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VOL. XX WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY 19, 1870. NO 37. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, ( ESTA Ul, ?SHED ISf 1850.) !. J? UBI. HUED BVKItY WBDNB9DAY IUOICN ItVO AT SUMTER, S. Ct BY GI Ml IS KT Sc FLOWKKSi One ytar...*.] JJ ,S|? MVMllhH./. I ?a Throe months.?. * A I) VKUTI SK M liNTS inserted at tl?? rat? ,.t ONE DOLLAK ANO FIFTY CENTS p?r t uiro fer th? first, ONE DOLLAR for th? .Ltn>\, mi?! FIFTY CUNTS for ??oh subsequent iniT'ioii. for ?nv period less thun three month? OillTUAKIES, TKIIIUTE8 OF RESPECT nu I ?til ooirtroUtlleilllons which subnerre private Int reit?, will *'*> l"*bl lor ns advertisements. ew-'-"-.-1 [Frmn tho New Yoik Times.] lUttS. STOWIMtSKCOND IVA II HA 11 vii. We roftrqt to bc compelled nt the outset to slate our opinion that tho rep ulai ?on which will su lier most hy this new "rcvolalion" [Mrs. Stowe'? vindica? tion "I her statement concerning Lord jjyrou und Mrs. heigh] is that of Mr?. Stowe herself. Not only hat? she no new evidence ol an)' kind to oiler, but she involves li erm* 11* in so strange a mesh of contradict hms and inconsistencies that at la*t she stands bet?r?? u< like a prose, eui ur u ho feels himself bound to press I li e charge even tiller he has discovered thc innocence ui .he accused. She seizes upon every straw that comes in her way ?She puta her own interpreta? tion upen passages in Lord Byron's wri? tings lor the purpose of identifying the poet with thc oreutious of his fancy. She contradicts her former ''true story" j nbc contradicts tho story which sho now declares that Lady Byron told lier; and lastly, she contradicts, in the last patt o? her present volume, the accusa? tions which she makes in thc first part. We ure (ar Iron) entertaining uliy desire to give pain to a lady from whom the whole civilized world has received sub? stantial benefits. But we aro compelled to believe that Mrs. Stowe is as much the victim of a morbid delusion as ever Lady Byron herself was. and that on this particular subject she has lost thc power to discriminate between truth and lie) ?nu. Wo invite thc reader to form an inde? pendent judgment upon Mrs. Stowe's second story by closly analyzing it nud cotnparaitig it with thc first. In her first story she distinctly and repeatedly assured us that Lady Byron knew of thc Intimacy which existed between Lord Byron and his sister from the (imo she was married till the day when she could support her ill-treat nient no longer, and quitted her husband's roof. Everybody who has vend thc Gr&t "story" will re? member thc stress which Mrs. Stowe lays upon this "knowledge ol thc guilty Beeret." To quoto one passage only : "Thc two years (tue) ill which ludy By rot! was struggling to bring her husband back to his better self were a series of passionate convulsions." Tho astound* iug fact has now to bo told that Mrs. Stowe ignores the whole of the state nient, and, without a word of explana? tion, substitutes a totally different and irreconcilable series of alleged facts. lu an elaborate argument she shows that Luly Byron did not discovor the "full extent" of thc guilty connection until a "later period." No new circumstan? ces have como to Airs. Stowo's know I? edge lo induce her to change her opi? nion thus suddenly on a vital part of her case. But letters of Lady Byron to ?Mrs. Leigh have been published by third persons-letters written after the s?parai ion-so full of affectionate and trustful expressions towards tho "guil? ty" sister that Mrs. Stowe cannot quite close her mind to the evidence they pre? sent. She feels herself obliged to ac? count for those letters, and as she in? stinctively discerns that i wile could not write to her husband's mistress ns Lady Hy ron wrote to Mrs. Leigh, she at once presents us with a totully new set of conjectures. Wo aro asked to discard that picture presented in tho first story of Lady Byron wrestling with Lord Byron for hi J soul, and to believe that nut until after the eepcration-how lung Mrs. Stowe is cautious; enough not to say-did tho wile learn of the hus? band's guilt. But now comes thc most startling and inexplicable part of this second narra? tive. In putting forward thc hypothe? sis just mentioned, Mrs Stowe not only contradicts herself, but she flatly alters or repudiates tho disclosure made to hel? by Lady Byron. In the extended rela (ion which she now gives of her