The Sumter watchman. (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, October 12, 1870, Image 1

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^MHBg| * WEDNESDAY MOBKjNG, OCTOBER 12, Wi). ''-'Jj ?-/? , ", v> ..., p7?yvwL^: Jy-:^-^^;^ l--tyi^--A^ >--^-lf',::>.Vir-f . ?jcg --y^r-r-'- &fc()?(i^ ^ju^yflapg? m LITERATURE, MORALITY IND GENERAL ITVTEI;?SENGE. - S I i 1 ! " ''ii i I ni r n III II unit ii m+44ti ut * t?mi ? - ?a ??? - .-- ... ?? ? . . . -. .. The Sumter Watclunan" (ESTABLISHED IN lStf.) ?F?*T Term?. * Ote lt l'nitrtl?o, for aoy period Uta than IbrMmoDtfai OUITUARIES, TRIBUTES OP RH8PEOT and all communlcaltoue which auhterve pritatt gretta, will be paid ier ta ad vertieeutebtt. MASONIC ADDlllSBS DELIVERED BY ?. S. B40UA?DM)N( ^R^ BEFORE SALEM LODGE, A.*. F.*. M.-, t JUNE M, 1870. Y--Vs SALEM towna ?OOtf?*VJ V JULY 80,1870. J J. S. RlOHARDeJOtl, JR.,'-2>?rr ASTV a?t? Bracker:-M the recent Regular Oommuoication of Salem Lodge, No. 141, A.'. F.\ M.*. the following reao lution was unanimootly adopted, and the Secretary instructed to communicate thc same : ... ' :c '.:. ' ; Resolved, That the thanks of- this Lodge he tendered to Brother J. S. BICUABDSON, ior the able, instructive, and eloquent address delivered by. bim, OD the occasion of laying ' the corner' Stone of our new Masoni o Edifice, and a copy of the same be requested for publication. Sincerely hoping that yo? will comply with our request, 1 am Your friend and Brother. H.H. WILSON, Sec, 8. L. SUMTER, S. 0.17th August, 1870. Mu. H. H. WILSON, SEO. SALEM I LODGE-My Dear Sirs-Your letter! of tho 30th July, conveying me a copy of thc resolution passed by Salem Lodge in rcferenoe to the address delivered by mc on the oooasion of laying the Corn? er Stone of their new Masonic Lodge, has been received. I am doeply sensi- j ble of the compliment paid me by the' Lodge, and while I olaim but little more than the merit of collating, from the writings of the Great Lights ef Masonry, tho grand principles of our noble order, yet as a dissemmioatioo of these in the form of an address may serve to dispel error and prejudice, I herewith place the address at the dispo sal of your Lodge. With many thanks to you and the Lodge, for tho kindness and considera? tion extended to mo, I am, very truly, j and fraternally, Yours, J. 8. RICHARDSON. ADDRESS. Friends and fellow Masons I Ladies awl Gentlemen !-In responding to thc invitation of Salem Lodge, to address you on this occasion, we are deeply sen? sible, from our.own small experience in thc graud seionce and philosophy of Masonry, of our inability to represent fairly und rightly the claims of the older to that public favor and. confi? dence which its merits justly entitle it to-and which it has commanded where ever Masons have expounded by their conduct, and their lives, the true prin? ciples of our order. And we are feel? ingly admonished of the responsibility wc have allowed to bo.placed upon us, when we look out upon this crowd of faces, beaming with intelligence, and bright with expectation-A brilliant assemblage of youth and manhood-of beauty und wisdom; All met to bid, as it were, a hearty "God speed" to thc great and noble order whose humble advocate, for this occasion, now craves your indulgence. The claims of .Masonry to your favor and confidence is a theme, in its various ftspcots, too vast to be traversed in the short space of time which weean ask at your bands-we are compelled there? fore, to select only a few, among the many attractive and interesting featuros of our order, for your inspection ; and our time, as well as your patience, will permit only a hurried glance at these. As wc conduct you then, thus hastily I through this spacious garden of rich,] oriental shrubbery, planted by our ances? tors and nurtured with so much care by our fore fathers, and point out to your view some of its beauties, forget not that, amid its deep shades aro cooling bubbling fountains upou whose brink we havo not led you-that from the hidden branches of its deep recesses hang delicious fruit, tho flavor of which you havo not tasted, and among its rich foliage lie hid many a swoet flower, upon whose beauties your eyes have not gazed and whoso fragrance oould but add now charms to those, we shall bc able to discover to you. It will be expeoted, in this, tho first| public MalonicdcmoDstration?Dthiscom m unity, and on an occasion of so much im? por lance as thc laying of the Corner Stone of a Temple of Masonry, that wo give account of tho origin, progress and ex? tent, as well as of the prinoiples of our order, and the fruit it is calculated to produce. To a