The Sumter watchman. (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, January 19, 1870, Image 1
VOL. XX
WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY 19, 1870.
NO 37.
DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE,
( ESTA Ul, ?SHED ISf 1850.)
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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.
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ro lt F A M lL Y us 13.
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of gonds washed with equal facility.
Easily operated hy u boy nr girl . f medium
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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.
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fur about six weeks in tho family, tho Hydraul?
ic doilies Washer nnd Wringer, for willoh you I
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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
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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.
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Peaches, Shelled Almonds
Layer Raisins, Cocona
nuts, Brazil Nuts, WnU
nuts, Fllborts, Currants,
Citron, nnd Oranges, at
, wholesale only.
CANNED GOODS .Cnndonscd Milk, Englo
Brand, Oystors and Lob?
sters, Freeh Poaches, To?
matoes, Brandy Penohos,
and Cherries, both forolgn
domestic, Sardine?, Mixed
nnd Pbiln Pickles, Chow
yCbnw, in eases only.
DR VOS.Lund an um, Pnrogorio,
Castor Oil, Painkiller,
Copperas, Sal Soda, Sal?
er aus, Bi Curb Soda
Cream Tartar, Fig Bluo
Washing Blue, Essonoe of
Peppermint, nnd Lemon,
Race Ginger, Camphor,
David's and Bartlett's
Inks, Cnstilo Soap, Lyo
and Potash, lu original
caeos only.
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<