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'.->*. '.<>.'> ? . ? tuts VOL. XXI WEDNESB?Y MORNING, ?TJNE 22, 187?. If^H - KO 9 9t4???f? 9mmmn iito*i>vtrMt?^ni?;' DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. ' i i 1 II i 1 ? II," '?HI'. .i" fr i"M^\r i i 1 i_ The Slimier Watchman (ESTABLISHED 7JT ISM.) IS rviLtipii? KV BB If W*?If?8???AV ' AT SUMTER. 0. O.t BT GILBERT & FLOWERS. Term*. One jr?M........S' J? Six monthf.Hi*?* > SJ Ihre? month?.-.- * 99 ADVHRTI8KMBNT8 ineerUd ?? tjio r*U of ONS DOLLAR AND Mf** ?PJB ?' ,quare for tko tnt, 0NB ^OLLAlXhr tb. .wood, ?nd FIFTY OMITS for eeoh aabaeqaeat iatortion, for ?ny period J**' *H??aMfa OBITUARIBS^BIBUTBS OB RBBPB0T and ?U oommanloatioas wtaloh sabeerve priv?te lotoreitt. will b. poid lor ai adrartUomanta. CBBBLBT ON TUB BBAOHIMION CF WHITTK.n?as. "Congreso, or tate Penitentiary." Under tbe head of "Congress, or th? Penitentiary," ve find the following outspoken leading editorial in the New York Tribune of Monday last : A man is presently to offer himself at tho bar of the House for readmission, conoeroing whom the same House re? cently adopted this resol uti jn : Resolved, That B. F. Whitemore, late member from the First District of South Carolina, did make appointments to the Military Academy at West Point and the Naval Academy at Annapolis in violation of law, and that such appoint? menta were influenced by peouniary considerations, and that his conduct io the promises has been suoh as to show him unworthy of a seat in the House of Representatives, and is therefore con? demned as conduct unworthy of tho representative of the people. Is this oorrupt man, who was un worthy of a seat throe months ago, to be readmitted as worthy now ? We hear that he has been telegraphing to his friend and counsel, General Butler, the news of his triumphant re-election ; that he confidently expeots to be admitted without dispute ; that reputable mem? bers are deploring it in a helpless sort of way, and going about dolefully asking each other, "How oan wo prevent it ?" Really we do not know. Tho House is made the sole judge as to the qualin cations of its members. Once it seems to have had pretty decided notions con? cerning the qualifications of Mr. B. F. Whittemore. It grew less deoided in some similar cases ; finally it disgraced itself by permitting Mr. Butler, of > Tennessee, to remain, alboit as guilty as W bittern oro himself ; now, perhaps, it may think Mr. Whittemore possessed of all the qualifications required for its prescut standard. It is the sole judge. But wo can assure members that the timo is at hand when a larger body of voters will be culled to sit in judgment. Thus far the Democrats have promptly spurned and cast out every member of their party found guilty ortho oadetsbip infamy. We assumed great virtue at thc outset ; thon wo furnished able counsel for the Congressional oadet merchants j next we exoused one bo cauto ho had been an unusually aotive Republican, and after that the whole hubbies-" broko down. We tell gentle? men that we have had fully as much of this sort of thing as we oan stand. We utterly and vehemently protest against assuming ap y more party responsibilitiei in behalf of the carpetbag Congressmen. Here is a man notoriously guilty of shameful and criminal acts. If the United States authorities had not al? ready neglected their duty in the case, he would have boen admitted to thc penitentiary of South Carolina, just about the timo he is approaching the bar of tho House to take afresh upon his perjured lips tho oath of office. Thc law of Congress explicitly pro? vides that if any member of Congress shall, directly or indirectly, receive any pecuniary or other valuable considera? tion for procuring any offioe or plaoe under the government, he shall be lia? ble to indictment for misdemeanor io a United States Court, and, upon convic? tion, shall pay a fine not exoeeding ten thousand dollars, and be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term not exceed? ing two years, and bo thereafter dis. qualified from holding any offioe ol honor, profit or trust under the Govern mont of the United States. The House bas resolved that he hos done these things; it hos itself prescribed thu penalty for the doing of these things ; ii now asks whether, ignoring the guilt and defying its own law, it shall road* mit Mr. Whittemore-perhaps that he nay voto for the repeal of the odioui law ! We have consistently urged univer sal suffrage and universal amnesty as ttu true solution for the problem presentee at the close ot the war by the conquered South. We have never hold that negro suffrage, coupled with disfranchisemeui of whites, afford such a solution. Wt point now to its disgraceful workings ii the case of this man Whittemore, ant ask "honorable members-Whittemon himself is soon to show an admiring world what this high title, "honorable/ means-to consider the result and drav their own conclusions. ANOTIIRR IIF.PIJBLICAV JTOTJ RIVAI WIS?; I NTICO AT THE FRANKS Ol THU lt A DIO A E. RINO