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BBB * "J* .*'*' ** " ' * >? * ' ' MB " v^WEDWBSDAY MOBMKO. OCTOBER I-', 1870. ^ , > jggg| ? JOTOTO TQ UTERAT?BE, MO?ALIT? IND CENERAL. S5SS3?^*^S^^^^3?^Sllli LL- .Mimmmfk^^ The Sumter Watoliman (ESTABLISHED^ I? IBM.) . Tenn?. OBITUARIES, TRIBUTES 0? RBSPBOT and all communteatlon? whisk ittaeerVe. jnrtv?tt niereiti, will be paid lor M advavtlaeaiso??. DELIVERED BY J. S. ^Cl^D56N, BEFORE SALEM LODOB, A.-. ?.% M.v , # JUNE tr, wo. >'.. vH\I SALEM LODGE ROOM^' . V 3 JULY 80,1870. J J. S. ftioHARDSOtr, Jn^-Dectr &r a?J Brother:-At the recent Regular Communication of Salem Lodge, No. 141, A.-. F.*. M.*. the following re?Q lutioD was unaoimooaly adopted, and the Secretary instructed to commaoieate tho same: ... ' yr Resolved, That the thanks of- this Lodge he tendered to Brother J. 8. HICHARDKON, lor the able, instructive, sod eloquent address delivered by. bim, on the occasion of laying the c?rner Stone of our new MasOolo Edifice, and a copy of the same be requested for publication. Sinoerely hoping that you will eompiy with our request, I am Your friend and Brother. H. H. WILSON, 8eo., 8. L. SUMTER, S. C. 17th August, 1870. MR. H. H. WILSON, SEO. SALEM LODGE-My Dear Sirs-Your letter of tho 30th July, oonveying me a oopy of tho resolution passed by Salem Lodge in rcferenoe to the address delivered by me on the oooasion of laying the Com? er Stone of their new Masonio Lodge, has been received. I am doeply sensi? ble of tho compliment paid me by the Lodge, and while I olaim but little more than the merit of collating, from tho writings of the Great Lights of Masonry, tho grand principles of our noble order, yot as a dissemmination 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 the kindness and considera? tion oxtended to mo, I am, very truly, aud fraternally, Yours, J. S. RICHARDSON. ADDRESS. Friends and fellow Masons! Ladies and Gentlemen !-In responding to the invitation of Salem Lodge, to address you on this occasion, we are deeply sen si ble, from our. own small experience iu thc graud scionoc and philosophy of Musoury, of our inability to represent fairly and rightly the claims of the older to that public favor and. confi? dence which its merits justly entitle it to-and which it has coUitnandod 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 bc ,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 and wisdom; All met to bid, as it were, a hearty "God speed" to the great and noble order whoso humble advocate, for this occasion, now craves your indulgence. The claims of Masonry to your favor and confidence is a theme, in its various aspects, too vast to bo traversed in the short apace of time which we can ask at your hands-we are compelled there? fore, to select only a few, among the many attractive and interesting features of our order, for your inspection ; and our time, as well as your patience, will permit only a hurried glance at these. As we conduot you then, thus hastily through this spacious garden of rioh, oriental shrubbery, planted by our ances? tors aud nurtured with so much care by our foro fathers, and point out to your view some of its beauties, forget not that, amid its deep shades aro cooling bubbling fountains upoa whose brink we have not led you-that from the hidden branches of its deep recesses hang delicious fruit, the flavor of whioh you havo not tasted, and among its rloh foliage lie hid many a swoet flower, upon whose beauties your eyes have not gazed and whoso fragrance could but add new oharras to those, we shall bc able to discover to you. It will he expeoted, in thu, tho first public Masonic demons trat ioiilin th is com mun i ty, and on an occasion of so much im portancoas the laying of the Corn or St on e of a Temple of Masonry, that wo give account of tho origin, progress and ex? tent, as well as of the principles of our order, and the fruit it is calculated to produce. To a coc3?d*!