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?k Mn?tt jflfltrhman. VOL. XXI_WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8. 1871._NO. 41 Itmeo Samaos Et Dona Ferentea.-Vire. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE._ The Sumter Watchm??. (ESTABLISHED IN 1850.) Il PUBLISHED K ".rt Y WEDNESDAY ?IORMXC AT SUMTER. S. O., BY GILBERT & FLOWERS. Terma One year...i... Six months. 1 tiree months. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate ot ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS per ...tiaro for the 6r?t. ONE DOLLAR for the second, and FIFTY CENTS for each mbaequent abortion, for any period less than three months OBITUARIES, TRIBUTES OF RESPECT an I all communications which subserre private a te res ts, will be paid .or as advertisements. ~1*??T TO DEATH. AN INCIDENTOFTHECAMPAIGN OF 'C3. BY FRANCIS WARRINGTON. D? CAMP. Thc army of Northern Virginia had fought through the second Maryland campaign. Gettysburg was lost. Vicks? burg had fallen. There was weeping abd lamentation in ten thousand South? ern hornes, and the hearts of our peo? ple were oppressed with sorrow and with care. Wearily and sadly "the barefooted boys" of the Confederate army had tramped along the dusty rctids of the Valley of Virginia, and now they lay in camp near quiet Orange Court Hoase. A week or two of rest aud quiet, au improved commissariat, ana a promise from the plausible quar? tet master, had raised tho spirits of both ??eers and men. The sword of the Sooth was agaiu keen and bright, and where was the laggard who did no' yearn for another bout with the foe ? As a staff officer in tie "Old First Corp*" I had managed to make my? self tolerably comfortable. Virginia tabacco and a philosophical spirit had something to do with my habitual tquanimity, and as I lay that August cveuing under a tent fly, in the woods cf Orange, there was no heavier care on my soul than was suggested by the appetizing simmer of the vesper bacon. No one was with me but my old chum and fpllow-officer, Charlie Vernon, who had been my bosom friend since the chances of service first threw us togeth? er. We had rolled in the same blanket. We had drank from the same canteen. Charlie had helped mc to dispose of an obstinate Michigan cavalryman. And I had-well, never mind about that. Chariie was deeply and desperately blue. After many attempts he had succeeded in getting a forty-eight hcura' leave, and was off like a shot about eight miles an hour in those days -to Richmond. But the bright but? tons and unstarnished lace of C. S. and Q. M. were more potent than thc stain? ed grey jacket, battered hat and dingy boots o? a man on duty io the field. Charlie was unceremoniously jilted, and gave himself up to the gloomy delights of despair. Nothing that I could say brightened his face or lightencned his heart. The blow, poor boy ! was more than he could bear, and I wondered how it would all end as he (os: cd to and fro in the shadow of thc pines. Suddenly springing to his feet, he cried out "Jack ! I can't stand this any longer. Excitement I must have. Action, work, motion-anything to carry me beyond myself." My only reply was in the shape of an invitatiioL "to taken pipe." "You are a nuisance, Jack ! You have no more feeling than an old stump." "Perhaps." "You don't care a ftraw for any wo? man. What would I give if 1 could only say the same !" "My son ? The motto of Captain J. C. Ilcvcrley is short and to the purpose -La heine est Morte. Vive La Heine. True ! I did meet a girl in old Sussex, not so long ago, who might have made me forget myself, but she is somewhere in Mosby's Confederacy, md I never expect to see her again." Just at this point, our colloquy was interrupted by the arrival of a courier from headquarters with a message that General Longstreet wished to see me immediately. It was not far to "Old Pete's tent, and when I returned Char? lie saluted me #ith a volley of question*. My reply was to yell out to my boy Aleck to feed ?od saddle my horse, and that of Lieutenant Vernon, as rapidly as possible. Lighting my pipe, I condescended to unburden myself in these words : "You want to know what 'Old Pete' is after now, eh ? In truth, I do not know much about it myself, except that all our flag-hoppers are out of the way, and Lieutenant General James Long? street has entrusted me with a highly important dispatch, which I am to deliver to a friend of oura beyond thc lines. The trip is a rather risky one, but" "Oh, Jack ! let me go in your place. I have nothing to lose, no ties, no one to care whether I live or not." "1 did not forget you, and the Gen? eral bas given me permission to take you with me. There is your pass-it is signed by Wralter Taylor, like minc. Sorrel says that is ail we shall want." Vernon fairly >eaped with joy, look? ing more like his old self than he had done since that woeful trip to Rich? mond. ON THE ROAD. A very frugal supper was displayed, and wheo we had strapped a blanket and oil cloth behind our saddles we were ready for the road. Our horses were fresh and in fine condition, and we star ? ted off at a steady trot. We had ridden some distance, when Vernon suddenly wheeled his horse and galloped back towards oar camp. Eren this did not surprise me, but I was astonished when he came whooping after me with a huge Chicopee cabre (captured from the Michigander) clattering at his heels. "Surely, you are not going to take that no?