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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22. J. A. MO?D. M. I>. ) Z ~~ D. B. ANDERSON, J JiDIT0RS More Dickies are to be coade. Congress will meet in fourteen dayg. President Arthur is now writing bis first au nu ul message, Adrices from Mecca state that five thousand persons are dying daily from cholera. An Apalachicola, Fla., fisherman took one hundred barrels of fish in out of the wet at one haul with his seine. Mr. Henry Longshore, of Newberry, lost an eye a few days ago by the bursting of the ball while suffering with sore eyes. Alexander fl. Stephens bas promised to de? liver a lecture before the Savannah (Ga.) Irish Land League. Sol Smith Russell appears in his humorous drama, "Edgewood Folks," to-night in Co? lumbia. Confederate bonds are selling at prices rang? ing fron. $6 to $6.50 per $1,000 Railroad traffic between St. Louis and Chi? cago is seriously interfered with by heavy rains which have washed out the road-beds. Tbe .General Conference of the M. E. Church, South, will meet in Nashville next May. Ex-Gov. Tilden and Gen. Hancock are expected to visit the Atlanta Exposition this month. The ninety-ninth session of the Methodist Annual Conference of Virginia, convened at Charlottesville, at 9 a. m., on Wednesday last. Bishop McTyeire presided. An extra term of Court for Abbeville Coun? ty will begin on the first Monday in Decem? ber, for the purpose of clearing the criminal docket. Judge Cothran will preside. Mr. and Mrs. {nu Grevy) Wilson of New York thrice married on the same morning-by the civil authority, the Prote:-tact parson, and the Catholic priest. The annual German Scbuetzenfest at Char? leston will be beldon Thursday next, Thanks? giving Day, it having been posponed in April last on account of incomplete arrangements. A Western actor claims that, while perform? ing as Julius Caesar, he is under the spirit con? trol of the dead Emperor, and does nothiug of his own volition. "Well here jjoes," said Jack Buckwalt, tn a Cincinnati saloon : but it was a pistol iu stead of the glass of beer that he raised to his head and emptied. That was his jocose way of committing suicide. ? Mr. J. R. Well?, living at Puckett's Ferry, Laurens County, was fired upon in bis own yard by unknown parties one night last week. Forty-three squirrel shot were lodged in his j legs. j The Christian Advocate, of Charleston, | says that Bishop Wightman lies in a critical condition, his symptoms being more alarming than at any previous period of his illness. Sylvester Johnson was found murdered and partially devoured by buzzards near Finley, in Dyer County, last week. Tt is believed he was murdered for a pair of boots. On Iasf Wedneday two prominent citizens, Messrs. McLaerin and T. B. Braddy, of MarioD County, enacted a sad tragedy, near Little Rock, by tbe former shooting, and mor? tally wounding the latter. Cause, an old j feud. Last Thursday one negro stabbed another to death in Marlboro' County. In the same county Constable Chisolm shot and killed a negro desperado who would not be arrested and also endeavored to shot the constable. The Postmaster-General last Saturday issued an order, to take effect Febuary 1st, revoking section 171, of postal regulations, j which provides for the redemption of postal cards that may be soiled while in the hands j of private parties by printing or otherwise. After the date named postmasters must not redeem postal cards under any circumstances whatever. The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending November 18, 1881: Net receipts at all United States ports during the week 218,061 ; same week last year 255,373; total receipts to this date 1,821,823; to same date last year, 2,043,599. Exports j for the week 115,570; same week last year 113,531, total exports to this date 871,529 ; to same date last year, 1,040,449. Stock at all United States ports 826,037, same time last year 861,237 ; stock at all inferior towns j 160,516 same lime last year 134,725 ; stock at Liverpool 486,000; same time last year 440,000 ; stock of American afloat for Great ?Britain 173,000 ; same time last year 217.000. On dit, that Gen. Sherman wept the other day, after bearing "Marching Through Geor? gia" played at a banquet. His neighbor, Gen. Grant, asked him: "Wherefore dost thou weepl" The Georgia hero answered: "I never was so all fired sorry that I marched through Georgia as I have been in the last five years. Georgia be darned-I hate the name of that old nest of rebels. The people are good enough, but I am listening to that tune for the 3,465,857th time. How would you like, Ulysses," he continued, "to hear that in? fernal melody over three million times ? They have socked it to me from Maine to Texas, and from Florida to Toronto," and here he wept afresh. But Gen. Grant quietly patted the little hero on the sbonlder and said: "Sherry, it i3 only one of the penalties of greatness. I suffer worse than you do Tve bad 7,000,000 cigars given to me because pe?ple think I like to smoke; 824 bull pups, and more horses than I can count. Sherry," continued the General, "whenever I see a horse, a cigar or a bull pup, I feel just as badly as you do, but I never give way to my feelings. I sell 'em-" "Yes," answered Gen. Sherman, between his sobs, "you can sell cigars, ball pups and horses, but I can't sell that d-d tune for five cents." ' Considerable interest was caused at the pas? senger depot Tuesday when the freight train came down, by the spectacle of a white woman and a colored man handcuffed together on their way to the penitentiary for illegal mar? riage. They were from Yorkville, and their trial was a cause celebre. The parties came from North Carolina, and on the trial recent? ly it was claimed that the woman had negro blood in ber veins. Dr. White as an expert examined ber hair and skin under a micro? scope and testified that he could .-ce no evi? dences of mixed blood, though he would not say positively that she was pure white. The jury convicted the couple, and they wore sent to the penitentiary for a year. The woman was comely but had rather a brogan look about ber, and did not seem to be ashamed ei? ther of her companionship or of tbefact that she was on ber way to the penitentiary.