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" ' '^v^ ? j, I 111 LU. ? ^, m,. J^IIIM .JU.W^^VW^ .^'M^-rfL i II 'JiBill^ .MU."1'^ 1 JlJ.lilljm 10I?I|llllA*i| VOL. XXI ? .T'S. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31. IjBTQ. NOW. Tl-WO BtMOf Kt Iiom? Fer?Kt??.-Vira. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. ?wi Tne Sumter Watcnman {ESTABLISHED IN 1850.) I . PU1LIIIID . ? VIBV WBDMfJiAV JKOBrtlNC AT SUMT?R, 0. C., BY ; GILBERT St. PLOWERS. Term?. Ona rea*,,,..,.,.,.IS 00 Bit momba.... 1- 00 Tbreo months....... * 00 ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at tbe rat? of ONE DO ;AR AND WFTY CENTS per ?quere for tb. Brat, ONE DOL1VAR for the second, and FIFTY CENTS for eaoll subsequent inaartloa, for any period leaa Iban tbree montfaa OBITUARIES, TRIBUTES OF >BSPEC* and all eomuunieatlona whloh subserve private atoreats, will bo paid tor aa advsrtU,oaian,ta. J. E. SU ARES, SUMTER FURNITURE -AND-r Chair Ware-Room.s HAS ON HAND A LARGE STOCK OF FUR? NITURE, for leaa tban oan be obtained in any Soutborn market, saving both freight and riak of broakago by Railroad. With experience tn thia branch of bueineia in tho City of CharlesUD, tor twenty-five yeera, and having, the advantagea of the boat Manufacturera, he ia offering flrat claaa work of which every arttole aold la warranted. Tho stock consists of Sofas, Side Boarde, Book Cases, Wardrobes Washstands, Bureaus, Cottage Setts, Whatnots Extension Tablea Mahogany, Cane and Wood Seat Rooking.Chaira Mahogany, Cane and Wood Seat Setting Chair? Criba, Cradles Trundle Bedsteada and Cottage Bedateade Every atyle Looking Oleases and Mattresses. FIVE IIUNDRED PAIR WINDOW SHADES I just received, together with a lot of WALL. PA? PER AND BORDERING. Main Street, opposite Express Office, I 1 UP STAIRS. J. E. Suares, Fob 23-tf_ NO. 3 GROCERIES. THE ONLY STRICTLY Grocery and Liquor House | IN TOWN THE UN DE RSI O NED, begs loave lol cati tho attention of bis friends and tho] publio gonerally to bis NEW AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF Heavy and Fancy Groceries Which ho offers low for CASH ONLY. \$?-nu All articles warrantod aa recommended "?~ Puro Mod-oiual Liquors kopt constantly on band. J. H. EBERUART. April 13 tf ?yllARBLE YARD THE undersigned would most respectfully annouueo to tho pooplo of Sumter and sur? rounding country has bo bavo just received a| SPLENDID LOT OF IVE ?ct rbi o , and is now prepared to receive and oxoouto or? ders of all kinds in bis lino, with neatness and dispatob. IRON RAILING FURNISHED TO ORDER. | W. P. SMITH, SUMTER, S. C. Nvo- 17_if C, T. MASON. WATCH MAKER! AND ?T?SWE2XJ?SB. SUMTER? S. C. Has just received and koopa always OB hand] New and Beautiful Styles of JEWELRY, FYE-GLASSES, &C. WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY RE PAIRED WITH DISPATCH. March 31_ O. F. HOYT. SUCCESSOR TO I HOYT, Sk SUMTER, SO. OA. ?"yyoULD respectfully inform his frlonds and tho publio of Sumtor, and adjoining counties, that he has recontly rocoivod a ohoico selec? tion of LADIES' AND GENTLEMENS' Wat o lies, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, SPECTACLES, &c, &c, His stook ombracos nil Jtho latest stylos, andi will bo sold at roasonablo rates. Sept 20 _ ROBERT BROUN, Architect, County Surveyor, -AND Mechanical Engineer, WILL ATTEND TO ANY BUSINESS EN trusted to him with acouraoy end despatch. Rofers to FOES OR FRIENDS. Address, Manoheater June 29-3m_ L1)THAIR, LUCK OF ROARING- CAMP'" Curiosities of Litorature, Old Curiosity Shop, Pickwiok Papers, and all tho late publications of the day to bo had at publisher's prices, At TUE SUMTER BOOK STORE. July 27 [From th? OhatUnooga Time*.) THE arum POLICY. The opponent? of Radicalism through? out tho country are under obligations to the Louisville Courier?Journal for ..its timely and able articles upon the imo polio/ of the Dereooratio and Conserva-. tire party. We follow the example of the Democratic Congressmen, io styling the party opposed to Radicalism, not because we have any objections to the name of Dcmocraoy, but out of respect to the prejudices of m large number of rotera, who ? endorse-ttfepfex&at attitude of the Demooraoy, but are unable to forget that they were once ita bitter op? pouonts. In time thia prejudice will, wear away, but we do net think it likely to iaorease our chances of victory to now compel every man, however un? willing, to call himaolf a Democrat, when he ?3 perfectly willing under the name of Conservative to help us win the great battle of the people against the Radical party. The eosuiag campaign is the moat important one since the war. Upon ita results depend, in a great taeaaure, the future prosperity of the country. Now, moro than ever, wisdom and moderation are demanded of tbe leaders, and har? mony and unanimity of action among the masses. No unnecessary load must be carried,, but we must strip for tho contest, and go in to win. There is a .mall, but very noisy class of Democrats, who are continually