?, THE WEEK.
;?fl*!d Adver tieer says the
lb bo waking ap on tb?
qnastioo, ?od that ii is
onster temperance meeting
Chicago recently,
irai disability bill, which
poll ti cal disabilities, ia now
?er?tion in comtuitto, ?od
j is cou Adc n t ly exprc- ?ed
lott both house* ot Congress
ie colored Senator from Mis
instructed the door-kee per?
er tba ?ards of any visitors
>g tbe sessions of tho Sen
dored friend? were disposed
ri vi leges" add crowd into
the Senate. This was too
ie Radical nostrils of the
ts Senate, and hence Revels'
door-keepers,
o, in Utah, is seven feet
it was ten years ago, and is
l 'j ?ousinuriy rising. It has been urged
r by 'those who have paid attention to tho
; - subj eec that the rise of water there
s?V. would produce a solution of the Mormon
fe quest iou bei oro Congress would act upou
Tho Colombia correspondent of the
H ftharleeton Am s is incliued to fear that
y th? second movement to complete the
fhmous canal is all sham. Spraguo's
- ?gent took j'me bunds with shovels, who
:* shovelled lor two days, when the work
?5 ?gain ceased. .Tim looks very much
u Uko trifling..
At tho rcocnt Municipal election of
. : ' ^Bdgetield, us wc learn from the Adver?
tiser, a committee of Democrats and Rc
V. publicans met in conference and agreed
? ; upon u ticket, which waa elected without
Kc -coutest, and is tis follows : Intendant,
\t * X>. L. Tumor j Wardens, T. W Car?
. ' .wile, I). H. Dur iso*, Lawrence Cain,
! Paris Simpkins. This itt, uo doubt, the
I wisest course to bo pursued.
Thc Edgcfield Advertiser says: --Thc
llouso of Representativos before ail
L jourpiug, voted Speaker Moses-the
'? v~ enrolling oiliccr who formerly weeded
? so wido a row in Edgcfield-$000 ns a
gratuit!/. A gay gamboled- is Speaker
Moses. And gay pambolccrs require
. ; much mouey to keep up their gambo
."' leering."
Revels prcscutod, a few days ago, a
-petition from tho Mississippi Legisla-j
toro, setting forth that tho State had
' . adopted a constitution Republican in
? form, passed the 14th and 15th Amend?
moots, and asking for thc removal of
j political disabilities from all citizens of
v that State, lt is supposed that this
\ would includo Jefferson Davis.
The State Medical Association hos
.recently had a meeting a Nickcrson's
7 ./ Hull, Columbia. About twenty physi
^ oiaus wero present. Tito address of
T,' President Tally was of much interest.
.. Dr. john T. Darby subiuiited anuble
paper cn "Jiair Sutures?-' exhibiting
them in 'comparison with those of
thread, wire, &c.
A-writer in the Greenville Mountain
*0er says-.tho idea, of a young man without
. capital regarding hiwsolf as an overseer
on n farm with some three or four
?' laborers, is simply absurd. Ile must.
? lead-not drive. Ile must not say to
bis laborers, "go," but "come." There
ia no alterative. False gentility and
fuiluro, of genuine manliness aud suc?
cess.
Ouc of thc editors of tho Newberry
/ Herald made a "(lying visit" to Colum?
bia on^.he heels ol' tho adjournment of
Y^the Legislature, and, in his paper,
speaking of tho operations ol the civil
rights bill says: "lu ono coso where a
benighted son ol' darkness demanded a
. "shuvo," und became insulting, a billet
of wood on thc tup of his head routed
both him and tho ?dca." An uu-civil
way of giving him his civil rights.
AN Ki.<>Qi;i-;vjr AND xui.'XIIrri.
SPliliCH.
"I mean to say," said lion. John
Quincy Adams last week to thc Ruston
Constitutional Club, "and I say it with
a sense of responsibility, tliut to-duy
; there is nothing ui*tho old Constitution
of our lathers left to us except what was
ulwnys understood and believed by thom
to bo a mere incident ol' constitutional
gower, und that is this war power "
. * * + ??The old constitu? ional
edifico of i he fathers was built of thc
white marble ol thc States, which they
v brought together voluntarily as a work
of love, and piled up there, ono by one,
each iu pride and delight, stone niter
-,stone to thc beautiful and symmetrical
edifice under which wo all li.e. (Ap?
plause.) Rut what is this thing which
,. ? wo now soc there in Washington '{ Is
!.. that built of those stones? Is that put
. together by any such hands ns those
which cemented the old capitol '( Why,
* gentlemen, it is built ol' tho volcanic
ri . lava, hot yet from thc results of tho
outpouring of tho mount (applause.) ,
?y end it is clamped together by great
bands of black, rusted, iron felters.
(Applause.) D's no such edifice- at nil j
?nu1 now we have in tho Presidential
ii ohair a man who, when ho swears to
protect, and dol'ooJ, and preserve thc
Constitution, seems to think (hat this is
.., the Constitution which he swears to
, preserve."
r , . Alluding to a proposition which was
N made in tho Massachusetts Legislature
? a low days before lu lire a hundred guns
00 Ruston Common in honor of (ho pas?
sage of (ho fifteenth amendment, Mr.
Adams sahl: "I was only sorry (hut I
t ' was not in the Legislature to propose,
us an amendment to it, that, tho United
( Slates bo humbly solicited to allow tho
State of Mn-umcbUKCtts lo fire that salute
2R Jirom. h'ort Wu-rrou, und that tho guns
i might bo shot teil, ?ri order to -how tho
, . nropess by which I ho amendment hud
\Y been earned."
..
t-Ar- Alexander T. Stewart says : "He
who invests ono d ellar in business should
' invent ono dollar in udvcrtining." Ro*
bert Bonner uuys: '\Mv success isowing
to roy liberality In advertising." Rsr
. nuin ?fly? liborHl udvfrtiYtng mud?, him
s million dollars iu ten years. Stephen
f?iraid said : '-ConMunt and persistent
I *di erasing ts u sure pr-Jud? tu wealth."