-7 rattle-trap with you ? Two pistols eaeh ought to be enough for men who mast trust mere to their wits than their m?sele." "That sabre goes, or I do not/' "Well, do not 1" "I do not mean that exactly, bat I crave a hearty, straightforward, whole souled lick at "somebody" with this old sabre ; though, to tell the truth, my swordmanship is more main strength and awkwardness than anything oise." There the argument ended, snd wi rodi silently OD. We were well mount is oo . 1 50 . J 00 ed. M j companion rode a poi black horse-clean-iimbed, fall cb with small, nervous ears, and j bright eyes. Charlie had dabbed Satan. The name was well desi for, lucas a non lucendo, his Sat Majesty was nearly unmanageable der fire. My own horse waa k throughout the corps for his rem ble speed and graceful form. Saltan was steady as a rock under The artillery storm at Gettysburg i ly made him prick his ears. He thoroughly broken, and would obe; slightest touch of heel or bands, as as the sound of my voice, j It was morning when we rea Sperryvillc, where we rested all Chester Gap and Front Royal were by the enemy, so we crossed the at Gravelly Gap, forded the spar! Shenandoah-Fair Daughter of Stars-and by sunrise were trave down the valley. There were ba barns, torn fences, fields laid w mills destroyed, but Sheridaa had yet swept like a devouring flame the garden of Virginia, tho heart the people were as trae as steel, there was abundant fond ind sheltei the errant Confederate soldier. All our ingenuity was taskfd to e the Federal patrols, but we pa "White Post" and Millwood unobse ed, flanked a picket, and recrossed Ridge. Now we were fairly within enemy's lines. My dispatch vas leai by heart by both of as, and hie about my person. I told Charlie whole instructions, and explained the dispatch mast not be allowed to into the hands of thc enemy. Then poshed on. At Upperville, we learned that road thence to Leesburg, where tl was a Federal garrison, was gen er clear, al t hough sq uads of ce. va I ry patro it every day or two, paying flying vii lo Upperville, Paris and Middleburg 3earch of the "pestiferous" Mosby his men. QUI VIVE ! The morning was bright and cl and we were both encouraged by good fortune which had attended Along each side of the road was a r ged stone fence. Through the wot beyond stole the glintering rays of t rising ruo. Vernon was unusually depressed. 1 animation of the first day's ride h wholly disappeared, and now he waa gloomy asa pauper's funeral. The t had too much heart for these toa times. A settled sorrow had co upon his life, and it was little con lation to koow that she who duj him was bearing the dull torment of unloving marriage. Our horses, strangely enough, wi restless and nu easy. A stroke of I spur was all that their winneyi brought them. A turn in th? rc was a few yards off, and tb< we hoped to find a boase wh< we might learn thc state of i fairs in Leesburg. Straw was scattez along the fence ; a broken gate 1 across the road ; but little we heed them until the sharp click of a carbi lock, and the loud challenge, Halt ! f wita startling distinctness upon t morning air. Instantly all our sent were on the alert. We were in a rn? -no doubt of it. A few paces front, in a fence corner, stood two Fe eral soldiers with levelled carbines. I far, our blue overcoats bad deceiv them. They did not fire. Our fii thought was to dash at them-they we but two ; but a second glance showed thc reserve picket not more than a ha dred yards behind. And, more dista still, a bugle was sounding "boot ai sad ile." All this flashed through tl brain in an instant. The picket chi lenged us-"Who comes there? ? mind was made up. Charlie, I felt, w ready. Gathering up my bridle reins, answered-God forgive me \-~uFrit.ndt The pickets carelessly lowered the carbines "Now for it, Charlie," cried. "Ride for your life I" "Our horses wheeled with the rapid ty of lightening and away we sped at sweeping gallop. Fortunately, "tl Tanks" were not armed with the ne fangled sixteen shooters, of which tbi gave as a taste later ia the war. brace of ballets hammed harmless over oar heads, and oo we weat at glorious rate. Aye ! and it did my hea good to press Sultan's heaving flan ki as he devoured the ground with h vigor?os stride. I looked at Charlii The devil-may-care look was again i his face, aod as we tore aloog he gail whistled a song. The Federal cavalry thundered be hied. They yelled like demons, an wasted many an ounce of lead ; bi their Government stock waa no mate for oar