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[For tb* WntebuM.) I HK TBA0U Iff ?rOIiEPf 8BBD COT? VOJV. MR. EDITOR:-As was expected by Ibo Agricultural and Mechanical Con? vention of tho State, the Legislature has refused, by a vote unanimous with the exception of two votes, to do any? thing to regulate, or discourage the trafilo in stolen seed cotton. This- re? sult wit) openly predicted on the floor ol the Convention, aod.woe* the chief reason why that body declined to make any application 'on the subject to the "powers that'bo." The application was, however, ie apcctlully, and in good faith made, by thc direction and request of a mass meeting, composed of white and colored chitons of Sumter County, lt was flat? ly, pointedly, and even defiantly refus? ed Beyond all doubt, this County sulfur? ed under this evil moro than any oth?r, and hence tho application came from her pcoplo. lu sonto sections of tho State -especially ip tho upper counties, where' tho much derided Democracy predominates, tho evil ^scarcely known, but iu the lower and middle counties, it prevails to such an extent, and has, un dur tho fostering care of the "powers that bo," so rapidly increased, 08 to ren der it almost profitless to cultivate cotton. All the profit of tho funner is diverted from tho pockets of tho lawful owners und transferred to a sot of tuen willing to live in idleness and viet) mid bo en? riched by the honest and hard labor of others. The farmer has nothing to live ou but his crops. To tako this from him, is to tako his very lile, and tho life of his wife nud children ; or what is in sum and substance equivalent to thies No wonder, thcu,.that there has been much anxiety felt ?pou this subject uo wonder, too, an application was mudo to tho Legislature to dc something, it was not dietnted what, but something which, in the wisdom of tho Legisla? ture, would chook, if not put a stop to this ovil-something which would dis? courage this stealing-something which would protect tho property of the citi? zens. But, with taunts and threats, the application was refused. In order to ensuro tho defeat of tho measure, it was evoit assorted by ono "wino legislator" tlint it was a revival of tlie "slave codo" -the. author of this assortiou knowing, nt thc time ho mudo it, that this was impossible-that tho law asked for was to apply to white us well us colored, and its terms were left to thc Legislature to dictate; oud therefore, uulcss the legislators themselves mado it so, il could not bo "au eifert to revivo thc slave code." Thc design, however, was accomplish? ed-thc relief and protection asked fov were refused and rejected, and the light fingered fraternity were left to in? dulge their propensities ad lihifttm. lt is much to be regretted by all well wishers to the peace, quiet and pros? perity of tho country that this course hus been pursued. Mnny of us had hope'd that with such a law as tho legis? lature might have passed, there would be no longer an excuse, much less t reason, on which to justify the CX' tremes to which some of our pcoplt have retorted iu the protection of theil property. Many of us have been oppos? ed to the extremes resorted to by thc Ku Klux Klan-have counseled ant! argued for a resort to tho Legislatur? fov relief and the law for redress ; bu! how now can we answer, when wc art told that thc relict sought from tin Legislature has boeu refused, and thc law fails to put a stop to tho growing evil? What can we say whoo wo un told, as wc have been, "that tho eitizcr owes allegiance to thc laws of his coun. try only so long as those laws protcoi him in his life and in his property, and whoa those laws fail to give him proteo tiou in his life and tn Improperly-one especially when it refuses to make t fair eliot t to do so, that just then ant lhere tho right reverts back to th? citir.cn to protect his life atid properly as best ho can." Bc this good reasoning or not, wouli it not have been wisdom in tho Legis laturc to have left no such excuses fo tho extremes which all deploro and rc grot 'I Would it not havo been bette for them to have given assistance ii palting a quiet stop to all these evils Would it not hnvo boen better, by wiso, statesmanly course in this mattet to have thrown all thc rcsponsibilty To such conduct and such extremes upoi tho perpetrators ot snob deeds ? Who? how, have they left thc rcsponsibilty Who now is tn be answerable for th ex I rc in 09 to wit i oh men-rendered des purnta by the prospect of want to them Solves and their families, caused by th immoral, unprincipled, and wc may not say, unbridled course of tho vile-inn resort ? If forbearance, anti n wisc determina lion to desist from harsh' and extrem mesures, should, us wo hope, prevai it eau and will be no orcdit to- th wisdom of our Legislature-no credit I that IttW dispensing power which Wi tnkod for relief and protection an refused the prayor. KQUAL RIGHTS. r><X? Tho llayderi Minister, (a Itu loto) recently declined Grunt's invitt lion to dine, staling that his chit Sa'navo, had been executed and h i msc banished. W KPN IBS ?