denounoing as trai? tors all who cannot pronounoo their shibboleth of "white Man's party," and it is from the aseondency of these in our councils, that we have to fear as the only cause of possible defeat Lot them be overawed by the sounder advice of national men, and our success is cer? tain. Hence we are glad to see the Courier Journal talking to them in this manner: Some writers profess to believe in the existence of a conspiracy, the objeot of which is to make tho Detnooratio party abandon its principles and approve and indorse the three Radioal amendments. No Democrat has ever dreamed of pro? posing or aiding any such movement. No Democrat has ever gone further than to recognize the fact that Radicals, while they remain in power, will con? tinuo to enforce those amendments ; that the safety of the rights they have conferred upon negroes is the only pos? sible bond of Union left to the Radical party, and that therefore the attitude of tho Democrats towards those amend? ments ought not to bo based upon op? position to the rights themselves but upon condemnation of the manner in whioh they were conferred. When a mob hangs a man and its numbers are so great that society is compelled to let the crime pass unpunished, it does not thereby surrender the law, participate in the crime, or acknowledge tho pre? cedent. When treason assumes the form of a great rebellion, and is treatod according to thc laws of war between independent nations, that is not an abandonment and a condemnation of the justice of the ordinary laws against treason and murder. So wheo a suc? cessful revolution confers privileges and rights upon persona previously de? nied them, a praotioal recognition of those rights is a thing very different from approving tho means by which they were oonforrcd. It is one thing to condemn that invasion of private rights which emancipcated the slave without compensating the ownor, to de? nounce the disfranchisement of white men, the overthrow of State govern? ments, the forocd amendment of tho Constitution, tho usurpation and tymn* nies of Congress, and quito another thing to demand that all this shall be undone and that all the State and Na? tional legislation of tho revolution ary period shall bo deolared and troatod as void ab initio. There is no abandon? ment of law or principio in treating these things as the acts of rf? facto gov? ernments are-troated. Wo may dony that they exist by tho exercise of any rightful power, but prudonce, the safoty of sooiety, the stability of government, all demand that wo shall acoept accom? plished facts rather than convulse the country by a vain attempt to subvert the revolution and replace everything t? statu quo. Every Democrat in tho United States opposed to the last, tho Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. No Democrat has ever proposed to adopt either of them as a Democratic measure, or givo his approval of their adoption in any way that can make him an accessory after the faot, or acoept them as accomplished facts io any sonso which may bo construed into a surren? der of the Democratic principles which they violate. There is not a Democrat in the United States who, in any sense, indorses the Thirteenth amendment. We acknowledge the freedom of our formor slaves, hire them to work for us, pay them for that labor whioh noth? ing but the thirteenth Amendment prevents us from olaiming without price, and we even pass State laws to enable them to collect from us their wages. No sane man, and thur far not oven an insane man, has ptoposed or indulged any thought of reduoing the negroes again to slavery, and re? claiming the money they have earned whilo practically, but (as the former owner is nt liberty to think) unconsti? tutionally free. And in acting thus no man feels that he surrenders a parti?lo of the Demooratio faith, or that ne par? ticipates tn the robbery of himself. Hut the very moment that it is proposed to treat the Fifteenth Amendment pro olf?lya* ire treat- ?be Thirteenth, we witness en emption of fine Irengy, and hear a great deal of spluttering d?cla? mation about "treason to the Democrat io party/' "surrendering the D?mocratie principles," "adopting Radical mea? sures/' "indorsing Radical infamies/' cfeo. But it I? among the Northern people that these unmeaning and otherwise in? consequential onslaughts upon the amendments do mischief. Among them the 16th amendment i| regarded as the logical result, or rather'us the Siamese twin, of the Thirteenth. They believe that the two must live and die together, and that a successful blew aimed at the former musk destroy the latter. If ever we vindicate the principles violated in the passage of those amendments, if ever we reaall the Government from the wrongful and dangerous tendencies to which they open the way, it will be only when we convince the people of the North that this can be done with? out depriving the negro of'his freedom anr? without stripping him ofthat person? al protection which they