Virginia thorough beds and w forged steadily ahead. We were no near the Croas Roads ; reached thi point and we are safe. The Cross Road is bat a space or two from ns, and turn ?og in my saddle I take a pot-shot i our pursuers. Then rang oat Charlie1 clear voice : "Hurrah ! for Old Virginia Jael That was what yon might call tone andgo." I was about to reply when he sadder ly checked his hone. "God! God! old fellow, there's whole company of Yanks riding aloni the fence." For a moment we despaired, bat ou I blood wu np, and our henea, excita by the ran,-were equal to any exertion Swerving from the road, before the net comers had tine to fire, we rushed om horses at the heavy fence, and, with i yell, tore through the woods. The jag] was too much for Federal nerves. On? detachment rode np to the fen oe ant fired at oar retreating selves, whil< another hastily made a gap for theil comrades to scramble fchrongb. AT BAT. We kee* nothing of the country, and . % the pursuing cavalry gained upo rapidly. The pickets whom we firs countered were riding diagonally to na to ont off our advance. All the s?quences of captare flashed thro my mind-loss of reputation, injrji the cause, and a long imprisonment Northern prison. "Good-bye?Charlie. Weare lt "Never say die, old boy! Jump fence. There's an open field bey There we can, at least, have a fair and die game/' It was dooe and we dashed aero? field. Ballet and ballet whistled and did no harm. Soddenly Si makiog a convulsive spring, stagg and fell, carrying bis rider with 1 I sprang from my horse. Chi was unhurt. No word needed to ; between as ; oar resolve needed no pression. We mast die, bat die tog? er. The dispatch was destroyed, when I had grasped his trae hand, looked upon his face, now bright joyous, I was ready for the worst As soon as the enemy saw oar plij eight or ten of them dismounted advanced oo foot. The rest of the c rode slowly and cautiously toward Trae, there were only two as, bat tb might be an ambuscade or a mas battery or a Mosby in the neighborb G AD officer who was hagging i fence, called ont to os to surrender We laughed io his face. Then, whole party fired apon us. One ba pierced Charlie's hat ; anther plant I throagh my overcoat-originally Un Sam's property. They fired to lil Eu rp ose. At last their officer fai lashed, and ordered them to "close I and finish the-rebels." They came np. We fired togther i two fell. A moment more and they w i upon os. Two stalwart soldiers mi ! at me. I fired-missed ; fired agaic and one was done for. Tho other aia a desperate blow at my head. Harli my empty pistol in his face I grappl with him. His hot breath was on i cheek ; his eyes glared into mine, j Down he went and I with him. Ai ' staggered to my feet, a mounted m rode np behind me. My head seem I crashed ; I dropped to the ground ; I i io the last moment of consciousness ; seemed that I heard the clear riog Charlie's defiaot voice, aod saw t flashes of a sabre. IN YINCULIS. Wheo I straggled back to my seosi I knew not whether weeks or mont had passed since that memorable mor ?og. Gradually my sight grew dei and I found that I was lying on ti floor in a small whitewashed room. Thc slanting shadows were makriog tl dull wall with fanciful lines aod angl< My head throbbed violeotly, aod, raisii my hand I found that my temples we swathed io bandages. An nnmietakab blue coat stood near the door, and, as moved, he uttered a carse apoa tl rebels. Where was Charlie? It iras use le to ask. The "boy in blue" bad no tin to waste in talk. Eleven dollars mooth could ootpay for politeness to helpless prisoner. Wheo I agaiu came to myself I fe that some ooe was near me. Faint' aod wistful!? I called for Charlie. Tl ooly answer was a sigh, but surely tear plashed heavily OD my cheek, was no dream. A fair young girl kne by my side-the sweet Annie Lyle, wit whom I had wandered so often throng the quiet woods of Sussex. Aod whi a meeting. I-a wounded prisoner. She-a tenant, by sufferance, of her one pleasant home. Bat she had ot chaoged. She was still the graeefu gentle, truthful South -o woman . Clasping her haod I implored tidings c bim I loved For long my pleading wi in vain, but at length she consented t take me to him. Supported by her art I tottered into ao adjoining room. Ther be lay, colorless as the lily aod as fair placid as the moaotaic lake over whicl is brooding the shadow of the storm, i smile flattered oo his Hps as he saw mt He was dying. We were alooe, ao< throwing my arms around his neck, cried like a child. He comforted m and cheered me 1 He gare me lovioj words of promise acid of hope ! Aod a the last moment all the pent up tender ness of his oatare barst forth j it wai i sadly curious mingling; of deepest fee?iaj aod sportive humor-a strange blending of the dolours of love aod the glories o war. "And tell her, Jack, that my las thought wu of her. She was right - Tell her not to blame aoy ooe but th ii poor me. She did like me onee a little perhaps she will sometimes think of hil who loved too well to be loved io re taro. Juki Jack! I-hit that big Yankee square on the head ; he fell lik< a beef." HU strength waa failing rapidly. 