IN BOUTS CAROLINA. [From the Philadelphia Telegraph.] We have beforo referred to the oor? rupt ring of adventurers that now roi South Carolina, and has mad? Ropubli taoism a term of reproaoh with ever; honest citizen of that State. Aft? Whittemore was driven from the House bc demanded from his fellow plouderer a reelection to vindicate himself. Goi Scott had but to take the stand demand ed by every consideration of official an personal integrity, and Whittemor would have been driven from Sout Carolina-as be wss from Washingtot Hut ho could not strike at the disgrace Congressman without striking at him soil. Congress had deoided that either la? pr individual aotioo oaloulated to iotin mate legal voters vitiates a majority if employed io furtherance of that mi jority. Will lt now inquire into th laws aod aoU of offieials of South Car? lina, by whioh the defeat of Whittemot Was rendered impossible, regardless < tho vote oast by th? peopl? ? If tl Republicans io Congress do not vindica tho name of tho Ropubpcan party fro complicity with the systomatio corru; tion and lawlessness of the bandi tu ie vea in conta uaronua ana otc Southern States, Republicanism W become s> hissing reproach both Nor and Sooth, ?nd tho better elemento the nation will accept any form of opt. sit ion to overthrow tho adventurers w cloak tho moot shameless wrongs und the shadow of the Ropnblioan pari Let Congress meet this question ni withs promptness and d?termin?t! that will demonstrate to the nation th it ean have no sympathy or? fellowsh with the political highwayman who a now roaming through official ohann< in tho South, will be saved from tl defeat that tnuat inevitably follow opi disgrace. Lot Whittemore be met tho threshold and sent baok, beoauso 1 left s criminal, and roturad doab criminal by the frauds he employed effect his protended reelection, and hoi esty in the South will take eourngo at bring forth good fruits, and Rep?blica: ism everywhere will be vindicated fro oomplioity with the vampyres wi have so basely prostituted Republics power in the Southern States. - [From tba Columbia Phoenix.] THE RBFOBIS MOVKTIKNT-IX CAUSE-ITS CHARACTER-ITS Ol JEOT-THE QUESTION OP A ri Omi NATION. We propose, this morning, a rovie and an analysis of the movement ft reform now on foot in this State. W shall deal with the subjeot fairly an soberly, and thus make our case be for a oandid public. We hold that th movement for reform has its origin i .the popular appreciation of the cor ruptions, frauds and misrule conneotc with the present regime. In the fire Elaoe, the Chief Executive of tho Stat as failed to discharge, with prope spirit and impartiality, tho duties of hi high office. His Innnoial self aggrau dizement has been inconsistent wit! the high tone that tho Exeoutive shoul illustrate. To invest largoly in th bonds and stocks of the State, whei they could be bought for a btnall amoun on the dollar, and then, by legislotioi of his recommending, to appreciate thes securities, is oonduot utterly at variano with the true ethios of a Governor of i State. If it is olaimed by tho Govern or's partisans that a publio good ha been done by tho appreciation of th? State securities from twenty to thirty oeufs on the dollar to eighty or ninety it would have been well oould they havi added that this was disinterested finan oiering on the part of the Exeoutive.. We are awaro that some latter daj moralists hold that Gov. Scott had ut muoh right as any private broker tc speculate on the securities of thc State. We are awaro that these same moralists contend that the Governor was only smart, and not censurable. But not so do we understand it. Not so did people understand it formerly io South Carolina-before official honesty and tone wero at a discount. And we are sure that every high minded man will agree with us in the proposition, that no officer of the State-be he Treasurer, Comptroller General, Gov? ernor, or any other offioial-has any right to use his official opportunities in order to make money for self and friends out of publio securities. This is a gross violation of offioial dcoorum, is a dan? gerous precedent, and should be held and rebuked as a gross abuse of office. And we oharge his Excellency with thus abusing and lowering, and utilizing for self the office be holds, and we place our allegations upon tho basis of state? ments which, as a journalist, wo have reooived and do regard aa well founded. Again, Gov. Soott has been entirely wanting in tho elements of impartiality as an Executive He seems to have forgotten that ho is Governor of the whole people, and, in playing the par? tisan and demagogue, has sunk the im? partial Chief Magistrate. Looking to his appointments, it will bo found that, with few exceptions, they aro taken from the class of his partizans, however in? efficient, corrupt and ignorant. Now no reasonable man wants the Governor of South Carolina to bo a partial Ex? eoutive. We wonld not have suoh an officer a white man's Governor or a black man's Governor; but we would