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DBM MWSW raman VOL. XXI WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1871. Tl sato o> BnnaoB Bt Dona, Fcrensea.-Vifg. NO. 38. DEVOTED TO Ll TER 4 Tl RE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. !he Sumter Watchman. {ESTABLISHED AV 1850.) 18 PUBLISHED 'ERY WEDNESDAY MORNING AT SUMTER. S. C., BY ?IL.3?RT & FLOWERS. T-?rms. ;?r.".S3 00 ' mouths. 1 50 j? ec mouths. 1 uu i . ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate ?ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS per kare for the first, ONE DOLLAR tor thc hod, and FIFTY CENTS for each .-ubseuuent ertion. for HOV peri .d less than three months ?BITUARIES, TRIBUTES OF RESPECT _J all communication.? which subserve private Brests, will be paid lor as nd vertisements. [Written For The W'utchman.] ? ] INTEMPERANCE.! ! ? I; Never io the history of our State, was . lere a time calling for such brare, truest, and unwearied effort, on the trtof the friends of temperance aa the resent. The reckless, bloody spirit hich Intemperance has assumed in the j lidst of t!ie troubles which surround) 5, is truly alarming. J?ut a few weeks "0 aa inoffensive negro was shot ^ trough by a young man of our village, j bo was iu a state of intoxication, aud ho, wheu sober, is quiet and peaceblo ; j id a few weeks ago our village was j ] Drown into the utmost coufusioa and s scitement by a homicide of a most j:1 ?stressing character, perpetrated by 'v vo young men on the evening before,: w iflamcd by strong drink. The women, . (. rei ted and alarmed, kept in door.-, ami ,h je men, armed with revolvers, turned ^ ut to protect themselves and families, * nd religious services in the sanctuary ere entirely suspended the wliole sub- . ?th day. Tile victim was a colored I? ian, fly the name of ii ea ry Nash, who ad given off:uce by some unguarded j j! tpressions. lie was ?.hot a number ol ? mes and his body horribly muiilalcd by ' i ie balls. The young men who com- 1 lilted the rash ac: were both respecta- I 'l ly ami extensively related in this S ^ ou ti try, and would not have done so, If ut for the inflamed condition of their s ?iuds I rum drink. 1 **TLey were red hot with drinking." Then thc whole community liked to c lave been iuvolved in the affair by two j.', Iruukeu negroes, who attempted, under ? ?, he pretext of au arrest, and without j h uthority, to get possession of the per j on of Col. Jienj. lierndon, that they 1 light kill him, by way of iudemui?ca? ,? iou aud revenge for the killing ot Nash. a Jut fur the forbearance of the whites, s oder the most galling tauuts and in *' lults, and the good behavior of the great ^ )ody of the colored people, there would lave been many lives lost, fl "- Prudence, when rcbcH'oas appetites : h Rad r.n>'.l tciupt.ttious, with (heir batteries i u Assaulting r?jf >n, ?Len did iuterpotfe, And keep :t .- ?fe.*' Yet ?trange to sav, in temperance is j ?' ii * ' mstained by thc highest grades of our | Bociety. But a s..ort time ago a ''bot L| supper" was given by the ladies and ? gentlemen of our village, for the purpose " of raising money for some good purpo>e, at which a large quantity ol' wine ??is ,j sold, against law and propriety, and J among thc meu who bought and drank, ii boys only ten years of age, went Up,I" paid their money, au 1 swiged off their! glass. "Oh thou invi?:.'-!e spirit of rr-nc. j (, If thou bael i'<> name to be known l>v. Iel I Us call UK? devil." SHA KS. * "Who Wunders, under such cucum ' " 1 a fiances, wbcu fair woman lends thc L * lr it chery of her charms, aud stakes her j virtue and piety in immediate conoce-?y tiou with this unmitigated curse, ihat it r should assume such alarming proper lions! Who wonders, when che wind ' j is sown, thc whirlwind shou'd bc j p reaped .' Who wonders, tiiat patriotism, ! v so calied, staggering drunk through the . hod, is armed wi*h revolvers, and ready !. to blow out the brains of every one who L, happens to express an opposite opinion I ?5 ^\ ho wonders, that the two races, both i" reeling uuder the influence of liquor, Ie 6hotild stand with pistols diawn ready j to exterminate each other ! The only fJ Wonder is, that with as much drinking J as we have, so few are killed. Let ; c Patriotism, so called, cease to drink, I throw away its pistols, go to work, a;id , c develop the resources of the country ?fi With lees drinking, a*.d prating, and " more work, our difficulties wiil subside, 1 harmony ensue and the hon id fl-i w of j" blood which stains our land in thc p days of peace, wiil cease. Temperance mon of this country, you ' * who but a few years ajjo