VOL. XXI ,7: ??,Jl..;:..'!TITPA?r M?RisrmGT^R??ltY 1, l^L N04?.
Timeo Dames Et Dena Fereutc?.-VIrg.
TM!V0TE? TO-LITERIT?RE. ^Oi??? ?T? AN?>^GENE5AL INTELLIGENCE.
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'-?wing to theiateucss of thc hour at
h ?ch General William N. Pendleton
: '-ooed his lecture on Lee last Friday
: :ght, we were able to give it only a
ry brief general notice. As the lee?
; re was a remarkable one and con?
! -ined many facts concerning General
je and accounts of important con versa?
inas with hint which have never been
.blishcd, we devote a great deal of
. *spacf* this rucrrniog to a full report
r - the remarks or G?nerai Pendleton,
.vinecd that we could not give more
: Cresting matter to the readers of
.'. o Chronicle and Sentinel:
That illustrious man was dear to you.
vf hen tidings came of his unexpected
.'eatli your hearts felt a pang as for one
:.jost beloved. So it was through all
(he South, and wherever civilization
has a home. Even \ 'ibiic enemies ren?
dered bim the homage of their affec?
tionate admiration. Never man moro
beloved. It was the rare lot of General
Lee to pass through a grand career un
; ssailcd by envy or ill-will. No officer
cr soldier iu all the Southern armies
..ver felt towards him otherwise than
with confiding veneration. Detraction
ihat assailed all others approached not
him. And the few poor creatures on
the aggressive side, who, with impo?
tent malice, tried to render odious this
noble resistance to tyranny, by calling
it "rebellion," and this stainless hero
by calling him "Traitor," have only,
while rendering themselves infamous,
attached glory to epithets thus associa?
ted. Yes, beyond any other man, per?
haps, that ever lived, was General Lee
dearly loved. You may judge, there?
fore, what he was to tn ose permitted
.0 bear with him the privileged oom
panionship of daily life and friendly in
(Imacy; and how, in speakitg of him,
1 am literally speaking "out of the
abundance of the heart."
Of General Lee's great military ca
.t-er it is not my purpose herc to speak.
With its main features you are already
more or less familiar, and it will con
;-titute the brightest page in the history
cf modern times. Chiefly of his admi?
sible example in the retired sphere of
usefulness which he chose after the war,
do I design giving a simple narrative.
But before entering upon this, there
are one or two facts coni-ected with the
close of hie grand career as the South
ern commander-in-chief, of which it is
proper that a few words be said.
.. 3T HE DID NOT EARLIER WITHDRAW
FROM PETERSBURG
'?as been asked? To my knowledge he
was perfectly aware, long before April,
1865, of the necessity for such wi:h
drawal, and bad fully resolved upon it.
Several months before he privately ex?
pressed this to myself, as I believe he
did to others in responsible positions.
At any rate, I received from him secret
instructions to send to a designated
point far in the rear all surplus atnmu.
nition, and to make arrangements with
the artillery, as the arm most difficult
of sudden movement, fur marching at
one hour's notice. His plan being
npidly to move back and form, if pos?
sible, a junction with the Southern
Confederate army, that by quick and
decisive combination, one or the other
of the Federal armies might be struck
with effectual force. With this plan
however, there was interference, which
General Lee deemed it a less evil to
yield to than to disregard. Its nature
may be inferred from a significant re
mark made by bim to myself alone, the
night of the 1st of Apr 1, 1865. Con?
templating the then thinness of his own
lice, its vast extent and the feebleness
of bis estire force, he sud "General, if
our cause fails, its epitaph may be
written, Died of Congress and the
Newspapers." The next morning that
thin line was broken hythe numerous
masses that at length adventured at?
tack, and we had to withdraw.
THE MASTERLY RETREAT
then begao. It has been asked why
cvea than so great a captain co old not
sccceed in eluding his much less skillful
adversary ? The reply is fouud in the
utterly reduced state of his army, and
of all Southern military supplies, with
the auperadded difficulties of inclement
weather and deep roads.
Amelia Court House, on the Rich
mond aaa Dauvilie Railroad, waa daly
reached-; "but supplies that had been
called for, and wore expected there J
were not forthcoming, while a large^
number of persons from Richmond,
OQIJ aH?ew-o?^henvhoweTar, wara re-L
liaMe sbldwra, ware-sfldea to the crowd J
we baa to provide, for. *ad protect.
For want of animals and forage a
large amount of 'wagons, aininnnition,
&c0Jiad-to be destroyed, and-the fcesj
drspxm?rotrs posai bte it?re made for tan
tinning with the remainder our retreat.
Detachments of tho en erny ateca by this j
time getting close. I hey bad to be
ir.e?Bfc off with A portia? of oar fo/ca,
while tba main body and trains - moved
on. Thus by day, fighting had ta be
maintained all along, and %isarchingj
chiefly by night " r :
It will be readily understood ander
what ln*etrsj(?isa^^
at cveiy stan, aocomp lished, when tea
vast immmmfj^?fjm\J\ oopm?
der ara considered, UH stnltitnd? of His
troops, and tba prodigious host of caval?
ry, comparatively fresh, a. his disposal.
That Geu. Lee succeeded as he d
so far foiling hitn; and in a consid
degree rendering such disaster as
to his rear divisons at Sailor's C
between Atne?a Springs aud Farm
is one o{ the most signal evidenc
his matchless power asa command
WHETHER GEN. LEE'S HEART W^
THE SOUTHERN -CAUSE
Has bean called in question by
interested in maligning that cause,
me meution an incident which u
the truth clear as day.