consideration of these wo invite your attention. Masonry is said to have originated in that nature wbioh God implanted in the bosom of man-and thus, in one sense, it claims "The Groat Arohitcct of tho Universe" as its author. From tho time when Adam wandered a friendless and homeless outcast from tho terrestrial Paradise- Ooprotected amid the pelting storm and the burning ourse, wbioh the anger of an offended God had east upon his nature I yea, from the time when he came fresh from the band of his Maker, is dated the neceuxty of our institution. m Man, by tho fiat of Heaven, is a so? cial being, subject to a variety of wants and infirmities, and mutually depen? dent one upon another. It is well said, "such is his nature, that be eannot subsist alone, for out ol society, he oao neither preserve life, display nor porfcot his faoulties and talents, nor attain any real or solid Imp pi ness." Naturo, as well as revelation, teaches it to be our duty, as well as oui first interest, tobe "kindly,affectionate, one to another.1' The false and malevo lent a..srt5C5 of Il?bb?, iL?? "mao it aa ?urally kn eriot?y. to Ms u?ig*bor?yf- '3 .page of J?oly writ, is found its denis AV nen the Graud Architect of tb? uni verne had .with infinite wisdom forme this #ob#, and furnished ftwitbiifeey thing neoesaary for life and enioymeoi 'He*etleaioveaied man ia bia trw* Ira ag? endowing him with every faenlty an pow'?y?r?qa?s?te for the happiness fe which he was designed, and plaoed hit in Paradise, where every thing atoa ode for his sustenanoe and delight, nod yet Adam's happiness waa incomplete, ami ?ll the ter rea trial beauty and abundan o Of Paradise, sad God to BO Dpi j the wan ti and gratify the wishes of bis natur? eroated and gave him "woman, His Issi boat gift." No, not his last nor bes .gift, But a gift whieh the natura whicl God bsd formed demanded jot tts oom pl et ion-a gift which enabled Adam t exchango the solitary for the soeis life, and an incomplete for a more per feot bliss. A strong and nnanswera ble proof, that in man, as he came fresl from the hand of God, selfish snd nar row, principle? had no eb aro, but will him to communicate blessings, WM i increase and enhance them. And how ever much sin may leave vitiated tba nature there is nothing truer, nothioj surer than that man, naturally has re? course to socioty, HS an essential moan to expand his mind-in?rense his joys humanize his heart, snd alleviate' hi sufferings. In this nature, .'a naton given by God, and a nature .whioh de manda sooiety and association originate< our Order. Though Masonry is said in this way to have originated in the din ages of antiquity, it never be? came a regular and uniform inati tution under the denomination of frei and accepted Masons, until the build iog of the Temple, at Jerusalem, bj King Solomon. When that wisest anc greatest of inou, in hia government o und in tho rules and regulations adopt cd for the wolfare and success of th< different olasses of workmen, employee iu erecting that memorable structure is said to have given shape, and direc? tion and force to the principles upon which our Order is based, and to have originated essentially the forms and ceremonies and gradations which wc now practice and abide by? From this auspicious and almost supet humau beginning, with varing success, through the long ages that intervene, Musonry gradually made its way from ono oountry to auother, until now it has found a plaoc in every land aud among every people, embracing in ita rauks men of every class and grade and com? plexion. Statesmen, Sages and Conque? rors arc its advocates. The rich and pow? erful as well as the poor and humble are all bound by its mystic tie. A tie whioh has proved stroug jr than that which binds the Miser to his gold, the Warrior to tho phrenzy of battle, the King to his crown, or the Emperor to his throne, until it bas become au universal lan? guage which reaches the heart of a I brother Mason with whatever tongue I he speaks, in whatever land he labors, whatever air he breathes, and finds for ! him in every trial a friend, and in every clime a homo. A tender twig years ago, it is now tho sturdy monarch of the forest, whioh bids defiance to tho storm. It cannot be torn up. "Its triplo roots have extended far and wide and sunk deep into the inmost recess of the hu? man heart." Would you destroy it ? You oannot. You may as well attempt to arrest the earth in her orbit. Y our opposition, if opposition you have, comes too lite. lt is now an established institution, one that has stood and will eontlnue to stand fast, and unmoved amid the changos which have passed over