have him the fair, true, high-toned, impartial Executive of the whole people, and thus discharging his high functions, to promote, by his administration and in? fluence, the harmony of the State and the welfare of all classes of the people. But suoh a man Gov. Scott has not boen and wo oharge him with this deficiency. We arraign him for his partisanship, but this is not all. Wo hold Gov. Scott responsible for an inflammatory role. In a time of profound peaoo, when good men wero seeking to secure publio harmony, Gov. Scott delivers him? self of a violent harrangu? in Wash? ington, indulges in imperial talk, and Sreclaims that he-the Govornor ol outh Carolina-deems the Winchester rifle the bett law. Is it strange-is it unreasonable-that good men havo oome to the oonolusion that a reform is demanded in this quarter 1 But look at the acts imputed to other state offi? cers-look to the Sampson matlor-io the Land Commissioner swindlo-and consider if there be not a neoossity of reform. And look to the present Log? islative Assembly. Consider tho well known bribery and corruption that have tnknn place tn that body, and mude South Carolina politics a shamo and bye word abroad. Consider the gener? al tone and praotico of the South Caro? lina offioials. See how South Carolina bound and prostrate, is fastened upon by greedy rings and dishonest offioinls, and made to bleed, and blood, and bleed. See how tho publio funds have boen shamefully misused and corruptly squandered. See how tho poor are thus made poorer and the rich richer. Let these things be considered, and in thom will be found tho absolute nooessity,|tho great need, for a political reform in Bown barolin a-a reiorm (Dat ^snall pat Sooth Carolina OD rising ground, aod dispel tho?? noxious Tapora that DOW riso from the hot hods of corruption. This, we know, is strong "language, but not stronger than the truth warrants. So ninon for the origin of this move? ment for reform. Let us consider next its character. The movement for reform now on foot is neither a Democratic movement nor a Republican one-neith? er a white man's nor a black tnan't. The proposition ia that all men-all sober reflect io g oitiiens, whether De moo ra te, Republicans, white, black, or neither whether of party or of no party-shall lay aside all other considerations and views, and unite together to relieve thoriate in its extremity-shall united? ly seek to resoue the State front the rapacious grasp of plundering vi ogs, pilfering officials, and corrupt legisla? tors. This is the movement, as we understand it. It oannot be denied that the proposition is a fair one. No honest man oan be injured by it. It ought to address itself to overy well wisher of South Carolina. To rise above party- above the PREJUDICE ott RACE, in order to resoue South Carolina, and give to all an administration honest, fair and economical, promotive of peaoe and industrial development-thic surely is a worthy and patriotio movement This is the object of the movement. The reform movement seeks to inaugurate in South Carolina an era of gonuine peaoe and genuino progress. The polit ?cal rights of all dusses of the people being fully and freely recognized, it is proposed by this movement to aim hore at a oheorful and wholesome self government, and .at a vigorous and enlightened industrial development. This, now, is the movement-its origin, its character, and its purpose. A Convention will meet herc on the 15th to put thc movement into execu? tion. It will bo a Convention io which more than three fourths of the Counties of tho State will be represented. And as to the other Counties, they, doubt? less, will fall into line, and second tho goneral purpose. Before this Conven? tion two great questions will no doubt come up, vis : What principles to declaro and what movo to make in the matter of a nomination for State officers. As to the first matter, doubtless the Con? vention will adopt the liberal propo? sitions embraced in the resolutions of the press oonforenoo. Wo hopo it will. Lot tho element of opposition to negro aufferago be eliminated from our issues. As to the second matter, we presumo there will be a difference of opinion. On this subjeot we have very dcoided views. As a publie journalist, whose duty it is to have opinions and express them, and let them go for bettor' or worse, wo do not hesitate to put our? selves on the record upor. this question. We favor unequivocally und decidedly the putting forth of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Without this, it does seem to us that the Convention takes the edge off thc roform weapon-gives us Hamlet with Hamlet omitted. If there be ?some? thing rotten in Denmark," let us find it out. Let us put candidates in the field and bring out all the points con? nected with the administration. Let the oanvass bring the present adminis? tration before the tribunal of the public If it has done no wrong, it will not objeot to a scrutiny. Wc repeat it, let the CASE OF THE PEOPLE be carried before the high court of the people