> A Y t FEB? jg nt A."Oft"gERT - -... ^T^TTJEIHTUB pa- TUB SUMTER ff AJO HM AS HAS BY FAR THF i AROEST CIRCULATION tSSPEOlALL f JJf'lUB SURROUNDING 00 UN TR Y,) OF 'ANY PAPER IN SUM? TER," AND WAS ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, I860. "?BT -C?l^i*B8S COV?T UBIt~ AS VONSKMTINU IP IT DAUB.** KEW YOUR REDBLLIOUS. Tho Jacobins of Congress oud tho would be-dioiator vrho DOW occupies tho Prosidcatial chair ot Washington, have recently declared, with autocratic as? sumption, that "tho Government has u determined that in thia Republic, " which ie not, never was, aud never "can bo a Democracy-that is, this Ro " public, Republicans shall rule." In contradistinction to this wo have thc great underlying, fundamental prin? ciple upon which our Governmental structure was reared, and which has i often and again been proclaimed, in its insidious course, even hy thc usurping party now in power, "that all govern* incnt must derive its authority /rom tho consent of tho governed." This principle is now being violated, io the State of Georgia, in a form so flagitious and despotic, as to give literal truth to- thc aphorism, inlcv u>ma silent leges, and, it would seem, if possi? ble, to awake tho sensibilities of thc thinking masses of tho North to tho dangcrp which now threaten their own liberties. It ls already intimated that the step next to bo taken by Congress, after the Southern States have all, vi cl annis, been brought into subservient position, will be tho passugo of an Act iuteuded to accomplish a like purpose with reference to all the other States which hold inimical positions. Thc revolution of tho Government is moving onward, und tho progress to? ward a grande cen irai ?zed despotism at Washington, is rapid. Up to (ho present time, however, this revolution has advanced, almost solely, upon the easy way opened up in thc track of the con? quered and powerless States of tho South. And it remains for (imo to show whether it can continuo to advance when its course shall only Hoover those States which have never yoi felt thfc coercive power of tho Government oud been swept down by its powerful mili? tary arm, to preparo the way for its triumphal passage. Thc na(ural results of freedom of the press and of speech and of extension of suffrage, such as is now universally de? clared, would seem to engender hostility lo any attempt on the part of thc Gov srnmcnt to force it-, arbitrary, centralized power upon thc un conquered States. In anticipation of such an attempt, ;he great Northern Empire State of N CT\ York arrays herself in uu attitude of dc lance, and may'now be put down as 'rebellious," as appoars from tho an icxod extract from a speech recently nado by Mr. Speaker ll ?lehman, he ore tho House bf Representatives of hat State, lt equals thc tone of Caro? ma in her proudest and palmiest days >f thc past. "Let New York, when the 'roll of States is called, announce that 'she docs not consent to thc nmcndmcr.t; .aud let Congress count her as consenting 'ff it dare." Suroly Sumner will belch mt "treason !" again, upon thc floor of ho Senate: Wo find Congress centralizing in itself ill the powers of thc government, exe uti ve and judicial, oswell ns legisla? te, and thc dangers which tho lath rs of the Republic apprehended as a lossibility arc already upon us ns an ox sting fact. Tlic separation and indc icudcncc of tho several powers of tho [overnnient were regarded by'thc frntn rs of tho constitution as thc only guar ntcc of tho liberties of thc people. 'ho legislative nulhority'at Washington ia3 brokon down, step by stop, tho pow rs of tho Supreme Court of thc United kates, so that Congres? has become mnipotent. Without question os to onstituthnnlity ol its nets, amendments o tho^coust itutioil surrendered to Con? fess, powers essential to thc Stales for he maintenance of Republican govern jent and the liberties of the people, ro enforced by military authority and hates arc created, dov I roy ed, and re reated according as they submit to or pposc such aggression. Thc right of tho Stalo to regulato lections, and everything connected nth them, was very justly regarded as fundamental arlie!.; of republican [ovurntnent. It was left, to thc -States o bo fixed by their constitutions, Ry pending amendment, attempted to bc uvocd on tho States in thu manaor 1 lave Indicated, Congress is conspiring o grasp and control this right, so thai body of men elected for a temporary criod and maintaining their seat ol owcr at a distant point from tho great, lody of thc people, may, by force of ruud, olvango thu republican character f our government, perpetuate thouin elves in authority, and set the people at cflanco. Jt will bo one ol your first ulies to consider whether thc Stato of few York will consent lo this usurpa* ion. Abuses of tho elective fra noll iso in realities cannot continue while the owcr is in tho hands of tho people, 'hey must und will bo speedily rumo icd. Jiut the surrender of the, whole uhjc.ct of suffrage to a centralized