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1 VOL. XXT_WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1871. _ NO. 47.: TlBMO Darna o? Xl Bona yereatea.-V?rc DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. The Sumter Watchman. {ESTABLISHED IN 1850.) 18 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY NORNING AT SUMTER. S. C.? BY GILBERT & FLOWERS. Terms. Ono vesr.$3 00 { Six montis.~.~. 1 ?0 Th rae months.-. . 1 ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rste of ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS per square for the first. ONE DOLLAR for the seeonii, a n.J. FIFTY CENTS for eaeh subsequent nsertion. for any period less than three months OBITUARIES, TRIBUTES OF RESPECT ead all communications which subserve private Btareats. will be paid tor as adrertisements. Sr. Tuft's EXPECTORANT FOR Coughs, Colds, &c For the Speedy Relief and Per? manent Cure of CONSUMPTION, Bronchitis, ^LStLtL?^? COldS, A nd all Diseases of the Lungs, Chest, or Throat ? 1M?E EXPECTORANT is composed ' exclusively of Herbal and Mucilaginous products, which Permeate the very Substance of the Lungs causing them to throw off the acrid matter which collects ic the Bronchial Tabes, and at the same time forms a soothing coating, relieving the ir? ritation which produces the cough. The object to be obtained is to cleanse the ergan of nil impurities; to nourish and rtrength en it whea it has become impaired and enfeebled bj disease; to renew and invigorate the circulation of the blood, and strengthen the nervous organ? isation. The EXPECTORANT does this to an astonishing degree. It is active but mild snd congenial, imparting functional energy and natural strength. It affords Oxygen to vitalize the blood, and Nitrogen to assimilate the mat? ter It equalizes the "narrons influence," producing quiet snd composure. TO CONSUMPTIVES It is invaluable, as it immediately relieves the diacult breathing aud harrassujf cough which attends that disease. FOR ASTHMA It is s specific-one dose often relieving the dis. tressing choking, and producing cala and pies saut repose. FOR "CROUP No mother should ever be without a bottle of the EXPECTORANT in the house. We have numerous certificates of its having relieved, almost instantly, the little sufferer, when death appeared almcst inevitable. MOTHERS BE ADVISED! Keep it on Hand ! This dread disease requires prompt aetioa ; as sooa as the hoarse, hollow cough is heard, apply the remedy, and it is easily subdued; BIT TUE DELAY IS DANGEROUS! "iSU The properties of the EXPECTORANT are demulcent, natritizc, balsamic, soothing, and healing. It braces the nervons system and pro? puces pluasant and refreshing sleep. It Exhilarates and Relieves Gloominess and Depression. Containing all these qualities in a convenient and concentrated form, it has proven to be the MUST VALI ABLE LIING BALSAM ever offered to sufferers from Pulmonary diseas? es. Prepared by sVM. H* TUTT, AUGUSTA, (IA. SSS Sold by Druggists everywbore. Nov 18 Sm PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY. Pictures ! Pictures ! ! Pictures ! ! PHOTOGRAPHS; FERROTYPES, AMBROTYPES, aaa PORCELAIN PICTURES. These Pictures are now taken at the Sumter Gallery, in all sizes and styles-np to life size. Recent improvements have been brought into requisition, and the undersigned feels confident that beean produce as -erfect and well finished Pictures as can be obtained in the S ts tc. Copying from Old Likenesses, and the original lineaments of the picture folly reproduced. J. J). WILDER. Oct tf REEDER & DAVIS, COTTON FACTORS, AND General Commission Merchants, ADGER'S WHARF, Charleston, S. C. Oswell Reeder. Zimmerman Davis Oct 19_6m_ CHARLESTON HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. This well koowa and popular FIRST-CLASS HOTEL, situated hi the teatra of the city, and also io the centre of the Wholesale Business Houser, affords faeilitiee, comforts sad attention to Travellers for Pleasure and Merchants on Business, second to sons in the United States. Oct 26 tm THE MILLS HOUSE, PA RKER & POND, Proprietors, Charleston, S. C. HAVING been recently and thoroughly n orated and repaired, ts DOW tba wost comfortable and luxurious establishment South Kew York. Nov 9 6a A Hearty Old Virginia WelcoLie AWAITS YOU AT HEWITTS GLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA. W. C. HEWITT, Proprietor. Jan _ ._tf_ PA VIL1 ON HOTEL, CHARLESTON, Se C. BOARD. PER DAT. $3.00. BOBT. HABTLTOB1, MBS. B. S?. B0TTSSFI8LB, 61? perin tendea t. Proprietor Oat?