-Fairfield News $ Herald. Mr. Robert E. Steele, a well known mer? chant of Richmond, Va., and who was conspicuous in his advocacy of the Daniel ticket, is in Columbia on business, in a casual conversation with a Register reporter yesterday morning be expressed the opinion, founded upon what he had heard in Rich? mond, that emissaries will be sent from Vir- j ginia to South Carolina before long to or- I ganize a party similar to the Mahone party J in thal Stale. lie sa;-s lhere is no that Matione aims to be the ruler, not iu Virginia, but of the entire South will use any means to accomplish hi; Mr. Steele gave us much valuable ioforn concerning political matters, but, b< what we have given above, he does not it published at present.-Columbia Tier November 18. THANKS GIVING DAY. -o Thursday has been set apart, not ou this, but in everyState in the Union as for quiet meditation and prayer, in whit secular business should be suspended every man, woman and child, lift up humble petitions to Almighty God, and emnly and gratefully thank Him for al bountiful blessings He has bestowed every one of us during the past year, every man may have a chance to obej Proclamation,- both of bis President am Governor, and also an opportunity to fi the dictates of his conscience, that he an family might during this day assemble ar tbe/ainily altar and beseech God to ben ful for the ensuing year. To do this necessary that all houses of business be c ; tbat employees might embrace this pi m j It is a notable fact that every city, : and nearly every hamlet in the United S ' close their bouses of business on Christ ! New Tear, the fourth of July and Thank: ' ing Day, and will Sumter, on nextThurs ? prove an exception to a universal cust We think, if our merchants will only loo! this in the right light and also take into stderation that as Christmas comes on I day, and ia all probability the clerks even miss this Holiday, they might close i stores and help their clerks to pray that t collections may be good. WENT OFF* HALF-CO CKE1 -o The Georgetoicn Tune* claimed and bera abroad through its columns last week the first campaign gun for 1882 has 1 fired, and th it, too, at Georgetown. Oui temporary is convinced of this "too previo idea simply, because Judge Mackey whil Georgetown last week holding Court waited upon by some negroes, and a whites to whom he made a speech from hotel piazza. If our esteemed co-temporary is alan for fear that the political ball has really b put in motion, and io consequence the: its valuable .space will be ?taken up in ad' tising gratuitous nominations for tile dil ent offices for 1882, we will act a kindly pi and restore the Times' mental equilibrium merely saying, that as His Honor has a pre ance for speaking rather than quietly chatti therefore this speech more clearly dem strates the Judge's characteristics than it dicates an initiative for the next campaij In regard to the sentiment and purpori this speech it is everytbing but friendly to Democratic Party : first, because it represe ed the State in a most deplorable conditio second, because men could not express th political sentiments without fear of injury person or property ; third, because the av age laborer is so poor and ragged at the e of the year that if he were to attempt to cr< a forty-acre field, and were caught by a bea Northeast wind, he would be whipped death by his rags ! All this and more Juc Mackey attributed to a radical failure of I present administration and avowed that would always be thus, unless there was a nt deal, and a revolution in our politi Which statements, as regards the trnth, ? most egregious failures, and can be viewed the out-croppiegs of Mahoneista. THE S ANTEE AND WINY.V CANAL. Those who are familiar with that porti of the State which lies along the Santee ai its tributaries, have long been convinced the great advantages which would be derive by making an outlet into Winyaw Ba With such an outlet, the trade of Gecrgetov would be greatly increased, and with sor improvement upon the bar, would be one the most important ports upon our coas The facilities for the transportation of cott< and naval stores, which are produced in sm quantities along the river, and which on find a market by comparatively circuito' routes, would be immeasurably cheapened the millions, which are now locked up in tl vast forests which skirt its banks wopld 1 readily developed into active capital ; and tl whole contiguous country, from Columbia : the sea-coast, would receive all the benefi which accrue from a cheap and direct cou merdai thoroughfare. The practicability pf such an improvemei has been so evident, that its inauguration bs been agitated, by those directly interestet for nearly three-quarters of a century, an no less than three charters have been grantee at different times, for the purpose. In fae the Legislature, at one time, was so thorougl convinced of its utility in developing the r< sources of the State, that an appropriation < thirty thousand dollars was made. One bur dred and fifty thousand dollars, it is saic was afterwards spent in the prosecution of th work, but owing lo the unfortunate locatioi of the canal, it was never completed. At the last session of Congress, the matte was taken in baud, and an appropriate was made for the purpose of deepening, an? straightening, the outlet of Santee ir.to Win yaw Bay, through Musquito Creek, and Cap? Jas. ?. Mercer was appointed to take charg I of the work. The proposed improvement, al j lows the safe passage of vessels drawing thir j teen feet of water, and opens to the world th ! vast resources of the Santee, which are nov i blockaded by a seren foot bar. This, of course, like all similar enterprises has met with the sturdy opposition of a few the most conspicuous of whom is Mr. E. I'oi Lowndes. While the matter was before Con gress, these gentlemen had ample opportunity to make known their complaints, and wi suppose they did so, but that body overrulec all objections, and submitted the project t< the River and Harbor Committee, and upor their recommendation, it ordered the wort io be commenced. Not long since a complain' was made by Mr. Lowndes, that the influx o salt water, occasioned by the deepening o Musquito creek, was injurious 'o the cultiva? tion of rice upon thc adjacent lauds, and ask? ed that the work on the proposed Canal bt not