1 gave him water, aod wiped the elammj moisture from hie face. "God knows," he continued, "that DC mao ever loved womao more foodly than I loved her. Aod she kissed me and said she would bc my wife. If it could have been ! I koew her so weli Aod she jilted me. Bat he cannot make hei happy as I could have doo?, though he twine her neck with Orieot pearls, tad 1 ehain with gold the oatorao sunlight ! tangled io her hair. Af it ie all that is left me is-to die. eire her thia riog ; '. a poor eompaniou for her diamonds, you 1 will say. Ask her to wear it for my sake: perhaps ?he will do that ferme. Aodwheoshe-. No matter. I am calmer now. I de not repine; and yet 1 to die-so aeon. Noter to. aaa her f again j Derer to hear the yell of oar ! gallant bop ; Diner to fight beneath 1 uttered flag whose erny rent and staio ' IB a glorio? epic of war. May God ? comfort her. They oty say what they wilUIor?4hOTtoth?la8fc,^ He toted, and before ao hour had 1 pasted tfe pore, lofty and gewtoas spirit bad flown to the seat of Infio Mercy sod LOTO. And then they told me that whe fell my horse ran np to me, and that jumping upon him, in the confosi Charlie might have made his escape Bat he threw himself across my bo and there fonght like a Paladin, ut he was shot in the back by one of valiant foes. WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE. Leesbnrg was near, why was I i sent there ? Only a dozen mer* rema ed at the advance post ; bat I kn that the Lieutenant commanding I detachment was awaiting some impc ant order. Early the next morning, I heard t clatter of a horse's hoofs on the he road, and soon afterwards a Federal o cer entered the room where I mood lay. Of course, he did not condesce to take off his hat or bow, but, ihre ing himself upon the solitary chair, said: "What is your name, rank a duty?" I gave him these particulars, addii that I had the honor of belonging tot military family of Lieutenant Genet James Longstreet, whose name he h perhaps heard before. "What are you doing so far frc your command ?" "I am on special duty." "What is it, and where are yo orders?" "I cannot answer your first questio and as to the second, my orders we verbal, so that I hare not a scrap paper of any kind about me to she what I am." He remained silent, bitin?* his Hr for a moment, and then said : "This game won't do ; it has be? played onee too often. We had detci mined to make an example of the fir man of yoor command that we cou catch, and it's rather unlucky for yoi friends that we happened on you." This annoyed rather than alarme me. "For what do you take me, sir spy?? .'And worse." "For General Lee, perhaps, or M Davis ?" "I know you. You are one of Mo: by's damnable gang of thieving, mu: dering guerillas ! "Well, sir; and what have they doc to excite your wrath ?" "Done! what have they not done We haven't a moment's rest. Thc are here, there and everywhere. Whe ever they see a head they bit it, and ai gone before we can get at them, wagon cannot go a mile ont of cam without being captured by Moslty. scouting party goes ont and dont cora back-captured by Mosby. Our offi cen are seized in their beds at nigh and are missing io the morning-cap turedby Mosby. We have hunted hil month after month, but cannot cate him. This house is one of his stoppin places, yet we oan never ruo him t earth. I tell you that this rascal 1 guerilla, Mosby, has done the Unite States more real hurt than any one di vision in the Rebel army. My inquisitorial friend boorishly too his departure. The day wore slowly on and Anni contrived to see mc. She was sad, vcr sad, and I did my best to comfort hei Tho dimpled hand was clasped in mi ic the fair head, with its wealth of ripplin; golden hair, rested on my breast. Yel the tears gathered in her eyes, an when I entreated her to tell me tb cause of hex distress abe tore hersel from ny embrace and fled from th room. Thia set me to musing why a womal should weep when she must be perfect ly happy. My reverie was eut short b; the entrance of the morose Lieutenant who, without one word of preface, tol< me that in accordance with thc seotenc of a regimental court martial, held tha morning, I was to be shot as one of Mos ?y's spies at sunrise the coming day. DE PROFUNDIS! My mind was so confused that it wa long ere I realized the extent ot rn; danger. For a time I could neithei think nor determine what to do. Tnet a thousand though ta and fancies ch as ec each other through my brain, until i seemed that my senses were leaving me Soon I became more calm. It was clea; now that Annie bad known my doom and the guard at my door, touched per? haps, told me that this boonie girl o mia* had to far forgotton her womanlj diffidence and Southern pride as tc plead for my life, or at least for a post ponement of the bon? appointed for