power i/ Washington, which u 'iW merely haul o decree the result of'un vleetion us per? petuating them as the.government, with* <nt question or redress, xnill ncvir bc sub nit l<d toby the people. When would uch usurpers dooroo themselves out of towor? It has been Raid that a State annot withdraw its consent to such nu imendmcnl once given, however iucon ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ fiiderutely, oven though tho requisito nuiobor may not bo obtained for a century. Let New York, wheo the roll of States is called, announce that ahe doc* not content to the amendaient; and lot Congress count nor as consent? ing if it dare. irOHSION liABOB. / Wo learn from tho Guinden Journal, of tho 27th ult., that Col. SHANNON and Maj. OANTEV, of that place, through tho medium' of the Newberry Immigra* tiou Society, bavo reooived several German laborers, and that Dr. BURNET and Mr. C. J. SHANNON, JR., both have families o? the same peoplo cn route to them through tho samo source. The Journal further soys that from what may bo seen of these peoplo, io a few . weeks, Mr. BRUOOEMAN, the agent, has been very careful in hm se? lection-they aro a neat, oourtcous and well informed, and exceedingly indus? trious peoplo, frpm tho agricultural Districts, and*'will, no doubt, prove a valuable acquisition to tho htboriug class. Mr. BROOOEMAN, even now, oan sup? ply,'if tho orders bo immediately given, twonty or thirty families and tiro or i three hundred'singlo laborers in timo for thc ensuing crop. Sumtor ?3 getting for bohind in this important matter. Tho efficiency of tho Newberry Society, as a modium, was brought before our local Agricultural Society, some months since, and argu? ments adduoed in favor of omploying it. Subsequent developments, wc think, have abundantly demonstrated thc wis? dom of thc recommendation, and wo now call upon tho Scoicty, ovcu at this late day, to take action iu thc matter. Let us have some of these industrious Ccrmau families, and singlo laborers, in our midst, hot us bring thom iu by scores and hundreds if wo can get thom. They will bless tho country iu moro ways th rm ouo. - .. ?. ? .... - ANO'* 11 ic it is A 11, ito AD TO sura nen PltOJUDCTlCD. Wo leam from tho Columbia corres? pondence of thc Chnrlcston Daily News, under date of thc 27th ult, that n Bill has boen introduced in tho House of Representatives, to incorporate tho Barnwell Jluil Hoad Company. This Bill provides that Geo. D. Chapman, II. II. Bovorly, Wm. H. Thorp, II. Budge, J. D. Mills, A. W. Grecnlcaf, W. W. Dechalt, C. P. Leslie, C. lt. Abbot, Willis Gaybold, S. C. Pomeroy, and their associates, now forming and-constituting thc Barn? well Railroad Company, bo authorized and empowered to extend thc said rail? road from a point at or near Blackwell to Sumter Courthouse, in a lino as nearly straight as moy bc practicable or convenient, so as to form a direct line from Sumter Courthouse to thc Savannah Uiver; that tho capital stock of tho said company may bc increased at pleasure to n sum not exceeding three million of dollar*, to bo divided into shares of one hundred dollars each ; that thc company bo vested with all the powors aud privi? leges and subject to all tho duties and liabilities that the Grecuvillo and Columbia Railroad aro invested with aud subject to by au act entitled "An act to charter tho Greenville and Colum? bia Railroad Company," and all acts amendatory thereof. Some of tho friends of this road favor tho running of thc road direct from Blackville to Columbia, claiming that by this route they will secure access to the North us easily as by tho rotito to.Suinter, and that this road can bo constructed much more cheaply. --- 27,20OPOUNDS8EiICl> COTTON I'lSOIM SIX ACH VS? "Thc Plantation"-thc new Agricul? tural pa por published nt Atlanta, Ceo., jon tains a letter from Col. B. W. IJOCKETT, of Albany, Geo., setting forth the fact of his having produced Twenty seven thousand? two hundred and si.r loun.ls itf seed cai'ton /rom six acres oj 'and, giving tho modo of culture cm i'l yeti, and certificates from highly responsible gentlemen establishing thc acts stated. This cotton, when ginned, timed out on average of fourteen mildred and twenty and two thirds pounds of lint cotton per acre, or eigh ,eon bales from six acres. Tho editors of " The Plantation" 8aj hat this "is hard to believe, but it is lovortholess strictly and accurately tito." In our next, wc will give all the facts ts published. -.