&tiou of those we invite your attention. Masonry is said to havo originated in that nature whioh God implanted in the bosom of man-and thus, in one sense, it olaiins "The Groat Architcct of thc Universe" as its author. From tho time when Adam wandered a friendless and homeless outcast from tho terrestrial Paradise- Unprotected amid the pelting storm and the burning ourse, whioh the angor of an offended God had oast upon his nature I yea, from the time when he came fresh from the hand of his Maker, is dated tho . necessity of our institution. Man, by tho fiat of Heaven, is a so cial being, subjeot to a varjety of wants and infirmities, and mutually depen? dent one upon another. It is weil said, "such is his nature, that he cannot subsist alone, for out of society, he oao neither preservo life, display nor perfect his faculties and talents, nor attain any real or solid hap? piness." Naturo, as woll as revelation, tcaohes it to be our duty, as well as our first interest, to bo "kindly, affectionate, one to another." The false and malevo? lent assertion of Hobbs, that "man ia na . .... ??':???&?tj&i+.\'\JM?rtt??? turatfj ?ti e?oniyto nt? v+J?Momf T"?q Jwiiayeaby ev?ry_j>rioajple of man an Ver*nnrttrtt>Ute<ef> fiod. - Oa ?vet ?.ge-of-Holy writ, ls found ita d?nia When the Graud Arohitcct of tba un verae had .with infinite wisdom form? .this glob*, and feraisVe* hwith^fajfj thing neoeeaary for life and cqjoymen Bt<4 eVlase^srcaUd man in bia oins lang* .udewing him with etery faculty an p?*V!^qab4t? fer tba happiness f< wbiob bc waa designed, and placed bil in Paradise, where every thing aben ade for bia s os ton an oe and delight, and ye Adam's happiness wa? incomplete, anti all the terrestrial beauty and aban dane of Paradiso, and God to supply the want and gratify the wiehea of bis - naturi eroated and gaye him "woman, His las best gift." No, not his lost nor bet . K?ft, but a gift whieb the nature whic God had formed demanded for its cote pl?liou-a gift which enabled Adanrt. exchange the solitary for the aocis life, and an incomplete for a more pei feot bliss. A strong and nnanswere ble proof, that in man, as he came frcsl from the hand of God", selfish and Mi row.principloa had no share, hat witl him to communicate blessings, waa t inorcaflo and enhance them. And how ever muoh sin may leave vitiated the nature there is nothing truer, nothinj surer than that man, naturally has re e ourse to BOC io ty, us an essential mean to expand bis mind-increase bis joy? humanize his heart, and alleviate* hi sufferings. In this nature,. a Datar given by God j and a.nature which de mends society and association originate* our Order. Though Masonry is said in this way to have originated in the djs ages of antiquity, it, never be? came a regular and uniform insti tution under the denomination of fret and accepted Masons, until the build ing of the Temple, at Jerusalem, bj King Solomon. When that wisest ant greatest of men, in his government o und in tho rules and regulations adopt cd for the welfare and success of th< different clauses of workmen, employee in erecting that memorable structure is said to have given shape and direc tion and force to the principles upoi which our Order is based, and to hav< originated essentially the forms aut ceremonies and gradations wh'-di w< I now practice and abide by? From this auspicious and almost supci humau beginning, with varing success through the long ages that iuterveno, Musonry gradually mado its way from ono oountry to another, until now it hat found a place in every land aud among every people, embraoing in its rank.? men of every clasa and grado and com? plexion. Statesmen, Sages and Conque? rors arc its advocates. The rich and pow? erful as well as tho poor and humble are all bound by its mystic tie. A tie which has provod strong jr than that which binds the Miser to his gold, the Warrior to tho phrenzy of battle, the King to his orown, or tho Emperor to his throne, until it has'beoome an universal lan? guage which reaches the heart of a brother Mason with whatever tongue he speaks, in whatever land he labors, whatever air he breathes, and fiuds for him in every trial a friend, and iu every clime a homo. A tender twig years ago, it is now tho sturdy monarch of the lorcst, which bids defiance to tho storm. It cannot be toro up. "Its triple 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 ber orbit. Your opposition, if opposition you have, comes too late, lt is now an established institution, one that has stood and will continue to stand fast, and unmoved amid the changos which have passed over the world, and, as has been truly said, "whether good, bad, or indifferent, yon nod the world will have to take it as you Sad it." What is it? What kind of an Order is this so deep rooted and fixed ? What are its principles 7 What its teachings? What likely to be its fruits? These are