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. ^ . PMS1 J* . TWJ) Defecate Battles! TUM PRUSSIANS VlVTOMQUS ATI ... WKMSZXB?HO AND HAG ESAU. ?JH^ HEAVY ON BOTH SIDES. TU* French BatreaUn? to ?ne Mr??f> I THE ENEMY ON~FkENCUSOIL> PREPARATIONS TO DBWSD PARIS. S Apolber Gre?! Battle Immlneat. The Battle o? Uelesenbarg. ? V" PARIS, Augusto"-Neon. The Journal Official of this morning ?at? tit? French troops who, te tho - uut?ber of seven or eight thousand, wore engaged io the affair before Weissen? burg, bad to ?entend with two Prussian . araiy corps, i Deluding pic Wed troops of] the Prussian Quard. The Journal adds : *>Iri ?pit? of inferiority of their numbers, our regiments resisted the assaults of ] the enemy for several hours with ad mirUble heroism, when they were forced to give way. The loss of the enemy was so severe that he did not dare to Sursue, while at Saarbruck wo hero rokcu tho Prussian line, aud our ow ir j remains intact." La Liberte, this morning publishes a private dispatch sent at midnight last night i root Strasbourg, reporting that MoMahoo beat the Prussians yesterday evening, and that the latter had evacua? ted Woisseoburg. Telegraphic communication with Weis senbu.rg has been ro established. La Lifatrto says MoMahoo moved yesterday towards Weisscnburg. He was but two hours march from that point, and his men marched at quick stop. He bas bctweon sixty and sevent/ thousand men. To-day thtrc will be about two hundred and fifty thousand ? moo concentrated ue?r Weisscnburg. The loss of the Prussians in the recent engagement reached ten thousand five hundred iii killed and wouuded and prisoners. Thc French forces defending the towu were but eight or ten thou? sand, while the attacking force number? ed fully furty thousaud. Thc enemy was so severely crippled that he could not follow the French when they retired. Geu. Able Douay, i ulam ry command* cr, was killed at WeisBcobur!*. THE BATTLE: OF U VG AN AC. BERLIN, August 7. The French have been defeated along the entiro line in two days fighting, and are in retreat, on Motz, and concentr?t ing for the defence of Paris. Their loss? es are immeuse. McMahon was beaten on the right and Frossard on tho left. The Prussians captured four thousaud prisoners and thirty guns, and six mit railleurs from McMahon. PARIS, August J The French officials report reverses on both wings. Paris is tumultuous, tho people dre maddened at thc defeat. MAYENCE, August 7--4 P M. The Prince Itoyul repot ts say that on August 6ib, io the evening, in th battle iu which we defeated McMahon his corps had been reinforced by divis ions from corps of Kai I ly, and Caurobert We have takcu two eagles, six mitral lours, aud at least 4,000 prisoners. Gen Bago was wounded. Thc loss was great on both bides. SALTZBURQ, August 7-P. M lt is roported that Marshall McMahon was Wounded in thc buttle of Yesterday We havo tukon over four thousaud prisoners. COLOGNE, August 6-Midnight There was a violent combat near Saarbr?cken to day, commencing at ll o'clock iu the'uioruiug and ending at o'clock to night, lt is ?till continuing Our troops repulse1, the enemy who have abandoned tho field of battle. We have cou quered. Our losses arc heavy. Au official dispatch dated Berlin 6th via Loudon, says the French Emperor has withdrawn his entire line and concentrating his troops for the defence of Paris. His losses have been enormous The Prussians .overtook the retreating Fionch forces early on Saturday morn ing, West of Saarbr?cken and near Spiehrea Hills. The position at which thc French endeavored to make a stand during their retreat, was carried by tho Prussians at the point of the bayonet. This battle is kuovvn as that of Haga nau. BERLIN, August 7. Kiug William scuds tho following dispatch to the Queen. Good news ! A pleat victory has been won by our Fritz! God bo praised for His un rcy ! Wo captured four thousand prisoners, thirty guns, two standards and six mitrailleurs. Mc Mahon during thc fight WHS 'heavily reinforced from tho main army. Tho contest was very severe, and las seven o'clock in the morning u (?'clock at night, when the Kr ?foi treated, leaving the hold to';/ losses were heavy. Lo.NObN^rA Tho position tuken'b'p^JjgUnd in reguru lo Belgium i? approved by Prussia. A Stlrrlii)- Aiiiioauc-cmoiit-PurlM In a Statu of Niege. ?. PARIS, August 7-Sunday Night. The following proclamation has just beau .issued 'Wj "Details, of <otir losses ?re wanting. Our tro?fflT ar;> f>?ll ef clan. Tho aituu lion is t^nlnrihijig, but tho cnoiiiy is on our ic?j-jtor^i^?f> ?ftjous effort is necessary.'