achieved such a . ic glorious vicfor.es, who banished the j decanter and wine-glass from the aide-jr board, parlor, and dinner table, shut up u so maoy grog shops in the towns and ?c villages of our State, reformed so many ! * abandoned drunkards, and regenerated c public sentiment on this subject, have jg you given up the cause in hopeless : despair? Are you willing that the j1 whole country -r" to ruin and you do nothing to save it if Once more gird on j your armor, and fall into ranks ! Mingle : - your prayers with your efforts. Let j s your voice, loud and clear, be heard ^ amidst the raging storm, invoking the r aid of Him, who speaks and there is a a great calm, and, with His interposition, i what you have done you on do again, 1 and much more. H. j( Cokesbury, 1871. ? -A paper called The Tohaceo Plant j boa recently been started in Liverpool. \ It must be a good paper for 'puffs." | -The Boston Post bas tho following ? retort: "The person who sent us a copy I of the Sos ton Post wita ' Jacxass' writ- 1 tm urxm thp margin it requested to l inform n a what stable Le caa be ' feta*." li PLOUGHING BY STEAM. ?OKACE CREEL KIT LEARNS A THING OK TWO IN LOUISIANA? ir/W// /./? Sens of thc Practical Opera? tiv,) of the Steam plough on a Sugar Plantation-An Energetic Planter-? The pi,ree required to run the. Plought - Cult 1 ruting thc Cane by Steam-Mr. Greeley's Conclusions. Mr. Greeley writes to the New York Tribune from New Orleans, under date i May 17th : On our way clown through Mississippi, re made the acquaintaDCc of Mr. H. E. Lawrence, a life long and succcssfn! ugar planter, who, on learning my I nxioty (o witness ploughing by steam, not for shew, but as a business,) invited s to visit thc plantation of his brother, .here that style of breaking up the j art.li is in fashion. Accordingly, a tug- i oat was ci.artered, and some forty or Hy gentlemen devoted yesterday to uir.ir-plantiii"; by steam Magnolia plantation lies some fifty niles below this city, with a front of wo milos on thc west bank of the river, rith thc Gulf of Mexico but five miles ?stanI on cither hand. Most of the L-u-iuile strip which hore constitutes be coiinty (laic parish) of Plaquemine s a reedy marsh, the haunt of alligators, uusquitoes. Acc.. which a tempest in the J ult may submerge at any time ; but a nc forest of live oak on the rear of this lantatton indicates that thc surface, sua Hy dry, is wider at this point than he average. Tbc famous levees are light affiirs so mar thc (juli, where he rise and tail ol the mighty stream here a mile and a half wide) rarely xeceds three feet, and at the utmost is even. The river surface is now but sro to throe foot below that of the L-vccs, and ha? reeeutly been two feet igher. Waler leaking through the ?vee is caught in the substantial ditches hat everywhere traverse thc plantations, nd runs swiftly away till lost under be rank veg .ration of the swamps or b.-orbed by some bayou of thc adjacent ulf. This-whole region has of course oen formed of thc muddy sed.tuent de ?i>ited by tiie Father of Wafers wher ver thc swiftness of its current is arrest d Thus by ten thousand annual over ows, mainly in April or Muy, Louisiana as fj'-en projected far into the Gulf; nd the process of milking new land at he expense <>f salt water is still in r< .gross. Thongh thc t.do rises IS riches at Now Orleans, and is felt at >'Oaldsonvillc, ""miles further up, be force of the carreut ko-}'? tba rivtr ire wholly frc>h at this sei-on. though : t ?8 somewhat brackish, at times win n . -s water is passing out. That thc i iii is rich, black and nf unfathomable j . -pill need not be added. Ditching or I cop ploughing is constant!.' unearthing! t?rnense cypresses whieli have been ' mbedded herc ?or thousand of years- j 'tue ol'them still s^uiid aud setvice- ? hie Mr Effingham Lawrence, thc owner j if Magnolia plantation, is a scion of a ? rcll-known Long island funily, the son J fa good larmer, and himself invented . plough when but ten years r.ld. Culti aiton is not only his parsuit but his; lassion. Ile came thither while still j outig. and has planted since his minori y. The machinery ia bis migar house, j .herc he refines more sugar than he eakes. ha< eo-t 8300.00 >, and little of : has been superseded by later and more j lerfect devices. Of his :J0OO, he culti- ' ates 1') ?0 acres, which is nearly all , hat stands well out of irater. Some of J he mo>t efficient of his former slaves ave left him to plant rice on small; dnces below him, wfVre they make : I m?! to $?000 each per annum, being j nperior workers M??>tof his ex slave? i noose t? r.