The Sumter watchman. (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, June 14, 1871, Image 2
PH LSI DL.Vi' I>AYI& "ACCEPTS
NOTHING."
Hon. JEFFERSON* PA VIS T? enthu?
siastically icceived in Atlanta on Satur?
day. At oigbt, a welcoming speech
was delivered at thc Kimball House by
(Jen. Gailington, about two thousand
persons atteoding. It. response, accord
'tug to the Era, Mr. Davis said sub?
stantially :
Looking down upon the Jiouest faces
bef'oie hiiu he experienced a peculiar
pleasure as he realized the fact that the
complimertaiy tribute paid to him was
au expression of sentiment on the part
of the people of Georgia. Georgia had
a proud recuid" Beginning with Ogle?
thorpe, and glancing at the old Colonia!
times, the speaker remarked that the
principles for which Georgians fought
i;i the late war between the States were
the same they contended for in the revo?
lution of 1770, and in the war of 1812
Ile felt animated and sustained by the
conviction that Georgia would yet re?
cover her ancient liberties and be a jjreat,
prosperous and sovereign State. When
first he saw Atlanta it was simply an old
field o* s'uhblc. Again he saw if just
after the Feder?l army had swept ever
ir, marking their coorie by a Vandal?
ism iar blacker than anything that had
ever slamed ihe fair fame of i urenne as
a soldier. A third time he saw it, and
then the blackened ruins had disappear?
ed; the evidences of desolation had been
swept away to make room for thc stately
structures which DOW ornament the city
Dwelling at some length upon the enter?
prise and energy displayed by the people
of Georgia, under so many adverse cir
cutm :anccs, the speaker alluded to the
important woik which the young men (
of the State liad before them. Ile did i
not propose to discuss politics. Ile had <
shaken hands with politics, and had I
done with them forever. Ile trusted i
that every one in the audience would i
:'gree with him on that point. But 1
while he did n..t care to make a politi- ]
cal speech, he felt that he ought to ?
cxpre.-s one or two opinions in reference i
to i lie best policy to bc pursued by the j
South. Ile referred only to the present ;
- the future might take care of itself.
He dared not say ai) that he would. It
would be usid against the Southern ,
people, and they would be compelled to
Lear the responsibility of his utterances.
There was a good deal of talk about .
"accepting the situation," but, as far as
he was concerned, he would "accept
nothing !" These inferable phrases ?
about "accepting the situation" because
our rights had been submitted to the
abitrament ol' the sword and lost, were
the excuses of dunces and cowards. No
one had any right to submit the liber?
ties ol' a people to thc abitrament of the
sword. The representatives of the
Southern people had never been author?
ized to do anything of the kind. Af
their chief Executive, he had never
been so authorized, nor did he ever
claim to be. Ile did not like to bc
understood as advocating resistance
On thc contrary, he counselled submis
tion to existing laws. He knew vcay
well that thc conquerer was too power?
ful to be successfully resisted by thc
South. It wa> the duty of Georgia, and
of the other Southern States, to keep
aloof /rom politics, and to attend to the
development of their internal resources.
This was all l. ni eould bc done at
?resent. It was useless fur the South
to attempt to take a coutrolling part in
thc polities of the country. As matters
uaw stand such action would only delay
the day ol deliverence. He was firmly ?
c mvinced, and intended to live and die
believing that Georgia and her sister
States would again bc prosperous, free
and sovereign. Unless this was a;*ain
tiie c:i>c the Republic was a failure.
Hut there were great numbers of free?
men in thc North who sympathize with
us. 'fin-y would never submit to be de?
prived of their liberties, and wheo they
felt the dangerat Imme they would then
need the aid of thc South. Thus by
quietly holding aloof thc South could
become a political balance of power on
this continent. Thia desirable result
would be accomplished by waiting until
they divided at the North, and theo it
Would be the policy of the South to act
with tn.- [-arty having the best candidate
and thebes! platform.
lu conelu.-ion, Mr. Davis made a few
humorous remarks about the life in
huiauee business. Ho preferred to dis
CM-- that instead of politics. It would
alf rd bim pleasure to insure the life of
every man present, and guarantee one
hundred years; existence. Again ex?
pr??ing to his cudieoee his heartfelt
appreciation of the demonstration in hi.?
1 - < : * . r Mr. l'ai* badi: them "good
t. .-l.t." ant] retired amidst enthusiastic
cheering.
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Fl'.tf ALIS Kl-KLIX AT WliST POIST.
The New York papers exclaim in an
alarmed cliorus, "What'* to bo done!"
Tho commandant at West Point Military
Academy has decided that this year the
cadets should not have (heir annual hop.
The Secretary ot War overrules this de
Cl oon, and tho Imp is to come off. By
prescriptive ri^ht eaoh cudot is entitled
lo a par:ncr, and thus? so is colored ca?
det Smith. The ladies, not having the
fear nf Congress before their eyes, now
rom bi no logother in defiance ot that
body and ?ts solemn enactments, to de?
prive a citizen of his right* on account
??f color, for they utterly refuse to dance
with the black cadet. It has been sug?
gested that a colored lady he invited for
his behool. Rut in this case the fair
rob?is say that they won't go to hop at
sll. And thus a baud of Kc Klux in
dimity triumph.
"Mtence u"\jolae?