[TOE IJRKINftBST tPT OF iLL!
I ?ADM ?J A Iff NOW PITCHKS IrTT*
. - M I
I The intimation tfca? li? will ft? aeat
berk, lo CungrtM . Diesrece to th?
Weiro If ac?. ,
The Mia iona ry Record, Daddy Cain's
paper, of ?March 12, gores the wounded
and dying carpet bagger and high priest
of Radicalism, io the following fierce
way :
BENJAMIN V. WU I TTE MORE, VERSUS
NE QUO HONESTY. a
We have refrained from uttering a
word iu relation to the conduct of tho
above named gentleman, and the cir?
cumstances ot his disgraeo by expulsion
from tho House of Representatives in
Congress, for the sale of r. cadetship.
If wo are to be guided b tho opinions
expressed by the leading journals of tho
country, Mr. Whittemoro has disgraced
the position whioh he occupied to such
a degree that under uo circumstances
could he hope for restoration, by his
constituents ; wo have heard that it is
his purpose to appeal to tho people, to
scud him .back again* as a means of
vindicating his course; we believe that
tho largest vote which he received was
that ot'thc colored people iu hts district,
we know that they have been tnado to
bclievo that no man was ever so great
as Mr. Whittemoro, but we aro greatly
mistaken if, when they are informed of ]
the terpitude of his crime, that they
will ever cast a vote for him to roturu
to Congress, as their representative.
Wc know that there is a certain class
of men, who believe that the colored
people are the greatest dupes io creation,
aud that they will do any mean thing
that any mean white man from tho north
may wish done, but we can assure the
country that there are no negroes so
debased in this State who, wheu inform?
ed of that gentleman's couduct, will cast
his vote to return him to Congress, and
thus disgrace themselves by partaking
I of his crime.
We protest, in the name of an out?
raged people against any attempt of]
either Mr. Whitemore, or any of his
friends to disgrace the negro race, by
any such intimations that they will
send him back to Congress, as a vindi?
cation of his cour.se. The negro is low
enough down now, without dragging
him tu tho last sink, with hopeless de?
pravity. It hus been thc policy of our
w iii te Republican friands to hold that
no colored man Was capable of occupying
so high and dignified position as a rep?
resentative in Cougrcss. Well, if any
colored man can cup this cadetship
gentleman io corruption, wo should like
to Gnd him out. Wo do not believe
that there is a colored man in South
Carolina who would bo so mean as to
sell the privilege of sending a worthy
colored man to West Point, if he
found no white man's son whom he be?
lieved it would be just to encourage to
send there. They would have regarded
it, of too high a character to barter away
fm- mann/. Wo say to those who believe
tn tho iuferiotity of the negro, gentle?
man ! we aro too proud of our man?
hood, too appreciative of the high boon
of freedom, ord national glory to be
found indulging in suoh contemptible
business.. When again we are ea lied upon
to vote wo shall cast it for one whom
wo believe worthy.
U llirriO^IORK'S DEFENCE.
The expelled carpet-bag Congress?
man Whitemore, han publis'icd a lot?
ter defending his sale of the cadetship,
aud announcing himself as candidate
for re-election. Ile says that recent de?
velopments have satisfied him that his
resignation was a hasty and unnecessary
step, and adds : "I do nob hesitate to
say that tho Republicans and Demo?
crats regard the whole transaction as
unparalleled io haste and severity; and
I furthermore I repeat t hat < ? enera I Lo?
gan himself, the day uf:er my resigna?
tion, did not report a resolution of cen
sure instead of expulsion, that he did
not believe my intention wrong, that he
hoped I would bc returned to Congress
and mat ho would bo thc first mau to
welcome my return.
''Such has been the chango already,
which, ofoourso, brings a little balm to
the wounds inflicted. Tho hop? ex?
pressed by n very largo number of thc
members of thc House that I may bc
returned to Congress is tho evidence
that, while they wero pressod into a
seeming acquiescence in this hasty ac?
tion of a few Hotspurs, they aro still
openly friendly, and they express every
confidence in my honesty and integrity
in this whole matter. I shall como
again to my constituents, whose confi?
dence I have never violated. I shall
ask them to give mo ..licit- votes and
send me back to my place, made vacant
by uo dishonest action."
IHVI THO! NANI? IMU.I,Alts IN SOLID
HOLD FOUND HIDDEN BENEATH
THE SOD.
Yesterday afternoon a gentleman
named Wm. Pole, who reccutly pur
chased and is now improving a lot nour
thc eastern terminus of Twelth street
discovered on his promises a treasure of
?no trifling import. He was digging for
tho foundation of a house. NTcur the
j roots of an old tree that had long ago
?been cut down, Mr Palo was freely
ufeing his spade when suddenly it struck
something solid and apparently i in mo?
vable Digging around thc ?bjcot it
was soon brought up to light.
It proved to bc a small iron chest,
rusty, but heuvy und solid. It was nt
I once removed from its bed under the
? earth, and with sotuo dilFiculty opened,
j Imagine tho surprispipind delight of
I Mr. P. on discovering ^herein gold to
tho amount of 85,620/' With tho gold
! was also found a not?, and in -the note
i wai legibly written \ > .
Hidden fromi tifo soldiers in 1861.
If I never return, and this is dijonvored
thu findet will ploaao devoto half the
amount to charitable purpose, and the
bataneo he onn kocp for his own usc.
I ai^ nu old man, with not a relativo in
Missouri.
J. C. WAITE.
Tho rooney has been placed in bank.
Mr. P., we understand, intend* fllllfill
?rig the written ropiest of the old man
to tho lotter, and especially gladly, n
doubt, will ho appropriate ?'tho ba In noe*
referred to in Mr. Waite's note.-Kan
tai City Mnc$, Feb. 18.
WE?NE8DAY. M A ?CH 16;
A. A. jBjjgj-- . - . . . . w . . EWTOR
The Sumter Watchman lias by
far Ute largest circulation {espe?
cially in the surrounding country)
of any paper published in Sumter,
and teas established in 1850.