. -A hat I l?''TOprfc.fr.i imminent. In presence of this grate -news, Our duty is plain. Wc appeal^to tho pa [Niiism, tho energy of all. -The Chum* been convoked? We are iris willi lill possible baste in If fence. In order to facilitate ih? exl?tvpu of military preparation*, we dcclaMetite capital in u state of siege. Their. uJus^be no faint-hcartcilues?? nd division's. Our rejouiwa aro liu ?neiMO? ?iet ns purnoo tho nrugt. wit hont flinching; ?nd OW country will bo saved. Paris, August 7, 187U--1.0 }?, j|,-By order of tho Empress Ko. gent. Signed: M. OUVyic?, Minuter of .Justice; Dundo Grnminont, Ministor of Foreign Affaira) M. Ohenvandin d Valdromc, MiutaUr of thc [utoriorj M. ?Wrw, MiuMUr ur Fioan?,* jflenea?) Viwmpte de Jeto, Mi.i bier of \Y?r, ad ipuriio." ! . ; . , ; m: .TOB of?t.T ?KM?^xitc rjttrw? IN THU 'tTATKi" JbV> ?/?or ;- The followiog appear? ed i ? the colooiBO of the Gbarleeloo News, of the 2DO inst : fcOOSt TO YO?* BB A Bl {fd?? TO TBE ?PITOR - OF TBS NKWflj. - lt ia a striking and significant fact that the Gbarleston. Radical sheet Scott's ovo ??.^?1 organ, that lathe head and front of tba Radioed party of the 8tate-now quotes', weekly, in aid and comfort (approvingly) from the editorial columns of th? Sumter Ac JO?. The list of papers opposed to Reform, wbioh were published in the Sumter Aetes, with its own oame in a fancy square, under the style of "The Grecian Phalanx," bas dwindled down to one little hebdomadal, the Sumter News. And aa its self-assumed title of "The Greeian Phalanx" is evidently a misno? mer, it is recommended to adopt the muoh more appropriate and equally olassioal name ol' the "Trojan Horse." Let it be borne in mind, at the same time, that the only newspapers in the Stato opposed to tho timon Reform party are the Sumter Netos and tho Radioal Scott orgau, (said to be pub? fished in Charleston.) During the few years since it was published, has it cot ohanged front repeatedly without changing its pub? lishers? Rid it net at one time lose nearly ail its subscribers on account of its Radical bearings ? And what,was the hitch which broke off the trade when it was about to become Radioal out and-out. Did not a democratic editor dissolve bis eonneotion with the Sumtet News because-its proprietors objected to the democratic oast of his editorials ? Is it not a substantial supporter of Scott tfnd Moses, while boasting that it is the only Democratic (?) paper in the State, its columns being filled with abuse of Carpenter und Butler and tho Reform party ? Why dont it advocate Scott openly, and full into lino with those who pronounco it their "best ally ?" Its circulation may be small, bot itt offence is a grave one, when, under thc name of democracy, it substantially uid: those who are crushing the State, anc who are seeking to fasten upon us foi two yours more a set of rulers who art a stench in the nostrils of decency everywhere. Tho people begin to set this, and they have too much at stake U look on with indifference. CRAYON. The Sumter News, of tho 4th inst, contains tbe following : A SNEAK. A scribbler, under the name o "Crayon," in tho Charleston News o Tuesday, displays personal malice ii bis false insinuations against thc pro prictors of tho ??uniter ?rews. Ho says : "During the few years since it [77i Sumter News'] was first published, has i not chuuged iront repeatedly withou changing its publishers ? Did it not o ono time lose nearly all its subscribo ou account of its Radical leanings And what was the hitch which brok off the trade whoo it was about to b< come Radical out-and-out? "Did not a Democratic editor dissolv hts connection with tho Sumter Newi because its proprietors objocted to th Democratic cast of his editorials ?" Relieving that thc writer of the abov extract knows all his insinuations to I false, we do not hesitate to pronounc him a liar as well as a sneak. Though he attempts to hide himse under a pseudonym, wo ask by way < conjecture, did he not write tho cou munioation in the Camden Journa signed "Tell?" Is he not a folio notoriously destitute of fixed prineiph of any kind ? Was ho not a rabi secessionist, when it was popular so I be ? Did he not become a member < the "Loyal League," and only quit when he found that oven Radicals ht no confidence in him, and would n nominate him for an office ? Did 1 not then swing round to the Democrat ?iarty, and hurrah for Seymour at Jlair ? And is he not now, after havii repeatedly oxprcsred his disapproval thc new party, n blatant Reformist ? However much tho wisdom at policy of holding fast to tho seutimeu entertained ono year ago by eve Democratic editor io tho State may 1 doubted, no sincero and honorub Reformist will impugn tho motive? th actuate us and all those whoso opinio we represent and express-amoi whom are many of the best, the pur? andjhje