pertinent, practical questions. Ques? tions whioh you have a right to ask and which we shall endeavor, to answer. Lawrie soya, "lt is an institution whoso object is not only to inform tho minds of its members by instructing them in tho scienoes and useful arts, but to better tboir dispositions by enforoing the precepts of religion and morality." Caloott defines it to bo "an establish? ment founded on tho benevolent inten? tion of extending and confering mutual happiness upon the best and truest principles of moral and social virtue." While Jones believes it teaches "a system of moral and bonovolonoo moro excellent than that taught by any oth? er human institution, beoause partaking of.the excellencies of all others, moro practicable and more productive of effocts on its professors, and, enforcing some of the bost precopte of religion." But these ara mero! definitions',' ani definitions fall short of defining tho Order-they fail to . give satisfaction, both to tho untutored and tho initiated. And while it is clear that wo are a Society at once moral ind social, we must look boyoud mere definitions if we would know the Order and loam the grand design of the Institution. To this end let us consider the princi Sles, the teachings and the fruits of lasonry. . " f j *' | How can we present ?nest tl yon, in. any tangible and satisfactory form in the compass of a short address ? They form a grand and a groat study. Every tool and implement usod tn our Order, every sign and symbol employed, every degree conferred and every charge de? livered are all made to enforce some moral and useful leeson upon Its mern? bers. To some of these letos, fer a moment, revert. . First, And as the foundation siens*? tba corner stone of M asen ry, ead the 1 Mv.ii. rr 'ir? ifr-4iiW.iW4??^ T$ tsaeues ?nd janforcss- upon ita maw ber? tbe existence of, and bar duty io "Tbs Groat Creator ol all." Direo*4?g a?, In the latrgoage '-of other? better rewed than your apeak or, ?to baba?? oirraeWa* barnes ateaiairee to tb?? Creator-to be satfsisd with Ma dbpeav ?atioaa, ?Jww to rthr upon Htm whees '^WWfl'w* drtw?t .sS'W^o saw b apsisies, and ?boa? goodness wilt sot snneeea gwtftuds cWfuBy to worship the Creator of all good, teaobiogtu thai Jalj tfaa* wffi tu? editas we erect ind tbs resalt ar* aoosmpliah be beautiful srerlaaiing. & ?., . ? ?l? " k In tbs aaeund'pface, it ?nsttuoti na io oar duty to the Stats.. It commands anddircots us to "be peaaeabjs eubjeots, to know neither party ' n?r fact fon and never to be oonocrned in plots and con? spiracies." - - . ' r \ In tbs. third place, it instructs us in oaf duty to oar neighbor, and especial* ly to oar brethren. It commands us to atrstoh forth tho hand sf relief to him, if hs be in necessity ; if in danger, ts ran to his astlstaooe, if doctored to tell him tho troth, if unjustly reproach? ed and neglected, to comfort his soul and soothe it to tranquility. It teaches us not to inj uro him in any of his connec? tions, but in all our dealings with him to act with justice and impartiality. It bids us not to circulate any whsiper of infamy-improve aoy hint of suspi? cion or publish any failure of conduct against him), but enjoins upon us to tell him, iu love, of his errors and encourage him in the right. It orders na to be faithful to our trusts-never to deoeive bim who relies upon us-to be above tho meanness of dissimulation, to let the Words of oar month's express tho thoughts of oar hearts, and whatsoever we promise religiously to perform. It teaches inviolable secrecy, bids UB never to discover our mistio rights to the un? enlightened, nor betray the eonfidenoe a brother has placed in us. It warms our heart's with true philan? thropy, which directs us nover to permit a wretched fellow creature, much less a brother, to pass unnoticed. It makes us stifle strife, enmity, wrath and dissension, and nourishes love, pease, friendship and every social virtue. It tells us to seek our happiness in the happiness we bestow, and to love our neighbors aa ourselves. It informs us that we are all the, children of one father, that man is an infirm, short-lived oreature, who passes away like a shadow-that he is hasten ing to that place where human titles and distinctions are not considered where the trappings of pride Will be taken away and virtue alone have the pre-eminence. Riches abd poverty, the pride of place sud powor, and tho fan - cied humility of