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' .Wat ? BifSST VOL. XXII WEDNESDAY -VlplNlNG, JULY 13, 1871. NOIL i. .' Tiaaeo Daiaos ? Doti ft Fer? ates.-Vire. DEVOTED TO LITrilTURE, M?mlu?FAND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Sumter Watchman ( ES TA BL ISBED IN 1S50.) 18 PUBLISHED UV WEDNESDAY MORNING SUMTER. S. C., BY .BERT & FLOWERS. Terms. ir.S3 00 i UL*. 1 M) I joiitbs.-. 1 00 ?RTlsE.MENTS inserted at the rate DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS per [for the first. OXE DOLLAR ?or the j mud FIFTY Cl?N fur each subs?quent in, foran] period less than three months NJARIES, TRIBUTES OF RESPECT communications which subcerTe private s, trill he paid lor ns advertisement*. Wife's Secret. le Lawreuces are going abroad," [Robert Dana to bis yoong wife one fing. "I met Tom to day, and he pie and Cany would sail on the 20th, the furniture be seid at auction." J)h, how we shall mis* them ! and a pity to have that handsome old jiture scattered among strangers ! (have had many happy times there, irt." fri*pg, Annie ; it was there I first saw [doyou remember, you were play [chess on that old Chiuese chess* so absorbed that jou did not ?ee ^ome in ; and I stood wondering who little maid in blue could be. I like to have that table sold at [ion, dear ; I wish it would occur to to scud it to us as a farewell rThat would bc very nice ; But as she fot at ali romantic, shebas no idea or why we value it " I suppose if I offered to boy it, Tom lit] nnt accept any pay ; and then wo kid feel as if wc had begged a pres %? 'Yes; and, besides, we can not afford Robert." How much is it worth?" jit must have cost a hundred dollars \u it was new; but I presume it will 'or fifty, as it is somewhat defaced, must uot think of it, though, dear, know the last of our 'luxury-fund' j 1 it fer the Dickens reading, and we ?ed to have no more treats till fall, ure say we should not play very ?u if we had it-reading aloud is so ;h nicer." 'hus the brave, conscientious little Dan turned away from the tempting nie, aud it was uot resumed between Di. Annie Dana, however, had a lt fund of that tough quality which DOW blamed as ''obstinacy," then sed as ''firmness." The more she herself the chess table was uoattain j the more did a persistent inner e reply, "I must have it?" J3ut ? Dozens of schemes occurred to but none that seemed practicable, en ohc awoke iu the night, the weary j ition fla.-hed back, and with it, like t: aspiration, its auswer. She would ?o 5 a story for thc-Magazine, h o earn the needful money. Had ?a ?not at school, several years before, ' vt two or three anonymous stories to a ^otry weekly, just for the frolic of !; d had they uot been printed? To;" rc, they were not paid for. She ld almost have scorned money then, S Viciously sufficing was it to s?o her - words in pr ut. Hut there must e P>e sordid reality of payment nuvv ; ' \ how delightful to surprise ltobcrt . the table, show him lier article, and ' e |y his appreciating praise! Hut be- j w this dizzy chm ax ??1 bc reached, ci 111 must be done. What should sh.- |. ? about ? Wheo find time ? How ; g br thc table? And all without 'g rt's knowle Ige? Absorbed io these : h jtioos, she appeared sadly absent lc! breakfast, greatly to her hus-Isl surprise and mystification. After (J ^ad put two spoons in his saucer, li for butter when already supplied, w frourid maple syrup over her steak. Itt an to be alarmed, insisted on feel- li fier pulse, and inquired if s ic had C weil. Annie disclaimed sickness, l< dmitted that her night had been jw ?ss j and filially, to please him. si kised to take a nap duriug the day. n ^r having concealed any thiug fruin al befare, the ?eight of a secret wa> \ il from pleasant ; hut she consoled her- ' b py thinking how well it would all ic? For the first time since she knew j d she was glad to have Robert go. Sol w . was she to oe free to plan, perhaps w rile her story. lier u>ual duties c< t thc hou^e were faithfully perform- ' p; ?'it the uutliue of a romance Was li through her head all the time, j r< Mic was glad when free at last to sit. d at her desk. u ? an hour her pencil flow busily : s< thronged at her biddiug ; words ; h freely to express them. Five or (' leginuings were made only to be ; lt ?d out : this seemed too formal, that y rupt, another t??o sentimental. She > r< %d she tiiusst resort to thc charming tr rmula, "Once upm a time." But, h ght words came at last, and then In .nt ou bravely, till a neighbor isl io, and I he already beloved heroine w io be exchanged for Hubert's afghan ! r< kvery-day chat. Theo came other iii ?ruptious and duties ; no more- wri i p: that day. The promised attempt at tl k occurred about half an hour be Robert's return, having been en I forgotten till then ; and though ie layon the sola, with ter eyes ?ol fcieotiously c!osed, for tully fifteen In pies, her thoughts were on herjn oe all the time, aud ODce she sat j a jpd made pencil memoranda oo the ?si of a letter, hastily pocketed as her ? ti land's step.was heard. liv the second j >' it ber plot was fully sketched in her d, and it only remained to put it paper. Sometimes a whole day ld pass, and not a moment of time il she Sud fur writing, though ex in the mood for it. Again, she |d have leisure, but an almost un Derable aversion to ber pen ; and if ried to rally her powers by reading j h was already written, it sounded j p ^rrant nonsense ; certainly DO sane j ti . would accept it. Tho native j o tency of her character, however, ; fi ed ber to finish ber task, io defi of maoy interruptions and discour? ants, aod the rough draft of her was completed io two weeks. It fuDDy-looking affair, oo DO less twenty-three pieces of paper-half ts and whole sheets, backs of en? es and concert programmes ; white, n and tinted paper; some io pencil, io ink-a most disreputable med but she was a happy little woman e scrawled the last Hoe, straighten? er cramped shoulders, pushed her bair back from ber flushed cheeks whispered, "Done at last !" A ti :eriu of bad weather gave her lcisu :opy it promptly. She was arran ter Deat pages when Robert's step leard on the piazza. She nervi :rushed the MS. into her portfolio vas just turning the key as her hus .