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The Sumt< w. T^fhXt??fT ?tf Ail 'J'riii... Job Work inuit bo bo observed withot aro also payiibic in ? T??3~~ Api>'i'v?tioj at tbe ..Ifiee, to Ii Th? WATCH ?AI ST. PAXTON, who attend t<i .ill mai] lisin?; or ?Uu?CT? P&- Our Adi fcinl in their," LtcliiBai] pSS MA? irtiiom'tiiti. '! in cash. Thia ?> ?ticn. Subscription SUMTER Northern, Southern, Manning ' day and Ti Bi.-di'ville day ?nd 1 Office Ile M.. il* Office oj? Jacuai U'orfc will bo mad( "fcOWKKS. ".c i:: the keeping ol ? "eipt for mollie.- due an> f?ected ni:ii ;b.- Adver epnrtmcuts. - friends are rcqntsted t< ?"?ter than Monday. ~I:KA~\ G EM EM TS SCHEDCLE. CLOSES. OrEXS. ,. rS:15 P M. 12:45 P. M, 1:30 P. M. 4:20 P. M. C:00 A. M. 5:00 P. M. The] doses!! sheets on Apr? pres r, 1:00 r. M. 11:30 A. M, 9 o'clock, A. M. to C P. M. ndavs at ll o'clock, A. M. ?Q t<*? 5:30 P. M. T. B. JOHNSON, P. M. 1. tf VF VOLL'.TIIi XXI. rt issue of the Watchman tty-first volume. The first printed about day light, ng of the 27th day of ?its present editor being >oc of its proprietors) and .ive it birth. UNG CLOTHING. rtend I). J. WTNN, is out in "tiserucnt, of'his newSpriog stock of. Clothing and old customers will renicm MW AT TP? PLAN'TMtS* WAREHOUSE. nm yoi be j 1er, look at thc advertisement ok at the goods. Thc rest met at cheapest rates-will follow. ll'SINESS LETTER* that our own merchants and ?barlestoc give careful attcn business letter published in ins to-day. The poiuts made lg, in regard to Charleston as tad fully in accord with all iccived opinions and feelings lereto. Let us build up our >po'.is-our home-by spend r and keeping the profits at home. The principle is tod the thing is entirely prac 'shown by our intelligent and contributer, from hie personal ?, tarleton merchant should also id to wit at is said about adver .] If they want to build 'up trade larlestuB, they must usc thc iudis tble influence of thc press. M. K. B. ie following document was found on desk, yesterday morning, as we ?red our office. How it got there is, is-in all good faith and honesty profound mvstcry : ' < K. K. K. *59th Division. rdcr No. 13 ^Recently several anonymous letters ^e .been pkkr.d vp-so called-and ?ulated as genuine by thc finder. Such is false. All orders emanating >m this order will be duly executed ?unterfeiters had best beware. If they known they will suffer, especially if ley persist in misrepresenting the iu ?ntiou of our order. Good Citizens of any race or color will jo respected and protected. By order, O. K. _ Z., Secretary. Grand Chief. DARLINGTON AGRICULTURAL SO? CIETY. We are indebted to Mr. W. E. JAMES, Secretary and Treasurer, (through Maj. Taos. B. FRASER, of | Sumter) for a copy of the Premium List of the Darlington Agricultural Society, for the first annual Fair, to be held at Darlington C. H., S. C., on the"4th and 5th of October next. The List embraces offered premiums ia the several departments and varieties of Field Crops, Horses, Jacks and Mules, Sheep, Goats and Swine, Poultry, Household Department,)Orchard, Nur? sery ?XR, .AT WrcultaS-e, Floriculture and Hortic altere^ Southern. Domestic Fa? brics, NeeeteetM Facey Work, Meonio?-?* ?es, (embracing agrjcuJtoral imple? ments of every variety), Sculpture and Painting, and Special Premiums- for J the largest, .number of cammendshJe j articles"^" 9*h &m%T, Srf house* oVd' articles by one lady, patch-work, knit-j ting, netting, croobst aad fancy work, by oue lady-a3ewiog Mss?ine. ft^rtf?r?1 best loaf of breic?, (offcro?oy Col. F? P.' WASLEY) and premiums of one ten of. Etiwan No. 2, each, for the most profita? ble results from the use of this mSQurs on one acre of cotton, eora and oatsy <ifferS3 D^tbe"C?ttp?dy-st?t?meotr?T] these latter ? lit seut> to-r Wv E, JAMEBJ Secretary, before Peo.,. 