored men of Marion
uro fast learning that they have been
cheated almost out of their own eyes,
aud that they aro to-day io netter off
than thoy wi ro beforo tl cy elevated
Scott. If they aro uneducated, they
cannot be fooled by Scott aud his
mercenaries much longer. They desiro
to make a little money for their families,
and they aro learning that it is impossi?
ble, while thc State is tottering under
its present taxation, unjustly imposed by
a set of imported thieves. Wo were
convinced lusa Monduy, by tho interest
manifested by tho colored people, that
they have been ridden till they ar'?
tired, and that many of them will
henceforth act for themselves aud with
the honest men of thc State in putting
down thope who have been reaping the
benefit of their toil since they became
free. And wc urge them, if they desire
to accumulate property for themselves
aud their children, to join hand in hand
with those with whom they havo been
raised aud whom they know to be
honest, and holp to relieve our State
from her present oppressed condition.
GEN? BUTLER AN? THU UL AC IC
CODE.
Tho Radical organ at Charleston has
put forth the statement that Gon.
Butler was ono ol tho authors or sup?
porters of tho black codo.
At tho Greenville mooting he spoke
as follows on that subject :
Gen. Butlor was tho next speaker,
and was proceeding with his remarks
whoo a sneak in the crowd, a white mun
who looked us though ho hud just como
from the Penitentiary, a man whom I
will not do the honor to advertise in
this paper, and whose name, therefore,
I repress, asked "how about that black
code V Gun. Huller answered that he
was glad to seo ono of Scott's slaves
there, and ho was glad that he had been
asked tho question, lie had always op.
posed that bluck code, and hud fought
against it. But that now it wus
a toing of tho past. lt was au im?
provident thing, und was now obliterat?
ed.
Arc you ono of ?rioott's tools ? asked ho
of the quostioncr.
Yes I wus tho responso.
Woll, then, responded the General, I
am glad of it. I have n et. but ono of
Scott's moo iu Dickens, aud flint wus a
donkey. You look like one, and you
resemble tho first insomuch that when
ever I begiu to show ap your master,
?'nu bray. This wits enough ; thin sick
ooking lunatic sneaked uway very much
after thc mauner in whioh a our is sup?
posed to sneak off when ho hus been
caught stealing something, and never
once afterwards showed his face in the
crowd.
-'V MR. ?Boiroa vr-After n^i*^
tiou, *x?d earnest Study of the aftuatfoo,
I have ?rmjd al the. eoeeluaion thai
wo al Tonghi to support the Reform
Party aud il? nominee*.
The evil? ander which we ?ive arise
pripcipally iron ooo cpaae, .vis:
Thc actual separation of the white ?nd
colored nee? whioh inhabit this State,
ia all political mattera. - Ki
Tho remedy-?od thc only feasible
ono-ia Buchau uoiou of thoa* two
race*, politically, as will pre?eat *f?> tils
to rae? distinctions or prejudices. Tho
alteru?live ia neither more uor lesa tbaQ
a tote I withdrawal hom all pol it io? I ao
?lion.
The white nee isa minority ia South
Carolina, and a rofusal on their part to
affiliate, politically, with the colored
race, ia s i tn pl jr their own disfranchise?
ment.
The reform party proposes to accept
the present legal stains of the colored
race as an accomplished fact, and to
unite with suoh of those races as are now
ready to ignore poet political differences,
und by a combined effort, lo purge the
body polillo of those leeches which
havo fastened themselves on tho vitals
of the State.
It is said that we should refrain from
any action in the present election, be
cause, first, the chance of sucoesa is not
good ; and second, because suooeBS would
be an abandonment of our previous
political principles.
Thc first objection is very easily
answered. If iu any political contest,
the chance of success should be the
measure of effort, the result would be
that the dominant party would remain
always in power. But all experience
shows that parties arise and overthrow
those which bavo previously ruled,
making change aud succession, rples
aud even principles of political econo?
my.
As to the seoond : "Our principles"
are words which have universal applica?
tion, but aro uot always expressive of
the Kaine ideas. Io 18(30, our principles
carried us into a division of the Demo*
eratic party. In 1861 they led us to
war, aud there we took leave of them,
referring their future to the arbitra?
ment of the sword. In 1865, having
failed to ?sustain our principles, bv force
of arms, we accepted tho result of the
war as a necessity, and recognized the
freedom of the colored race. In 1868
wo fut thur recognized tho legality of the
Civil llights Bill, and in 1870 we admit
tho Fifteenth Amendment to the Con?
stitution. What remains of those
principles we held sacred in past time ?