?ST Cotton at New York on the
14th inst, dosed firm, at 21 J. Gold
olosed unsettled 112.
TOB PR RS? RIBBT1N?.
The anti-radical editors of the. State
seem generally to have agreed as to the
practicability of a meeting for confer
renee as to the course to be pursued, or
rather, the position to be taken, by thom,
in tho coming oletions, before the peo?
ple. We have no doubt such a course
is prudent, looking to harmony in the
State, and to this ond wo trust that the
meeting may bo successful.
STATE' CENSUS).
The census of 1870, as compared with
that of 1860, shows a tota] decrease of
population of the State of 42,(500. Ol this
decrease, it is a significant fact, that of tho
colored population largely preponderates,
tho decrease of whites, being lb,427 and
of colored 42,609. When tho greater
number of oolorod is considered - C86,
138 to 274,961 white-and the decima?
tion of whites by tho war is takon into
account, the faot stated is striking.
Many blacks have left the State since
the war, and yet the same may be said
of the whites, aud wo must therefore
conclude that tho mortality of the form?
er has greatly exceeded that of tho lat?
ter, and that this mortality has largely
increased since emancipation. In 1860
-just previous to tho beginning of thc
war, it stood, whites, '?91,388 ; colored,
412,320-colored majority, 120,932. In
1870, whites, 2T4,961 j colored, 386,138
-colored majority, 111,177-a decrease
of the oalored majority of 9,755. If
the fearful mortality of whites, from tho
results of the war, could bo correctly
estimatod, it is likely that at least 10,
000 more would be added to this de?
crease of the colored majority.
Sumter is one of a few couutics in
which tho whites have increased nnd the
colored people decreased since tho
war.
"HOM*: IS THE DEAREST SPOT ON
EARTII OTO I?1E.*>
Those are the words of a youth of our
community, now absent from home, as
contained in a recent letter to his
parents.
Feelings and expressions of love for
homo and thc dear ones who gather
about the domestic hearth, arc en?
nobling; and when commingled with
that more sacred and purifying sense
that comes from thc inspiration of tho
love of God in the heort, produces an
elevation and satisfaction of thc soul far
richer and moro precious than anything
which can come tu us, from associations
and com ming] ?n^'s with the outside world.
The softening and holy tears of affection
flow, when wc dwell upon tho one, whilst
a joy serene aud undisturbed nnd full
of unutterable bliss, swells thc heart,
wheo we drink deeply ot thc oth?
er.
"Home is thc dearest spot on earth
tonto." How often hos the emotion,
inspired by a feeling such ns this, sud?
denly checked tho wayward youth, or
^t may bc thc man of sterner years, in
the pathway of dissipation and ruin.
Thoughts of a mother's tears, and a
mother's prayers-of her sweet, gentle
attentions-of a fathers lovo and de?
votion-of dear sisters and brothers
gathered within thc charmed circle of
home, have come flooding tho soul
opening up again its fountains of tender
ness, and bringing contrition and re?
morse, when they are insensible to ull
other influences.
How careful, then, should parents bc,
in making those impressions of them?
selves and home, upon tho miuds of j
their children, which they arc to bear
with them when they lonvc tho parental
roof, and go out to battle will? the.world,
and bravo the fcarlul tide of its tempta?
tions.
OPERATION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
Dili Ii?
Now that thc great fight has been made
over thc civil rights bill, and it has
become a law, tho workings of it do not
scorn to give satisfaction to those who
clamored most for its passage. The
truth is, tho mass of the colored pcoplo
care nothing about it, while those of
beter reason aud intelligence and moro
modesty do not euro to thrust themselves
into positions which produce mutural
unpleasantness ; and wo apprehend.that
this UCW law will produce but little
chango upon former usuagos in this
respect.
A lettor written from Columbia, at
tho time of tho adjournment of thc
Legislature, has tho following :
To night small crowds of negro??? aro
making a practical experiment u? to the
effect of tho Civil Hight? Hill. Thoy
have visited bar-rooms, and havo boon
refused, tried to bo shuved in barber
shops ; one or two havo been knocked
down by irate, coloicd barbers; and ap?
plied for admission to hotels.
In ono nf tho bar rooms thc proprie?
tor hud tho wip handlo of them. He
had been reading tho Courier. When
they askod for a drink ho anid they
couldn't have it. "Why, bcoauso 1
don't like YOU ; I sall liquor to whom I
pitase?" '?Well, why don't you like ?"
"I don't like your olothes; I don't
like your actions, I don't like
yon? Ulk ; yon don't behave like gen
I tleasen ; but mind yo?, I don't object to
jon on account cf your race, color, dr
previous condition." The uegroes 'lek
with a flea In their ear, and with a spe?
cies of disgruntlement whioh they exhi?
bited by planting themselves on the aide
walk, eursiug the proprietor end endea?
voring to or?ate a disturbance.. Some
of tho negroes ?re precipitating a Bori
cus difficulty, and they don't know it.
WHITTBHIOUB AT Si nxKH.
ffe Arrives at 1 o'clock on Saturday,
12th-One colored man escorts him
from the Depot-Ac comes with hold
front through the business street and
goes directly into tlie Sheriff's Office
Ile speaks-small attendance of his
constituents.
On Saturday last, when it was an
nounced on the streets that Whitten.ore
bad arrived, thc feeling produced among
tbe whites was akin to that excited by
tho approach of a menagerie. All eyes
were turned in the direction of the said
road-a considerable number of colored
people were on the street at tho time.
These seemed to bo rather confused,
and stood iu motionless silence. Ho
comes ! With bold frout and quick
step-holding nn umbrella over him?
self, ono colored man with another um?
brella, walking by his .sido. He moves
rapidly, bib eye glancing quiokly from
sido to side as he approaches. He seems
to hare no words with his escort,- and
darts into tho Sheriff's Office? Tho
colorod people stand off at respectable
distance and look on, as though they
wore almost ready for a Stampede.