begun, and that the question of the besi means of carrying out the act of Congress bc j again considered. This coaimunication wai forwarded by Senators IJamptou and Butler to the War Department, with a recommenda? tion that the work be suspended; and an in? vestigation be made with regard to Mr. Lowndes' complaints. An action, so extra ! ordinary, is well calculated to awaken sur } prise. Whv a commission was not appointed j to ascertain the damage sustained by Mr. j Lownde , and those damages paid without I a cessation of operations, as is thc well known I custom, established hy law. where it is clearly j proven that the work occasioning the damage j is of benefit to the public, has not been shown. The dissatisfaction with regard to the action of Senators Hampton and Hutler, is aggrava? ted by the fact, that Mr. Low.ides does not own a ?bot of rice land, and his entire real estate (all of which can scarcely be damaged hy thc canal) is valued by himself, at less than four thousand dollars. The damage, sus? tained, in the case of this gentleman, is not of''sufficient gravity," lo delay a work of such vast importance to the pu bf ic, as is the canal in question. We hope that the difficul? ty may be speedily adjusted and the work re? sumed. TKIAL OF GUITEAU. -o Another Attempt to Kill Him. -o Guiteau, the assassin, is now being tried before Judge Cox, for the murder of President Garfield, tht district attorney and Judge Por? ter, of New York, and Walter D. Davidge, of Washington, for the prosecution, and Mr. Scoville and Leigh Robinson fur thc defense. Tbe prisoner has been very troublesome in? terrupting the proceedings cf the Court and delaying the business as much as possible. In a speech which he prepared for delivery be? fore the Court Guiteau said that he is charged with murdering one James A. Garfield. Nothing can be more absurb, because General Garfield died of Malpractice. General Gar? field was a good man, but a weak politician. Being President he was in a position to do vast barm to the Republic, and he was doing it by the unwise disposition of patronage, and the Lord and himself took the responsibility of removing him : that his duty to the Lord and to the American people overcame his personal feeling towards General Garfield, and he sought to remove him. Not being a marksman General Garfield was not fatally shot, but incompetent physicians finished the work, and they, not himself, are resposible for his death. He then speaks of the breach in thc Republi? can party, and bis resolve to remove the President, and claims that duty ordered hi m to are the shot. He refers to his work on theology, iusaniiy in his family, his married life, aud his life in prison, and appeals to ? those whom he says he bas put in position and to the general public to send him money for his defense. Whiie Guiteau was being taken back to jail on Saturday afternoon, a roan on horse? back rode up beside the van and fired a shot at Guiteau. The bali grazed his arm, and the roan rode"off and escaped. The van then proceeded to the jail and Guiteau was taken out in a state of great ex? citement. He exclaimed : "I have been shot. Notify Major Brock at once. Tell him to ar? rest the scoundrel and have him dealt with as be deserves " On examination, it was found that the ball had just grazed Guiteau's left wrist, inflicting a mere scratch. The ball struck the opposite side of the van and fell upon the floor, where it was found on reaching the jail. The announcement of the attempt upon Guiteau's life created intense excitement upon the streets, and all sorts of rumors were at once in circulation. The would-be killer was seen about the court house that afternoon and attempted to getadraission during the day, but failed. He was also seen to mount his horse near the court house soon after the van left, ! and ride leisurely after it. It was rumored j that be hailed from Minois, but there seems to be no foundation for the report, lt was i whispered in the crowd without the court house just previous to adjournment that to-day would be tbe last day of the trial. A young man named Jones, living in the country, near Washington known as a "crank,'' has been arrested as the man who j fired at Guiteau. [For the Watchman and Southron.J Messrs Editors: The time has arrived, when it is incumbent on every democrat to boldly announce his opinion, in order to meet the ! adversaries of his party, who are ever wide j awake. I have noticed, in the Spirit of the j Times, some communications between "Fair ? Play," and "Jeffersonian Democrat." "Fair j Play," in an article on Sept. 3d, made an un- I called for, and slanderous attack npon the ? democratic party, which was noticed by "Jef- ! fersonian Democrat" in h?s articles of Sept. j l?th, and Nov. 5th, and which in the opin- j ion of your correspondent, completely used up "Fair Play," in truth, and in argumeot, I and in a manner whieh showed that the Lein j Law, which is a good one, is not accountable ! for the great clamor which is raised against j it. The Legislature should let it stand, just \ as it is, but in order to serve and benefit the great mass of our people, they should pass a ? law which will break the main-spring of the I machinery which has been at the foundation I of all the complaints and distress of the poor j and colored people. You may, perhaps, ask j how this can be done. The way is simple, easy, just and wise. The duty of the Legisla- ! ture is to legislate for the good of thc whole people, and not for certain classes. Now be? lieving the Lein Law to be wise and good, inasmuch as it protects the merchant, the farmer and the land owner, the Legislature should passa strict law against usury, in order to benefit *he laborer, the poor, and all classes. This having been done, tbe Lein Law will prove a blesafug to the whole people. Your correspondent has .