Mr Davis'* unfortunate ?peech st
Atlanta lias been repudiated by the
gre.it body of thc Southern press. One
paper goo* so far aa to call him a "fool?
r?eh?,w Rven the pupen which praise
him most aro compelled einphatioilly to
repudiate the Atlanta ituprudonoe-~-to
cull Vc Ly it? r?;ido?t Ramo, Of cl! the
hard ho'ha- wived, tho following
from T'-r C&sea a:ul ftutt&1 InUc ls
perhaps thu barde** arrd most ^pointed :
"j? feo? t.svi-, ?Uh that good sense
<:fo? which kt> wt? alway* eminently ?one
'^pioiii?a?; U -Mftklng apaeahealii fever
"*f the r? cletta ci Prudent ?rart."
(.taut hlm'H?, laawTaMof ta a fferaM
ii?srvicfftMf. decdarti tUftt "he* (pavla)
i? ? ?k?c? all ibe towitj &%fM\u9"
It does appear that the man, mesjoii
weil all the time, is doomed, ta awl tt?
tality, to ruin repeatedly the JfTJ
pie of all others whose welfare he. pro?
fesses, and we doubt nob sincerer*, to
have most warmly at h?art.-Charleston
Noes.
HON. .TB PF. D'A VIS? MISSISSIPPI ES?
TATES NOW OWNED BI ONE OF
HIS FORTIER SLAVES.
A letter to the Chicago Tribune de?
scribes a visit made in company with
Mr. Jefferson Davis to the plantation
formerly owned by him in Mississippi.
The writer says :
We left at night on the R. E. Lee,
one of our fioeat steamers, and landed at
thc Hurricane plantation abont daylight
the next morning. This plantation, and
another known as Briarfield, were occu?
pied before thc war by J. E. Davis and
his brother, President Davis. They
were sold to a favorite freedman, Ben
Montgomery, for $300,000, payable at
the end of ten years, (1st January,
1876.) interest at six per cent., payable
anuually. Ben, who is very black, but
thoroughly educated before thc war, met
us and ?rave us a breakfast, waiting on
the table himself, but not offering to
lake a seat. After breakfast we had a
surriage and rode over the magnificent
estate, the extent of which you can form
some idea when I tell you that Ben
Montgomery made last year 2,500 bales
oOotton and a large quantity of corn.
We dined at Briarfield, the former
residence of Jefferson Davis, and now
occupied as a residence by the aforesaid
Ben, and you will not be surprised to
learn that the former slaves of Mr.
Davis greeted him with all the warmth
if affection which they were capable of
expressing. Mr. Davis met them
sordially, and encouraged them by many
kind words. Alter dinner, at which
our wealthy host again waited on us in
elegant btjle, we passed on to a very
large aud valuable plantation which has
been purchased by Ben Montgomery
and^ added to tire Davis estate, and
?hieb will add to his crop this year
probably 1,000 bales more, making
5,500 bales io all, if it is a good crop.
THE FREE-LOVE QUEEN.
Victoria Woodhull'? Creed and Defence.
Mrs. ex-Dr. Woodhull, now Mrs.
Blood, the acknowledged leader of the
Woman Right's movement at the North,
publishes a card io the New York
papers, io which she says :
One of the charges made against me
is that I lived in the same house with
my former husband, Dr. Woodhull, and
my present husband, Colonel Blood -
The fact is a fact. Dr. Woodhall being
sick, ailing and incapable of self sap
port, 1 felt it my duty to myself and to
human nature that he should be cared
for, although his incapacity waa in no
wise attributable to me. My present
husband. Colonel Blood, not only ap?
proves of this charity, but co-operates
io it. I esteem it one of the most
virtuous acts of roy life. But various
editors hr.vc stigmatized me as a living
example ol immorality and unchastity.
My op; ? I on s antTpriciples are subjects
of just criticism. 1 put myself before
the public voluntarily. I know foll
well that the public will criticise me
and my motives and actions in their own
way and at their own time. I accept
the position. I except to no fair analy?
sis and examination, even if the scalpel
bc a little merciless.
But let him who is without- sin east
his stone. I do Bot intend to be made
the scapegoat of sacrifice, to be offered
up as a victim to society by those who
cover up the foulness of their lives and
thc feculence of their thoughts with
hypocritical mouth of fair professions,
and by diverting publie attention from
their own iniquity and pointing thc
finger at me. I know that many of our
self appointed judges and critics are
deeply tainted with the vices they con?
demn. I live in one hoose with one
who was my husband ; I live as the
wife with one who is my husband. 1
believe ia spiritualism ; I advocate free
love in thc highest, purest sense, as the
only cure for the immorality, the deep
damnation by which men corrupt and
disfigure God's tucul holy, institution of
sexual relations. My judges preach
against free love openly, practice it
secretly. Their outward seeming is
fair ; inwardly tiiey are full ot "dead
men's bones and all manner of unclean?
ness" For example, I know of one
man, a public tench er of eminence, who
lives in concubinage with the wife of
another public teacher of almost equal
eminence. All three concur in de?
nouncing offences against morality.
"Hypocrisy is the tribute paid by vice
to virtue." So be ir. But I decline to
stand up as "the frightful example."
I shall uiako it my busiue<s to analyze
some of their lives, and will take ny
chances in the mailer of libel snits.
I have no faith io critics, bat I believe
it; public justice.
VICTORIA C. WOODHULL.
New York, Saturday, May 20, 1871.
LAWYER'S PUZZLE.