--. N Ii? HOHS COM I NH SOUTH. Thc Lynchburg, Va., Republican, ol he 2D th ult-, says t lint about on? hundred negroes left, that placo thc duj previous for points further South. Th< Dunville 'J i me a of tho same dato make* i similar announcement. Wc bavo noticed this moving of th< negroes from what wcro recently thi border Males of tho South for sonn Lime past. Tho purpose seems to bo ti got lo thoso places wcro their peo plc uro. numerically strong, and hence i ism. unlikely that tho cotton States ere long, wilt become tho homo of th muss ol' ibis pooplo who woro rocen tl in slavery. - fl^V" Tho Tounossoo L?gislature i asked, by a petition, to make drunken ness a misdemeanor, punishublo wit imprison moot. Drunkards aro gettin up a counter-petition, claiming that th headaches they bavo thc next day ar punishment enough. PHI NC B AWUmm*': , This hopeful sprout frouii the loins of British royal ty-Qiioteo Victoria's third to the oldest ron-haft put tho political circles of Wash i ogtou alt agog by his presence at the far-famed National cap? itol. Hp has been, "trotted, around'' iu magnificent style. Grant'bas feled him-The beads of departments have done liko w iso, and tho whole' dorps di plomntigue havo bowed and scraped - Oo tho 27th ult., a grand reception ball, in honor of the Princo, was given at the residence of the British Minister Mr. THORNTON. This was attended by GRANT..bis Cubiacnt,.mombors of Con? gress and army and navy officers. Thc toilets of tho ladies were glittering with jowols-rich and costly. AU tho mem? bers of tho Cabinet, save BoUTWKLL, danced. GRANT didn't danoe. EXCHANGES. BURKE'S WEEKLY IOU BOYS AND GIRLS-Tho monthly part, for January, of this excellent Juvenile publication, has boon received, with an attraotive and highly iutorostiug tnblo of contents. Terms 82 per enumn. J. W. BURKE & Co., publishers, Macon, Geo. DIE MODENWELT.-This illustrated Magazine of Fashions and Fancy Work is published twioe a month, and is probably tho most compl?te, in it? single departments, of any thing of the kind that comes to us. Specimen copies may bo soon at the Sumter Book Store. THE LITTLE CORPORAL, published by ALFRED L. SEWELL & Co., of Chicago, 111., is puro, crisp and brilltaut, in its February issue beforo us. Specimen copies at thc Sumter Book Store HEARTH & HOME is kept up iu attvaetivo stylo. Wo observe tho name of Mrs. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE has been withdrawn from tho editorial staff. A "good riddanco" wo would soy. Her resurrection of tho private family affairs of LORD BYRON and attempt to fling infamy upon' his great name, merely to inako money and gain notoriety for her? self, has excited contempt wherever thc English tongue is spoken or its beauties admired. Specimen copies may be seen at tho Sumter Book Store. THE CHISSTEIt ItEPORTElt. Thc recent fire at Chester consumed the building in which thc Chester Re? porter was published, destroying also thc press, typo, &c, upon which that excellent paper was printed. Our sym puthy is extended to its proprietors, with tho hope that but a short timo will elapso beforo they aro enabled to resus? citate it, th statu quo. EDUCATION A L .GAZETTE. Wo havo received, recently, a month? ly paper of unasual merit and interest, entitled as above, and published by Messrs. C. II. TURNER & Co., of Phil? adelphia, at $1 per annum. It is a twelve pago paper, of ample ?ize, execu? ted io thc best typography, and really every line in it is readable. JGSy* Tho Editor of tho llorry Ncics says: "Wo were at tho funeral of a man's wife, in this county, and ho and his second lawful, blushing wife marched sorrowiug to thc grave. They were married whilst tho friends woro prepar? ing for tho funeral of thc first." --<?<!>'?-? HZS* Messrs. A. T. Stewart <0 Co., who generally do a steady and non? fluctuating business, bavo discharged sixty of their clerks sinco thc 1st of January. Claflin & Co. havo bocu obliged to dispenso with fifty six of their men, and Spalding & Co , th ir? SHINGLES. An exchange pokes tho following sharp stick atan individual who may bc found in nearly every village': "Tho man who don't ' advertise has his store hung all around with shingles ind pieces of barrel heads inscribed ?Irish Pcrtatcrs," "Korti Meei," "Flow tsr," Awl kinds of k on try prodoos," .Kandles fur sail hear," painted with lampblack. Ho says "Thnraint nosens in noospapor advortizon,' so long aa-'a mau is smart*cnuff2 tend 2 biz omi biz? ness, and kan stand at tho dore und hol? ler tho fellers in." ' tVlHTTEHOHE DENOUNCED II V OM; Ol' HIM OWN PARTY. Mr. FARNSWORTH-ono of tho Ito publican leaders of tho National House >r Representatives, who claims to bo a sound Republican, and to have boon so from hjs political youth up, .?poko ns follows during tho recent debato on the Virginia admission bill : "And tho gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Whittcmoro) had pro .culed, last night, a lying, absurd docu? mont, from individuals culling them? selves tho loyal peoplo of Virginia, iu teuded lo blacken .Ibo character of Gov? ernor Waiker and defeat tho eftbtts of til oso who wore attempting to bring thc '?talo into tho Union. It was a gross, black, damning libel upon Governor Walker." Mr. Whittomoro remarked that he would undertake to provo it by Govern? or Walker's law partner. Mr. Fiuusworth replied that tho man who was most, onorgetio and active in getting up that manifesto, and whose name was Porter, had boon tried and found guilty, by a military commission, and had been sentenced to six mouths' imprisonment, and had had a ball and chain attached to his ankle, for four months, for disloyally, sedition and drunkenness. Ho undertook to soy that, but for tho machinations and ef? forts of n lew mon, who saw that, by a rehabilitation ol tho State, they would loso thoir offices, Virginia would havo been admitted on (ho first day of this Congress. OTcrRsrrAV, JAN, 26.