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[From the Baltimore American.] BALTIMORE'S MURDERESS. Some of the Fact? tbat the Anthon ties have Gathered. Mrs. Wharton was indicted on Satur? day for poisoning Gen. W. Scott Ketchurn, and Tor attempting to poison her confidential business agent Mr. Eugene Van Ness. Gen Ketchurn ar rived at ber house from Washington on Saturday evening, June 24 He and Major Wharton had served together in j the Sixth United States Infantry, and j their respective families had always maintained the most friendly relations toward each other. Gen Ketcbum had lent $2,600 to Mrs. Wharton, for which sum he held her note, aDd before leaving Washington, he mentioned to several persons that the object of his visit was to collect the money. The note can nowhere be found among ?us papers, ind his ftiends therefore conclude that he took it with him. Portly after his arrival at Mrs. Wharton's he was taken ill, and was attended by Dr P. C. Wil liams, who suspected poison from the peculiar symptoms of the case, lie died on the following Wednesday. At the suggestion of Dr. Williams the body was removed from Mrs. Wharton's house, and a post mortem examination was made. The stomach was analyzed by Prof. Wm. E. Aiken, and twenty.grains of tartar emetic discovered. THE POISONING OF MR. VAN NESS. Mr. Eugene Van Ness, Mrs. Wher ton's confidential business agent, was taken ill at her house a few hours before General Ketchum's arrival. He drank a glass of beer, and was proseetly taken sick, Mrs. Wfiarton showed much alarm, and went for Dr. S. 0. Chew herself. Mr. Van iSess remained at Mrs. Whar? ton's house under the medical care of Dr. Chew till the following Friday, (six days,) whee he was removed to the resi dcuce of his sister in law, Mrs. Frick His wife was with him all the time. An hour or so before Gen. Ketchurn':* death a milk punch (prescribed by Dr. Chew) was brought into Mr. Van Ness';* room. His wife poured some of it iuto a wine glass, and before handing it to her husband, out of some little freak of curiosity, tasted it There was a bitter? ness about it thai alarmed ber. Shs poured it all out of the glass, and io the bottom there was a white sediment. Mr?. Col. Lo ney (Mrs. Van. Ness's sister) quietly put the glass in her pocket and brought it away. Prof. Aiken aoalyzed the sediment io the bottom of the glass, and found fifteen graius of tartar emet? ic. Thc milk punch was prepared by Mrs Van Ness herself on the morning of the 28th. Her husband drank a glass of it and was much refreshed. The remain? der wai set in a refrigerator io the dining room, and it was when the second glass was about to be given to Mr. Van Ness that the poison was dis covered as above related. TUE FIRST SUSPICION. v Suspicion did not first attach to Mrs jw Wharton herself, but to an humble |a' domestic in her family. It was Mrs. j Wharton's subsequent conduct which I ^ turned the current of suspicion against ! =: herself. Two days after Geo. Ketchum's I p' burial Mrs. Wharton went to Washing? ton, and, calliug upon Charles A. Ketch j C? um (Gen. Ketchum's son,) informed ?f8 him that she bad given his father j ! S4,U00 iu Govcrnmeut bonds to keep !V1 for her, and that she was about togo ou (Pr a visit to Europe, aud wauted thc bonds aI or thc money. Young Mr. Ketchurn told her he knew nothing about his father's having 31 S?,U?? iu Government bonds belonging j co foher, and referred her to his uucle, ?hi Col. liricc. She made the same demand | bo of Col. Urice, who iufonued her that if lei she vas depending on any claim against 'wt Geu. Ke;cliutu'.s estate for mooey to j fe take her to Europe, she had better,'?rr abandon the trip at once. He theo J tb called ber attention to the fact that Gen. as Ketchum's oooks ?bowed that she owed a i him?2,600. ?he said that she had ?a' paid that debt on the 1 TtIi of January 'bl; last. On being asked tor the note, she j sc said when sh?* paid it Gen. Kercbani I lo' handed it lo he , and she tort* it up. jin Au entry io Gen. Ketchutao's day- ! W book shows that Mr". M barton paid a ' tn half year's interest on th* note Jan. 1't j ,v< Ile in .?-aid to have been a must careful po mun in a!) bia business transactions j wi and kepi bit? accounts with systematic I oe exactness. .Jane 1"> he charges lier llb: with another half year's interest ou the j th note. <f?'ti Ketchman's clothes remained in Mrs. Wharton's bouse fur three days alter ii is decease. m Pl'KCUASINti POISON. \*? This singular coudait OD the psrt of j qa Mrs. Wharton occasioned a sharp turn ul in the coarse of the investigation, and UM Marshal Gray and Deputy Marshal Frey, wi who had been intrusted with the i Mi management of'he case, immediately I fits began to h<'?k for a more distinguished to person <n whom to fasten the charge wli than the ; i.or woman who had at first we be':!i suggested as the possible poi*< nor ' Mi It was :?