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DBM MWSW raman VOL. XXI WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1871. Tl sato o> BnnaoB Bt Dona, Fcrensea.-Vifg. NO. 38. DEVOTED TO Ll TER 4 Tl RE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. The Sumter Watchman (ESTABLISHED IN ISM.) It PC* LIS BK 9 ? j I g . ait V W BON BAD AV MORN I Rf; AT SUMTER, S/C., BY i; IL BE KT & PLOWERS* Terms One jeir......... .........:?3 00 ?Jj? Ul?lllil?... ii'inii'i' L""-, i', m ,, ? , . 1 d# loree toomba.....1 "O . J \' t? RT LS ti >i KX Ti n?erted al the rat? ,1 ON t? DOLLAR AND Kl FT Y CJ?N?S par ,..a,n Tn tit first. OXU DOLLAR .ar the. tcmni, and FIFTY CBN TS lor ??ch ?aiwaqaeni io?enton. foran? period lew than three e.oaih? OtfirUARlKS, TRIBUTES Of RKSFBCT anJ all eoininanieation* which subserve prirate at?r<?ts. will be paiti ur as adrartiaenants?. MYRTLE'S KEW ?EAlk BT VIOLETTE WOODS. .?now rio I look, ("hester f" and the thoughtless y nun*; wife tamed from the mirror, in which she had been con? templating her loveliness for some mor-1 hs full upon her husband. Hin chefk had been resting io kris hand, his eye* opon the floor ; bat he raised them with a look of nontterable love, and gazed upon the resplendent figure before him. ''Yon are beautiful, Myrtle, beautiful Yoor eyes rirai your diamonds in brilliancy, and I am sore you have robbed the roues sod lil tes of their lovely complexions." ''You are proud of me, theo, aren't yon?" She knelt beside him, resting one atender jewelled band opon his knee -Indeed, indeed, I am, Myrtle " He placed his arm carelessly about her, aod drew ?.er nearer to him. '* What an. un? fit mate I am for you, darling My helpless limb* reeder it so impossible for me to be your constant companion, as 1 sigh every moment of my life. I sometimes compare myself to a bird, whose pinions are broken, and whose wanderings are continued to earth; whilst you, my lovely mate, can' soar away beyond the clouds tutu the realm* of eternal sot-shine." The roses upon the ebeeks of the young wife assumed a deeper hoe ss she I is te nen ed to her husband'? metaphor; and. observing it, he added, quickly : "Hut you have not told me whither yon are bound to-night. Is it to the opera, cr another party." "Oh, to the opera, to be sore; Mad ame Pareps rings to night, and my ears are aching to hear ber. ? have thought of ker voice aud the sensation 1 shall create, uotil I have scarcely sn idea left. I wish you could go, darliog; but, sioce I have soch kind protectors as Mr. aod Mn. Howard, I oughtn't to complain But (here is the carriage now. I hope Madame Parepa wilt sing fur UM again wheo you are well of that horrid rheumatism, and then we will enjoy the treat together. Sit up for me, won't you, dear J*' ss she th-ew her er? mine-lined cloak about ber shoulders. "I have ordered James to bring you borne oyal ere snd coffee st eleven to cheer your spirits ind keep you awake. You must thiuk of me whilst I sm gone, Chester, how much I am enjoying my? sell, and bow every one is envying you your wife." ohf pressed her lips to his, and pass? ed from the room. A moment later the heavy door closed upon her retreating figure, the carriage roi ?ed away, . and Chester, reaching ni* crutches, which reared against thc ftintru.il upon which he ?as reclining, with theiraid hobbled to the door. Thoma*, who had been closing the house until the return ol' ina oj i M re*.*, hearing his f oof step?, wai? ted reap, cr Jul ly "When your mixtres* arrives." said he. in an unsteady voice, "tell her that 1 h>ive retired, so that *he ?ill not look fi me in the library. Tell James, a lao, thut I .-hall not need any refreshment aa wi., dtrtcted. That ic ali; you eau j?? Thotbaa h'lWt .i ?t>d .it-parted with a lout ol >?vin-.ai.'iv lor hin lone.y. Muff l? ing tiiNf't-r; and Chewier S!at ling mrm-d w t >lnw >'ept io ii if c.?rn I<?rt?tiii.- ann clair, and threw h HOM-IT wearily uitnwj it. His thouyh:? f'uiiow<-d hi? gay young wife nt toe briiiiaut scene o' whieh she waa MI br igor, aa oruauteut ile recalled their firm meeting to the pi ese ut ulome-l. Sud Uttered iovtrrrfiy ov<-r ita happy incident* Two ycart) bet?re he had met Myrtle Yaur at the house of her uncle in sn obscure cou ut ry village, through which he waa pawing oo hi? way :?J the mono* tain*. Sha> waa young sud beautiful, possessing a warm, (ovios heart, and a more than ordinary intelligei.ee These, added to her persona! chariot, speedily Won ihe heart of the wealthy young student, who waa traveliog for nix health. Thu eejajtement was short She was poor sod keeofy felt ber de? pendence upon a relative whose salary as a eoun'ry paator bsrely sufficed to meet the wants of his owu large