conver? sation on thc day when tho secret was confided to her, wo aro expressly told that Lady Byron found out tho inti? macy soon after her marriage. Ludy Byron told Mrs. b'towc, as tho latter now declares, that ono day sho saw Lord Byron taking liberties with his sister, that she (thc wife) remonstrated, and that Lord Byron exulted in his crime, saying that the depth and horror of it "were thc very attractions-that he had worn out all ordinary forms of sin, and that ho longed for thc stimulus of a new kind of vice." These were Lord Byron's words to Lady Byron, ns repor? ted by the hatter to Mrs. Stowe. But now Mrs. Stowe sccs plainly that Lady j Byron's letters to Mrs. Leigh alone dis? prove her charge, and she seeks to ox plain away (lie inconsistency by assign? ing thc discovery of the guilty secret to a vague and unknown period. Nor is this all. Mrs. Stowe, having first depicted Lord Byron as a monster of depravity, now submits to tho world R singular medical nrguincut to provo that bc was not in ?tin riyht mind. Then even supposing her chnrgo to bo true, what becomes of tho criminal's moral accountability? She says that thc poet's excesses, combined with "immense draughts on thc brain-power' of rapid mil brilliant composition," probably "ended in that abnormal state in which craving,! for unnatural vico givo in? dications of approaching brain disease." In fact she constructs two or thrco to? tally new theories to meet tho circum? stances revealed to hor by Lady By? ron's own letters-thoso lottors in which, after tho separation, sho implores Mrs. Leigh to bc with her brother as much os she possiblo could, and nsoribes tho separation itself to Lord Byron's "aversion to tho married state" First thon, wohavo Mrs. Stowe alleging ?hat Lady Byron know of her husband's in tcicourso with his sister directly after tho marriage ; Mrs. Stowe assorts that sho did not find it out till a lalor "pe" riod," Thirdly, sho quotes Lady By? ron's own words, showing that sho had discovered tho crime at an early stngo of her married lifo. Fourthly, Mrs. Stowe trios to provo that Lord Byron was insane. May wo not fuirly ask what Term.3 it is that Mrs. Stowe really believe about titi si affair in her own in i nd ? Mrs. Stowo makes it au addition! charge against Lord Byron that he wrot tho verses "Faro thee well mid if io ever" on March 17, 1810, "while neut li?t inns for separation were pending, - Mrs. Stowe's forgetfulness and confu sion aro simply unacountablc. Lad Byron quitted Lord Byron's house, "nov er to return," on January 15th, 181( and Dr. Lnshingtou's ' letter declurin i hat tho wilo never could be reconcile to her husband was duted January 81st We have Raid that Mrs. Stowo has n proof of her Brst story to offer. But i this second story ?be supplies, unaware. some confirmation of tho suppositiot that Lady Byron was thc victim of < hallucination wheo she confided her "sc oret" to Mrs. Stowo. We ask the par ticular attcnton of the reador to tin point, because Mrs. Stowe, in tho wavmtl of her advocacy, has so arranged he materials as to mislead .thoso who cure cssly follow ber siatcmet. She take; great pains to show that Lady Byroi was in her perfect miud, but when w discover that it was not at this healthy period the disolosuro was made. Wc aro not' given tho exact date-Mrs Stowe evades lief dates in a most unsut isfactory manner-but sho is obliged tc admit that wheo the great oorvcrsatior took place Lady Byron was seriously ill. When she was icett she spoke of hoi dead bush..nd to Mrs. Stowo just as sin had always written of him to Mrs Leigh-that is to say, with sorrow ont respect. Wo rognrd this as a most im? portant piece of evidence, although Mrs Stowe montions it in a cursory manner It was not until Lady Byrou was "pros trated" with illness that sho accused li ci husband of incest. Bcforo that time Mrs Stowo herself declares that no ont would havo conjectured from Lady By? ron's remarks concerning her husband "that thcro were under all any deepei recollections than tho circumstances ol an ordinary separation might bring." But at the timo thc "secret" was divulg? ed all was different with Lady Byron Mrs. Stowe says of her state at this pe? riod : "Her hands woro like iee ; hoi fuco was deadly pale, und she con ver-o with a restraint and difficulty whiel showed what an exertion it was for her to keep up at all." (Bago '230.) Again she says that she fouud ber "in oue of those periods of utter