^card great com? plaints against the co-fence law', as it is call? ed, and against the Legislators, for passing such a law. Some of the demoralized sore? heads, who want to get a chance to go into the radical ranks, are going so far as to de? clare that they will never support the Demo- j eratic party again Now we believe the in-; tention of the Legisture'was good, there being : a large portion of the State which demanded ! such a law. But your correspondent believes ? they were in error in doing this lt is thought j by many to be unjust, and those opposing it, ! contend that it is a law passed for the benefit j of the rich, and for the ruin of the poor, they claim too, that it has occasioned a heavy tax j ata time when the people cannot afford to ! pay it. Such arguments are used un-1 righteously against the Democratic party, j Your correspondent is aware of the pressure i that was brought to bear upon the mind of | the Legislature by the great demand of the ) upper counties of the State for such a law, i but the facts as stated above are hard to get j round, so far as our members are concerned, j The Democratic party, however, is by no j means chargeable for this. There is a" law ! which caa be passed, that will be just and j right, and will benefit all classes, and at the ' same time will completely remove all j'ist j cause of complaint by rich or poor. We know that this may seem a bold assertion, but we ? expect to be able to verify it. Every one | knows the labor and expense incurred by our ! j farmers in building their fences, and thc la? bor required each ye ir to repair them, before the crops are planted. We have no-doubt that this yearly expense amounts to half a J million of dolla. This burden should be lightened. Those who own a large quan ? tity of stock, and no land, are the loud? est in their complaints of an injustice, which J thev say, deprives the poor from the benefit ! of the range, and consequently from keeping ! ! stock of any kind. There are many, too who j rightly complain of the heavy tax emailed by j ! the building of the County fence. This gives ; j the Republicans and sore-heads what they i I consider plausible arguments against the ! ! Democratic party, which, as befcre-said, is j ? by no means responsible. Those who pay j j very little for the support of the government, j j are loud in their demands for a repeal of the . j law. Here your correspondent joins them, ; ! demanding a repeal of the said law. He goes j ! further and demands a repeal of every law per- j ; taming to fences which is npon our statute ! I book. This being done, he recconimeods a j j law to be passed which will redound to the ' j good of the whole people. Let the Legisla-j ture, after repealing every existing statute re- j laling tn fences, pass an act, protecting the! crops of all classes, color and condition?, from j the trespass of the stock of their neighbors, I under penalty of damages. Such a I.uv xviii ! deprive no person of his rights, allowing those ! who wish to build fences, to do so, and at the I same time it would silence the clamor of those ! who desi re the ra nge ow ned by their neigh- : hors, which they have no right to enjoy. It ; would completely du away with the necessity j of expending hall" a million of dollars lo fence out cattle, belonging to those who pay very little into the treasury of the State, it would relieve the tax payer of an unnecessary bur? den in building County fences; it would re? lieve the colored man of the labor of repair? ing the fences around the farm he rents, and it would deprive those croakers who array themselves against our party, of th means for gettiug up arguments against us. which the no-fence opponents are in the habit of do? ing, for instance: that the poor will bc ruined by depriving them of the benefit ot the range, ai though ihe said range is the property of others. This law would not iniure the poor tuan, it would only force him to mind his stock, and prevent damage to tbf crops of bis neighbor. This would be a light burden, compared to tuc thousands which are annual? ly spent to protect farmers from damage, by stock. Le' the Legislature pass this act, and the enemies of good govern .ment would be si? lenced^: so far as it is concerned. It would disjoint-some cf the plans of the party, op? posed to Democracy-one or which is to force a division, and bring forward an Indepen? dent ticket. This would suit the unworthy office-seekers, and al! the sore-heads, who profess to be democrats. lint should thc Legislature pass this act, it w"uk? cause the good und wise of .-ill classes, to invoke the blessings of Heaven upon the Legislative bo'Iv. that would give them such a law. JUSTICE. 1 LETTER FROM TEXAS. -o LAREDO. TEXAS, Nov. 7, 1881. Editors Watchman and Southron : This is to fulfil my promise of writing a let ter for your paper. And the reasons for so late a date are these : "We arrived in Troy ! Ala., Saturday, Sept, 3 ; but there I left my family and convalescing child, Sept. 13. Iar I rived alone in Laredo, Sept. 17 ; left, to at? tend Presbytery and Synod. Oct. 3; and, hav? ing joined my family on the way, came with I them to Laredo, Oct. 29. So I have not been j much in Laredo, to learn much concerning j it. j This is a country great in extent. In go I ing to and from these ecclesiastical meetings, I travelled 1,000 miies. The Presbytery met nearly 200 miles away, and" the Synod over 400. (I must stop to say that my host at Corsicana, Texas, was James Blinding, Esq., j a native of your town. I felt from the first as j if I were with an old friend. I would tell his j Sumter friends that they may well rejoice in ; bis life and success ; and I am sore that they wouldjfeel for him the same congratulation as I, were they to enjoy the hospitality and society of Mrs. B. ) But the country more immediately around Laredo has not the far-famed fertility of Texas lands. It is a loose sandy level, pro? ducing little but cactus and a kind of brush? wood, and is unfit for farming. But it is well adapted to sheep-raising, which ?3 the princi? pal industry. This the basis of Laredo's wealth, together j with deposits of an inferior coal in these re? gions, and a favorable situation for trade I with Mexico. That it bas a sure foundation on which to build is seen in the fact that it had about 4,000 inhabitants and much solid wealth before the present railroad boom. There were men here who counted their .vealth by the ten or even hundred thousands ; and that wealth was sheep ranches, real estate in town, and mercantile interests. And now the incoming railroads are rapidly increasing, while they make sure for the future, the com? mercial importance of Laredo. The Texas Mexican railway (narrow-guage) is under con? struction