<certained ihat ou the 20'th of j fro Jun." Mrs. Wharton had purchased ' he six-y grains of tartar emetic of the drug j thi store of <?osman it Co., 101 Madison j be avenue. This was two days after Geo. ?io Ketchurn had taken ill at her boase, j '1 he poison that was administered on the j lae 24th seems not to have been purchase J ; ast at Gosman & Co.'s. or if procured there, uu it must have been some months since pri TAKEN TO JAIL a I When the Grand Jury ?rnae into '^J f-iurt with the bill, a messenger was ? immediately despatched to Mrs Whar- j, ' ton's house to apprise the family of the I fact, aud to give notice that the officers j Pr( wuuid call tor her at half pa^t three i o'clock. The lot on which her resi- { dence is built ezteods through frotnjdai ?otaw street to Garden street. Ou the |l'M Garden street side there is a high board ? c leuce, in which there is a gate thitt opens on a pathway leading to the rear *Tt of thc house. At half past tbree o'clock a carriage drove up to the gate and ^ ?topped, in ie^s than a minute another,da; ca:ri?ge came and took up a positiou ia ? Wc iront of the first. j dal Out of this carriage Sheriff Alberi, j*** Marshal Gray, Deputy Marshal Frey, and Deputy Sheriff lioseman stepped, rei and were admitted ia the yard through the gate, tu five minutes they returned with Mr*. Wharton, Miss Nellie Whar- ! tou.and Mr and Mrs. Crawford Neilsuo, rec friehJ? vi tbs lamil? (Mrs. Wharton io* leaning on Marshal Frey's ?rm.) Tbl was DO dramatic leave taking, DO byste eal fainting, not even a natural gosh tears. ? simple good bye, and the a happy woman took Marshal Frey's ai and walked down to the gate, witbo betraying the least emotion. Both si and her daughter were dressed in blai and wore mourning veils. Dr. Nuge (Mrs. Wharton's brotRer) and Profesa Richard Mcsherry were in the bona bat oeitber of them accompanied tl party to the gate. The ladies were banded into the fir ?arriage, and Sheriff Albert took a se beside Miss Wharton, drew the curta-'i rf the carriage, and was about Jellie the driver to "go ahead," when Mr Wharton expressed a desire to ride i :he other carriage The ladies wei promptly handed ont of the one carriag oto the other, the last carriage bein noch the handsomer. Sheriff Albei igain took his seat beside Miss Whar on, facing the mother, and the carriag Doved off in the direction of the cit ail. Marshals Gray and Frey, Mi ioscraan, and Mr. Neilson followed i he other carriage. WITHIN THE PRISON WALLS. On the way to the jail there was n conversation except of the most com aonplace character. The party alight? t the maia gate, and Mrs. Wbartoi ra!kfd up through the yard withou howing the least weakness or fatigue ?be ascended the flight of stone step csolotely, and took a seat in the re eption room with as mach composun s if she were calling on an intiman riend The daughter showed sadness i her face, but she was perfectly self osscssed, and acted through the whole ainful scene with a fortitude born ol igh cuitare and great self control 'here were first some arrangement! ) make about furniture for the cell tc hich she was assigned, and some coo, J! tat iou with the authorities as to what ixuries would be allowed outside the 'gular fare. A memorandum of necea try articles of furniture was made out nd a messenger despatched to bring lem. ELL NO. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN. W'ule these preliminary arrange lents were going on the reporters, irough the courtesy of Mr. Wm. H. erk ios, President of the Board of isitora, and Mr. Irvin, Wardsn of the iii, were permitted to see the "narrow ouse" assigned to Mrs. Warton, "Cell o 167" in the jail register. It is on is first tier of the north wing, facing est. It has been recently scrubbed id white washed, and all the furniture ?moved, there not being even a chair r a bench to relieve the cold severity [ the walls. A floor seven and a half ?et by ton with an arched ceiling nine et from the floor at its highett point. Through the grated window the stee? le of the Third German Reformed hurch (Calvert stre-?t) cao be seen, id the square tower of Emanuel hurcb (in which Mrs. Wharton was ont to worship) io the distance. The ternoon sunshine comes streaming in trough the outer windows and the reoing shadows play along the iron illcries. A green tree in the jard has ished up its topmost branches until ?ey can be seen from the fir>t tier c' ills across the open intervening apace, they sway back and forth and tightly ush against the window panes. What sions they must bring to the poor isoner ot t ie happiness and beauty id freedom without. A STRANGE COINCIDENCE. 