believe the ballot alone can furnish in the absence of Government troops. If the negro had been endowed by State action with the right of suffrage and all needful civil rights tho consolidationists would have been deprived of the pretext which they have used with such deplor? able effect as a lever wherewith to wrench our system from its anoient and only safe foundation. Unless we do accept the practical results ns far as they affect the status of individuals, and unless we can do something toward checking the consolidationists, we shall next be oompolled to submit to Mr. Sumner's laws invading the social cirolo, controlling popular education, and fusing all our looal republics into one imperial and despotic central ism. To all Democrats who really care whether Caesar or Pompey triumphs we address the question, is there any aban? donment of Dotnooratio prinoiplo in treating the Fifteenth Amendment pre? cisely as you treat the Thirteenth ? If your notion undor the latter and your acceptance of it as an accomplished faot, is ne treason to tho Democratic party, how can your concession of negro suf? frage be any moro an act of treason and a repudiation of Democratic principles ? Why should wo organizo as a whito man'.; party, and engage in a hopeless agita'ion against tho political status of the negro, when so many dangers to the system of our fathers demand that we shall turn all out artillery against the weak points in the Radical works ? Let us leave the negro where he is, and permit no strategy of our adversa? ries to lead us into discussions about slavery, tho wickedness of the rebellion, tho equal rights of all man to life, lib* erty and the pursuit of happiness, or tho necessity of the habit as a protec? tion of the freedom of the negro. Let us-hold them to tho record they made when mutilating the Constitution, con? verting free States into military satra? pie, disfranchising their own kindred, trampling upon the writ of habeas cor? pus, setting the military above tho civil authority, depriving civil courts of all power to protect the citizen in his per? son or property, legislating in the inter? est of predatory monopolies and robbing the hard hand of labor with needless and unjust taxation. Under this banner we shall conquer and save our country from tho machinations of those who aro urging the government into that mael? strom of centralization which has engulf? ed all other Republics. TBAOHEUS Wno ERR. Ile who clings obstinately to tho'past, with its traditions, who will not hearken to tho teachings of the present, and who sees nothing useful in the promises of the futuro-tho ultra conservative. He who is an iconoclast of old me? thods, and who believes in nothing that is not an innovation-tho ultra reformer. He who is too lenient, and who would substitute "moral suasion" for thc rod in all cases. Ho who is too rigid, and who would use the rod unsparingly in every, and for the slightest, delinquency. Ho who is too watchful, and plays the part of a polioe deteotive. Ho who never watches, and sees not tho most flagrant misdemeanor. Ho who professes-in order to avoid the ohargo of partiality-to love an idlo and disobedient pupil as much as ono who is studious ana obedient. He who would punish an idlo and disobedient pupil when he does wrong, moro quickly than a studious and obe? dient pupil when he docs wrong. Ho who is so impolitic-ally politic that ho would treat a rioh man's son differ? ently from a poor a man's son. Ile who would pan lor to tho ignorance and pride of tho rioh. He who would pander to tho igno? rance aud envy of the poor. He who is a moral coward, and is afraid to oorrect a child when it docs wrong, through'fear that he may lose a pupil and a fow dollars. Ile who, for tho samo reason, is afraid to tell the parent when a child docs wrong. Ho who listons to, and tries to follow, tho advioc of every ono. He who listens to thc advice of no ono. He who is not os hard a student as any his pupils. He who is too lazy to eduoite (Educo -to lead out), and ia oontent to be a mere lesson-hearer. Ho who has oo higher aim than to make monoy by his profession. Ho who develops the intolleot only, and negloots tho moral nature He who fails to exalt his profession, and to placo it next in nobleness and utility to that of the ministry of the Gospol.