-iuaiu wiMi li tai, and some of hem are herc earning 310 per month. Hs arable acres arc divided into tracts r fi? Ids of five to ten acres each by eep ditches on the n .rth and south, ro--. ?J by finn high r.-ad< on the east I nd west These acres have been sixty j r seventy yeats cultivated, mainly io ? anc, aod have rcc ived littlo or no j i-rtUization, unless an annual burning f i he waste stalks or''trash" ofthecanej ? t rhl of it may ht? called such. Ne- i roes aud mules have, till recently? : urnished all but the brain power em doyed. Mr. Lawrence was accustomed to use earns of ei??it mules to each plough nj was then able to pulverize but ight to ten inches in depth. Had ho tot been an expo ??need and capable i lou?; li roan, constantly in the field and (ten between the plough handles, he ould not have got below six inches, ven by the aid of all the persuasives ;nown tn plantation management. Of iourte his (?oil, annually drawn upon by ue? exhausting crops as cane and cora, frew gradually less productive; and he ras arnon" the earliest to r?alit? the ne jessi ty of bringing steam to the aid of igriculiure. lie had meaos and credit; te thoroughly understood his business md its needs; ha. visited Europe, and crutinized the workings of various team plough)), and he concluded that 'owler's machinery, whereof two powerf? ul engines stand attach side of the field ? .od draw the ploughs back and forth bj rinding up and unwinding wire ropes iround their respective drums, was the m ly device adapted to this soft, heavy .asily compacted soil. He bought suc? cessively two sets of these machines, ;he second much heavier ead Bore powerful than the first; and he is now ising thirty-horse eogfaee, supplied on His resolute demand, though none so jowcrful bad ever been constructed for Roughing till he ordered them. Wb?D he Fowlers bar? done their best fer lise, ho takes tbe aw db ines ictc bia own ikops and directs auch modifications as iii own experience has suggested, fie s eonfideut tat w* shall MOB r?cur? sixty-h jrse engines, sud by their aid prairie may be ploughed two feet d at the rate of at least fifty acres day. Though the season has been persi emly cool and rainy, so that eve ry tb is backward, and the soil was too wei be ploughed to advantage, yet we fou on our unannounced arrival, both set ploughing machinery io full operati with none but negro field-hands n them, though an overseer rode from fi to field supervising their efforts. B of twelve to fourteen years, who co not hold a breaking np mule plou were running engines as learners, wages of seventy five cents each ; day. Tho ground was cane stnbl heavily ridged or hilled to counter excess of moisture, with the "trash" last year's crop tying between the rt and constantly cloggingand choking I ploughs, often requiring the machim to be stopped in order to clear thc The subsoil-never disturbed till now was a glutinous clay loam, compacted sixty years' treading of heavy mi teams; so wet that it came up uobroki as if it were glue, and about as easy pulverize as so much sole-leather, obstinate is it that Mr. Lawrence h reduced each gang of ploughs to tfl lest his engines should be sta!.ed or 1 wire ropes broken. These two each c a furrow sixteen inches wide and fu two feet io average depth; had the su face been level, they would bave ave aged twenty-six inches. They we drawn across the field (576 feet) fasi than most men would like to wal Three men were required to keep the io place, and clear them of the chokii .'trash," which I would have burned o of their way, though I, bad I been planter, would have preferred to ha it buried as they buried it. Against i these impediments, etch set of machi; ery was ploughing from five to six acr per day-ploughing them two feet dee remember, and thus relieving them thc generally superabundant moisture shallow ploughing, or even ordinary su soiling, never did and never can. M Lawrence, upon land thus ploughc makc3 an average of 2000 pounds p acre of sugar where he formerly mat but 800 pounds. And he regards bin self as yet on the threshold of stea cultivation. And even this was not the best I had to show us. In other fields, pei haps half a mile distant, other machin? were pulti?