physical exhaus? tion to which she was subject, on nc count of the constant pressure of care beyond her strength." (Pago 2.0.) Un thc very day of tho unfortunate con? versation thcro were two other visitor; with Lady Byron nt tho moment Mrs. Stowe entered the room. When Lady Byron got up to go out, says Mrs. Stowe, they (thc otner guests) "lookod after bet with a singular expression of respect ard affection, and gave utterance to fears lest "her unselfishness might bc leading her to over exertion." When lady By? ron made thc revelation "she became," says Mrs. Stowe, "so deadly pale that I feared she would faint." As for thc paper which Lady Byron afterwards loni to her visitor, Mrs. Stowo seems to bc unable to give us any account whatovci of it. Lady Byron told Mrs. Stowe that she thought of makiug her story public some day, because Lord Byron was looking oo from another world nt thc mischief he had done, and he could not "be at peace until this injustice' was righted. ?Vow tako those facts in connection with the letters of Lady By? ron to Mrs. Leigh nod others, and which becomes tho moro probably conjecture thal Lord Byron and Mrs. Leigh wert guilty, or that Lady Byron, towards thc end of her life, was not yi full possession of her faculties '( We have passed by all minor point: in Mrs. Stowe's second narrativo. Wt shall not criticise thc manner in whiel; she has performed her task. Her strange rhapsodies, her spasmodic bursts o! sentiment, hor disordered nrroy of sud facts as she has to offer, wc will pul wholly aside. But there is one particulai in which her moral sense is strangely ni fault, and wc must call her attention te it ere we leave thc subject, ns wc trust forever. Sho vindicates herself foi publishing her unsupported and repul? sivo "story" upon tho ground that she wished to defend "a wifo anda mother.' Is it possible, then, that she docs nol perceive that in reality sho hus come forward to defame u wife and n mother ? Noono accused Ludy Byron of immorali? ty. But Mrs. Stowe has charged Mrs. Brigit with the' most shocking of nil 07 io*Jj and he thinks that it is enough to h 'tatitiato her charge if she shows that A '.Byron was a man of very bad charact '-jShc has asked whether Lord Byron wa. capable ol' committing this clime, and, having satisfied herself thal he was,she proclaims that the whole ease is proved. But, by an incredible perversity, she makes no account ol' the fact that thcro must have benn (wo parties to tho sin. If Lord Byron was n profligate, docs that provo his hall sister was as bad, or worso? Mrs. Stowe has not yet said one word against Mrs. Leigh. She moro ly assumes that if Lort! Byron wished to commit tho specified crime, Mrs. Leigh would hnvo readily become his accomplice. Is a sister to be condemned beXsauso her brother hap pens to boa licentious scoundrel '( Can? not Mrs. Stowo sec that sho is attacking Mrs. Leigh moro than Lord Byron, mid that sho is not defending Lady Byron nt all? Surely '.irs. Leigh ought to bc hold innocent until she is proved guilty; and of proof, Mrs. Stowo has not a partido to give tho world. Since, indeed, it was impossible from tho first that her charge eould he proved, and since it was a charge fraught with oruolty and wrong to tho momory of Mrs. Leigh and all her survivors nnd relatives, Mrs. Stowo never ought to hnvo rondo it. Even if Ur. Lushington would toll us what wcro tho oxaot cir - cum&itvnccs disolosod to him by Lady Byron, it would bo important cvidonco, but not absolutely decisive on either. ?ido. For wo should still have Lady Byron's letters to Lady Anno Bernard, ' written moro than a your after tho. separation, distinctly acquitting her; ! husband of any graver faults than neg- j ieet and cruelty. We should still have i the fuot before us that Lord Wentworth, I Lady Byron's nearest representative, dc? ! clares that a manuscript was found among [ that judy's pupers giving Oil account of her marriage, und that it "does not con? tain utiy accusation ol' -o gravo u nature '. tts that which Mrs. Stowe assorts was told her." Mrs. Stowo takes no notice of this most weighty information. She is aware that Lady Byron's letters deny and disprove her own accusation-she suppresses, a ma>s of unimpeachable testimon'yin favor of Mrs. Leigh's in? nocence, lier responsibility (or these defects of judgment, to uso no harsher language, is great. Wo deeply regret that Mrs. Stowe has been willing to have her name handed doun