toil are alike ignored and witb us there is no title to prefer ment but that of merit. Io the fourth plaoe, it directs us to divest ourselves of confined sad bigoted notions, and teaches us never to suffer sectarian or religious disputes in our Lodges, that as Masons we are members of aa Order not narrowed to scot, and all ?who fenroth God, and worketh right? eousness," whether Christiaus or Jews, we receive and acknowledge as broth? er n, and though we may take different roads to that "bourne whenoo no travel* 1er returns," we are taught not to be an gry with or perseeuto each other on that account. We mean to travel to the same place, ws know that the end of our journey is the same, and we all affectionately hope to meeet io the same Great Lodge of tbs "just made perfect." And last of all, it instructs us in oar duty to ourselves. It tsaohes us "to set just bounds to our desires, to put a cuib upon our sensual appetites and to walk uprightly/' Such ara tbs prinoiples and the duties whioh our Order, in its rules and regulations, its signs and symbols, its obarges and lectures, and its By-laws and Constitution, teaches hor children. Are they such as should merit your approval and your encouragement ? Is there aught' upon which you could fix your opposition, or which you could wish eradicated ? Is not all calculated to make of oar people better mea, better husbands, bot ter brothers, better friends and better Citizens ? Suoh, we repeat, are our prinoiples. We olaim not perfection for them nor for our Order. And we admit, while we regret it, that, like every thiug good, our institution, with its enobling prinoi. pies, is not only capable of being per? verted but often by the base and design, ing, who, viper-like, sometimes creep into its bosom, is misused and abased. Bat because it is capable of being per? verted because it is sometimes misused aud abused is no reason why it should not bo supported and encouraged, and no proof that it is nstfoalaolatod to pro? mote the welfare and happiness of mun. f very thing good may bo abused and ? averted. Tbs legitimate objeot of thc printing press in, by transmitting and diffusing knowledge, to improvo, enligh? ten and oivilize mankind ; aud yet it is often made the vehicle of abuse, the pander to vioo and the minister to the dopraved and worse passions of men ! Though it is, as it is called "the great handmaid of Truth" yet it is often mado to give wings to tbs grosost Hes? Poetry, music sad sloqusnoe wore never intend? ed but for worthy and noble ends. In poetry tho purest, softest thoughts of the soul should find their uttoraooe. Music, it would seem, was made to soothe, the brow of care, steal ns from oar sorrows, and elevate us to holy joys and aspirations-oloquonoe to purs undo and lead us in tho path of right, of truth and of duty. And yet it was in the hon? isd phrase of Poetry, with the seduc? ing cnarm of Musio, and through the persuasive power of Eloquence, that Vise approashed to Virtue's form as n?ar a? to ?La vstariee from the abrios of ' MUikt^jpi wsfthsji ttl tsjsat bsoaufs riia^nfefftfV^^ r IT ?gfct?taAj?Mi?i^ 'jtp -ay mit*** r. (c?mi?mn keane* We may parter* f Tb? ?hrw* btwaJbe,, ^fW ti^t^ttWr^ dm.,; lfca*r?ahh we .?joy, ?U * OhrbtUnTiy, th? ??ila of Heave? ?aid t?t ?aidiag ?U? (rf ?Mt th*? t?W?> k^Mg^ at t^ ricbe*^ pv?e? twee bbetma; of a wis? ?nd gralow God, r*IMW} lit garb wafer Which Vio? ?loaked ittelf ?ad Ut? Stdkttf eat?mi tioa were committed, tht eaute of tn? daadlioot ftoda and th* botta** parto tatiana whirf? et ai a tnt patee of kW**. To mao, ft totmt left by Heavea'e de tret, to improTt or mar th? gi Tu tf Me Maker. ?He it to himself bli own ori? gin of ?Til." Not, thea, by their per? version, but by their legitimate tenden? cies must we judge of the. intiitu?on? of mea at well at of tht providences of I God. "Sun sh ID? terned tildo and brake D Ia tba HU, Though turned asida iaahaauiat atm." < In th is view, then, we nty with mere thia confiidence ask to be placod aeide the institutions of men-Masonry ehriuks from' comparison with none af ? them. Judge ot by oar principles and by oar fruit?. Our principles we have laid bare be? fore you. We olalm not to have fulfilled ?all their requisitions ia their broad coop?." bot we do claim to have ap proaohod nearer to the realisation ot these "sublime longings and high aspi? rations'' than any othtr mere) human institution. And for