_ ^ , , , , CLEANING AID Mm|M| TJ?T UBDSZSI?X?. Wooli, rarpectfully annoBEoe to the eitixens of Posner County, that be has taken a room ?n tao rear ft'J*?ee ft*ttfy's Barber etti?,-?? Maia g treat. He will be pleased to stteed to say work entrusted to bim, aad promises to gi re entire sat xfaetioB, aad ta watt at prices to snit tho tims*. Aar os? karia* shthjtf thar wish reoovatad s S passa* osai. ABRASA* FOWELL. Ja?!? ?? Caer?w and Darlington Rail Road. ScPBSaSTSKDERT'S Ofnct, I CHER AW A^S DA RUBATO* R. R. Co., > CHE RA VT, S. C., January 21,1871. J ON AND AFTER MONDAY NEXT, the 23d inst, the following SCHEDULE wfllbe ran by the Trains on this Road: nowa TRAM. Leave Cheran at. 6.45 A. M. Leave Cash's at_.......7.16 A. M. Leave Society Hill at.7.50 A. M. Leave Dove's at.8.35 A. M. Leave Darlington. 9.10 A. M. Arriva ai Florence f4.,,i,.IO,** A. M. ?PTBADr. Leave Florence at.,, .P. M. Leave Darlington s4..,,.6.50 P. M. Leave Dove's lt,..,. ,,7 ff P. M. Leave Society Hill at........8.H P. M. Leave Cash's at..........8.45 P. M. Arrive at Cberaw at.M 9.16 P M. Other Trains make elcse connections at Florence with tbe Trains to ead from Charleston, and to and from Ringville. Passengers tor Wilmington and the North will remain at Florence from 10 A. M. antil 5. 45 P. M. Fe bl. SOUTH CAROLINA Central Bail Hoad Co* I CHARLESTON, S. C., January ll, 1871. THE EIGHTH INSTALMENT OF FIVE I DOLLARS PER SHARE, will be payable | on 15tb March, proximo. In Charleston-at the Office of the Company, j No. 10 Broad-street. Ia Sumter-To Major JOSEPH JOHNSON. Ia Clarendon-To Dr. O. ALLEN HUGGINS.| WM. H. PERONNEAU, Treasurer. Feb 8_ WINES, LIQUORS -AND Tobacco, ^jJf^HISKEY-N. C. Cora tad Ry?, ^ -Eeotucky. Ry ead ?~ Bourbon,^- g? GIN-Holland and Domestie, 0 ?0-3 RUM-Jamaica and Domes tie, t- ? - tn" 6 RANDY-French and Domestie, ''??*s ALE AND ORTER-English and "sf*! American, ig S? WrvE 1 Sherry, Port. gol j M ai. eira and Seupnernong, !5 5 GERMAN BIT1ERS-Kammel, Wig. S gins' Herb Bitter*, -ALSO Chewing Tobacco, ia eeddie* aad * hexes, of J treat variety. Smoking Tob?ceo, all kinds, ia t, it i aad 11 pound packages. Segara, a good many different sorts ead all j psalitie*. Tbe above we offer to the trade low fer CASH ADRIAN & V?LLERS, Jaa 18 Wilmington, N. C. WILMINGTON Iron and Copper Works AMD MACHINS SHOP, FRONT STREET, BELOW MARKET, WILMINGTON. N. C. Dealers and Manufacturers of Steam Engines, 'ea Nat Machines, Sngar and other Mills, Gin Juar, Cotton Screws and Presses, Terpentine ?tills, and all kinds of Castings and Maehinory nade or repaired. Also, Packing aad Belting, V ood Moulding, Brackets, Newell Posts, Stair tailing, A4, of tbe latest patterns. UART & BAILEY. Sept 14_ 6m? D. A. SMITH, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN 7 Parlor, Chamber, Dining-Room, Office and Library Mattresses, Window Shades, Sash, Blinds aad Doors, Granite f rait Beadings, Sept U-desI WILMINGTON, M. C. ilt^l eaaael>?>EBf??t?^ BOOK SELLER, STATIONER -AXB Blink Baak MaBBfaetarer. DEALEE ia Pianos, Organs, Melodeons, Guitars, Violins, Chromos, Ac it Sew York ?nd Baltimore Prices. Sept li- WILMINGTON, N. C. 1E0, W. WILLIAMS & co.. FACTORS, Proprietors fcu*Ui* fot?l?ar CHARLESTON, fr 0 WILLIAMS, BIRNIE & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS; N, Y. liberal Air*awai asado ea Otila? mitti -a? hipped te ?a io Cbariaotoa er New Tari. . Agent's tot Beard* Leak, ahiteif aad B**ia ria, Ratler m? 8*eif i Ttoe. RB AI EDT (Tbe ?ray to flj fcri?lief.) CM Par. * m* eas? ^Moatoaia, NO. 3 GROCERIES. THE ONLY STRICTLY Grocery and Liquor House IN TOWN THE UNDERSIGNED, begs kata to j call ta? attention of his friend? and the | publie generali y to hil . NEW AND WELL SELECTED STOCK or Heavy and Fancy Groceries Which ho offers Io? for CASH ONLT. tfA- All articles warranted aa recommend* ?ar* Pure Medicinal Liquors kept ooaataa on hand. J. H. EBERHART. April ll tf J. E. ADGEB ft CO., ISTFOBTBBI OF aKB OJULXH XX HA?LD ^?TARE 5 CUTIERY, SUNS, 8AA IRON, STEEL, AND Agricultural Implements, 139 Meeting Street, and 62 Bast Bar Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. J. E. Adger, A. McD. Brown, E. D. Rsbinsou, G. BT Moffatt, J. Adger Smyth, E. A. Smyth. [ Feb 8-_6a AtfDEEW McCOBB, Jr. COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND DBALBR TN LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, And other Building Material. LAND PLASTER AND HAT. 217 BAST BAY, CHARLESTON, SO. CA. Feb 8-3m] Opposite New Custom House. Henry Bischoff & Co-, WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN WINES, LIQUORS, SEGABS TOBACCO, Ac 197 BAST BAY, CHARLESTON. S. C. Fab 8_dat Kinsman flf Howelly Factors and Commission . Merchants. Liheral Advances made on Cotton and Naval Stores. Charleston^ S.C* Feb 8 1; WOFFORD COLLEGE. 