Having reached Farmville, in P
Edward county, on the morning of
day, April 7tb, our little army cn
the Appomattox again, gaining
Northern bank, aud destroying
bridges. Battle order was theu for
and the enemy approaching gre
with cannon in position.. One br
below, however, had not beer: destro
ind a corps of thc Federal army pre
upon us from that direction. Gi
my personal attention to thc def
there, I met jour own gallant iel
sitizeo, General John B. Gordon, i
iuciing thc fight, as was bis want, \
lash aud vigor. A iew words were
jhanged. He informed me of a <
ierence held some hours before betrc
himself, General Richard Anderson
Khers, iu which it was determiued t
uyself, as oue intimately associa
ivith the command-in chief, should
?equestcd to see him, if in accoTda
critb my views, and express to him
sense o? thc desperateness ot the s:
ition-and of the moral impropriety
wutiouing a struggle now clearly ho
ess-every man killed under such i
iumstances being, as we thought, ra
sr murdered than martyred. .My
)ression bciug iu the main of the sa
jeneral cast, I agreed to see Gene
.longstreet first, as next in conruaui
ieneral Lee. This, accordingly \
lone. General Longstreet met t
suggestion at first with his accustom
mperturbable resolution, objecting,
o to, to any thought of discontinui
he contest, and adding that he bel
'ed his corps, or what remained of
iould "still whip," as he expressed
'three times their number of Yankee:
Admiring his spirit, I readily acqui
?ed, but suggested the inquiry whetl
hey could withstand thirty times th<
lumber, aa they would have todo? L
o tiic sequel, fully agreed that Genei
^ee ought to be communicated wit
md I bogged him to go tn person at
ixprese his own scn.se of the situaiio
f for no other reason, to relievo t
jobie heart of the great commander
lie sense ci'solitariness iu his roigh
esponsibif ty. The veteran Lieutei
int General, however, cxeuscd Iiii
elf un the score of his being slow
ipeech, and requested me to represe
lim, with the rest, in submitting tl
itatemcnt of all this to General Lee.
gladly make this statement to thc ho
>r of General Lons6trcet-though di
"ering with that officer, as to hts rece
?ourse, wide as the poles.
General Lee was lying on thc groun
So other heard thc ouvcrsation be
.ween him aud myself. He receive
my commanicatiou, with the rep!
'Gracious beavens, I trust it bas n
;ome to that !" And added, 'Genera
^e hare yet too many bold men to thin
)f lay i ni; down our arms. The enera
lo not fight with spirit like our boj
?till do Besides, if I were to say
(vord to the Federal commander, li
?rould regard it as such a confession <
weakness, as to make it thc occasion <
lemanding unconditional surrender,
proposal to which I will never listet
[ have resolved to die first, and that
it comes that we shall fore.' through, c
ill fall in our places." I tell yo
friends, General Lee was the holde;
man iu ull that heroic baud. The Gei
?ral weBt on-"General, this is no ne'
question with me. I have never be
lieved we could, against the giganti
jombination for our subjugation, ' mak
^ood, iu the long run, our independ
ence, unless loreign powers should
lirectly or indirectly, assist us. Thi
[ was gare it was their interest and dut
to do, ?ad I boped they would so regari
it. But such considerations reall
nade with me no difference. We had
[ was satisfied, sacred principles t
maintain and rights to defend, for wiliol
we were io duty bound to do our bes)
aren if we perished in the .endeavor !
rhese were, as nearly aa. I can - reca?
them, the exact words of Geoera! Lee
so that carot critical oceaaton. You se
io them the soul of the man j what'-hi
conscience dictated, and his judgtoec
iecided, there his heart was.
THE SURRENDER.
Another ilustrativa incident, show?
ing the man, occurred a few hours be
fore the surrender. Engaged under hi?
instructions the evening before,. a mil?
or two beyond Appomattox C. H , ii
extricating an, artrKery e^mmaadj, o
which ead cfmiy asapeiate* /bad eaarge
and there exposed tb capture, ? wei
recalled by message from himself;. I
was 1, A. M., Sunday, 9th April, before
ihrougf :trre darJtaeataitd'datigW^ud
ceeded lu..finding, the General. .Hil
^sering, "Good morajog, QaKr?jl toe
his fresh neatness of d?ess,. as for jomt
imposing ceremony, surprised jae
Gea. Longstreet was with him. . After
a few words as.to the condition of thing!
io' front, where Lh^'Eee?'Tixt^elifed
my surprise both as to the advance oi
lae night and at his full drees, and
ventured to ask what it meant? Un
reply wat, "lam to be-Generai Grant's
prisoned and iateodf to raaie\it^:$^
appearance." >jH?#j
Still it was not definitely settled.
There was uncertainty whether his
terms ia response to General Grant's
^Tbe OeBew?, tW<fsre, kindly orged
me to get tome rea?, and at: theT daw*
?be governed by circumstance.* -*
. Those circumstances at daylight w
-active fighting along all oar Hoe.
DO time during the war did ch? boy
"gray" more gallea tly acquit the msc
and with more of dashing alacrity tl
on that memorable morning--driv
the enemy before them at all poi
and actually capturing their arti!)
at the very last moment. Just bei
General Gustar, of the Federal ari
passed myself, near one of our batter
uuder couduct of a staff officer of
oral Lee, with a. flag of truce, gi
captured from the enemy were bo
byrne to the rear in triumph. Imi
diately, however, the order came,
"cease firiug.": Ponorabie term? w<
couceded, and General Lee resolved
close the contest on the princip
announced in his inimitable fares'
address.