to posterity us the authority for one of tho most revolting and indecent slanders ever concocted against cither tho living or tho dead. [From thc Baltimore. Episcopal Methodist.] CIIIIJDIIISN'S nooks. Rev. T. Do Witt Talmtigo has some tell ing hints in Hearth and Mame on the quality of children's books, which may bo profitably considered wheu the next lot is selected for thc Sabbath-school library. It may bc thought the last par? agraph is a little over muscular, but thc advice is sound : . On Sunday night your child docs not want to go to bcd. lie orics when com" pelted to go, and looks undor tho bed for some of the religious hobgoblins that como out of thcSundtiy-school library. Bctigious books are just as bad as any other books. A child is just tts afraid of Floras, Pomonas, sylphs, oreads, and furies, ns of gjsts. The poor little dar? ling in thc blue sack goes home with a book thinking she has heaven under her arm, and before she gets through read? ing the story of love and adventure feels so strange that she thinks she must bo getting lots of religion. In the choice of our children's books let us not mistake slops for simplicity, nor insult our children's tastes by dis? quisitions about "iootsytootsies," or keep iuforming them ol tho historical fact which they learned a great while ago, that "Mary had a little Iamb," or as? semble tho youngsters in coroner's jury to clear up tho mystery na to "who killed cock robin." If u child has no common sense ut sevcu years of age it never will have. Have at least ono book in your library in which all thc good children did uot die. My carly impression from Sun? day-school books was that religion was very unhealthy. It seemed a terrible distemper, that killed every boy and girl that it touched. If I found myself sumo day bettor than common, t correct ed thc mistake for fear I should die ; although.it was thc general opinion that I was not in much danger from ovcr-snnotity. But I do believe that children may have religion and yet live through it. A strong mustard plaster and teaspoon full of ipcoac will do marvels. Timothy lived to grow up, and wc arc credibly informed that little Samuel woke. Indeed, thc best boys I over saw occasionally upset things nud got boisterous and had thc fidgets. Thc goodie-goodie kind of children make namby-pamby mon. I should not bc surprised to lind that n colt which does not frisk becomes n horse that will not draw. It is not religion that makes n boy sit by the stove while his brothers arc out snow-balling, but thc "dumps." The boy who has no fire in his nature may, after he has grown up, ha''0 ani? mation enough to grc-ise a wagon-wheel but he will nob own thc wagon nor have money enough to buy the grease. Thc best boy I ever knew, before ho went to heaven, could striken ball till it. soared out of bight, ?ind in thc race, far as you eonldsec, you would find his red tippet cumming out ahead. Look out fur thc boy who never has the fin? gers of n good laugh (ickle htm under the diaphragm. Thc most solemn-look? ing mule on our place had kicked to pieces five dash boards. There aro parents who notice that their daughter is looking pale and sick, mid therefore think she must bo destined to marry a missionary and go lo Borneo, although thc only rcccomcndation she has for that position is that she will never bo ?ny temptation to the enntti bals, who, while very fond of cold mis? sionary, aro avcrso to diseased meat; or finding their son looking cadaverous, thii.k ho is going to die or become a min? ister, considering that there is great pow? er of consecration in thu liver complaint, and thinking him doubly .-et apart who, .while Presbytery aro Inying their hands on his head, has dyspepsia laying its hand on his stomach. Oh for a religious literature that shall luke for tts model of excellence n boy thai loves God, and can digest his dinner in two bouts after he eats ! If tho church could trade off throe thousand hogsheads of roligious cant for thrco thousand hogsheads of fresh air and stout health, wc should bo tho gain? ers, but tho follow with whom wo trad? ed would bo cheated mercilessly and forever. A LA MODE.