The Chancery Court baa been in
session during the week ; Chancellor
Felder on the bench. One of the moat
perplexing questions that ever came be?
fore a court fi^r solution was presented
this week.and for the benefit of those
who delight to entangle conundrums
and solve liddies, we will give the ease
as it wt s presented to the c art : A
sells a lot of iar.d to B, and takes -bis
note for the purchase money B subse?
quently mortgages the land to C, the
latter of whop baa notice of A'a lico
for the parchase money, B after this
executes another mortgage to D, who
has notiae of tb? prior mortgage to C.
-but ba* no nor ?oe of the Ileo IB favor of
A, for the purchase money. Now A's
lien ia superior to that ol C, bat D's Han
is superior to that of A, while C's iieo
is superior to that of ?. A attempts to
enforce his Hen,and D ?tapa la and soys,
"You can't do thai; ruy lia? lien is
superior to yours," D attempts to en?
force hi*, and C step* ap sad says, "You
aau't ?o that, D, for my lian ia superior
to yours" C attewpta lo enforce his
lie.n, and A sou?*? in and asserts tho
superiority os* Bis lar the purchase
?ones, AB4 KO it ?ominosa to move
around io a airs!* without ever finding
the maa catUlad to faulty.-Qrewille
A. A.JgPjl - V- . jjr - . - EDITOR
The Sumter Watchman has by
far the largest drcuJaiion fespe?
cially in the surrounding country)
of any paper published in Sumter,
and was establis7ied in 1850.
COTTON STiLL ADV AN ING?
? ?. \*
At New York, on Monday, cotton was
strong art 20Jc. At Liverpool, same
date, firm at 8tf to 8|d.
A NEW DISCOVERY,
Gen. Plea^ton, Commissioner of
Internal Fe-cjue, as we notice in the
New York Sun, has made an extraordi?
nary discovery in relation to the
influence of the blue color of the sky ic
developing animal and vegetable life.
He believes that the blue color of the
sky, for one of its functions, deoxyge
oates carbonic acid gas, supplying
carbon to vegetation, and sustainin
both vegetable and animal life with its
oxygen j and that the magnetic, electric
and thermic powers of the sun's rays
reside in the violet ray, which is a
compound of the blue and red rays.
He is said to have tested this upon
grapes, by casting the sun's rays upon
the vines through a glass of violet color,
the construction being such that thc
sun, in his daily course, casts a beam of
violet light on every leaf in the grapery.
Thc result was astonishing. In a few
weeks after tba grape vices were planted
the walls and thc inside of the roof were
closely covered with the most luxuriant
and healthy development of foliage and
wood* and in five months some of them
had grown forty-five feet in length,
while they were an inch in diameter at
the distance of one foot above the
ground. Moro, extraordinary yet, thc
second year of their growth these vines
produced twelve hundred pounds of
grapes, both the clusters and grapes
being of unusual size and development,
while in old grape growing countries
from five to six years will elapse before
a single bunch of grapes can be produced
from a young vine.
The effect of the blue or violet light
was next applied to pigs. A litter was
separated, part of them being brought
under it in a pen constructed for the
purpose. The effect, although showing
a greater increase in size and weicht,
was yet . not so saiipfactory as with the
grapes. Its application, afterwards,
however, to an Alderny bull calf, was
surprising. This calf, when it was born,
was so puny and weak that no coe ex?
pected it to live. Placed in a pen under
violet glass, the animal immediately
began to improve, and shortly afterward
developed in the most extraordinary
manner. Yo fifty days be gained six
inches in height, carrying a Bailable
laternal development with it, and in
about a year he came to maturity. He
is DOW one of the best developed ani?
mals to be found anywhere. The
General naturally deems this discovery
to be of immeasurable value to an agri?
cultural people. If colts can be inllu
cenced by blue light to maturity in one
year instead of five, with no greater
supply of food than would be nsed for
an immature animal in the same period ;
if the youth and tenderness of a calf
can bc combined with the majestic pro?
portions of the ox, with no additional
cost for thcextra weight; if<hc growth
of soring lambs and spring chickens can
be forcer! ander ?lass like early aspara?
gus, Gen. Pleasonton, in this discovery,
has indeed bestowed a boon upon his
agricultural fellow laboro? which will
afford him a greater renown than his
most brilliant achievements as Commis?
sioner of Internal. Hevenae,
SHER TIA. WONT HAVE IT.
sj
Under date of Jnne 8, at Washington
General Sherman, writing to the New
York Herald from Fort Sill, says : "Now?
as to politics, I think all my personal
friends know my deep seated antipathy
to thc subject. Yet, aa you seem not to
understand me, I hereby state, and
mran all that I say, that I never have
been, and never will be,a candidate for
President. That, ti nominated by either
party, I should peremptorily decline,
and even if ooau 'na o us ly elected I should
decline to serve. If you nan find' lan?
guage stronger to convey my meaning,
yon are at liberty to use ix."
A KAPPI HOSIE.
Six things are requisite W create "a
happy home.'' Integrity must be the
architect and tidiness the upholsterer,
j It must be ?armed by affection nod
lighted np with eheerfuluess, and in?
dustry most be the ventilator, renewing
the atmosphere and bringing in fresh
salubrity day by day; ?hile over Ail, as
a protecting glory nod canopy, nothing
viii suffice except the glory of God.
t&-Qen Butler does not appear to
be appftwktnd ia the Sute ?bien he
represents tn Congress. The Spring?
field R'tp&liain t*f% the General made
the best Health OAaer New Orleans
ever had; that he was really taefal there,
?od that Mavsachasetu would hy con
j seated lo his remaining in that city
without one selfish mu mar. it ?dds
that it il? pity that air admirable
[ sea? eng? should be spoiled io order to
i jaftke a ver; poor Coo?re??aB. .