-utered ; but she looked so guilty :onfused that he excleimed, "How scared you look, Annie ! rou take me for a burglar?" ''Oh no ; but aren't you early ? Tb io bad news, is there ?" "No, no, little woman ; nothing he kiod. Been wy ting to mott she'll be glad to hear from you. rou going to let me read your lette \nnie was in the closet getting dippers, so he did not see her trou ace as she ruade some evasive ans nd changed the subject. Robert erred no more to her writing, Louie believed his suspicions were xcited-that he would think of it nore. This was far from being ase, however. The day before the Lawrences sa Vunie mailed her precious MS., un he non de pliant of "Cynthia Sulliva ?he was very uneasy on her errand he po>t, for fear some one might susr. 1er mission, and was glad to start on ray homeward, thinking herself unse ut she was mistaken, for although insbaod's office was in another par! he town, he saw her, and wondering ?er strangely agitated face, his jeal icart instantly suggested that she ca rom the direction of Tom Lawrenc Mice, as Tom had bjen an old and out admirer of hers. But he souj o explanation, and grew moody a ullen ; his wife attributing his condi D his old enemy, the dyspepsia. As days went on she bad her o award anxiety to bear, for no re] ame lrom the editors. Every other <J he inquired at the post office : Cynthia Sullivan," but without succe ill, at last, during the third week aspe?se, an envelope bearing that nar as actually handed out to her. W .as it that the postmaster was boxed chind high wooden barriers, or he mi ave observed'Mrs. Dana's strange ag ttioo over the letter. She lost alisen f thc ground beneath her feet as si urried through ?he village, and out i by-road, where, scated in a gap of tl all, behind a tangle of clematis vin nd barberry bushes, she read, throu? appy tears, these beautiful words : Mrs. Cg nt h nt Sullivan: '.DEAR JIADAM,-Yoar3IS., 'Stella drumer by the Sea/ is acecp'ed f -Magazine, and we herewith ii ?i so for it our check for forry-scve ollars ami fifty cents. Yours, etc." There was the crisp, orange lettcre deck, the more than realization of hi ildt.st hopes! She felt that the* litors were her dearest friends, an ?riged to do something to express he mr ?rude to them. It was almost tc ood to be true ! and, as she walke anpily home one hand in her pockc lasping the wunderful letter, she feare it? should wake and fi:id it all a dream oing in, she found on the table he asbaud's hat and an unopened letter ?th a Liverpool post mark, addressei ) her iu Tom Lawrence's well knowi andwriting. Of course it was fror airy; ?he never ic-ndd direct herowi .tters. But where was Robert ? Sh eut through parlor and sitting roon ?ckiug him, tearing open the lette icanwhile. Not finding him, she wa bout going up stairs, but, remcmberin; ie precious check in her pocket, turnee ack, smiling happily as she recalled it intents, md locked ii safely in bei esk, quire unaware 'hat Robert wai a tching her from behind the bay iudow . urtains Yes, he had seen bel une in, more joyously than for week.? ist, with Tom's letter open in hei ;;nd; seen her look carefully about the ??ms, hastily secrete a billet in her esk, and pocket thc key. She never sed to lock that desk, or have any %crcts. To be sure, she showed him er letter afterward-but (hut was from ::rry ; the inclosiire, so carefully idden, was doubtless from Tom. And et, while all his worst fears were thus ;vived, Annie's ?"yes were so pure and ue, her manser so loving aud happy, e could not doubt her loug. After a ight of reflection he resolved that if ic had a secret it could not be an un orthyoue; he would trust her and ispect it. If her heart ever did regret s choice, he would win her back by itient tenderness ; for he well knew int it' man had a guardian angel, his ttlc wife was his. Now followed many happy weeks, uring which Annie showed no absence f mind, made no mysterious journeys, ?ccived no private letters. Robert's jsolutious were easily kept, and be Imost forgot the perturbations of the immer. Coming home by an ear.ier rato than usual, one frosty evening in iovember, as he turned up the hill -om the station be saw his wife, a few jds before him, coming from the post? inee with a letter io ber hand. She ent slowly homeward, reading as (he alked, too much absorbed to bear him eh ind her. "What can interest her o?" be wondered. Just theo the en elope, a comtiiajn yellow one, fell from cr hand and fluttered down the icy ath toward bim. He picked it op, in ?nding to laogh at ber carelessness, hfA ne glance at the address drove all corot rom his