-Sonate-Baye? iotroduc-ed a preamble and r?solutions relativo to the death' of Judge Booser, and eulogies wero delivered by Corbie, Hayes, Jillson and Ruincy. A h;ll to ouioud tho charter of tho town of Manning was read tho first time. ' AjofiU to provide a ' general election of county offio?rs was read the second 'time. HOUBK-Eulogies of Judge Boozer were deiivored by speaker Moses, Ran sier and (Vhipper, and resolutions of cou do lou co adopted. Rills to prohibit bail in murder oases and to appropriate haifa million of dol? lars to purohase lauds wore road the first time. Burrel James gave notice of a Bill to prevent marriages uuder a certain ago. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20-Sonato The new eode of praotioo was read a third.time, passed, and sont to thc House of Represontativcs. Nothing of consequence transpired io the IIouso. THURSDAY, JAN. 27-Senate-Bills to regulato the publication of all legal notices, and to provide a homo for in? valid clergymen wore road and referred. HOUSE -Thc Bill to amend the charter of tho Georgetown Rail Road Company, reported as properly eugrossod. The Committee ou Roads, Bridges, aud Ferries reported unfavorably on a bill to compel owners of mills to keep in repair their dams and bridges. Notice was given of bills to renew and extend thc charter of tho town of Sumter,-for the better arrangement of the mails ia this State, Sec. Tho Act to designate tho officers by whom sales ordered by thc Courts of Common Pleas and Judges thereof, and of tho Courts of Probate shall be made, was returned approved by the Governor. FRIDAY, JAN. 28-Senate-Tuesday, Pcb. 1, was fixed as tho day to elect aa Associate Justice. Bills read second time : to incorpor atc the town of Florence ; to provide for tho formation of Religious, Charitable and Educational Associations. Bill to exempt nil mills for tho man? ufacture of cotton from taxation, was re? ferred to the Judiciary Cotuiuittc. Tho Senate adjourned until Monday. HOUSE.-Jenks was removed, by resolution, from tho chairmanship of the Claims Committee, because of prolonged absence and inattention to business. The enacting clause of tho bill to iucrcn.se the pay of tho Supremo and Circuit Judges was stricken out. SATURDAY, Jan. 29-Senate taking recreation, upon thc general ?dca, pre? vailing, wo suppose, that Saturday belongs to thc colored man. HOUSE-Beatty introduced a bill to incorporate thc National Mining and Manufacturing Company, with a capi? tal stock of ?500,000. Tho bill to enforce tho provisions of thc piv.il rights bill of thc United States Congress, and to secure to thc people thc benefits of a Republican form of Government, was ordered to bo en? grossed. A VIKCilNIAN WANTS TO KNOW HOW III; IN TO RI?HAVE, NOW THAT HIS IS IN THIS UNION. Tho following will do to read, when everything else in tho paper has been disposcd.of. We take it from tho col? umns (pf the Richmond dispatch : Mosers. Editors,- . -Now that wo arc in thc Union-a sort of tail-end joint-I have somo questions to ask. 1 want to know how to comport myself and obtain x knowledge of what <s necessary for me to say and do under these new cir? cumstances. I have hitherto spoken and written the English language ; is it .necessary now for mo to talk Yankeo ? Por iu stance, shall .1 say "Guess, haow, 1 hadn't oughtcr," cte , clo. Must I leam to drawl and usc a nasal twang to my iv ords ? Must I say "to hum" whon I j ni going homo, or in visiting a neigh? bor should I offer to come and "not a spoil" with him? Is it necessary to dine JU pork and benns ; and can you toll mc how to cook codfish ? Ought not thc Legislature to obtain a piece of Plymouth Rock to be placed on top of thc Washington Monument? Should not tho decrees of thc Hartford Convention bo substituted for thc Resolutions of'08, md the statues of Benedict Arnold, Aron Burr, and John Brown, replace those of Henry, Jefferson nud Marshall, ?vith that of Lincoln in the piuco of our boro cavalier ? Should not our profess irs in thc University bo removed ? But ?er might lecture on morals and ethics, Sumner on courage and true manliness, Banks on the military art, Beecher on theology anti tho law of marriage and livoroe, .Mrs. Stowe on domestic purity, Bingham on political honesty, and Un lorwood (that tuodoru Marshall) on jus? tice. I am afraid that, (hero is so much to bo learned, and I am ?.0 "sot in my ?vays," that it will tako at least three gen? ital ions of diligent schoolmarms and llurcau agents to transform us into Yan? kees. However I will do my best, and let you know from limo to timo bow I ret on. I am afraid this now diet will givo us ill political dyspepsia. Wo asked Tor bread, and have recoived a scanty picco of Plymouth Rook, by wuy of an iwor Wo bavogood