WKIXE LABOR IN SOUTH CABO
i The Agriculture! and Mechanical
Society o? Carolina seems determined to
introdnoe reliable labor into the State,
and accordingly we find that one of the
most gigantic enterprises ever under?
taken in the South is now on foot in
Charleston. As will be seen by adver?
tisement in another cointon, an Immi?
gration Association has been organized
for the purpose of securing settlers opon
their lands, and in order to raise the
necessarily large capital required, they
have adopted the expedient of a series of
Gift Concerts, to begin at Charleston in
October; the ticket holders of which
will be participants io the grandest op?
portunity ever offered to become rich a1
a small risk and with a clear conscienee,
The number of tickets issued is 150,000,
aud the price is five dollars each.
Thc first prize is the Acudemy of
Music, including stores, music halls, &c,
built at a cost of $230,000 The second
prize is one hundred thousand dollars
in cash, the third is twenty five thou?
sand dollars; the fourth is ten thousand
dollars, and the filth is five thousaod
Qollars, beside which, there are twenty
four hundred gifts varying from ten io
one thousand dollars. Thc scheme has
thc unqualified endorsement of the best
citizens of South Carolina, mee known
in all parts of the United States.
Generals Butler and Gary were both
distinguished officers in the Confederate
service, the former haring lost a leg at
Brandy Station, one of the most hotly
ontested cavalry fights of the war.
Beth belong to old families io Carolina,
and have been doing their best since the .
war to. restore peace in their State
under the United States Government.
Gen. Butler having been a candidate
for Lieutenant Governor under the Re?
form party, which acknowledged the
political equality of the races. Mr.
Chadwick is a Northern gentleman of
large means, who bas settled io Charles?
ton, and devoted his wealth, energy and
enterprise to the recuperation of the
South. ile is at present the owner of
the Academy of Music io Charleston
and other valuable real estate in South i
Carolina.
Mr. CHAS. II. MOISE is the agent of ;
this Association at Sumter, and will be
pleased to issue tickets to all who maj
wish to take part in the enterprise.
DESPERATE BLASPHEMY.
The Parisian Communists, like their
red antecessora of the old Reign of Ter?
ror, make it one of the special objects
of their insurrection to abolish religion. '
Thc blasphemy of their leading organs
is almost beyond prec?dent. One of
them, La Mtmlagvs, says:
''Education has rendered ns skeptical.
* * * * * * It is finished : We oo
longer believe io God. The revolution
of 1871 is atheist. Our republic has a
banquet of immortelles io the girdle.
"We take, without prayers, our dead
to the ditch-our wives to our love.
"Our fathers, our daughters, shall no
longer go to kneel and stammer in the
shadow of your confessionals."
The writer then proceeds to apeak cf
priest? and DUOS in a strain of profane
and licentious ribaldry, which it would
be impossible for os to translate and
publish.
Another of these miserable sheets
L'A?ranchi-threatening the death of
Monseigneur Parboy, the lately im?
prisoned Archbishop of Paris, (which
threat was afterwards fulfilled,) say* .
"A tooth for a tooth ! You broke
them for UH by the hundreds during the
days of St Bartholomew I An eye for
an eye ! Fer how many ages have you
blinded us?
"Do not speak of God ? That bugbear
(croquemilaine) frightens os DO longer.
For too long a time it bas been only a
pretext for pillage and assassination !
"We wipe out God." (A'oia biffant
j Dieu.)
Enough ! Ooe shudders io trsnsla
; ting or transcribing such language !
We give these specimens merely as il?
lustrations of the length to which politi?
cal frenzy may carry men when they
once cut themselves loose from the
restraints of what revolutionists in re?
ligion, science and politics are pleased,
at the present day, to consider effete
superstitions-Mobile paper. r
TlnnONSVlLLB MUNICIPAL ELEC?
TION.
An election for Intendant and War
dens of the new corporation of Tim
moosviile was held on Wednesday last,
with the following result, by about 25
majority :
Intendant-Jesse Keith, ?fr.
"Wardens-James Bristow, Captain
Ragadale, Captain Sykes and James
McEachern.
The unsuccessful ticket wis as fol?
lows :
Intendant- 31. H. DeBcrry.
'ii'ardent-J. C. Coney, Jas. Bristow,
(white) and Calvin Strother (colored).
Mr. Bristow, declined running on this
ticket, and wu veted for contrary to his
wish.
KIWI HCWNTAIW ?BILITABT
SCHOOL.
Col. COWARD, tho accomplished prin?
cipal sod proprietor, gives aotiee on
another oolamo, that the second session
of his excellent School, for the year
1871, will begin on the fret of Jqly
next.
It is oficit?ly announced
capital of Ita!/, mill* tiliajpilPtO
Rome OD the 1st of Joly.
T. S. Nickersoo, of Columbia Hotel
notoriety, died"io 'the State*' of Wiacoo
sio, oa the 6th iost.
The Democrat? of New Hampshire
elected the Speaker o? the House by a
vote of 16 Ito 163.
The ship Dollars Ugarn (?) from
Macao, for Callao, vis barned et set,
tod 600 coolies* perished, on the 26th of
May.
Mrs. Fair's death warrant hts been
signed, and is in the haods of the
Sheriff.
Continuous, drenching, damaging
rains, accompanied, in many instances,
by severe storms^ are reported in Louisr
?ana, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama tnd
North and Sooth Carolina.