10 the cell under the one occupied by ra. kV barton is the poor, stupid lorcd girl lately sentenced to be inged fur the murder of her newly iru ia ant. What a mighty leveller is eu the suspicion of crime ! Here is a ?mao who, before the dark shadoas 11 upon her, represented whatever of ace and beauty and culture and worth ere can be found in that region known j1 ..high life," and right under her, in h ceil in every respect ?irnilar to hers, ir? , ?/retched girl whose mind is a perfect , auk, who is almost w.thout mor il con ioosoe**. and to whoo affection and I re und purity and virtue ar* unrnran- < g words which she cannot comprehend, t hat ht range fate has brought these ^ o women together who in the outer ?rid were arpera ted as wide as the \ les by a morai and social zone through lich ir was known that the one could ver rise, and it wat never dreamed ut the other could sink. And here ?j ev are together. Z li A DELICATE QUESTION. Upon the first entrance of Mrs harton into the jail the Board of u sitora had to deride a moat delicate estioD. Mrs. Nellie Wharton, out u her beautiful devotion to her uuhappy ,| ?ther, was .most anxious to remaiuj^ th ber and share her impriaoomeut. rs. Wharton is subject to . epileptic 01 ?, and her daughter knows beat bow c< treat her, and what remedies to use cl en the spell comes on ber. Letters ^ re submitted from Dr. K. McSbeiry. . rs. Wharton's family physician, anti 10 m Prof. C. 0. Johnson, certifying to 1 r precarious health, and expressing vi ^opinion that it would greatly add to j{ r safety if ber daughter was permitted ? remain with her. Thc jail is not a fit place for a young ly of cul:ure and refinement, the tr? ;ociatiois are not pleasant, the air ia xe wholesome, and it is against the first JJ, nciples of prison discipline to permit >erson not accused of crime to dwell in 1 ; building, except is one of tbe icers. The matter was laid over for gt 'ther consideration, and th<* yoong ?ti ly was allowed to remain fur the j| :seot. . LOCKED IN. About 7 o'clock tbe mother and ^a lighter entered tba cell, and there ?y are at present. They have a bed, so :ouple of chair?, a washstand, and a 0? r other little comforts. Their meals I sent to thea from Mr. William isseli's saloon, Madison avenue. Mrs. l" harton informed tbe matron jester f morning that she bad rested quite ll. Daring Sunday sba nod ber agh ter appeared to be quite composed i etea cheerful. In tbe i fternooo in )y were vi-ited by Rev. .Or. Baodolpb, ia ?tor of Emanuel Church, of which s. Wharton was a member. * -ea- g I*). Too first bale of sew Cotton was I eivod at Galveston on Ute 22nd gr< tant. ghi WEDNESDAY. JULY 26. i? A. GILBERT.EDITOR j WHITE AND BLACK. POPULATION. Tbe Colombia Union publishes the )opnlatioo figures as shown by the joited States census tables. The total K>pulation is put down at 38,549,987. )t thia but 4,879,323 are colored ! The Union saja that this is "food for refleo ion to those who would go too fast io hes? parts." A timely reminder, we j rould say. It has seemed to us, all the time, that he more sensible and better educated tolored men, who have figured and coo iooe to figure, in the direction of public fairs, have acted immediately nader he adventitious circumstances present, nd entirely without reference to the ature-exhibiting that "hand to mouth" rastice which is seen though wei! nigh he whole colored mass. They have lot only sought equality of rights and privileges with the whites ; but have goue srwardand occupied positions which hey were enabled Uobteio only because f thc color of their skin. White men, f similar education and general fitness, t BO period of the country's history, oald have sought and obtained any sch positions. Th^j have not only ot been content wit'i equality, according j fitness, in the rig its and privileges j f citizenship, but they have sought I ale-to govern, bot h their own people od the whites. White mee of io- .> ?lligence, of learning, of experience in overnuental affairs, have been rudely arust aside, tod counted as of no in- c aence or rights, whilst the ignorant 1 lack man-entirely unfit for directing a ublic affairs, from tbe irresistible cir- * nmstaaees attendant-has been pat . ito their places. Venerable and isrned Judges, who shed lustre upon P se jurisprudence of the State, were c lenced io a mass : and a black mao bas * rcn ascended the Supreme Bench, only ecause he was a black man-himself imitting bis want of ability for thc osition. Wc write these things not because we ^ ?e uofrieudiy to the colored man, or u ?cause we would restrict him in any of j? is rights of citizenship ; but because '< ley.most and will be considered, and ?' ?cause the leaders of his own race seem . have forgotten them. With a popula t] DO of bot 4,879,323 against a white a rpuiatioo of more than thirty millions, t; id with all the deep rooted and we may ^ y ineffa?able prejudices against bis ^ ce, North and South, Ea*t and West, * j has not only sought the fullest civil e< |uality, but actually to trample upon ^ e rights of the whites and to rule the i( mthernj country. ai With this overwhelming display of o imbers, how long ean they hold the matura! position they have attained, " i ly by the power of a fanatical and (j irrupt parry, ruliog the Government ? cl re pot this question to the sensible ?