Soon it leaks out that he has failed
to get the usc of tho Court IIouso in
which to display his oratorical powers in
appeal to his constituents, for sympathy
and redress of his terrible grievances,
and that ho will hold forth at the
Emanuel Church, near tho Hail Hoad
Depot.
Soon he moves out from his retreat
(after proclamation by tho Sheriff) iu
the direction of the piuco indicated.
Hut few seem to follow. There is cer?
tainly no general movement on the part
of the latgo number of blacks that now
stand on thc streets. Here we loose sight
of the honorable gentleman.
Wc learn that he speaks to a small
crowd o? colored people, and, pouring
forth thc story of his wrongs, with c?o
quenco sublime, and pathos touching,
and fcoliug deep and moving, he finally
gets up some little enthusiasm among
his hearers. And when ho finally puts
thc question, "will you vote for mo
again?" "Yes!" is heard in reply
from a number of voices.
GEN. D. F? BUTLER AND SI If ED
w.vHu ii Uli WER LYTTON BART.
Gen. Butler hus a great dislike to
Bulwer, as tho English Novelist is
generally called, and this dislike is of
very recent or'gin. It is said that he
read thc novel called " \ Strange Story,"
to a certain passage, which proved so
offensive to him, that he threw down
tho volume in great wrath, and declared
if Bulwer had been in Pompii in its Last
Days, it would have been better for thc
world. A gentleman who was present
at this outburst of passion, picked up
the volume as thc (jcnoral flung out ol']
thc room with mighty strides, aud fe mid
it open at this place: "Aye, true ; thc
vulgar proverb says it is good to be born
.with a silver spoon in one's mouth; so it
is when one has one's own family crest
on it ; but when it is a spoon on whioh
people recognize their family crest, and
cry out, 'stolen from our plato chest !'
it is a heritage that outlaws a babe in
his cradle"-p.p. 155-Globe edition.
This scene occurred just after tho ex?
pulsion of thc Kev. Mr. Whittcruore.
1.1 HICK A !..
Thc House of Representatives before
it adjourned voted Speaker Moses five
hundred dollars extra, besides his six
dollars a day. This was quite liberal
with other people's money. What
right had these members of the Leg?
islature lo take five hundred dollars of I
the public funds and give to Frank
Moses? If they wanted to mnko him a
present why did they uot tako tho
money out of their own pockets to do it
with ? Fifty cents a day is what thc
majority ol his constituents biro for,
and why should he bc paid ten dollars ?
Such extravagance as this is thc cause
of high taxes and low wages. Wake up
dar k i es.-Kingstrett Sta r.
.I na: < A Uli rsm I' i'i:i)ii,i;i[s.
Thc New York Tribune intimates
that thc peddlers in endotship will be
rigorously dealt with to tho lasi man,
and thc Rodorick lian dom Butler has
"only aggravated bis punishment by ef?
forts lo delay it." Says tho Tribune
"Mr. R. ll. Butler, ot i cnnesKco,
only aggravates his punishment by ef?
forts io delay it. Tho defiant air of
Mr. Wbitteiuoro robbod him of all pub
lie sympathy, tho obstructions which
Mr. Butler attempts to throw in the way
of his propor punishment for on offence
which he docs not deny and hardly at?
tempts to palliate, will bring upon him
tho public contempt. Tho public ex?
pects tho Millitary Oom mitt 00 to doits
full duty in this mutter; and titcro is
not tho least occasion to suppose, what?
ever D?mocratie papers may suggest,
that this painful duty will bo evaded
cither for politioal or personal reasons."
B?ftv Tho Hon. W. F. DoSaussuro
comly departed this lifoj on Sunday
night, tho 13th instant, in the seventy
ninth yoar of his ago, having boon born
in tho city of Charleston on tho 22nd
of February, 17Q3.
, TB? ?BtBHT.
Thif ?a a subject of deep iutereet, in ;
a political potot of ?tejr, to ?rery ?rae
Southern patriot. Tho present hoar is
one of deep humiliation to everj South
ero white man. It really would seem,
that the Molock of Northern despotism
?Radicalism- would hare been satiated,
after devouring the whole wealth of
the Sooth, and degrading lier to a gov?
ernment in which she has no oootrol ;
but io the elevation of the negro to a
first position, and putting all politioa)
and oivil jurisdiction in his hands, bas
caused tho humiliation and degradation
of the South to reach a depth, wbioh
is beyond the power of lauguago to
fathom. One would havo thought that,
freeing tho negro, whioh, at one stroke,
removed from tho South its chief basis
of wealth-the repudiation of her cur?
rency, -winch took every .dollar from
her pocket, and emptied thc treasury of
every bauk-the mardi of soldiery
thiough her length and breadth, cap?
turing horses aud mules, stripping ber
citizens of their food, clothing and sil?
ver plato, and burning tho giu houses,
dwelling houses, and cotton, leaving
her in the most absolute penury, would
have so glutted the appetite for revengo,
that long beforo this, a revolution of
feeling would have taken place, and a
generous sympathy ireou awakened, and
like Israel of old, when she had cruelly
treated Benjamin, would have been
found in tears for her misfortunes. But
how bitter and unrelenting must boa
hatred, whioh, after perpetrating tho
cruelest acts of war, in tho heat of pas?
sion, subjecting the perpetrators to the
charge of barbarity, rather thtiu to a
claim of the civilization of the nineteenth
century, should shook thc sensibilities
of tho whole civilized world, by consign,
?ng an equal, brave, aud patriotic peo?
ple, to thc eulin, oool, afterthought uud
deliberation of the present time, to a
cruelty worse -than heat hen ism could
have devised. The uegro, thc former
slave of the South, whose color, physi?
cal structure, aud mental development.,
shows him to be thc inferior ot' every
other type ol' humanity, und utterly in
capable of thc highest order of civiliza?
tion, and muong whom, when of pure
negro blood, not oven one exception of
a great intellect can bc found, even ut
tho North, where for years ho has en?
joyed all tho blessings of education and
association, is advanced, not to equality,
but by numerical strength, toa superior
posit iou to tho white mun, and the
whole political power placed in his
hands ; and thc white man, whoso col
or, physical cou formation, rational in
stiucts, and mental capabilities, make
him tho superior of all other grades ol'
men, is put under his political control ;
and then, os though she feared thc es?
cape of the victim Iront her teeth und
claws, passes, "by hook and by crook,"
thc fifteenth amendment to the consti?
tution, by way ol'perpetuating this in?
famy to thc lust limes.