m j execution. Her prayers were met with ! words of insulting disdain. It grieved me sorely that for my sake, she ha? [ ventured and borne so much. I blamed har for what the had done ; yet loved her all the more. She earn? to me again, and for hours ve sat together. The sweet misery oi those last moments must live while life shall hut. But it waa now near sunset, and wheo day should break I must dit I tore myself fram my sweet betrothed. The first violence of her grief had pass? ed away, and as she glided from th? room she whispered me to be hopeful still. Poor child. Thara wera no relations, far or near, to whom I could write. Annie would tall my friends-tell them thai I died like a soldier with my fae? to the foe. Poor Charlie I I did not think tc ?wt yon so soon. Only a raw hoars sleep and then the firing party and eternal rest Ii waa strange thai I could ba so calm AU ?jr 'aeneas wara preternaturally arate,, and I found myael trying hard te solve a psychological phenomenon myself. I knew that I waa to die-yat it could not ba ma. The toa! which could not parish teemed to watch with trariaaacare tho thousand thoughts whieh flitted tbrocgh the brain. It wai no? qoite dark, aDd ? threw myself npo pallet and tried to sleep. Perk; slept-I know not. Certainly I was an unusual noise io the yard one of the soldiess was speaking : "The cursed grey horse we capt from that Rebel captain is broke 1 again. Clean gone, saddle and b and all." "No matter," said another; "lg she won't go far; and the Heute won't want her 'till the shooti done." Thank God ! that Sultan was got sjone from these marauding ras Would that he could tall ?uto the h; of the gallant Mosby. I slept soundly, and when I awol was nearly day. There was still anguish of parting from her whom '. devotedly loved. Why does she come? She cannot allow me to without a word of farewell ! And y< might, for her dear sake, bc better Impatiently I walked up and down room. It is broad daylight. There knock at the door ; a corporal and a of men awa't me-the hour has co; Not a muscle quivers. My step is fi Thereshall be nothing in my cornea unworthy of a soldier of the Confedi acy. SHOT TO DEATH. As I passed out of the house, the f? edge of the morning sun tipped horizon. The woods were fresh ; green ; the birds chirp their mt Hymn ; all nature was beautiful ? serene. There, in front of me, st: the firing party. A mound of ea and a deep hole-I know what I Sorely I do not need a coffin as long that which lies near where I soon si lie! In the brief space of time cc sumed in walking to thc spot wh ?stand the firing party, a thous: thoughts and memories sweep throu my brain. All the vows forgot ? promises broken ; the faults rising to I bulk of mountains; thc good dc* shrinking from the range of visit Again, in thought, I am undor thc ri dy folds of the flag of the Som AgainjI see the sabres flash. I hear I ring of steel. The cneaiy break a flee in confusion through thc tangl woods. Charlie rides by ray side, as often rode before I could swear tba heard in the distance thc sound horse's hoofs. They wanted to tie my hands a j bandage my eyes-that I could r bear. The first warm rays of the s were shining on my head; I drank in ? glorious light of Heaven. I could d but not tn bonds like a felon. They were twenty. I was alone, alone. The officer in command-he w shot poor Charlie down-sutriy gran j ed my request. The firing party w I formed, and thc rifle barrels glisten io the sun. I feared nothing, hop nothing, but instinctively a pray I would rise to my lips. With quicken I pulse I waited. These last momcn j are as centuries of pain. Once more thought I heard thc clattering rattle hoofs. Then the word Ready !-I he my breath. Aim !-my thought Anni of God and thee. The officer opent his lips for the last time. There is a wild cheer a id a score I horsemen, pistol in hand, clad in tl beloved grey, dash into thc yard, was now man to man, and no favo asked, and in less time than it takes tell the talc, the Yankees were ftigitivt or prisoners. One mau lay in the brea light ; thc officer who commanded tl firing party was shot to death. And seemed all a dream to mc, until I hoar Sultan's proud whinncy. and an ari stoic around my neck, and sweet Annie voice whispered-saved at last ! All the new comers were splendid] mounted; each of them wore a brue of army revolvers. One of them wa addressed as Major. Ile rode a r.obl j black horse, and thc bright kecu fae? the lithe form, the cool decisiou of hi j few brief words, the hat with its sweep ing feather-all marked him as the fai famed -Mosby. Congratulating me heart ?ly upon my narrow escape, he told m that Annie had stolen away at night o my horse, and had warned him of m. danger, when he had hastily gathered handful of men together, and arrived ii the nick of time. Theie was no time to loose. All th horse, foot and dragoons in Lcoburj would soon be alter us. One oi th captured horses was made ready fo Annie. I mounted