3PARTArfBTJfK* C. H., SCX CA. FACULTY: REV. A. M. 8HIPP, D. D., President and Prshur MeaUl aad Metal Scionee. DAVID DUNCAN, A. M., Professor Ancient j Languages aad Literature. REV. WHITEFOORD SMITH, D.D., Professor j ?oglisb Literature. WARREN DU PRE, A. JU Pr rms? ie Natara! Science. JAS. H. CARLISLE, A. IL, Professor Math?, matice. REV. A. H. LESTER, A. M., Professor History aad Biblical Literaten. The Preperaior., Sch.o?. aa der tb? Imm?diats saperrisioa of tbs Faculty, Jae. W. SHIP?, j A.M., Principal. Diriohy Sthool-Rer. JU M. Sala?, B. ?. Sar. Whitefoord Smith, 9. D. ; **Y. A. Lester, A. M. The int Session of th? Seventeenth CeHefUts Year begins on tba tnt Monday ia Oetabec, 1870. tb? second Session begins ?a tba Int Moa. day in January, 1871. Tb? course of stadias ?ad the standard of scholarship remata enc* aa ge i, bat tb? Faculty aosr admit irregular students er taon who wish to pursue particular rtaeiwa only. Tb? Schools also open at tb? sana Usa?. Tuition per year, ie Collegs Classes, lacladles eon fl ?gen t faa, tdd ??Ce ran ey. Takteaojat yo?*, taVPnfh ramsey Bah aa!/ia ?lad in g contingent fee, tdd ia currency. Bille payable one hilf in sd raneo. Board, per Month, from-tl* tefii la UM I ?as,. For further paesiesdan ssidnaas A. M. SHIPP, President. Sept lt _ly_ Pacific Guano Compaiij's (CAPITAL u,mjm.) Soluble Pacific Guano. rXlHLS GUANO IS NOW 80 WELL ENOWN 1 in ?U th* So? them g>ta? for j ts refcartaJjW aw ?tl as aa agaa ry for itenasiag the predaets of labor, as net te recjain special inowaaadaj tina ?run M. Un mm KV tn pm 99* )**.** taMlshil ip?itanr?WiV??M?hfa atnUean, Tb? largs fixed ??*it*l iavettod by toe Compeer ia tWrtnde, ?Fords ?bc sans* farrants* of th? eoe,tiaaed ssiilhnn ?fit??naa? J.*. ROBSON. INO. 9? Bal risa ore. Jjsaaary ? tm ifMVfVMm ACT? 9 JOE POMPO***** MTTH COTTON sm: . * ' isa LAWS OF THE STATE. Aeta and Joint Resolutions, Passed by Use General A Memoir of Sooth Caro Una, Session or 1870-571. [OFFICIAL.] * AH ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND AN ACT IN TITLED AN "ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND THE CHARTER AND EXTEND THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OE COLUM? BIA," APPROVED FEBRUARY 26,1870. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Sen? ate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, nota met and titting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the Major and Aldermen of tho City of Colombia are hereby authorized and empowered to incorporate the territory added to the former territory of the City of Colombia, by an Act of tba General Assembly of this State, entitled ?An Act to alter and amend the charter and extend the limits of the City of Colombia," ap? proved ?Februsry 26th, 1870, into the present wards of the said city as they are now laid ont, by extending the lines thereof North and East, to its present Northern and Eastern boondsries ; and the said Mayor and Aldermen, at the time they incorporate the said newly annexed territory into the existing wards of the said City of Columbia, are hereby authorized and empowered to continue and extend the said streets in straight lines through the lands of any person or persons, companies or corpo? rations, to the present Northern and Easter i boundaries of the said city, of the same width of the old streets; Provided, however, That io carrying ont the first section of this Aet, in extend? ing the wards of the said city of Colom? bia, and in the extension of the streets thereof, North and East, to the Northern and Eastern boondsries, the said Mayor and Aldermen shall conform to the twenty-third Section of the first Article of the Cor titration of this State, now of force : And Provided further, That the Act of the General Assembly vf this State, entitled "An Act to declare the manner by which the lands, or the right of way over the lands, of persons or corporations may be taken for the con? struction and use of railways and other works of internal improvement," ratified oo the 22nd day of September, A. D. 1868, shall be in all respects followed and observed. SEC. 2. That when the said territory shall hare been incorporated into the present warda of the said city, the in? habitants thereof shall be entitled to ali the rights and privileges, and be sub? jected to all the duties and liabilities which cow pertain to the corporators of the said City of Columbia, or which may hereafter be created by law. SEC. 3. That io all eases which by existing ordinance or ordinances of the said city, whioh may hereafter be pass? ed, the Mayor and Aldermen thereof, or the Mayor alone thereof, hare pow? er to impose fines for tbe violation of the same, the said Mayor and Aldermen, or the said Mayor alone, er any Alder? man aeting in the stead, are hereby authorized sad empowered to impose the alternative punishment of imprison? ment or confinement at hard labor in the work house, whenever such work boase shall be erected ; Provided, how? ever, Tbat the term of imprisonment or confinement at hard labor shall not ex? ceed ten days for any single offence. SEO. 4. That all persons liable to