wisest now in thc lund. Mr. Editor, "A Reader" is no'Wfcr rcRponsiblo for tho art ido "Cv>$pn," but the matters therein coi tatnell aro of tho gravest public cone qu?t?ce, and the rcpfyy of the Stow ?News fails t'orttoueb"jtno main poi involved, to W$$o"ns to whether tl paper is io eylt^jfthy with the So Ring, ami indirectly in support oft Radicals, lt claims to ocoupy t extreme position of hostility to tho ci and political rights of tho negro-to "the only Democratic poper in I State," and upon this supposed vania giound nlao secki? for, and claims tl "new subscribers arc constantly sendi in their names." If this bo so, th thc News could not have a monier hesitation io repudiating, utterly a unequivocally, all complicity with i Itadftfl purty, when io attention called-fe tho matter. A RUADEft T1115 I?UOSPIU:T OF VIIU RI?FOI MO VKltl ?NT. During his Saluda Old Town spce lien. KKHSITAW said : Dy n vigorous afloat it would bo ci tn carry tho clccijon'AHtl di ivo out thieving offioials who woe rolling Wealth, all stolen from tho people. 'J thousand colored votes would bo all tl was necessary to secure viotory, and had little* doubt that they could he cured. Ile would bc sorry to think I the white people of the State, ol Into gonce und worth, toCild u<)l, by veos? ?: ^0- ? fee thoueaad tba*.ibo asea wiro hud controlled the? by meane of thc oaths of leagues werC not their frrftods? hoi only used them to ride into office; con einee them that tbc white rn eu of tba State are their beat friends; that their interests were identified. In the County of Edge?eld, and io other placee, the colored men had become cooviuced of their error in arraying tb? meei vee against the .white men, and were now ready to eo operate with them. If tho races did volte; a good, honest goveru ment would be secured, the taxes diminished, and 'every . man equally dealt whb- where $8 were paid in taaea now, ll would be paid then. THE WATCHMAN WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IO A. A. SILBERT i.EDITOR The Sumter Watchman has by far the largest circulation {espe? cially in the surrounding country) of any paper published in Sumter, and zeas established in 1850. TUE FH1KNDN OF PKtCE. The Reform party is tho party of peace. The Scott-Moses Ring depends for suocess upon keeping np a question of race and alienating the blacks from the whites. They have already succeed? ed in getting up a war io feeling, which is the precursor of a war in fact. Their programme is to iguoro and rule out tho white population. No country oan prosper where one half, and the most intelligent hatf, of the population, is thus proscribed. The Ile form party calls for Union and peace, and gives fair play and a fair showing to both races. If this country is over to have tranquility rod prosperity, it must be on this basis. Of course, thc pap? suckers and their hired tools will de? nounoe it, for wheo it triumphs, their occupation will be gone. But if the negroes could bc properly enlightened (and every mau should take pleasure in doiug this) thoy would soe that tho Reform party proposes iu no way to interfere with their rights, and gives them the good will of tito white race, without which, in the long ruo, they cannot prosper. DOW TUBY THUJMI'H! Last week witnessed the glorious victory of the people of North Carolina over Holden, resulting in giving the conservatives a two-tin rd majority in the Legislature and five out of seven mem? bers of Congress. This was aohieved on idcoticaily the same plan and platform adopted by the Union lleform Party ol this State, which tho people of North Caroliua had tho good sense to cart) into the canvass. And they have theil reward, fur they have saved their nob.lt State. Tennessee has done the same, enc the same good sense and united actiot will restore good govorntnent. to Soutt Carolina. The Radicals have thus been utterly routed iu Tennessee and North Carolina and shall it bc said that South Caroline is tho only State which is too impracti cable to use the means, and embract the opportunity for delivetancc ? Verily, if wo work not now for Uniot and Reform, our sister States will laugl at our calamnity, and say we richrj deserve whatever comes. Thu whoh country is moving to oust the robbers Let Middle South Carolina woko up ant work now, lest repentance comes to< late. WHAT SHOULD DEMOCRATS DO They should unite with all who ar in favor of an honest government an? go in te win on tho Union Reforn principle. No man becomes a Republi can by voting for Carpenter, and n man becomes a Democrat by voting fo lintier. And no man deserts any pvirj ciplo or espouses any heresy by votin, tor both. "Let, dead issues" remain ou of view, and adopt