The overflow at New Orleans is sno?
oding, and moat of the iohabited portion
of thc inundated part of the city will
be clear of water bj Thursday et eoiog.
The total receipts of cotton, ai o ce
September last, at all the ports, are 3,
821,ISO bales ; against 2,792,879 cor.
responding period previous year-show?
ing an increase of 1,028,301 bales.
James A. Weston (Democrat) wts
elected Governor of New Hampshire by
the Legislature of that State, on Satur?
day last. The vote stood Weston 167
-Pike, 159.
It is announced that Gen. Sickles,
minister tt the Court of Spain, is soon
to be married to a yoong and betntiful
Spanish lady.
At Boston, on Thursday last, the
thermometer rose to 80, whilst tt
Charleston, it stood tt 78. On the tame
day, at New Orletns it waa bnt 81,
whilst New York stood 77 and Angosta
84.
Archbishop Spalding, io the Catholic
Mirror, says : ' 'Sat urday, the 17th J une,
trill be the 25th anniversary of the elec?
tion of our Holy Father, Pope Pions
IX. Of the 260 Pontiffs who have suc?
cessively filled the Chair of the Bleated
Peter, he it the only one, after St.
Peter himself, whose pontificate will
have extended to twenty fire years."
Memorial Day at Petersburg was very
generally observed, on the 8th inst.
During the afternoon, all of the business
houses were closed, and many of them
were draped in mourning. A greet
erowd visited Blandford Cemetery,
where are interred the remains of thoa*
sands of Confederate Soldiers, tod
covered the gravea with floral tribales.
Manning, as oar friends of the /Vets
inform as, hts t specimen of the fif?
teenth amendment stripe, six and m half
years old, weighing sixteen pounds.
His mother carno to the conclusion,
some time ago, that he was "such a
little cass that he would never be aoy
account DO bow," and gave hun to Dr.
fl. H. HUGGINS, by whom be is well
cared for.
Jas. L. Orr testified before the Ka
Klux Committee, tt Washington, re?
cently, that he htd no personal
knowledge of the Ku Klax, bat express?
ed the opinion that such tn organisa?
tion did exist in tome counties of Sooth
Carolina, and thtt itt object waa to
intimidate the colored people from
voting tt the elections io 1872.
A carricatore tppeared lately in a
shop in Rome, representing the crucifix,
ion, Napoleon III, Oeing on the eroes,
the King of Prussia, centurion, piercing
bis side, the Pope tod other supposed
sympathisers with France representing
the Apostles io ridiculous attitudes of
grief tnd dismay. The whole edition of
this blasphemy sold la twenty-four hours,
tod another was immediately called
for.
COTTON.
To counterbalance the fears of tn
over production of cotton, whieh of Ute
has been so generally entertained by
those most interested in the artiele, wa
publish the annexed extract froto the
circular of Messrs. Barber, Simpson k
Co., England :
"Great Britain is oow cousomiog
about 58,000 balea weakly, sots
quently the consumption of Europe,
irrespective of Spain and Baissa, is ai
the rate of nearly 93,000 baies par weak;
but the consumption of these iset named
countries is rapidly increasing. Wa are
without any exact in for mt ..on regarding
Rusait, but wa know that Spain is eon?
suming tbout 4,000 bales weekly ; tba
arrivals tt Barcelona ia the first three
months of this year have reached 62,?
000 bales, and tba etoek oat the 10th
instant sttoustad te 43,000 balea -
Thus, Europa pequtwe, wt present pri?es,
about 100,000 bales every week; and,
cree wish aa Aftcrkn ero? of4? Bel?
lions, we shall Mi Itt??
sufficient for our waaia."
Tba Barnwell (9; O.) Journal reoori*
the following soi amil:
Mrs. Josephine Harley, wife of Mr.
Frank Barley, who died a few days sines,
expired at the rasideacr ol her father,
C. fl. Wlay, Isq. tsar this village,
this lady aspirad tit* saxe eTC^JH
Within a few days hara a what. &??
beau stricken dorm fey tba haad t
Death.
MARRIED*
.twcuag of the 4th May, 1871, at th?
_ ief*he bride's father, by tba Rar. Mr.
C. P. Gadsden, Mr. W. H. GAILLARD, of
Sim**, to MU*?ATS M. daughter of Dr. W.
S. Boyd? of Wiffiaanbarg. S. C._
TRIBUTE J3F_RESPEJCT.
At a meeting of the Sumter Fire Engine Com?
pany, he Jd on Wednesday evening, the 7th inst.,
the following Preamble and Resolutions w
aaaaissoBsijr adopted :
Whereat, It bas pleased the Almighty, in his
Divine ProvicVaae, te reme ve from us, by Death,
oar Brother Fireman, JOHN E. DOWLING,
who baa baas aa active member of this Company
siaee its organization ia 1867. The ref., re be it
?ssofoe-, lat. That ia tho death of Mr. JOHN
E. DOWLING, tba Sumter Fire Engine Com
paoy bas lost a naefufl and active member.
H-olttd, Sad. That a blank page in oar
min?te Book be inscribed to bis memory.
Resolved, 3rd. That as a mark of respect oar
Engine be draped ia mourning for the spaee of j
30 days, aaa that the members of this Company
wear the asoal badge of moarni-3 for (be same
time.
Revolted, 4th. That a copy of thee Resolu?
tions be fortiisaed by the Secretary, to the rela?
tives of our deceased Brother Fireman, and also
be pabiisbed ia both paper* of oar towt.
M. G. RTTTENBERO, Secretary.
COMMERCIAL.