the world, and, as bas been truly said, "whether good, bad, or indifferent, you nod the world will have to take it as you find it." What is it? What kind of an Order ts this so deep .rooted and fixed ? What are its principles ? What its teachings ? What likely to be its fruits? These are pertinent, practical questions. Ques? tions whioh you havo a right to ask and which we shall endeavor , to answer. Lawrie eays, "lt . ia an Institution whose object ia not only to inform the minds of its members by instructing them in tho soienoes and useful arts, but to better their dispositions by enforcing the precepts of religion and morality." Calcott defines it to bo "an establish? ment founded on tho benevolent inton lion of extending and confering mutual happiness upon tho best and truest principles of moial and social virtue." While Jones belioves it teaches '% system of moral and bonovolonoo moro excellent than that taught by any oth? er human institution, beoauae partaking of the excolleooies of all others, - moro practicable and more productive of effects on its professors, and, enforcing some of the beet precopts of religion. But these ar? m ero definitions,-- and definitions fall short of defining tho Order-they fail to giro satisfaction, both to tho untutored and tho initiated. And while it ia clear that wo are a Bociety at once moral and social, we . must look 6eyood mere definitions if wo would know the Order and loam the grand design or the Institution. To this eod let us consider the princi? ples, the teachings and tho Anita of Masonry. . fe How can we present thoa* te you, in any tangible and satisfactory form in the compasa of a short address ? They form a grand and a groat study. Every , tool and Implement used in our Order, . every sign and symbol employed, o vc ry . degree conferred and every oharge de I livored are ?ll made to enforoe some moral and useful lesson upon Its mema , bera. To some of these let us, fer a . moment, revert. . First, And as the foundation stone** th? corner stone of M asea rv, iud the . stjmu* point of ?sett eatriii^ TS teaches and .enforce* upoa ita maa ber? tba existence of, aad our duty i ''Tb.? Greet Creator of all." DUeotin< us, lo Iba language of other? betta Tened than your speaker, ??to boba*' oaToeWct-aa rucease* ?reatare* to thai Creator-to be satisfied with bia d'tapc* sationa, alway* to rely ?poa Him ?ho? w*** etea* 1&k. ?eat haf pUea, and whoso good noaa will DO? oonoo* sari ly interrupt lt." With j?veT??ti? gratUudo cheerfully to wo rah ip th Creator of ail good, Uacfeingug tba OB ly theo* wm A? adiare w/ereet m\ tho result wo accomplish bo beaati/u and trrriasting. . a . ?, .. r '?nr?to se?oad place, it IpstrueWni I io oar doty to the State.. It oomuiand ? aod directs us to "bo peaceable subjects to know neither party" ?bf faction am never to be oonoerned iu plots and cou Bpiraoiofi." . v In the third place, it instructs ns ii oof duty to our neighbor, and especial ly to our brethren. It commands tu to stretoh forth the hand of relief t< him, if ho ba in necessity ; if in. danger IO mn to his assistance, if deoieved t< toll him tho troth, if unjustly reproaoh ed and neglected, to comfort his soul ant soothe it to tranquility. It teaches m not to injure him in any of hisoonnee. tiona, bat io all our dealings with him to aot with justice and impartiality. It bide os not to oiroolate any whsipei of infamy-improvo any hint.of suspi? cion or publish any failure of eon duct against him ; . but enjoins opon ui to tell him, in love, of his errors and enoourage him in the right. It orders us to be faithful to our trusts-never tc deceive bim who relies upon us-lo be above the meanness of dissimulation, to let the Words of our months express th( thoughts of our hearts, and whatsoevei we promise religiously to perform. It teaches inviolable secrecy, bids us nevei to discover our mistic rights to the un? enlightened, nor betray the confidence a brother bas placed in us. It warms our heart's with true pbilan tbropy, which directs us never to permit a wretched fellow creature, much less a brother, to pass unnoticed. It makos us stifle strife, enmity, wrath and dissension, and nourishes love, peace friendship and every social virtue. Il tells us to seek our happiness in thc happiness we bestow, and to love oui neighbors as ourselves. It informs us that wo are all the, ohildreu of one father, that man is an infirm, short-lived oreature, who passes away like a shadow-that he is basteo? iog to that place where human titles and distinctions are not eonsidered where the trappings of pride Will bc taken away aud virtue alone have thc