* ?ig cane by steam. I bi lieve the hue of this has not yet bee done elsewhere on earth. Ihe rows < cane aie fully seven feet apart; tb plants now fully a foot in average heigh A locomotive eugine stands at cither en of the field, moving forward or back war by a.touch of the hand ot thc negro bo standing upon it aud louking out fe signals. Thc cultivator is composed c five or six ordinary hcrse cultivators, ec largod and fixed io a frame, wherec the half that bas just stirred the cart to a depth of two and a width of fiv feet is lifted clear of the ground oi reaching the engine which draws il while its counterpart is brought down t its work by the plough-guider steppinj upon it. Ata signal, the boy at th other end o? the field or "land" start bis engine, and begins to wind up hi wire-rope and uncoil or pay out that o the drum beneath the opposite engine pulling thc cultivators through thecartl a? they are guided nearer the row tba they were kept further from aa the; passed io the opposite direction. Haring thus thoroughly pulverized the spaci bet'veen two rows, by traversing it twiw the engines move forrard to the nex space and repeat thc operation; and st on till night fall. Mr. Lawrence assur?e me that one such thorough working answers fer the season; whereas, while tilling by mule power, every cane fiele required working six times per season at intervals of fifteen days. A set o machine, and bands tills abont twelve acres per day. I judge the cost of this day's work, including fuel and wear ol machinery, ranges from $25 te $30. Thu far below the cost of repeated work? ings by mule-power, while it ia far cor? efficacious. The land ploughed and tilled by steam is far dryer than th? rest. Mr. Lawrence considers his thou sand acres under tillage worth $100 pei acre more than they would be but foi steata culture. lia will keep his twe sets of ploughing machinery at work nol only throughout each day whea the earth is not too sodden, but (by relaye o? hands) throughout each night also, when the moon serres. Steam tillage of growing crops, being a nicer, nore critical operation, will be confinai tc daylight. But the autumn is here thi dry seasoo, therefore most favorable to ploughing, and he realizes ein immense advantage io this. Throughout thc cane cutting month\of Octobet and No? vember, when all the mules on a planta lion are overworked at hading ap out cane from the fields to the sugar-house, so that ploughing with animals is im? possible, he will hare bis ploughing machinery constantly at work, doing him most excellent service io preparing for next year's crop. I am quite aware that this letter will not convey any. clear idea) of th? machinery or tbe;prc>#ase* smplo^ ia steam ploughing and tillage. No sensible ' nat) expects to be made! ac? quainted with thea? otherwise than by personal and carer*! observation. If I have given tty ^ elaborate1 ye?V the reaoks -aefcerid, ttear^Wtiw raine, I hare dona all I proposed. I close, theo, with lil avowal of sty coo fideatbaliefthat Mr. Efragbam Law? rence baa rendered an itamenaa terrica j to Ameriean agmaltitfe, especially that of tba prarie Sutes, by. dwurawt/tsjipg the benefits, ?ot merely of steam ptoogb* iogv bas of tobtfjq&eot otea? U3e$c, tod that the day is net remote wherein of twenty-four to thirty-four inches by steam power, and that far larger and amer crops than those of the past will therefrom be realized. USEFUL INFORMATION. How to lay off a square Acre of Ground-measure off 209 feel on each side, and you will have a square acre within an inch. Contents of an Acre.-An acre con? tains 4840 square rods. A square mile contains 640 acres. Measures and distances-A mile is 5280 feet, or 1760 yards* in length. A lathom is six feet A league is three miles; A Sabbath day Vjqnrney is 1155 yards -this is eighteen yards leas than two thirds of a mile. A day's journey is 33} miles. .A cubit is two feet. A hand (horse^measure) is 4 inches. A palm is 3 inches. A space is 3 feet. Barrel Measure-A barrel of flour weighs 196 pounds. A barrel of pork, 200 pounds. A barrel of riot, 600 pounds. A keg of powder, 25 pounds. A firkin of butter, 56 pounds. A tub of butter, 84 pounds. Bushel Measure.-The following are sold by weight per bushel : Wheat, beans and clover seed, 60 pounds to the bushel. Corn, rye and flax seed, 56 rjounds. Buckwheat, 53 pounds. Barley, 43 pounds. Oats, 32 pounds. Bran, 20 pounds. Coarse salt, 85 pounds. Various Weights and Measures.