Cotton-very few bates have changed bands
this week. We quote Strict Middling, 17Jc.
BACON-Sides, 12J@?3?; Shoulders, 10}?
ll* Hams, ?.
LARD-20@35c.
FLOUR-PST bbl. |7@312.
COFFEE-Lagueyra, 30@00 ; Java, 49@C<j;
Rio, 20@25.
SALT-12.50
SUGAR-Brown, 12i@U; C., 15? IS; A., 17
@00 ; Crashed, 17@18.
BAGGING-J5@37*.
IRON-TIBS-8@ 10.
HOPE- 10@15.
BATBSVILLE SHIRTINGS-Per bale ??c.
YARN BY THB BALE-$t,30c. Per bunch.
^AgONIC.
rilHE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMUNICA
X TION OF CLARE* ONT LODGE, NO ?4,
A.*. F.*. M.*. will be beldon Thursday evening,
Jane 19,1871, at 7} o'clock.
By order of
T. V. WALSH, W.\ M..
M. C. WILLIS. Secretary.
Jane 6, 1871._
MASONIC^ADDRESS
THE RET. SAM L A WEBER will deliver aa
Address, suitable to the cesaci?n, before
BiihopviHe Lodge, Ne. ?04 A.*. P.*. M.*. at the
Presbyleriaa-Chareb, Btehoprttis, on Su Joha's
Day aest, (Ststarday 14th inst.)
The Masonic Fraferaity of Sumter and adjoin?
ing eoenties, ead fha pablie generally, are invi?
ted toattead.
COMMITTEE.
Bishopville, 8. C., Jane flih, 1871. 3t
Notice.
AT a meeting i.f Board of Directors, Sumter
Cemetery Assoeiatioa, held on 8 inst, it was
Resolved, that tbe price of all unoccupied Lots
be now Iced at tweaty Ive dellars, 10 bc paid for
Civioas to occupation ; aad that pablie notice
given by tb? Secretary and Trcasary once a
month. Application for pureba*? ef Lots to be
made to Pm fd eat or Secretary.
J. B. ROACH, Pr?sident.
T. V. Waua, Secretary aad Traastserr.
Jane 14-lt_
Kine* MOUNTAIN
MILITARY SCHOOL,
TOURVILLE, S. C.
#THE SECOND SESSION OF
tba School year of 1871, will begin
1st of July,
terms-For School Expense*, ?. e.,
Tuition, Bowhs, Stationary, Ac,
Beera lag, Poe!, Lights and Washing, $135 in
cofTvjncj, pur session of ave moates.
Pee ri rea Ul? eon mining fall particulars, apply
to Col. A COWARD, Principal ead Proprietor.
Jane 14 Im_
Sr*AfiTANB8RG FEMALE COLLEGE,
SFARTANBURG, Sooth Carolina.
TUS PALL SESSION, 1871, will
*^B?MB|opcB co Moaday, Jans 28th, and
&[gr costinae twenty weeks.
Satas per Session, ia advance :
Board, ineladieg Washing, Feel, and
Light*,, eeeeeeee eesee? ....o? ?..... tiniewm
Regalar Tnitioo, ineHding Latia. 25.GO
Taition in French................... . 10,00
Instrumental Mntic............ 22. jO
Cs? of Instrument. . 2,50
Bu arding pnpKs dren ia uniform whenever
they appear ia pablie.
i OT farther information, address,
R-v. SAMUEL B. JONES,
Re?. SAMUEL LANDER,
Joint Proprietors.
JBBO14-4t*_
HOYT & FOLSOM,
WATCHMAKERS AND JEWELERS,
MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C.
WE, tbs nndersigned, having fbi med a co?
partnership, ea the 5th Jane, 1871, under
tba muse aad style af HOYT ? FOLSOM, weald
respeetfally aanonncn to tba pablie of Sumter,
ead the adjoining coos ties, that we are now pre?
pared te exreate all work eau semi te as with
promptness, sad ia a workmanlike manner.
OUR STOCK will embrace tim latest styles of
JEWELRY,
SILVERWARE,
SPECTACLES, &c.
LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S
WATCHES.
All of which wiH be sold at the lowest cash
OUTER HOYT,
P. H. FOLSOM,
At Hoyt's OM Stand Maia Street.
?W Tim ccaaiae DIAMOND SFB' TACLES,
awi metala! ty J. E. SPENCE* A ,G., New
Toeft. always ea ham*._
SUMTER
MARBLE YARD
S s o o, o o o
To 13e Griven Away
-0:0
THE SOUTH CAROLINA
Ztand and Immigration Association
Under the auspice.? of thc''South Carolina St..ie Agricultural and Mechanical Society," will p
SERIES OF CONCERTS, a: the Academy mt Music. Charleston, S. C , commencing October
1871, for the purpose of raising a fund to-ennb'e emigrants to settle upon lands selected by
Association for homes of Northern and European farmers ard others, in the State of South Carol'
and for their transportai ion th i tho- ur?\ support for thc first year.
REFERENCES IN SODTN CAROLIN A.-General Warfe Hampton. HOD. B. F. Perry. Gt
nor M- L. Bonham. General Johnson Uagood, Hon. Arwijtead Burt, Ho:.. J.imes Ch? snut. Gc
John S. Preston, hon. Iv*. D. Simpson, Andrew Simonds, Esq.. Hen. ti. A. Tienholm, Gov
J. L. Manning. Hon. J B. Campbell.
$500.000 to he awarded to the Ticket Holders of the Series of Concerts to Commence on the Pr
of October, 1871, at the Academy of Mus:c, Charleston, S. C., on which day the Drawing c
mences. .