pro-emiueuce. Riches and poverty, the pride of plaoe and powor, and tho fan - cied humility of toil are alike ignored and witb us there is no title to prcfoi meut but that of merit. In the fourth plaoe, it directs us to divest ourselves of confined and bigoted notions, and teaches us never to suffer sectarian or religious disputes in our Lodges, that as Masons we aro members of aa Order not narrowed to scot, aud all "who feareth God, and worketh right? eousness," whether Christians or Jews, we receive and acknowledge as breth orn, and though we may take different roads to that "bourne whence no travel? ler returns," we aro taught not to be an gry with or persecute each other on that account. Wc mean to travel to the same plaoe, we know that the end of our journey is the sam?, and we all affectionately hope to meeet io the same Great Lodge of tho ?jost made perfeot." And last of all, it instructs us in oar duty to ourselves. It teaches us "to set just bounds to oar desires, to put a curb upon our sensual appetites and to walk uprightly/' Such ar? th? prineiples and the duties whieh oar Order, in its rules and regulations, ita signs and symbols, its oharges and lectures, aud its By-laws and Constitution, teaches hor children. Are they auch as should merit your approval and your encouragement r Is there aught'upon Whieh you oouldfix your opposition, or which you could wish eradicated ? Is not all oaloulated to make of our peoplo better men, better husbands, bot ter brothers, better friends and better citizens ? Suoh, we repeat, are oar principles. Wo claim not porfeotiou for them nor for our Order. And we admit, while we regret it, that, like every thiug good, our institution, with its enobling princi? ples, is not only capable of being per? verted but often by the baso and design? ing, who, viper-fike, sometimes oreen into its bosom, is misused and abused. But because it is capable of being per? verted because it is sometimes misused aud abused is no rr ion why it should not bo supported and encouraged, and no proof that lt is not'calculated to pro? mote the welfare and bappinoss of mun. Every thing good may bo abused and perverted. Tho legitimate objeot of thc printing press ia, by transmitting and diffusing Knowledge, to improve, enligh? ten and civilize mankind ; aud yet it is often made the vohicle of abuse, the pander to vioe and the minister to the depraved and worse passions of men ! Though it is, as it is called "tho great handmaid ot Truth" yot it is often made to give wing? to the grosost 1 ?esr Poetry, music and eloojuenoe wera never intend? ed bat for worthy and noble onds. In poetry the purest, softest thought? of the soul should find their uttorancc. Music, it would seem, was made to soothe, the brow of caro, steal as from ottr iorrows, ?nd olovato as to holy joys and aspirations-oloquenoe to pu rs undo and lead us in tho path of right, of truth and of duty. And yet it was in the hon? i ed ph rue of Poetry, with the scduot ingoharm of Musio, and through the ?irsuasive power of Eloquence, that loo approached to Virtoe'a form sc MOM M W ?a? TJteriM iVOB? tl? shrlOO ot .mkrtm?k w?.th? to t???ct beean* we may miscue f.. io ?Weam because we Buy pervert f -' Th? air w* breathe, HM tMwi-?jl, th* water'wa drink, th? wealth w? enjoy, laamW* we .jo^k^vcry thiag^Mas hl?s??)F CMetUnTtyTTher??^ ike goldia* eta? of aaa*, th?' BM?W ae kBKmMge* te ike richest,yarea* Wei bloeaiag of a wise ?nd graclo? God, wa* ?nee the garb ?oder which View cloaked itaelf ?nd Ut? black oe? enermi tie? w?e committed, th? eaosc of the deadUeat fende and the koitaat paree anti??? which stein tba peg? of h Ut ory, To aun, ii eeeae left by Heaven's da? cree, to improve or nur the gift? af hie Maker. "He ie to himself hu own ori? gin of evil," Not, thea, bj their per version, >ut by their legitimate tenden* oie? mu?t w? judge of th? i net it uti ODS bf moa ac well aa of tba providences of God. "Bunshine turned tildo ?nd broken In the rill, Though turned elide ii eb nash loe etUL" < In thia view, then, we may with mere than connidenoe ask to be placed aside the institutions of men-'Masonry shrinks from comparison with none of . them. Jndge ns by our principles and by onr fruits. Our principles we have laid bare be? fore you. Wo olaim notts have fulfilled "all their requisitions in their broad scope." but we do olaim to bave ap? proached nearer to the realisation ot these "sublime longings and high aspi? rations" than any other mere human institution. And for proof we point to our fruits ; they speak for themselves. We ask first, where has tb? Mason ever been found who was an atheist or