of the state. Lot the declaration be filed let the issue be made-let the public servants bo arraigned-let the advocates be heard-and lot the mattor go before the jury of the State. This will do good. It always docs good to proolaim the truth-to denounce vice and error, and orimo. Just as the lightening, al tho' it may blast lofty and wide spreading oaks, leaves the air pure whon the storm is over, so the language of truth, when it is uttered, altough it may strike down high individuals, yet promotes the pub? lic good, and gives us purer morals and purer tastes, and the promise of bolter days. Let the nomination be made, and let the grand inquest bo had. It is due to the people of tho State that we call in question the acts and doings of the ruling regime. As for ourselves, as the impartial advocate of tho popular in? terests, we ask for "the truth, tho whole truth, and nothing but ?he truth." In thia matter, we have no personal feelings to gratify, and no party or personal end to subserve. We bear a personal ill? will against no member of the regime we denounco and arraign. All we ask is the truth-all we seek is THE PROSPERITY AND HONOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA. And we arc porfeotly will? ing, nay, even anxious, that only what is right, and just, and truo shall prevail in the principles we maintain and the aotion we advise. FBBSII AIR. Fresh air by day and night, strong and nourishing food, dry soil on which to livo, sunlight and warm olothing arc the means of saving many lives which would have been hopelessly lost in the preceding generation. If our conject? ures are correot, this improvement may bc expected to continue, and everybody can holp to make it greater. Ventilate the sohool-rooros ?.ad tho workshops, and the stores, and the houses. In the oold weather lot the air, comfortably and equally warmed, bo generously supplied from without in a constantly flowing ourrent. Let those who oan pr?vido it in their homos, remember that an open firo, whioh sends two-thirds of the heat up ohimney, furnishes the best ventila? tor for a room of moderate size whioh the ingonnity of man has yet devised, and that the heat osoaping by the flue is the price to be paid for it. Let in the sunlight, and never mind the oar pets ; better they should fade thau the health of tho family. When a man proposes to build a dwelling in a swamp, warn him of his danger. itliscelXaneon?. A MABBIKD WO?A)?>S SOLILOQUY. -::o:t-? : ?T "ORB WHO BUBS IT." ' ' ii -:o: Yes, its go 1 go 1 go 1 ?nd get ! get ! get t tor every body on earth bat one's own wife. If I should ask Mr. Slocum to go out at such a time of day for a water pail and basket of oranges, d'ye think he'd gol. Not he; I might want. one while and take it out ia wanting !-. Oranges, forsooth I .'Twas only y OP tor day I asked him to oall at William's for Charley's shoes. Wouldn't you have liked to have hoard him scold, though 1 If he didn't turn up 1 Always something wanting 1 Wish he eould go to tho store and baok again without calling for a dozen paroles I And whoo be came io and put them on Charley's feet, slapped him for crying because tho pegs hurt him 1 Poor fellow I he run round till his father had gone, and then pulled them off. The pegs wero an inch long, at least calculation. And now, just beoause Mrs. Brown hints at a water pail, he's up and off in a minute 1 Why couldn't Brown go? Justas though her own husband wasn't the difference if I was Brown I A pretty d'do we shall have of it, if things go on at this rate. I'll ask Brown to do my errands, see if I don't 1 and then see how he likes it. If / girls only knew 1 But no ! They wouldn't believe a word of it. You might tell them till doomsday and they'd dotermine to try it ! "Bought wit is the best if you don't pay too dear for it." Dear 11 wonder what some folks call dear? There's Nellie Bly. You might talk to hor till next July and she would't believe it. But she'll see I She will learn a lesson for herself sho'U not forget soon. If I were a girl again I wouldn't change my oondition again in a hurry I Not I ! There was Slooum, always ready to run his legs off-but now, he'll go sooner for that Mrs. Brown than for his own flesh and blood. But PU pay him ; see if I don't! I won't get him a mouthful of supper. He may get his meals where he does his ?.work ! See how he'll like that. If I should do so; always trying to please other folks' husbands instead af my own we should havo a pretty kettle of fish. There's Willie, ho's teased for an orange theso threa days, and not tho poel of one has been seen yet. There ho comes puffing like a steam? boat 1 If I had sent him he wouldn't havo been back theso two hours. Call? ing at Mr. Brown's, too 1 if it ain't enough to provoke a saint. I'll tell him I'll quit-I'll-I'll-but nol he'll like that too well I the brute I I won't please him so muoh. I'll stay if it kills mo, and Willio shall have an orango if he wants, and no thanks to him either. There ho comes again, and both hands are full. Wonder what ho has