tho course earnesti advised by tho N. Y. World, which say it would bc folly to do otherwise. Thi courso has redeomcd Virginia, and lae week carried North Carolina an Tennessee triumphantly for thc Con servatives. Tho World of tho 5th insl Roys : The South can bc relieved only b Northern Dcm oem tic intervention, au Northcru Democrat* amy chum to und ci stand tho publio sentiment of thi section better than our impractical)! Southern brethren. Unless they wi permit us to act upon our bettor knov ledge of the situation, they must rosig themselves to the teodor mercies < Radical domination. ' Wc toll them, therefore, in all cande and plaiuuess, that they only rivet the! chu i ns by further opposition to notft auftr?ge. It is not hy negro votes thi thoy arc oppressed, but by whito votei It is vain foi thom to inscribe ou thei poli i ?eal banners that they uro a "whit man's party" so long as their tyran! consist of a Congress elect cd hy whii votes. Negro suffrage ia tho result of white movement. Tho negroes did nt a*k fo*>suffrago till tho white Radica put it. into their beads. Tho negrot would vote rightly enough, If the whi! Radioals did not mislead and dncoh them Tho reconstruct ion laws wei passed hy a Congress in whioh tho Soul were uot represented st nil; by a Coo ?its?, therefore, which wa? wholl elected by white constituents. It is ni by negroes that thc Soul Ii is opprcBSo< but by white mon ; its most daugeroi chorales are the white Radicals. Ue&? Colonel s. FAIR introduced tl Helot in ?.peake, rs nt tho Nu who ri meetings, and is fully ii? aocotd wit tho movement. We ?eero ??tn * priv>W |l?ttw'^l??, under the provisions msdo "bj the late General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South? Bishop. WIGHTMAN organised a South Carolina Colored CooTereDeo at Nuwbcrry Court House, oO the 3rd i oaf. The occasion ie dee*ribed as being one of much intercut. Bishop WIP'UTMAN'S large obristiau heart seemed all aglow with seal and interest, in view of the prospeot whioh seemed to be opening up for the improvement of tho religious condition of this poople. The letter io question says, "in tears and ia lore he read the appointments, and exhorted them like a father." Tho Conference reports several thou? sand members and several schools. One deacon and one elder were ordained. Two delegetes wero elected to the colored General Conference, the first session of which is to bo held at Jackson Tenn., we beliove, the, present year, viz: Kev. ll. VALENTINE, P. Elder ot Abbeville District and Rev. Richard Moses, Presiding Elder of Columbia District. As soon as that General Conference meets all the churches now used by tho African, Zion, and Northern Methodists, will, of right, be olaiuied. Tho following arc tho appointments : ABBEVILLE PIST.-R. M. Valontine, P. E. Groenwood ct.-C. Epps. Cokosbury ct.-Ii. Stevens. Mount Bethel ct.-G. Jones. Willington ot.-To bo supplied. Lowudesvillo ct.-W. A. Tuker. Flat Woods ct.-To bo supplied. Harrisburg ct.-N. Chiles. Manchester ot.- II. Groves. Laurens ct.- N. Davis. COLUMBIA DIST.-Ii. Moses, P. E. Butler ct.-To bc auppliod. MuKcudree ct.-Supplied by P. Po torson. Monticello ct.-M. Kirkland. - . ? ENTHUSIASTIC KCFOK.U 91 IS STING AT M A lt ?ON. We were pleased to roccivo a call, on Thursday moruing last, from Gen. W. W. HARLLEE, of Marion and Maj. A. C. SPAIN, of Darlington, who hud been called to Sumter on professional .busi? ness. From them we were pleased to learn that the Reform Meeting at Marion, ou Monday, Aug. 1, was large und influential-tho largest since the war. Of this meeting, tho Star speaks as follows : The meeting last Monduy was ono of tho most enthusiastic that wo have had siucc the war. Intelligent and honest inca from every scctiou of tho county were present, ready und anxious to put their shoulders to tho grout Reform 'movement, which, wo doubt not, will bo strained by a largo majority in Marion, next October. A largo number of influential colored conservatives were , present and manifested much interest in the mooting and tho success of the .Reform cause. Tho Reform tido in? creases iu Yoiutuo as it. rolls on, and daily wo hour of more or jess,, who when they Itarn tho origin of the Rc-, form movement aud its objocts and principles, turn their backs upon thc Scott administration, and ourse the day that they lent a helping hand to place at tho bead of affairs corrupt men who have only imposed burdensome taxation upon them, in order to fill their own pockets. Thc colored men of Marion uro fast learning that they have been cheated almost out of their own eyes, aud that they aro to-day io netter off than thoy wi ro beforo tl cy elevated Scott. If they aro uneducated, they