proof we point to oar fruits ; they speak for themselves. We ask first, where hat tho Mason ever been found who wa * aa atheist or who bowed not, lo revoronoo and awe? to, the Majesty of Heaven, acknowledging His Divine Providence in the govern? ment of the world, and His goodness in its blessings ? Uuless he does this, he is no Mason and he oaunot boco me one. We ask next, where was Masonry ] ever engaged in plots and conspirare* against the government 7 Her children in thoir individual oapacity and as men have often showed themselves the "Sons of Qraohi." but Masonry ns snob can never forget this grand fondamental lesson, andan unswerving fidelity to this great principio has uiarked her en? tire history. Again wo ask, when or where bas the Mason ever boen found naked, that he was not olotbed by Masons ; hungry, that be was not fed by them ; thirsty, | that his thirst was not quenched ; aiok, that he was not ministered to ; in pris? on, that he was not visited ; or in want, that his want was not supplied ? Never. Through all the trials and vicissitudes of life, where the atoughtest hearts quailed and trembled at the rade touoh of grim poverty and haggard want, never once has the Mason, hit wife or his little ones had to knock for aid at the alms house, or chew the hard crust of publie charity. And when disease broods over the habitations of men, and death looks ghastly in eaoh face, when terror is in each ooantenanee and the loud cry of strieken humanity comes up from every household--when the pestilenoe is abroad, never onee know? ingly, has tho Mason's siok couch been unsoothedby the hand of sympathy nover onoo] has he boon left to die alone and unwept ; and never once bas j his grave failed to be strewed with tho flowers of affection. When did Mason ever sorrow that Masons soothed him not ? wheo was he ever in distress that we relieved hint not ; doeeived, that we told him not the truth; In danger that we ran not io hit assiatsnoe ? Never, with pride we answer, nevor ! Look at this picture : The demon of destruction is abroad. The watchman's erv of alarm is heard. The bells ring. The eily lt on fire. Men are running to and fro and gathering from every quarter. Confusion reigns supreme. The flames rage on-barn on until tho very elements seem on fire. In the progress of tho fire a doomed boase be* comos wrapped in the devouring ele? ment. Its foundation ia in ruin, the flames burst upwards, eaoh and every' passage of ogress is out off, and then a ory of distress is hoard from within. It comes from a fellow being, from a vid* o?os ton. That ory reaches every ear and pierce? every heart. It comes al? most too late, the blaok volume is pour? ing' from every window, the roof is fall* ing in, and almost oertain destruction follows the attempt at rescue. Every heart quails and trembles at the under? taking I But it is whispered "he is a Mason," and noble, self sacrificing spir? its, true. to. their duty and their prinou1 pies, leap.to the effort. Add set I The | ladder is on tho window. The danger ia braved, is met, it passed, the son is rosoucd and the brother saved. It is but a picture, it is true, but the history of Masonry oontaios many suoh in th? realities it reoords. And thus, whether in distress by land or by sea*-amid the raging storm that lashes in fury old Ocean's waves, or io the rage and oarnage of war, amid the roar of cannon abd the noiso and danger of the battlefield, nover vet has Mason known unmoved a Mason 'a danger. Did time but permit, wt oould toll of the rough sailor, who amid t? t fury of tht storm, still found room upon his already overstrained lift boat for one mort wreoked voyager, and of the toldior, who I amid the hottest of the fight turned bis { uplifted blade into a shield of defeaee and a oovoring for tba head of a new? found brother. Nor is this all. The fonda wo ac? cumulate are expended not in idle or foolish gratification, but in assisting the indigent and unfortunate-in the relief I of the widow and th? education of the orphan. "Heaven born oharity beare tte errands to earth, oo tba beams of the Son-the cold, lt warm? ; the blind, it ?nlightene j the lea, H discovert tad rtelaimt > lbw ^w^iJS^mm^ kopje., UM fJM> timid with <?ofideae? tod jay." ?El OUT principles ara op?o a?d free to ?ha ijMgaeUaa of all. We invite and 4*t?re their iuvfjetigetion. Our so crete are titos* only of forte* a?d-etwmoaio8, e5g*? wtd tofcrn*, aud sic adopted oaf? a? aeeaearee af ^a^ootma aod self de 4 boom aaid ia their dalCDoe: ? -?7*\ ?Wo mtiUm?T aw^fli* Wants 6^slih wtt?U ft?