family. Chester was Hrh, bis elegant hom? needed u mistress, sud bisauelf u com? panion ru cheer bis houri, of loneliness "And why," t heater srgned, "should Myrtle be longer deprived of those aw* :iaI advantages which she is so well ?ia Icu lated to receive and bestow ?" Immediately after tit? wedding th? young couple took possession of the house tu whieh Ob estar was bor?, ?ad io whic'a wis parent? bud died, but whieb ww remodelled sud refurnished to s styli better suited tu the somewhat extravagant taste of tts beautiful young mistress. For uw bile Che ?ter accent? pained bur everywhere lier inclination suggested, he. ga ve up bis hours oi atody to ber ?rosemeat, and laid asida his books that ber pleasure sud enjoy? ment u?*gfct be abridged io nothing "She is lite s bird wbieii has beet taged from its birth * be seid to himself, "sad now that che is free sbali roam wher? ever her owe sweet will diet?tee." But after s few meath* u ohasf* came. HU ouemj-tie rbinms/mm whieb bud snaefced ?iss es 'awt?rvub from childb^^med upon .bi* s gnp from wbieV nc n*?diesl Io bis wiliest pamxyasi ts orpetn Myrth stood by rWa?eVf??ewf?, ueiibei 1 -J- - --iii ?yu id net share She was yo? though ties?; had bf est fettered er ty, circumscribed io feeling j tum ; and. aa he recs I led these, judged her leniently and w.'tjj shadow of reproach. He had n tempted to dissuade her from ttl she panted ; had never dist .her visits to the opera ?hen rn ?ted by those friends whose jt he could rely ; bot tn night, as atone, and thought of ber so i dent, 00 fascinating, and so lovii fellings began to change.. SI yoong, yonnger hy ten years th; she was scarcely eighteen, and hi ihso twenty-eight What if th? a 1 ways cager to. den ounce th?, ti lest, shoo ld Uko her Dame ?j lips, sod solly tts parity with lu te$ breath. She wt* bat s ehii chasing * butterfly ; sociery, open were new to ber; abe was gather flowers whilst the fresh dews of rt lay glittering upon them, not tl of the thorns wbieh larked them. As Chester Starling thot these things, his heart seemed within him ; bia child wife, his 1 was in danger of which her inn had never dreamed, and to nave i resolve. ****** It wan New year's morning a after the incidenti recorded in th chapter. Chester sat alone, in I bra ry, his lips compressed, sad s of doubt ana trouble resting ii fine eyes. Preseotly his wife e in obedience to his summons; si he made room for ber at bis sid? trouble in hit eyes grew denser, ai lines about bi? mouth more rigid, was dressed io a morning robe of son, lined with white and faced swan's dowo : and, aa she toyed lesaJy with th? 'heavy silken ti Chester thought he had never seei look 80 lovely. 'You receive message, did yon ?" be inquired, si !y knowing what co say. "Yes, but had half a mind nt obey jon," she replied, glaocing bi ly io his lace. "I have been as as a bee all the moroiog getting i for Mrs Portesque's party to-nigh am to personate 'Winter.' and 1 having the loveliest gray velvet made, jost the color ol winter el? trimmed with down in imitatit snowflakes, and am having my dian reset to represent icicles." She lc op into hi* face aa she concloded narration, sud, startled by its pi exclaimed: "What is the matter,{ ter ?" Tell me, darliog, tell me !" He put his arm around her. Myrtle !" said he. in a voice which vainly endeavored to steady, --are KO wedded to the vanities of the a that it would kill yon to be dive from them ?" "Wedded to them! Divorced ! them !" she repeated, vaguely. "V do you mean ? Why do you out plain ?" He looked into her face as s'e as he could. **If I ahould tell you this houxc and furniture, your diaino ?nd servants, and equipage could nome degree meet the demands of h ?ry. nay, iusat?are creditors, what w< be your reply ?" Th? truth hurst upon her like a pet i bunder I rum a doodle** *ky. She ? (?prepared for it ; two years be she had assumed an exalted posit and abe had wont the honors it eon n d a? regally ai a q?.een wears e-irw?? destined io her at her bil Myrtie loved ?plend??r and gaveiy dearly v* thc cummer bird? love a ?hine and warmth, bat she loves! ItU'baod jnd his honor beyond ail. c She did not realise i* io ita full ki until he a ided : '*Wbeu ne were married, Myrtie had this pro|*erty and it? apporteoan dedeed to yon. As the recced il sianna, they are now yours, persona as mach so ss are the garments which yon are elad. M-k? jour o decision, darling, take your own til The law cannot rob yon of these, toll if voa wish." The trae nobility of womaflh? which had been slumbering in MyrtI nature like a ciitnoud wilgia a sesj eesket displayed itself ts sh? twin her white arms snoot her hannam neck "I do. not need time to deci this rafter. Chester," she exclaim? . Ingrate? indeed, would I be. could taker now. Take ail, everythlc Leave mn blt ymr lov?t Chester, nt say own health, and I ask nothing el? "But, Myrtle, docs not thc procps teem dark, indeed ? To be bereft of tl wealth and lox cry in or trien we Itt revelled, the 'purple and Awe U?en' which we have keen clothed ev ?ty da the society and gsjety in wbhh fi have delighted so mwb, the" i say tegligenee of your e&aafort V I uJf^*&fa*im I yours. Yo? were young, and, althone ? chained mywlf, I urged yonr freedd to me, Chester, how til ?efter twhib. ?