"Action and reaction aro equal and in
opposite directions," is an axiom as true
iu governments as it is in physics. This
condition ci things cannot last always.
It is as unnatural us it is cruel, as un?
reasonable as it is inhuman, and cootia
diets, at once, the laws of civilization
uud human development. Who can
suppose that that strange thing-called
tho Legislature ol' Suuth Carolina-a
mixture ol'white, yellow and black, with
little reason und much nonsense, little
judgment, and much stupidity, little
virtue, and much corruption, which can
not bc compared to anything iu thc
heavens above, thc earth beneath or thc
waters under thc earth-a hybrid, which
is neither fish, bird, nor beast, which,
like Nebuchadnezzar's image, is part
metal and part miry clay, can perpet?
uate its owu existence for any number
of years! A b?dy that has legislated,
and legislated, until neither chicken or
pig is see ii ve in tho yard ol' honest
industry, and a crop is stolen before it
can bc gathered (rom the field ! A body,
which, by its legislation, has caused
rascality to rise to a commanding pre?
mium, and honesty to sink below par
whioh has made dishonesty strut in
hoots and broad cloth, und truth and
honesty weep in secret ! A budy, which
is becoming us disgusting to thc honest
und industrious negro, us it hus been
for a long time to tho white man. How
long cutt it perpet?alo itself?
OHS KU VE lt.
"OKoi? rilli M I;ito."
Thc Radical papers at ihc North arc
all echoing thc cry, '-diop tho negro "
They instinctively realize the fact tlitit
his popularity is on tho wane, and he
must soon assume bis real character in
the great theatre ol' American politics.
Ol'course tlity aro ns yet cautious in
this heresy, nod confine themselves to
abuse ol l'hilips, for wishing to r.ppro
priato laud to Sambo; Howard, for wish?
ing to gi VJ him monoy*; Summer, for
wanting to charge thc nation with the
education ol' pickaninnies; ll?vela, for
presuming to a scut in tho Senate.
These ure only thc outposts now being
engaged, but the eiWidcl which en?
shrines tho ebony idol U plainly in
great danger. His high priests aro
being turned upon his purty, and in a
very short time, he, too, will bo left to
hoe his own ro?v Now if Sambo is
clever, ho Will realize th! i ?',ct and ac?
cept tho situation, hy honestly working
in his own sphere Directing newly
acquired privileges toward it legitimate
result and properly discriminating bo
tween his real anti his deoiitl'ul friends,
he can become a most uselul member of
society, and r?quiro by merit that station
and importance of which ho is soon to
be deprived, whoo tho Radicals "drop
the negro." m
wnw MMrmm'rnmmmfnm.
POMTBd CONFECTIONERY, by Jean W.
Dargan-Fina Sogar? ?ad Saoklag Tobacco,
Pip??, Ac^roekery and Oh?? Wari. Fia? Caa
diaa at rodaeed p?io??, and, oheorli g to hear
specie pajm??t returned. Bea ad?ert(cement.
FANCY GOODS, CANDIES, ?\o-Frank
Folsom'? Headquarters for ?heap gooda contin?
ues to bo a placo of attraction for tho ladle?. Ho
gires particular at'eotlon to the Fancy Depart?
ment, and Mr?. F. to the Confectionery-tho
6oufton and department of goodie* generally.-?
Look to the advertisement.
JOHN 8. HUQHSON, nodor the Photograph
Gallery-Fruit, Confectionery,.Paney and Heavy
Groceries, Glas? aud Crockery Ware, Pine Se?
gura, Mercbnum Pipe? and Smoking Tobacco.
All these at very low prices. See advertisement
SUMTER BOOK STORE Some moro new
Book?, some of which are mentioned In adver?
tisement, and various grades of writing paper?,
at astonishingly low pricos.
LIFE INSURANCB-Piedmont ond Arling?
ton Life Company, of Virginia-Loaphart, Jef?
ferson A Runsom, General Agents. Capt. Geo.
B. Lako. of EdgeBeld 0. H., Superintendent of 1
Agencies for tho Slate of South Carolina.
SALE, by T. J.-Coghlan, Sherhf, on the first
Monday in April, of eleven hundred and forty
fi vo acres of land in Sumter County, in the oas?
of L. P. Luring v8. Lauringdon R. Jennings.
OBITUARY.
MRS. MARY ANN SWINTON, the subject
of tbia notice, was born Juue 25, 1832, and died
February 26, 1870.
Afflictions do not often come alone. The war vio
tiiulited one brother, disease shortly after bore off |
tho excellent mother, and then her noble husband
died while yet in the full vigor of manhood, in a
distant city, wither be had gone to engage in
business having, like thousands, lost all bis
earthly possession? by tho casualties of war.
Tho dusoluto and boreaved widow, with abalterod
beulth, brought buck bis mortal remains and
deposited them In kindred earth. She caine
back, Uko Naomi of old, Booking consolation
from relatives and the friends of her brighter
days. Sho wu? a widow indeed.
Out tho long catalogue of her sorrows was not
yet tilled out ; suddenly, death directed another
shalt against tho family, und tbo youthful moth?
er, the wile of a dear brother, fell pierced to
the heart, leaving bohind a heart broken hus?
band and a dear little one unconscious of it?
early huron erneut. Thon it was that this gener?
ous lady aud loving ??.-ter stepped forward and
offered to bo a mother to this motherless child,
and to con-.iuuo ii home for her bereuved brother.