< ilored meo of th? country. And wc ci ? so in the interest of their own race, ir r the time to come. The white race, "j ?th al! their immense advantages in tll ipuiatioa, in education, in morality. L the arts and sciences, and the great tl d powerful machinery of their ci viii- P1 tion combined-cac and viii take care ! '.j themselves. We have never felt!,/, xiety or donbt in regard to their lu sidon as considered, relatively, tn th?' "J lored race. But what if to becom* ol * w e latter, if there be persistence in the ^ esent coarse ? m HITE AND COLORED AT ANDER . SON. The Anderson Intelligencer of the Jp th of July gives an account of a pub- j gathering at thal place whieb occur 1 oo the Saturday preccdiug, which rather significant. The colored militia paraded ia the >rniug, going through thc drill, shea s arms were laid aside, and a Sunday hool pruces*iou formed, which, after irehiog tbroagfa the principal ?treets, ' iceotrsted at the bouse recently pur? ised for school purposes, and formerly longing to the Winthrop estate. Au mens?; audience waa here gathered considerable number of whit*?, by iu arion. Speeches were delivered by rf. W. A. Hodges, James A. Hoyt, q , editor of the Intelligencer and Col. S. Hilt-the sobjects discussed beiug 2 daly of the colored people as cili? os, their education, Ac., and the Air oe Railroad. These were followed by o colored speakers. A "magnificent dinner," the Intelli icer says, was spread io the second fy of the building for thc whites. e colored people scattered about the ilding and grounds and spread their ikets. A IQ iVe give these polo's of this Ander ?a ar ti. di iu Gi I rei wi co sr (j. 1 th P* ar an be oj mi i meeting, as one of the indication*? the times-of a better feeling and ?re h arm OD io us ?ct iou between the o races. POLITICS Alf? RELIGION. A radical Ref* Hr. Wilson, of Iowa, ose of bia prayers reeeotly sandwiched s following:-"Oh, Lord, give os this! ir < ur ?alta! forty thousand majority, d if possible, ob, Lord, gi?? ox eighty >osaod." While ?OD? of th? coo tgstioa responded "AJMS," others rated "Bolly (br josf* "3 bu oa cit A! Bi is Hf th th so ie wi th tb de mi Fl SB fai til RITCAX OF raE_?JWON LSAGUI A friend has sent us a well-worn cop of the ^Ritual c^ercd?bv the Nationt Convention of the Union League c America, at Washington, Dec. 18tl 1865." It was picked np in the roa near Lynchburg, and is a duodecim pamphlet of 28 pages. Solemn, absolute secrecy ia enjoined [oitation is attended with some fora Candidates for membership are bail?te for, and examined in the ante room b; the "A. V. P." and "M." Question ire asked, thc 2nd, 3d, 4th and 6th o which are as follows : 2d. Do you acknowledge that yon Srst and nighest allegiance, under Goa is due to the Government of the Uoitet States of America? 3d. Are you willing to pledge your ?elf to resist, to the utmost extent o rodr power, all attempts to subvert o jverthrow the Government of the Uoitet States of America? 4th Will you strive to the extent o ?.our ability for the maintenance o liberty ; the elevation ot labor ; th< ?ducat ion in the responsibilities an? iutiesof American citizenship of ali th people of this country ; the practice o roe friendship aod charity towardi ?ach and all of the Order, of which yot ire about to become a member, aud foi :be elec'w or appointment to ail place f pu. trust of such men only as ar* .diable supporters of these principles am nen sure* f 6th. Do you pledge your honor thal fon will obey ali rules and orders of itu i nion League of America which shel tot conflict with your lawful right: tod privileges as a loyal eitixen, and seep inviolate all secrets aod c?r?monie: vf the League wheo communicated tc rou as such ? The "A. V. P." now reports to thc President, the "Marshal" conducts the andidates to the Council, the "M" re* iring to take them through the door, od the "H." receiving them on tbe in ide, after minor questions on entrance. The candidates enter in double file, arm 0 arm, passing ronnd thc altar, and are resected io froot of the President's hair. While this is going on "The ^lag of Our Union," "Rally Round the 'lag Boys," "Hail Columbia" or