%rr%Wf?tf WW ! extravagances beeo your rain ? Am I cot to blame as tl?sole canstT ? t tlft? Ml htlillaalM \mt\ Ism?in flt AAlli . it IV tai ^e^vsaswtsw?s?sjsw^"inamF*w vja*?aaB7sm~?w ww mr swann sass - . ::. -- -v; * : iy,d^likJeat lig^EfOB) Mm : ter. These, surroundings hare jours from infancy ; they were mio< for a dav. Iogoing beek to tbe-poi from which j*o3?*9+i&uenxiA\j coed gh>,] iiefD0?t?^r^?9f? self. Your lore shall hs my meet to unceasing energy, aoilyonr mit) oe my redemption.. If the, world ever said of me that~I bise, been < less of yoof. ?relfare?jt may rucali verdict now, henceforth my life i bc devoted to you." T^f yoong couple . bad, many conversation" over th ?ir altered fort ant) laid many plant for their fm At last it was decided that they sh remore to the little inland town - w Myrtle kai, left two, y ears before a , otu brider Cheater bad p?rchase small eattage, ned thither they wer reipprj taJUej?d*y*v I *?vY* t|ill>e#w>n?icre?t lease ooti bealtavia^r^ne^ said, "sod then I can retare to the p tiee of my profession. We will ho sn Epency to sufport^oc com fortab ij a year, and sorely by thai time I w* completely restored.'' "/do Doi, intend to be idle/' Myrtle. "lily musical proficiency so w,f ii appreciated in J>--thatvI . easily procure a class And if I w good performer before I was,, narrie certain ly ima better one now, or the care that has been bestowed u I bat part of my. education ie tba two years has been sadly misplaced1 "I do not know whether I can a^ j to year piopoeitipn or not," he reft sadly, "but we ?ill refer to this ag at some future time." Mr. Gardner, Cheater'? lawyer i friend, passed ie and out ere ry day Myrtle had had no idea, of tba. ext of her husband's business until she i the heaps of papers, which' were ? staotly being brought into and can eat of the boase. One morning Chet entered? her clumber and lound bet tears. - be had borne ber reverses stoically, bot bravely hitherto, and o to se? ber weeping 1 almost anmani bim. "Are these tte first tears you hi shed, Myrtle?" "The very first," she answered, tra folly. "Theo, my darling, what is the cai of this emotion ? Do yon regret yt decision ? it is-tst yet too Ute ; j bare another day ia wbieh to act. - earthly pawer can take this prope from you without your own consent Do out act upon the impnUe of I moment, aud then regret it all of yt after lire." **I do not regret it," ehe said com geoaaly. "I have serer regretted it iostaot since you stated the ci reams tat to lae." "Then tell me what bas excited y so *" She wiped the tears from her ey and., iohlmg.her white banda in ker li said, in a low voico : "A named something for which 1 cannot accou: incited me this, morning to arrange t house aa I would bave done had been geing away upon a visit instead forever. ? had apoe carefully throu the chambers and parlors, leaving i room amii the last, bat wheo I arriv here and opened say jewel-ease, t spirits sank My diamonds gleam within, bot for them I felt no regt except for the pride and vanity they h eng?aderad. I placed the tiara, ap my brow, womanlike," she added, as si saw bis smile, bot 1 really thought unbecoming now, and laid it indiff?r?e ly a? id e. But, darling when I esp; ed n wedding ring, tba one yon placed upi my floger within the moment that ma? me your w{&, Toe rer? fc>grte>t of wi men, I could not repress my tears, felt aowi?iog to resigo it; I feel so y< Cheater, tltbeogli j aa ashamed to a knowledge is. \ It ie not fer the sake retaining a vestige of my former g lor but because with ita bestowal 1 real sed that I ?aaa ft iw^e> ?ew^ "And you -**a?T retain it," eal Cheater, "les it coat what it may. Ye are a brave woman, Myrtle, tod Heave greet that I stay properly appr?ciai and chemfa you.?, ff a ??MT Almost a year had puse j away, j was New Year's ere, and within th the ope? fireplace of tba little parloi throwing ita roddy light upon the fe; ehoiee eoigrariags which adorned tb walla, apon the nm ?f ftieives whiel j filled with hooks, occupied one eotir side of the apartment, and upon th of tbe, bfOP^e^o^. Ch est ejc .sat oeax tb bluing 4r>, enjoying bipjself ia th winter