taxation shall make discover? upon oath or affirmation, of their, taxable property within tba said City of Columbia) and make payment of their taxes to tbe Clerk med Treasurer of said city of Colombia, according to the assessed value ibereef, ead apon the failure to maka each retara aaa payment as re? quired, the party so io default shall be subject te a penalty of ten per eent., to be collected in the manner hereioafter in this section provided for the collec? tion of taxes, fines and licenses ; and whenever it shall become necessary to issue exeeutioas for the collection of taxes doe to the said city of Columbia, aod to sell thereunder the real property of tbe defaulting tax payer, in order to collect tbe same, tba sala thereof shall take place ia tba same manner, and subject to tba fane regulations, as are applicable to sales of real estate by th? Sheriff of Richland Conn ty, nader exe? cutions ?saning ont of tba Circuit Court of Common Pleas. Aod all ex?cutions to enforce tbe payment of taxes, fines sod licenses, snail be issued under the seal af said city of Colombia, and may be lodged in the ailee of the Sheriff of Richland County, and may be directed to the said Sheriff or to the Chief of Police, or other person appointed by the paid Mayor and Aldermen to collect and receive tbe same, with costs, as in soeh cases made and provided by law ; and all property upon which tax shall be levied and annand is hereby declared and mada liable for tba payment there of, ia pr???rence to ali other debts, except debes doe to tba State, whioh shall be Jarst paid for tbe term of one year from the time at which tba same may be aaseesod and levied, and teat all tutes and licenses imposed by the Maj? or and Aldermen of said city of Oolam St shall be payable ia advance on or fore the loth day of Maren after the anseiasient of said taxes, bj tb? parties Habla for the same ; sad, nt failure of Sseat ot lb? .?sta, their prepertj, I be liable aa ia mauser and form before stated. Aod for the purpose of patting tb? psronsssr.of said real estate toto tho ?Ut aad immediate ?nw? thereat, if it te necessary to mbia *s bereby authorised and ass? ail to issue his wsrfaht of ejeefc i, oTr?stod to tba ebie* of police, or SOT otoer cancer ot tbs city, aguie** the said ?e?inltiaf tax payers his tenants jr a jsf^jftsig*7 ownpying sr aoMiag ibo said property j Premded, Tbat tba said mal proptrij shall cot be sold, or the owner o? i fee therein deprived of the same, fo longer period than two years. SEC. 5. That the Mayor and Aid men of the said city of Columbia, : hereby vested with all the power a authority over the poor within thc ci of Columbia, which, by tbe law, n belong, or may hereafter belong, to t County Commissioners of Richla County, over the poor of said Couo And for the purpose of raising fonds provide for the support and comfort the said poor, the said Mayor and A dermen may assess and collect a pc tax on the taxable property of the si? cily, in the same manner as they ass? and collect taxes thereon for the supp? of the city government j Provided, TI said tax shall not exceed ten per cei on the amount of taxes thereon paid the said city; Provided further, Th the tax payers of the said city of Colui bia shall not be taxed for the suppoit the poor outside of the corporate lim of the said city. SEC. 6. That when any fine ?ropos by the said Mayor and Aldermen, or 1 the said Mayor alooe, lor a violation any Ordinance of the said city ot Colui bia, passed pursuant to law, excee forty dollars, the same shall be recove able io the Circuit Court of Com mi I Pleas for Richland County, and whi such fine shall be for forty dollars less, the same shall be recoverable befo the said Mayor or Aldermen, or befo the said Mayor alone; Prcvided, Th io all cases the party so fined by the sa Mayor shall have the right of appeal f a hearing to the said Mayor and Aldei men in Council assembled, on gi vit proper security to the city ofColumb to prosecute said appeal. SEC. 7. That the twelfth section < an Act of the General Assembly of th State, entitled "An Act to alter ac amend the charter of the Town of Cc lumbia," ratified on the 21st day i December, one thousand eight uundre and fifty-four, which authorizes tb Mayor and Aldermen of the said city < Columbia to issue an execution again: the body of every person for any sum < money imposed by way of fine, tax, < exemption for street or unofficial polic duty under the circumstances therei named, be, and the same is hereby re? pealed. The said Mayor and Aldcrme of the City of Columbia shall hav power to abate and remove all nuisance in said city, and it shall be their dut to keep all roads, ways, bridges an streets within the corporate limits of th said city in good repair ; and for th: purpose they are invested with all th powers of