-Hiram Oreen, tho hu mourons contributor of tho Troy ?udf/t't, thus takes off tho fashions : "Whoops is discorded nnd out off with a shillin, Uko tho prodioal sons who roll 'om in tho parks. It is a safo bot to say that whoops is gono back to thoir legitimate okupashun of ombrasin barrel staves instead of stavinly ombrasin tho form of 'orths fairest flowors. "In gentleman's shoocs gimlot holes have boco worn pooty cxtcnoivcly in tho toes. Those, wo supposo, is vcuts to carry off the bad air. "Waterfalls, owin to the lato freshet, has riz a good cel. It takes now about a 4-yecrs of 16 canowl IIOSS?B tails to supply fust class belli with this artiole of hed geer. Ladies, to balance their waterfalls, aro sometimos forst to stoop forward. This produces thc grishun bond. "Steal trimmins haiut so fash urtu bio as tho}' used to be with tho wiinmin folks but amongst the men, if tho news pupers dont lie, is n gcttin to bo adopt cd pooty lively. Unlike aoy other fush? un drawbacks soera to give tho steal fushun a hist. Espeshnlly is this tho cuao among the fasbuuabjes in the New York customhouse. v . "Men's trowsors aro worn*l-16th of nn inch longer in tho limbs and cotes about tho same distance shorter than they were worn last year. Every fashunablo young man possesses his own private apilo driver, with which to force his frag? ile form into his trowsers, nnu a patcut jack screw to raise his hab?ts cflrpm up under tho abbreviated cxretuity of his best cote. "Tho laitcst stilo of neck tizo it worn with a not tide uudor the left year. These are not generally worn as yet, but I cood name a few of my aokwaint anees wcood look "gallas" drest iu this stile- Thc buty of them is that a person will never ware any other as long ns he lives. They arc becotuin with a black cup over thc eyes, to give a feller a bul? ly appoaranls." - A bach lor seeing thc word "Purni lies Supplied" over tho door of a shop, stepped in and said he would like a wife and two children. Notice. rpiIB SUBSCRIBER having mot with n very J. serious loas In gotting his crop of COTTON burnt up, lin? como to tho determination to oller hh< sorvicos to tho pooplo ol'Sumter District, ns n S LI lt \r IC Y O lt, nm) holiovcs Unit ht? oxporionco for iho Inst thirty yenrs us Surveyor, will onuhlo him to givo satisfaction, for competency and prom pl ness. Rcforunco muy bo bnd to nil tho old Judges of I tho Court in this State, aud the Attorneys of J Lanoastor Bar. JAM US D. McILWAIN. Nov 17 3inos. ~1?YDRAULIC Clothes Washer and Wringer, ro lt F A M lL Y us 13. TUE BEST MACHINE IN USE! ?T was awarded tho first Premium by tho A ni uri cnn Instituto Fair, and tho first by ovcry Fair whom exhibited in the East, Wost, North mid South. Washes Finest Locos nnd fnhrlcs of dclicsto texture, without wear, tear or injury. Any kind of gonds washed with equal facility. Easily operated hy u boy nr girl . f medium si7.0 and ordinary strength, without slop, mid the washing nfn family completed in ii few hours. Tho Agent nt Sumter lins thoroughly tostod this machine in his own tinnily, ?nd is propared, to wm mut it ID every particular as recom? mended. Cnpneity from six tn twelvo shirts, or their equivalent, and limo required len minutos. It works a grant saving of timo, labor nnd wour nf clothing. No family should bo without ono. Several hiivobcen sold in this community, nil of which givo entire Satisfaction, and certificates will ho published. Now on hand nnd for salo bv 1>. J. WINN. Agent. SUMTER, S. C., Sept. 17. 4800. D. J. Wtv.v-My Dear Sir : I hove been using in my family for nbout six weeks, tho "Ilydrnul ic Clothes Washer nnd Wringer," for which you mo again, mid regard it tho best mnohino in use. It is n groat savor of limo, of labor, of sonp and tho wenr of thc clothes. In nn ordinary woy, sumo lime ninia, wo washed 105 pieces, mme of them very much coiled, in fivo hours. The truth is, we nm delighted with it, nnd would not do willmot il under any circumstances. S. J. BRADFORD. SUMTER. S. C., Sept. 12, ISfifl. D. .1. WINN-Dear Sir:-Wo have been using, fur about six weeks in tho family, tho Hydraul? ic doilies Washer nnd Wringer, for willoh you I aro ng<oit. Wo mo vorv much pleased with it. Tho washing of tho family for a week, is accom? plished hy a colored woman, in from three to four hours. Tho saving of labor is grciit, tho amount ol' ?nap used is ono-third loss, tho general nppenranco of nil clothes lins improved, nnd we would not dispenso with the machine under any circumstances. J. M. PITTS. SUMTER, Sept. 13, 1800. Mr. D. J. WINN-Sir :-In reply to your In quiry, bnvo lo say that wo find tho Hydraulic Clothes Washer n grcnt savor of timo nnd labor, sonp and patience, cloth nnd clothing-tho Inst no small item whom clot hes hit vo to go out of Ibo yard. Contrary to appearance, lt docs not break buttons. YOIIM truly, . J. D. BRANDING. Oel 11 _ Finnier, S.