twilight, iii'ww. might be ?Howe to judge from the settled complacenc of bia eoattfa^oM. Aj iia , "AacH?Wt?eU s* ready fee it,1 I eity to-day aaa l?sytwsjod say app?tit . Theres bud cat Jo* ** enj?t "To-morrow 2 exclaimed Myrtle "Why, have you not forgotten that i New Year's Day ! Besides, I have abondance of the'good things of life' in preparation for dione', and li invited uacle's family to dine with i "Transfer the eatables to the car your aunt, and recall the invitai until a more convenient season, 'mast have you and Chester with me morrow. We will go op apon the o'clock train." They returned to the little par and lighted the lamp. Myrtle di her low chair to the aide of the ts and unfolded ber work, little dress was embroidering for her babe, i wu never idle now, there was alw some employment for the busy hands the basier brain, always some koitt or sewing, or a book which her hosbi had requested her to read. Ches noticed that abie sighed wearily as ! trembling fingers almost refused thread theneedte. "We will have a holiday tonight, i love," he said, taking the garment fr her lap and replacing it tn ber bask "Yon are tired, I know ; let me r you. He pillowed herfaee upon his brea and lifted her face to his. "The old year is ebbing away, Myrt have we spent it profitably or u a pr o 6 Wy !" "Profitably," she replied, her energ reviving, "and happily, too. How fi it been with you, Chester?" Is t retrospect pleasant, or is this hour time for memory and for tears V " "No, Myrtle ; I ean honestly say tl since we have been living in this co tage, I bave known more genui bappiness than I ever experienced the whole of my life time before, need not tell you that when we remov bere I feared the effects of the chan: upon you. I installed you mistress my house when wealth seemed to flt io upon us from every side ; bot befo two years bad paused, home and weal vanished aa if they had been the ere; tioos of a . dream. Myrtle, have y< never, in your secret heart, reproach* me for the change ?" "Never, never, Chester! I hai blamed myself rather than you. Ai more-if to night our lost fortune cou be restored tojus, I feel that thestrengi and wisdom I have gained in tl passing year would keep me forevi aloof from the follies io which I om indulged so recklessly. 1 feel no regr for their loss, no desire for their rc possession. In your restored health nr continued love, my sincerest praye have beeo answered ; and society, t matter bow fascinating, could nevi again furnish an inducement for mn i ?eave your side. I have learned th; woman's sphere is home, and that 'here ia a tie stronger than that whic binds her to it, she docs not descn the holy name ot wife." Cheater drew her more closely to hil and pressed hi? lips to her brow. "This comparative poverty has bee a greater trial to me lhao you, Myrtie, be replied, in an unsteady voice ; m because I have had many of its priva tiona to bear, but because in seeing yo bear them so nobly, I have realized ho utterly weak my infirmities rendere me." "But that is all over now, Cbestcr. Our misfortunes were for our own im mediata good, though when they cam apon us so suddenly, I could see i clearly, strong as 1 thought myself t wrestle ??tb them. These invigoratio taouutaio breeaes have been your re atoration to health, and my separatio: from fashion and its votaries has bee: temporal salvation. I tremble to th i II I wbat I weald have been to-night h ai not Providence so kindly interposed - That I was hopelessly vain and careles a year agu, you kBOW too well ; but i to the past months 1 have in soy degree atoned for it, I am grateful " Aa they stopped a< the depot upot their arrival in the city the next even i og, Myrtie recognised ia the dusk} twilight the carriage and howes whic) bad ooce been her own, and even tin ' driver who had formerly beeo b bei employ. "Come, my love, ?he carriage ia wait? ing," said Cheater, and too much su prtaed to speak. Myrtle suffered herseli to be placed within ii. "Where are we going, Chester?" *h< asked as soon as she could command bei rotee. -, "I am anxions for you to becom* ac? quainted with the mistress of your fnrmci home, and her husband desired me tr bring you directly lhere Yew will find her a woman who has but few equal* and oo superior; one in whom her .husband's heart doth safely trust.' Ta& witt Java har fer my sake, I am eire." little did aot reply, but after a few moments' drive they reached the Inxn . nous boase ia whioh they had spent the first years of their married life. Chester led her up the marble stops, through > the'broad'hall? into the very chamber which bad been lier own a twelve mouth before. Everything wes unchanged, carpet, furniture,, curtains were the same, eVeo her ver?, jewel box occupied its place appa the dressing bureau. ' ^Vhal d?ws'?V *1? titean, shs asked 1 herself,ToW looking around andawing that Cheater was absent. ; : ^ icaUy. and law thea ?ma, the bed ; j teatlirti* Cheater fro? th* arms of his r aim M:^*B&-. \ wkiah had ? .n^a^ ie?