county commissioners or con missioners of ro:?ds for and within th corporate limits of said city, and the may lay out new streets, close uf widen or otherwise altet those now i use; subject, however, to the tw provisos cootaioed in the first Sectio of this Act; and snail have power t class and arrange the indabitants o citizens of said city liable to streel road or other public duty therein, and t force the performance of such dutj under such penalties as are now, o shall hereafter bc, prescribed by thei ordinances, passed pursuant to law ; an? they shall have power to compound witl all persons liable to work the streets ways and roads in said city, upon sucl terms as their ordinances may establisl or their rules and regulations require and all persons refusing to labor, or fail ing to pay such commutation, shall bi liable to such fine, net exceeding twentj dollars for any one year, as the sait Mayor and Aldermen may impose; tine they shall have power to enforce th? payment ol such fine in the same mao uer a? is provided io the sixth section of the Act for the collection of othei fines. And said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power and authority to re< quire ali persons owning a lo*, or lots ic said city to close in, and to make and keep in good repair sidewalks ia front oi said lot or lots wherever the same shall front or adjoin any publie street of said city, if in their judgment, such sidewalks shall be necessary ; the width thereof, and the manner of construction, to be designated and regulated by the said Mayor and Aldermen ; and for default or refusal, after reasonable notice, to make and keep in good repair such side? walks, and to c ose io such lot or lots, the Mayor and Aldermen may cause the same to be done, and require the owner to pay the cost of the work ; and thc said Mayor ard Aldermen are hereby empowered to sue for and recover the same by action in aoy Court of com . potent- jurisdiction; Provided, That the contrast be let to the lowest responsible bidder. SEC. 8. That the said Mayor and Aldermen are hereby empowered to re? quire all persons and corporations now engaged, or who may hereafter become engaged, io business or avocations of any kind whatever witbia the limita of the City of Columbia, to take out a license from the Mayor and Aldermen of the said city, who are hereby author? ised to impose a reasonable charge or tax for the conduct of the same. 8X0. 9. That all that part of Section 10 of an Aet of the General Assembly of thia State entitled "An Act to alter and amend the character of the Town of Columbia," ratified on the 21st day of December, ia the year of Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, aa relates to the imposition of taxes ou alaves.free negroes, m ula toes or mes? tizoes residing within the limita of the .aid citv, and all other Acts or ports of Aets of'the General Assembly cf the State relating to the said city or to the sadd town of Columbia, before it iras ieocrjiorated aa the City of Columbia, wherein aire discriminations for purposes of taxes, or for any other purpose what? ever os aeeoont of race or color, be, aod the saneare hereby, repealed. \ 8*0.40. That the Mayor may, aa I often aa occasion may require, or whoo Tsquesred so todo, ia writing, by three Aldermen, summon the Aidemea to assemble in Council, and the said Major and Aldermen shall have, and thej are herebj Tested with full and ample power, from time to time, nnder their common seal, to make all such ordinances, rules and regulations relative to the streets and markets of the said citj as they maj think proper and necessary, and to establish such bj-laws, not inconsistent with the law of the land, as maj tend to preserve the quiet, peace, safety and good order of the inhabitants thereof; and the said Major and Aldermen, or the said Major alone, maj fine and im* pose fines and penalties for violations thereof, which maj be recovered in a summary manner, to the extent of fortj dollars, before them in Council, or be? fore him alone, subject to the right of appeal, aa hereinbefore provided, from the decision of the said Major ic the premises ; and the said Major and Alder? men, separately and severallj, are here? bj authorized to administer oaths, com? mand the peace, disperse riotous assemblies, and within the limits of the said city are vested, with all the powers and duties which pertain to the officers of the peace, in these and like respects throughout the State : Provided, never tlwless, That all such ordinances, by? laws, rules and regulations as are herein mentioned, when so made, shall be dolj promulgated, and that no such fine in anj case, and for anj single offence, shall exceed the sum of fifty-five dol? lars. SEC. ll. That every description of property, real and persons', situated, used