Monday, April 10th, was devoted
settlement bf d?tails, and on Tuesd
ll th, the handful remaining of tl
gallaut, victorious army, about 7,0
infantry and sc&rcoly 10,000 of all art
wasted by want under the enemy's d
vastatiugsystem, and by the dropping
of men, hopeless, in night march
sullenly yielded to, perhaps, twee
times their number, equipped with
thc appliances of modern welfare
spectacle of heroic constancy to princ
pie that conveys a lessoo Christ?udc
will not soon forget.
Sadly friend bade with friend fan
well ; great tears coursing down chee
furrowed and bronzed. And when the:
my hand grasped in adieu thal: of n
illustrious friend, grief choked utterao
on my part, his own calm, deep ey
were full to overflowing, and his wont?
melodious tones refused expression.
Thus we parted, each to such home ;
he had, and the great Southern Captai
if not "the foremost mao of all th
world/'assuredly among the fore?o
of the species, went well nigh unattendi
to thc residence of bis family in Rici
mond.
The above interesting account <
affairs from the breaking of the Cot
federate lines around Petersburg, ant
the fatal morning at Appomattox, whe
the Southern Cross suuk forever, w
have given iu full, because it is matte
appertaining to history, and treats c
important iucidents aud events whic
have never before been furnished to th
world. Of thc second part of thc lectur
wc give a tolerably full synopsis
FROM THE SURRENDER TILL HIS ARRI
VAL IM LEXINGTON. -
The lecturer described thc return o
the great commander to his home ii
Richmond. Ol' the terrible change
which he found there upon his arrival
Of the smoking ruins on every street
of thc presence of the enemy's soldion
and of the bitter humiliation of th?
once proud capital of a prouder State.
Geu Lee soon found that Richmont
then was no home for him, and accept?e
the lio?pifalilty of a noble Virgir.it
matron, who invited him and his familj
to live with her in her residence, situa
ted on thc waters of the upper Jame:
river. Thc lecturer then gave a bric:
aud.intercsting description of the little
town of Lexington, situated in thc
celebrated couotry known as the Valle)
of Virginia. He spoke of its beauiifu
situ?t iou in the centre of plains, ai
level as a carpet, as green as an emerald;
and as fertile as the valley of the Egyp
tian Nile, walled in on one side l?y the
pictu^que peaks of thc Alleghenies,
on the other by the azure crests of the
Blue Ridge, lie told of its first in?
habitants-the sturdy, industrious, faith
ful, liberty loving Scotch Irish-and
the stout blows for independence which
they struck ia the war of the revolution.
Of thc seats of learning there-Wash?
ington College and the Virginia Mili?
tary institute-and the patriotism of
the students and professors in each,
who rushed to arms at the first tap of
thc drum, and moistened the sacred soil
of Virginia witbu tho blood of: gray
. haired men aid striplings of sixteen and
seventeen. He said that soon after the
war??iftid?d. Washington College1 was
reorganized, sod a message sent to
General Lee on the upper James ssking
him to accept the Presidency of tire in?
stitution. With accustomed prudence,
Le? asked for ti me to consider the' pro?
position before returning an answer.
One evening, several days afterwards, a
solitary traveller, mounted on an iron
gray steed, rode across the mountains,
and drew the bridie rein just before
pight al the door of an ion in a little
village just beyond the monntaihs. A
few minutes afterwards aa ex-Con fed?
erate soldier recognized '/Marse Robert,"
and the news spread that"Lee had ar?
rived. The population of . the .villago
turned out en m?stet. surrounded the
ino, and begged the privilege of touch?
ing the old hero's palm. The next
morning be mounted his horse, rode
quietly into Lexington,and up to thedo?r
of the college, and dismounting an?
nounced that he had como to accept the
position which be had been tendered.
As soon es-i*;s^ koowa Abat Lee was
at the bea*bt^e'e?Mege large numbers
of students came . to it from Stifts
Sooth of the^o?o^aiic, ind in e alfcrt
' ti nut 'tpera - wera in atiendan w mors
than three hundred sod 'fifty young
men, the i^w^rnf ther-Sonrtieto ooah
try, who had co*ie there to be m oe: ld ed
and trained ie tho school of Lee. The
lecturer then gavo aa account of the
Which *?^ft\*M*t&*& .rfj*
of this great n*n than would vol?mes
t&l&tm- Qmrtoytea,;, "ka* ?os?
gmt men, WM sn eari? nser^aJsttri,
wioter or ?a?1???g3?Rr&fir Ks bed be"
fore gan tue? WPidlret waa soon pom
?%^^??il^ Mt.
eity. After the coapfttioi df his toilet,
?.*???tt--:?d?iy.- are eoe which faa
never neglected-was perform eli, 4t*t of
araving to Heaven for guidance an
assistance during the day. Descendit
to the sitting room the bell was roi
which summoned the members of h
household to family prayers, which tl
General always conducted himself. -
Breakfast then followed-a lighi at
frugal mea], for the General was nevi
a large eater. Breakfast over, he n
paired to the college chapel-which h
insisted npon having built as soon as li
was elected President-where all tl
students assembled.for prayers, whic
were conducted by the college chaplaii
He then went to his office, and devote
the remainder nf the morning to colle?