** shir ?ateases over me. This ~t?*mf*r t*' ' ' ? * ' . (Ie turned her around so that she could sec herself in the full length mirror, and exclaimed : "Let rue introduce you to Mrs. Starl tog, the only mistress thia house lias ever had since her husband's mother died. Long may she reign ?lie queen of hi.? home as ol his heart?" The tears rolled down Myrtle's cheeks, j "What do you mean Chester? Are, we in a dream ?" "No Myrtle, it is all a blessed reality." ; He drew her unresisting form to his; knee, and continued : "Let me fell you a little story. Myrtle There was once j a wife, young and beautiful, and admir ed. Her husband wa? wealthy but was an invalid, and he loved her too well to i confine her at his bedside fie urged her to go into society without j him, and she* went until she was fast becoming a slate to its fascinations. He determined to rescue her from the giddy j vertex to which she was so rapidly moving, and to do this he resorted to measures which otherwise would have seemed harsh l?e conversed with her in such a way regarding his affairs that she thought him a bankrupt;-reduced to poverty, and she heroically sustained her part in the conflict of life. It was a fu nace of fire in which he teated her womanhood . and her affection, but she came forth refined, purified, exalted H or husband's love ano confidence had not been misplaced. Was his course ( wrong "No, no, Chester, that course was my ' salvation. I needed the retirement in 1 which to think over and repent of my ? former follies. You pursued the wisest 1 plan, and how grateful I am my future life shall prove " I "This, then, shall be your New Year's I gift," he returned, presenting her with | the deed of the property, "and with it 1 th- assurance of my unbounded love and faith." THE WOES OF A COLORED CADET, i The Career of* Tawny Representative ' of Sou iii Carolina at West Point. * A Washington Dispatch to thc New York Herald say* : James W. Smith, the colored cadet at West Point, is again in trouble. He has been the cause ol'no link* annoy ' ance to the other students ever since he ' entered the Academy. All the white '' cadets have quietly ignored him, and a coustaut appreciation ol thia fact may ' have contributed lo render him anything but amiable. His acquirements before ! entering the Military Academy showed 1 that tte had ability above that of the 1 ordinary negro, but the pursuit of his 1 studies at Wet Point has thus fur failed to indicate any brilliancy in him The curriculum ol' the Academy is well ' calculated to test thc intellectual power of any one. Tried aaording to this standard, he is pronounced by unim? peachable authority tc be ratlu-r below tho medium ability, while it is represent? ed that thc higher branches of mathe ?unties would unquestionably bother ' him. It is some? hat doubt l ui, however 1 whether he will have the oppoitunity of finishing his course at the academy. Twice he has been brought before mil [ itary tribunals, and another situ i Har or deal ta awaiting him The first was a 1 court nf ioqury, which recommenced ! that he bc (ried ou a charge of making | false statements; bul in deference to his anomalous position, and in order to "ive him ev erv opportunity, the depart 1 ment condoned thia, his first offence, in 1 the hope that the lesson would he use- j: ful to him. The second was a court-1 martial, before which he was arraigned ' for being engaged in an affiay, and for making false statements. I Jot h courts j J were organized with a special view to entire impartially.and were composed of officers, uouc of whom were stationed j at West Point, and uio*t of whom were not gra uate-* of the academy On his trial before the general court martial, of which Major General Howard, chief of the Freedmen's Hureau. was presi ? dent, the assistant professor of law and " ethics at thc Military Academy, by re? quest, acted a? his council, and with such good faith and ability that he was accquitted on thc first charge, and the War Department remitted thc sentence on the second. These facts denonstrate |, that even banded justice has been accor ded him by the authorities of ihe insti? tution, as well as by the War Depait meet. But it would seem that this want of veracity may yet prove the ruin of him. He was recently reported in ( thc usual manner for delinquency on : di ?ll. He made & wr.ttcn explanation j I of thc alleged offence, and this