the Star Spangled Banner" is snog. The Vice President makes the fol jwing address to the candidates: "Geotlemcn : Wo rejoice that you lave thus voluntarily come forward to cite with us. The cause we advocate 1 that of our couotry. Bsoded together jr the purpose of perpetuating the berties for which our fathers fought, re have sworn to protect them. In im ? of peril to our Government and he Union, it became the sacred duty of ll true patriots tu unite their efforts for he preservation of Constitutional Free om, and in thwarting the deigns of raitors to destroy the tree of Liberty, lanted by our patriot fathers aod atercd by their blood. [This, addreev J, in themain. to the late slave ] icithcr domestic traitors nor foreign jes must bc permitted to destroy this atiou, nor to circumsctibe the influence od propres* of American institutions 0 this continent. The first graud purpose of our organi ilion has been accomplished through tc combined efforts of our order and te gallantry and perseverance of our ?risen soldiers, to whom our grateful :knowIcdgmcnts aod continued appre? ntice ate ever doe. The legitimate uits of this triumph are yet to be ?cured in thc complete ascendency of te true principles of popular govern tentj the establishment of equal ib? ry ; the education and elevation of te toiling masses nf the Republic ; thc reservation of the national honor and lith ; the inculcation of a broth? rly fe?'ti<!Hi and troe charity towards all ; \e*romptete anti final overthrow at the 1 Hot lute, as in thr field, of the dharcky r pt tl itu-ni Iradrrs. who sought to min hm thiy cutild not ru/*, and thiongh hose error? a???i wrung* our chantry has .in baptised rn blood: thc . st*bli?h ent here of an asylum for the opprpss I i-f other lands, and of a beacon light. ? prominent and enduring as to he seen ). ali nations for all time, and so nner ng as to guiJe all people to the certain issesMon of rational and trae liberty. By means of the I><yal Lcagur these and purposes may be realized. We ask none to join us who have net ie noble sent?an nt of patriotism deeply iplanrcd in their hearts, for such only c capable of rising above the level of ie mere partizau, and claiming and .fen.ling the boou of freedom for its music value lt. ?a to snatain the [>veruwent, ?od the principles and II icy we have indicated that wa are Fited, and fur this purpose you are now quired to take a aulemn obligation, rich 1 assure yon does not in any way ufltoi with the duties you owe to your lf. your family, your country or your jd." "he candidates now turn and approach e altar, when tbe chaplain makes ayer, tbe opening sentences of which e as follows : "Eternal God! Sopreme Architect d Ruler of the Universe ! We humbly seech Thee to protect the loyal people tlte United States, and especially the embers of thia patriotic organisation." Sow the room is darkened, and tbe I." lights the "Fire of Liberty," to ira during tbe administration of tbe th. The members join hinds in a rele around the candidates and tbs liar, where rest; the Flag ?nd tbe ?ble. The left hand of each candidate placed on the Flag, and tbs right 'ted toward beaven. In this attitude e following oath ls administered b? e President : "I (repeat your came after mine) do i lemnly swear (or affirm) in the pra? nce of God and thetas witnesses, tnt I ' ll never voluntarily bear anns against a United gutta, while . ?risen ereof; that I will support, protect aid fend, tbs Constitution and Govern m nf the United 8ta? os, and th? \ sg thereof, again.it all enemies, foreign } d domestic; that I ?Ul Sent tme 1 Uh and allegiance to th? ISAM ; ?od ' at I will tito defend thia Star? against* i any invasion, ?osorrectiaD ar reiwiuwfc or evasion. . Fartheriaore, thst I*will do all io m j power to elect tn e and reliable Union men and supporters of the Government, and aoae other*, to til offices of profit ut trust from tba lowest to the highest-io Ward, Town, Co a ii ty. State and General G-overoment. And should I aver be cal led tb fill an j off oe, I witt faithfully ?arry oat the objects and prfociples ol this L And furtber, that I will protect, ?td and dei ead aU worthy membersth? ?. I*. And that I will oe ver make 'kaowm^jpy way or. manner, to any person, or persons not member* of-the 1j;lu, sloy of the signs, passwords, proceedings, debatas or p?aos of this or aoy other C. under this. or* gaoization, except wheo, engaged io ad milting new members into this L (Place your right hand upon the Boly Bible, etc.) And with my band upon the Holy Bible, Declaration of Inde? pendence, and the Constitution of the doited States of America, uqder the sea! of my sacred honor, I acknowledge myself firmly bound and pledge to the faithful performance of this my solemn obligation. So