got now, and who else is ho running for? Coming through the gate, and yes, both pockets full of oranges. The dear soul 1 I know he wouldn't forget his own ohildren I Won't Willie have a good meal ? And I will-yes, he shall have muffins for his supper ; Slo? oum lovos muffins ! * * * * * * That's all we heard, reader; for when Slooum opened the hall door, Charley, Willey, wife and all run out to meet him and got some of th oso same oranges. Mrs. Slooum did get supper, and Slo? cum had muffins. TUB nr.ARR.IED MAN'S SOLILOQUY. BT ONB WHO KNOWS. -:o: Blast tho women ! They are always frotting about something or other ! Yes? terday the coal wouldn't burn; and the grato must be set ; and tho furnace must be repaired ; and meroy knows what all ; and to day its hot as-1 Save us from the wants of an inconsiderate woman ! Only let her get tho uppor hand and she'll drivo like blazes ! But I wont be driven ! Not I ! If sho wants tho doors fixed or wood dried, or thc water brought, or tho lech sot, or tubs hooped, she may do it horsclfl Confound it! I can't go into the house, but something wanting! If it ain't ono thing it is another. I'll leave my boots in tho parlor every night if 1 have a mind, and she may help herself! See if I don't I We'll seo who will bo master. Before wo were married, it was-"If you please, my dear 1"-butoracky! If her tone hasn't changed Sho shall and shant, from week's end, to weeks end, and if I vonture to put in a word edgowiso I'm shut up by her infornal clatter ! Talk about lato hours and extravagance ! Wonder what sho calls late hours 1 I eould stay out onoe until broad daylight, and sho too, if the party was agreeable. But now if I chanoo to tond the olub onco a wook, there is a protty mues di? rectly. And don't never think of her I Gracious me ! I wish I could forget her five minutes, just to soo how it would scorn. If young men only knew 1 But no if a man says a word he is sot down for a ninny. Ho must grin and boar it, if it cut? ever so close. And oyster sup? per. Wondor if she don't like oysters ! Toll mo about thc propriety of sitting down to tho breakfast tablo with hor hair uncombed ! Onoo sho was al! curls .and srailos ! Now she's slattornlv ns a washerwoman ! Bloss tho race 1 They ought to bo indicted for obtaining hus' bands under false pretensos ! If they'd only show out, the men wouldn't be such gudgeons ! But no ; they'll smile and twitter till a follow is fairly oaught, and then, by Jupitor, it they don'* haul down their colors 1 And then the baby tending I Its worth a fortune to be compelled to hear the squalling brats, night after night ! Croup or eolio is the eternal complaint. If I had my way I'd shako tho oolio out of 'em io a hurry ! But no ; they must bs dosed ' with pink and annis and tho dence only knows what, ?od trotted tili their gis .ettie ere Ably suakerfout ! ?od thos if any one k to bo kept up, why .Slocum cen ?et ap, ii won't kurt Atm/ Bot I've done with it j I won't thaVe * faot. rffta/e <Aai you cay / Mendidmy pontt f And foitr neto dirts, and a neckcloth t Well, I declaro, Mrs.'fllo?oin is clever after all ! If ab? didn't scold so like but DO matter, I know I provoke her.'or .he wouldn't do it, I'll giro in, I'll own up-I'll-. The remainder was loot in something like ? kiss. Five shirts most have done it-for Slocum forgot to swear when he was asked to tend tho baby. BB A VJTIF ?TL OLD WOMB*. We do not speak of those aged women, who, thanks to good constitutione, easy Elaces in life, and uniform good health, are brought down to old ago with them the freshness and bloom of other and younger days. We speak of thoso who whatsoever be the contour of their features, how muoh sd ever their bodies be stooped by tho weight of years, or their eyes dimmed by ago, or their faces wrinkled by time, aro still beauti? ful and lovely to look at. To us those precious old souls are positively beauti? ful. They always interest us by their heavenly talk. (Nearly all of thom are Christians.) Those dear old Christian Mothers and Grandmothers aro, (let othors think as they will)_ we think, the loveliest objects on earth. Their adorning is that of & meek and quiet spirit. They have done with the busy con? cerns of life, and seem te. have noth? ing to stay on earth for but love. They are not artificial but perfcotly natural, and have that grace of behaviour in? separable from nature. Our heart al? ways docs homage to those quiet beings. And how do they dote upon the "grand? ma's babies," the grand ohildren. How ready to soothe their little troubles. Children have a perfeot passion for them. We havo often delighted ourself by observing the ohild-like sympathy existing between grand ma and her babies-they are all her babies till they are grown. Tho very rustling of their dresses have a oharm to sooth tho little ones, whose delight they are. Brightness is gono from the eye, but there is instead, the mild beamings that speak of tenderness and love. We love them beoause they bring light into the family circle and into tho soul. Beautiful, wo call them, because we always call thiogs so that please us. Gone forever is that dazzling beauty of early womanhood, when they were our father's sweet hearts.