explana ( : t ?on ia represented to contain undoubled ; ? evidence of what appears to be I'bhrou ic weakness of this colored youth-fi?tai- ? fication of facts. Upon this charge he , is to be again arraigned before a new court-martial, which will soon bc ap? pointed for the purpose of trying him { liefere the third and impending tribu- j nal the ease will rest. altogether on its j merits. Without doing any wrong tn-, the colored cadet, it ia but just to thc : young gentlemen ai the academy to state that, notwithstanding the natural pre-j, jud ice against appui ming negroes aa j cadets in that academy, the other stu? dents did not unnecessarily annoy him, as tome suppose they did. l>ot simply, qntetly ignored him. and refused to affiliate with bin., Smith was appointed from Sooth Carolina, on the recommen? dation of Mr. H?ge, member of Con gres* from Columbia, and it is a carions incident that iii-1 the recent election Hog? was defeated for Congress by a ! ?SST The Chicago Republican record? the feftft of a couple who aetnnHy desired * divorce, sed pwvtog i tittil iona resi? dence of s year. ?<a it Tb? wife ?wo rettented and pa? he decres *et **?d???e i <?*tanng th? IrauJ in tho "residence/' bot tn a sfcorf time ?gain changing her j minc, appeared itv (he same fWrt and 1 efcuitwi he* ?$Tvr?e a'tctir? ticte, THK F ATE OF THE I.TIPE1CH It is worth the people's while to :he fate that baa already visitet chief conspirators io the matter ol peaching President Johnson. As .rho originated and proposed the i mous act in the House, has been 1 liated by his then constituents, a now a wandering: lecturer for thees somer lots ia Mootana. Senator JJ tv ho stood up in his place and as? Presideut Johuson with a degree brutality that would hare been disgi fut to say other body, has been bu in thc political revolution that has $. aver Missouri. Senator Yates, ?nie into the Senate trembling u the weight of his last debauch, to Tor conviction, though he liad h nothing of the trial, will soon sink ?b-curity by the action of his own p friends iu the Legislature of lilia Williams, of Oregon, who was most ter and vindictive io the pereecutioi he Prcsideut, has already been repi ited by the people of his State. S< tor Howard, of .uichigan. who wen the Capitol on a stretcher in order fote for the conviction of the Presid is on the high way to that political livion from which he will never ret Senator Conness, another of the Pr lent's accusera, has been consigned private life by the people of (Ja! i for ind ha? left that State to become a I ?f polieo court lawyer io New Yt Senator Frelinghuysen, of New Jen lias been mustered out of political ser' through a verdict of the people of State. Morgan of N w York, has sha tiie sam?! fate, and Pomeroy, of Kan ??il enter his political tomb when leave?the Senate in 1873. Morton fi himself in ?position to the will of the ] pie of Indiana, with a prospective or nf dismissal staring him'in the face. V ley, ot West Virginia, goes into polit retirement after the fourth of Ma next, and the whole band of impcacii is fast going. 'Down io the vile dust from whence tl sprung, Unwept, unhonored and unsung.,r TI V rt Kit GE PRESENTS. People who move io what is tero respectable circles and are blessed W in extended and gushing acquaiotan ire cd led upon, says the Pittsburg Pt u least a dozen times a year to mi [redding presents to cheerio.! old gi to pass away into matrimony, and ! heard of no more. These respectai people are not sati-fied with artic useful to folks starting hotisekeepii inch ns furniture, wash tubs, oradl Sec, in former times the only presei thought suitable for such occasions. Now, unless the bride csu cxhi diamond rings and pins, or other cos precious stones, in greater bulk th her dear friend Nancy Jane did tn t -ame situation, why she don't consic herself more than half married. Th? is a custom in China which might introduced here with profit. The "he then Chinese' sends costly presents .ilk and ellina and many precious thin to his friend upon festive occasions, ai they are disp!a)ed with great pompai circumstance ; but they are never use They are carefully put away, and wb the next wedding or feast comes < some of these present? arc sent, and i they are kept circulating from house hou?e, v-ry ofien coming back intact the ot initial -tiver. Ile casts his brei upon ihr- waters, and he finds it aft many days. The Chinese plan ia great improvement upon our own. It not wholly unknown in civilized scciet but it is recognized as a regular cor ron;ional practice, aa it might be vii ??real advantage. m ARBTAGE ?AXIMS. A good wile ia the greatest earth! blessing. A man is what his wife makes hin It is tiie mother who