face, all jesting from hil mind. "Mrs. Cynthia Sullivan," in a strange, jascoliue band. For a moment Robert tood still ; the November night seem? d to close dark aod cold around bim '?th a chill that peuetrated to his heart, ?ookiog op at last ha saw bis wife's ight ligare for to instant oo top of the ill olearlj traced against the lowering ky, theo it turned ioto their own veo oo sod disappeared. Siotram-like he husband stood listening to the de loo within him. Every half-forgotten ?ystery rose as so accusation against poor Annie, carrying ail good rest tioos away like ?flood. "A secret < respondeoce! ? feigned name! W could it all mean ?" Crashing the ht fal envelope in his hand, he str fiercely on, determined to show it her and demand to be told ali. reached his gate just as Annie ente the house. Thc light from within gie ed down tho pith a moment, then door closed, and all was dark and c "She does well," mattered Rob bitterly; ''she shut me oat of her c< fiaence long ago." Suddenly the door re-opeo ed. An came quickly oat and dow J the avei toward him. Does she see bim ? Oh i She is searching for the lost envelo Her husband drew back into the shae of the hedge, watching unseen her fl ried motions. "What shall I do ?" she exclaim in a low, troubled tone, close bes him. His jealous mood swept over him 1! a wave ; he stepped soddenly oat t fore her, saying, in a cold, hard voi as be thrust forward the envelope: ''Perhaps thu is what you have lost His unexpected appearance, passio ate gesture and rude tone gave Anni? terrible shock. Starting backwa: catching her breath with a gasp fright and pain, she lost her footing the icy slope, and fell down an embao ment of several feet on te the carria drive below. Terrified and remorsef Robert was beside her instantly, only find her lying, white and silent, on h side, her left arm broken ander hi Neither of them ever knew very cleat what happened during the next h? hour. li ober t took his wife into tl house. The doctor came, set her ari prescribed for a disposition to fever, ai ordered entire quiet. Annie scarce spoke. The doctor was surprised to si one usually so bright and brave now a paren tl y entirely subdued by pain. Ho could the good man know that the hu band, whose loving concern was show io every look and movement, had bet the canse of the acoident and of tl mental distress) beside which the physi cal pain was as nothing? Annie hs been perfectly aware of her husband state of mind when he sprang out apo her. She knew that he suspected ht of something wrong; that he was angry had pre judged her cruelly. With a her sweetness of temper and warmth t heart, she had a good share of person: dignity and womanly pride; and to t condemned unheard, on a mere myster of appearance, was more than she coul well brook. She was too much hurt t offer any explanation. How could sh wheo he had asked none? No; sh lay perfectly still,submitting passive! to all they did. Robert was mor wretched than she, for he felt guiltj The white patience of bis wife's fact her silence, and the bandaged ar: across her breast reproached him hoi rifely. He showed the doctor out, am returned to the chamber. Annie di< not look up. Martha, the cook, wh was very fond of her young mistress was sitting beside her. "If you please, Mr. Dana, 'I'll staj with her while you has your tea. It' all ready below. Hr." Annie did not speak; so he wem down and mada a forlorn attempt at i meal. How empty the room was with out its queen ! how utterly desolate He kept trying to think what he bac said in that wild moment at the gate Ile knew he had called her by cverj loving name while he was bringing hei in, but he could not remember that she had returned one kiss, one loving word. She had only said, "Take care, Robert it is broken," and afterward, "Don'i mind ; it does not hurt much ;" but hei eyes had been averted, and her voice had a repressed tone he had never heard in it before. By-sod-by be went back, sending Martha away. Annie's eyes were shut, but he felt sore she was not sleeping. Her cheeks were brightly flushed, ber breathing rapid. ?'She is as unhappy ae I aa," thought Robert. "How can she bave the perfect repose the doctor ordered till we under? stand each other and are reconciled ? This silence is killing ns both. Some? body must speak first. It is she who ts in the wrong, sorely it is fand yet why can not I look at her and believe it? Why do I feel myself the guilty one?" He leaned over bis wife and studied her sweet face eagerly, as these thoughts agitated bim. She felt bim near, and yet how distant ! Hot tears sprang to her closed eyes, hang on the thick lashes, ran over her barning cheeks, but sbe dared cot look op. Pride wu afraid of giving way. Robert nw ber lip tremble, her taara fall, and he broke down. "Oh, Annie, nj wife, apeak to me ! look at me ! I am afraid I have been harsh and cruel to you; bat why, why do you have a secret from me ?" Wide open, honest, fearleaa were her eyes then. "Robert '. Robert ! it was LO harm. Could you ,ot trust me? Bat 1 will tell voo '".cry thing. I never wiH have another secret. I have hated myself all the time. Bat it was only a story, for a surprise; sad I am so glad that I need not be sly any more 1" And then ah? borst into such wild sobbing and crying that Robert was fairly frightened. He had never seen her beyond her self-control before, and, Uko all osualiy quiet and serene persons, her