- No more do they resemble the radiant light of tho rising sun, as in days far back, but now their light is that of the deolining orb of day, showering myriads of goldon beams of light and joy over hill and plain, and when they sink to rest, like the setting sun, they carry their light with them, leaving here and there a ray to illuminate the hall of memory. Earth is ever poorer when one suoh passes away. For our part, we love their society. It is ever a privitege to be where they are. We never see one of the dear ola Indies without feeling an instinctive desire to do something for her, and if no suoh ohanoo is offered, we always bow low to them to show our + profound respect. GOLDEN LINKS. I heard angry voioos one day as I passed a cottage gate. Peeping beneath the branches of a broad leaf catalpa that shaded the cottage door, I saw a brother and sister with red flushes of anger on their checks, flashes of fiery temper in their eyes, and hard scowls on their foreheads. They made a sad spectacle It pained me to look at thom. I stop? ped, oallcd them to the gate and said : "My obildren, I am an old man now, but when I was young I said very angry words to my sister one day. They wounded her heart I know. She is dead now, but O how I wish those angry words could be unspoken. I have wish ed so thousands of times. But words onco uttered cannot be unsaid. Once said they are said forever. Mark that 1" I gave them a card with these golden lines upon it : "Ile who ruleth well hts heart, And koopa bis temper down. Is wiser, acta n better part, Than he who takes a town." The boy took the card and began read? ing the lines to his sister as I walked on. My words had driven their bad tempera away for the time. Whether they came back again or not I cannot tell, but if any of you ever do aa they were doing, I beg you .to think of my story, and commit thc golden linos to memory. ALWAYS BB CIVIL. ?My young friend," said a gentleman on horse baok poe day to a lad who was standing near ? woll, "will you do me the favor to draw a pail of water for my horse, as I find it rather difficult to get off?" Instead of giving a gruff reply, as many boys would do, the boy drew tho water and gavo it to tho horre. His manner was so pleasant and cheerful that tho stranger, delighted with his spirit, asked his namo and residence, and thon, aftor thanking him, rode on. The good-natured lad thought no moro of his net of oi viii ty till, some months later, ho received a letter from the gentleman, offering him a clerkship in his store. Tho lad prosporod, and final? ly became ohiof magistrate of a large oity. Thus, you see, that little aot of civil? ity to a stranger was tho first round in the ladder by which that boy olimbed to honor and wealth. Now I do not say that civility will always lead to suoh honor, but I say that it always raises its possessor in the opinion of others and in his own self respect. Be olvil, there? foro, my boys and girls. Civility is an ornament all should possess. WHITING Vom TUB 1 BK99. . It wooHl be ? great favor to editora ?nd printers should those who writ? fbi tho press observe the following iules. They are reasonable, and correspon? dents will regard them aa such : 1. Write with black ink, on white paper, wide riled. 2. Hake the page small-ene .fourth that of a foolscap staaet. ' 8.. Leave the aeoond page of each leaf blank. 4. Give to written pages an ampi? margin all around. 5. Number the pages in the order of their auoeassion. 6. Write in a bold hand, with less respeot to beauty. 7. Use no abbreviations which are not to appear in print. 8.. Punctuate the manuscript as it should be printed. 0. For italics, underscore one lino ; for small oapitals, two ; capitals, three. 10. Never interline without the caret to show its placa. . 11. Take special pains with every letter in proper names. % 12. Review every word,, to be sure that none are illegible. 18. Put direotioos to the printer at the head of the first psge. . 14. Never write a private letter to the editor on the printer's oopy, but always on a separate sheet. TUB WIFE. How sweet to the soul of man, says Hieroole, is the so oie ty of a beloved wife, when wearied and broken down with the labors of tho day, her endear ments soothe and her tender oare re* atores him! The solioitnde and the anxieties, and tho heaviest misfortunes of lifo, are hardly to be borne by him who has the weight of business and domestic cares at the same time to con? tend with. Rut how much lighter do they seem when, his necessary avoca? tions being over, he returns to his home, and finds there a partner of his grief and troubles, who takes for bis sake her share of domestic labors upon her, and soothes the anguish of his anticipation. A wife is not, as she is,, falsely repre? sented and esteemed by some", a burden or a sorrow to man. No 1 she shares his burdens and alleviates