-A ton of round timber is 40 feet; of square timber, 54 cubic feet. A cmmercial bale of cotton is 400 pounds. A peck of wool, 240 pounds. A section of government land is 640 acres, or one mile. A liquid ton is 252 gallons. A box 16 by 16* inches and 8 inches deep contains a bushel. Under the head o! "Useful Facts for Grocers," the American Grocer ?ives the following information : A sack of Liverpool salt should con? tain 224 pounds. A bushel of Turk's Island salt will weigh from 70 to 75 pounds. A box of Lemons will average about 330 in number, a box of oranges from ?00 to 250. A case of preserved ginger contains 9 jars. A frail of dates weighs from 150 to 200 pounds. A drum of figs, 2, 4 and 8 pounda each. A cask of prunes, 1300 to 1800 pounds, averaging about 1500 pounds, j A box of raflios contains 22 pounds net. , Currents come in casks of from 275 to 300 pounds. Citron comes in small boxes of about j 25 pounds each. Tar?, two to two and ! a half pounds. Peanuts are usually sent tn market in sa ks, containing about 3 bushels. Dried apples and peaches come in barrels, generally from 150 to 225 pounds. Blackberries coma in barrels. A quintal of fish is 112 pounds. Virginia peanuts weigh 22 pounds to the bushel. Wilmington do., 26 to 28 pouods. African do., 32 pounds. BOW TO RAI#8 GOOD CHICKENS. 1. Set the hen in a place where she will not be disturbed. 2. Give a large hen twelve or thir? teen eggs, medium sized one ten or twelve, and a small ooe eight or nine. 3. Don't let thu hen come out of tho sitting room ootil she bas hatched, but keep her supplied with gravel, food and water. 4. tVhea chicks are hatched, leave them in the nest for eight or ten hours. 5. Don't meddle with tho eggs dur? ing incubation ; turning them once a day, and all such fborUhneas, is apt to prevent the eggs from hatching. All of this is good advice from the Southern Farmer. TURKEY RAISING. A correspondent of Central Union Agriculturist rays : "The way to raise them, which, if] carried out, would be most profitable, is to raise good broods, but then it does not pay to raise them and sell them for] less than the price of beef per pound. Bat turkeys do one good thing on a fara : they will eat up, in one summer, mofe insects than alf the birds. The latter are most troublesome seeding time and harvest, and wheo the fruit gets ripe, for they like something good to j eat, they will range all over the faro." -When Adam and Eve partook of the tra? of knowledge, did they study the higher branches ? ALL QUALITIES, -AT THE Hf un MB, XTTB katta* so laeetad oar Xiii as te enable Vf as to sell aa? kiad ?fLmaAer fer LESS MONEY than Aar/ other Mill whale reach of ganter, haws established a LUMBERYARD sear ?be Railroad Depot, where caa be fewd all .califes of Laisse,?? etea? a* it ea? be sold. SEAHKS * CO. New* Advertisements. . II. J. SAYERS. DEALER IN REAL ?STATE, F RAN Uffc, P. A. Buys and sells improved and unimproved lands anywhere in the United States. MERCHANT'S iA&tillt III IS GOOD FOB Burns ai ' Scalds, Rheumatism, * Chilblair . Hemorrhoids or Tiles, Sprains m.d Bruises, . Sore Nipples, Chapped ?jands, Caked Breasts, Flesh Wi ..;ds, Fistula, Monge, Frost Bit Spavins, Sweeney, External k ?ons, Scratches, or Grease, Sand CratV . Stringhalt, Windgalls Galls of A.1 Kinds, Foundered Feet, Sitfast, Ringbone, Cracked Heels, Poll Evil. Foot Rot in Sheep, Bites of Animals A Inseets,Rou" in Poultry, Toothache, ?c., Ac, Lame back, kc, Ac Large Size, $1.00, OTedltrai, 5 Oe., Small, 25c. The Gargling Oil bas been in use as a Lini? ment for thirty-eight years. All we ask is a fair trial, but be sure ai d follow directions. Ask your nearest druggist or dealer in patent medicines, for one of our Almanacs and Vade Mecums, and read what the people say about the 0:1. The Gargling Oil is for sale by all respectable dealers throughout tho United States and other countries. Our testimonials date from 1S33 to the pre? sent, and are unsolicited- Use the Gargling Oil, and tell your neighbors what good it has done. We deal fair and liberal with all, and defy contradiction. Write for an Almanac or Cook Book. Manufactured at Lockpart, N. Y. -BY MERCHANTS GARGLING OIL COMPANY, JOHN HODGE, Sec'y. Fragrant sapoliene Cleans Kid Glover and all kinda of Cloths and Clothing; removes Paint, Greese, Tar, kc, intiantly, without the least injury to the finest fabric. Sold by Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers. FRAGRANT S A PO LI ENE Co., 33 Barclay St., New York, 46 La Salle St., Chicago. FOUND AT HOME! KLUTZ'S CHILL CUBE, The erne cheap, safe and permanent cure lb? CHILLS, FEVER AND AGUE, Liver Complaints, Ac Contains neither Quin? ine or Arsenic. Never fails. Only 50ets. Try it, and be cured. Sold by all Druggists. THEO. F. KLUTZ k CO., Proprietors, ?Salisbury, N. C. TO THE AFFLICTED ! At la?t a sure remedy bas bein found tor all Skin Diseases, such as-Itch, Tetter. Ringworm. Poison Oik, Piuibles, Ac. BENSON'S SALA. LEM EKOTH is warranted in every instance. For sa.e by all Druggie. C. P. A L E. BEN? SON, Proprietors, Chnrlott.-siiilo. V?. CHEAP ADVERTISING.