Now, the colored race has the right
to thc franchise, acquired as suoh rights,
always ate-by legal enactment. We
have voted along side of him, and have
boen taxed and governed by those whom
his votes elected. Shall we hesitate to
recognize in words thc status whioh,
every day, we freely admit iu our acts ?
Or shall wo adopt tho maxim of Mr.
Miouwbor. aud wait for "something to
turu up?"
The maxim of the true statesman
must always bc to make such practical
'issues only as ure condusive to the
immediate aud lasting benefit of the
State. '
The only question now, on which the
people of -South Carolina can possibly
defeat tho present reign of vico-and
corruptiou is a complete obliteration of
mero d.st motions in politics, and such a
fusion as will render any . ?ian in the
State eligible [o any office.
Such a programme will not harmo?
nizo with our past feelings and prede
lections, nor would it ."bow. be accepted
as a matter of bare Choice. At best it
would be but a oheico of evils. But wo
cannot have things as we would. We
must bo thankful to escape greater evils
by tho voluntary endurance of minor
ones.
For these, and other reasons whioh
aro fully satisfactory to my miud, I have
concluded to ronder a full, free and
hearty support to the Reform Party aud
its nominees, and I will cheerfully entor
into any orgauizatot. for that purpose.
Respectfully,
_E.- W. MOISE.
JIU O Ii AV A ??LAW FOR REFORJO*.
During his speech at Saluda Old
Town (Newberry county) Gen. KER?
SHAW read the following letter from
Judge D. L. WARDLAW, endorsing the
Reform movement:
ABBEVILLE, August 1,1870.
My Dear General-I regret thal
during your hurried visit to this place J
hud not an opportunity for full con?
ference with you. The labors for thc
public good in which you aro engaged
merit my hearty approbation, and ]
trust will be crowned with the luooesi
which they deserve.
Who is not for an honest administra
lion of tho affairs of the Stato? Ab?
stract questions upon whioh heretofore
parties differed, me now superseded bj
practical issues which iuvolve the hon?
or, perhaps the existence, of our Stat?
What is established must be nek now
lodged. The means of improvement lefi
to us must not bs neglected in idle
discontent with changes whioh have
taken place. Is there corruption in th?
administration of our public affairs ?
Aro some of our public offices filled bj
men.either incomp?tent or dishonest!
llave thee boen shameful instances ol
bribery in the Legislature ? Have thc
guardians of the publie funds been
engaged in speculating with them foi
theil private advantage? Havo oui
crippled resources been burdoned b)
taxes imposed arbitrarily and unjustly ?
tho publio debt enormously increased
and the publio rooney squandered io
wasteful extravagance ? If thees thing?
be so, they must bo oorreoted before the
return of the State to prosperity cnn bi
reasonably expected. Every maa^wbc
docs not derivo some advantages Tron:
misgovernment has an interest Ic
putting au end to it, and no wayo! doing
this so plain as by turning out of office
those who have misgoverned.
I huvo withdrawn from publio affairs
but I cannot forbear from giving ni)
hearty commendation to those who ar?
striving to cxposo and eorrcet public
abuses.
With high regard, I am truly yours
D. L*WAU?)T.AW.
publie ???t?og b?l?3 a* l?xr plue* on
Wedrs?*dary, te? S?th of 3f?ljF. Tho re
porters for tb? (^doeica CWib- ind
New?, who ?ero prowl on the* occa?
sion, have discharged tbaU duties so
fully aod satisfactorily, the* we hare
oooolttdcd to .publish ont), of their re?
ports. ss emb?dj log the principal end
most important pointe of the meeting.
We will remark, however, that in all
of ont* experience we hitve never koo wo
a more popular demonstratio?? aa the
gathering of hundreds to heat the- Be
form candidate* was undoubtedly an
uprising of the masses in opposition to
the extravagance and misrule of the
present State administration. The
people Were not Urged end entreated to
como, but were simply invited, and- they
flocked here ia larger numbera them; any
one expected. The attentive hearing
and frequent applause bestowed upon all
the speakers atteat the popularity of J
the Beform movement, and on all aidee
there is a eborua of approval and en?
couragement.