who bowed not, in reveronoo and awe, to the Majesty of Heaven, acknowledging His Divine Providenoe in the govern? ment of the world, and His goodness in its blessings ? Uulesa be does this, he is no Mason and he cannot become one. We ask next, where was Masonry ever engaged in plots and conspiracies against the government 7 Her children in their individual capacity and as men have often showed themselves the "Sons of Qraohi." but Masonry as snob can never forget this grand fundamental lesson, and an unswerving fidelity to this great principie has marked her en? tire history. Again wo ask, when or where bas the Mason ever been found naked, that he was not olothed by Masons ; hungry, that he was not fed by them ; thirsty, that his thirst was not qnenchod, sick, that he was not ministered to ; in pria on, that he was not visited ; or in want, that his wsnt was not supplied 7 Never. Through all the trials and vicissitudes of life, where the atoughtest hearts quailed and trembled at the rude touoh of grim poverty and haggard want, never o o co has the Mason, bia wife or his little ones had to knock for aid at the ainu house, or chew tho hard orust of public charity. And when disease broods over the habitations of men, and death looks ghastly in each face, when terror is in each oountenanee and the loud cry of stricken humanity oomes up from every household-when the pestilence is abroad, never once know? ingly, has the Mason's siok couch been unsoothedby the hand of sympathy nover onooj has he boon left to die alone and unwept ; and never once bas his grave failed to be strewed with the flowers of affeotion. When did Mason ever sorrow that Masons soothed him not 7 when was he ever in distress that we relieved him not ; deceived, that we told him not the truth; In danger that we ran not to his assistance 7 Never, with pride we answer, never 1 Look at this piotnro : The demon of destruction ia abroad. The watohmao's erv of alarm is heard. The bells ring. The city is on fire. Men are running to and fro and gathering from every quarter. Confusion reigns supreme. The flames rage on-burn on until tb? very elomonts seem on fire. In the progress of the fire a doomed boose be? comos wrapped in the devouring ele? ment. Ita foundation is in ruin, the flames burst upwards, eaoh and every passage of egross is out off, and then a cry of distress is hoard from within. It comes from a fellow being, from a ic id? ows ton. That ory reaches every ear and pierce? every heart. It oomes al? most too late, the blaok volume is pour? ing from every window, the roof is fall* iog in, and almost oertain destruction follows the attempt at rescue. Every hoart quails and trembles at the under* taking I But it ia whispered "he is a Mason," and noble, self saorifioing spir? its, true to their duty and their princi? ples, leap .to the effort. And see I The ladder ia on tho window. The danger ia braved, is met, is passed, the son is rosoucd and the brother aaved. It is but a picture, it is trite,but the history of Masonry contains many auoh in the realities it reoords. And thus, whother tn distress by land or by sea--amid the raging storm that lashes in fury old Ocean's waves, or in the rage and carnage of war, amid the roar of cannon abd the noiao and danger of the battle field, novor vet has Mason known unmoved a Maser's danger. Did time but permit, we could tell of the rough sailor, who amid the fury of the storm, still found room upoa his already overstrained life boat for one more wreoked voyager, and of the toldior, who amid the hottest of the fight turned bis uplifted blade into a ahield of defenee and a co vori ng for tbe bead of a new? found brother. Nor is this al). Tho fonda wo ac? cumulate are expended not in idle or foolish gratification, but in assisting the indigent and unfortunate-in the reliof of the widow and the eduoation of the orphan. "Heaven boro charity bean He erranda i to earth, on the beama of the SOB--the ' cold, lt warms ; the blind, it enlighten!; the leat, H a^mufl^Wj lbw depending, ri (aspires ??tb hppe,, and tn* Amid W i th con fid coe? ind tar." OUT principles tr? open a?d Tree to tb? ijMfjsotiaa of nil.- We ioyita and e1es?t* their investigation. Our se ?reta are tliasa eoW ?f toma*sud etremooios, signs stad toteas, and sra adopted only ss awasttre* sf protcoUoa and self , de \ teaa* Tks^wai*no^rj 4ese?