Sultan, and, alter : hasty visit to Charlie Vernon's grave we movjd toward Uppervillc. A finit decided to remain with some friends it the Luray Valley. There I left he; and returned to headquarters. No blamt attached to me, but I learned afterward: that if I had succeeded in delivering that momentous dispatch, the campaigr of 1864 would not have been fought. CONCLUSION. More than two years had elapsed. The war was over. I had been hit twice or thrice, bot had no reason to com plain. Charlie Vernon lay in Holly? wood where wreaths of immortelle* anc garlands of bright summer flowers caress his modest tomb. And the girl whom be loved so madly ? Well, as the hus? band ia the wife is, and she is matched to ?'clown ! As for myself, ? have given up all heterodox notion?, and my dear wife, who is looking over me as I write, grumbling because I don't write more plainly, say? that on? modest paragraph from the Richmond Dispatch, which she has carefully preserved, teils the sequel of my tale: Oo the 1st instant, at St. Panis Church, Richmond, by the Rev. Dr. Mionigerode, Captain J. C. Beverly, lata C. 8. A., to Misa Annie Lyle, of Faoquier County, Va. - Tba entire assets of a recent bank? rupt wera nine children. The creditors acted magnanimously, and lat him keep them. SPICE BOX. - Hope-Life's patent medicine, with which many are miserably deceiv* ed. - Pitch darkness bas been so im? proved as to read "bituminous obscuri rity. -Laziness is a good deal like money - the mors a man baz ov :t themore he seems tew want. - If tha Doge of Venice were to lose his sight, what useful article would he be converted into ? A Venetian blind. - A magisirate of Chicago proposes to mariy couples at one dollar apiece, if they will form clubs of twelve, and all get "fixed" a: the same time. - A carpenter of our acquaintance says that cheerfulness is the best paying commodity that can be brought into a shop. In his opinion, a man who whis? tles will do as much work in an hour as a grumbler will do in a day. - A young man ai Indianapolis, In? diana, has been under treatment for what is discovered to be lead colic. It was a long time before the doctors found out where he got it ; but at last the terrible truth came out. He had been io the habit of kissing a young woman who improved her complexion by the aid of cosmetics. - "I don't say, Mr. Judge, that the defendant was drunk. No, not by no means ; but this I will say-whee I last seen him he was washing his face in a mud puddle aud drying it on a door mai. Whether a sober man would do this, in course, I c .n't say." The court thought he wouldn't. The consequence was, the "defeudant" went up for sixty days. -1 Hallo, there, how do you sell wood?" "By the cord." "Pshaw I how long has it been cut ?" "Four feet." "How dumb! I mean bow long has it been since you cut it ?" No longer than it is uow." "See here, old fellow;you arc too all-fired bright to live long." - A man with eleven daughters was lately complaining that he found it hard to live. "You must husband your time," said another, "and then yon will do well enough." "I could do much bet? ter," was the reply, "if I could husband my daughters." - A traveler went into an inn after a shower, and asking the landlord to show him a good fire; "for," said he, "I'm very wet; and then turning to the waiter, he said : "Bring me a tankard of ale immediately, for I'm plaguey dry." - Does thc court understand you to ?ay, Mr. Jones, that you saw the editor of thc Auger of Freedom intoxicated ?" "Not at all, sir ; I merely said that I had seen him frequently so flurried in his mind that he would undertake to cut out copy with the snuffers-that's all. Cheraw and Darlington Rail Eoad. SlPKRlSTENDKST'S OFFIC?, } Cur.RAW AM) DARLINGTON K. K. CO., > CUERAW, S. C., January 2!, 1871. j OX AND AFTER MONDAY NEXT, tho 23d j inst, thc following SCHEDULE will be j mu by tho Tra:na on this Hoad: DO W.I TR/ IX. Leave Cheraw at.6.45 A. M. | Leave Orb's at.7.15 A. M. Leave So< iety Hill at.7.50 A. M. Leave Dove's at.8.35 A. M. Leave Darlington it.9.10 A. M. Arrive ai Florence at.10.00. A. M. I P TRA i.V. Leave Florence at..?..6.00 P. M. i Leave Darlingtun at.6/0 P. M. Leave Dove's at.7.30 P. IC Leave Society Hill at.8.10 P. M.1 Leave Cash's at.8.45 P. M. Arrive at Cheraw at.8.15 P. M. Other Trains make closo connections at Florence with the Trains to and from Charleston, and t? ?tnt from Ringville. Passengers t?r Wilmington and the North wiil remain at F orence fruin 10 A. M. nntil 5. 45 P. M. Fe hi. WINES, LIQUORS -AXD Tobacco. H LS KEY-N. C. Corn and Rye, ^ -Keatucky, Ry'tnd JtjF Bourbon,^-" tr1 (1 IN-Holland and Domestic, ^***c Y^UM-Jamaica and Domestic, r ? -? It KANDY-French and Domestic, > "f Z ) S* S" A LE AND ORTER-English and "g? g" American, z VVIVE - \ sherry? Purt? 5 ? * TV J Madeira and Scuppcrnong, ?