JUDGE OABPKNTBRBNPOSSBO HT?
JVDtiEOLOVEB&NDTHB OBANOK
BUBO Ba?,
The bar.of Orangeburg, upon the
retirement of Judge Carpenter from the
benob, held a meeting, of wbioh Judge
GLOVER waa chairman, and passed sun?
dry resolutions complimentary to the
former. In communicating those reso?
lutions to Judge CARPENTER, Judge
.j LOYER writee es follows :
.Bon. R. B. Carpenter-MT DEAR j
SIR : The enolosed resolutions were
unanimously adopted by the memb era
ot the Orangeburg bar, and I am char?
ged with thc pleasant duty of commu?
nicating them to you. Permit me with
sincerity to add, that the praise bestowed
has been fairly won by your honest, able
and impartial administration of public
justice.
?Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
THOMAS W. GLOVER.
g*2_ A Proclamation in the Columbia
papers of thc 6th inst., from Adjutant
General F. J. Moses, Jr., "by order of
tho Commander-in-chief" makes Hen?
ry E. Hayne, of Marion, and Samuel
Lee, of Sumter, (eolorcd) A ids-de?
camp of the Governor.
Messers. BARTLETTE & GAY S
SCHOOL
WILL COMMENCE ITS FALL SESSION,
OF FOUR MONTHS, ON MON?
DAY, Aug. 20th.
Aug 10-St_
For ?ale.
THE PLANTATION ON WHICH I RE?
SIDE, CUD tain lng about
Three Thousand Acres.
-ALSO
My Plantation in Clarendon County, contain?
ing abont .
Two thousand & two hundred acres*
Either of tho abovo will be sold as a wholo, or
divided to suit purchasers.
I also offer for sale the residence of Mrs. Julia
rierson, with
TUREE HUNDRED ACRES LAND,
making ? compact and desirable Farm.
JNO. N. FRIBRSON,
Aug 10-3m]_Stateburg, 8. C.
Yorkville Female College.
THE NEXT SESSION OP THIS
Institution will begin on the 1st of SEP?
TEMBER, and continue until the 20th of Decem?
ber.
A full corps of ACCOMPLISHED INSTRUC?
TORS will be employed in all the brandies UBU-*
ally taught in first-class Femalo Seminaries.
TERMS-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
Tuition and Board, including Washing, Fuel and
Lights,....,.,.$85 00
Tuition in Collegiate Department,.,.... 17 00
** Primary ? ,. 8 00
Instrumental Muslo,.......m. 20 00
Fronoh, Painting and Drawing, each....... 8 00
Ancient Languages. 6 00
Deposit for purchasing Books,., SOO
I will leave Florence on the 31st Aug. and will
take in charge by the way any pupils going to
Yorkville.
For further particulars, apply to
Rev. JAS. DOUGLAS, Principal.
Aug 10-1 m_
FALL AND WINTER
Impor t a~btlc^xx.
1870.
RIBBONS,
Millinery and Straw Goods.
ARMSTRON17CATOR & co.
IMPORTERS ANO JOBBBRS or
Bennet, Trimming and Velvet Ribbons,
Bonnet Silks, Satins and Velvets,
Blonds. Notts, Crapes, Ruchos, Flowers,
Feathors, Ornaments,
Straw Bonnets and Ladles' Hat?,
Trimmed and Untrimmed,
Shaker Hoods, Ao.
237and 239 BALTIMORE STREET,
BALTIMORE, MD.
Offer the largest Stock to be found ia this
onntry, and unequalled in ehoico variety and
(loapnois, oomprlsing tba latest Parisian
oveltios.
Orders solicited, and prompt attention given.
Aug 10 -
Office Chief Engineer.
Wis,., ron nm A * AUGUSTA R.B.
OOM PAN If,
WILMINGTON* N. O., Joly J7th, 1870.
1.1...... ji.LUit.ni
Notice to Contractors.
jSSt* Sealed proposals will ba received at tb ls
3ffloo until gist August, proximo, for building
.he exteaslen of this road from Sumter ta Oolam
>la, including Ursdlng, Tr?.ile Work, Masonry
tod Bridges, ar any portion of the work.