150,000 Season Tickets of Admission, and no more, at $5
AU the premium?, including Deed and Certificate of Title to Academy of Mnsic, will be depon
with the National Bank of the Republic, New York.
$500,000 IIST GIFTS,
1st Gift, Academy of Mnsic Charleston, S. C., cost to build $220.000, having an annual rental
about $20.0*0 frrm Opera House, Stores and Halls : the bu?din? being about 220 feet by 60, -
situated cor. of King and Market streets, in the centre of the city, and well known to be the
est building and most valuable property in Charleston ; valued at.$250,
2nd. Gift-Cash.".loc.
3d. Gift-Cash.25.
4tb. Gift-Cash.IO.
5tb.
25
25
350
250
500
Gift-Cash.-.5.
Gifts-Cash.each $1.000.25,t
Gifts-Cash..
Oifts- Ca?h..
Gifts-Cash..
Gifts-Cash..
1250 Gifts-Cash.
...each
.. each
...each
...each
...each
500..
100.
50
25.
10.
2,404 Gifts, amount to....$500
BUTLER, CHADWICK. GARY & CO.,
AGENTS SO'UT H CAROLINA LAND AND I TI .71 IG RATION ASSOCIATION.
General M. C. Butler, ")
John Chadwick. Esq., j- Charleston, S. C.
General M. W. Gary. J
COMMISSIONERS AND SUPERVISORS OF DRAWING.
General A. R: Wright, of Georgia. CV 'oriel B H. Rutledge, of South Carol'
General Bradley T. Johnson, of Virginia. Hon. R- ger A. Poyor. of New York.
CUAS. II. MO I SK, Agent at Sumter.
June 14-lm_
CHAS. H. MOISE,
Insurance Agent,
. Sumter, S. ii.
FIRE.
Liverpool & London & Globe
Insurance Company.
ASSETS IN GOLD.$20.000.000.
ANNUAL INCOME IN GOLD. $6,000,000
Rates ai ?ow as an v First Class Company.
Jan ll
WOFFORD COLLEGE
fcPARTANBlRG C. H., a. C.
Commenced!* u Kxerclsee, June25-28,
1871.
Valedictory Sermon be'orc the Graduating Class,
by Bishop Wm. M. Wightman, I>. D., L. L. D.,
of Charleston, S. C., June 25th, IIA. M.
Exhibition on the part of the Junior Clans,
Monday, June 26ih, 10 A. M.
Annual Meeline; of the Board of Trustees. Tues?
day, Jute 27tb, 3 A. M.
Annual A-idrcss before the Preston and Calhoun
Literary Societies, by Gen. Jno. S. Preston, of
Ricbmoad, Va., ll A. M.
Alumni Address br John W. Homes, Esq., of
Barn wei I.S. C., 4 P. M.
Annual .Vetting of Honorary and Regular Mern
bera, wita appropriate exercises in thc Halls of
the Calhoun and Preston Societies, S IV M.
COMMENCEMENT DAY. June 2Sth.
Exercises cf the Graduating Class, 10 A. M.
Annual reunion of Ratmjis mid Students. Officers
and Frier 4> of 'he College, within the Halls
of the two Literary Societies, S P M.
The Trastees. Presiding Elders, and all the
members of the Sooth Carolina Conf?rence are
particularly invited to attend the a pp ron rh i nj;
Commencement. Suitable provision will l.c
made for th?- entertainment of all who caa eome.
Jane 7, 1"71.
Court of Common Pleas.
COCNTY OF SUMTER.
Elizabeth. X. Bradley, Plaintiff, against
Joh?. ?tcLend Bradley, Gordon Brad- '.
ley, Utary Murray Bradly, Samuel .
Bradley, Henry Iluyhet Bradley ?
John X.' Prirrson and Fdtcard E.
Evans, Defendants.
Pursuant to sn Order of the Court in this case,
made at May Term, 1871, the Credit* T of Sntnuel
J. Bradley, deceased, tho 'testator in the cause, are
hereby notified to come in before me and prove '
their debts, oner before the 1st day of December
next, and that ic default of their coming in to ,
prove their debts by that time they will be ex?
cluded the becelt of the decree made in the case. :
GEO. W. HEARDON,
Clerk of the Court and Referee. |
Clerks Office, Sumter, May 31st, 1871.
June 7 tf._j
Tlie State of South Carolina
SUMTKR t OL STY.
Ry Cha?, .if. Hint, Hiqmire, Prolate JntLje.
WHEREAS. Mrs. MARGARET HOYT hath
maile sail to me. to grant ber Letters of
Administration, de bonis non with trill annexed,
of the Estate and effects of WILLIAM HOYT, !
deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all ?
and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said ,
WILLIAM HOYT, deceased, that they be and
appear, before me, in tho Court of Probate, to be
bsld at Sumter C. H., OB the 16th day of Jane .
inst, a'ter publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in [
the forenoon, to shew eaase, if any they have, i
why the said Adsainistratiou should not be
granted.
Given ander my hand, this third day of !
Jane, Anno Dumiii 1871.
C. M HURST,
June 7-21 Judge of the Court of Probate.
MASOIV
HAltt?^ ORGANS.
JTAVING recited the sgency for these
CELEBRATED ORGANS,
will be pleased to fill any orders entrusted to
' me, and girt any loionauUion that may be de?
sired. C. T. MASON,
Jewelry Store,
Sumter, S. C.