It sue m ot provident iii I, that such nn arrange?
ment should bo mudo. Friends boped that ber
own griet might 8nd an alleviation in tho cures
necessary to bo dovotud to helpless infancy and
in the snperintoiidanoo of household affairs.
Hut huw circu.ascribed is human forecast.
When nil seemed .to point to ns much pennunen
cy as mun eau naturally calculate upon, death
again invaded this nlready repeatedly smitten
family-Puralysis, with fearful rapidity, struck
down this sei'oud mother-this mourning sister
and daughter-this deeply desolate, widow, and
Irnnsforrud, in a fow days, her body to the same
grave, where livo n onths ngu sho had deposited
tho remains of her hosbund. Jutta little before
shu WO? smitten by tho um la dy which resulted in
her death, .-lin hud eructed a beautifully chaste
monument, with a t?m hingly ?implo Inscription
tu bis memory, and wbilo eng;.god in this sor
row ful tusk of love, she remarked to tho gentle?
man who fjxecutud tho work, that it would not
bo long before be would have to extend the
inscription by putting hor namo also there. And
there ii deed do her remains lie in tho ramo grave,
tho sume head stono answering for both. ''They
were lovely and pleasant in their lives, nnd in
their dentli wero not (long) di vi. ed'" *
Mrs. SWINTON bad for years been n professor
nf religion, hnving early ih lifo, connected ber
self with tho Baptist Church, of which she con?
tinued to bo an uoccptnblo member to the timo of
lier dentli. She was a lady of great enerby of
character, and of ardern affections. Her funeral
was largoly intended by weeping relatives and
sy uiputhizing friends.
To livo, to lnvo, to weep and die,
Is this our bis'try hero ?
0 look, poor mortal, look on high,
A heavenly borne is near.
'Tis sweet to live In sorrow's land,
'Tis sweet to suffer puin,
If so. at lust, at God's t ight hand,
Forever moro we reign.
31A SO x\ I C.
rpHE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMUNICA
JL TION OF CLAREA ONT LODGE, NO 64,
?.'. F.*. M.". will be bold on Thursday evening,
March I", 1S70, nt 7 o'clock, P. tl.
Druthers will toko duo notice nnd govern them
-elves accordingly.
E. C. GREEN, W.\ M.*.
T. V. WALSH, Secretary.
Jan ft_._
COM MU HCl AL?.
SUMTER MARKET. MARCH 16.
Cotton steady ut from Mi to 171 but little
i.ff ring.
BACON-Bib Sides. 19J@00; Clour, do., 20
f". ot) ; Shoulders, 16??0; Hums, 26.
LA lt l>-20? 25c.
FLOU lt-Per bbl. $7? $12.
COFFEE-Luguayra, 30@32; Juva, 45@5u;
Kio, 22(fl)M.
SALT-$2 50
SUGAR-Brown, 1"@00 ; C., 17? 10; A., 18
(M. ID ; Crushed, IU@2ll.
BAGGING-Best, 30? 32; Gunny, 28@30.
IRON-TIES-10? 12.
ROFE-10? 15.
BATES VILLE SHIRTINGS-Per bale 12?c
YARN BY THE BALE-$2.10c. Per bunch
LATEST QUOTATIONS OP
SOUTHERN SECURITIES,
IN CHARLESTON, S. C.,
Corrected icccltly hy A. C. KAUFMAN,
Broker, No 25 Broad Street.
FEBRUARY 22, 1870.
STATU SKCIWITIKH-South Carolina, old, 84?
Sft; <h> new,-?78j do, rcglst'd stock, ex int
- ?7?
CITY SKCURITIKH-Augusta, Ga. Bonds, 83?
SI; Charleston, S. C. Stock, (ex qr int) 54?57;
do, Flro Loan Hund?, -?75; Columbia, S. C
Bonds. 05? 70.
RAI t.no A H lingua- Bluo Ridge, (first mortgage)
- @50] Charleston and Savannah, 68@0(1 ;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta,-?'J0;
Ciieinwitnd Darlington, -80; dixonville mid.
Columbia, (1st mort) -?70; do, (Stnto guur
onloe) 01? - ; Northeastern, 84?85; Savan?
nah and Charleston, (1stmort) -80; do,(State
guarantee) -??ti;i; South Carolina,-?83; do,
75) Spurlauburg and Union, -?54.
RAH,no A n STOCKS- Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta,-@;>5; Greenville and Columbia, I)
lu .2 ; Northeastern, 7? 8; Savannah and Charles,
ton, 2:i?25; Soul!. Carolina, (wholo shares)
88?44 I do, (half do) I8?22J.
Exi'MANGI-:, Ac -New York Sight, \ off p'.r;
Gold, 1I0?121; Silver, 110? ll J.
RoUrn CAROLINA DANK nu.i.s.
*Bank of Charleston. A.- ? -
* Bunk of Newberry.- ?
Bank of Camden .40? -
Bank of Georgetown.-?5
Bank of South Carolina.5?
Bank of Chester.5?
Bunk of Hamburg-.3?.
Bunk of Stnto ot S- C. prior to 13(11.40? -
Bank of Stnto ot S. C. issue 1801 and 1802 10?
. Planter?' and Mechanics' Bank nf Charles-?
ton.- @ -
*Peoplo"a Bank of Charleston.- ? -
' l ui.oi Tank of Charleston.- ? -
?Southwestern R R Bunk of Charleston, - ?
(old).-@
*Sotithwcstorn R lt Bank of Charleston, -?
(now) .- ? -
Farmers' and Exchnngo Bank of Charles-?
ton.m.-? J
Exehnngo Bank of Columbia.10? -
Merchants' Bank of Chcraw. 3?
Planters' Bank of Fairfield .3? -
State of South Carolina Bills Recoivablo...par.
City ol chariest! n Chango Bi.ls.par.
.Bills marked thus (*) are being rodoeined nt
tho Bank Counters of each.