cannot be fooled by Scott aud his mercenaries much longer. They desiro to make a little money for their families, and they aro learning that it is impossi? ble, while thc State is tottering under its present taxation, unjustly imposed by a set of imported thieves. Wo were convinced lusa Monduy, by tho interest manifested by tho colored people, that they have been ridden till they ar'? tired, and that many of them will henceforth act for themselves aud with the honest men of thc State in putting down thope who have been reaping the benefit of their toil since they became free. And wc urge them, if they desire to accumulate property for themselves aud their children, to join hand in hand with those with whom they havo been raised aud whom they know to be honest, and holp to relieve our State from her present oppressed condition. GEN? BUTLER AN? THU UL AC IC CODE. Tho Radical organ at Charleston has put forth the statement that Gon. Butler was ono ol tho authors or sup? porters of tho black codo. At tho Greenville mooting he spoke as follows on that subject : Gen. Butlor was tho next speaker, and was proceeding with his remarks whoo a sneak in the crowd, a white mun who looked us though ho hud just como from the Penitentiary, a man whom I will not do the honor to advertise in this paper, and whose name, therefore, I repress, asked "how about that black code V Gun. Huller answered that he was glad to seo ono of Scott's slaves there, and ho was glad that he had been asked tho question, lie had always op. posed that bluck code, and hud fought against it. But that now it wus a toing of tho past. lt was au im? provident thing, und was now obliterat? ed. Arc you ono of ?rioott's tools ? asked ho of the quostioncr. Yes I wus tho responso. Woll, then, responded the General, I am glad of it. I have n et. but ono of Scott's moo iu Dickens, aud flint wus a donkey. You look like one, and you resemble tho first insomuch that when ever I begiu to show ap your master, ?'nu bray. This wits enough ; thin sick ooking lunatic sneaked uway very much after thc mauner in whioh a our is sup? posed to sneak off when ho hus been caught stealing something, and never once afterwards showed his face in the crowd. -'V MR. ?Boiroa vr-After n^i*^ tiou, *x?d earnest Study of the aftuatfoo, I have ?rmjd al the. eoeeluaion thai wo al Tonghi to support the Reform Party aud il? nominee*. The evil? ander which we ?ive arise pripcipally iron ooo cpaae, .vis: Thc actual separation of the white ?nd colored nee? whioh inhabit this State, ia all political mattera. - Ki Tho remedy-?od thc only feasible ono-ia Buchau uoiou of thoa* two race*, politically, as will pre?eat *f?> tils to rae? distinctions or prejudices. Tho alteru?live ia neither more uor lesa tbaQ a tote I withdrawal hom all pol it io? I ao ?lion. The white nee isa minority ia South Carolina, and a rofusal on their part to affiliate, politically, with the colored race, ia s i tn pl jr their own disfranchise? ment. The reform party proposes to accept the present legal stains of the colored race as an accomplished fact, and to unite with suoh of those races as are now ready to ignore poet political differences, und by a combined effort, lo purge the body polillo of those leeches which havo fastened themselves on tho vitals of the State. It is said that we should refrain from any action in the present election, be cause, first, the chance of sucoesa is not good ; and second, because suooeBS would be an abandonment of our previous political principles. Thc first objection is very easily answered. If iu any political contest, the chance of success should be the measure of effort, the result would be that the dominant party would remain always in power. But all experience shows that parties arise and overthrow those which bavo previously ruled, making change aud succession, rples aud even principles of political econo? my. As to the seoond : "Our principles" are words which have universal applica? tion, but aro uot always expressive of the Kaine ideas. Io 18(30, our principles carried us into a division of the Demo* eratic party. In 1861 they led us to war, aud there we took leave of them, referring their future to the arbitra? ment of the sword. In 1865, having failed to ?sustain our principles, bv force of arms, we accepted tho result of the war as a necessity, and recognized the freedom of the colored race. In 1868 wo fut thur recognized tho legality of the Civil llights Bill, and in 1870 we admit tho Fifteenth Amendment to the Con? stitution. What remains of those principles we held sacred in past time ? Now, the colored race has the right to thc franchise, acquired as suoh rights, always ate-by legal