15,1371. Tire Obut?rt?ea- adjertring Barlipgtojr j are invited io .compete-for-, the prises iniof ?f tire Ih^n???Lt? ao?J wf ttr?. that-Suotartrill show a_atrcn? representation: 'in this way We way ourse Ives-ss; *\ Jp?oD|j} -..ut r'^t >.u> THE CLARENDON DISTURBANCE Assassination of Peter Lemon-Assen. Lliug "formal negroes at ona nek) Manning-They Threaten to Minty unil Fire-Hie xchites assemble fi J*rotiftion and Defence-Parley an\ Final Di<[nr^ion. Lemon ?tot Killed by thc Ko-Kln*. c- a , ^ j Since Sunday morning last,^ ?xeltel and exciting rumors have prevailed il our midst, concerning thc disturbance in the adjoiuing county of C^reudot, producing more or less ag:tat|n of the public niiod. We have been at some paint to get'as near as possible to the truth i*egard to what occurred, io order tu quiet*or satisfy the public mind in rcird there? to. On Wednesday aftemoonjisr, before D?gbt;Peter LEMON, a blacafnan, anda County Commissioner of Cla?ndon, was assassinated io bis buggy, of the public road, about 2$ miles fronj Manning! The assassination took placeiit or near a branch or swamp ihickct. jBuck shot entered the leg?, stomachj breast and head of the unfortunate mai, , which, it is believed produced iaftant death. Nothing satisfactory has ?roo to light in regard to the assassins,!but nsither the whites or ^negroes beieve that any such order as the Ku K is hud any? thing to do with it. Lemi 1 was a turbu? lent and offensive negri -notoriously so-and had been once oi twice shot at -once by ? colored raan,| whose sister, it is alleged, he had rawshed. _ And some of these parties, (probably white and colored) moved cDtiflly by feelings of persona! revenge, are ftlieved'to have takeu his life. Lomonjwas returning from Manning, where, isis reported, he had made some disturbance and had some difficulty, on the ray of his death. .'Ie is said to have bien in a state of j intoxication, and to hale driven back into Manning once o{ twice, before finally taking his leave. 4 * Oo Satuday, thc negipes, armed, to the number of three ori four hundred, rendezvoused at FcllAvship Church, (near thc place of the killing) and ab?ut one hundred of fred proceeded to Manning, threatening to take the lives of ten white men Mid to burn the. town. There wer? bu ?few white men > in town, but messenger! ware dispatch? ed, and thc handful, was speedily augmented, until, probably, some two or three hundred, at (different time?, were present. The Sheriff and Intendant, wc learn, requested Col. H. L. ?tesuoW to act. A parley ensued-the ehrt; acter or par? ticulars ot which wc have oot learned and both sides finally dispersed, after two days. The leading wTufcs acted with promptness, hut wiih calmness and prudence, and but for wis there must have Deed a bloofly coition. V At one time the nojjroca seized a colored man, named" EGBERT NELSON, whom they suspicioned, intending to put him to death, llecas rescued by the wb;tes, who declared that he shoaid not die without a fair ?iah Thc negroes seem tcr-havc- been great* ly excited, and greatlj? in confusiones to their suspicions or information .??d counsels. They rctiifd with threats] against certain parties*, suspicioned by them, aod thc end of |he difficulty ia probably not yet. Thefwhitcs are calm and ' determined, ard '-whilst they will neither seek or enea .Age a difficulty, with them, will net hesitate to strike telling blows tn iefeuc^ if a col? lision cannot bc avoided The Colombia Uniit (a paper * that freqnetitly asseverates tts purposo. (o deal fairly and publish tie truth) in the" issue of Monday last, hi glaring sensa? tion capital Hues, ia reJpd to this mat: ? ter, headed "Ka Km 'QatMge io Clarendon County." }? regret to tee this; in as much .as It p?alas the] public mind abroad, =rf ten?f io dil?