^y u ?adividaJa. TmJy ?nd well hal ii been said ia their d?tenos : ?We s^ llMa?Wt4iasVpIylh? wanta of th? whole ?t^^?l^W tnere fors ia soocrdsse* with the ioianetion sf ?he Apostle ^to do good te oihors hut espselslly io the household of Fa?th* we nat orally turn first to those of out own household." -While'Oar precepts, encourage and invite te sots of general char^tj, our associated funds, by a fixed ?iw of our order, ste first devoted to thc wita ts of oar own suffering members, and to those of th? widow and orphans under our charge. We are bound by our laws to sid every brother who may aced our assistance, whenever he may come. Without thep some mode of recognition we would be daily and hourly subject to impositions, sod thus lt becomes doubly important we should be able to guard .gainst fraud sad deception. Most beautifully too ha? it been said in defence of tho secrecy we practice. "Nature has not cast, her gems upnn the sea shore, nor exposed her precious, ont upon the pubho highway. Her bubling fountains refreshing mau and beast, reviving the vegetable kingdom and causing the flowers of the field to smile with . gratitude, lie sometimes buried deep in the bowels of the earth, while their streams flow forth to the surface." "So while our principle and eur deeds may bs .seen of all m?n our modes of conducting business and of mutual re? cognition are reserved for the initiated." Such and for suoh purposes are our score ta. This and no more. We are sometimes charged with being sn exclusive order. It is not so. While we ask none to unite with us, our doors are unbsrred to the good sud worthy, oome when they may. Such is Masonry. Suoh her principles and such her deeds. We, who know her best, lovo her mos', At she pasaos down the vale of Time, venerable in hor antiquity and beloved for her virtues, no wail of vanquished foes nor blood stained track marks her cause ; Bat her triumps are the tri?* umphs of pesoe, her pleasures thc pleas ares of friendship, her joys tho joy of doing good, and her rewards the thanks of the poor, the smile of tho widow and the blessings of the orphan. Safely has sho outrode eaoh and every storm that has orossed her track. Un? scathed and undaunted she has stood firm and unmoved amid the com mo? tions which have wrecked empires and agitated a world. And while upon tho other institutions of antiquity, whioh have risen and flourished for a time, may be written "Sic. transit gloria mundi" upon her alone may be in? scribed, as may it ever be her motto. ue*to perpetua*' HOW WE GET TUB WAH NEWS, The press dispatches from Europe to New York during the last four weeks, says the Journal of the Telegraph, numbered about 100,000 words. New York has been better posted on the issues of the war eaoh day than ' ondon, Paris, or Berlin. These dihpatches have almost wholly been sent by a single cable, full one-third of the whole to a single daily paper, and with marvellous rapidity and acouraoy. Familiar as we are with the work of the telegraph, it has been a marvel to us. To hundreds of thousands of minds the whole process is and hu been a deep enigma. Here ia a man sitting in a darkened room at Heart's Content. The. ocean cable terminates here. A fina wire attached thereto is made to surround two small ooros of soft iron. As the oleotrio wave, produced by a few pieoes of copper and sino at Valen? tia, passes through tho wiro, these ooros become magnetic enough to movo tho slightest objeot. A looking-glass, half an inch in di? ameter, is fixed on a bar of iron one tenth of an inoh sqnaro and half an inch long. Oft this tiny glass a lamp is made to glare so that its light is reflect? ed on a tablet on the wall. The language of the cable is denoted by the shifting of this reflected light from side to side. Letter by letter is thus ex? pressed in this flitting idiom io utter eilenee on the wall. Thor is no reeord made by the machine except as the patient watcher calls out to a comrade the translated flushes as they come, and which he reoords. lt seems a iniraolc of patience. There is s om ct hing of awe oreeps over us ss we soe tho evidence of a human touoh three thousand miles away, swaying that line of light. By auch ? delioate process ns this, and after being repeated from line to Hoe five times before its ultimate copy is in New York, have the late groat batt les been recorded in our daily papers with great particularity, and sent throughout tho Union. Nothing Uko it has ever before.boen accomplished. ? The enter prise of- the New York Press-of a .ingle press in {?