memories in Virginia, [)no chief Causo of tho Revolutionary ivar was tho vrell-kept recollection ot tho manner in whioh tho men of Bacon'? limo had been treated a hundred years before by tho English Government. National sins aro novor forgiven booause iintious never repent, Hospitali? ty is ono of our virtuos ; we ?lwayf pay our debts, and never repudiate I doubt bot that hereafter sui table return' can and will he made for the goodly entertainment which we have BO long enjoyed. ' We owe New Eng? land a heavy debt of gratitude. # I hope to see it repaid with compound in? torc8t. * DRUNK BUT ON CK. 4 "You have but fivo minutes to live/** said tho sheriff; "It you bavo anything to say, apeak now." Tho young man said ? "I havo to die. I had one little brother. He had beautiful eyes and fluxeu hair, and I loved him. Ono day I got drunk-the last time in my life aod coming home, I found my littlo brother getting barrios it. the garden, aud I became very angry without a cause, and I killed him wit? ene blow of the rake. I did not know anything about it till next day, when I awoke and ] found myself hound and guarded, and was told my littlo brother was found deud. Whisky had done it. It had ruined mo. I uover was drunk but onoo. I havo only one word moro to say, and then I am going to my Judge. I say to youug porsons, never, never touch auythiug that can intoxicate/' In another moment tho young man was ushered into the proseuco of God. JOST" They are doing the Female Suffrage business effectually in Wyom? ing Territory. Women eau voto at 18; mou have to wait till 21. Kg?. Eleven hundred workmen were discharged from tho Navy Yard at Philadelphia, and thirteen hundred from that at Boston, on the 20th ult. LATEST NEWS. WASHINGTON JAN. 80.- Revel, the negro U. S Senator from Mississippi, has arrived, and is thc guest of Mr. Down? ing, restaurateur to tho House ot Re? presentatives. Tho N. Y. Herald's special from Havana on tho 28th, via Key West, says General Jordan, after defeating Fuello, killing forty officers, killing and wounding four hundred men, shooting Puello's horso from under him and hurt? ing Pucllo's leg, ho was placed in com? mand of tho array, supcrccdiog Quesada. Mr. Sherman presented Ohio's ratifi? cation of tho Fifteenth Amendment. Mr. Morton's bill admitting Missis? sippi imposes the samo restrictions as that of Virginia, with the exception that no oath is exacted from tho Stato Legislators. SPECIAL NOTICES. STEWARDS* MEETING. Tho- Regular Monthly Meoti ag ol the Board of Stewards of Sumter (Station) Mothodlrt Church, will bo held at tho Parsonage on Wcdnosdoy evening, 23, at 7 o'clock. A prelimi? nary mooting, for tho accommodation of tho members of tho Board who reside in the country, will bo hold at tho office- of the Sumter Watch? man, at 12 o'clock samo day. Members will plcaso como prepared to roport collodions for tho month of January. J. II. DINGLE, Chairman. F. A. FOLSOM, Scoietary. _Feb_2_ merit Soon Noised Abroad. It ls but fix years sinco ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM, was first offered for sale. Its good qualities wus soon mado known at homo, and very soon ils fumo was noised far and noor; now it is sold in nearly every Drug Store in tho Uni? ted Slates-North, Ea>t, South and Wost. No similar medicine stands higher with tho peoplo. It is well known on the Pacific coa>t, and liberal demand* fur it from San Francisco, Sacramento in California, and Portland, Orogon; oven from Australia, large ordors aro received for it. And throughuiit Canada, it is well and favorably known, und sold everywhere Read what Captain Fostor writes: POUT BiinwRi.r,, March 23d, I860. Messrs. PERRY DAVIS A SON, Sins:-lam pleased to notify you of Ibo benefit which I havo roceivod from Allen's Lung llulsnm, baring boon troubled with a ooiigh for sovaral years past, tho Balsam was recommended to me. I immediately procured it, ind found it to roliovo my cough more readily ihnn anything I ever tried. My wife hus also isod il with most satisfactory results. Yours vory Truly, Captain D. FOSTER. Captain Foster is n ship owner and builder, ro? dding at Port Burwoll, Canada. Sold by A. ANDERSON St CC, Druggists Sumter, S. C._[Feb. REDIVIVUSI! The S. S. S. of 1861, )r Dr. JEUSON'S Original SOUTHERN SOOTHING .YRUP ron Cnn.nu KN TEETHING, is again ro uscitatod li lt is n Corrigent of the Dowel litorder? contingent upon this period ; a grate 'ul Carminative ; a nutrition? Syrup; and a leNf.'o Anodyne, inducing calm and rcfrething re. toto, without tho pernicious and distressing ro .ctiomiry di.