enactment. We have voted along side of him, and have boen taxed and governed by those whom his votes elected. Shall we hesitate to recognize in words thc status whioh, every day, we freely admit iu our acts ? Or shall wo adopt tho maxim of Mr. Miouwbor. aud wait for "something to turu up?" The maxim of the true statesman must always bc to make such practical 'issues only as ure condusive to the immediate aud lasting benefit of the State. ' The only question now, on which the people of -South Carolina can possibly defeat tho present reign of vico-and corruptiou is a complete obliteration of mero d.st motions in politics, and such a fusion as will render any . ?ian in the State eligible [o any office. Such a programme will not harmo? nizo with our past feelings and prede lections, nor would it ."bow. be accepted as a matter of bare Choice. At best it would be but a oheico of evils. But wo cannot have things as we would. We must bo thankful to escape greater evils by tho voluntary endurance of minor ones. For these, and other reasons whioh aro fully satisfactory to my miud, I have concluded to ronder a full, free and hearty support to the Reform Party aud its nominees, and I will cheerfully entor into any orgauizatot. for that purpose. Respectfully, _E.- W. MOISE. JIU O Ii AV A ??LAW FOR REFORJO*. During his speech at Saluda Old Town (Newberry county) Gen. KER? SHAW read the following letter from Judge D. L. WARDLAW, endorsing the Reform movement: ABBEVILLE, August 1,1870. My Dear General-I regret thal during your hurried visit to this place J hud not an opportunity for full con? ference with you. The labors for thc public good in which you aro engaged merit my hearty approbation, and ] trust will be crowned with the luooesi which they deserve. Who is not for an honest administra lion of tho affairs of the Stato? Ab? stract questions upon whioh heretofore parties differed, me now superseded bj practical issues which iuvolve the hon? or, perhaps the existence, of our Stat? What is established must be nek now lodged. The means of improvement lefi to us must not bs neglected in idle discontent with changes whioh have taken place. Is there corruption in th? administration of our public affairs ? Aro some of our public offices filled bj men.either incomp?tent or dishonest! llave thee boen shameful instances ol bribery in the Legislature ? Have thc guardians of the publie funds been engaged in speculating with them foi theil private advantage? Havo oui crippled resources been burdoned b) taxes imposed arbitrarily and unjustly ? tho publio debt enormously increased and the publio rooney squandered io wasteful extravagance ? If thees thing? be so, they must bo oorreoted before the return of the State to prosperity cnn bi reasonably expected. Every maa^wbc docs not derivo some advantages Tron: misgovernment has an interest Ic putting au end to it, and no wayo! doing this so plain as by turning out of office those who have misgoverned. I huvo withdrawn from publio affairs but I cannot forbear from giving ni) hearty commendation to those who ar? striving to cxposo and eorrcet public abuses. With high regard, I am truly yours D. L*WAU?)T.AW. publie ???t?og b?l?3 a* l?xr plue* on Wedrs?*dary, te? S?th of 3f?ljF. Tho re porters for tb? (^doeica CWib- ind New?, who ?ero prowl on the* occa? sion, have discharged tbaU duties so fully aod satisfactorily, the* we hare oooolttdcd to .publish ont), of their re? ports. ss emb?dj log the principal end most important pointe of the meeting. We will remark, however, that in all of ont* experience we hitve never koo wo a more popular demonstratio?? aa the gathering of hundreds to heat the- Be form candidate* was undoubtedly an uprising of the masses in opposition to the extravagance and misrule of the present State administration. The people Were not Urged end entreated to como, but were simply invited, and- they flocked here ia larger numbera them; any one expected. The attentive hearing and frequent applause bestowed upon all the speakers atteat the popularity of J the Beform movement, and on all aidee there is a eborua of approval and en? couragement. JUDGE OABPKNTBRBNPOSSBO HT? JVDtiEOLOVEB&NDTHB OBANOK BUBO Ba?, The bar.of Orangeburg, upon the retirement of Judge Carpenter from the benob, held a meeting, of wbioh Judge GLOVER waa chairman, and passed sun? dry resolutions complimentary to the former. In communicating those reso? lutions to Judge CARPENTER, Judge .j LOYER writee es follows : .Bon. R. B. Carpenter-MT DEAR j SIR : The enolosed resolutions were unanimously adopted by the memb era ot the Orangeburg bar, and I am char? ged with thc pleasant duty of commu? nicating them to you. Permit me with