-Jour, of Education, Mo. TALES FROM THE TALMUD. xv. THft MEEK AUD TUB HAUQUTT. . Austerity of mao nora and harshness of disposition are the gracoless offspring of pride" and arrogance Like s obilling frost, they repel and contract whatever comes near them, and, like ?dark oloud, they obsoure and deform the most shin? ing talents and tho greatest learning, whereas humility and meakneas are the lovely children of humanity and bene volonoe. Liku tho mild rays of the sun, they warm and expand whatever comes within tho circle of their in? fluence. They sweetly siluro the hearts of men, throw a splendor on the most humble, and aro the best ornament! of the truly great. The truth of these maxims we find fully exemplified in the conduct of two Hebrew sages, who flourished in the timo of Herod the Great. Shamltai, though a' man of great learning, wai of a morose temper. Hillel, in addition to his great knowledge, possessed the virtues of humility aud meekness ic an eminent degreo. It happened that a heathen came to tho former, and thus addressed him : "1 wish to become a proselyte, on condition that thou doest teach mo the wholo law whilo I stand upon ole log." Tho moroso teacher, offended at so unreasonable a request, pushed the ap? plicant away with thc staff he held in his hand. The heathen wont to Hillel, and mado tho samo application Tho amiable instructor oomplied with his request, aud told him, "Romembor, whatever thou dislikett thyself, do not unto thy neighbors. is thc substance of tho law; everything clso is but its comment : now go and learn." Tho heathen thanked him, and be? carno a good and pious man. It happened at another timo that a heath on, passing a synagogue, heard the Sophcr (clerk) read the following words : "And these are the garments which they shall make : a breast-plato, and au cpbod, and a robo, and a broider . ed coat, a mitro and a girdle/' etc Thc heathen asked for whom all these fino garmonts wore intended? "For the high-priest," was tho answer. As soon as the heathen heard this, he went to S liam m ai, and said, "Master, I wish to heoomo a prose? lyte, but on condition that I bo made a high-priest." Sbammni drove him away with con? tempt. He appliod to Hillel, and mado the samo requrst. Thia mild instructor of Iireal received bim courteously, and thus addressed him : "Friend, hast thou ever known a king to bc elected without being first introduced in the rules of government? Whoever wishes to bo high-priest must iir.,t bo made acquainted with the rules belougiug to so dignified an office. Coate then, and learn." Ile then taught him tho 18th chapter of Numbers. When they came to thc 7th vorsc, which says,-"Aud tho 8TUANar.il that cometh nigh shall bo put to death," the heathen asked who was meant by tho stranger ? "It applies," answered Hillel, "to any ono who is not a descendant of Aaron. Even David thc ktng of Israel, if ho had presumed to administer this sa? cred {unction, would have beca puuisba bio with death." Tho man then reasoned with him? self: "If thus tho greatest of Israel is not thought worthy to fill this office, how should I, a poor, miscrablo stranger !" Ho gave up tho desire of becoming a high priest; but, by continuing lo study tho law, became an adopted member of that nation to whom God said, "Yo shall bo uuto mo a kingdom of priest," cte In ibo course of timo they all three happened to meet together, when the gratc(pl proselyte thus expressed him? self : "Sharnuiai's harshness almost drove mo from 'he world; but Hillel's humili? ty saved mo. May all thc blessings rest upon thy head, thou worthy instructoi ol'Israel.}, for it ia thou who hast brought mo under thc wings of tho Divine presence." Another example will still furtbei ?>rovo the great meekness aud pationl orbcaranco of this truly great man. A man ouco wagered four hundred zuz that ho would provoke Hillel tc anger. In ordor to mako sure of it, ht went to tho bouse of Hillel, and in t very turbulent manner called out "Whorois Hillel? where is Hillel ?' Hillel, without noticing his rudeness with bis usual mildness, asked bim "what was his ploasuro ?" "I want to know," said tho man "why the Babylonians havo rount heads." "Au important question, truly," on swered Hillel. "Tho reason is, becausi they have no exporiencod midwives." Tho man wont away, and came agnit in an hour, vociferating as before "Whcro is Hillel? whoro is Hillel?' Tho sago again throw his mantle ove his shoulders, and said to him : "What dost thou want, my son ?" "I want to know," said tho man "why the Tarmudians have weak oyes?' Hillel answered : "Because they live in n sandy conn try ; thc saud flying iu their oyes cause soreness." The man perceiving Hillel's mildoos and good nature, went away disappoint? ed. Dut rosolviog to mako anotbc effort toprovoko bim, he carno again ii an hour, and oalled out : "Whoro is Hillel ? I want Hillel.' "What is thy ploasuro now ?" sai tho latter, mildly. "I want to know," rojoinod tho for mor, "why the Africans havo bros foot?" "Hooftuso," said Hillel, "they llvo i marshy land." "I fain would uk thee ' mau j morai questions," said tho mau, "but fear thou' wilt be angrvv" "Fear notbiog/'said tbe meek ia* struotor of Israel ; "ask aa many ques? tions aa it pleases thee, and I will an? swer them it I can The man astonished at Hillel's un? ruffled temper, and fearing to lose his money, thought that the only ohanee left was to insult him to his noe; and with this view said to him : "Art thou the Hillel who is styled the prince of the Israelites ?" Hillel answered in the affirmative. "Well then," said the man, "if so, may Israel not produoe macy persons like thee 1" "And why ?" asked