business-conducting the correspon
dence of, and exercising a general sc
pervision over the affairs of the colleg(
When the hour for dinner arrived, h
returned to his home. This meal wa
seldom eaten alone by Lee and hi
family, for he was the most hospitabl
of gentlemen and the most genial c
hosts, and any acquaintance who cam
to Lexington, or stranger who arrivci
with letters of introduction, was alway
invited to a seat at his board. Aftc
dinner, his old and highly prized battl
charger, and a gentler steed, bearing ?
lady's saddle, were brought to the door
and the General, accompanied by one o
the other of his daughters, would star
out for their evening ride. The Gen
eral was fond of horse back riding, ant
those acquainted with his habits whil?
io the army, will readily imagine tha
bot short time elapsed after bis arriva
in Lexington before he became perfectly
familiar with every road and bridle
path in the vicinity of the town. Not
was he more familiar with the road?
and byepatbs than he was with thc
people who lived upon the"m. The far?
mers, the laborers in the field, and thc
little children on their way to school,
soon knew and loved the good General
and were his acquaintances and his
friends. After tea, the scene ia Gen.
Lee's sitting room was well worth wit?
nessing. Around the table were gather,
cd thc General and his family. The
General, always fond of reading, was
engaged with his books and papers.
Mrs. Lee, whom General Pendleton de?
scribes as the noblest of wouicu and a
fit wife for such a husband, was reading
or painting. (Mrs. Lee has been a
cripple from rheumatism for eight years
and had to be wheeled about iu a chair.)
Seated near where his daughters-the
Misses Lee-generally engaged . in
needle work. When reading and work
grew tiresome, they were put aside and
conversation ensued until bed-time -
When that hour arrived evening prayers
were held and the General theu retired
to rest.
LEE'S LAST ILLNESS AND DSAEn.
On one fatal evening, in the latter
part of last September, General Pendle?
ton, thc pastor, called a mcetiug of the
vestrymen of his church, of whom Gen?
eral Lee was one. The meeting lasted
for several hours, and when it adjourned
it was after dark. It was a very incle?
ment night and when the vestrymen
were dispersing one of them remarked
to Lee, "weare sorry, General, to liavt
kept you here so late on so bad an
evening." To which th-2 Gener-1 re?
plied, "Oh ! never mind me. I have
bat a few steps to go and am enjoying
very good health." Rapidly travcrsi;^
the short distaoce whieh separated his
residence from the chapel, he wcut to
his house. His family, who were sitting
around the tea -table awaiting his arrival,
heard him go into the library, where
he left his coat and hat. Entering the
dining room, without speaking, he
advanced to the foot of the table and
raised his hands, as if asking a blessing,
when the attack came on, A cot was
at once brought from the next room,
upon which he was placed and medical
assistance summoned. After that night
he seemed to get better every day, and,
though be could not speak, the physi?
cians thought that he would soon
recover. He recognized any relative or
friend who entered the room, and when
his wife was wheeled in her chair to
his cot-side, would extend his arm and
clasp her band in his. And when his
daughters passed near he would stretch
forth his arm and draw .them lovingly
to his side.' For several days this state
of affairs oontioued, when one night
the night on which he died-a sudden
change for the worse occurred, and the
physicians declared that - General Lee
had but a short time to live. And then
one.of the most affecting and heart?
rending scenes occurred which bas ever
been witnessed. The dying soldier aud
Christian lay awaiting tba approach of
that grim and ghastly shade, "King of
"Terrors,"-yet whose swift fbot-steps and
remorseless scythe had no terrors for
bin who trusted in the love and mercy
of One, th? master of Death. - Io her
chair by bia cot, and, still clasping thc
hand that waa so loyal and so true, was
seated his grief-stricken wife. In an
aogony of sorrow bia daughters knelt at
his bed side with their young fices
resting upon the bosom of their dying
'father. At the foot of the cot stood his
?on, ?en,. Oust is. Lee-, with his head
bowed in woe and the ho? teardrops
iconjaing down his cheeks A little
apart stood his faithful friend and
pastorrGeneral Pendleton, bis. hands
raised in prayer, and bia. own voice
choked with emotion, -and hi* own -ey es
.diaHH&' moislQrc;-- 'Abd <hxax trhi'.s
wife, and daughters^ aid soo* ?pd pas
. torr and friend, prayed fronsp their
agotrhxed hearts to^cd^ the eyes of. the
itero closed in el?n^ste^p, bia great
.heart ceased to beat, and his soul winged
its s"'ft flight from earth to heaven:
faadayaftarKsdeAth.jConi^
allowed,tc see bia old commander, 'fie
wa?*ieB'1?t? the room whore the body
lay and ^??^'
wa?f*z*1?te?g.b?? ttepide OT her dead -
Tk?- lady withdrew, and the jogged
soldier galed opon the cold'fea^res of
the dead chieftain until, at last, over?
come with ?motiou, he pressed his lips
upon the marble brow of his General
and exclaimed, ''Would to God that I
could live like Lee, aud would to God
that I could die like Lee n
BK PA TIF. NT.
Bc patient with the little ones Let
neither their slow understanding nor
occasional pertness offend you, or pro?
voke sharp reproof. Remember the
world is new to them, and they have no
slight task to grasp with their uoripen- j
ed intellects the mass of facts aud truths
that crowd upon their attention. You
ave grown to maturity aud strength, j
through years of experience, and it ill !
becomes you to fret at the little child
that fails to keep pace with your thought
Teach him patiently, as God teaches you,
"a line upou line, precept upon precept;
here a little and there a little." Cheer
him in this conflict of mind; in after '
years his ripe, rich thought shall risc
up and call you blessed.