-turbnnco of tho nervous system hat royults from tho oxhihit'on nf most prcpara ions-expretttly made fur chifdron. Its use in ho Southern States, as far back as 1802, ostab ishod its reputation ns a Sonlhcrn Institution, md, as a medicino unrivalled, and as hoing the .esrund eafett prop.ivation for children teething, insuring ?BST to MOTHERS and NURSES and re ?cf timi strength to their infants. It is therefore io new medicine, ?nd needs nu advertising where t is bust known. Every precaution has been nkon to preservo nnd protect it from fraudulent OtintcrfuitS. It ?8 manufactured only nt the laboratory of COITB, TUMI-KINS & HURD, roem tors of, and successors to, the old established SOUTHERN Dnuo Honan op II AURAL, RISLEY A {ITCHES, 141 CtlAM&Bna STREET, YEW YORK, to vhom all orders should ho addrossod, and U for alo to the oitizens of Sutntor and surrounding mm try by tho following first class and respoota do Druggists : A. ANDERSEN A Co., J. F. W. )E LOHME. .Inno 10 -ly_ KOS KOO! 're-pared by Dr. J. J. Lawrenco, tho celebrated . YHICIAN and cn BM ST, Norfolk, Va., is a HAP , '?.BASANT and n KM A ?LB remedy for ALL diseases IA USED by TORPIDITY OF THE LIVER, IMPURITIES OF THE BLOOD, >lS01tbBRuOF THE URINARY ORGANS, )ERANaHMI?NTS OF TUB NERVOUS SYoTEM. It ruRiPirs and ENRICHES the BLOOD, RBS. ORBS tho iavKu and KIDNKYS to a healthy CTION, AIDS DIOBSTION, REGULATES the BOWELS, nd ISVIOOIIATKA tho NERVOUS SYSTEM. /< is NOT a Patent Modiolno. FORMULA around oach bottle. ENDORSED by the bett Phyticiani. The MOAT I'OPCLAR Medicine in ut?. Dn. LAWRENCE is constantly tn receipt of RATKPBLletters aod TESTIMONIALS of RBHARKA LB ouRBs performed by KOBKOO. All letters answored and advice giren-PR**. KOSKOO for sale by Druggists every whore at NH DOLLAR PRR BOT?LB. Vor etilo by . F. W. DeLorm?, July 28-ly SurnUr, 8, 0, IWRITAELR WALIM. ?adlgoaUo* not only affeota thopbyilcal bo.lth bat ?h? dispositions ud temper? of itt vkllkM. Th? dyspeptic IMMHN, too, in a ne*?uro de? moralised by bhi safferlags. II* U subject to flt? of IrrluUoo, I?IUIID??I, er despair, M tho ?AM maj be. A pretcrnaUtral MQlltWCBM* wbleh bo cannot control, load? bim to ml loon .tra* tb? ?ord? and ?ott of tb ooo a roar, d ki?, ?nd bi? Intereonree ?rea ?ttb tboee averell and dearott to bioa la not anfreqoeatly ra ar bod by exhibitions of tai ti nc?! foreign to bli real oatnre. Thc-w tn tb? nen ttl phenomena of tb? dlieaao, Tor ?blob tb? I J valid cannot bo juilly bold ra tponilblo, but they occasion mach boutehold di? comfort. It la to tho Intoro-1 of tho homo cir ole, lt ll essential to family harmony ll well a? to tb? reicuo of tho prinoipal inffarer front ? .Uto not far romored from Incipient imanlty. thattboao symptom* of monta! dlitarbaneo bo promptly removed. Tbl? ?an only bo done by remov?as; their physical cause, a derangement of the function? of the itomaeh and lt? allied vii? oom, tb? ltver and tiro bowel?. Upon Ibas? throo important organ? Hoiteltor'a Stomaoh Blt. toro aol simultaneously, produolng a itu rough and salutary change In their condition. Tbo vegetable ingredient! of whtoh the preparation la composed aro of a renovating, regulating and alterative oharaoter and tho itimulant which tonda activity to their remedial virtue? ia tho purest and beat that ean bo extracted from the mort . holeaome of all oereali, viss aound rye. No dyspeptio can take thia genial reatvratiro for a singlo week without experiencing a notable improvement lo hil general health. Not only will bia bodily sufforlngs abato from day to day, but bia mind will reoovor rapidly from iU rest* totano? and irritability, and this happy chango will manifest itself in bia dotneonor to all around him._[feb. MARRIED HOYT-MOOD-On tho evening of tho 20th January, 1670, at tho Methodist Church, by the Hov. H. H. Mood, O. F. HOYT to Ml? M. C. MOOD. NO curds. OBITUARY. DIED, on tho Oth January, 1870. in Sumter District, S. C., at tho residence of her mother, Mri. K. M. Colclough, Mite GERTRUDE E. COLCLOUG H, in tho 33rd year of her ugo. DIEf>", noar Bl8bopvllle, S. C., Jun. 10, 1870, JOHN JAM KS, infnnt son of K. and Amanda MoCaeklll, nged one year and twenty-two dnya. This lovely bud-thia truly interesting ohild, which had already closely entwined itself about tho hearts of itt? now bereaved pnrentr, hal been but plucked by the band1 of tho Saviour from the paront atom on earth, to bo transplanted in tho Garden of God above, there to bloom In sweetness and bennty forever. "Suffer little children to como unto me, ami forbid thom not, for of mob is tho Kingdom of Heaven." MKS. HANNAH BURTON PUNCH DB LORME, was born 21st Sept., 1847, and died in Su tor, S. C., January 23, 1870. She wa? happily converted at Bothol Church Aug. 17th, 1807- Tho writer had the pleaiuro of kneoling by her side, when eho professed faith in Christ ; and can say that hor conversion was ono of tho dearest that he over witnessed. Ho alto hnd the satisfaction of baptising nnd receiving hor into the Church the following day. For the two years abo remained In tho Bethel chargo, her life ever adorned tho doctrine of Christ Jesus her Saviour. On Jan. Mih, 1809, the was married to Mr. WILLIAM M. DKLURHK, Jr., of Sumter, and immediately re? moved hor membership to that place, where we havo learned, through her pastor and friends, that her lifo waa ever exemplary aa a- christian. During her llluets, ber sufferings wcro intense, so much so, that at times she was d?lirions, but when rational, tho was often exultant, .nnd at all times spoko calmly of