*5 2 GE JIM AX lilTTERS-Kumtnel.Wig- S gins' Herb Bitters, -ALSO Chewing Tobacco, in caddies and J bozos, of great variety. Smoking Tobacco, all kinds, in s, 1, i and 1 pound package?. Segar?, a good many different sorts and all qualities. The abovo wc offer to thc trade low f?r CASH ADRIAN & V?LLERS, Jan 18 Wilmington. N. C. CORN AND PORK. 10 OOO BISIIELS C0RN' * 150 Barrels Pork, For sale by F. W. KERCHXER, Feb 1_ POTATOES A STD TOBACCO ArXCi BBLf^LANTINO AND VOX) BATING P0TAT0B8, 50 Boxet Chewing Tobacco. For Baie by P. W. KERCnXER, Feb 1 ?T. 28 jj 29 North Water Street. FOR" PRINTING ard BLANE BOOK MANUFACTURING and BINDING ioall its branches, go to EDWARD PERRY, U9 Meeting street pposite Charleston Hotel. PHOENIX IRON "Works, i John F. Taylor & Co. SUCCESSORS TO CAMERON Sc CO. Engineers, Boiler-Makers, &c, Nos.4, 6, 8,10 & 12 PRITCHARD-St. j (NEAR THE DRY DOCK), CHARLESTON, SO. CA? Steam Engines and Boilers, MARINE, STATIONARY A PORTABLE Rice Treshers, and Mills of j every description. Shafting Pullies and Gearing. Iron Fronts for Buildings, Castings of every kind in Iron or Brass. "We guarantee to furnish Engines] and Boilers of as good qual? ity and power, and at as low rates as can be had in New York, Baltimore or Phila-j delphia. AGENTS FOR JUDSON'S CELEBRATED GOV? ERNOR AND STOP VALVE, which are put on all of our Engines. Sept 28 Pacific Guano Company's! (CAPITAL ?1,000,000,) Soluble Pacific Guano. TniS GUANO IS NOW SO WELL KNOWN in all the Southern States for its remarkable eflecU aa an agency for increasing the products of labor, as not to require special recommenda? tion from ns. Its use for five years past has es? tablished ?tscharacter for reliable excellence. The large fixed capital invested by the Company in this trade, affords the surest guarantee of the continued excellence of its Guano. J. N. ROBSON. Selling Agent, Charleston, S. C. JNO. S. REESE A CO., General Agents Baltimore. January 4 _3m COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE OF LIME, FOR COMPOSTING WITH COTTON SEED. TRIS ARTICLE IS MANUFACTURED BY the PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY at Charleston, S. C., nnder the Superintendence of Dr. ST. JULIEN RAVENEL. When compost? ed with an equal weight of Cotton Seed, it.? results have been found fully equal to the best standard fertilizers. Its economy mnstcommend it to the notice of planters generally. For specific directions for composting and for supplies, apply to J N. ROBSON, Selling Agent, Charleston, S. C. JNO. S. RESE ? CO., General Agents, Baltimore. January 4_ Sm " CL AYED CUBA MOLASSES gQQHOGSnEADS PRIME CUBA MOLASSES. In Bright New Packages, FOR SALEJLOW FOR CASH, by 0- G. PARSLEY A CO., Wilmington N. C. Jan 25-31 WILMINGTON Iron and Copper Works MACHINE SHOP, FRONT STREET, BELOW MARKET, WILMINGTON, N. C. Dealers and Manufacturers of Steam Engines. Pea Nut Machines, Sugar and other Mills. Gin Gear, Cotton Screws and Presses. Torpeo ti rn Stills, and all kinds of Casting* and Machiner? raade or repaired. Als?, Packing and Beliing. Wood Moulding. Brockets, Newell Post?, .v't.iii Railing, Ac, of the latest patterns. HART & BAILEY. Sept 14_???. D. A. SMITH, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL OEALER RN Parlor, Chamber, Dining-Room. Office and Library Furniture Mattresses, Window Shades. Sash, Blinds end Doors Granite I root Buildings* Sept 14-fim] WILMINGTON, S. C. P. HEINSBERGER, BOOK SELLER, STATIONS! - A 50 Blink Book Manufacturer. nr.A LRR tx Pianos, Organs, Mclodeons, Guitars, Violins, Chromos, le. At New York and Baltimore Price? Sept 14-_WILMINGTON. K. C. FLOUR-FLOUR. ggQBlLS. FLOUR, For sale by Feb 1 F. W. KERCHNER. AXES-AXES. /JQ BOXES BOXING AXES, For tale by r. w. KERCUXBR Fttbl JOB W O liK o r EVERY DESCRIPTION ! PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT TUE I OFFICE OF I The Sumter Watchman, -rx THE Highest Style of the Art. YORK VILLE FEBSAL3 COLLEGS. YORK VILLE, S. C. TITE FIRST SESSION" OF THE COLLEGIATE YEAR of INTI, will begin on the ls; of FEBRUARY, and (duse OD the 20tii of JUNE The Second Session ?ill be?in on ;lie 26;h JUNE, and close on thc Oth ct NOVEMBER. This Institution is furnished with a full Corps of experienced Teachers. TERMS FOR THE YEAR. Payable one-half on Entrance-one Fourth on the 1st of July, and the remainder on the 1st of Oct.ber. Boarding, including Fuel an 1 Lights*...$150,00 Tutti n in Collegiate Course. 50.00 Tuition in Preparatory Department. 30.00 Tuition in Juvenile Department. 20,00 Instrumental Music anderea of Piano... ?5.00 Privat. Vocal Lo-?cni. 50,00 Vocal Lcs?ons in Classes. 17,00 Sacred Music. 