^_ I*. P. T?ALE, Charleston, S. C., Manufacturer of Doors, Sashes, Blinds. HAVING tho Largest nnd most complete Factory in tho Southern Stntos, and koep. lug always on hand n iorgo nnd most completo stock of DOORS, SASHES, BLINDS, Sash Doors, Store Doors, Shutters, Mouldings, Ac., Ac. I mn enabled to soil low nnd nt manufacturers' price?. N. ll.-Strict attention paid to shipping in good onlor. July 21 13? mm Kspor.inlly doslgncd for the use of the Medical Profession nnd the Family, possessing those in trinsio mcdiolnal properties which bolong to an Old anti Furo Gin. Indispensable to Females. Good for Kidney Complttints. 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CAN Di US.Small and Largo Stick, Fancy Assorted, by tho box only. TEAS.Imperial, Hyson, Sou? chong, Oolong, in half chests and cadges. Our Stock of Coffoe, Crackers, Soups, and Can? dies, Flour?, Syrups, and Molasses, Sugar, Bacon and Pork. Salt mid Fish, being ut present tho largest nnd best assorted in North Carolina, wo nro ablo to fill any orders entrusted to us with dispatch. ABRIAN ? V?LLERS. Doc 22 _ Established 1834, Cr. H. Reese & Brothers. 207 & 209 W. Pratt Street BALTIMORE, M. I). WflOLBSALJ AND FAMILY GROCERS WE RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE Citizens of Sumter and its vicinity, that wo nro preparod to furnish Every Article in our Line, {Except Spirituous Liquors ) At as Low Rates as any House in the United States. Our long cxporionco and unsurpassed facilillos for procuring goods upon tho most fnvorablo terms, cnnblo us to gu.trnntao satisfactiou to every purchaser. Wo pay pnrtioular attention to TEAS, nnd cnn nt any timo, out of our oxtonsivo stock, furnish tho finest, ns wotl as nil other grades that como to this country. Purchasers may rely upon having Ihoir goods carefully packed, mid pr nipt ly forwnrdod. Sept 22 _ Gm ROBERT Bit??N COUNTY SURVEYOR, MANCHESTER, S. C. ILL attend prompt'y to any business on trusted to bim, In hi? lino. IIKPF.R8 TO EITHER FOES OR FRIENDS. Respectfully hogs lonvo of absence for 1 months, after Maroh next, Nov_24 J_ 0. It. NASH, P. Ii. Ml MM. NASH & DTJLIN, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Manufactured Tobacco. SMOKING AND CHEWING, OF DIFFERENT GRADES, SUMTER, SO. CA. ALSO Koop ft good supply of NORTH CAROLINA RYE mid CORN WHISKEY, SEGA RS, and LIQUORS of various kinds. TOBACCO at Wholosulo furnished nt Manu? facturers' Price?. Country Morchants will do well to call and examine our stock. All ordors promptly oxecuttd when accompa? nied with tho cash. Tho custom of my old frionds whom I have furnished by wagon for several years is ro speotfully solioitqd. ?. R. NASH. Oct. 0-0m. REEDER Sc DAVIS, COTTON FACTORS AND General Commission Mo relian ts, ADOEE'4 NORTH WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. W CONSIGNMENTS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. ORWKI.I, RKRtlP.n. MUM KUMA S ?AVJ8. Sept 1 Cm TIKCE! J?tX??S?? X3ST XJ?SES. It ie a preven- ^fgESSffiSMS?Mi^^ NO BITTERS tive of Chills, a /^BBHWH|nB|^B^^^^t\ C(ll,^I to thom. sure euro fort^S?^^^^^a^a^^^^^^ ^ov wca^* Dyspepsia,For the pale. tioii, Ner vo?s'(For females. Debility. aDo- fe^^S^^^^^^^I^^^S For spring use. lightf?l Bcver:)^S^^^^^^^f?All use it with age? a pleasant ^^krC^J^^ wonderful suc tonic, aninval- ^>^^ TM;Ei Glr\.EAT - cess. Brings uco,nisg &mi?Bmim& ft IJIoom and Beauty to the thin Face and Care-worn countenance. Cure? Fever and creates Appetite. THE B XS ST IN USE. lieromman?ed l?y theiliyhtsl M?dical Authority itt the'atufe. See Circular* ar ou tut each Holde. THY TH HM. USE NO OTHER. Ask for SUMTER HITTERS. Sold by Dru.ggir.te mid Gro? cers. Seo timi our signature is over ibo ooik of euch bottle. DOWIE & MOISE. PROPRIETORS ?.N?> WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, CHARLESTON, S. 0. Oct 13 . _ m t t In? 37" J?3L. 3VC 3E3 JS! IiM-ronsc Your Crop? mid Improve Your Lund, by urning PHOENIX GUANO, Imported by UN direct from (lie IMiicutx I?lit(i4ln, South Pad Gc Occult. Wilcox, Gibbs & Co s MAXiPllliAT?iD GUANO. Prcflnred ut Snrennnli, On', ?nd rh?rlt'?lmi, S.e., wittel* linn proved lu ?Ito ?oil HIIO beni rantin rc in IINC. FOR SAL,K BY WILCOX, GIBBS & C0" IMPOBTERS & DEALERS IN illii 09 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. 