help me God. The members respond: "TJ thia we pledge ourselves." The President says: "Gentlemen, around yon is a band of brothers alike sacredly pledged. This circle is never to be broken by treachery." The members all respond- "Never!" The new members now join the eirele and with clasped and tip lifted hands they take the freeman's pledge : "To defend aird perpetuate Freedom and the Union, 1 pledge my life, my fortune and my sacred honor. So help me Gted." And now "Rally Round the Flag Boys," swells from the duky ring. All bands now take seats, and the President delivers his charge, which is a recapitulation of the address, cathi tfce. They are now instructed in the signs, &c. The annexed horribly sacrilegious jumble is put to sing after the oath, which is called "Battle Hymn of the Republic:'' Mine eye* hara seen the fiery ef tba coalise; of the Lord : Ile ii trampling oat the vintage whare the gre pee of wrath are stored ; Ile hath loosed tba fateful lightning of Bbl tar? rlble swift sword : Mis troth is marching on. Glory,glory Hallelujsh, Glory, glory flalMajeb, Glory, glory Hallelajah, His truth is marching on. I bare seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps; They bare buildcd bim an altar in tba erasing dew? and damps; I eas read His righteous sen Unce by the dim and flaring lamps ; Iiis day is marching OB. Caora?. I bare read a fiery gospel writ ia banished rows of steel : "As ye deal with ray eontttnaers, so with yon ray grace shall deal ; Let the Hero, boro ot woman, crash tba serpent witta bis heel, Since God is marching os." Caora*. He bas sounded forth tb? trumpet that shall never csll retreat; He is ??funs; oat the hearts of man before His judgment ?eat : Oh. be swift, my soul, to answer Him I be jubi? lan t my feet ? Oar God is marching oa. Chorus. In the beauty of thu lilies Christ was bora acre?? the sea. Wit.1 a glory in bis bosom that transfigures yea and me : As he died to nuke moa boly, 1st ru die ts make men free. Wbil* God ls marching on. Claru*. BOWES AMONG HIS COLOKJKD CO* Sf STL EN CY. From sn account in the News of the Radical ward meeting? in Charleston, Monday night, we make the following intereMiox extract : In the Fourth ward, the proceedings were by no means harmonicas, and,a whispering daring tbe day that there waa |ioing to be fan in tba Fourth ward that night, an Bowen was goinjr to be ther , coiitcied a rrotrsd ul discordant spirits, who determined that celebrated bigamist should not have things bb own way Tbs meeting was caljed to order by Pr?sident Aleak Wilhams, colored, and tbs long, narrow hall waa aeon crowded to suffocation by the excited voters-a black maw, relieved bara aad there by a light colored isnlawsg orear* pet-bagj?er. The meeting Waa disorder Iv enough, and only an? delegale had been elected when tba smouldering embers bant io to fuli blase by some one moving that "Mr Bowen," who had }oat entered, ha heard from. A hondrad voices, vociferatlnr earsee and eries of 'no,' resounded, aad in a moment a a trog gliog masa wu swaying over tba loor. Io the contusion dire, two mea, said to be draak, had hi: somebody, ar each other, and nothing like order wald be bad until they were pat' oat. The Babel of voices coot i o oed, and at last the chairman, hearse with shooting from his stand ot the table and gestion latin's like a madman, announced that Mr. Bowen would declino to ran for the convention, ia n short speech. The would-be Congressman jumped ot? the tsble and commenced to talk. The meeting would not hear him, however, snd a desea speakers as load as hs wara talking at the ante time. Bowen con? cluded bis unsatisfactory address and j umped from tho table. nw MBW aWPAJSYfJBaV Tba address of the Issmorrstis 8tate Central Committee to the people of Peooaylvanis, jost tanned, msiei fha new ??pautara ia the following gallant .tyla: "Wheo wa speak of tho Federal Conetittttion, wa mean the whoie instra ?ant, with ail its emendates fe, md acknowledge tho equal ahBsptioi ef every part. Several of those emend manie war? carried by brat? ftrao, and by frauds upon the aafcSe witt so ?tria* ia lo take from their antara ali a bairns roar reopen*. Bat we eaaaot dear they have Easily s?ceme s part if tho ainatUaalm; mm* wm trod >batfstt,tts^fehJa* rt by 4*er?f? the corms ute^M ?iteem?'*}? it that Uss* e**iro&?s> Cowcrta m? u?terwdti?8t* looter vieta to support toe uonsnrauoa swat port?? ell that is 'nominated io 'tie 90?W^'~^?j thungo which eapeti euee and Testo? ?hall prove to be deeira Me must bW ruade io the prescribed war, and not bj reola tionary or disorderly 1M<0 F?SHJWC OrtTtV Ot LITES New York, July 21.