May31-3t_
SPRIGG FASHION
-IN
Millinery and Fancy Goods.
CALL LADIES
atid gat year SPRING BONNETS AND HATS
OF IEE LATEST STIES.
-ALSO- j
Fancy Goods in Variety,
?. CHEAP AND PRETTY.
-AT
MISSE. D. BRITTO IV'S,
Vast Door to J. T. SOLOMON.
April ll f Sat
New Style Window Shades.
0
?TU8T RECEIVED.
A FINE assortment of WOODEN WINDOW
?iL 8HADBS, whie?&r their durability exeat
il^M^Tor Ak ti tho gam ter Fnraiiare
?. . J.l.?TJABM,Afsslt.
Marah
LIFE.
New York Life
Insurance Company
ASSETS...$15,000.
ANNUAL INCOME_. $7,000,
Bates as low as any First Class Company.
PACIFIC
Fire Insurance Company
-OF
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
ASSETS,._$1,700,000 GOL
Security ty Sute Law.$25,000,000 GOr
Largest Fire Insurance Company in Ame '
Policies issued payable in Gold if desired.
A. W?HTB, Agent,
Jan IS 8e?ter. S. C.
TO J. H. CORBETT
SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
"T7"<>r are hereby requested to instruct
1 bonrd of Scb<>?l Tn:.tees of the aev*
School Di-trict? in y.-ur County to call meetin
of the legal voters of their respective Sehe
Disrri-ts on Saturday, Jun - 24. I$71, at "
o'clock M.. n?tice of tho lime and piace offed
meeting to bc gi%en by the Clerk cf the Board ?
Trastee*by posting written or printed notices*'
tbre^ puMie |>I:iecs oft he School District
least icc (10) dav? before ?aid meetting. Yo
>|K-?-i.?l nttention is invited to the f..ll. wing
trne-.. from an A-*t to amend an Act entitled *'.V
Act to establish and u> ?ieta ii. a sysiera of f
common school* for the State of South Carolina,
approved March ?th, li>7l.
Sec. NXIX. Thc County Treasurer shall par
over all money* by him received, which sh.i*
have hecn assessed by virtue of the vote of aa
Di-trict meeting as hereinafter provided for,
tile County in which such district is situated,
the order of^tbe Clerk of the Board of Trustees
said District, countersigned by the Coan
School Commissioner, to be used for the par
directed by the District meeting so held. Sa'
money sh:?ll be assessed and collected at the tim?,
and in (he manner that County taxes are assessed1
and Collected; nad if the inhabitants of any
School Bi.trier, at their annual District meeting,
shall fail to provide for the raising of such tax,
then the C-unry School Commissioner of tbs
County in which such District in situated, sha'.:
be required to withhold (rom said District that
part of the Slate appropriation derived from tbs
revenue of the Mate, and to apportion and dis?
tribute the same to the other Districts of tb?
County which have complied with the require?
ments of this Act : Provided, That in School Dis*
trices where there are less than one hundred
ch ildren between (he ages of six and sixteen, the
inhabitant* may raise seek a sum, per child, si
will be sufficient to maintain their arboola.
Sec. L. The following persons shall ba en?
titled to vote at any District meeting, vis :
AU persons possessing tb* qualification of
electors, as defined by the Constitution of this
Slate, and who shall be residents of the District
at (he time of offering to rote at said meeting.
Sec LI. The inhabitant? quatifled to vote at
a school meeting, lawfully assembled, shall hare
power:
1st. To appoint a Chairman to preside over
said meeting.
2d. To adjourn fro 3 tim? to tisse.
3d. To choose a Clerk, who shall possess the
qualification of a voier.
4th. To raise by tax. ia addition to the amount
apportioned hy the State to their ase, such fur.
ther sums of money as they may deem proper for
the support nf public schools, said sum not to be
more than three dollars for every child in the
District between the ages af six sod sixteen, as
ascertained by the last enumeration ; said sam to
be collected by the Coanty Treasurer, and to ba
held by bim. ?object to the order of the Trastees,
countersigned by the Coanty School Commis?
sioner, such sums of moaey te ba used as shall
be agreed npon at the meetiag, either for the pay
of teachers' salary or tc perch??* or lens* sitas
for school houses; to build, hire or purchase
such school houses ; to keep (bern ta repair, and
furnish the ?ame with necessary fuel and appen?
dages ; or to furnish black-boards, outline mans
and apptrataa for illustrating the principles of
science, or to discharge any debts or liabilities
lawful!? incurred.
J. K. JILLSON.
Sute Supt. Education, S. C.
In accordance with tba above order, from
Sute Superintendent, the Trust?es of each school
district, will post call meetings of the voters af
their districts, at the most suitable place on the
day designated above, and carry ont th* objects
specif ed ia tb* shove circular.
It is to be honed that in view of tie important
interest committed te their charge tb* Tran tens
as appointed, will ester with energy int* their
work and aid in building ?p a system of PsbBa
Schools, which will reach all Pl ?SS SS, and be a
benefit to society at large.
J. N. CORBETT,
School Commissioner. Sumter Coanty.
COFFEE AND SVGABT"
BHDS. DBM ABABA SUGAR,
50 Bbb. Refined Sugar,
M5 Bags Coffee,
For sala by _
f. W. KERCHN?R.
Jnnn T_
Lauri PUsler-Uwl Raster.
13,000 T>'******?n
Fersaleby _.
Marnbi*-. r.f.tiiam