moulds tb character and destiny of thc child. Make man ?agc a matter of mon judjrmctit. Marry tn your own religion. Marry into a different blood and tea prm m en I from your own. Marry into a family which you har lon.' known. Never talk at oue another, ehfae lion?; or in company. Never both manifest anger at once Never speak loud to one another, un less (he house is on fire. Xever reflVct on a past action whicl was done with a good motive, and witt the best judg ent at the time. Let each one strive to yield oftenes to tiie withes of the oihcr. Let self abnegation be the daily aim iud eff >rt ?if each Thc very neatest approach to dornest ic felicity un earth, thc mutual cultt rai ?on ol'an absolute unselfish ness. Never find fault, unless it is perfect bj ccitain Mut a fault has been commit' led ; and even then prelude it with a kiss, and loviug'y. Never alio* a request to be repeated 'I for not is never an acceptable ex cuse." Never make a remark at the expense of the other; it is meatiness. Never part for n day wit holt lorine words to think ??f during your absence. Hes.de*, it may be that you will out meet again iii life, If OAT IS AM EDITOR. Some one answers thia question than : uWhy, he is the mao who reads the newspapers, writes articles on any sub? ject, talks tn all who cali, is blamed fnr a hundred thmc* which are nobody's business but hie own, helps pecple to get into office fwho forget ali about it afterward,) and frequently geta cheated out pf halt his earnings. Ile works and docs more to build np a town th-tn any Other body, std the miserfasd the fogy '?r*-fctftri^ yet they ?il? sa? that the ediicf i p^pcr ta one ol ?io ac? count, will Birt advertise or take th? piper! but will &*row h. Wno W*tel?Vt be a* tidiW r A LUST Ol? TOUR FRIENDS. 1. Keep a list of your friend*, and let God be first OD ?he list, however long it may be. 2. Keep a list of the giff* yon got, and let Christ, who is the unspeakable gift, be first. 3. Keep a list of your mercies, and let pardon stand at the head. I 4 Keep a list ol yotlr joys, and lc? joy unspeakable and full of dory be first. 5. Keep a list of your hopes, and let the hope of glory be foremost. 6. Keep a list of your sorrows, and let sorrow for sin be first. 7. Keep a list of your enemies, and. j however many they ni ay be, put down i the "old man," and the "old serpent" j first. 8. Keep a list of your sins, and let the ?io of unbelief bc set down ns first j and worst of alL SOWING LITTLE SEEDS. "You are sowing tiuy little seeds i every day, Bes-de," said her father. "Oh. no, father, I have not plautedj any seeds." "I have Naen ray daughter sow seeds' to-day." Bessie looked puzzled. "Wheo you laid aside that interest? ing book, and attended to what your j mother wished dooe, you were Bowing seeds ol* kindness sud Jove. When you i broke the dish that you knew your! mother valued, and came instantly and ] told her, you were sowiog seeds of troth j Wheo you took the cup of cold water to; the poor woman at thc gate, you were: sowing the seeds of mercy." COLORS. It is a great art to know what colors ! go best together. Green looks well with ' gold violet or red; pale blue with scar j let, pink, with black and white, and j gray wi;h scarlet or pink. A cold color : generally requires a warm tint to give it life. White and black are usn illy i safe for any complexion. Pink is be? coming to some, but not if there is; much color in the cheeks or lips - ' Maize or straw color is particularly bc- ' coming te people of dark complexion. * rith black hair and eyes. Above all,! whatever be the color of the dress, the j ornaments and trimmings, .throughout, j should be correspondent one with the other. If all that finisher a dress har- ' mooises, then the general effect cannot j fail of being good. ?I4 KIND IN LITTLE THINGS. The sunshine of life (says an ex-j change) is made up ol very little beam* that are bright all the time. In the nursery, on the playground, and in the school room there is roora all thc time j for little acts of kindness that costs; nothiog, but are worth mor? than gold or silver. To give ap something where giving op will preveut unhappiness : to yield, wher persisting will chale and fret others; to go a little around rather than come against another; to take au j ill word or a cross look, rather than rc-j sent orreturo it; these are the ?rays in j which clouds and storms arc kept off. aud a pleasant, smiling sunshine secured even in the humble home among very, poor people, as well as in families in higher stations. A GOOD CHARACTER. A good character ts rather to be cho , sen than great riches, and loving favor, rather than silver and sold. Good character is like stock in trade ' -the more of it a man has the greater! his facilities for adding to it. A pure mind is the foundation of a1 pure character, which is ol' amazing j worth tc every young person. Character, like porcelain warct n ust ' he painted before if. is glazed. Them i can be no change after it is burned in ! TRUE Prmosopnr.