Bide patiently the endless question?
iugs of your children. Do not roughly
crush the spirit of free inquiry with an
impatient word or frown, uor attempt,
ou thc contrary, a long and instructive
reply to every slight and casual question
?eek rather to deepen their curiosity.
Cnovert, if possible, t he carelet-s question
into profound and earnest inquiry, and
aim rather lo direct and aid than to an?
swer the inquiry. Let your reply send
the little questioner forth, not so much
proud of what he has learned, as anx?
ious to know more. Happy you, if, in
giving your child the molecule of truth
he asks for, you can whet his curiosity
with a glitups of the mountain of truth
lying beyond ; so wilt thou send forth a
philosopher aud uot a silly pedaut into
the world.
Education is erroneously supposed
only to be had at schools. The most
iguoraut chiidrcu have often been con?
stant in attendance there, aud there
have bceu very intelligent ones who
never saw thc inside of a schoolroom.
Thc child who always asks an explana?
tion of terms or phrases it cannot un?
derstand, who is never willing to repeat,
parrot-like, that which is incomprehen
sible, will lar outstrip in "education,"
thc ordinary routine scholar Education
goes ou with children at the fireside, in
the street, at church, at play-every
where. Do uot refuse to answer their
proper questions, then. Do not check
their natural intelligence, for which
bool:s car, never compensate, though
von bestow whole libraries.
A HUAItTK^NDING SCSNS.
.1 .Hilliary Murder and ita Co nae
quencos.
A Northwestern paper receives di?
rectly from a relative of thc young
Hanoverian officer in question the fol?
lowing touching recital: The company
to which the young officer belyt.ged
captured twentyfive Fraac-Tireus, aud
upon inquiring at head quarters as to
their disposal, received orders that they
be immediately shot.-The duty de?
veloped upon bim. The young man,
though no coward, hesitated in the ex?
ecution of such a terrible duty, but in
order :?ot to appear too weak, he rc?
pressed his feelings,and had them con
ducted to a neighboring wood, where,
upon alittle elevation, they were to meet
their fate. Among them was a youth
of hardly eighteen years, with a gentle
ind almost maiden like face, in which
culture was plainly io be traced This
poor uufurtur.ate had uot the courage
lo die. He trembled iu ail his body,
and a stream of tears coursed down his
deathly pale cheeks. Suddenly fear
seized him in a terrible way, and before
the guard could prevent him he had
thrown himself at thc feet of the Ger
mau officer, and convulsively clasp?d
his knees nnd begged in unutterable
woe for his life. Fear gave him most
touching words of prayer; he besought
the deeply grieved officer by his own
parents not to rob them cf their only son.
It would h ive moved a stone. The
heart of the young German swam in
tears; still, he dared not disobey his
military duty. It was the most fearful
moment of his life. The youth was led
back to the fatal spot, and in another
moment his misery was at an end-the
halb had riddled his heart. The feel
ing cf pity, however, so overcame the
noble young German that he fell iuto a
swoon. He awoke a madman, and is to?
day io au asylum in Germany.
CAN'T RUB IT OUT.
"Dou't write there," said a father to
his son, who was writing with a diamond
on his window.
"Why not ?"
"Because you can't rub it out."
Did it ever occur to you my child,
that you arc daily writing that which
you can't rub out ?
You made a cruel speech to your
mother the othtrdny. It wrote itself
on her loving her.rt, and gave her great
pain. It is lhere uow, aodl hurts her
every lime she think* of it. ??o can't
rub it out.
. You wished a wicked thought one
day in thc ear of your playmate. It
wrctc itself oo his mind, and i?d him to
do a wicked act. It is there nc~ ; yon
cau'i rub it ont.
All your thoughts, all your words, ail
your acts, arc writ reo iu the book of
God. The record is a very s id one.
Yon can't rub it out.
- A G uaiot writer says : I have seen
women so timorous that they wera
afraid to ride for fear the h orso would
jan away ; afraid to sail for fear the boat
might upset; afraid ti walk at early
dawn for fear thc dew.might fal);?at I
never saw one afraid.to he married,
whieH ia far more1 -hasardons than, all
tiffed put together." . '-''jr .
?7SE KIND.wO?D?.
! There is a kind way of saying very
severe things, and even rebuke may be
given in gentle words. The children of
, the poor, who form the balk of oar
j Sunday scholars, are too mach accus
I tomed to thc harshness al home, to be
: much influenced for good by it at school.
. My idea of a Sunday-school is, that it is
, a place where a child may come and find j
i refuge from the sorrows, small though
they be, of its daily life j that within its
walls, children should feel in an especial
manner within the Saviour's influence,
because there holy love reigns as it did
and does within His breast. ''Suffer little
children to come unto me," the Saviour
says. It is not, "Bring them to me,"
"Make them come." As if Ile would
say, "They will come readily, if you hin?
der them not. Now, kind words spoken
by the teachers of our Sunday-schools
will draw scholars to the school, and may
draw their hearts co Christ.-S. S.
World.
DANCING.
Kev. Dr. Bond, of the Baltimore
Christian Advocate, thus touches up
balls and ball-goers.