5.P" French and German, each. 20,00 Latin and Greek,' each. 16.00 I will leave Florence on tlie 1st of February, and will take charge of any pupils goii:g to York.ilie. For Circulars ai^ply to Rev. JAS. DOUGLAS, Prcsldcut. .Those who pay strictly according to thc ahevo o-rms, will have their washiag dunc without charge. Jan ll 1m WOFTORD COLLEGE. SPARTA NRTL'RG C. H., SO. CA. FACULTY: REV. A. BL SIIIPP, D. D.. President and Professor Mental and Moral Sei noe. DAVID DUNCAN, A. M.. Professor Ancient Languages and Literature. REV. WHITEFOORD SMITH, D. D., Prcfessor English Lircrature. WARREN DU PRE, A. M., Professor Natural Science. JAS. H. CARLISLE, A. M., Professor Mathe? matics. REY. A. 17. LESTER. A. M.. Professor History and Biblical Literature. Thc Preparatory Sch "?ol, under thc immediate supervision of thc Faculty, Jno. W. SIIIPP, A. M., Principal. Divinity School -Rev. A. M. Shipp, D. D. Rev. Whitefoord Smiih, D. D.: Rev. A. II Lester, A. M. Thc first Session of the Seventeenth Collegiate Year begins on the first Monday in October, 1870, the sccor.d Session begins ou the first Mun? day in January, 1871. The course of studies and thc star.-lard of scholarship remain unchanged, but thc Faculty now admit irregular students or thoso who wish to pursue particular studies oily. The Schools also open at thc same time. Tuition per year, in College Classes, including contingent fee. $64 inCarrency. Tuition per year, in Preparatory School, includ? ing contingent fee, S .'4 in currency. Bills payable one half in advance. Board, p<r Month, from $10 to $15 in currency. For further particulars ad.1res? A. M. SHIPP, President. Sept 19 ly SCHOOL BOOKS! SCHOOLBOOKS! IN D ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF School Stationary, School Pens, Copy Books, and all varieties of Blank Rooks, Draging Pa? pers, Bristol Boards, Pencil?, Drawing Cards and Drawing Books, ar F OR G A TIE'S DOOK DEPOSITORY. NEW CATALOGUE, NO. I. FORSYTH-? LIFE OF CICERO, 2 VOLS. IN* one, with illustrations, third American e-ii tion.$2.50 Books and lidding: what Rooks shall I Read, and how to Read them, by Porter.2,00 The Bottom of the Sea, by L. Sonre?, (. he Wonder Library). ...1.50 Bronchitis, and Kindred Diseases, by Dr. Hall.1.50 Memoirs of the Life and Services of the Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter. I>. D.. LL I?.. Bishop of Pennsylvania, by M. A. De Wolfe Howe, D. D.?.00 Coughs and Colds: or. thc Prerention. Causo and Cure of vari o:-- affections of thc Throat, ?.c., hy Dr. Hall, author of ..Health by Good Living.'' Ac.Lil Religio Chcmici-E-Mvs by George Wilson, F. R. S. E. of Ediaburx-.,..2.00 Abbeys. Castle?, and Ancient H.?Its of Eng? land and Wales : Their Legendary L-.ro and Popular History, by Join; Timbs, 2rob.3.50 The Legendary Lallards of England au I and Scotland, compiled by J. S. Roberts... 1.00 I New Die ':< nary of Quotations, fr. rn the Greek. Latin, and M??lern Languages,with an Extensive [odes to every important word. .2.00 Wt.nderiu! Ball??? As -*m-A History ot Balloons, Ac, from tho French, by Mar? ion.1.50 The Coime HiMoiy of England, by A beck? ett, ?I h 20 colored Erching? ?nd :;..?) Woodcuts.C 00 Thc <"o:u:e History of Reme; by A. Beckett, illustrated hy Leed..*> 75 The Comic Blackstone, tv A. Brnkctt. wirb illustrations by Crw?ki?bai.ki'....$2.50 nod 1.50 Mother Go?n<e inn New Pr-?s, S? 75. >-oth er Goose** Melodics, v. -.:-. notes, luesic. j aa 1 an ?ccount the <?. .?* ?>!' the V*c goose Family . ' 75 (These are tko great ri.al editiotw??4 "l;<.;?r ?.Id Mother G i. .-e."; History of Ei'v'li-h Lit*t?tnr??. tn a Serif ? of Bi'graphical Bs>ays.by ?' ..ILr.LL D. 1 75 The Rudiments ot Color? and Coloring, with th? nature af Figmcnts?. ic. by Field.2.00 Th'-mas Chalmer*, a Bntgrapbical Ss edy, by Jus. Dodds. ... 1.75 From Egyptt?Sinai-Thc Esados offne Children of Israel, by P??f. Ga?esen.1.75 Memoirs of the Lifo and tvritincs of TU?-, ('balmers, hy hi* Son i?? hiw. Dr. li uni i. 4 vols.7.5o Memoirs of Wm. Ellery Jtmnning. ??rr. 1.x tracts from Correspond Mice, ic, - \ <>'.*. ..*:.:^,0 Miller's Almanac for 1S71-interleaved. A large and caned as*?HrluMf?;t ?I Pocket ?nd .tl er MARIES FOR 1S7I. Photograph Alberni, Writing Allum*. Ar???j raph Albums. Our v;>ri tie? of these beautiful articles ar? un-U'p.i'^-vd aro" .-heap. WRITING DESKS. W RI [TN? C ISES AND PORTFOLIOS, emhraring every variety of yt vies, fr< m $1 np to $2e. JUVENILE BOOKS. Especial attention h:is been giv -n to oor Ju? venil? Department. <>ur tteti.t is unusual >y large. a> d great care bas- hew taken tv select good books f.-r tho yonog <>f iii n^.-s. BIBLES AND PRAYER KOOKS. A I: rg-.* >t?ck ofKne)r>h Fx mil v and P-cVot Bibles an I Episcopal Pi: t? > r B??ks, ea? bracing all the newest edi'ions :ind Myles <.} bindings. The prices of Bible* ar. i Prayer Booki- Lave I . . n zrestly reduced. Our ? ..?<. V ? P TS *- l.-?r-.r.- .?? va? riety as can be had, aud ai ti.? REM'? ED PRI CES. N- B. Otrr MONTH LY LITERARY BULLE TIN will be sent FREE to perse:-.? :D the conntry. ?9~ Ptrsors r- si lit g in the ci.ntrv will please K-ar in mind, thai \-\ "ending t !*?".? rrder? to os for any booki published m America, they will be charged only the j r e?., of ibo I.*A * poy for the postage or exi r> ?s. Address Fogartie's Book Depository. No. 260 KING-STREET. "IN TUR P BND,) CHARLESTON. SOUTH CAROLIN \. Jan II FOh ALL KINDS OF Books and Stationary. Oe to EDWARD PEPJtY. 140 Meeting rhett, ..p .- .:(. Cha. lesion -Hite?. Ott "ra i