* tract and forment and of blood the elements at for political effect. TUB COUNTY COJO TlaS S?PE?I^TK.tl COUNTY POOR KOLI Dur Attention nal otb BiB^tbaaV once called, within a wik ot? two, to the fact that tho preinfecting Super? jutcJidcnt af the Conn J Poor H ??ym ? ajan m?Lio?ersj and complaints have, been continue to be made, b; "politieal Uss!* wfor io -connexion with t profuse tealtede to tha fre?j?BvM%^# i think all ocr [mrl?^^>t^ reca? j^ga^ mattet?-. -Wj. -intmiogthtVii^l -eauj cen ?tvjeeVto cTttteie*^ pointain hi? BoanJofCoantyCwnia? mt they would" ultimately qualify. Th? time fixed by former Act of the Legis? lature within which they were required to qualify; had expired, abd their Ulti? mate qualification was only under a subsequent tnabling Act,extending tbe time. The action, then, of the Old Baird, in electing and putting in office a Su? perintendent df the Poor. House, it is alleged, was legitimate and necessary, inasmuch as the ter? of the incutnbent expired previous to the time at which ."?hey vacated their offices, and action in the premises became imperative. * Assuming that the election was legiti? mate, and that the late Superintendent, Mr. TRO?BLEFIELD, was properly and legally in the discharge of the duties of the position, and had entered upon the same for the term of one year, for which he had been so elected, the question is raised, and we think naturally, as to how he was displaced^ or induced to relinquish his rights and duties in the premises? Statements have been made to us, as to how this was accomplished, some of which are prejudicial to up? right bearing?nd honest administration; but as wc cannot speak from the record upon this point, we pass it by, with this Yem?trk: That had thc incumbent been removed, and another, an outsider, and not a member of the Board, been in? stalled io his plaee, there would have been but comparatively little ground for unfavorable briticism, however tuucb basis there might have hean for legal action. But the incumbent-an hobest man, and a successful and acceptable Superin? tendent, as far as we have learned-was removed, and a member of the Board^ one of thc County Commissioners, now occupies his place. This is fact, and speaks for itself. Whether the former officer was removed by the Commis? sioners, specifically to tbc end that one of their number might take his place, we shall not undertake to say. But the fact is apparent, at least, that the Commissioners did vote for and elect ene 'of: their qwn number to the place, and that tho member elect roted for himself. Wc here also past over what might be urged ia arraignment, in foro, ctmsci'cnfez->what might bc said about tho delicacy or difficulty, of taking position which involved one's owe vote, ?bren but three Votes eon'.d he cast. And we come, now, io probably the leading poiot bf objection urged : The fact that thc. Superintendent of the Pott Hovse-anil Farm, as iueh, and by virtue of his additional authority as County Commissioner, makes'?ll purchases of supplies, stock, ' implements, &C, for running tho same, and, as Couxty'Gom* missioner, approves Wt ovin, bills, or the bills rendered for hts own purchase?. ii ere. it is urged, is'delicacy of situation abd facilities for fraud sod improper use of the people's money, auch as shotrtd not be encountered on the one: hand, or permitted bri tbe otb.er,- .by er to . any public officer. And it is not within ar, reasonable calculation . to suppose thai tho fee?p?e m'?