Specification., Maps and Pre fl le? can be seen
it this ?(Boa, Whare aay Information required
wM se.flyar PjesisaJi will bc endorsed
'Proposals." The Company reserve th? right
o reject any bid. *
JNO. O. WINDBR,
Augie-* . Ck"**TV
FOB. BAL?N
For Sale by DANCY, HTM
142 PEARL
Dealers and Planters Supplied
Sole Agente for Sum
A?(f 5--8m
DIRECT IMPORTATION
Of
"Gabriel Marchand" Cognac
X X X A. Lt G.
Cases Containing Twa Dozen Quarts
.Each?
LOW TO CLOSE OUT,
BT
ADRIAN & VOLLGRS.
GREAT F?TR
South Carolina Institute,
NOVEMBER 1st, 1870.
CHARLESTON, SO* CA.
49? Most liberal Premiums offered io
every department of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts.
Premium List published in pamphlot
form.
Aug 3-3m_
LATEST WAR NEWS.
THE DECLARATION OF WAR BETWEEN
FRANCE AND PRUSSIA baa oaueed much ex?
citement in this country, and has been tho theme
of much ox press ion of opinion ak to what ad?
vantage (if any) will be derived from it.
NAPOLEON
AND PRUSSIA WILL BOTH REQUIRE
BREAD-8TUPF8, Arma, Munitions of War and
oar manufactured goods, which will enhance
prloes, and pour thousands of dollars into the
lap of th? North, East and West, while
ORDERS
FOR COTTON WILL NATURALLY FALL
OFF AND prices decline. It is safe to surmise
this will consequently produce over
5,000 CASES
OF SUFFERING AT TUE SOUTH, WHERE
our people will have Cotton to sell, and will
unfortunately have Breadstuff* to purchase*
DEPRESSION, from this or other cause?,
NERVOUS DEBILITY, INDIGESTION,DYS?
PEPSIA, HEARTBURN AND CHILLS AND
FEVERoanbe oared by the Groot. Southern
Tonio,
SUMT'R BITTERS
WHICH IS RECOMMENDED BY THE
highest medical authority in the State. (See
Wrapper around eaoh Bottle.)
FOR THE
SUMTER BITTERS IT IS WELL KNOWN
bas cured hundreds all over the South, and
imparted to thom that HEALTH AND VIGOR
that Soldiers of the
FRENCH ARMY
ARE KNOWN TO POSSESS.
?&- SUMTER BITTERS is for salo by Drug,
gists and Orocers Everywhere.
D0WIEf MOISE & DAVIS,
PROPRIBTOBS,
CHARLESTON, S. 0.
Sold by A. ANDERSON A Co. Sumter 8. C.
Aug 3-_
Fresh Arrivals
-AT
Sumter Book Store.
Harpers' Magasine, Godoy's Lady's Book, Dem
orcst's Magasine, for August, at
THE SUMTER BOOK STORE.
FOR SALE.
THE VALUABLE FARM OF ONE HUN?
DRED ACHES, situated ono mile West of
Sumter Conrt Houso, now the property and resi?
dence of Mrs. BOND ENGLISH. On the prem?
ires is a oomfortsble two-story dwelling, and
neoessary out buildings. Gonvantont for use, is
one of the finest springs of water in all this sco?
tian of country. About forty aores are now an?
der onlttvalion, twenty Aores in old field, and the
balanoo is valuable wood, Oak and put?. For
terms, Ao, apply to. . ~
A. A. GILBURT,
Suiutor, 8. 0.
Jnly e. -tf._?_
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLT
NA-COUNTY OF SUMTER-COURT
OF COMMON PLEAS-JULI i F. FRIERSON,
PLAINTIFF, AGAINST FRANCIS M. MEL
LFfT.AND BILAH M ELLET T, DEFEND?
ANTS.-To th? Defendants Francia M. Alellolt
and Silas Al eliott : Yon ar? hereby summoned
and required to answer kb? complaint in this
aetlon, wbleh ia filed In ia? oflloe Af the Clerk of
Common Pl?as, fer the said Coan ty and lo serve
a oopy of your anawsr to th? said complaint on
tb? subscribers at their office, on Main Street, In
th? town of Sumter la said County and fi ta io,
within twenty def s after the servie? hereof, ex
cluiiveof ibo day of sash servio?) and if yon
fall to answer th? oomplaint within th? tim?
aforesaid, th? plaintiff In this aetlon will apply
to th? Court for th? relief demanded la th? oom
platal.