.Inn 12 ly
~ THE' PATEN T
COMMON SENSE SAFETY BRIDLE.
fpilE Cheapest, Simplest and most
1 effeotive Safety Bridle ever Invented. It is
a perfect safeguard against Runaway, Kioking,
H anim on thed and onruly Horses.
Having bought tba righi f?t Sumter, parties
cnn be supplied on application to tte, at Mayos
Tlller 8. C. THOS. L. BURGESS.
Refers to Gol. ?. V. Walsh, Sumter.
B*V;V' .- :'. '? >''??'- K' . .' - .. ' ~
l> ??./>? - . ? . - -
TO TBS
Citizens of Sumter and Vicinity.
I Frop?M to |{ft ? pabilo Reading of mj
Poe?, . Ichabod," a Tribute to th? Loft Cai?,
?ad IU Defender a, both Living aa* Deed, at th?
Tom pericoe H ?ll. la Sumter, on ia*s4ay, th?
34th of March, at b?lf p*st 6 o'clock, P. M., ta
ea*? tb? weather paralla end I ?aa Beear* th?
a** of th* Hall.
Admission 6 Oe ts, and a liberal proportion of
tb? proofed? to ba contributed to the Ladle?'
Moanmental Assooiatioa Food. X asa entirely
?were of lb? basant of such an undertaking bat
trait Co th? generoaiiv and patriotism of an en.
lightened comrauaity to sustain my effort I
will try to give you aa hoar's ploaiantentertain,
ment, a quid pro quo, and hop? that yon will
have no cans? to regret .jour patronage. It ls
high timo that the South should set ?boat build?
ing up a Literature of ber own, and tho only way
t.. do it, is to aecord her literary men a generous
encouragement. All I sab ls a fair hearing ; T
am willing tu put my literary produotions on
their merits, and to abide th? verdict of th? pub
lio, and in token of my sinoerity, I am ready to
engago to return tb? admission fe* to any person
who is dissatisfied after hearing the Reading.
This, I think, is a fair ofter. I know that "a
prophet ls not without honor, sar? in his own
land," but still I will venturo to appear before
those among whom I was born and reared. I
ozpect to give Readings of this sam? Poem elco
where, in aid of tbe sam? and other Charities,
and would like first to ootaln th? endorsement
of my own people.
Respectfully,
W. Q KENNEDY.
I will placo Admission Tickets lo tho Stores In
Town for Sale.
Head Quarters
-FOR
Cheap Goods,
FRANK-F?LS0MS.
GREAT BARGAINS IN
Fancy Articles.
THE PLACE FOR TUE LADIES
TO BUY
TRIMMINGS, LACES, &C
Fresh Arrivals Constantly.
THE FINEST LOT OF
FANCY GOODS IN SUMTER,
ul wai/s on hand and sold CHEAP.
CANDIES I CANDIES ! I
THE BEST.
And Good Things Generally.
TEA ! THiAS!
A SPLENDID ARTICLE at $1.25 per pound
in the Confectionery Department.
M II i rh 16
Just Received
-AT
DARGANS
FINE SEGARS,
Smoking Tobacco,
Pipes,
Pipe Stems and Fix?
tures.
THE CHEAPEST
Crockery and Glass Ware
Offered in the market since tho war,
(Auction Goods not Excepted?)
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE WEEKLY.
THE VE It Y BEST CANDY
SOLD IN THE MARKET.
First houseintown to PUT THE PRICE OF
CANDY DOWN.
SPECIE ?PAYMENT RESUMED AT
THE SUMTER CONFECTIONERY
Mnrch 16-4t
NEW BOORS
-AT
Sumter Book Store.
NOT WISELY, BUT TOO WELL.
Cometh up as a Flower.
Greatest Pingue of Lifo.
Chaplet of Ponrls.
Two Lifo Paths.
A Life's Sccrot
Foul Play.
Tho Stolen Mask.
The Lawyer's Secret.
Diary of n> London Physician.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, with 1500
illustration?, the grcnto.t work of any age.
REMEMBER
-THAT YOU CAN GET
OOOD FOOL'S CAf PAPER at 15 cents,
per quire.
LETTER PAPER nt 10 cents per quire
ENVELOPES ot 6? cents, per pack.
SLATES at lg cents, enc-b.
SCHOOL BOOKS and all Miscellaneous Books
nt PUBLISHER'S RETAIL PRICES.
-ALSO
Photograph Albums,
Wall Paper,
Toilet Snaps,
Hair and Tooth Brushos.
Visiting Cards,
Engravings, Ac, Ac,
VERY LOW
At the SUMTKIl BOOK STORE.
March 16_ A. WHITE A CO.
Thc State of South Carolina
SUMTER COUNTY.
In Court Common Picas-In Equity,
Luoius P. Loring, "1
Lnnringdnn R. Jennings,
Sarah C. Bryan and others.
Bill fur foreolnsnro
of Mortgage, Ac
IN obedionce to the orders of sale mado in this
case, I will offer f?r sate, at publiooutcry, at
Sumter Court House, on the first Monday in April
next, for oash, the mortgage premises described in
said Bill, consisting of all that certain traotor par
eel of land, containing eleven hundred and dirty
five aores, situate and being in .Sumter Cooroy,
in tho State aforesnid, adjoining lands of J. N.
Frlerson. J. R. Pollard, J. M. Pitts, W. H. Bur?
gess. Wm Barkely, L. H. Dinklns and H. N.
Bradford.
Purohascr to pay for papers and ?tamps.
? T. J. COGHLAN,
Shoriff sumter County.
March IQ, 1B7Q_it
GUNS AND PISTOLS
V* EPA TR SD BY AN JtXPBRIBNOBD
WORKMEN', if left nt *>
C. T. MASON'S Jewelry 6tor?.
March 0
.3?* K:v .'vi.*. v fcs . 'Sr ..S ,
GENUINE HAVAHi
BEST JN SUMTER,
A LARGE VARIETY nj!