between this place and the City of Mexico ; and this conir iy bas already a line completed from Corpus Jbristi, on the Gulf, to Laredo, something over 150 miles. Nar? row-guage roads, to connect with this system, are projected from Laredo up the Rio Grande, from the northern part of the State to Laredo, ^this is partly built, and passes through Corsicana,) and from Galveston. This entire system of narrow-guage roads is to connect Mexico, through Laredo, with Chi? cago and the North. Another system (broad guage) that no\v runs cars between St. Louis j and San Antonio, will, in a few weeks, have I their line extended from San Antonio to La I redo, 150 miles to the south-west of San An? tonio. This company will extend their line ! into the fertile parts of Mexico. Other roads from Laredo into Mexico are possibilities; and a local road out to the coal mines (in j Texas) is under construction. Laredo, there? fore, is a growing railroad centre. It has now I nearly 6,000 inhabitants; and New Laredo, which is on the opposite and Mexican bank of ! the Rio Grande, has 3,000 or 4,000. But most of the population is Mexican, j though the American element is now pouring in ; and the houses have not fiat convenience, ! comfort and elegance which you enjoy in Sumter, yet there are here a few handsome brick residences of recent American construc? tion. The house which we occupy is midway between the usual Mexican and American ! style of houses. It has three rooms, one | rather large. Two of the floors are brick, | and one is plank. Originally the house was i one room, the walls of rock, and 18 or more inches thick. The added rooms are brick ! walls a foot or more in thickness. It is white- j washed within, and canvas is stretched out j \ over-head for ceiling. A chimney to receive ? ! a stove pipe is provided in each room? There j I is glass in the windows, and green blinds. : When we get a carpet or matting on the floor, j stove up, furniture here, etc., we shall be com- j j fortable. But the goods which we shipped 1 from Sumter over two months ago, had not J j been heard of nearly two weeks ago in San i Antonio, from which place they must come in i I wagons; and furniture that we bought there ! i as we all came on, will not reach ns for perhaps j ! a week yet. The neighbors are kind, and have ! lent us bedding, furniture, and even water, j One gave me a water-barrel, holding 40 gal i luns, and worth in the market here SD. For j having this barrel filled with water I pay 10c. I Wood is $5 a cord. But not everything is ? so dear. Groceries, and heavy articles gen? erally, are high in price; but dry goods are as cheap as in Sumter. If we only ate dry goods--. We havb a well regulated police and a quiet towu. There i?.a sm?:Uand rapidly increas? ing circle of the best society. I am much en? couraged in my work. As in Sumter, there is not much religion among the T^vn here; but there were four men at the last prayer ? meeting,(which is as good as the Presbyteri?.n ! prayer-meeting in Sumter,) and the female membership of our church are excellent workers. I think we shall be better pleased with our home than we expected. The two great draw? backs here are heat and dust. Our house is in a situation to miss most of the dust, and to receive the constant river breeze. We are right on the river bank ; and the view up and down the river and across to New Laredo is one of varied beauty. Hardly anytning is lovelier than a sunset on the Rio Grande, as seen from our door. And the ladies of our party say that the moonlight is sweeter here than anywhere in the world. With many kind memories of our Sumter friend's, and the wish that they all may be as comfortable and happy as we are here on the Mexican border, I am with respect, F. P. RAMSAY. The Seventh Comet of the Year. Director Swift, of the Warner Astronomi? cal Observatory Rochester, N. Y., at ll o'clock P. M. of the 12th inst, discovered a fai'it, round, tailless comet in the constellation Cas? siopeia, which has a Right Ascension of 1 hour 50 minutes and a Declination north 71 degrees with a motion slowly westtvard. This is the seventh comet which lias been discover? ed since the first of May last, four of which meeting the conditions of the fund, have re? ceived the Warner Prize of S200, Prof. Swift procuring the first and last award. Inasmuch as the comet of 1812 is expected in the quar? ter in which this ore appeared, Prof. Swift is not sure at present that the stranger may not be ihe familiar comet which was discover? ed by Pons. _. . - i i mmmm Moses Thompson became a hundred years ! old a few days ago. His is a negro, and for 1 haifa century has been a preacher, most of I tiie time in Arkansas. His people regarded j him as an inspired prophet, and he ruled them in religious matters like an autocrat. He said that was exempt from death, but i i ou his hundredth birthday ?would ascend j bodily and resplendently to heaven. A large j crowd assembled at Lonokc in an open field in ex prc - ';on of a supernatural spectacle. [ Thompson ..orea white robe, and was very J ecstatic, singing, praying, and exhorting by j the hour, ile was to risc a t noon according j to his programme, and he attributed tHe ? failure to a raia storm which was at that j time raging; but the people could not bc per- ? suaded that so importan an affair would bc j postponed on account of rain, and they jeered and chased away their prophet. Humbugged Again. I saw so much said about the merits of Hop j Bitters, and my wife who was always doctor- ; ing, and never well, teased me so urgently to ? get her some I concluded to be humbugged i again ; and I am glad I did, for in less than ; two months usc of thc Hitters my wife was' cured and lias reniaiaed so for eighteen months '? since. 1 iike.-s.ucli humbugging, - II. T., St. j Paul.-Pion eer I 'r es ?. We continue to act. as Solicitors for Patents. Caveats, rrade Marks. O'lpyrigbts. etc.. for ihf? United States, Canada. Cuba, Kncrland, France. Germany, etc. "VVe tiavebad lliirty-jivc years? experience. Patentsobtained lr-n- ;:li us are noticed in tbeSci EXTlxiC A M KUI CAN". Tiiis !ar<:e ana splendid illus? trated woeklypa!>er.