death. She requested to be burled at Bethel, whore said she, "I first learned to tove Jesus." Her request was com? plied with, omi tho writer had tho mournful pleasure of conducting the funeral services, amid a largo artoinbly of relatives and frionda, met there, to pay the last tributo of rospoct to tho departed ono. She leaves behind a devoted husband, to mourn his irreparable losa ; alto n largo circle of relatives and friends, to whom she was much endeared by lier kind and affectionate disposition. ' Dut they "sorrow not ns those who haven? kopo, for they fool that tholr lota ia her cu mal gain." We pray that this borearemont may be sanctified to th? good of nil, and that tho dunr little babe which she has loft may be reared in tho "fonrof tho Lord,"?ad may ot Inst rejoin tho mothor in Heaven. J. W- MURRAY. 31 ASONIC. THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMUNICA? TION OP CLAREMONT LODGE, NO 04, A.*. F.*. M.*. will bo hold on Thursday evening, Feb. 10, 1870, nt 7 o'clock, P. .AI, Drothcrs will tnkodue notice and govern thom* solves accordingly. . E. C. GREEN, W.-. M.?. T. V. AV AI.sn, Secretary. Jan 5 COMMERCIAL. SUMTER. MARKET. FEB. 1. Our Cotton Market bas ruled quiet past week it from 20 to 23} els. according to grade-more khnn last week offering. BACON- Rib Sides, 19J@M); Clear, do., 20 @00 ; Shoulders, 17(5,00: Hums, 25. LARD-25c. FLOUR-Per bbl. $V@?12. COFFEE-Lnguayra, 30@32> Jnva, 45?ou; Rio, 22@80. w SALT-$2.90 (5) $3.00. SUGAR-Drown, 17@0?; C.,17@10: A., 18 @ 19; Crushed, 19?211. BAGGINO-r-DcBt, 30?32 j Gunny, 28@30. IRON-TIES-10@ 12. hOPE-10@16. BATESVILDR SHIRTINGS-Por bato I2Jo. YARN BY THE BALE-$2,10o. Per bundi Vehicles to Hire, Hauling, &c. THE SUBSCRIBER begs to inform tho elli rons of Sumter, and tho pnblio generally, that hois proparod to transport TRAVELERS, in ii comfortable nnd co m mod i ou s Vthlclo, to any point in this ortho adjoining Counties. He will furnish plcnturo parties desiri nc an woning rido or a trip into tho country, with a ;onvoniont vehHo, g< od hone? and trustworthy 1 ri vor. Ho ls also prepared to do any kind ot hnullug. either by the day or by special con? tract. Orders left at the Post . Office will bo promptly attonded to. Fob 2-tf_T. A. FRIkRSON. MUSIC LKSSONS. Vocal and Instrumental. Tho undersigned having taken his roaidonee ai Snmtor, will give lessons in Singing and on the PIANO and VIOLIN. Ho will likowlio give In limitions in FRENCH, GERMAN and ARITH? METIC. TUNING OF PIANOS ATTENDED TO. For further particulars, apply to him at bin ?csldonce in Harvln Street. II. C M. KOPFF. Fob 2-tf For Sale. ALOT OF ALABAMA COTTON SEED, of Ibo greatly Improved variety, known as 'THE POOR MAN'S RELIEF." OHere will io reoelved until Maroh 16th, by A. White A Co., Sumter, S. C., and by Mayes A Cooper, Mayes, rille, S. C., where samples of growth and tesl!, nonlall oin ba stgn. Fob2-3t_T. H. DICK. Lumber! Lumber!! ON and after the first day of February, we will ?di sawed Lumber of all qualities at ur Mill, only four miles from Sumter. We havo greatly reduced the coat of our Lum itr to the public Look to yoer own Interest ?nd ?amino our prioea. Tarma caah. REAMS, CHANDLER ? CO. Fob 2-tf Teacher Wanted. A LADY to tako oharge of ? small idiot tx. nohool. Anpiy to O.T. MASON. Jan 19-if PLANTERS' WAREHOUSE, -OFFERS Pure Peruvian Guano, TO ARRIVE. KOW ON THE WAY Pure Peruvian Guano. Planters' Warehouse? Feb 2 Lynchburg Female School THE FIRST TERM OF TniS SCHOOL wll open 1st FEBRUARY, ami continue 20 weeks, to he taught by MRS. WILBUR, (late of Davenport Female Collogo.) TERMS : For First Grado.$14 00 For Second Grade. 12 00 For Third Grado. 10 00 Muslo on Fiann. 10 00 Payment for Tuition required Quarterly. Board, Washing and Lights onn bo had st $10,00 to $1-2,00 per month. For further particulars apply to E. SPENCER, Chairman Hoard of Trustees, Feb 2-4t_Lvnoht.urg.S. C. COTTON SHIPPED. Wo bave rnado arrangements to ship COTTON To Now York, Baltimore or Charleston, making Cash Advances in samo when delivered, and huv ng it held a? EITHER POINT is long ns may bo deslrtd. ?Ve will receive Colton ot Sumter, Lynchburg, ifayesvftle or Manchester. freon, Watson & Walsh* DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE A ?ID COMMISSION MERCHANTS. PERUVIAN GUANO, FERTILIZERS and Corn. pLANTERS DESIRING US TO PUR ihase for them, CORN, PERUVIAN' GUANO, SOLVABLE PACIFIC GUANO, CAROLINA FERTILIZER, >R ANY OTHER KIND OF FERTILIZERS, rill please fond in (heir orders by FIRST OF >EOEMBER. Gtreen, Watson & Walsh. DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Notice of Change. LT A VINO loeatod permanently in the TODD cf LX Manning, where I at) conducting the Drer lostness, I havo this day disposed of, and nt my stock of Drugs and Medicines, in 0? 'own of Sumter, to my broth**, I. A. MeKAOKN. (signed.) O BO. P. MoKAOEtf. Ja?. 1st, 1870. Having purchased tho Drug Stock abrvs ttUft ed. to, I will oontlnu? the business at the 014 tani. And ask a continuance of tho patron?!* eretOfoM eitended. Respectfully, I. A. McKAOBtf. Jan I-IC