Pipes, j
M ERO H AU M-Genuine and Iroiuu^,
WOODEN-Various styles and yrkj
Aed nani other? AT LOW FIGURES, j
Glass and Crockery War?,
-IN GREAT VARIETY,
Th? cheapest ?Ter offered in tbit nmktt. h
Fruit " Confectionery,
FANCY and ll KAW
GROCERIES,
Always on hand CALL AND EXAMIBl <
-AT
JOHrfS. H UGH SO N'S,
Under the Photographic Ga?tn
March 16_*
LIFE INS?R?NciT
SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL AQEXC? '\
PIEDMONT A ARLINGTON LIPS COX. 1
PANY OF VIRGINIA.
MAHCB 4th. UTI,
WE HEREBY APPOINT CAPT. OKORO?
B. LAKE. Superintendent or Ages**
(or the Piedmont A Atlingtoti Life Intmtey
Company, for the Simo of South Carolin*, ?hi
authority to nppoint ?nil instruct Agent?, Tkii
appointment in no tiny to inietfuro with A j*,
riea already established.
teitf Letters addressed to Capt. LAH ti
Edgf field C. ll. will receivo prompt Attention.
LEAPHART. JEFFERSON A RANSOM,
March IS-Im_?euer?! Ageeu,
A? WHITE,
Fire & Life Insurance Agent
SUMTER, 8. C.
UNDERWRITERS, AGENCY, N.Y.
SECURITY INSURANCE CO., N.T.
ENTERPRISE " " Cinn.
GEORGIA HUME ? Geo.
RICHMOND RANKING IN. CO.
vSOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO.
[Memphis and Atlunta.
Capital Represented, $12.000,000.
Notice To Planters.
TnE DEMAND FOR OUR CAROLINA
FERTILIZER hm been to great timi our colin
?tock ie exhausted, and no nure orders etti bs
reoeived thin season. We have on h?nd a mod*,
rate supply oftbe following FERTILIZERS, all
of which wo guarantee to be No. 1 Manure? :
. C. C. Coe'? AmtnnniuU'd Sup .r-Phosphate.
Bradley's Patent Phosphate.
Palmetto Soluble Aoid Phosphate.
"B. D." Sea Fowl Guano.
Dissolved unburnt Bones.
Powdered Raw Bone.
Bu8ey'? Excelsior Guano.
Berger A Butt's Super-Pbospbato.
Moro Philips' Supor Phosphate.
Peruvian Guano (Guannpo.)
P?riles dosirlng any of these articles, will
please ?end in their ordors at once.
OKO. W. WILLIAMS ? CO.. Factors.
Corner Hay no and Church streeU,
Mn rob 9-2t_Charlcoo , S. C.
DRESS MAKING,
IN THE LATEST STYLES AND FASH?
IONS, EXECUTED BY
MRS. J. W. DARGAN*
Having established a Branch of MADAME
DEMORESTS'
Emporium of Fashions.
-OF
NEW YORK,
She is now prepared to multo DRESSB3,
SAQUES, Ac, in the neatest anti latest styles.
CUTTING AND FITTING done with accuracy.
NEW PATTERNS received fur each Seaton.
SATISFACTION guaranteed.
She can he found at J. W. DA KG A N'S
Confectionery and Fancy Store.
Feb 16 tf
EMBROIDERY
-AND
BRAID STAMPING.
HAVING tuken a gonornl agency in SHER?
WOOD'S FRENCH TYPE OK PERFO
RATED PATTERNS,, I wish to nutiry tho publie
that I am now prepared to establish agents any
where in the Stute in tile sume
I have OD bund or curr procur? selection' from
221)0 Braid and Embroidery Pntierns, design?
Ao., to ?ell at wholesale or retail.
I ?tn also propnred in du stumping of nil kind?
at reasonable prices-.
MAS,/. W. DAROAN.
Persona wishiiig to eMnbltah nn ngenoy can
correspond with, or call un mo nt Sumter, S. C.
March 2-_tf_
SPECTACLES
-AD- -
EY 1 I 1 A * * F $ .
LORSCH'* PATENT ?NTEIUMIANABLE
LENSES,
flold, Silvor, Steel and Rubber Frames.
Periscopio. Convex and Conen?? Li nse?.
Cataract and Colureu Lenses, of all Shader.
March 0__^.T1-MA8^'
Copartnership Notice.
ffl HE SUBSCRIBERS H AVINO
I purchased the Stock of HOGERS, SPEN?
CER A CO.. will conllnne the bufin.s? under
the name nnd firm of SPENCER, SCARBO?
ROUGH A CO., and re?pcctfully ask a '.??,'D0"
ance of tho patronage so liberally extended?
the late Arin.
WILLIAM ROGERS,
CHARLES SPENCER. "Aff/lB
HENRY 0. SCARBOROUGH,
WM. R. DIJON.
Blshopy'illo. S. C.. March ?. 1"70.
Vehicles to Hire, Hauling, &c
THE SUBSCRIBER begs to inform the chi?
ten, of Sumter, and toX^JfiSgh
that he i. prepared to transport TR AVELERS ?J
a comfortable ?nd commodious Vehicle, to ??7
point in thiiortho adjoining Counties.
He will furnish pleasure parlies desiring ?"
evening Mdo or a trip into tho country, wit??
convenient vehHo, g od horse? ami WMNff
drlvor. Ho I? also prepared to do any ? nw ?'
hauliug. either by the day or by ?peel? <??.
traet. Orders left at theP.?t Offlc? will k*
f A. gRlrBgO^
NOTICE.
AN EXTRA MEETINO of the SUMTER
AGRICULTURAL ?nd MBOHANJWJ
80CIKTY, of 8umter C?un?y. will be ? ?
8omt?r, on Monday, April 4th. (Wg^'fSL
o'eloek, P. M., for tho purpose of?I???"0?.K55
gate? to the Agricultural Convention to M nw?
tn May.
B,?r JNO. B. MOORE, Pro.??*
A. W. Sunca, Recording Boerettry.
M?rohi $