-A terrific storm oo the coast* ;of Newfoundland and labrador has'deetroyed titree hundred and fifty fishing smacks, twenty three dwelKoge, and forty ?tores. Ninety throe lires wer? lott. The estimated lose of property destroyed moonta to $1,500,000? OBITUARY. Diod in Sumter, 8. C., Say tti, 1ST!, JAMES H. BRITTO!?, Esq., a jed TS Tear?, OM month and ten days. MK. B KITTO a waa OB? of the oldest cltisens of tar command*-. Althoogh be WM t miirs of Marion DiaHet, he passed the year? of bis man? hood In tai? District, and waa fer a period ?over, log aura than half a century ide? lifted with ita people. He waa a sean of close observation and of re? tentive Beac ry, ant it waa ia ure? tiny and instructive to hear him ?peak of men aad mat tore of bj goa? days. Indeed, even ?aaa his mind waa enfeebled bj the ravag?e of bodily disease, he ifteo spoke of toe distant past with an exMtsese truly remarkable. He was one of tim few connecting linkt, be tween tho stuning times of the Revolutionary war ant onr own unhappy day, sad-ieced by ao many doods of adversity. Doubtless tho otter prostration which fall apon bim, ia the few last years of his life, was occasioned, io great part, hy tho calamities of th? country goneraily. and the dwp personal bereavement bo snot* met, by tho lost of a gallant soo ia tho war. Ho was a ama of strong donwstfe ant social feel ic?;?, mingh'og bot little In public sJairs, though a patriot wira all tba ardor af Kerolntiontry de He was a member of tho Presbyterian Church of this place from its earliest history, and though rarely attending itt pablie ordinances for years past, beean** of oefeoblod health, bis heart still yearned after th? eonrts of the living God. He bed outlived his generation, and had be? come almost a stranger beyond his family and imm?diat* friends. Bia years ol disease aad in? firmity, were underly soothed hy the affectionate and untiring attentions of his aged partner in life's joys and sorrows, with their children and grant ehUdrea. It waa ? totting to see the few surviving friends of hu vigorous manhood, at? tending his fanerai, with th? young aad hopeful of the present generation. It impressed practi? cally th? Scripta'? Imsen tim* "One generation pease th aad another cometh." Hew short, at host, tb? narrow span Embraced within lita's two ?trentes, The helpless child, the tottering ?aa An ieUrval of fevertah dreams?_ COMMERCIAL. Cotton i very Saw bama have changed hands this week. We quot? Sirict Middling, 18c, BACON-Sides, Ki?IS*: Shoulders, ItJ?) li? Hams, 3?. LARD-29@J5c. . FLOUR-Per bbl. ft@*U. COFFEE-Lajjeayra, 5O@00 ; Java, 45@0w; Rio, SOQfJ. SALT-$J^0 SUGAR-Brown, 12, @ 14; C., 15? 16 ; A., IT @00 j Crushed, 1701t. B A G QI J? G-?5 fit ST}. IBON-TTBS-8<?10. LOPE-isa J 5. BATES VILLE SHIRTINGS-Per hale Oje. TARS BY THE BALE-$1,30c. Per bunch. M^ASOWIC. 11HR REGULAR MONTHLY COM MUNICA . TION OF CLAREA ONT LODGE, NO 84, A.*. IV. M.*. will be beeden Thursday ?reniog, October 26,1871, ai 7 o'elock. By order of T. V. WALSH, W>. M. M. C. WILLS*. SeereUry. June 6. 1171. THE SUBSCRIBER HAVING PURCHASED Boot aad Shoe Business LaUly owned hy Mr. JAMBS A. BRADLEY, -AT Exchange Comer, Market Street, rcen??afaHy faoormo his Meads aad the public gsnirelly that the stock baa hean replenished, and additions ase constantly being made lo make eoenpku s snsrtms.it. liar-ag engaged MR? DAVID ff? WALSH? (formerly with Mr. JAMES st BRADLEY.) to .uperintend my tani ?MS, I respectfully solicit a ?bare of the ??bife nattonage. A. L. PRICE, Late of tba Wilmington JournaL Joly M _ DR. A. J? CHINA, Qrnggisl; and Apothecary, SUMTER, S. C. INVITES AfTKNTION TO HIS LARGE AND WILL ASSORTED-STOCK OF DB??G8, CHEMICALS, PHARMACUTICALS, roprietary Preparations, Toilet Articles, Brushes, V?jTiishea, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuns, Glass Ware, etta, etc. The Prescription Department ME CEt VES ESPECIAL ATTENTION. tVJt? AI? ACCURACY GUARANTEED. Jaiytt _? PBISfl Garden Beed. sawJUV OW S3CRTf? frees D. LA NU SETH S ike feUewing geida fer Fall aad fm***. Ja** . v-u-^v. Uiieap Uoo?s, AT Planters* Warehouse. Western Butter, - 35c. per lb. Best Goshen Butter, on Ice, 50 cents per pound. Breakfast Strips, - 12?c,perlb. Sugar Cured Hams, 20c. per lb. Low Grades Flour, $6 per bbl. Super Flour, - - $7 per bbl. Clarified Sugar, - 14c per lb. More of that Hyson Tea, at 75 cents per pound. Fresh Dates, - - 15c. per lb. Heidseick Champagne, Genuine "Pieper & Co.," Pints and Quarts. White Corn Whiskey. Best Scotch Ale Wild Cherry Brandy. Self-Sealing; Jars, For Pickles, Preserves, &c Just Received and for Sale by Chas. IL Moise & Co., SUMTER, S. C. Joly 26 L. H. Miller, Miller's Safe and Iron Works, ESTABLISHED IN 185?. MILLER'S BALTIMORE MADE SAFE the tiMt now ia aa?