Many of our young women are
entirely destitute of resources of self
enjoyment.-Unless^ in company, or
anticipating it, their ennui is dreadful;
and when in company, as they have
nothing io the world to say that any
human being can long endure to hear,
and as they are incapable of compre,
bending what any intelligent person
might attempt to ?communicate, the
only resource is to dance. They can
do that without brains ; in fact, it is
the ultimate provision of exhauster
society for the brainless. And a
wonderful provision it is which enables
a graceful idiot to bear the palm over
the less muscular woman of tho highest
intellectual and moral cast, which gives
to man's legs the supremacy over al
that constitutes -the imagine of God.
- A wag was requested by an old
lady to read the newspaper for her.
Ile took it np and read as follows :
Last night, yesterday morning, about
one o'clock in the afternoon, before
breakfast, a hungry boy, about forty
years old, bought a big custard for a
levy, and threw it through a brick wall
nine feet thick, and jumping over it,
broke his rite ankle off above his left
knee, and fell into a dry mill-pond and
was drowned, about forty years after
that, on the same day, an old cat had
nine turkey gobblers ; a high wind blew
Yankee Doodle on a frying-pan, and
killed a sow and two dead pigs at Boston,
where a deaf and dumb man was talking
to his Aunt Peter."
Where upon the old lady, taking a
long breath, exclaimed : "Da tell!"
- Some few years since, one of the
clerks in a prominent banking-house of
Albany, having had an intimation that
it was proposed to dispense with his
services, boldly entered the private
office of the President and said: "Mr
President, I have made up my mind
that the interests ofjthis ''bank require
that either you or myself should leave
its? service. As you are the leading
owner of the hank, and have a large
family to support, I have concluded to
leave you in vour position and retire
my>elf." The young man "retired/,
- A Clergyman was once endeavoring
to get a subscription in aid of some
charitable institution out of a close?
fisted parishioner, who attempted to
excuse himself on the ground that he
already owed a great deal of rooney
"But," said the minister, "you owe
God a larger debi than you do any one
else." "That is fro, parson j bat then
he tin's pushing me, like the balance cf
my creditors."
- Two young ladies and an Irish?
man were conversing on age, when one
of them put the home question : "W-hich
of us do you think is the elder, Mr. H.?"
"Sure," replied tho gallant Hilbernian,
"vou both look younger than each
other."
-A thing worth doing is worth
doing well. A thing worth advertising
is worth advertising weil. A newspaper
worth advertising in onoe is worth
making a contract with.
-To make a man realize an idea as
you realize it, is what is necessary to
make him understand his needs.
Advertisements should aim to placd a
matter so clearly bofore the public that
they see it as clearly as the advertiser
does.
Sitting in tfaae of prayer is utterly
without warrant in the Bible, and
contrary to thc whole spirit of the
Christian ? eligioo. "Oh ! come let as
all Ioic dorm together ; lei us kneel
before the Lord our Maker.
-Sprigglcs, Gue da^batjjeummer,
hired a boat and a mau to row it, on
trust. After they got oat a little way,
Spriggles remarked that be thought'it
was rather a row mao tick excursion.
- A certain Boston clergyman, Jwh o
recently had an umbrella stolen from
his hall, thinks thai tho thief is likely
to bring up ia the world where neither
overcoat nor umbrella will be essential
to comfort.
- The following was an advertise?
ment in a Tennessee paper: "Lost or
straie from the scriber a shene all over
white-one leg waa black and half h is
body-all persons shall .receive five dol?
lars to bring h im. He waa.a she gote.'?
-Beys artUtke ?tn^gar-the mor
"tBoftht^JlaWrai m them tb* sharpe
they become. *ej
- HeteCw a touring eonfessisn
from and editor. .'"Our' tais turkey
wa*a?ae"Vird : it hai scales oa its badi,
an? ^liy**"1 frou?? Shelled No.
-A. CARD
HAVING WITHDRAWN FROM THE
Shops on tho corner of Sumter and Liberty-Sts.,
I now inform my friends and the public general
ly that I hare established myself on Liberty-St.
at the shop? lately occupied by T. J. Coghlan
where I am prepared to fill all orders in the
COACH OR WAGON LINE, and do all kinds
' of Plantation work and Jobhing generally, on as
reasonable terms as honest work can be done.
Wagons of all sisea made to order at Philadel
? phis prices.
Thankful for past favors I solicit s continua
j tien of the same, pledging myself to give satis?
faction.
W. J. ANDERSON.
Sumter- S. C., Jan 4,1871 lm
SHERIFF'S SALES
BY virtue of sundry Executions to me directed,
will be sold at Sumter Court Honse, on the
nt Monday and day following in February next,
within legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder,
for cash, the following property, situated in Sum?
ter County. Purchasers to pay for titles and
stamps.
No. I.-One Honse and Lot, corner of Church
and Republican streets, bounded North by A. J.
Moses's lot and residence, East by lot of A. J.
China, South by Republican street, and West by
Church street.
No. 2. One House and lot on Republican street,
occupied by Aeberry L. Singleton, bounded north
by Tacan t lot of A. J. Moses, East by Store lot of
A. J. Moses, South by Republican Street and
West by lot of F. L. Green.