or occupied within the limits of the said City of Columbia, which is now taxed, or liable to be taxed, or which hereafter may be mude liable to taxation I by the General Assembly for the support of the State Government, shall be, and is j hereby, made subject to taxation by the Mayor and Aldermen of the said city tor the support of the government thereof. SEC. 12. That an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to regulate licenses for the year 1871," passed and ratified by the Mayor and Aldermen of the said city of Columbia, in Council assembled, on the SO th day of December, A. D. 1870, be, and the same is hereby, declared valid, and of full force to al! intents and purposes, according to the letter, tenor and effect thereof, except so much of the said Ordinance as relates to license:) for cotton gins, ginning for toll or pay, dealers, retail, in goods, wares and merchandise, including distilled spirits, hotel keepers, livery and sale stables., the license for which shall be aa follows ; Cotton ?ins, ginning for toll or pay, S60. Dealers, retail, in goods, wares i nd merchandize, excluding dis? tilled spirits, whose annual sales exceed $5,000, and do not exceed $10,000, $20. Dealer?, retail, io goods, wares and mer? chandise, including distilled spirits, whose anoual sales exceed $10,000 and do not exceed $20,000. $40. Dealers, retail, in dry goods, wares and merchan? dize, excluding distilled spirits, whose ancual sales exceed $20,000 and do not exceed $30,000, $50. Dealers, retail, in pools, wares, and merchandize, ex clading distilled spirits, whose annual ! sales exceed $30,000 and do not exceed I $50,0C0, $75. And every additional thousand, per thousand, 50 cents. ! Hotels capable of accommodating 100 persons, $50. Hotels capable of accom? mod?t.ng less than 100 and more than 50 persons, $35. Hotels capable of accom? mod?t og more than 25 and less than 50 persons, $30. Stables, livery and sale, $75 Provided, That there shall be no tax upon incomes derived from factorage, empl v.-ment and professions; Andprovi dedfurther. That no penalty imposed by Slid oi di H an ces hall attach thereto until thirty days after the ratification of this ! Act. SEC. 13. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. In the Senate-house this 28th day of February, in the year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and seventy one. (Signed) ALONZO J. RANSIER, President of the Senate. (Signed) FRANKLIN J. MOSES, Ja-, Speaker Hou?e of Representatives. Apprcred the 2d day of March, A. D. 1871. (Signed) ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor. ggf' As Senator Sumner was emerg? ing frjni the capital the other morning he was confronted by an aged Fifteenth Amendment, who, bat ia band, and bjwin; and scraping, remarked* "I believe dis Massa Sumner?" "No, sir !-there are no masters io this land. I am Senator Sumner." This nearly squelched tba old darkey but he rallied with the remark-" Tour's done n heap for rle euller'd race." "I aro proud to hear you say so," re? sponded the magnificent Charles. "Di niggers all speak of yon io de highest elevation." Sumner bowed and smiled his acknowledgments. "W hat I was coming at Bos, is dat d? winter's hard and de times pretty rough to de old weman and I and if you could sparc de old darkey half a doller-" Sumner stopped no further but with a majestic wave of disapproval from the Senatorial band ha moved oo while the venerable colored brother mattered something about "don't appear to beer much for de nigger 'cent to vote and git dir awacs np." Just then Boo. Sam Cox tame along aod gave tbe poor old darkey a dollar. Cox ia a copperhead. - A letter writer says tbat General Yon Moltke, ?rheo io repose, looks like a ma? io a tragedy about to don foal deed. _ - "Tbe Old Man's Drank Agata,* is tba title of tba lutt?t temperance song in Sita l?raa?ace, OUR MOTLEY LEGISLATORS. How They Appear to a Georgian. [To the Editor of the Charleston News.] AUGUSTA, GA., March 3. I hav?jast returned from Columbia, the Capital of your State. This was my second visit. My first brief sojourn happened daring; the earlier stages of the "late unpleasantness," bat when Colombia was indeed a thing of beauty. In spite of Sherman's vandalism and the horrible mockeries supervening, Colombia, from want of actual observa? tion, remained in my memory a fancy vision, preserved so by that great faculty of the soul which time and tortue und the march of demons could never quite impair. Bat the tremendous change between 1862 and 1871, has become at last only too apparent by close contact with the "logic of events." I have be held the desolation, made all the more absolute by the usurpation of several smart-looking buildings, and more es? pecially by the absurd caricature pre? sented by "Hon." gentlemen of