$3.20r /ear,showsthe ?"rogress 3f Seicr.ee, is very interesting,and basan enormous .irculatiun. Address MUNN & CO., Patent Solid .ors. Pub's, of SctKSTJElC AMERICAN, 37 Park Kow, S'ewYorl:. Hand book about Patents free. Coup Thoroughly Endorsed-His Show Pronounced the Largest and Best in the World-A Paris Hippodrome Coming. Although frequently announced, no real and genuine hippodrome such as that connected with W. C. Coup's United Monster Shows has ever appeared in the South. Since his show visited the South last season he has increased it to enormous proportions. One of the most grand, novel and exciting features added being a magnificent Paris hip? podrome, with a race-track, completely encir? cling three circus rings, forty feet wide and nearly haifa mile round, employing over two hundred artists and a tribe of Indians. Coup has a grand menagerie besides, aod uses nine bands of Music. His museum is also splendid, requiring a dozen engines to operate the dif? ferent features. "Every statement made in the principal an? nouncement was fulfilled to the letter * * * The general verdict is : The largest and best that ever pitched tents in Philadelphia." * * * Enquirer. April Ttb, 1881. "W. C. Coup's mammoth four-riDg circus, menagerie and Paris hippodrome, arrived in this city yesterday on three immense trai?s, to each of which were attached two locomo? tives, the combined length of the several train3 was nearly a fnll mile. * * Perfectly immense does not express it."-Lou?vile Cou? rier-Journal, May 30, 1881. "The feats of Lu Lu, the dive of Geraldine, the wonderful Zulus, the three circus compa? nies, all going on simultaneously in three immense circus rings, terminating with tho novel and exciting hippodrome and chariot races , are enough to sharpen the appetite of the most plethoric. * * * Coup bas veri? tably distanced all competitors, and will win the plaudits of admiring thousands wher? ever he may pitch bis tents." * * * Bos? ton Transcript, April, 26th, ISSI. "Taken together, W. C. Coup's show is the biggest and grandest that ever visited Chica? go, * * To say that the circus is the lar? gest ever seen, does not convey half un idea it completely dwarfs all preceding shows." * * * Chicago Tribune, June 22, ?881. "Every night Mr. Coup bas turned away multitudes of people. * * * We repeat it at the risk of becoming stale, that Coup's is the best show in the country, if not in the world."- Cincinnati Gazette, May 29, 1881. Coup's Great Show and Paris Hippodrome which opened in the Madison Square Garden last night, is the most stupendous and magni? ficent amusement enterprise ever before organ? ized on this continent. Let the tocsin go forth to the world, until its sound fills every portion thereof, that the man who projected the great New York Hippodrome building s.r.1 who brings back to it now the best show in America, is the manager whose fame should be resounded to the uttermost parts of' the earth."-SM?. September 7th, 1881. "Coup bas entitled himself to the gratitude of New Yorkers forever. Be has brought us the largest, most varied, and best show ever given in the metropolis of the Empire State." Times, September 7th. 1881. A great Obligation. "I am idebtsd for my life" says Judge F. M. Brooks, of Columbus, Ga., "to Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure." ^mtt II i A couple of country darkies, while in town the other da}-, in attendance upon court, bought a ginger cake apice, and as they sat down to enjoy the feast, one remarked to the other, "I say, Mose what you speck our wives would think ef dey knowed we wuz on sich a spree as dis?"-Georgetown Times. Ayer's Pills promote digestion, improve the appetite, restore healthy action and regulate the secretive functions of the body, thus pro? ducing a condition of perfect health. . NOTICE TO TOWN PROPERTY OWNERS. CLERK AND TREASURER'S OFFICE, SUMTER, S. C., Nov. 21, 1881. Your Town taxes are due and payable this present month of November. Your immediate attention is requested. C. M. HURST, Nov 22 Clerk and Treas. W. C. & A. RAILROAD Si ALE -OF Unclaimed Freight -AT Sumter, St C.5 December 5, 1881. By H. L. DARE, Auctioneer. ON MONDAY, THE 5TH DAY OF DE? CEMBER NEXT, I shall sell at public auction for cash, for account and by direction of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta R. R Co., the following freight unclaimed or refused, viz : ARTICLES LEFT AT SUMTER: Bag Clover Seed-Col. Bobo, Nov. 6 1880. Two Mill-Stones-W. R. Delgar, Nov. 9 1880. Bbl. Dried Apples-J. F. Drake. Iron Casting, and Stove Reservoir- T. C. Scaife. Bdl. of Stove Grates-no mark. LEFT AT WEDGEFIELD : Bag of Coffee-H. W.. Nev. 24. Two Rolls of Bagging-DO mark. LEFT AT M A YES VILLE : Box of Tobacco-McLeod & Co., August 7 18S0. Box of Canned Salmon-H. B. Holleman, Nov. 13 1830. Bbl. Cf Oranges-A. "Woods. Oue Circu.'ar Saw-R. Witherspoon. Lot of Windol weights-W. H. Phillips. LEFT AT LYNCHBURG: Box of Medicines-H. H. Player, June 6 1879. . , Two Boxes and One Bag nf Chemicals-C. II. Durant, 1 .March 1880: One Wheel-W. H. Areat, August 28, 1SS0. Ten Boxes of Lye-J. E. Byrd, Timmons ville, November 19, 1380. Bed and Bedding-H. Miller, November' 1880. Lot of Castings-no mark. By order of SOL. HAAS, G. F. A. H. L. DARR, Auctioneer. November 1 4t DUCKER & BlilTM? YOU GAN GET CHOICE MESS SALMON, CHOICE No. 1 MESS MACKEREL, CHOICE SMOKED HALIBUT, BONELESS CODFISH, CHOICE MESS MACKEREL IN 51b TINS, MAILLARD'S COCOA, BROMA, AND CHOCOLATE, ROAST BEEF IN CANS, SHRIMPS, BRAWN, TURKEY AND .MACARONI IN CANS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES OF ALL KINDS, IN CANS, CHOICE TEAS AND COFFEES, THE BEST ASSORTMENT OF CRACKERS AND CANDIES, ( ALL AND SEE OUR Complete Stock of GROCERIES, WHICH WE ARE Selling at Bottom Prices. Call carly and often, and oblige. DUCKER & 8ULTM?N. Nov. li FOR SALE OR RENT. ITV RESIDENCE AND LOT of land em JLTJL bracing thirty-one acres, iu the suburbs ot the Towri of Sumter For further information apply to or ad? dress*, N1. G. OSTEEN, Sumter, S. C. SHERIFF'S SALES. BY VIRTUE OF SUNDRY EXECUTIONS, to me directed, will be sold at Sumter Court House, on the '* 3 RST MONDAY and day following in DECEMBER, ISSI, within legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property-purchasers to pay for titles : ISO Acres of land, more or less in Sumter Couuty. adjoining lands now or formerly of James Goings, Duke Lackey, and others, levied upon as the property of James Smiling, under an Execution of William Lynum, against James Smiling. 