- wat nc ted fra* Irons nut, daapoe-m or decoy. Fire-Proof Merchants' Safes. WELDED STEEL AND IRON Burglar-Proof Bank Safes. FIRST CLASS Key {ind Combination Lock. Bank Vaults and Boors. teles Basa 2*5 Baltimore St. FA CT OB 7-Square bounded hy Henrietta, Claret, Fremont and Warner Streets. 0 SEND FOR ILLUTRATED CATALOGUE. OVER 12,000 UV USE. TESTED Iff 200 FIRES. NEAR BBFEKCSS: 14 C-yftr, Hoyt A Folsom, va o. No. Ca, Jaka Agnew ? St?, Colombia, S. C. Natioaai 3*nk o? Cbeeur, 8. C. Sea&a A M?itoa, Chester, 8. C. 900 IN BALTIMORE. Om 12,000 San? nt Uss. aLrr' ?* -J>$ ^.tx- '* ?ft.. . ?M3YMB lg 2ft ?IBXS. nm CLASS GOODS, AT tow FAICBS. ly HOW, WHEN AND Wlfi ADVERTIS1 SEE THE ADVERTISER'S GAZET1 Book of 100 pagee; issued Quarterly (Bet, tina just Dow); contains lists of ell tkii Newspapers, Daily, Weekly, Religions, Aft tarai. Political. Social; also Magatinrsaa: Periodicals devoted to class interests; ale* mates showing costs of advertising, and i incident* and instructions gathered frosj th Experience of Sncccsxful Advertise Mailed to an} address for 25 cents. A? GEO. P. ROWELL A CO., Advertising Agents, Publisher*, and Dtaxt all kinds of printers' Material, _No. 41 Park R-w, New Tai H. J. SAYERS, DEALER IN REAL tSTAI FRANKLIN, P. A, Buys and. sells.i inproved sod unimproved lt anywhere in the United States. GENTS WANTKD FOR TUE TRANSMISSION OF LIF j Coansele OB the Katar? and Hygiene?* Masculine Faaction. By Dr. Napheji, st Of '. The Piftical Life of Womat:." It m to ti? ?Mt? ?cas; i? fall of new facts ; d?lias outspoken, pr?rtiea! and popular; bigblj dort ed; awllw rapidly. Sold by sul?en? onlv. Exclusive territory. Terms liben Pri?e $2. Address for contents, Ac., J. G. ? -~ GUS A CO , PublUbws, Philadelphia, pa. * Agents! Read Th?i WE WILL PA Y AGENTS AS .Uli ' vf $>0 per week an . expense.*, ,.r si* large c?mmi**i?>n. to seit oar new and ron* inventions. Address M. WAGNER ? Cot ' shall. Mich._ WANTED. LOOK H?| Profitable employment furnished ever; t willing to work in bia own neighborhood laxy persons wanted). Profits over 20? pe>, Enclose $1 for samples and particular, ; rapid. JONES A METZGAR, Pnubeq". .j A. A. SOIiOMOatlj Has a FaU Stock of DRT GOODS. A. A. SOLOMONS Has a good assortaient of Shoes tMl A. A. SOLOMONS Baa every thing useful ia Harri A. A. SOLOMONS Has a foll assortment ia Pots, Oms ssl! Wara. Contienes to beef Hap^bcsry Room plied with every thing in that Hoe. A. A. SOLOMONS Is selliag bia (?ods VERY LOW, aaaaK t ? for CASH ONLY. Call aad see kia at the -ft CORNER MA III AND LIBERH??^? -fl May SI . M TO fi Planters and Merci? ^? DUNDEE BAGGING, TB BACON, FLOUR, * For aale bj WILSOff & SEIK J Cotton Factors, COMMISSION MERCH?? AND DEALERS IN PLANTERS' SITPPL& Of Every De$cri?)twn. ? No. 17 LIGHT STREET, BALTW0? LIBERALADVANCES made on Conssjt' ORDERS receive faithful and proa?;*? jj .osma atrtarjets D. J. Winn, Kennedy*?*' A. A. Gilbert, Dr. J. M. Fa? N Graham. July 19_Jj CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUT CHARLOTTE, X. C. REV. R. BURDELL. \ JOHN B. BURWELL, A. M. j iii THE 14th ANNUAL SESSION on the 2nd October next, aad ?av until 30th of Jane. 1872. This school is believed to possess ped* vantages for y?aog Ladies to acquire ? ?> ' .dacalioa, ia ell braaebe* usually taafais' class Female Sesiiaame. Circular asi Catalogne ?oaUi.tiafV tica lar* as te tarma, Ae., forwatdet: ?a af lion te tb? Principal*. July 12_J OFFICE OF COUNTY Af- Tu SUMTER, S. C, Jane 1?,J* This ofice will he opened on the I?'.. For tba reception of Returns of Pencas! ?V bold oaths 1st Joly, 1ST!, and will? ?pea daring tbs month of Joly. Only retaras of personal property ass ?I out all sale? er transiera of Beal 1st?* September lat, 187?, Bast be neted* ? it tba retara. . Tb? nasas of the Township ia ll?* arty is held, mast also appear oa tin sa* For 'tbs convenience of those B^^-?w?W? ?Testera part of the County, a "uP**k aili ba ia attendance at ProvideaM fatF 'rom tb? 10th July. At Bishopvilie and Corbett's i ?aka retaras to myself or soms .j on tbs nih Joly, ar? for Us* Parties residing ia Lywchberf, iayeaville, ?as maka their rsterif P. Smith, o? Mr. W. D. Hinds, frc?*2 Wy. , Jg Rotares caa se mads at MsoctssW ?th Joly std lt days thereafter. Those who saab* their retare* troid tbs (Maj aad jostling ?! issapaases the "bwt days" of t I ask the co-operation of every - and: og tab notice so l bat ne sa??* MM toes by ignorance sr sarsJasat I torin particular at ten risa to rx tract frats that Ast of tb? * rhtob ibis tisser sassst is atada Sacra?? JOT. tim* waaaerer s"J ban fail to atatc rttarn* to tb* iti ?-?nty. within tb? the* jKasernVj hal) Va ?? dat? of tb? Cowal} Ar" . tfta Tac Duplicata, against sa toMart* cbartw? to him tbs rieb St per ?nt. penalty thereto, < ba try amosat es* acoaorty ^C^boan s* tb? cantter ?*?*?h o ? P. M. frota Jaly tat ta ff la? bat Saaday and &e feb Jw ll ****