^^t^Md t?ete. for? ia aooetdanee with the ioiuBstioa mt?h? Apostle /to ?^guod t? jttther? but especially to the houeeb?ld ofTfrith' we naturally tura first to those of our own household." ' r : vv ' -While our: pr?cepte, en cou tags and invite to acte o( general cherey^ - our associated funds, by a fixed law of our order, are first devoted to tho wants bf our own suffering atemben, and to those of the widow and orphans >in?^t our charge. We are bound by our law? to aid every brother who may need our assistance, whenever he may come.-> WUbout then some mode of recognition we would be daily and hourly subject to impositions, and thus lt becomes doubly important we should be able to guard against fraud apd deception. Most beautifully too bas it been said in defence of tho seer coy we practice.-? "Nature has not cast her gems upnn the sea shore, nor exposed ber precious ores upon the pubho highway. Ber bubling fountains refreshing ,, man 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 be .seen of all men our modes of conducting business and of mutual re? cognition are reserved for the initiated." Snoh and for suoh purposes are our seorets. This and no more. We are sometimes charged with being an excludive order. It is not so. While we ask none to unite with tis, our doors are unbarred to the good and worthy, oome when they may. Such is Masonry. Such her principles and such her deeds. We, who know her best, love her moa'. As she passes down the yale of Timo, venerable in hor antiquity and beloved for her virtues, no wail of vanquished foes nor blood stained track marks her oause ; But her triumps are the tri? umphs of peaoe, her pleasures thc pleas urea of friendship, her joys the joy of doing good, and her rewards the thanks of the poor, the smile of the widow and the blessings of tho orphan. Safely has sho outrodo eaoh and every' storm that has orossed her track. Un? seethed and undaunted she has stood firm and unmoved amid the commo? 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, "esto perpetua. HOW WE GET THE WAU 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 London, Paris, or Berlin. These dispatches have almost wholly been sont 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 telograph, it has been a marvel to us. To hundreds of thousands of minds the whole prooevs is and has been a deep enigma Here is a man sitting in a darkoned room at Heart's Content. The ocean cable terminates here. A fine wire attached thereto ls made to surround two small ooros of soft iron. As the oleotrio wave, produced by a few pieoes of copper and zino at Valen? tia, pasaos through the wiro, these cores beoome magnetio enough to tuovo the slightest objoot. A looking-glass, half ar. iuoh in di? ameter, is fixed on a bar of iron one tenth of an inoh sqnaro and half an inoh long. On this tiny glass a lamp is made to glare so that its light is roil cot? ed on a tablet on the wall. The language of the cable is denoted by the shitting of this reflected light from side to side. Letter by letter is thus ex? pressed in this flitting idiom io utter silence on the wall. Tber is 00 reeord made by the machino except as the patient watoher calls out to a conrado the translated flashes as thoy come, and which he records, lt seems a miraolc of patience. Thora is something of awe creeps over us as we soe tho evidence of a naman touoh three thousand miles awsy, swaying that line of light. By sueh a delicate process ns this, and after being repeated from line to line five times before its ultimate oopy is in New York, have the late groat battles been recorded in our daily papers with great particularity, and sent throughout the Union. Nothing like it has ever before.been aooomplishod. The enter? prise of the Now York Press-of a single press in N,ow York-has oolipscd that of the wealthiest and ablest presses io Europe. Heur A HON FACING DR A TI I. A Freooh ofBo?r who escaped to Bel? gium writes :-To rolato what McMahon did ie impossible-steel, fire, melted metal, explosive balls, and I don't know what other infernal mixtures, the Prus? sians made use of for the first timo, appeared to stream off or to rebound from him like bail from a roof. He wont to the' front seeking death. "Leave mo, my friends," ho said to us all, who sought to prevent him from going for ward, "lot me show those Kings, those Prinees, who hide behind their masses of men, that a marshal Of France knows i hew le fight, and, when beaten, hr* to jb?