the sweet natured Hillel. "Because-," replied the stranger, "be? cause through thee I have lost four hundred zuz." "Thy money is not entirely lost," Baid Hillel, with a ?mile, "because it ?rill teaoh thee to be more prudent for the futuro, and not to make such fool? ish wagers. Besides, it is muoh better that thou lose thy money than Hillel should loae his patience." [From tho Stoats Zetang.] THIS EHipness TRUG UNITE. Thc Princess Wasa, Napoleon1 s First Betrothed- Thc Austrian Emperor''s Designs-Thc Wiles of a Beautiful Adventurers- Thc Course of a Great Life Changed. Had not the original plans of NapoJo on in rega.d to his niarriagoboon frus* tra ted by tho Austrian Court, his life might have taken a very different course, and there might now bo no ne? cessity of his despairingly bewailing the faot that through foreign counsels he has allowed himself to bo ruined. He wished to marry his cousin, the Princess Wasa, grandaughtcr of the Grand Duchess Stephaino of Baden and had already offered her his hand on tho occasion of a visit to Baden-Baden. His suit was accepted, but with the con? dition that Prince wasao, the father of tho Princess, who lived in Vienna apart from his wife, should give his consent. Napoleon thereupon turned to the Em? peror of Austria, with the request that he should undortako the wooing of the brido from Prince Wasa, but ho received an answer to tho effect that this was not permitted by tho laws of etiquette, inas? much as tho Prince was only u Oolonol in thc Austria army. This, however, was merely an excuse, since Franz Joseph was determined to prevent the proposed match at any price. Ho therefore contrived to get Prince Wasa to positively refuse his consent; and while Napoleon atilt hoped on, a mutch between the Crown Priuce of Saxony and the Princess was quickly brought about by tho intrigues of tho Austrian Court. Napoleon was deeply moved und exasperated at this, and upon first learning that this, his darling project, had been frustrated, he gave utterance to tho memorable words, "Les souvorians de L'Europe se sou? viendront do moi." (The princes of Europe shall havo cause to think of me.) It is true that at a later day the Bm pcrior of Austria had ouly too muoh cause for regretting the share which ho had taken iu this affair ; but for Napo? leon, tho result wus much worse from having perhaps the only real heartfelt desiro ho over oxperionood repressed in this rudo way. Even though tho wo? man whom he had desired to mako Em? press of the French had by no means distinguished hersolf for etninont quali? ties, yet her modest, bashful, almost de? pendent naturo would havo been a guarantee that she would never have endeavored to overstep tho limit of her duties, never have labored to secure a government which would havo mado ol the highest interests of Franco a play? thing for her humors and her selfish? ness. But this was the result of the second choico whioh Napoleon then hit upon Among tho many adventurers of rani who happened to be in Paris at th? timo of Napoleon's great political stra? tagem, there was a certain Countess Montijo and her daughter, who hat created a sensation and drawn the at tention of Napoleon toward thcmselvoi by their extravagant style of living, a; well ns by tho beauty of tho daughter Napoleon had drawn these women tc his new court, and hnd indulged in every kind of gallantry toward tho daughter who, however, had quickly given him t< understand that, despito her coquetry she was just as careful of her honor as ht was of his, and would yiold in no way tt his passions unless ho allowod her thc legitimate placo at his sido. When now tho proposed match wit! tho Princess Wasa turned out a fail I ure Eugenio contrived to procuro an invi? tation to Coinpicgue, und there, in thc froor intercourse with Napoleon, anc with tho aid of n brilliant toilette, ir which violet-wreaths amid hor blonde hair hud an essentially strung effect sho euocccded, through tho magic o her personal appearance and her splen did conversational powers, in so allur ing him that ho, still sensitive over tin result of his former plans, and with th< firm determination of mooting tho crowned princes of Europe as a purvenuo suddenly offered hor his hand, and t< tho universal astonishment not alone o France, but of all Europe, raised to th* position of I' inpress a woman of doubt ful desocut und of an equally doubtfu past. Sinoo then this woman has shared hi throne with him for eightoen years, am has apparently, it is true, contribute* very muoh to its splendor; hut if Na polcon now looks buck over this period and calls himsolf to aooount for tho in? fluences which sinoo then have -boci brought to heat upou him from the aid of his wife, ?nd by means of her har? boon made effective, fae can scarcely do otherwise than curse the hour in which be entered into this alliance. A. WOBB TO TiUS G LB LS* BT ???Bia IBO Vf H. Do not spend all your evenings in idleness , or pleasure. Now is your f;olden opportunity