sincerity to add, that the praise bestowed has been fairly won by your honest, able and impartial administration of public justice. ?Very respectfully, Your obedient servant. THOMAS W. GLOVER. g*2_ A Proclamation in the Columbia papers of thc 6th inst., from Adjutant General F. J. Moses, Jr., "by order of tho Commander-in-chief" makes Hen? ry E. Hayne, of Marion, and Samuel Lee, of Sumter, (eolorcd) A ids-de? camp of the Governor. Messers. BARTLETTE & GAY S SCHOOL WILL COMMENCE ITS FALL SESSION, OF FOUR MONTHS, ON MON? DAY, Aug. 20th. Aug 10-St_ For ?ale. THE PLANTATION ON WHICH I RE? SIDE, CUD tain lng about Three Thousand Acres. -ALSO My Plantation in Clarendon County, contain? ing abont . Two thousand & two hundred acres* Either of tho abovo will be sold as a wholo, or divided to suit purchasers. I also offer for sale the residence of Mrs. Julia rierson, with TUREE HUNDRED ACRES LAND, making ? compact and desirable Farm. JNO. N. FRIBRSON, Aug 10-3m]_Stateburg, 8. C. Yorkville Female College. THE NEXT SESSION OP THIS Institution will begin on the 1st of SEP? TEMBER, and continue until the 20th of Decem? ber. A full corps of ACCOMPLISHED INSTRUC? TORS will be employed in all the brandies UBU-* ally taught in first-class Femalo Seminaries. TERMS-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Tuition and Board, including Washing, Fuel and Lights,....,.,.$85 00 Tuition in Collegiate Department,.,.... 17 00 ** Primary ? ,. 8 00 Instrumental Muslo,.......m. 20 00 Fronoh, Painting and Drawing, each....... 8 00 Ancient Languages. 6 00 Deposit for purchasing Books,., SOO I will leave Florence on the 31st Aug. and will take in charge by the way any pupils going to Yorkville. For further particulars, apply to Rev. JAS. DOUGLAS, Principal. Aug 10-1 m_ FALL AND WINTER Impor t a~btlc^xx. 1870. RIBBONS, Millinery and Straw Goods. ARMSTRON17CATOR & co. IMPORTERS ANO JOBBBRS or Bennet, Trimming and Velvet Ribbons, Bonnet Silks, Satins and Velvets, Blonds. Notts, Crapes, Ruchos, Flowers, Feathors, Ornaments, Straw Bonnets and Ladles' Hat?, Trimmed and Untrimmed, Shaker Hoods, Ao. 237and 239 BALTIMORE STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. Offer the largest Stock to be found ia this onntry, and unequalled in ehoico variety and (loapnois, oomprlsing tba latest Parisian oveltios. Orders solicited, and prompt attention given. Aug 10 - Office Chief Engineer. Wis,., ron nm A * AUGUSTA R.B. OOM PAN If, WILMINGTON* N. O., Joly J7th, 1870. 1.1...... ji.LUit.ni Notice to Contractors. jSSt* Sealed proposals will ba received at tb ls 3ffloo until gist August, proximo, for building .he exteaslen of this road from Sumter ta Oolam >la, including Ursdlng, Tr?.ile Work, Masonry tod Bridges, ar any portion of the work. Specification., Maps and Pre fl le? can be seen it this ?(Boa, Whare aay Information required wM se.flyar PjesisaJi will bc endorsed 'Proposals." The Company reserve th? right o reject any bid. * JNO. O. WINDBR, Augie-* . Ck"**TV FOB. BAL?N For Sale by DANCY, HTM 142 PEARL Dealers and Planters Supplied Sole Agente for Sum A?(f 5--8m DIRECT IMPORTATION Of "Gabriel Marchand" Cognac X X X A. Lt G. Cases Containing Twa Dozen Quarts .Each? LOW TO CLOSE OUT, BT ADRIAN & VOLLGRS. GREAT F?TR South Carolina Institute, NOVEMBER 1st, 1870. CHARLESTON, SO* CA. 49? Most liberal Premiums offered io every department of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Premium List published in pamphlot form. Aug 3-3m_ LATEST WAR NEWS. THE DECLARATION OF WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND PRUSSIA baa oaueed much ex? citement in this country, and has been tho theme of much ox press ion of opinion ak to what ad? vantage (if any) will be derived from it. NAPOLEON AND PRUSSIA WILL BOTH REQUIRE BREAD-8TUPF8, Arma, Munitions of War and oar manufactured goods, which will enhance prloes, and pour thousands of dollars into the lap of th? North, East and West, while ORDERS FOR COTTON WILL NATURALLY FALL OFF AND prices decline. It is safe to surmise this will consequently produce over 5,000 CASES OF SUFFERING AT TUE SOUTH, WHERE our people will have Cotton to sell, and will unfortunately have Breadstuff* to purchase* DEPRESSION, from this or other cause?, NERVOUS DEBILITY, INDIGESTION,DYS? PEPSIA, HEARTBURN AND CHILLS AND FEVERoanbe oared by the Groot. Southern Tonio, SUMT'R BITTERS WHICH IS RECOMMENDED BY THE highest medical authority in the State. (See Wrapper around eaoh Bottle.) FOR THE SUMTER BITTERS IT IS WELL KNOWN bas cured hundreds all over the South, and imparted to thom that HEALTH AND VIGOR that Soldiers of the FRENCH ARMY ARE KNOWN TO POSSESS. ?