giving way waa entire, and most distressing. It was a long time before she could tell ber story coherently. In vain Robert begged her to wait till ntoraiag, assuring ber that he was perfectly satisfied. She felt she COQ? not sleep till every olead was cleared away ; so et raet-interrapt ed by her own tears or laughter, by nie tender caresses and self-reproaches-the whole history of the manuscript, -the table, and letters was told. How the husband felt,' as every link in the chain* proved her so tender and tree, can not be described SafEee it to cay that he, io fais toro, laid bare ali his heart before her, aod that opuo these hoon of suf? fering abd confession, of humiliation aod joy, their mutual confidence and love were rebuilt opon a tried aod per? fected foundation. The next morning a reply was mailed to the editor's letter the ioooeent cause of tbe trouble. It had contained merely a request for "permission to alter the name of Mrs. Cynthia Sullivao'8 story;" and, with Annie's acquiescence, the correspon? dence ceased, and "Mn. Cynthia Sulli? van" was known no more in the literary world. ? few weeks later, oo the evening be? fore Robert's birthday, his wife failed to meet him at the door oo his return from the oity, bot io the parlor he found her, blushing and radiant, sitting at the dear old chess-table, trying in vain to keep up thc traditional look of absorption io her game. The only draw? back to the correctness of the picture was the sling io which she was still obliged to carry her arm, perhaps it ' was this which sent the rare tears to her husband's eyes as he kneeled beside her and held her close to his heart. Thus the quaint old Chinese table be? came one of the most cherished of their household gods, the companion of many a cozy winter evening, the silent preacher to Kobert against all impa? tience and snspicioo-to Aonie against any concealment or disiogeoaousoess. Wheo February's magazine was publish? ed, Annie's arm was entirely strong again, and she enjoyed to the full the long-desired pleasure of hearing her story read aod praised by the voice dearer to her thao all the world beside WHAT A BOY DISCOVEB BB. BY MIS? C. A. ELY. The boy that I am writing about, a lad oot yet growo, finding himself very tired at the close of a day of hard labor, became somewhat discouraged, for it seemed that there vMftsii ^ly to be no end of toil for him in^pfc world. He was generally very cheerful, and proud and thankful to bc able to take care of his loving mother and himself, but just DOW his contentment hid itself behind a cloud. He was lying out under a tree in their little garden, while his mother was making ready their supper iu the small cottage. "How curious it is," said he to him? self, "while this world was made for us to live in and enjoy, everything in it seems to have an easier and pleasanter time than the people themselves, who, at least the most of them, have to work hard to the end of their days. This comes of haviog bodies to take care of I suppose. I should like to get ot 'side of uiiue for a little while, to have some freedom, and go about and see things as spirits do." Ao'l his wish seemed grante 1, for immediately his spirit appeared to bc no longer confined to the body, lying as in a deep sleep on the grassy earth, and he was free to leave it and go where he pleased. "Good bye," he said to it, "I presume I sh?.11 not be gooe very 1?H? from you, aod if mother comes to look forme, you had better oot let ber know that we have parted company for a little while ; she might be worried for fear that I would Dot come back again. Just keep lookiog as. though you were asleep. A spirit oot covered with a body most be somethiog like a great invisi? ble eye, for it travels with the swiftness of a glance, aod sees everything, piercing into the most secret recesses. This spirit, as though it were an arrow let loose, cut its way through space, aod darted first up among the doods. "Nov for a visit with you peaceful white flocks of the sky,'' said he Bot he saw an exciting state of af? fairs. "Why are you all hurryiog so ? Aod your faces have become gloomy ! You are groaning as though io great distress : Aod DOW you are weeping, aod oh, the fiery darts cut through your soft bodies !" We oo earth say, "What a refreshing shower !" And it brings to us a purer air, a fresher bloom to the earth, and renewed vigor to al!. The spirit exclaimed again : "I never before thought of what yon endured that we might be refreshed." Gradually peaee came agaio among them, and the setting son smiled so comfortably upon the weary clouds that still remaioed, that they flushed up with rosy hope, and like him they weot to rest. The spirit was beginning to sec crea? tion io a new and true light. It stop? 8ed on the summit of a high mountain, ne glance from it showed that from the clouds to the depths of the earth, all was io motion aod at work. "I wonder if there is nothing at rest and at ease," said be. * Some of the clouds as they passed, were caught by a peak of the mountain. Bot they were oot to remain there, for others which had preceded them had formed themselves into a little stream, so clear, that these, too, were enticed to join them, and descend to the valley where (bey would assist the river, which was of so arneb, tee to the people living there. What a pathway must thia tender, white, stream pass over be? fore it eould flow quietly along in the