for gaining know edge. A few more years, abd you must lay aside your sohool-booke and enter upon the active duties of life. Some of you may be enabled to live without muoh care or exertion ; but most ot you will find ' something to do,-something which claims your especial attention ; and as your school-days have been spent, so will you bc fitted to fulfil your mis? sion in life. Some of you have boen diligent, and have acquired a knowledge of what your school books con tain, with muoh other usoful information by read* ing good books and papers during leisure hours. Others, again, have had their studies so interfered with by frequent visits to places of amusement, as to very materially a Hoot their mental culturo. Does any Behool girl vainly imagine that she can attend parties, keep late hours, eat unreasonable sup? pers, and at the same time feel a deep m tor est in her studies? Poor recit? ations almost suroly followjlissipation. Hesolving to learn a lesson at some future time, never mastered it. Now is the timo to say lessons first-pleasure, afterward. Firm principle is neces? sary to resist the allurements of pleasure which beset you on evory side ; yet if you expect to bcoome useful and hon.? ored members of society, you must resist them. Let your oourse bo onward and upward, wavering neithor to the right nor to the left until the goal of success is attainod. We have school girls of only twelve and fourteen who, have during the past winter, regularly attended parties and dancing-schools, thoir heads being filled with beaux, dress, and style. What kind of a future can we predict for them ? Surely, not that of earnest, thinking women, fitted to fill important places in society, or even to assume the responsible position of wife aud mother. Of what benefit will it be to them ten or fiftoen years henoo to understand the mysteries of schottisch or polka ? It will probably be muoh more conduoivo to their happiness to be able to assist John or Sarrah to solve some ar'tthme? tical problem. We do not cry out against rational amusement for the young : it is the late suppers and un? natural excitements which we doory. We do not want to see you, who have scarcely en tor ed your teens, suddenly transformed into fashionable young ladies. We want to call you girls, and, as such, seo you engaged with lively companions in thoso health-giving pastimes which you so well understand, and willoh givo increased vigor both of body and mind. RUAD THIS TO THU COLORED PEOPLE. Colored friends, you will soon be called upon to oast your votes in a most im? portant election, and we wish you to think seriously before you oast your votes. For five years you have been aoting with the Radical party, and can you tell us anything that you have guiued by it. They promised you years ago forty acres of land and a mule, and you have never received them, and that is not all, you will never get thom. The Ridicula have mado you many promises, and have never kept a singlo one of them, and can you still trust such a a party ? Now as our State is getting worse off every day, and the people are getting poorer, because tho taxes are so high, wo have started the Reform party to bring about a change, that we may put good pooplo in office, and make our taxes lighter. This party suits both while and colored, and promises to do equal justice to all. They may tell you that Wfi want to put you back in slavery again. This we can nov cr do, becauso the highest law of the country declares that you are free and we cannot alter it. Wo have no powor, and cannot got the power again to put you in slavery. That is a matter that is now settled forever. Again, you will gain as much by joining tho Reform party, and oven more than by staying where you are. The Reform party grants you the privilege of voting and of holding office, and only ask you to help thom put good and true men in offico, men of whom wo will be proud, and who will do soinothing to mako our taxes lighter. We oall upon you to go with us, for as the matter uow stands the Roform party is as much tho colored mun's party us it is that of tho whites. It scenics to us that you have had enough to show you that thc Rndioals in power caro nothing (or you, except to got your votes. Wo hopo you will think over this matter and come to tho conclusion t hat it is your duty to sustain tho itcforiu oadidates, Carpenter and Duller, at tho elootion iu November next. &?T Editing a paper is a very picas* ant thing. . If it contains too much po? litical mutter, people won't havo it ; if it contains loo little, they won't havo it. If tho typo is loo largo, it don't contain enough reading matter; if tho typo is too small they oun't read it. If we pub* Tish telegraph reports, folks say thoy aro nothing but lies j il we omit them, they say we havo no enterprise, or suppress thom for political effect. If wo havo in o fow jokes, folks say we aro nothing but a rattlo head : if wc omit jokaa, they say we ?re old fossil. If wo do not publish