No. S.One House and Lot on Republican street,
now occupied by J. F. Bryant, bounded North by
lot of H. H. DeLeon, Trastee, East by lot formerly
owned by Mrs. M. L. Cohen, South by Republi?
can street, and West by lot formerly owned by
M. Moses.
No. 4.-One House and Lot in Sumter street,
bounded North by lot of A. J. Moses, East by
lot of A. J. Moses and Mrs. M. C. Clark, South
by lot of F. L. Green and A. J. Moses, and West
by Sumter street
No. 5.-Lot and Buildings near W. C. A A. B
Depot, containing three acres more or less, bound,
ed North by land belonging to W. C. k A. B. B
Co., East by public road, South by-Branson.
and West by lands of Jacob Williamsand oth?
ers.
No. 8.-Lot on Sumter-strect containing three
fourths of one acre more or less, bounded North
by lot cf B. Folsom and Mrs. M. G. Clark, East
by lot of Mrs. M. C. Clark and A. J. Moses, and
West by Sumter street.
No. 7.-Twenty Fire Acres of Land, more or
less, bounded North by Calhoun.street, East Ly
W. H. Girardeaa'a lot J. H. Eberhart's lot, Wm.
Laidler's let L.jW. Joye's lot, Wm. Y^adon's lot
and A. A. Gilbert s lot South by Republican st.
and West by J. D. Standing's lot
One Aero and a half, more or less, to the North
of Calhoun street adjoining lands formerly owned
by J. L. Hayns worth, Henry Haynsworth and H
L. Darr.
One Lot of Land, containing six acres more or
lass, embracing rice field, bounded North by Re?
publican street Bast by Methodist Parsonage
?ot and Catholic Church lot South by Liberty
street, and West by lands of J. D. Blanding.
No. 9.-One Tract of Land in Sumter County,
known as the Robert English Mill Tract, con?
taining 1000 aeres more or less, adjoining lands
of E. J. English, and landa fonnelry of Irby
S. Wella, and other lands of A. J. Mo?
ses.
No. 10.-Ona Tract of Land in the County of
Sumter, known as the Wells Tract containing
353 aeres, more or lesa, bounded on the North by
lands of John S. Bradly, on the East by lands of
Estate of E. Durant on the South by lands of
J. B. McEaw, ?ad Westby lands of A. J. Mo?
ses.
No. II.-One Tract of Land in the County of
Sumter, containing 310 acres more or less,
adjoining lands of R.J. English, Locklear, Wm.
Keels, and land formerly belonging to Wm-jMims
now of Betty Phillips and land of said Michael J.
Morris*
No. 12.-One Tract of Land in the County of
Sumter, known as the Sumter Tract containing
600 acres more or less, adjoining lands of Jack?
son Newman, and lands formerly Blanding,
Ayeook, Fullwood, Fort, and Dr. W. T. Brog?
den.
No. 13*-Fifty Acres of Land, mo.e or less,
near the town of Sumter, known as the Brick
Yard Tract consisting of four small tracts pore
chased by said A. J. Moses from Thos. J. Cogh?
lan, T. M. Baker, Caroline Deas and W. F* E.
Hainsworth, Esq Executor, adjoining: lands of
F. J. Moses, W. F. B. Haynsworth, Executer,
W. L. Branson, Jeptha Hendricks, and lands
formerly owned by Mrs. Charlotte Bossard.
No. 14.-The interest ef said A. J. Moses in
the tract of land known as the Berry Tract
containing 450 eeras more or lass.
One Honse and Premises tn which the Defend?
ant resides, bounded North by Jesse Thompson's
lot and land of A. A. Solomons, East by Wash?
ington stseet South by lot of A. J. China and
lot occupied by Wianges and Weat by Church
street.
One Store and Lot corner of Main and Re?
publican streets, bounded North by lot of J. S.
G. Richardson and Mrs. Ciar':, East by Main
street South by Republican stree?, and West by
lot of A. J. Moses, now occupied by Ai berry
Singleton.
The Hotel Lot and baildinga thereon, including
the Store on the comer of Main and Liberty sreets
aLu Workshops thereon, bounded North by Court
House square, lot of J. D. Blandios; and Samuel
May rant, East by Main street and Store, occupi?
ed by A. J. China, South by Liberty-street and
West by Sumter street
Four Mules.
Four Hortes.
Seventeen Head of Cattle (Cows Calves and
Yearlings.)
Four Sows, Twenty Pigs and roer Shoats.
Four Hundred Bushels Corn, more or leos.
Two Thousand Pounds Fodder.
Fifty Bushels Peas.
fifteen Hundred Bushels Cotton Seed (more or
less.)
One old Gin.
Three Wagons.
One Cart
One lot Gear.
One Carriage and Harness.
Ooe Buggy.
One lot Ploughs, Plough Stocks, Hoes, Axes,
Ac
One remnant of Stock of Merchaadke.
Two Iron Safes.
Household Furniture.
Kitchen Furniture
Levied upon and to be aold as the property of A.
J. Moses, at tba separate snits of Ingoldsby A
Heisted A Cc, J. D. Blanking and Peter M.
Butler, Lanier, Brother A Co.. Crane. Bo Irton
A Co., S. Stetthelatf r and various other Ex?
ecution creditor*, against tba said A. J. Moses.
Ono Tract of 325 Acree ot Land moro or leas in
Sumter County, on wa'er* of Black River, ad?
joining lands of Moaes T. McLeod, Sam Lacoste.
John Montgomery, Harv?? Wilson, levied noon
. as the property of Estate of Margaret McLeod, at
tba suits of John McLeod against George McLeod
Executor of Margaret McLeod, to be resold at
tba risk ef the foncer porch****.