river's coane I Ufer sharp rocka and precipices-ita slender fora torn almost to shreds-yet ever gathering itself to? gether again, and harrying ou, for it felt thal it waa needed ano could not tarry. When plunging (rom a high steep, and braken on rocka Below, the sprays and mista of itt pale anguish, and ita sighs turned to music, wart to the i narrow senses of human beings, both beautiful and joyful 1 '-Oh dear Hula brook! I asedio think joe were laughing; bot you are happier for all of this, and your gleam so constant, I see now is bat your hope? fulness." Now to the earth came the spirit, and every inch ot ground teemed with life and action. There was the din of a uni versal workshop. Myriads of seeds were struggling and pressing their way up through the ground. The very air and light were at work accomplishing what ali the human beings that have ever lived could no7er perform, and in a way, too, that even a spirit has buta faint idea. The greatest artists in the universe are ihf sunbeams, and though so spirit? like tftat they cannot be grasped, they are yet so powerful that they change tbe nature of huge masses of metals and rocks, and lift the ocean, by degrees, to the sky. Back in the ages, before any living thing existed, they were working thus wonderfully, and now, from thc depths of thc earth are brought up sub? stances with their painting still upon them, and the colors the same as the ones they use to-day. So their work is imperishable. How remarkable we think it when articles discovered io buried cities, and made by ancient people, still retain their colors ! These unceasing workers,-the light, the air, and the water, are in great har? mony, and so must it ever be, for work and progress commenced before the world began, and fie, who never wearies in creating, said while working here with us-"My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." This is thc key note of the Universe. Now tho boy's spirit must return, and take up his boiy and his life's labors again. Ile reached the spot where his other part was lying, just in time to see his mother stooping over it, to awake her sleeping boy with a kiss,-while she said softly-"poor tired child, how soundly he ha? been sleeping." He sprang up and clasped her round the neck-"Oh, I'm not tired!" be cried. "I have waited supper for you, for I did not like to awake you ; you seemed to be dreaming so pleasantly." "I've been up among the clouds, mother." "And you are cot entirely out of them yet," said she, for his eyes had such a wondering look, as he was not quite settled back into himself. "Well, if I have been dreaming, nothing else has. Mother, there is a great deal going on ic the world." "Of course there is," said she, "though when one is asleep th'-y do not generally know what is taking place." "I am not sure, mother, but that is a mistake ; and he did not, just then, tell htrall he had been seeing. "I think we shall have a shower, as there seems to have been one in the West, and it is coming this way," said his mother. "Yes, lam sure of it-a thunder? storm," he said, and then they sat donn to supper. From that time on, so cheerfully and faithfully did he perform his life's work, and so willing and kind was he ever in assisting others io theirs, that when in reality his soul t jok leave of his body, to join in the glorious activity above, those left behind said-"He did with all his might whatever his hands found to do"-while above was heard, in wel? come,-"Well done, good and faithful servant !" A SISTER'S PRAYER. As a youth was leaving his Christian home for the temptations of college life, a pious and beloved sister put into his haud a parting note. Words of sisterly affection and interest were followed by this brief appeal : "Dear brother : If at the hour of twilight you are tempted to go any- ! where or engage in anything that would dishonor your parents or your God, remember, I entreat you, your sister is ?leading for you at the throne of grace, hat hour shall bc with me hallowed time, devoted to God on your account." Months passed ; and the student won a fa.r name by his exemplary deport? ment acd attention to study ; his bister, untiringly pleaded with God for his conversion. At length a precious letter came, bearing the hope that he had found a Saviour. Acknowledging a debt of gratitude to thc teachings and prayers of bis father and mother, he says to his .ister : "Among the many influences which, I hope, have been instrumental in lead? ing me to Jesus, none is nore signal than a consciousness I have that you, my dear sister, was daily bearing mc in your heart at a particular hour. When ! tempted to join my associates io some forbidden pleasure, or to spend an even-J ing io ao unprofitable manner, a voice > seemed to say to me, 'Beware ; your sister is praying for you.' I tried to pot it away; 1 buried myself in my j books to drown the voice of conscience, j bot it grew louder and loud rr. Outward i Eropricty would not satisfy me, and I j ad no rest until I began to pray myself, j I bad bitter struggles with my wicked ? aod proud heart. The way of salvation seemed bard and impossible, but I could j not taro back. God baa heard your prayer, my beloved sister, and I 'hall alwa\s feel that I owe very much to Ab, sister, brother, friend, you know not the power you wield over those brought up at your side. Tho love of home tod frieods cveo if uujanctificd, maj do much ; bat jua koo? the way to tbe throoe of grace maj encircle a cherished ooe with these strong cords of love tad influence which, by God's blessing, shall cot be broken even bj temptation aod sophistry io their most wily forms. You may thus win the joy of those who save a seal from death aod hide a multitude of sios. A WORD IS BISHALF OF T SOtJTH. The New York Herald, io aa art OD "the mysterious Ku Klux," says : "No doubt the South is io a a disorganized state than before the v It would be strange if it were not Indeed, looking at the utter disrupt of the social and domestic life of Southerners, at the dreadful ordeal tl hare passed through, at the crush disabilities they suffer, and at the e vation of their own slaves-brutal t ignorant negroes-as well as a host corrupt carpet baggers, to be their ] lit ?cal masters, eua we wonder that so disorder exists ? The wonder is that few exist, and this is the best evidei that thc mass of the Southern peo are law-abiding. Wheo a brave s high spirited people submit so well and make the best of, their humiliati situation, we have the best guaran of their futnre good conduct and peace. Let us be just and magn?nimo Let us have some consideration for t people of our own race and blood, a oot crush them beneath the ignon and semi-barbarous negroes and t carpet bag scum of the North. We ha the testimony of General Shejman ai of many other superior men who ha been over the South, that the pr?te ded Ku Klux outrages are greatly e: aggerated, and that the Southerns want to live in peace and maintain ord? Then look at thc surprising industry the South-at the valuable cotton cr< and other productions since the w raised under the most trying disr.dra! tages. This alone shows the practic; industrious and high character of tl people. If the Government would cea its efforts to make the South a politic arena for party purposes, would pr< claim universal amnesty and eodeavi to give the control of affairs to the ii telligent whites, who have the large interest in their country, we should soc hear no more of the Ku Klux. Tl Southerners would forget the enmitii of the war, and the harmony and unie of the republic would be restored io fat as well as io Dame. If General G rat would use bis power to this end I might make a greater name and becoa more popular than by any anoexatio schemes, treaties with foreigo nations o national financial experiments. Th people everywhere-North, South, Eai and West-would regard the complet restoration and harmony of the Unio as the greatest boon, lt is in the pow? of the President to bring tnat aboui Will he do it? or will he drift along s the mere toed of the bitter faction whic keeps the country disorganized an gives life to whatever there is of th Ku Klux in the South?" Mr. Copeland, the correspondent o thc New York Journal of Commerct writing from Columbia, under date o thc 17th ult., says : "I have examined into the system o taxation, and discovered the reason wh; there has been so much grumbling abou the rate. The fact is, there bas been j surprisingly large amount of corruption both in the levy and collection of th< taxes. I was shown by one of your sub scribers, who has leen in business bert and in Charleston for many years, a ta] receipt in which thc tax was legitimate ly in accordance with the levy, 828.50 The extias added swelled t!ie amouot tc $41. He protested, and tl.* tax collectoi struck off the extras. This was oo t small puce of property. He says he has seen bills calling for forty cents and fifty cents, upon which thc extras amounted to S2, $2.25 and $2.50. These little collections are generally made from the negroes and poor whites, who do not know any better than to pay them, but the tax gatherers are learning better than to affix perquisites to bills rendered to intelligent meo, because their game is beginning to be under? wood. As I said above, the citizens of South Carolina have always been aris? tocratic. Their aristocracy was of thc landed order, and to encourage the ownership of lands io large bodies the State did not tax them. The taxes on negroes, buildings, and on merchants and professions, paid :hc debts of Wk State. When the war was ended the negroes were free, the buildings burnt down, and nothing was left to lax but the lands, and even they were worth much less thao they were before thc war, for the reasoo that they were over grown with shrubbery, cane, kc, during years when their cohivation had been neglected. The accounted average as? sessment value of all lands io South Carolina belore the war was fifty-eight cents per acre. Now they are assessed and taxes are collected at ao average value of about $3 per acre. Maoy per? sons who had no money wheu the war ended bad their domains sold tor taxes. ..When the fact is considered that only from one tenth to one fourth of each land owner's possessions ?cultiva ted, (which, however, #is a greater average than was worked before the war,) it is not wonderful that there should be considerable reluctance or grumbling when the planters are called upon to pay taxes on the whole amount of land owned at a rate of assessment freqoeotly beyond the market value. The result is that a good portion of many of the large estates is offered for sale. South Carolina has not been de? veloped to an extent that causes all her citizens to fee! comfortable, or they would not patt with auy portion of their estates. Still they