^?j^?^^t^^^s^^^^^^^|^M^^^g^^^^^%^b^^ ?mile, which pude ?s w?jhi,, apar to ?ptin* Up fro*the rd*tdJ which we heap aronbd ?V SVV*U**? a little ivutjauio of dead bodies that wa ??ghi w*kon'-li?# Y?DC tt*r truie**** what feos Wetuttf ilill't? deal^fflS Jeaet 200JpWnton before us.*^ ' .- ti? , At tlvnt moment % el?ud pasted before ! mt eyes md wo went mad*. We r?gaU ed: our senaca oojy when we foand'dar selvea beyond the hordes of. Uh lima who ' 'attacked na. We fid baan 'fortunate enough to reach tue Belgian frontier. ( ? . - ^7 V We were safe^bnt at Wfiat a aacei'^ee. For Money or HAVING secured two of the beat PATENT OINS ?nd one of BROOKS PATENT PRESES, I ara now reedy to GIN and PACK Cotton at $1,00 per hundred, X will guarantee the largest yield, of Lint and a nloo put up Bale. For further particulars apply, to the undetslgn ed, or to Mr. Jool Brunson at tho null. V. J. TUOMET. Sept 14-flt_. ' '"'?'?] SUMTER BOOK STORE, Fall Stools..! WK HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGB Stock of School and Miscellaneous Books | -A??r Fancy Articles, Which will be sold Very Low. j ID our Stock may be found Beautiful Bohemian Toilet Sett?, China Vases and Cups and Saucers, Busts and Mantle Ornaments of Parian China, Beautiful colored Lithographe and Chromes, Hair Brushes and Tooth Brushes-very low, Toilet Soaps,'Silver Soaps, Rosewood and Walnut Writing Dasha and, Work Boxes, Blank Books, Piaties, Pass Booka, Lodgers, Journals, Receipt Books, Commercial Note, Bath Port and ?Tools Cap Pupers, Initial Paper, Amorlcan and French Mournlog Paper, Visiting Curds, Wedding Envelopes and Paper, Gold Pens and Cooes, Steel Pens, English Quills, Blue, Red, Violot and Black Inks, et?.,?to., etc., Note Pupor 10 cts. per quire. Fools Cap Paper 1$ cts. per quire, Envel?nos 5 ot?, per pock. A. W II PTE * CO. Sept 21 General Life and Fire MAME AGENCY. SUMTER, S. O. X IIB following Companies having ecmpUed with the Law, and deposited $30,000 eaoh with the Comptroller General, offer protection to households against loss or damage hy fire ? . Pheonix Fire Insurance .Company, of [ Brooklyn, N. Y. Cash Assets, ?1,700,000. Sonthorn Life Insurance Company, of j Atlanta, O a., Gon. J, B. GORDON, President, M. C. MORRIS, Soo'ty. Security Firo Insuranoo Company of j Now York, Assctts, $2.017.860 81. Gorman Fire Insurance . Company of I New York, Assctts, 1.053.054 61. Georgia Home Insurance Company, i Columbus, Ga., Assotts, 408.781 10. llichmond Bunking Insurance Co., of I Virginia, Assctts, 270.546 24. A. WHITE, June 22 O. F. HOYT, SUCCE^SOU TO I HOYT, M S?M?, SO. OA. "yyoUI.D, respectfully inform his friends! and tho publloof Sumter, and adjoining counties, that he bas recently received a oholce eel** lion Of LADIES' AND GJBNTLBMEN8' Wat o nos, JEWJ?L?IY, SILVERWARE, SPECTACLES, ?c., &c, His stock embraces all the latest styles, and ! will bo sold at reasonable rates. Sept 20 I^or ?ale. TUE PLANTATION.. OK WHICH Z BE? SIDE, containing about Three Thousand Acres. - ; -ALSO- ?'? My Plantation lu Clarendon County, contain lng about Twa thousand A (Wo hundred acres. Either of the above will be sold as a whola, es divided to suit purchasers. I also offbr for sale the residence of Mrs. Julia Frlerson, with THREE HUMORED ACRES LAND, making a compaot and desirable Farm. JNO. N. FRIBRSON, AoglO-Sm] BtMteWft B. C. .!.! BUHOS ! I ! ?r?gs a?d Medicines, 1W ?se afreta?* Mee?Reliable IMINNottb, .Wd a*T?a*4?> wrraagaa^ta t* BICSWR WEBE LY; larg* additietta te ?ty preteat ?Vxk ?H efwhfta?UlwUeeRreg ?I V REDUCED PRICES Together Wita ak?ga H< TitW UMila.it af] Paints, . ..' ?? oas, v ? ? j>ye Stuffs, Window Glass, : ' ; FwUy, IMO Machine Oil, Tanner's Oil, Linseed Oil, - Kerosene Oil, Vernishes, Paint Brushes, Varniih Brushes, Tooth Brushes, I Ac., . Ac. ; KEROSENE LAMPS AND all appliances thereto. . DR. A. J. CHINA, SUCCESSOR TO. A. ANDERSON A CO. Sept ll Castor Oil and Quinina gQ Ounce* P MAW Qaiaiac, i Gallon? Ant ?aality Cuter 0li at Be-1 ?O doced prlece, By D*. A. J. CHUCA, . - Saee?Mor to A. ANDERSON, A CO. Sept ll_ .. CHEMICALS. FIRST QUALITY Chemical of every d acorre tioa, ud warranted PU RB, . Bf Dr. A. J. CHINA, Successor to A. ANDERSON, A CC. Sept SI HARDWARE ?tore, Main-st. under Sumter Hotel. Xi. P. LO RING,; ? ?.Agaa* rou Messrs. King & Huppman, BA LTunOll B, BK. ?. Would raepeetfnll/ folieit the patronage efhU] friend! end the publie. HS HAS IN 8T0RB A COMPLETS Stock of Hardware and! Family Utensils. embracing every artirle ia tbte lia* ef basinets, I whieh he intend* to aeU at th* LOVETT PUICE?, pon cnn. He will keep alway? la ?tore, a complete after I meat of Coll ID '. Axe?, Am**' She tell aad Spade*, Traoe Chain?, Boee, Rakei, Piteh Fork?, Orala Oradle?, Scythe Blade*, Onana Selvee, Peeket ?nd Table Cutlery, Bran Freierring Kattie?, Tia Ware, Window Ola??