black and yellow complexions, whose singular and pains-taking burlesque of states? manship convinces me that Darwin's theory, as to a portion of the haman race, at least, is very plausible indeed. I will not dwell upon the material ruins of Colombia; for the decay which comes upon brick and mortar is a small matter after all in the history of a proud people. Bat, with your permission, 1 would be pleased to make brief comment upon the Statehouse and its extraor? dinary contenta. Even in its unfinished condition your State-house is one of the noblest edifices in America, without being among thc most beautiful. Ita great perfections are massiveness and amplitude. In these respects it will, I doubt not, take a foremost rank, especially wheo com? pared with the shoddy, insincere and cramped architecture of the North. Its serious faults are a want of grace to relieve the majesty and austerity of the general design, and a neglect of minor details in commensurate with the grandeur of the pile. Take, for example, the entrance way. How meanly these three martin-boxes, called doors, cor? respond with the munificent roominess, within the building proper. It may be that an original intention of having a splendid portico and flight of giant steps has been thwarted by the calami? ties of Federal invasion. If so, consider my criticism unspoken. Be this as it may, your Statehouse, as a public edifice, is something to be proud of, unfinished as it is, and stands as Hyperion to a Satyr, as Hercules to the ''Fat Boy" in Pickwick, wheo compared with that exhalation of brick, that filmsy aod mushroon glittering generali? ty, the Kimball Operahousc at Atlanta, now Jhe property of the State of Geor? gia. But what shall I say of thc con? tents, the human contents, of your Statehouse ? I am glad to have wit? nessed the scene once, but never care to look upon it again while I live. The wildest imagining had not pictured half the hideous reality. My first ap? proach was to the Senate. It was evidet.t from the start, that the ruling spirits there are Whitteroorc, the cadetship swindler, and Leslie, the cute chameleon -Yankees both. Whittemore is a bulesque representation of Governor Bullock of Georgia, and Leslie is .-olor Shingle, demoralized by bumming dur? ing the war. Ranking second to these io point of glibness and power, I would place the bob tailed white men like Ransier and Hay ne. Nash makes des perate efforts te assert the trae negro element in antagonism to the white and mongrel elements, bat his poor plan a tion manners are no match fur the impudent aggressiveness of the white Yankees and the quadroon.", aod he seldom rose in hts seat save to bo snubbed most unmercifully by the one or the other. It struck me forcibly that right here was the entering wedge for destroying thc Radical party in your State. It is as plain as noouday that the black*, who really constitute nine tentbsof the Radical roting power oi the State, arc restive under this com? bined mulatto and carpetbag domina? tion. They must see that Ransier. Leslie & Co., treat them with a contempt which is galling beyond expr?s-ion, aud very different from the treatment thoy have experienced from decent white men, even in slavery times. More than once I saw a sort of grim despair or grimmer hatred lurking in the dus'^y linea of Nash's face when browbeaten by the octoroon who presides, or by the restless white Yankee who has risien to powc: on the backs of the negroes, a* it to illustrate the Bible precept, that God sometimes "raises up the foolish things of thia world to counfound the wise.** Ransier is a good presiding officer, very good indeed. He has both dignity and cleverness. But Ransier is very far from being a negro. He is so near white that few traces of the Eihiop remain, aod, io *0 nc for instance before the war even, be could luve, nader D?mocratie jurisdiction, claimed and received tbe franchise. It is foolishness for the negroes to present him as a type of their race, or an exam pie of their race's capabilities. All ot nia smartness is deduced from the dominant white blood in his veins, and. if he loves not the pure Caucasion, ht manifestly despises, tn his secret soul, the full-blooded negro. Aa a general thing the quadroons and octoroons of ike Senate are infinitely more prepossessing in personal appear? ance than tbei? white Yankee and and native compeera. Indeed, I have' seldom seen netter looking mulattoes and mean tr look tog whites. When! afina that Joe Crews is ab ?ut the aoae'ieat of the lot, you may judgtj how, signally I mast have been impressed wita the putchritade of Cape Cori and j JOB WORK - 0 F EVERY DESCRIPTION PROMPTLT EXECUTED AT THE OFFICE OF The Sumter Watchman, - ra THE Highest Style of the Art. Skuwhegan adveuturers, who have drifted down here to make laws and