are doing remarkably well under the circumstances. Every man stands bravely np to the responsi? bility of the State debt, without regard to the outrageous additions to it, and not ooe of them wonld lower his pride to breathe a whisper of repudiation io any form. "The taxes 1er ?ed for this year are seven mills oo the dollar of assessed vaincs, and the estimated total collec- ' tions at that rate wili be $1,200,000. Of this $600,000 will bo required to pay the interest on the debt, leaving $000, 000 for the support of the State govern ment. I would advise gentlemen who are interested in the financial affairs of South Carolina to preserve these state ments, as they are well authenticated and trustworthy." A TOUCHING STORY. In the cemetery al Nashville, Tenn cs sae, a stranger was seen planting a flower over a soldier's grave. When asked, "Was your son buried there ?" "No," was the answer. "Your son in law?" "No." "A brother?" "No." "1 relative?" "No." After a moment the stranger laid down a small board which he held ii* his hand and said : "Well, I will tell you. When the war broke out I was a farmer in Illinois. 1 wanted to enlist, but I was poor. I had a wife and seven children. I was draft? ed. I had no money to hire a Substi? tute, so I nade up my mind that I must leave my poor, sickly wile and little children, and go and fight the enemy. After I had got all ready to go, a youug man whom I knew came to me and said : "You have a big family, which your wife can not take care of. I will go for you " He did go in my place, and in thc battle of Chickamauga bc was wounded, and taken to Nashville hospi? tal. But after long sickness he died, and was buried here, and ever since I have wanted to come to Nashville and see his grave ; so I saved up all the spare money I could, aud yesterday I came on, and to day I found my dear friend's grave. With tears of gratitude running dowo his checks, he took up the smal! board and pressed it down info thc ground in the place of a tombstone, j Under the soldier's name were written only these words : "HE DIED FOR ME." .TIA* GOING, THE EARTH ABIDING. Everything appears to abide but man. The world is the grave of our race. Men who bave prevailed to open the glorious book of nature, and to look thereon, who have deciphered the mystic characters, traced by an eternal hand on its earliest stone pages, tell us that between thc successive acts of creaticj whole eterni? ties have intervened. And yet in this inspired volume we read, ''Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid thc foundation j ( of the earth, and the heavens are the j r works ot Thy hands; they shall perish, j( but Thou remainest; and they all shall 1 was old as doth a garment, and as z \ " vesture shalt Thou fold them up. and j h they shall be changed." There are no signs of decay. The stars that met the wondering gaze of the world's first fathers look dowo in their calm and quiet beauty on the men who arc but strangers and sojourners here. Nature' puts off her vestments when they have become faded and worn in the heat and dust of the world ; but in the spring time she pc's on garments as beautiful as ever, that have been woven in her own loom during the deadness of winter The world is a glorious temple. Wc are told that the worshippers are great? er than the temple; aud yet wc sec generations treading its aisles, and pre? sently they are lost to view, but thc temple abides. It seems as if the world i j continued and only man passed away. Rev. IL J. P, ct's. A BE.ll'TIFl'L SENTIHEXT* In Augustine Daly's great play "Un j ' der the Gaslight," Laura Courtlaud utters these beautiful .sentiments : "Let the woman you look upou be wisc or vain, beautiful or homely, rich or poor, she has one thing to refuse ; her heart. Her beauty, her wit, her ac? complishments, she may sell to you, lut her love is a treasure without, money and without price. She only a-ks iii return that when you look upon brr.,* your eyes shall speak a mute devotion :; that wheo you address her, your voice shall be gentle, loving and kind. That . you shall not despise her because slu cannot understand, all at once, your vigorous thoughts aud ambitious pla?H>, for which misfortune and evil have deleated your great purposes, her love | remains to console you. You look upgo j ? the trees for strength and grandeur ; do not despise thc flowers because their! a fragrance is all they have to give - : * Remember, love i? all that a woman can . p give, but it is the only earthly thing: <. which God permits us to carry beyond ? t ie grave." KING'S MOUNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL.! YORKVILLE, S. C. " l TH K SKCON D SESSION OF. . tb* School jar of 1ST I, will begin Ut of Jufj. 1 . Icrtns-FIT School Expense*, r * , I ' Tuition, Jiovk.*, SitftivMrTf *c, I Boaming, Pool, light* and Wattling, $:.1? inj currency, per session of fire month?. For Circular? containing tull particulars, apply j to Col. A COWARD, Principal and Pioprietor. j June 14 Ira 22 HOURS AHEAD !; I^HE DAILY MORNING STAR react.