-We will insertan advert?s ment in EIGHT HUNDRED Arno rican NEWSPAPERS for SIX DOLLARS PER LINE per week. One line one week will cost Six Dollars, Two lines will cost Twelve Hollars, and Ten lino* will cost Sixty Dollars. Send for a Printed L?t. Address GEO. P. ROWELL dc CO.. Advertising Agent*, No. 41 Park Row, New York. Agents! Read This! Uyl? WILL PAY AGENTS A SALARY y y of & -0 per week MU I expenses, or allow a lar-e commission, to rel! our new and wonderful inventions. Address M. WAGNER A Co., Mar? shall. Mich._ QI f\A Day for all with Stencil Tools Ad ?J> J, \J dress A. E. GRAHAM, Springfield. Vt. >/r A MONTH Horse and Carriage ' .-'furnished. Expenses paid H. Shaw, Alfred. Me il Shrew ! but quiet men can make a fnrtnne hy revealing thc ?ceret of thc business te no one. Address GBO. WINSTEAD, 6S8 Broadway, New York. JW. VANNA M EE, M. D.. successfully e treats all classes of Cbrohid and Acute Diseases. Send stamp fur circular containing particulars and testimonials. Address Box ?120, New York. CITIZEN'S SAVINGS BANK South Carolina, DEPOSITS OF OSE DOLLAR ASD UP? WARDS RECEIVED. Interest allowed at the rate of Seven per cent. per annum on Certificates ef Deposit, and Six per cent, oe SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. COMPOUNDED EVERY SIX MONTHS. O F F I OE RS. WM. MARTIN. President. JOHN B. PALMER, I vt?IWA?ir? JOHN P. THOMAS, \ P*MM"tfc . G. BR EN1ZER, Cashier. JOHN C B. SMITH, Assistant Cashier. J. W. DARGAN, Assistant Cashier at Sumter. Local Finance Committee at Sumter. J. T. SOLOMONS, I J. S. RICHARDSON, L. 0. PATE, I T. B. FRASER. This tis ? Home Institution and merits the patronage of the people of the State-at tho same time a safe place to-de po? it their money, whieh caa be withdrawn whenever needed. general Bankin ; Business done. Home and Foreign Checks Bought and Sold. Old Bank Bills, Dilapidated Currency and Gold purchased. Re reena Sumps for Sale. Bankiaq Sours /rom 0 o'clock, A. M. to 3 P. M., and mrs Saturday after? noon, from 5 to 7 o'clock Jan 18 For Bide? m HB plana e* whieh I reside, containing about I TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED (?,7W) seres * ALSO Xv plantation ea the Saetee River, in Clarendon, oort tain io r. TWO THOUSAND TWO HUN? DRED (2,290) ames. ALSO Tl? tettt of abet! BLBVBN HUNDRED (HW) acres, lying partly 5? Sumter, partly is Clarea doa. ?nd un a 'Wa Soeib of Sumter C. H. Thia tract is hear" athena) aad ?eil adapted to Either of u?- above will be sold a* a whole, or ^'rr^sMam 1871, SFRIN6 TBlDEp fflfa CROQUET. Complete sets from $3 to $20 per ttt? BASE BALLS. All the different kinds at reduced prices. FISHING TACKLE. Of every description. TRAVELING BAGS. For ladies and gentlemen. FOREIGN FANCY GOODS. GUNS' AND PISTOLS OF ALI KINDS AND PRICES. AMMUNITION. SPORTMEN'S GOODS. Goods shipped to any part of the country per express. The same careful attention given to orders by mail as to personal purchases. Prices for our goods bas ;d on gold at par. POULTNEY, TRIMBLE & CO., 200 W. Baltimore Street, March 22- BALTIMORE, MD. PERUVIAN SUANO, GUINNAPPE, Standard Fertilizers, AND PLANTERS' SUPPLIES OF ALL KJ3?DS,| Furnished at lowest rates, by WILSOX & SELBY? COMMISSION MERCHANTS,! No. 17 Light Street, Baltimore. P. 0. Box, 2S4.] ^gu Consignments solicitiod and Liberal Ad- j ranees made on them. HEFEREXCZS. Bf essrs. D. J. Winn, Kennedy A Holman. A. j A. Gilbert, Rev. Noah Graham. Feb 22_3m SPRING AXD SUMMER IMPORTATION, 1871. RIBBONE Millinery and Straw Goods. ARMSTRONS^ATOR & CO., IMPORTERS AMD JOBBERS OP Bonnet, Trimming and Velvet Ribbons, Bonnet Silks, Satins and Velvets, Blonds, Nettg. Crapes, Ruches, Flowers, Feathers, Ornaments, Straw Connels and Ladies' Hats-Trim? med and Untrimmed, Shaker Hood?, Ac. 237 and239 BALTIMORE STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. Offer thc largest Stock to be found in this country, and unequalled in choice variety and cheapness, comprising tbe latest European Nov? elties. Order? solicite,! ?nd prompt attention given. March 1 ANDREW McCOBB, Jr. I COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND DEALER IN LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, And other Building Material. LAND PLASTER AND HAY. 217 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, SO. CA. Feb 8-3m] Opposite New Custom House. ?AW CARD. JOSEPH GALLUCHAT, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IX EQUITY. S CM TER, S. C. Ma- be fonnd at the office formerly occupied | by Messrs. F. J. A M. MOSES, OB Main Street. March 22_3m COLUMBIA HOTEL,! COL 1MB IA, S. C THIS new and Elegantly Furnished Estab? lishment, situated ia the business midst of South Carolina's Capitol, affords tbe best and most pleasant accommodations in the city. WM. GORMAN, Propietor. J. D. Benns, Cashier. May 10_ly Kinsman Sf Howell, Factors