his sorrows ; for therois no difficulty so heavy or insup? portable in lifo but it.may be surmount? ed by the mutual labor and the af? fectionate oonoord of the holy partner? ship. THE BLESSED ONES. Blessed are the blind, for they shall seo no ghosts. Blessed are they that are deaf, for they never lend money or listen to long stories. Blessed are they that are aft aid of thunder, for they shall hesitate about getting married, and keep away from political meetings. Blessed are they that are lean, for thero is a oh an ce to grow fat. Blessed are they that aro ignorant, for they are happy in thinking that they know every? thing. Blessed is he that is ugly in form and features, for the gals shan't molest him. Blessed is she that would get mai ried but can't, for tho consola? tions of the Gospel aro hers. Blessed are the orphan children, for they have no mothers to spank 'em. ^Blessed are they that do not advertise, for they shall rarely be troubled with customers. A BBRIABKABIJB BET. The most remarkable bet on record was that of Major William 8. Morse, of Washington, a corporation contractor, who was so sanguine of the result of the munioipal eleotioo that he made a bet with Mr. E. B. Hughes, of the navy yard, that if Mr. Bowen was not re? elected he would orawl on his belly from the City Hall to Georgetown, a distance of about throe miles, and over streets very rough and muddy at this season. He lost the bot and orawled throe milc3 on his belly in aooordanoe with the agreement, ?0 the presence of a large crowd, preoeded by a band of music. Bga, No wreck so shocking to behold as that of a dissolute yot.ig man. On the person of the debauchee or inebriate infamy is written. How naturo labelo over him to testify her disgust at his example I How she loosens all his joints, sends tremors along his muscles and bends forward his frame I thc wretoh whose life long pleasure it hat been to debauoh others, whose hearl has boco spotted with sin so that it ii an offence to the unblemished. nt?r The spectroscope is a marveloui instrument. It is constantly revealing new facts of the greatest importance. Ii this respect it ia superior to the telo acopo or microscope. It has airead; proven to ns that tho same elements ar in the sun and in tho stars as in th bodies round about us on the earth, am it shows that it tho planets are not ia habited, they oould bo, oootainioj everything neocssary to sustain lifo lik ours. t%&- Hopo is the sweetest friend tim over kept distressed fricuds company it beguiles tho tediousness of tho waj It tolls tho soul sweet stories of th suooooding joys; what oomfort there i in hoaven ; what peace, what joy, wha triumph, what|tnarriagc songs and halie lujihs there aro in that countrj whither she is traveling, tha? she goo merrily away with her present burder WST The moro wo put ourselves uj on the friendship of tho world, th moro do wo feel its powor over ui And tho more wo commune with Qc thc more absorbed wo btcomo in h sc rv ico. The pleasures of this lifo, Sn thegroator joys of religion Ho in oppo sito directions; so that every ona mm make ohoioe between the pleaeuri which are sensual, and thoso that flo from peaoe with Qed, and a sense of h reoonoilcd love. , 100 ycirs a secret-* . , ^ Cares ts by magic -1,000 person* testify-^ : . 4 .. 0?. Pat nu, woo oda, and Buffering* Mase- " . Physicians uso and recommend it-* .?5.00 pot? ordered daily tot hospitals and pubtio institutions, in all parts of the U. S. JpHOEBE. JJAKER ^ALVE ?ll Cala, Borat, Bruises, Sorot, Ulcers, ' Canoera, Sore Nipples, and Br<ken Breasts, Obappod Lips and Hands, Eruptions, Chll blain% Bi??? or Stine? of Inteots, Ac ^ A WONDERFUL OURK FOR PILES. Pat np in 60o. sises (and $t pots for families.) All Druggists everywhere sell it. DON'T BE ONE DAV Without it in the House, "COSTAR'S" Standard Preparations ana "Costar'a" Rat, Roach, &o. Extermina? tors. ?Costar'??' (liquid) Ded Dug Ester. "Costar's" (only pure) InBeot Powder. "Costar's" (only sure remedy) Corn Solvent. fc-aV SOLD everywhere. Aak for "COSTAR'S" (take no other.) $ I, SS, (3, and $5 sises, order from COSTAR CO.,.13 noward-8t., N. Y. GOODRICH, WINEMAN & CO., Wholesale Agents, CHARLESTON, S. C. May 4_ly_ O. P. HOYT. SUCCESSOR TO I HOYT, & SUMTER, SO. CA. *yyOULD rospootrully inform his friends and the publioof Sumter, and adjoining counties, that he bas recently received a ohotco eeloo tlon of LADIES' AND GENTLES! ENS' ~\sxrc\"to lies, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, - SPECTACLES, &c, &c, Iiis stook embraoes all "tho latest stylos, and will be sold at roasonablo rates. Sept 2?_ Ca T. MASON. WATCH MAKER AND ?T!E3^7?r3FaT .ZEX^L SIT M TEK, S. C. Has just recoived and koops always on bandj New und Beautiful Stylos of JEWELRY, F YE GLASSES, &C. WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY RE PAIRED WITH DISPATCH. March 31_?_ SPRINGS, EIGHT MILES F HOM SPARTAN DUUO COURT HOUSE, S. C. IVcio Furniture-Hotel tlioronghly Reno? vated-New Bedding-AV ic Baths Bowling Alky, and other modes of\ exercise for guests will be readg for visitors, June, ist, 1870. Hoard per month.