- A Mourner ! bending over the tomb in tear-*, cried I "Oh, my brother!" A wise man asked ! "For whom dost hon mourn ?" "Foi j one whom I did not sufficiently ?ove' whilst living." "What wouldst thou: do if he were restored to thee?' "li wonld fever offend him by any unkind ; word." "Then go and cherish thc liv- j in?;, remembering that they wilt die one diy a! o." A room with pictures tu it and a i roan, without pictures differs b^ nearly j as much as a rou tn with window* aud a j room without windows. Nothing, wei think, is more melancholy particularly ' to a pcrso i who has to pass much lintel in his room, than blank ?alls, for pic- ! tures arc bopholes of escape to thc soo!., leading it to other scenes aud other! j spheres. -After the first instant, there <*tgbi to bes?me abatement in the price* ol j tea, coffee, sujrar and spices. On thal j day, a reduction takes place ol fifteen | cents a pu und in the duty on toa; of j about one arida quarter cents a pound in the daty on xu-^:>r. and two teat* a j pound in thc ?l?i?y on coffee. On spi ev? there will bo a largo reduction, mid a!>< a considerable addition tu thc free list -A dear little girl hal hoc ..muht to pray specially for her father, lie bsd been suddenly taken away. Km*e!in<* St her evening devotion, her voice faltered ; and, a? her eyes met h>r bo? ther's she sobbed, "Oh mother, ( can sot leave him aft ont Let me fay r?tanle God that I had a d ear father o-cv. so 1 can keep him in my prayers." Many stricken hearts may learn a sweet jenson from this child. Let us remember to think G?:i for mercies pa-t, a? well a> to ask fbr blessings fer the future. -There is a MSW down Jins*, rather a iaceUoaV fdlow. whose natur iV^ew He named hi? 6r*| child Cometh i ?>;. a* it was something ?ow. \\\* next ch i M mae N*h i ?g. it bvieywotfeiag J OB "Vt O 1 EVERY DESCRIPTION PROMPTLY KXECrT?.D Jft 1VH OFFICE or The Sumter Watchman, j -t?t TUF Highest Style of ?he Art. General Life and Fire mu\m mm SUMTE?, s. a T X .... foll*? inj C-><3(n< >*!?*.- ii ix ia? rvHnp?Wi wi.h the Law, and 4cfK>?it< .i j .-.''Ui cavil w.t? th': CfMBptrwtlcr (?encrai, ?.fier \-r< t.~cr" ri :.. h'juscli'?l?s agnit.-t lus ordawta^? bj Ree : Phoenix Fin* 1 Jisur:it!.e Cotopan*.. . Brooklyn, X. V. Cash As-c?s. 81.70). OOO. Southern Lifo Insurance Company,ol Atlanta, Gi., Gen. J. li. GoBLnOi, President, M. G. MORRIS. See/ty. Security Fire insurance Company : ; Xew York, A*>etts, $2.017.SC3 Si. Gernsan Fire Insurance Company of New York, Asserts. 1.053.151 GI. Georgia lloni* Insomne* Cnn;; ? y. Columbus,??.i.. Assetts. i.;s.7^51 IO. Richmond Hanking ?:!> :r )nee Co.. < f Yirgiuia, Asset ts, 270. 'AQ 24. A. Wl?lTEj June 22 ?I?RDWAEEi Store, Main-st. uu3er Suuitsr Hotel La P. LO li IIS G , Messrs. King & Hiippaau. BAI.TinOKF, M. D. U'oul? respectfully solicit the patronage <.: i i? friends and thc punir?. UK ll AS IX STORE A COMPLETE Stock of Hardware and Family Utensils, etwbcaciOgcccry article in tt?i? tina of trft$it:ex.*f which he intet.di t? ?ell al tl.c LOT? rsx pitacEs, ron c%sia. He will keep alway? in -torc, a ertappte =.<. rt incn' <>f Collin'* A\c.?, Awes'.^uo'vis ami Spades, Trn-e Chiins. It. c>, Rake?, pitch F- rfc*. ??rain Cradic?, SoytLe Rta-W, GaMM Scirc?. Pocket an? Tal.Ie Cntlery, Bra?* P.cycrvit." K.t:!t>. Tin Ware, WineVrw t.Ia-:-aR fixes. Per>on? in want of ..ho Bloat con venita? sr.; economical St???*. <*an he yupplicl a'th th* latestiraf.n>vc?i pattern* a: nric-.-s wLich ?annr-t fail to give entire saiisfaction. June t5 FALL AND WINTER IT r. rn ITr \rn CASSI??ESE3, &c. i _ I am now receiving a Large and Complete Stock of FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING, OF EVERT DESCRIPTION. CLOTHS. CASSIM EKES, TWEEDS, Kentuckey Jean?, "f l-w gravies ?tM ??it che:'p. f Shills. Ili.lWrrS. I ndet vtfrt*. (??..ve* an<I Cravat*. Suspender.*, Ottary Hauke rchif fi?. Ac ALSO A FOLL SUPPL? IND VARIETY 1 3BE 'X': Ss . Xueae C<*o*ls I ?un ilctenaiwri t-. -vii !- -<r tli.m they ran bc bowhill in rbi* n ..-K.r. I?. .1 injj in rhi? line ah>nr. I ara ..?..!!.'. i <.? .!.? I .. I UBIJ ark BV ..??l .'r:t:?'T- :?. eal! . I . \ IN- . f, .Ttlri if thcj d** n?t tit. I M. j; -, 2- . .j. :<. I ii.-t expect Chem to ?uy. 1). J. WINN. Asreitt. ?v ->_ N o". ??: GROCERIES. THE ONLY ; i.v (?rocery i\\u\ Lu,;;.:.* \i< usc ? .\ ? < ? v. fp ll !" f X l> i: :. ? 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