&- SUMTER BITTERS is for salo by Drug, gists and Orocers Everywhere. D0WIEf MOISE & DAVIS, PROPRIBTOBS, CHARLESTON, S. 0. Sold by A. ANDERSON A Co. Sumter 8. C. Aug 3-_ Fresh Arrivals -AT Sumter Book Store. Harpers' Magasine, Godoy's Lady's Book, Dem orcst's Magasine, for August, at THE SUMTER BOOK STORE. FOR SALE. THE VALUABLE FARM OF ONE HUN? DRED ACHES, situated ono mile West of Sumter Conrt Houso, now the property and resi? dence of Mrs. BOND ENGLISH. On the prem? ires is a oomfortsble two-story dwelling, and neoessary out buildings. Gonvantont for use, is one of the finest springs of water in all this sco? tian of country. About forty aores are now an? der onlttvalion, twenty Aores in old field, and the balanoo is valuable wood, Oak and put?. For terms, Ao, apply to. . ~ A. A. GILBURT, Suiutor, 8. 0. Jnly e. -tf._?_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLT NA-COUNTY OF SUMTER-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-JULI i F. FRIERSON, PLAINTIFF, AGAINST FRANCIS M. MEL LFfT.AND BILAH M ELLET T, DEFEND? ANTS.-To th? Defendants Francia M. Alellolt and Silas Al eliott : Yon ar? hereby summoned and required to answer kb? complaint in this aetlon, wbleh ia filed In ia? oflloe Af the Clerk of Common Pl?as, fer the said Coan ty and lo serve a oopy of your anawsr to th? said complaint on tb? subscribers at their office, on Main Street, In th? town of Sumter la said County and fi ta io, within twenty def s after the servie? hereof, ex cluiiveof ibo day of sash servio?) and if yon fall to answer th? oomplaint within th? tim? aforesaid, th? plaintiff In this aetlon will apply to th? Court for th? relief demanded la th? oom platal. Dated Jane 19, isiv. . 1 RICHARDSON ? SON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. TO THB DBFBNDANT SILAS MKLLRTT: Take notloe that the summons in this action of wblob th? foregoing ls a copy, was filed in th? ?floe of tbe Clerk or the Court of Common Pleas for Barnier County, at Sumter Court House, in th? tewn of Sumter, tn 8untt?r County, in tho Stat? of South Carolina, OB th? 14th day of Jul?, 870. Dated July 14, 1870. * RICHARDSON A RON, . . . l>a Attorneys at Law, Joly 20-Ot] Main St., Sumter, 8. 0. DJUSTIBLE TIE IN USE ?COTTON. AN & GO., General Agents? STREET, NEW YORK, io any quantity by OREEN & WALSH, ter, and Clarendon County. Green&Walsh svccessoBs TO Oreen, Watson & Walsh, JJ ATE ON HAND A FULL LINE Ot Dry Goods, FANCY GOODS, CROCKERY HARDWARE, SADDLERY and HARNESS, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS and CAPS, &c, &c. -ALSO Staple and Fancy /\ GROCERIES; of all kinds, (Except Liquors.) NEW GOODS RECEIVED EVERY WEEK -AT GREEN & WALSK8, Bargains in Remnants, At OREEN A WALSH'S. Full Stock OF CORN, BACON. LAUD, HAMS AND BUTTER, COFFEE, TKA and si (? AR, At OREEN ? WALSH'S. FLFORK,SALT' M0LASSES 0Di MESS j At QUEEN & WALSH'S. New Lot OF WUITE GOODS, GLOVES, HOSIERY and DRESS OOODS, Just received sts*> touchingly low prices, By OREEN A WALSH. New York Exchange! BOUGHT AND SOLD BY GREEN & WALSH. COTTON. Wo are prepared to poy tho HIGHES! CASU PRICE FOR COTTON, OR SHIP AND HOLD WHEN DESIRED, making CASH ADVANCES ON SAME. Green & Walsh, DEALERS IN GENERAL M [KC HAN DISE AND Commission Merchants; July 20 SOUTH CAROLINA Bank and Trust Company, (Building formerly occupied by Carolina National Bank.) MAIN STREET, Columbia, S. C. This Bank, Savings, and Trust Company, on? .dor their charter, with ample capital, are pre* pared to moet tho want* of goneral busiotfss. Wo discount comraorciaf and all paper on approved oolla tom I* ; make oollootions a' aeeessL bio points ia (bo Unite J States; buy and sell exchange on ibo principal cities In the States and Canudas ; purchase and soil Government Bonds, Bank Bills, and Southern Securities. Advance? modo on consignments ol Coll?n and other products with bill-Hiding attached, or wsro-house receipt. By special arrangement ws rocoivo deposits, allowing interest, and issue certificates for the samo. Prompt attention givon to tho collection of salaries, and liquidation of claims agsimt tbs StatO Government. HARDY SOLOMON, President, J. 0. ROATH. Cashier, LBROY If. WILSO?.Jon* W. Sftir, WILSON & SELBY, COTTON FACTORS AND GENERAL Commission Merchante, NO. 5'"WATER-ST., BALTIMORE. - OFFER their services for tho sale of COTTON? SPIRITS, ROSINS and SOUTH*** fR<>' DUCTS of orar/description, and for the par oh aso of PLANTERS' SUPPLIBS and all kinds of MERCHANDISE. Mark eaob paokage distinctly. forward Bill-Lading. Orders executed promptly and at best nuil" rates. Joly ?r~6m_". -. SITUATION WANTED A s5?."7?ff *J??s XmiSm it a genteel family In !?. WK lumter, or In tho country adjacent. A?ore ?Miss B. F. C., Charleston, eare of Mr. u. Jrubor," stating terms and oeadltlons. fuly?. tr. I