original mutter, they halmo us for not giving thom original selec? tions ; if wc publish original selections, folks say we are lazy for not giving thom what they havo not read io somo Other paper. If wc givo a man compli? mentary notice*!, wo are censured for being partial ; if wo do uot, ult hands say that we ?re ? gre ai bog. If we inBert an artiolo that pleaiea the ladies, mea become j ea I o OJ ; if wo do aol oater to their wishes, the paper is not fit to be io their houses. If we attend church, they say it ia only for effect ; If we dO not, they denounce aa ka deceitful and desperately wicked. If wo speak well of any act, folks aay that we dare not do* otherwise ; if wo censure, they call ol.a traitor, ii we remain in our offico and attend to business, folks say we are too proud to mingle with oar fellows. If we do not pay bills promptly, folks say wa are not to be trusted ; if we do pay promptly, they say we atole the money. THE C.Vnri?T BAGtlEH. The Now York Journal of Commerce, one of the most moderate of American payers, is really gleeful over tho pros? pect of a carpet bag Waterloo. It thinks North Carolina haB the honor of giving Skowhegaoitoa the first grand warning ol the wrath lo ooma, BO far as their distinctive political career in the South is ooo oom ed. Hoar this : . "Tho iudiguation, if not the blood? of tho South is now up, and the carpet? bagger hereafter will havo to wove on with tho almost ocaselcst march of tho Wandering Jew. That man must bo a thorough going partisan who is not glad to throw a shovelful of Garth upon tho Eolitioal coffin of the carpet bagger. Ile as boon tho ourse of the South during his brief locust like existence there. Ile took nothing there but his carpet bag, with its paper contents us aforesaid, his hate of the South and his unscrupulous ambition. He had no iutorest in South* ern industry or Southern development. He was a messenger of war, and not of pcaco ; or it was out of the disturbances which he spared no effort to foment, and I for which he always had at hand the remedy of powder and cold steel, that he expeotod to profit. His vote at the last session of Congress was generally to be found on tho bad side of all political and financial questions. For jobs he has the fondness of a mouse for oheose, and was usually deteoted burrowing away tho contre of every rich contract or franchise. Suoh is the species carpet bagger-the worst of all the genus poli* tioian. We congratulate the South and the country that the fiat of a plundored and indignant people is about to stamp the political life out of the whole odious OLD SPANISH PBOVKBUS. He is the best scholar who hath learn? ed to live well. A handful of mother wit is worth- a bushel of learning. When all men say you aro an ass, 'tis timo to bray. Change of weather finds discourso for fools. A pound of care will not pay an ounco ofdobt. The sorrow men have for others hangs upon a hair. I A wise man ohanges his mind, a fool ! ocvor will. That day on which you marry you either mar or mako yourself. That's a wiso delay which makes tho road safe. Let us thank Cod, and bo conto nt with what wo have. Tho foot of the owner is tho best manure for his land. He is my friend who grinds at my mill. Money cures all diseases. Enjoy what little you have while tho fool is hunting for more. The creditor always hath a botter m emory than the debtor. Repentance always costs very dear. AB you use your father, so your chil? dren will uso you. There is no evil but some good uso may be made of it. No price is great enough for good counsel. Piaiso tho man whose bread you oat. Cod keep mo from him whom I trust, from him whom I trust not I shall keep myself. Keep out of a hasty roan's way for a while, out of a sullen man's way all the days of your life. If you would know tho worth of a ducat, go and borrow one. There is no to'morrow for and asing friend. Toll not what you know, judgo not what you soo, and you will livo in quiet. Hear reason, or she will mako herself be heard. Parents love indued, others only talk of it. DEW. On no subjoot have there been strang cr and moro incorrect notions than ou thc nut uro und origin of dow. Pron within two hundred yours it hus bor-ri supposed that the dew was a product of the plants. It was supposed to return in thc morning to its sotiroo, and it has boen cnn li lout ly affirmed that if dew wore put in an eggshell und placod at tho foot of a Ittddor, it would curry tho shell to tho top of tho ladder, und leave it lhere us it asoendod. Even nt tho present day tho common? ness of thc plirase, falling dov, shows how erroneous are tho provalent notions. Tho dow never falls, at least no percep? tible distance ; it is deposited from ho layer or air in actual contact with the bedewed ohjeot. That it does not full is evident from thc under sido of a plato of ico oream being bodowod. The eooN noss uocesary to ptoduco dow is produo od by radiation. Tho olearuess of a dewy night is not produced by tho de? position of the dow, but tho dow is produced by olcurtiess. A hoavy dew proves the dearness of the air and warns tho astronomer lo loso no timo in getting oui his tulesoope. ?