and Commission Merchants. Liberal Advances made on Cotton and Naval Stores. Charleston, S.C. CHARLESTON HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. This ?til ka ova and popular FIBJ*rCLASS HOTEL, situated ia tbs centre of the eiry, asA also te the centre of the Wamicale Business Boasts, affords facilities, acsnforte ?nd attention to Travellers for Pleisure and Merchant* ea Easiness, second to stat te (ht Cai ted States. April 12 ?rn ROBERT BROUN, County Surveyor. PLANS AND ESTIMATES furnished ea applieattAB. W?1 attsmd te any business ao trastei te Usa w-itbuocaraey and d ft patch. TERMS CASH. Refers te FOES Oft FRIENDS. Address, Box 2?, Manchester, fl. & BORE KT* BRO UH, 2>. S. May 10_[Tj_ 18, ?O?1"^^ ' Far safe by r Marah lt- W. W. KBRCHSIR. FOGARTYS BOOK DEPOSITORY. NEW CATALOGUE, No. 7. JOHN ESTEN COOKE'S LIFE OF GEN ROBERT E. LEE, Illustrations, Portraits] and Maps.$5.u? j Musings'ovcr the "ChristianY tar," and "Lyr,i ! Innoccnticm," by Charlotte Yonge, together with a few Gleanings of Recollections 'A th? Rov. John Keble, gathered by severa" friends.2.50 A Concordance to "Keblc's Christian Ycar*'..2.5U Holidays at St. Mary's, or Tales ia a Sister hood,by S.D. N......1.30 The Jordan and its Valley and tho Dead Sea, Illustrated.50 The Lost Blessing, by Anna Shipton.1-00 Mornings with Jesus, a Series of Devotional Readings for the. Closet, and the Family, by Her. William Jay,$1*50, Evenings with Jesus, by Jay.1.50 Prof. Darwin's New Book, "The Descent of Man,' and selertion in relation to Sex, by Charles Darwin, wii? illustrations, Tolume 1..."..2.00 Third Volume of Max Muller's Chips, from . a German Workshop, coniaiLir.g essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiqui? ties. .2.50 The History of Greece, by Pref. Dr. Ernest 'Curtius, translated by A. W. Ward, M. A., vol. 1.2.50 A Handbook of Legendary and Mythological * Art, by Clara Erskine Clement, with de? scriptivo* illustrations.3.50 Life and Nature under the Tropics : Sketches of Travclcs among the Amies and of the Otlnoco, Pio'Ncgro, and Amazons, by H. M.and P. V. N. Myers.2.00 The American Sportsman, conttiuing hints to Sportsmen, notes on Shooting, and tho habits of the Game Birds and Wild P< wi of America, by Lewis, with ?JIustrat:oo*?.75 A new Book, by the author of'Ecce Homo" Roman Imperialism, and other Lectures and Essays, by J. R. Seely, M. J A. 1.50 Adventureaofa Young Naturalist, by Lucien Blast, with 117 illustrations.1 75 Wonderful Escapes, revised fr?m the French of F. Bernard, with additions, illustra ted.1.50 Youth's Uisto y of thc Great Civil \Vitr in the United States, by Horton, witL illus? trations.1.75 The Sciet.cc of Money a Great Tiu-h ; G '.d Legal Tenders, Dills of Exchange, Ex? ports and Import', Balance of Trade. Favorable or Unfavorable Balance of Exchange. All simplified and made clearly manifest, by No mistake.1.75 A ntw Variorum Edition of Shakspearc, edi? ted by Horace H. Furness, vol. 1., Romeo and Juliet!..7.50 The Life of John Adams, begun by John Quincy Adams, completed by Charles Francis Adams, 2 vol.3.0* Lord Lytten's Life of Lord Palmerston, 2 vols....5.00 Kew supplies of the following VALUABLE AND POPULAR BOOKS: Yesterday, Tc-day and Forever, hy Bicker stitb, $2 Changed Cross, $1.50; Shadow on the Rock, $1.50; Stepping Heaven? ward, by Miss Prentiss, $1.75; Broadus on the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons.$2.00 Hanna's Life of Christ, complete in 3 ? il., $4 50; MacdufTs Memories of Patino?, $2; The Victory ol the Vanquish? d, by the author of Schonberg-Cotta f a:ui!y, $1.75; Liddon'* Bampton I.ccturt-s, "The Divinity cf our Lord and Saviour Jesus? Christ.2.50 Shiloh, or. Without and Within. $2: By the Sea.1 75 F A*tl I LY ANO POCK KT BIRLES. WE HAVE RECENTLY MADE LARGE ADDITIONS to our stock of BtfiLtS. Thc prices are greatly reduced. WP are now offering an unnsual large vari?tv of EXtiLISli AND AMERICAN FAMILY BIBLES, POCKET BI? BLES, and the EPISCOPAL PRAYER BOOK, at extremely low prices. ^S#* Persons residing in th* mnntry aili please.bear in mind that by sending their orders to us for any books polished in America, they will be charged o ly the price of the book. We pay for the Postage or express. Address FOG ARTIE'S HOOK DEPOSITORY No. 260 KING STREET.(IN THE BEND), CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. April 5 _ Charleston Broom Factory, J. P. BROWNE, Agent. ALSO AGENT FOR Safety Lamp. PERKINS A BOUSES' NON EXPLOSIVE KEROSENE LAMP IS j absolutely safe both from Breaking and Exp!" sion. Gives twice as much light as ordinary Lamps,?nd uses 35 pr cont, less Oil. Gives ofi no oder, and lasts a lifetime. For sale by J. P. BROWNE, ISC MttlinQ ft., ami bl Broad Sfrrrt., CJiarfafor, S. C. Agent for State of Sooth Car. !i::a. GREEN A WALSH Agents for Sumter, S. C Atril 5_"_ J. E. ALGER & CO., -raroaricas or ASD PF.ALF.RS IM HARDWARE, CUTLERY, BUNS, BAR IRON, STEEL, AND Agricultural Implement*, J. K. Adger. I A. McD. Brown. 