300 Acres of land, more or less, in Sumter County, adjoining lands now or formerly of E. R. Goodman, J. W. Thornhill, R. Welsh, Estate Locklear, and others, levied upon as the property of Wm. K. McElveen, under an Execution of Oswell Reeder, agaiost Wm. K. McElveen. One bale Cotton seized as the property of Tim Frierson. under Warrant of Attachment under Agricultural Lien of L, M. Foxworth vs. Tim Frierson. One bale of Cotton seized as the property of Jack Johnson under Warrant of Attach? ment, under Land Rent and Agricultural Lien of Joshua Myers and Kingman & Holman vs. Jack Johnson. 500 pounds Seed Cotton, 15 Bushels of Corn, 15 Bushels of Rice, 5 Bushels of Peas, 2,000 lbs. of Hay and Fodder more or less, seized as the property of Lott Dick, under warrant of Aitachment. under LandRentLien of Gabriel Wright vs. Lott Dick. 3,000 pounds of Seed Cotton, 175 Bushels of Cotton Seed. 35 Bushels of Cern, 5 BusLels of peas, 1,000 pounds fodder all more or lesa, seized as the property of Osborne WiHiams, under Warrant of Attachment, under Agri? cultural Lien of W. J. J. Hancock against Osborne Williams. 3,000 pounds Seed Cotton, 75 Bushels of Cotton Seed and 200 pou ads Fodder, all more or less, seized as the property of Perry Din kins, under Warrant of Attachment, under Agricultural Lien of F. H, McEachern & Co., vs. Perry Dinkins. 800 pounds Seed Cotton and 400 pounds Fodder, all more or less, seized as the proper? ty of Joseph O. Frierson under Warrant of Attachment, under Land and Agricultural Liens of Myles Moran, and R. D. Reid & Co,, vs. Joseph O Frierson . One bale of Cotton, seized as the property of Jones Bowman, under Warrants of At? tachments, under Agricultural Liec3 of J. W. Budd and W. L. Arthur & Bro., vs. Jones Bowman. 1,000 pounds Seed Cotton, more or less, seized as the property of Wallace Nixon, un? der Agricultural Lien of F. H. McEachern & Co., vs. Wallace Nixon. One bale of Cottoo, 15 Bushels Corn, 20 Bushels Cotton Seed, 50 pounds Seed Cottoo 500 pounds Fodder, all more or less, seized as the pioperty of Augustus Ca?ser, under War? rant of Attachment, under Agricultural Lien of Mrs M. E. Keels vs. Augustos Cosar. 4,500 Lbs. Seed Cotton, 1,000 pounds Corn I Tops and Fodder, all more or less, seized as j the property of T. P. Galloway, under War- j rant of Attachment, under Agricultural Lien of M. Marco, vs. T. P. Galloway. R. W. DURANT, S.S. C. Sheriff's Office, Nov. ll 1881. Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. James E. Remberi. Executor nf James Rembert, deceased, Plaintif, against Mrs. Jane Barrett, defendant-Fore? closure of Mortgage. . UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of a Decretal order made in said cause, I will offer for sale at public auction before the Court House of said County, on Salesday in Decem- j ber, next, (beiug Monday, December 5, ISSI,) j between the hours of 11 o'clock in the fore- ! noon and 3 o'clock in the afternoon All that parcel or tract of land containing nine hundred and thirty-three (933) acres, more or less, situated in the County of Sum- i ter, in said State, bounded on the North by land of "Britton Dorrity," land of t:Tyr3" ; Stokes, land occupied by Joshua Bradshaw, j and by Tract No. 1 on a plat of Estate of James Rembert, deceased, made September j 23d. 1SV6, by E. L. Spencer, Surveyor; on ? the Ease bj said Tract No. 1 ; on the South j by a tract of laud designated as No. 3, on said j plat, and on the West by land of William j Johnson ; said tract cf land having formed ! a part of the Real Estate of said James Rem? bert, deceased, and is represented as No. 2, on j above mentioned plat. Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchasers to pav for all necessary papers. GUIGNA RD RICHARDSON, Mov 8 Master. Master's Sale, THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. F. W. Wagener & Co., vs. R. E. Smith-Foreclosure of Mortgage. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above cause, I will sell at public auction, before the Court House in the town of Sumter, in said County and State, on Salesday in December next, (Monday, the otb,) between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the following described premises, to wit: All that tract of land situate in said Coun? ty and State, containing two hundred acres, I more or less, adjoining lands now or formerly i of William Keels. John Cole and others, and j known as the <:Gibbs Tract." Terms of sale-Cash. The purchaser to pay for all necessarv papers. GUIGN?RD RICHARDSON, Nov. 8: 1831 Master. Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Abu fr D. "Witherspoon, Assignee, Plaintiff, against, Charles S. Ea nerton, Defendant-Foreclosure. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in ! the above cause", I will sell at public j auction, before the Couf'- House in the town of Sumter, in said County ?nd State, on Sale day:io December next, (Monday, the 5tb,:) j hetween the hours of ll o'clock in the fore? noon and 3 o'clock in the afternoon, ?be fol? lowing described premises, to wit : All that tract of land, lying and being io the County and State aforesaid, containing one hundred and sixty-six and two-thirds acres, bounded on the North and North-west by par? cel of one hundred acres conveyed by said Charles S. Eagerion to Elijah Parker, on the North-east by lands formerly of C. C. Porter, and now of-King; on the South-east by lands formerly of John McDonald, and on the South-west by lands formerly of C. C. Porter. Terms of sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. GU?GNARD RICHARDSON, Nov 8 Master, FREIGHT PAID. Richards' Dry Goods Syndicate* A COMBINATION OF CAPITAL UNPARALLELED IN THE HISTORY OP DRY GOODS. Holding (he Largest Monied and Manufacturing Interests 'J Euroy? und America. ONE QUARTER OF A MILLION HANDLED IN FIVE MONTHS. Acknowledging no criterion save thc weight of its own mighty success. Ignoring Competition and Leveling the Prices of Dry Goods Toa scale commensurate with the wants of thc country-rendering happy the hearth? stones of our people, but sweeping to min. with chilling blasts, the unlucky merchant who dares defy its irre? sistible sway. Parties at a distanc?: de iring samples and ? price lists can secure 'Sum when desired. Express Freights wi!! bc prepaid or; orders of $'20 or over, at retail, to any depot. Wholesale rates for South levelled to East? ern quotation?. 