One Tract of487 Acres of Laad more er leas,
in Sumter County, adjoining lands of Jame
Bootu, Nrthaaiel Bradford and others, levied on
aa th? property of Ervin A. Brown, at the suits
of Brown. Winn k Cc, White A Lea.
Delead?nt's interest in one Tract of 100 acres
of Land, more cr less, in Sumter County, on
Poeotaligo Swamp, adjoining lands of A. L.
Jones, Turoar Davis, Harrison Brown, levied
apon aa tba property of James Scurry, at the
suits of A. J. Mases, Dudley E. Hodge, F. J
(AM- Moses, ?Ratest James Scurry, and Fox
f worth, Biaba-Jlcon A Oe, against James T.
Sentry. ~
One "Lot hi I?-?Town of Sumter a iib a Store
Honse wad Dwelsmg thereon on Liberty street,
adjohrieg sets ni ??r anted by Groan ?tr Walsh,
and J. J. Hennegar JbTl?d upon as the pmpertj
of G. W. Reasdont-Ti the snits of Hartman A
WkReaTtl, VTmv WtStr A Co., and Reise A
Sous
^T. T. J. COGHLAN.
Sheriff Sumter County.
Jtnnary2S,l87K
ASPECIALITY, FLOUR SACKS, PAPER*
-, BAGS and WRAPING PAPER,
At EDWARD PERRY"?.
U? Meeiing-arrcet, ?ppaaiu Okarla-Moa E?M
Ocr 5 6IB
JOB WORK ;
EVERY DESCRIPTION
PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT THE v ^>
OFFICE OF
The Sumter Watchman,
-IN THE- ?
Highest Style of the Art.
PACIFIC
Fire Insurance Company,
-OF
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
ASSETS..?1,700,000 GOLD.
Security by State Law.$25,000,000 GOLD.
Largest Fire Insurance Company in America.
Policies issued payable in Gold if desired.
2 A. WHITE, Agent,
Jan 18 Sumter, S. C.
WINBS, LIQUORS
-AND
Tobacco,
?^yHISKEY-N. C. Command Rye,
;-Kentucky, Ry and >|p
Bourbon, -* g*
IN-Holland and Domestic, jg*1 0
i-i cc -,
UM-Jamaica at?d Domestic, f ST'S.
ts- g
RANDY-French and Domestic, > ? Z
A LE AND ORTER-Englisb and f
American, 57 a?*
WINE - \ s*?^? Port' S R- *
VT ) Madeira and Scuppcrnong,!'^
&ERMAN BITTERS-Kumtncl, Wig- S
gins' Herb Bitters,
-ALSO
Chewing Tobacco, in caddies and J boxes, of
jeat variety.
Smoking Tobacco, all kinds, in ?, ?, * and 1
lound packages.
Segara, a good many different sorts and all
[ualities.
The above we offer to the trade low fer CASH
ADRIAN & V?LLERS,
Jan 18 Wilmington, N. C.
CL A YEO
3??BA MOLASSES
2QQHOGSHEADS
PROIE CUBA MOLASSES.
In Bright New Packages,!??2
?"FOR SALEU.OW FOR CASH, by
O. G. PARSLEY A CO.,
Wilmington N. C.
I Jan 25-3t
HARDWARE
?tore,
Main-si. mider Sumter Hotel.
L. P. LORING,
-Aexar ron
Messrs. King & Huppman,
BALTIMORE, 91. D.
fonld respectfully solicit the patronage of his
riends and the public
HE HAS IN STORE A COMPLETE"
Stock of Hardware and
Family Utensils,
mbracing every article in this line of business,
rhieh he intends to sell at the
LOWEST PRICES) FOR CASH.
te will keep always in store, a complete assort?
ment of
Collin's Axes, Ames'Shovels and Spades,
Trace Chains, Hoes,
Rakes, Pitch Forks,
Grain Cradles, Scythe Blades,
Guano Seives,
Pocket and Table Cutlery,
Brass Preserving Kettles,
Tin Ware, Window Glass-all sites.
Persons in want of the most convenient and
eonomical Stoves, can be supplied with the
itest improved patterns at prices which cannot
?il to give entire satisfaction.
June 15
FALL AND WINTER
CLOTHING.
C?SSIKEEBES, &c.
[ am now receiving a Large and
Complete Stock of
FALL AND WINTER
CLOTHING,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
CLOTHS, CASSIMKRKS, TWEEDS,
Kentuckey Jean?, of low grades and very
cheap.
Shirts,
Drawers,
Underveets,
Gloves and Cravats,
Suspenders,
Colls.-?,
Socks,
Haakerchiefs, Ac,
ALSO A FULL SUPPLY AND VARIETY 0
X? -?k "2? S3 .
Ummmkmm rffcje> ~ ts?? ts
These Goods I am determined, to sell lower
than they can be bought in this market. Deal?
ing in this line alone I aen enabled to do (bis.
I only ask my old friends to call and examine,
and if t bey do not find my goods cheaper, I will
not expect them to bay.
D. J. pWINNt Agent.
S?pt 28
D. A. SMITH
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER Et
.Parlor, Chamber, Dining-Room,
Office and Library
Mattresses,
Window Shades,
Sash,
Blinds .tn-* Doora,
Granite f rsat Boiidiogs,
Pep* H-6m] ' WILMINGTON j N. C.
FOR ALL KINDS OF
[Books and Stationary,
Go tn EDWARD PERRY.
lt?, Meeting st cet, epfwsite Cbaxk*B>a U<?*? 1.
.lt ^ Co.