0* EAST DAY-ST. CHARLESTON, S. C. 241 II ROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. Also, hy.Agent. WE ALSO KEEP Puro No. 1. PERUVIAN GUANO. " DISSOLVED BONE. ? LAND PLASTER. For further informotion, address ns nbovo for oirculnr, or subscribo to Southern Agriculturitt, published by W. C. Mncuiurphy A Co., at Au? gusta and Savunnah, (Ja., at the low price of 25o. per annum. Dee 8_4mos H Alli) WARE. SAMUEL R. MARSHALL, IMPORTER AND DEALER -IN HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS, PJS tols, Muskets, Powder, Shat, Ca pr-, Cart riiigos, Axes, Cotton Cards, Nails, Horse Shoes, Fairbanks Scales, Grindstones, Mill Rocks, Bolt? ing and Wire Cloth, Steel Corn Af ills, English Ovens, Pots and Spidors, Builders Hardware, Blacksmiths, Carpenters and Tannera Tools. A great variety Tin and Wooden.Ware, Sein? Twines, Gilling Seines. A large stock of Single and Doublo Darrel Guns, my own Importation ol several Maker's. Agent for tho Dodgos Celebrated Plows and Stock Dolls at Whnlcsolo and Rotait. 310 KING ST., Sign of tho (DIG GUN. Oct. l.t._Cm PhTsCHUOKMANN, 271 KING STREET, (OPPOSITE llASFI. ST.,) 1 M r O tl T H lt ANO D EA tl lt IN BERLIN ZEPHYR WORSTED, KNITTING WOOL, EMRR01DERY PATTERNS, FLOSS SILK, EMBROIDERY SILK, KNITTING AND EMBROIDERY COTTON, KNITTED WORSTED GOODS, EMBROIDERED SLIPPERS, AISO LADIES' DRESS TRIMMINGS, BUTTON! VELVETS, FRINGES, AC. gtSf All orders by mail will be most carefully attended to, and dealers will be supplied nt Nor York win,t?salo prices. ^ L E N G NICK & SE LL IMPORTERS AND JOBDKRS OF FANCY GOODS AND NOTIONS, LADT KS Tin M M ED HATS, A NM) M ll,UN KR Y AND ST H AW GOODS, V.1 KAYNE STUKET, CHARLESTON, S. 0. Oct Ci nm B. JOHNSON & CO UMBRELLA MANUFACTURERS, 801 KING STREET, Charleston, S. C. AFULL nssnrtmontnf UMBRELLAS AN I PAMASOI.S, ulwnysoii band, better nm cheaper than tiny imported, Wholesale & Retail. -ALSO A large assortment of WALKING CANES Wo poy especial attention lo tho inttuufnctu of BUGGY UMBRELLAS, which wo cnn furnish ns low as any house Norll und of n bettor quality for tho PRICE. Oct. 13._8m. EDMONDS T. BROWN Of the late Firm of P. I). FANNING ? CO. WHOLESALE DEALER IN MEN'S AND BOY'S Hats, Caps and Straw Goods ALSO Ladies* Misses & Childrens' HATS. CI IA IVESTON, s. c. Sept 8-Out] Opposite Charleston Hotel. K ?S Al AN'S ? 'IUIANKFUL FOU PAST FAVORS, 1 wo atilt solicit tho patronage of our old custo? mers, both city and country, and would respect fully inform nil tbnso who uro in want of AS? SORTED CANDY, will find it t- r their interest to coll and examine our Cnndy ; it is nently put np in 25. ?0 nnd IOU pound boxes, full weight, willoh wo warrant perfectly pure nnd unndultern. ted, (ree from Terr.". Alb;; or Marble Dust, both extensively used nt tho North in thc mtulleru lug of Cnndy; also tho cohn mg limiter being purely vegetable, nnd will keep In any climate. Orders that contain cusb will huvo the hem iii of our reduced prices. W. KINSMAN, No. 2,0 King 8t.,Churlustou, S. C. P. S.-Send for full Circular. Oct. 13-Om._ Pacific Guano Company's COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE OF LIMB For Composting willi Cotton Seed. THIS ARTICLE IS MANUFACTURED AT tho Company's Works, under tho direction and superintendence of Dr. Ravenel. It contains tho snmo elements of fertility ns SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO, except that it it not famished with AMMONIA. It is pre? pared expressly lor composting with cotton seed, which furnishes the eleuiont of AMMO? NIA; the object bolng to render that side product of tho plantation available to tho highest degree as an element ef fertility. For further and particular informulion, apply to the under? signed. J. N. ROBSON, Agent for South Carolina, 1 mid 2 Ailnutie Wharf, Charleston. JOHN S. REESE & CO., General Agents, Baltimore. Terms $45 cash or $50 on 1st Nov. 1370, for approved city acccptanco or other good security. Nov 17 3m ANDREW McCOBB, Jr., Commission Merchant, AND DEALER IN LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, And other Building Material. .