$30 00 Per week. Ul 00 Per day. 2 Ut) Tho wutor is Cluilybruto, a< d ia cool nnd pleasant to tho tasto, lina proven onicneiouj in curing Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Kidney Dis eases, Uravol, Dropsy, Diarrheal,, Cut;ino<>uB Affections, Chill and Fever, Ocnurul Dobiltty, and many other il!* nf a kimlrod natu e. Thc 1 table will he pr<>vi<lo<l with tho best tho country affords; und evory nt'utiiinn given to visitor^, calculutsd to.kn ihoir stay pleasant, CABINS Tv> BENT. lt. C. OLIVER, Pmpriolnr, Kpni tHiibiiig Court llouxo, S. C. Juno 1, 1370._ '_ St. Joseph's Academy. CONDDOTKD DY ma Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, SUMTER, 8. O. THE Collegiate Exercises of thia First Class Inalitute, will be resumed 'on tho let of September. A pmutpt 'attendance ls requested In order to facilitate the progress and arraugo mont of tho olasses. The now buildings are spaoions and elogantly flnishod, furnishing ac eommodations for ono hundrod boarders. Tho extonslvo grounds and pW.zaa aro ampio for open air exercise, and young Indios oro thoroughly Instrnotod in English .Mathematics, French, Ita? lian, Muslo, Drawing, Painting, Ac, Ac. Location healthy, air petro, wa'er good, and turras reason able. For partioulnra apply to the t?upir i ?ross of I St. Joseph's Academy, Sumter, 'or to the Strpo* < rloress of the Sisters of Morey, Charleston, who I will endeavor to moot tho pressure ov*lho times. Nev. 10 JOB WORK m ' "7T0,r"- mi EYEJB.Y DESCRIPTION ,? _ ..... _ ? U[ 'H'V""'*'! PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT TOB * " *v .. ~ .., OFFICE OJ? The Sumter Watehn?tfi, Highest Style of tho Art. I8TO. I8T?K BIAYESVILJ.iu, 9. 0? WIM. CONTINUR,DUR?NO TUB YEAR TQ KEEP ON HAND A FULb SUPPLY ht "GOODS ' IN ?TIIR?H LINK, . CONSISTIDA OJ? l< DRUGS, MEDICINES. GROCERIES, and'hope to merit a continuance of the lib?ral patronage (hojr bare boro receiving. . > We deaira to cati parttoqlar attention to our trade ia - PL?URV It IR our ?ira to Keep for salo only pond qnnlL' Hen of F I.Ol' rt, ?nd families may rely upon'our I took.a? affording the bett gradell of" y Extra anti Pam tty 'Flour, to be had io Ibo markets. Our grocerlos generally are all FIRST-CLASS COOllS. uuJ our DRUGS and MEDICINES are war. . ranted to be pure and genuine. ' . Dctidea tbe usual Mock of DRUGS.andJWRD IOINES. we keepaliv?y? on hond, we ofter two ' inraluabl* preparation* of oar ownmanafaetarev' : Anti-Malarial Specific. FOR THE PERMANENT CURE O?" ". Chilla and Fever?. . :.. r ; TON IC" BITTE EIS. an admirable combination of TONICS adapted1' to nil cases neoding Tonio Medicines. COUNTHY PRODUCE of all kind/ taken in BARTER for gooda at fair price?.' J, A. MAYES ? CO. Jan 1, 1870 ly__ BALTIMORE AND WILMINGTON Weekly Steamship Line. ? GOBIPOSBD OF Thc First Class Steamships Lucille, (H. L. HALL, Commander.) ' Rebecca Clyde, (D. 0. CHILDS, Compandor.) One of tito above Steamships will loare BALTI? MORE and WILMINGTON every SATURDAY, forming a Regular WEEK L Y L IN Ey and the only authorized through connection with Wilmington & Manchoater Railroad. COTTON ?nd othor Produce consigned to our onro will bo ehippod to BALTIMORE by first Steamer FREE OF COMMISSION. Hov in? covered \V har vos in WILMINGTON and BALTIMORE, goods can bo received at all times and bo proporly protected. A. B SM EPPERSON A CO.. Ag'ts, Nos. ll and 12 North Water Stroot. April 27 Wilmington, N. 0; MARBLE YARD rpHE undersigned would most 'rofp< ctfulty X announce to the people of Sumter and sur? rounding country has ho havo Juxt received a < SPLENDID LOT OF 3VC ?St 3t* "fc> 1 O ? ?ind ia now prepared to receive and execute or? dors of nil kinds in 'Bis linc, with noauioss and dispatch. IRON RAILING FURNISHED TO ORDER. W/P. SMITH, SUMTER, S. C. MU CALDWELL. WH01E8ALF ANO RETAIL DEALER IN Boots, Shoes. Hats, Opposite J. T. SOLOMONS, Sumter, So. Ca. Feb ia tl oct. The State oI* South Carolina IN THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS, CL A lt ENDON COI STY. Donald J, A util, Assignee, of G. Allen lliujijiu*, fiun/trnplf l'lfiinti?-nt/uinst Tin mlore ,S. (,'mnjli r omi W illiam O. Charil hi j, Def?nala nit- tSmnmoai on Promissory Nola. To Theodoro H. fooglor and WiUi.ua 0. Chown ing-Dufouduntri obovo named ? You are horoby ?uminnnod and roqulrod tu answer tho complaint annexed, nud servo n flopy of ,vour answer un ilu Mibt<erii>ers ot tl? ir ofl'nu, nt Manning within tv only diiyi ofter aorvb-c of this loiumoni on you, exclusivo of tho day or i Horvioe. If Voa full to answer (ho Oom pl ii Int j within thal timo, the Plaintiff will Inka judgment i against you for tho stun nf One Hundred Pillar* with Interest from tho first doy of January, ono thousand eight hundred and -ixty two (I8tf8kf und coatH. ' '< JIAYNhWORTJI, Flt Ai EH .t BARRON/, Plaint ii! '? A tqrnoyst ." ' June 1-Ot AUiiolng. S. f ) GUNS AND PISTOLS j^E R A IRED BY AN EXPERIENCED WORKMEN, ii loft i<t .CV X. MASON'S Jewelry Store. Marok 0 .^rtin,'