Dated Jane 19, isiv. .
1 RICHARDSON ? SON,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
TO THB DBFBNDANT SILAS MKLLRTT:
Take notloe that the summons in this action of
wblob th? foregoing ls a copy, was filed in th?
?floe of tbe Clerk or the Court of Common Pleas
for Barnier County, at Sumter Court House, in
th? tewn of Sumter, tn 8untt?r County, in tho
Stat? of South Carolina, OB th? 14th day of Jul?,
870. Dated July 14, 1870. *
RICHARDSON A RON,
. . . l>a Attorneys at Law,
Joly 20-Ot] Main St., Sumter, 8. 0.
DJUSTIBLE TIE IN USE
?COTTON.
AN & GO., General Agents?
STREET, NEW YORK,
io any quantity by
OREEN & WALSH,
ter, and Clarendon County.
Green&Walsh
svccessoBs TO
Oreen, Watson & Walsh,
JJ ATE ON HAND A FULL LINE Ot
Dry Goods,
FANCY GOODS, CROCKERY
HARDWARE,
SADDLERY and HARNESS,
BOOTS and SHOES,
HATS and CAPS, &c, &c.
-ALSO
Staple and Fancy /\
GROCERIES;
of all kinds, (Except Liquors.)
NEW GOODS
RECEIVED EVERY WEEK
-AT
GREEN & WALSK8,
Bargains in Remnants,
At OREEN A WALSH'S.
Full Stock
OF CORN, BACON. LAUD, HAMS AND
BUTTER, COFFEE, TKA and si (? AR,
At OREEN ? WALSH'S.
FLFORK,SALT' M0LASSES 0Di MESS j
At QUEEN & WALSH'S.
New Lot
OF WUITE GOODS, GLOVES, HOSIERY
and DRESS OOODS, Just received sts*>
touchingly low prices,
By OREEN A WALSH.
New York Exchange!
BOUGHT AND SOLD BY
GREEN & WALSH.
COTTON.
Wo are prepared to poy tho HIGHES!
CASU PRICE FOR COTTON, OR SHIP
AND HOLD WHEN DESIRED, making
CASH ADVANCES ON SAME.
Green & Walsh,
DEALERS IN GENERAL M [KC HAN DISE
AND
Commission Merchants;
July 20
SOUTH CAROLINA
Bank and Trust Company,
(Building formerly occupied by Carolina
National Bank.)
MAIN STREET,
Columbia, S. C.
This Bank, Savings, and Trust Company, on?
.dor their charter, with ample capital, are pre*
pared to moet tho want* of goneral busiotfss.
Wo discount comraorciaf and all paper on
approved oolla tom I* ; make oollootions a' aeeessL
bio points ia (bo Unite J States; buy and sell
exchange on ibo principal cities In the States
and Canudas ; purchase and soil Government
Bonds, Bank Bills, and Southern Securities.
Advance? modo on consignments ol Coll?n and
other products with bill-Hiding attached, or
wsro-house receipt. By special arrangement ws
rocoivo deposits, allowing interest, and issue
certificates for the samo.
Prompt attention givon to tho collection of
salaries, and liquidation of claims agsimt tbs
StatO Government.
HARDY SOLOMON,
President,
J. 0. ROATH.
Cashier,
LBROY If. WILSO?.Jon* W. Sftir,
WILSON & SELBY,
COTTON FACTORS
AND GENERAL
Commission Merchante,
NO. 5'"WATER-ST.,
BALTIMORE. -
OFFER their services for tho sale of COTTON?
SPIRITS, ROSINS and SOUTH*** fR<>'
DUCTS of orar/description, and for the par
oh aso of PLANTERS' SUPPLIBS and all kinds
of MERCHANDISE.
Mark eaob paokage distinctly.
forward Bill-Lading.
Orders executed promptly and at best nuil"
rates.
Joly ?r~6m_". -.
SITUATION WANTED
A s5?."7?ff *J??s
XmiSm it a genteel family In !?. WK
lumter, or In tho country adjacent. A?ore
?Miss B. F. C., Charleston, eare of Mr. u.
Jrubor," stating terms and oeadltlons.
fuly?. tr.
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