--ALSO' LAND PLASTE lt AND HAY. 217 Cast Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept 8-8ml Opposite New Custcm House J7E7?JM?ER & CO., IMPORTERS OF AND DEALERS IN II ARD WARE, I'uderv, Guus, Car Irou, Steel, AND AGRICULTOR Al IMPLEMENTS, J. E. Adgor, 1 A. MoD. Brown, I 1U9 Meeting St. and E. D. Robinson, j G. ii. Monett, [ $2 Kost Ruy St. tttS"" I (HAKLESTONJS. ? Supt 8-6m HENRY BISCHOFF & CO WHOLESALE GROCERS AND DEALERS IN Wineb, Liquors, Segars, TOBACCO, &t\ 1 0 7 E A S T B A Y , Charleston, S. C. ll. lil.SC H OFF, C. WULBEHN, J. II. PIEPER Hepl 8 Om I ?A VALENTINA SEGAR FACTORY, No. 118 EAST DAV STU EMT, HAVE FOR SALE tho choicest brands ol Puru lin vanna SEGARS. Also, good do medic Segars. nt low prices. ALFRED A. DARBOT, Agent, Sept 8-fun i hnrlostnn, S. C. PAVILION HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. ?. BOARD, PER DAY, $3.00. HOBT, ll IMII.TOM, ll US. ll. L. BU ITKIUMKI.T), Superintendent. Proprietress Sept 8 1808._5?_tf JAS7HARRAL & co. COTTON AND GENERAL co MM /ssiox mjji c/iAxrs 23 WHITEHALL STREET, (Lower end of Broadway.) NEW YORK. Liberal advances made upon Bills Lading. Nov 21 fu?os. Et ER Y ?)ESC#I#T?ON PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT TUB OFFICB OP The Sumter Watchman. -IN THE Highest Style of tho Art. Charleston. Advertisements. TRY PANKNIN'S HEPATIC BITTERS, THEY CURE DYSPEPSIA, AXD AU CIS KA 8? Of TUB STOMACH AND LIVER. Tn RT AVI RECOMkKXDlD ?T TH? MEDIO AL PAOUIiTV. HEGEMAN Az CO., AOliXTS, IfKIV rome. Manufactionredily C. F. P?MNW, CHEMIOT ARD AFOTBSCAB?, OH?KLBSTON, S. C. 49>JFbr Salo by Druffi/ista l?vcrytvhero.'K&l MO??YTAV?D?IS MONEY MADE ! CHEAP ANO FASHIONABLE SHOE HOUSE. J>. O'NEILL & SO XS, No. .175 KINO STUKHT, (lIKTWKK.N OKOIION AN? ClI.tlolN STIIKBTS,) CHARLESTON, S. C. Wholesale and iletail HEALERS IN T ll E L A T E S T styles mit) liest ?piuli ties ul' linois, Klines, Trink*. Tm voling ,ll?tg??. Valises, Snleli els. if c., Au. ll living a in em Uer -j of tho Arni always nt tho North seKoting und fmwarding stool; lo us hy every Stcnmor, wo cnn nssuro our friends und bu) ors genornlly thnt we will givo perfect sutisfucihni. It would bo to t.ho Inloiest of Country und City huyera to glvo us n cull nnd exntniuo our stock which has just been replenished. Oct li_Om HOLMES & CALDER? M.tXUtMCTUIIKItB, IHPOtlTBltS ANO DKAM.HR PAIN TS, OiXcS^ GLASS. Varnishes, Brushes, Etc., No. 205 EAST BAY, Charleston, S. C. W. E. HOI.MKS. * W. CAI.nRtl REFERENCES. Cel. L. M. Hntch; Oon. Johnson Hngnod; Wm C. Dukes A Co; Col. Chnrlcs H. Siiuonton; L. W Spruit, Esq; Col. J. D. Ii. Sloan. Oct 1H_flin Wu. IlAnnAT.. Wu. II Aim AT?, JU WM. HARRAL & CO. FORM Kn I. Y (HARRAL, NICHOLS A CO.) No. 19. HAYNE STREET, Charleston, S. C. WE RESPECTFULLY CALL THE AT tontion of tito inorchnnts of Sumter nod tho niljticont couuti^, tu uur woll soleo tod stock of Saddlery, Saddlery Hurdwnro, Conch nnd Har. ness Mntorinls, eons'sling iii purt nf SADDLES, WHIPS, BRIDLES. COLLARS, HARNESS, GIRTHS, SPOKES, AXELS, Il lltiS. SPRINGS. RIMS, SHAFTS, ENAMELED CLOTHS. PATENT DASH LEATHER, HARNESS LEATHER, AC, AO. Oct. 13!_ flin "Campseri Mills" Flour RECEIVED THE . IK/ Pirmin))! at (fut .So. Ca, Shite Fair ht Columbia, 18??J. R|"MIE undersigned offer to their country friends l_ und tho publie in geuerul u choice und puro nrticlo of Flour. Wo hu vc on hand and aro grinding tinily n full j supply of choleo Family Extra &, Super Flour ALSO Northern nnd Western Flour ut lowest mnrko prico. tom, Oats AU il Hay. '?.Ono Hm-hols Primo White Corn. 2,<IIIU .. " Outs. . i. li " Eustornnnd N. Uiver liny. JOHN OA,M PS EN A CO., ' Charleston, S. (!, Dre S .'linns WM" G. WHILDENT CO", IMPORTI?BS il.\D .li! II li KKS CK C? rooKery, WATCHES, JEWEUIY AND 81 LY ISSI WA inc. -'55 AVA* tV STU i: ?rr an-, of Bean/ah, OH A R MO S TON, S. C. Sept S ? fini FOREST H O U S E", 100 KINO STU IC KT, Charleston, S. C. 15 Y GEO IS GE L. F KA Tl. BOARDING Translonl Ronni, ono or two iln.vs, ?2 00 pordnv Transient Hoard, :t or morn Hays, ?l.50 por day Regiilur Hoard - $7.Ot) tn $3.00 por wcok Doy Ronni .... $a ,lur WOl.u Having recontly token this Iorgo nnd pleasant House, ii few doors below Market street, situilfd in u tlolitthlful and convenient loculiiv for tho hilliness coimnunity, nnd thoroughly lotto vated and refurnished it in nil d pm tinenta I nm prc. pured to accommodate Hoarders At tho modern I? prices as staled above, nod |-romiso eiilirc smij. fuolioti, both as to sleeping Ifiinmniodlitloll nnd table lure. REME.MHKK THE No. 100 KINO STREET. Sop? 8__ _Cm__ 31I LL POND Si CHA XX EL OYSTERS. SUPPLIED In (piambie* In rill purchasers Orders from ill p u ts ni Hiv Interior solicited, iddroa? Tho* MoCrndy, Agent, P. o. jinx 3:?(?, Charleston, S. C. References,--Junes Adger A Co., linn, J lt. .'nmpbell. Dr. St. .'. Rivetitd, D M hi Jennings, M tri Iv A Son, W. O Dingle, John S, lt > ti ti? Nv. 17 t?mn<