-o h%> ??. EVER* DESORIPTIOS I.-.' * ' '.' S}ii**Vt'jf ? .. PROMPTLY SXKCUTKJB TM The Sumter Watchman, Highest Style of the Art? ? i 'i i I 'II I 'nullit - [Written f?r th? W.toftna?.} ?BJ BOTIONS TO TDKTBllirBEAJfOB It ia objected, tbat41 tba Temperance cause ia untrue to itaolf- tbat ita rota? ries violate its principio-bronk ?heir pledge and drink like other weu." Thero is groat plausibility ?u tbo objec? tion . It ia a lamentable faot whioh. wo ac? knowledge.with humiliation aud shame, that the lapse? aro frequent, sudden and fearful, but lot u? meet tho objection squarely, andeee what for oe thora td in it. To do tbia, we must ask, Vlf these violations are in acoordanoe - wishy or against temperance principles?" The objector is forced to anarer, "against thom." Thoo the virtue of temperance is untouobod-its purity unsoiled. Tomporanoe remains tho same beauti? ful virgin, her white flowing robos tho emblem of innooonce unpolluted, and hor person not violated. To condemn tem? peranoe because some of her votaries are untrue to her requirements, is shara injustice Might as weir condemn Banking because some bauknrs havo proved dishonest or polities beoausesomo politicians aro demagogues, or law be oauso somo lawyers arc untruo to their clients, or physic becauso some phy'si\ oians kill their patient?", or roligion because somo of its vortarios are hypo* orita. If it could bo shown that hor princi- . pies were unsound, or ber requirements wore at varieuce with tho public good, then we would say discard hor-kill her, bnt if it be only some of her friends who aro untrue to her, and dishonor themselves, our reply is "this is her misfortune, not hor shame." But the objeotor says, "However good the principles of tomporanoe are, the votaries of temperance aro not true, and it is expecting too much of honorable men to ask them to unite with an or? ganization, whoso members havo so little regard to truth and personal honor.* This is oertainly a hard thrust, but we oan fend off the blow. Wo are free to admit that if tho organization.maintain those in it who dishonor themselves by a violation of their pledge, or if there be a majority or evon a large minority who violate their pledge and yet hold position in tho sooiety, then the objec? tion is sustained, but if it be only a fractional part of tho body, and these are properly dolt with, the objection is not valid. Or even if these dishonored persons aro oootinued, the organization being ignorant of tboir violations, she is oertainly unfortunate, but not blame? worthy. But suppose all the temperance or? ganizations of the Stato or even of tho United States, wore toa man, to provo untrue to the principles embraced, and in a general debauch wore all to got drunk, their defection would be only their own shame, and the cause romain? iug as noble and puro as over, would rise again as a pheonix from tho ashes, io all its hoaven born purity and loveliness. The lapses in tcmperanco show no more than tbo samo thing in other or? ganizations. Because tho tellor iu a bank betrays his trust and robs tho bank to a large amount, it does not provo that the bank was at fait, but that tho teller was a rascal. Tbo betrayal of Christ by tho kiss of Judas, proved nothing against himself, but only the by poora cy of bis betrayer. Tho defec? tion of Arnold, proved nothing against tho American cause, but only that Ar? nold w:u a consummate villain. Wo can make no apology for men who trifle with their own honor and stab tho causo which they profess to embrace. We pitty them, for they uro cither too weak to maintain the principios which they espouso, or they are void of temperance principles; but let uot thoso weak or wicked men be a reason against so good n cause The cause of temperance is as worthy after ns before tho betrayal of these persons. Sumter, S. C. li. The following . appointments havo been mudo for lion. K. li. Carpenter und General Butler : Fish Dam, on tho Spartunburg and Union Railroad, August 0. Lexington Court House, Tuesday, August G. Laurens, Saturday, August 13, Columbia, Tuesday, August 10. Wionsboro, Wednesday, August 17. Chester C. II ?Friday, August, 19. Broad ll iver, ehester county. Satur' day, August 20. York ville, Monday, Anglist 22.. Hook Hill, Tuesday * August &j. Land's Ford, Wednesday, August 24. Lancaster, Friday, August *2?0. Liberty Hill, Kershaw County, Au? gust 27. Camdon, Monday, August? 29. Sumter, Wednesday, Au.gtu<t81. Darlington C. II., Monday, Sept. 5. Chesterfield C. H., Wcduosday, Sep? tomber 7. Bonnettsvillo, Friday., Ropt. 9. Floroqoe, Saturday, y ont, 10. Marion C. H., Monday, Sont, ll Kingstroo, Wednesday, Sept. 14. Manning, Friday, Sopt. 10. ^Oraogoburg C. H., Monday, Sept. ^Barnwell C. IL, Wednesday,, Sept. Whito Hull, Co Mot?n countvll&laiiv Sept. 28. Jrmtfj, Beaufort, Monday, S"^t 25.