139 Meeting Street, E. D. Robinson, ? and G. II Monett, 62 East Bav Street, J. Adgcr Smyth, I CHARLESTON, S. C. E. A. Smyth. j j Feb 8-_ ?ni Henry Bischoff & Co., Waa LE SA LE GR O C ERS. AND DEALERS IN wqrcs, LIQUORS., SEGAHS TOBACCO, kc. 197 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. Feb 8 CM PAVIL10? HOTEL, cnmESTOiV s. c. BOARD. PER DAY. ?3.C0. ! Best. aaauLToa, MRS. H. L. BoiTzcrteLa, SaperintaedeBt. Proprietress Oat 5 Aprfl I_ly (gQQ TONS KED BEACH J LAND PLASTER v Foraafahj . t. W KBRCHNER JOB WO EE o r EVERY DESCRIPTION PROMPTLY IXL? I TED AT TUL' OFFICE f'F |The Sumter ?/atchman, Hilliest Style of the Art. wiLmxarox, x. a WE KEEP TiirJ MOST COMPLETE AS? SORTMENT OF . GROCERIES TO EL iOl'XD IN AN . ITllEKNMAP. kcr. Our Lice of PP.OVISIOI?S Of ev?, rv ki:, i rot?) 1 tc. arni at prices tliat cat offal] indecent) !" ww? . <.: hr- X- rta. Close buyiug etutomcrs .viii I'<..! thal they .-ave m-my by or icriii-i'r'-?n us. Oa: 'gue lor the sj ring trade is unusually fall. Wines, Liquors & Tobacco. ALL K?NDS Whiskey, G'n, Raw. Brandy." Tiirscs, Bitters, A'.c, Perter, ic. Chew!:2 Tvhseco. :n il-.-s ar.l ; box''-, of great rariily. Smoking T. ba. ce, all i.' ?>'.-. i-. J, 1. } and 1 pound p K-V.-j-jc*. Segar-, a good many JrT.-rcnt sris and sdi . n:a!itiej. The above we offer to i'..-: :r.> io '-iw frr CA^II A Dill AX & V?LLERS, Mire!. 27 Wilmington, X. C. IV QTi at Bit ?? 16,030 LTSliEi.- CORN, 8.0.N1 Barrel? Flour, 15? Barr?ls Pork, PO Dx.xes I). S.and L C. Side?, Sd JI!i l.\ D. S. and Smoked Si les ead Shoulders, 4J>0 Sat !:s J ira and T.icnavra CoSeo, 20 Rb is. Descarara and P. R. Sr.-ar, l.'>() I:!?:.?. Refined Su Mr-al! giants, 350 lll.ds. Cob* M. lapses, 1?0 B! ls. C't' a Molas* <. 154 find*. Svmr H\>usc .MuTai*'?, lort l;ids. SagasII -u.-c Molasses. 3?0 Ra?ca II.-.v, 2,C'.() <:,fks S lit. 150 Bbl?, arni 1? ,xrs Cracker', lj Tibs l?rjttrr, SM Boxes So:ip. 100 Cases Lye ast I Potash, "?> Bb!J. and Tub.? .'.ar l. 75 Bb*?.an i Kits Mackerel, ?S Boxes Tobacco, so Boxes Sola, i."ifl Kegs Nail.?, ?i) Boxes Ohcc?e, For sale by F. W. KEr?CIIN'En, 27. 2^ and 23 North Wat: r Street, May 10 W3ra?n;r?on, N. C A. E. Stillman's GQOZS HOUSE 2S! Kly Stn,!, FOURTH DOOR BELOW WEXTWORH ST. Charleston S C ornsixG OF SPK/XG AXD SUMJVFM ?;??o ns. NEW AND FASHIONABLE DRESS DOODS. FR EN'll CAMBRICS AND MUSLINS. Will TH AM/ tl 1 F PIGNAS. CASSIM! BES TWEEDS AM) JEANS. DOMESTIC OD* OT EVERY KIND. DOSIERT G!.'<\ KS AND N ?TI0NS. All cb*, ar, f r rash ar A. R, STILLMAN'S, 2SJ. King Mr.. April ? -Sa? SU 3X31 KR NCT T!C . tr..? Hats f-r (?taticnxa,\u: PANAMAS. DrNSTAEI-E. ?.? TON, Pl !)VL IND LE..H01XNS. T*..? rr?ces v- y ira? .-. ... St. Extra ni .v -tran !?...> i.n :?.. ti a? .1 1 .>..*... 2.*o. Ala-- v : cn lt HaTS, t.'.r %..?:-;?:." ?- :- .?! t.. SI. Min'.. ..>?..! % .n: .*.- S. II . : ll-'- v :i. l i^':. ? V ?r i*', I r n ? rr* w ritti".S? ??. Be%*' I?" ?f. Wh< . ' a.w-J * ?raw Hats . ; -r. Fol the dear iirtte vl??:.li . ni '. v. : ... , ?irt?e foa.ri *-..? I' *. St. S . ? .'>-. . Ladiea* awd .? . - .; ! ?Jr??en, ?.? .. t?.-l t f- .?..> .-*. '- i' i > .? ? I Black i I : .? . . .. ?'. I'"-....;; :.?.... 7o.-. S :. I -ilk. A!> ..<. i .' i .i ?' T. 1 i C?T.-.S in 'i I Lo? pri-e ! ra' r . .7.- :<. $1 >.. S2. j Yoong untV f nev ' rr tr l ar.ama Hats, i Extra wide rs? !'i n? r . PaP.?n?a . ? I ?falkiisff fanes : r traer?, fe > ai.dch?l j .ir.-:.2? i r. - : . $1. j Mer?'.? ?nd t-y..* < cl ?S-*-?. j Army. Navy ... 1 !V !. f Cai s. ! ?SrOXT. t RUTE .-r ? Tl ! "A. ^ j STEELE'S . (1 AT ii M.?.." j No. S13 King Strret -\n of the <-BI?? MAI" j C^.'rl-... n, ^. c. \ April y fog ESTABI^SSIlKU IS:iS, Farniiorc Waren>oms ?I?5, 177 & KI?G -l?IilLr CHARLESTON, S. C. j JQONT SI T FOUR FURNITURE j UNTIL \ OU EXAMINE MT STOCK I Constantly ?a Lard a large and n-' ii selected ! as>ort:.;?.:st of j CABINET FI KN ?TU?? t\ . Oftfcc 'j'f-sr ?r?-l nv->i BJ praood i'vli--. wl.-ph ha offers at prices tabh !. rannot fail to j ie^*c. ALSO, I Chamber .n i Got?*?^ Sels, OF EVERY m^miPTICN. j All kinda of MATTRESSES male t? u: ier. I UPHOLSTERING ni .1H PA I KING Ju av. at ahortest potico and lu &s best r?toner. N. B.- Good? Cr. reta i ly Paeta i fr .. Shi.pi.^ A^iril j. Sm i A Jiearty Old t i^inia Welcome AWAITS voe AT REWITT'3 GLOBE HOTEL, A?GU6?A, GA. 1^"^ nr~mYl\ Proprietor. 9r?& ...