steal rooney. With the exception of Nash, who dismally fails to carry his paints, the other black senators seem indiffetent, unhappy at;d out of plaec. The con trast between their weakness and the yellow mau's superciliousness, between their coarse or ridiculous raiment and the dandified, swell-like toggery of the mongrels, is prodigious, amusiug and satirical. lam afraid the Waats of the Senate arc thc most honest as well as the most simple. As a necessary concomitant to the above, I must not omit to mention that three stunning yellow ladies-all darkies are "ladies" now days, you know displayed their superb flounces upon a sofa within the magic ring of South Carolina, so called, legislation. On a sofa, at the other end <>/the lodi, three white ladies from Skowhogan, modestly attired and not very pretty, sat bolt up? right and gazed admiringly upon Massachusetts, so curiously dumped upon the home of Preston aud Hamp? ton. So much more has been said than I first intended, that little space remains to give you my itnpres-.ions of the House. Such a rabble I never saw before; such chaos, such travesty. It was a cornshucking out of place. About forty field hands, and as many so called white men, claimed the floor at once, and, rising above the universal din, the mulatto Lee, of Hamburg, labored, with sweat and agony, to express an infinite deal of nothing. The treatment he re? ceived from a little long-nosed and busy chairman, whose mme I am told is Moses, and who, no doubt, deduces his origin from the ancient law-giver ofthat name, was really dreadful. In the midst of his unintelligible harangue, the "Hon." Lee was extinguished? snuffed out and utterly discumboberated by the little man Moses, who heard somebody move an adjournment, and forthwith smoie Lee between wind and water with that fatal and decisive wordT I did not stay long enough in the House to make the same definite judgment as upon thc Senate; but I fed sure that the whites and mongrels, a few of either, rule the roost there as well as at the other end of the Statehouse. Of one thing I am satisfied, by the glimpse I had of your Legislature at Columbia, and that is, it cannot long endure as it is. If wisdom prevaii, great changes for the better will soon occur in the politics of the State. The depression now everywhere prevalent must give way to untiring activity, and an unquenchable determination to drive . the money changers from thc temple. As I took the train for Augusta, "Hon." II. B. El.iott, so called, drove to the depot in grand style. No hotel omnibus for him, but a splendid rocka? way and two spanking bays. Beside him sat Mrs. Elliott, a quadroon woman, who was, in days of yore, Mrs. Governor Pickcns's "maid," so-called. The cars were filled with wayfaring folks, and everything was promiscuously mixed up, so far as race ar d color were concerned. 15?ack Elliott looked clean and arrogant; yellow UeLarge appeared dirty and self sati.-fied. Among the white people there was an old lady, a grand dame of the ancient regime, Every time the cars stopped she treated her audience to .'notes-on the situation" far more perti? nent and patriotic than anything Ben Hill ever wrote. She made thc black and yellow people wince with her adroit and parliamentary but caustic sarcasm. A gentleman on the train said she was insane at times. But I assure you she spoke the best of sense, and I recom? mend her peculiar lunacy to many of the opposite sex io some parts of South Carolina. AUBREY. The State of South Carolina. SUMTER COLN TV. Bj C. M- Hurst, Judge of thc Court oj Probate for said County. Whereas, James K. Kendrick has applied to me for Letters of Admit? i>tr* (iou on ail and singular thc goods and chatties, right? and credits of William Lewis, deceased, of said County. These ar? therefor* to c te and admonish all ind singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and nppcar before rac at our next Court of Probate for the Said Cowary, to be holden at Sumter C? urt House, on thc 24th d~j of March to ?hew causo, if any, H hy thc iai 1 ad? ministration .?houM ?ot granted. Given under my Hand and Seal of odes, this 15th day of M rh in thc yeer ?four Lord, one thou sand eight bun.ired and seventy, aud in the 94th ye?r of American Independent. C. M. HURST, M ch 15-St Judge ef the Court of Probate. COTTON FOR GUANO. $1,000 PREMIUM. We propose selling a limited qnantity of on GuuBo* for Middling Cot toa, at 15 ct.< , deliver? ed at planter's nearest depot, by lit November next. We also offer the magnificent premium of $1.000 for the beet yield ?rcui o^r <?u mos. Fir particulars apply to our nearest Agent, or address us for Circular. WILCOX. GIBB* A CO., Importers and D siter in (ruanos, Charleston, S. C., Savannah and Augusta. Geo. 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