{ow York-has eolipsed that of the wealthiest and ablest preses io Europe, nciWAHOIf FACING DEATH. A Freneh officer who escaped to Bel Jlum writes :-To rolato what McMahon id is inpossible-steel, fire, melted metal, explosive balla, and I don't know what other infernal mistures, the Pros? siani made use of for the first timo, appeared to stream off or to rebound from him Ijke hail from a roof. He wont to the front seeking death. "Leave me, my friends," ho said to aa all, vho sought to prevent him from going for ward, "1st me show those Kings, those Prinoos, who hide behind their maesas .f men, that a marshal of Franco knows how ta fijjbty and, whop beaten, how to 38?; Aod m Bm WSSmi doubled our wg?. . Ak; asiettatte. We kill, we inas^rjT.; ?i4 tbeH??W appear to spiting up fro? ' th? 4*8+ which we hoop around us.' We eUAb-* a little tttoqoiaio of dead bo??oa that>. m??bt reckon ^wtcmg the b^lcbW wha? ?Wes wehatf ' Mii?t3 M 3?? plain, tMWr(rt^? 1rt*?k w?tb .least 209,000 mon bef?te tai.?* " i!? j " -No/'fcerep?^ ; At tlvnt moment I ?load paaaea before my eyes and wo wetft m??l We regal? ed our senses only wheo we foo nd oar selves beyond tho horded pf , Uhlans Who, ' attacked na. We bid boen for?unato enough to reach tho Belgian frontier. '/: We wer? 8afe?,bttt at what a sacrifice. GIllllliPlLli .' I? TOWWe f For Money orSeed. HAVING scoured two of the best PATENT OINS and ono of BROOKS PATENT PRESSES, I om now ready to OIN and PACK Colton at $1,00 ?er hundred. I wilt guarantee tho fargeet yield of Lint ?nd a nice put up Bale. . * . For further particulars apply to tho undersign* ed. or to Mr. Jool Branson at th? mill. T. J. TUOMBT. Sopt 14-gt_/A_- ? ? SUMTER BOOK STORE. Fall StooK. WK HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LA RGB Stock of School and Miscellaneous Books -A SD Fancy Articles. Which will be sold Very Low. In our Stock may he found Beautiful Bohemian Toilet Bette, Cqino Vases and Oupe and Saucers, Busts and Mantle Ornamenta of Parian China, Deautiful colored Lithographe and Chromos, Hair Broahes and Tooth Brushes-Tory low, Toilet Soaps,'Silver Soaps, Rosewood and Walnat Writing Desks aad Work Boxes, Blank Rooka, Diaries, Poss Books, Lodgers, Journals, Receipt Books, Commercial Note, Bath Port and ?Tools Cap Pupers, Initial Paper, Amorlcao and French Mourning Paper, Visiting Curds, Wedding Envelopes and Paper, Gold Pena and Coses, Steel Pena, English Quills, Blue, Rod, Vi..lot and Black Inks, ote.,oto., etc, Note Puper 10 cts. per quire, Fools Cap Paper 15 ets. per quire, Envolopes 6 ou. per pack. A. WHITE * CO. Sept 21 ___ General Life and Fire INSURANCE AGENCY. SUMTER, S. 0. X HE following Companies having compiled with the Law, and deposited $20,000 eaeh with tho Comptroller General, offer protection to households against loss ot damage by Are J Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Cash Assets, ?1,700,000 flou thorn Life Insurance Company, of Atlanta, Qa., Gen. J, B. GORDON, President, M. C. MORRIS, Soo'ty. Security Firo Insuranoo Company of Now York, AsBcttB, $2.017.860 81. Gorman Fire Insuranoo Company of New York, Assotts, 1.?58.054 61. Georgia Home Insurance Company, Columbus, Gu., Anetta, 408.781 10. Richmond Bunking Insurance Co., of Virginia, Assclts, 270.646 24. A. WHITE, June 22_ - O. F. HOYT, SUCCESSOR TO I HOYT, .ft sra, 80. OA. "Yy-OULD, respectfully inform bis friends ! abd the publloof Sumter, and adjoining eonntlee, that he bas recently rooetved a choice salee tlon of LADIES' AND GENTLE M ENS' "VIT*ato l?os, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, SPECTACLES, ?c.,. &c, Hts stock embraces all the latest styles, and will bo sold at reasonable rates. Sept 20 ' _ WOT Sale. TUE PLANTATION.. QN WHICH Z RE? SIDI;, containing about Three Thousand Acres. - ?*>'ALSO~ My Plantation in Clarendon County, eon tain lng about Two thousand & two hundred acres? Either of ?he above will be sold as a Whole, OF divided to-suit purchasers. I -Iso offer for sale the residenee of Ure. Jolla Frierson, with THREE HUNDRED ACRES LAND, making a eompaot and desirable Fara. JNO. N. FRIERSON, Aog io--Sm] ttatobarg* 0. C. D?TJO|S !;l DRUGS! ? ! V. >; ... ... ?jj?#m ?if %?i i-har? jost received my yali ... V-'--.- Stock of '..->> Drugs n?d Medicines, k>*?* tl? Ehst *?? M ??t Reliable lt???*? Hottb, M?4 : h*** ?64* ' MT?*r?BM*U t* RECEIV E WBBKLT; iaqr* ?Ad to?** t* mtf preweai stock ?U ?f whttkl latead eelllag al RE DUC E D P RICBS * rog*tb?r ?iik ft larg? ??| varied e*wtm?nt ?r Paint?, . . <-J?. . V:' ? Pye Stuffs, Window Glass, \V? Putty, ; ?%o., *5?c. ALSO Machino Oil, Tanner's Oil, linseed Oil, Kerosene Oil, . AND ALL KINDS Of . Vernishea, Paint Brushes, Varnish Brushes, Tooth Brushes, . Ac, Aa KEROSENE LAMPS AND . .%ll appliances thereto. . DR* A* J. CH WA, SUCCESSOR TO. A. ANDERSON A CO. Sept SI_? Castor Oil and Quinina gO Ou a oe? P an 4 W tjula! n?, Of. Gallons Ant ?wUty Castor CU al lt** *U doced arte?