^^^^^jS^^?^r^Pf^t with such au a&irot?tration ef'ihcir .- ' - . I ? . affairs. . , .... -^?TUKftSSctSSmW ' ' .J?WBM S?? SUMTES! Ia U U it i? freon. Wawtfl; .ti ttl/ Saat prepared In prosily fer .jPaliataBark. awi Boo^.aoc r?W -Ta? furn ajaa toaa4fl^pfOTe4?/t la Alt state. Taja? oft it ob.'aluedio tbei ?ed Pc ver ara on j; tba 4 wfco awi Swamp* i ?be "PAIS KILLER" nuy justly bc styled iht? great medicine o? the workl, for there is no re gion of thc globe into which it ha* not found its way, and been lnr?ely used and highly prized. Moreover, tbcro is no clime to which it bas not proved to be ?ell adapted for the caro ola con siderable variety bf diretes; it is a speedy and iafe remedjr for barns, ?scald?, cuts, bruise?, wounds and various'other injuries, as well ts fot dysentery, diarrhoea and bowel complaints gen? erally, it is admirably suited for every race of men on the face of the globe. It is a very significant fait, that notwithstand? ing the long period of years that the "Pain Killer" ha? been before tho world, it has never lost che whit of its popularity, but, on the con? trary, the call for it has steadily increased from its first discovery, and at So previous time has thc demand for it been so great, or the quantity made beer : > large, as it is to d?y. Another significant ic: is, that nowhere bas tho Pain Killer ever " con n bigbcr repute, or bt:en more generally ?sed fcy Umilies and indi? viduals, th?n it has been he-re at home, .where it was ?r?t discovered and introduced. That the Pain Killer will Continue to bc, what we have Styled it, TBE CRT: AT VE&ICISB of TB a WORLD, there cannot be the shadow of & doubt-Provi dence Advertiser. GOOD Investment. MONEY*SAVED, IS MONEY MADE. ALL PERSONS DESIROUS OP SAVINS MONEY, AND AT TUE SAME TIME IN? VESTING IN SOMETHING DESI RABLE AND USEFUL, ARE INVITED TO CALL AT THE STORE OE A? A. SOLOMONS, WHERE THEY WILL FIND AN EXCEL? LENT ASSORTMENT OF Dress Goods, -AND All other Styles of DEY GOODS Which wiB be disposed of at VERY LOW PRICES. ---ALSO A Fine jtesortment of** SHOES, TRIMMINGS, HATS, NOTIONS, HARNESS, HARDWARE, &c, Tba ?bc Yo Goads have, been fre? ntl y par chased so low end selling EXCLUSIVELY FOR CASH, I am enabled te offer great inducements to CASH BUYERS. Call and examine, aad yet! will eoea be ew? vinecd that.y ou are ming money by purchasing oT JU A. 80UJHQSS. The Grocery Bepar?iteiit is replenished daily, aad at present sett plied with every' thing aseTal t PRICES. A, A. SOI P " CORNER MAIN AND ' rv*,*-' March-.?" - M. FRESn AND PURE DRUGS. ME???CIXES, CHEMICALS. PERFEJIERY &c. &c. ALWAYS OX BAND. PRESCRIPTIONS COMPOUNDED WIT CAR E AT ALL HOURS. March 8- _ timi SagaaBa 8E8 -1 jafctfiia * . SINGER'S SEW FA SEWING MACHI ff I ti THE FIRM OF uah ? BOSSAFiL, ESPECTFIJLLY INFORM THEIR ricn?s and thc publie, ti-at they nro cor.rtonfly ecciving RUGS -AXD Medici lies, f. the Best Quality, an J all Articles usually found in a Drug Store. Tho business of tho House, comprising *harmacy and Prescription Stand, ill be under thc speri.il charge of Major J. B tUSSELL wtrfbriog! to b,:s ;iidan experience of ?IGHTEEX YEARS ia toe chemical conibiaa. ion of Medicines. Prompt and careful attention will bc givcrj to rcicriptions, and .Medicines for the same can c relied cn us purcaud of the best quality. DRUG STORE, CORXER OF iain aud Republican Streets. Fsb 22_tf_ EOCERIESi GROCERIES! -AT--: VOL. XXI WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1871. NO. 52. LITERATURE, MORALITY IND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. **"??*??*"*? . ? ? i m-rr r\/\TT Ctnnmm tn iU 5:,t" uront nKniit: n r?i!l?