7. RICHARDS & BRO., Managers, AUGUSTA, GA. Scp 27 2 WANTED. ABOOK-KEEPER, One who is competent to keep a set of double-eutry books, and is willing to mike himself genera Uv use? ful. Address MERCHANT, Nov 15 Sumter, S. C. HAR BY BROS., SALE ANO FEED STABLES. STOCK. lust received this 27tb October, One Car Load well broke nice driving Horses, among them several matched pairs. BUGGIES. Emerson, Fisher & Co.:s open and Top Bug? gies. Also other desirable brands. WAGONS k full line of Milburn Wagons, and Wilson, Childs & Co.'s Wagons. HARNESS. Double and Single Buggy and Wagoo Harness, GRAIN. Prime White Corn. Prime Mixed Corn. Prime Feed Oats at 75c. Prime Timothy H&y atS1.60. Wheat Bran $1 75 per lOOiba. Always on hand a full line of feed stuff of all kinds. _Give us a call. Removal. P. & A. J. MOSES Have Removed into their New Stables on Liberty Street. ON HAND. One Car-load Well-broke Driving and Draft Horses, and One Car-load Well broke Moles, Large and Small. OUR LIVERY. Our Business in this Line Will be Con? tinued with Increased Facilities. Special Bargains on Hauling Contracts. PURCHASERS Will find it to their interest to eall and examine Stock before buying elsewhere. Sept. 27 PROVISIONS OF ALL KINDS ARE HIGH ; but the cheapest place to buy is at ALTAMONT MOSES9. NO SECOND-CLASS GOODS SOLD. EVERYTHING WARRANTED AS REP resented. Full weights and honest measure, at ALTAMONT MOSES*. CAN-GOODS, GROCERIES OF ALL KINDS, HAMS, " Strips, Bacon, Mackerel and OREGON SALMON. All cheap, ai ALTAMONT MOSES.? GLASSWARE, OF HANDSOME PATTERNS, and ?any designs, very cheap, at ALTAMONT MOSES.5 CROCKERY, "N GREAT ABUNDANCE. Tea Sets of 56 pieces, for $5 00. at ALTMONT MOSES.? FANCY FLOWER POTS, AND HANGING BASKETS, at ALTAMONT MOSES.? LARGE ASSORTMENT ?y FINE KNIVES, GUNS and PISTOLS, ALTAMONT MOSES.3 HARNESS, ^TTfrnPS, SADDLES and BRIDLES, very \ \ cheap, at ALTAMONT MOSSS*. SHOES, \ T ASTONISHINGLY LOW FIGURES, JX at ALTAMONT MOSES' DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS, ALMOST GIVEN AWAY, at _ALTAMONT MOSES*. MEN'S, YOUTHS', BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING, in best styles, and lowest figures, ai ALTAMONT MOSES?. PALMETTO SHIRT ?1 AA BEST EVER OFFERED AT _ ALTAMONT MOSES?. 700 Bushels Red Rust Proof Oats. ~AA BUSHELS CORN, OUU Large stock of BACON, FLOUR, MEAL, GRIST, SUGAR and COFFEE. Ali offered low, at ALTAMONT MOSES?. COTTON. BEING IN RECEIPT OF LARGE OR ders for Cotton bv foreign buyers, I am prepared to pay highest prices for the staple. ALTAMONT MOSES?. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, LAURA E. LACOSTE, (Wid? ow.) of said County and State, has made .mit to me to grant her Letters of Administra lion. Of tho Estate and effects of SAMUEL N. LACOSTE, deceased, these are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular; the kindred and creditors of thc said Sarauel N. Lacoste, late of said County in sa'd State, deceased, that they be and appear before n?e, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter, on 30th Novem? ber, ISSI, after publication hereof, a* ll o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granad. Given under roy hand, this 15th day of Octo? ber, A. D , ISSI. T. V. WALSH, November 15-2t Judge of Probate. GRAHAM'S STABLES, REPUBLICAN-STREET, JUST ARRIVED One Car Load of CELEBRATED Old Hickory Wagons,! Manufactured by the Kentucky Wajzon Manu- ? facturiog Company, of Louisville. Ky. ? They are made ot the best material, by j skilled workmen. Every Wagon sold guar- ! :\ntecd for 12 months. They run lighter, and j lire in every respect as good as any Wagon j made, while at the same time their price is as ' low as Wagons of inferior grade. Also, on hand, a fine assortment of BUGGIES, OF ALL STYLES AND GRADES, At pi ices to suit the times. JUST ARRIVED ONE CAR LOAD OF Fine Kentucky Horses, j some of them extra good drivers-selected j with care for this market. Oct i5 W. M. GRAHAM. ! ff A.LL -AND STOCK, 1881. My Stock is now comple -IN Every Department. -AND - Has been carefully selected in person, with the view of pleasing all Tn Quality and Prices. Large Assortment -IN L4D?ES1 mm GOODS, Grood Quality Wool Cashmeres AT 12$ AND 15 CTS. Ladies' Cloaks, in great variety. Ladies' Shawls, all kinds ?nd prices. Largest Stock of Gents' and Boys' CLOTHING ever offered, and at Low Down Prices. Best assortment of HS Ail (MITERS, at various pricesi Full assortment of HARDWARE, SADDLERY, HARNESS, Carpetings, &c. GROCERIES -AND Canned Goods. IN GREAT VARIETY, ?? And at lowest prices for 5rst qoalitj^H goods. - CALL AND EXAMINE A. A. Solomons. Sep* 20 BULTMANN & BBQ. SUMTER. & C. invite tire attention of their ftneoJb tm? th* public generell? So- ti. LARGEST STOCK THEY HAVE EVER BAD,. Vfh)eh hos heea parshoseti with great ears> with the view of ?aittag all daittt ci fen jere, both in quality/ aad price. Those who want THE BEST GOOQS Fffft IKE LEAST MWEf, are invited to eall and be convinced that the tb? pkce to get theta ?? ot tbe store of BULTMANN ? BROTHER. Tb ose who have not settled their old accounts will please do so at onee. April 8 MRS. WHITE & MISS MILLER WOULD INVITE Tbe attention of tbe Ladies gene* rally, their WELL SELECTED STOCK OF FALL ASID WINTSE MILLINERY, -CONSISTING OF BONNETS, HATS, FEATHERS? POMPONS, RIBBONS AND TRIMMINGS, XS VARIETY. New (taris irriri&j E wy Week I Orders from the country preoptfy ?tedk Oct 25 J. Ik CRAIGS FUaNITFBB UNDERTAKING ES TA BL ISH??I?T, Sumter, SC (ESTABLISHED IN 1856.) AFULL ASSORTMENT OF FURNITURE constantly in store, at prices to suit the times. BED ROOM SETTS, WARDROBES, Bureaus, Wash Stands, Tables, Bedsteads, Chairs, Sofas, Lounge?, Safes, Sideboards, Looking Glasses, WbatN ots, Wall Bracked, Cbromos, Window Shades and Fixture?, Picture Lames, Cord, Tassels, Picture Glass, Window Glass, Putty, Mattresses, lc, &c. THE UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT, IS FULL Ah'D COMPLETE, COFFINS AND CASKETS of all descrip? tions and sizes constantly in store at prices ranging For Adults-from $5 to 125. For Children-from S3 to 45. My special personal attention, day by day, is cfven to this business, in all its departments, and satisfaction guaranteed in every case. NOF 19