*, By Br. A. J. CHINA, Successor to A. ANDERSON, * CO. Sept ll CHEMICALS FIBS! QUALITY Chemicals of every deaerrp. tiea, and warranted PUK?, . By Br. A. J. CHINA, ?nocesior to A. ANDERSON, A CO. Sept sr HARDWARE ?tore, Main-st nader Sumter Hotel. L. P. LORING, ?- Aflaat ?*? Messrs. King 6 Huppraan, BAitTinonB, vs. ?. Would mp*etfnlly solicit Ilia patronage af kl* irlanda and the pabilo. ' Bl HAS IN STOUB A COMPLETS Stock of Hardware and Family Utensils, embracing every article la tatt lia* ?fbuiln?t?, whioh he Inland? to a?U at tb* LOWEST micas, ron CASH. B? will keep alwayf la flor*, a oovpUt? assort? ment of Coll In 'a An?, Am?' Sh? vela and Spade?, Trae* Chaina, Hoe?, Raa??, Piteb Forke, Grain Cradles, Scythe Blade?, Guan? Sei vee, Pocket and Table Cattery, Brasa Preserving Kettle?, Tin War?, Windor O?ate-?Il sim. Persona ia ?ant of tb? most convenient and economical Stoves, ?aa be supplied with th? latest improved patterns at price* which cannot fall to ?d v? ?a Ure satis facile*. June la C. T- MASON. WATCH MAKER AND SUMTER, S. C. Ha? Ju?t reeelred and keeps alway? ?a hand New ?ad Beamf fol Style? ?f JEWELRY, F VE GLASSES, AC WAT0BB8, CLOCKS and JEW8LRT RE? PAIRED WHO DISPATCH. Marah 31_, '. ? 'NOTICE. TBS COPARTNERSHIP aetet.rVre ?Hilting under the nam. of A. ANDBR80N A Co", bas been di ?sol ved by ta* death Of Mr. A. ANDKRSON. The basin??? will be ?ontinusd by the undersigned. Thankful for tba liberal patronage b*eV?w#d apea the lal? am, I r? ?p?etfntly ?ollolt a eontleeanca ?I th? ?ame. . A. J. OMINA. NOTICE. ?LL peraoa? lnd?bt?d to tb? lat? art? ?f A. ANDIR30N A 00., ar? reqaetted to make sdlatepayment. All persona kavlag de? mand? against th? ?aid Ita, will fte*** pr?**at thea t? Uta *a<Ur?tgtted, A. J. CHINA, farvlrins Partner. 1 r?|tt~It --ot- qr, . ^ ?VERY DESCEIPTIOI| v' .'? ?[Jj? \- . '. . j ; . ... s{ H$ ":. v The Strafer Watd^oita, ?t#^<?** *. .. > n . . '. . & M ISAAC A. MKAGJSN, flBB ADVERTISER BEGS TO CALL AT. 1 TBNTIGN IO |1IS BUOCH. lilli BEST AND PUREST ' OH EMI CALS, . -IUD PATEN T MEDICINES. ' A FINS ASSORTMENT OF PERFUMERY, SOAPS, TOILET POWDER . god Chalk, ; ?.>-.. ' Faff Dux?? ?sd Puff?, ?Shaving Cream ?ud Dr?tte?, Meir Bruah??, . - * Infant Braahet, Tooth ?ad Nail Brual??. 1 , - . \ aU?t MoKAGEN'S. PRESCRIPTIONS PREPARED CARSPULLY AT ALL HOURS, By I. A. alcK AG KN. UR BEST . ' , ~~r~^~* BRANDY, GIN, ? WHISKEY and WINES, ' Bol J at McKAOBN'8. ALLSPICE, Cloy??, Cinnamon, Ginger, Maoo, - Nutmeg? and Popper. _' - At McKAGEN'S Drug Stor?. KEROSINE OIL, Lampa, Quraore. Chimney Wicka, A?., At McKAQBN'8. LARGE and FRBSn SUPPLY OF GARDEN SEEDS For ?ala by Mc K A ? EN. MILLER'S ALMANAC for 1870 At M cK AG EN'S. IA. FINE SEGAR CAN BR HAD Fable At M cK A G EN'S. > " HAVING 7 ' REMOVED -TO-- ; I Cor. Main & Liber ty-Sts. J. F. W. DeLORJ??E Bega to notify bia, many friends and customers, that ba bas added to bis . complete ?tock of Drugs, CHEMICALS, -ASS** F AUGY ARTICLES, IA F?LL ASSORTMENT OF 1 PAINTS, . OILS, DYE 8XUPFS ?ND GLASS. A eking . cootlaaallon af pact patronage, which ba ?ill da all tn hts power to deanrro, ha ?olieiu aa axanlnatioa af hu STOCK AND. PRICES. J. F* W. D'LORME, Drngglet. Cor. Mala sad Liberty. Street, Sept II 6umtor, 8. C. 1810. 187?. M A YES VILLE, S- C. J. A. MAW& CO., WILL CONTINUE DURING THE YEAR TO KEEP ON HAND A FULL 8UPPLY OF GOODS IN THEIR LINE, CONSISTING OF DRUGS, MEDICINES, GROG ERIES, ?HB *ROY.?8lQl!g, and bop? ta merit aventinaaoeo of tba liberal patronage tbey haye bern reeolring. ' ? " Wo detlr? to call particular attention to oar trad* la FLOUR. . It is nar alan to kef p for ?al? only good quail [tic?.of FLOUR, and futaille? may ralf apoa our I ?tock aa affording th? boat gi ade? of Extra and Family Ffowr, |t? b? had ia tit? market?. Oar grooerios generally ar? all FIRST-CLASS GOOPS, Inn 1 oar DRUGS and MEDICINES are war | ranted to ba pare and gcnniri?. Betide? th? uaual ?tock of DRUGS and MED. IOINER, wo kerpalwityl on hand, wo offer two invaluable prepM.uion? of our own inamifuoturo. Aati-Ma?ir?al Specific, FOR THE PERMANENT CURE OF Chilla and Pater*. \ .?cv TOXIC BITTEIw^J an admirable e<>mMn?t.lon of TONICS adepte** [ to all ?ataa needing Tonie Medicine?. COUNTRY PRODUCE of ?ll kind? taken In I BARTER for goods at fair prto??. . . 1 J. A. MAYER A CO. .Tan \. 18T0_ly Notice. IEL1?A M. IL RICIIBOURG, w'fo of J. - F. W. Riehboorx. of Sumter County, Sute of Roath Carolina, do horehy giro nolie? that at the end of one month from the .VM publiontloo of thia nolie?, I will trade a? ?<>re- manager in all l?a?lne?? pertaining to planting, or any bu?|. ??M formerly ?arriad on by .1. F. W. Rlohbuuig, W?LW?U OuKttiy, State of South Carolina. 1ILIZA M. D. KICilBOUlta.