-all ?tte?. Perion? la want ef the moat convenient and] eeoaomleal Stove?, caa be ?applied with th? latest Improved patteraa at price? which cannot j fail to give ant ir? latia fafitlOa. June 1?_ C. T. MASON. WATCH MAKER AND SUMTER, S. C. ' Ha? Jolt received and keep* alway? ea band New and Be?ntlful Style* af JEWELRY, F?EGLA98K6, ?0. WATCHBA, CLOCKS and JEWELRY ftft. FAIRED WITH DISPATCH. MarehSl NOTICE. TBS COPARTNERSHIP aerefefere .sliting nader th? aaaw ef A. AN I)ER80N A Co., has been iH?iol?ed hy lae *?ata *f Mr. A. ANDERSON. The bi?in??? will he continued by th? nnd*r?igned. Thankful fer th* liberal' patronage bestowed apo* the late Aros, ! re .r?ei fatly totieit a eohtlaiauee el th? sam?. ' A. J, OMINA. NOTICE. ALL person? Indebted to the late firm of A. ANDERSON A CO., er? requested to make ] immediate payment All person? havlag de? mand? agalaat th? ?aid Irm, wUl plaaa? p>?*#ui i ?nw? te th* Mdereigeed. I A. J. CHINA. I farvlvina Farveeft 1 ? f*?tfrta\ KTBE Y DESCRIPTipf . . . <- ? f v >C , ?fl &pj*?t?)j v^SUW-n . -, . ' " ISAAC A. Itt 3 rflBB ADVERTISER BEGS TO CALL AT. J^TKNTION TO Ul* STOCK OF THU BUST CH EM I CA Li S ; PA TB. WT BlEDrcINES, A FIN? ASSORTMENT OF * PBBPUMRRY, 80APB, TOILET POWDER . Sud Chalk, x.. ' . ' ' Puff BOM* and Poi?, ?bavln j Cream aad Brushes, Bair Brush??, Want Brushes, Toettt and Kail Bruen??. - . AU at MoKA PEN'S. PRESCRIPTION PREP ARID CAREFULLY AT ALL HOURS, * By I. A. MOKAUEN. TUB BEST . . ' ".' DRAttDY, OIN, * WHISKEY and WINES, 8oId at MoKAQBN'S. ALLSPICE, - .. .'. Clove?, Cinnamon, O inger, Maco, Nutmegs and Pepper. . At Meg AO EN'S Drug Store. KEROSINE OIL, Lamps, Burners. Chimney Wiek?. Ae., At McKAQEN'6. LARGE and FRESH SUPPLY OF GARDEN SEEDS _____ For sal? by LToKAGEN. MILLER'S ALMANAC fox 1670 At McKAQEN'B. A FINE SEGAR CAN BB HAD Peb le_ At MoKAOEN'S. '? ~~ HAVING : ' REMOVED Cor. Main & Liberty-Sts. J. F. W. DeLORJflE Beg* to notify bia. many friends nod " . *>'.*..?. . cootomcrB, that ba boo added to bis completo ?took of Drugs, CHEMICALS, FAMY ARTICLES, A F?LL ASSORTMENT OF PAINTS, OILS, D?E 8TTJ?FS ?ND GLASS! Asking . eoatiaaatlon ol' past patronoge, Which be will do all to ht* power to donor rc, he solicite an examination of bis STOCK AND. PRICES. J? F. We U'LORMK, Drnggtet, Car. Main and Llberty-Streot, Sept Jl Sn gi tor, 8. C. 1STO. 18TO. MAYESVILLE, S. C. J. A. M?Y?S & CO., WILT CONTINUE DURING THE YEAH TO KEEP ON HAND A FULL SUPPLY OF GOODS IN THEIR LINE, CONSISTING OF DRUGS, MEDICINES, GROG ERIES, AUB ?-Eoyisions, lead bop? to saerlt aoontinuaoeo of the liberal [patrenage they hare bern receiving. '? We desire to call portionier attention to our I irado la v FLOUR. . It is oar aim to keep for sal? only good qnalL I tic?,of FLOUR, and families may rely upon our [stock ae aff?rdiog the best glades of Extra and Family Flour^ Ito be had io ?be marbete. Oar groceries generally are all FIRST-CLASS GOOPS, lauil oar DRUGS and MEDICINES are war I Mated to be par? and genaifle. Besides th? usual ?tock of DRUGS, and MED. 1 ICI NEB, wo kcrpalwnys en hand, we offer two invaluable prepstiuione of cur own luauufuoture. Anti-Malarial Specific, FOR THE PERMANENT CURE 0? Chille and F?e?r*. -, '* , TONIC BITTEl^^* lan e<lmlrAhl? cmSinntion nf TONICS adapted [to all ?asea needing Tonie Medicines. COUNTRY PRODUOB of al) hinds taken In I BARTER for goods at fair pri?e*, t J 1 * J. A. MAYES A CO.' . .Tani. 1ST? _?J_ly t Notices IF. M XA M. D. RICIIBOURO, w'fo of J. t F. W. Riehboortf. of Sumter County, Stat? i of South Carolina, do hereby gire notic? that at tbe and ?Yoee mon di Com the flrst publication Uf lbj* notice, I will trade ae subs ntAna*er in ! z." boslnees peiiaining io plttntiric. or uny host? ! ness fisfroerly carried on by J. F. W. Rlohbourg, ' County, State of S.>nili Carolina. ELIZA M. D. HICJ1BGUKO.