-1 . es Sumter 22 Hui.'RS AHEAD of the ; t Charlestot', Columbia and Aisgnsta paper*. ; The STAR contains LATEST TELEGR APH IC DISPATCUKS. (including New York i id I Liverpool Markets), full report' or the Wllming- ' toa markets, ?no all new? of iutcreal ur ? ni por- 1 tance. , j < Merchants of Sumter receire reports of ? CHARLESTON MARKET through the STAR j , 22 hour- soouer than tbiough the Charleston i papers. Terni?, $.700 per rear : or $3.50 for 6 inooth>. : WM H. EEK NAR P. Editor and Proprietor. . Jana 21 Wilmington, N. C.1 JOB WORK 0 F EVERY DESCRIPTION PROMPTLY LXEC?TED AT THE OFFICE OF The Sumter Watchman, - rx THE - rashest Style of the Art. Schedule Restera Division lViliuItislon, Charlotte and Kultier ford Kail road. ^^mcs? ii Ml s?s?_"""-iv OfTICK OF ACi.NTi r '.. K.?Ti:?:\ Dr 1 MON, IT ILSINGTON, CHAELVTTC AS? RCTB'D K, It, LincoiatoD, X. C., Jase 2S, I s>71. LEAVE Charlotte S ?.? A. M., Tuesday-, Thursdays :I?:<1 Saturdays, arriving ;ir Cnerryvillc 12 43 P. .M., connecting with ^.>-i Hacks for Cleveland Minera] Spring?. Return io CLur'oiie G i'. M. ?avie days. V. Q. JOUXSOX, July 5--lt Assistait Sup*:. CLEAVLAND Mineral Springs? (FORMERLY WILSONS,) 55 m</ s West of Charlotte, X. C. The ?Asciiben?, having associated themselves in tba management of these Springs, would an? nounce to their friends ar.<i thc pr.'-lic that tim House trill Le opened ou the l-l day of Juuc tor :lie r?ception of visitors To those who have tested the vrrtccs <?{ the:o :xtraoni:i;ary wa'crs it bs deemed anneevssury to ?ay anything by way of cmuiendv.ion. bat to ?thers they confidently as-arc ati^jaetion if they *ill tnukc trial of the bealing properties of this irater for only a short time. Wc pledge ourselve- to '?.ire neither pailis ior expense in ?rd??rto render all abo may aver as with a cali ns comfortable as p ?ssibte. in prospect of ar. abondance of c-.q utica a? !.a\e adopted tuc following scale <>f REDUCED CHA ROES: !f over 10 day.? at - - - 51.30 per day [f not over 10 days, - - 1.73 ?insle day, - - - 2 jil Chi'.dren between thc ages of 2 and S yea"?, ind colored servants, nt half rates. Washing on reasonable terms. lt is expected that the Western Dividion ? : ho XT iL, Char. & Ruth. Railroad will bo com .letcd to within a mila or two <;';!.o Springs ?it in carly day. J. J. BLACKWOOD. TL M. OATES. May 24, 7371 -2m. _ " SPARKLING CATAWBA SPRINGS. F rcicrly called THE CAROLINA WHITE SULPHUR, CATAWBA COLNTV, X. C. Tbl? highly popular watering place will La pen for visitors <>n WEDNESDAY, June 13th. The Mineral Water.? of these Springs arc. thc Vbite and l?iuc Sulphur, and Chalyebeatc. the ac ! ici n ?I properties of which .ire not excelled, nd a heal : bier and more delightful watering ilace not to be found. Thc Springs will lc under thc man?!<-etner.t of AS. M. BLAIK, formerly of Yarboroogh House, takigh, X. C.. an experienced hotel keeper, ogetber with Mrs WKKNN, and visitors ?aay elv upon good fare ar.d jc-.t,.l attor.ti'.r.. Plenty of Icc. good Band of Music au I good Physician in attendance. Ac. Leave Ral timor? or Washington City in t". norning via Acquia Creek, Richmond and Dan Ric R. R.: to Salisbury, where yon take tho Vettern aud Morgan ton Road, and reach Hick ry Station (thc Springs Depot) by half-pact linc o'clock thc nest morning. Leare Augusta, Ga., at r.i^Lt, and take- thc Tiarlotte andStatesville Road at Charlotte you each tho Spri.ig? early the next morning. Ihurieston in the morning, aud be at thc Spring-? bc next morning. A gold four horse Omi;;' us will run in cnn ceti'-n with tba trains to tLc Springs over .: eauiiful r?ad ouly .-ix miles. BOA Kl?. 'er month, (or foar weeks,). c *?' ? Vr werk,. 13 .' ' 'er Day. ?.3? Children and colored serva: ?? ? alf prie;. X . barge for iufauts under ? j ear? of ag?. J. GOLDEN WYATT. Jone 21 1m IP?RTANBURG FEMALE COLLEGE, SPARTAXBUR?:, South Carolina. TI|K FALL SES5I0St l*7!' '. X^i&Kt 'pea < :? -nday, Jur.a DC coatit.uo twenty weeks. Rates per Session, i-i advance : tani, inclading Washing, Fae!, and lego! ir Tniti?n. inda din;: Luria.. 23 '. utti :> in Frcncl. I".'1* nsTrumeatal Music. -'-' ?" 'sr ot Instrument. Boar ling pupils dre-s ia ?1 r:u alieno - (ley appear ia ptil '.i-. t-.r further infrtnsati-^ . address, R. v. sa v. i ::. iONKS. Rei-. SAMUEL ;.\:- DER. Jun- II - 4 : ^ "PERSONAL^ NOAH WALK Kit & CO. TEE Jeiebr.ited Clutliiers ii BALTIMORE, Mf) luuouucc tlc introdoctb?a ?f a i ran . ; -id- : CLOTHING km ?NB?RWEA? RY LETTEtt, to irbiebthcycall yew . ;.< ci tl ????? ? TLry will send on a?.pl?c?tioo :'.?..r itny: .-t rid accurate RULES FOR SELF MEASt"l:E?.!EN n i a tull Un-; of samplos fr .. . > i.-nn i .. fuk o! CLOTHS. CASSIM/."/.*.'.>", LVff.V. ,v///;. /7.\ ic, Ac. r:,!i? . -. .arti..- it; any \ ?rt . f :1: : ?? V* ' ' 3otbiug ?nd J*hirts Jit eel i.--:.. ..II. ? t icrtuitity of receiving .. : .. ?.:? ?. TU Very /.?>'? > s attainable. ?VM.'S ordere?! will bc rent .>y Expresi?tu w.y iart i ht ?-".u:. it". A.? i> well V-.-^n the > ?taits ibey htvc fr FORT* filREE YU A KS EXCELLE?? a ntt departinentsof the'r I -- -. --, wl'ir ?bstantial gnaraatca as tu li.rvl ractci : i ) .d? they will ?end ?>ut. A large and ?. ll ! READY-MA!?E ' . alway? on band, t .-' ' * ' a full lin . Fl RXISHIXti ttf>??:.S ndndittgall lite Urtcst No\^i?s . : at POM'L A ll PRP KS. When Goods ?re settl j-:r 1 ?...- . t' .' : here, will bo BO (...iiecti-o. chargs . :? ??in--; ..' t^O and ;vcr Ru'.-s f?ir Seir-Maa>ar?-ra \ Samp? 1:<> ls ai d Prie* Lis? ?ot.i '' - '? aw?!ii.... >? Tb* attenii n ??f the Tr??? i .??">'i.r WHOLESALE OEPARTMLW : widen ??at \ay.? kepi oj? t.. th? UtgbeSi -M ola i. KOAU WALKES*'? 0 4?r.i:t'actarers ai??4 iKalcrs ia X o's ?nd !. . Ciothingavd K?inii>l?::-g-: i.?:r.-vj;> lu.i'lc ?r ioa?U: ?.. : r ! r. 163 and IG? a..iU..;..i? '.ticct, BAl.UMORK, MO. Apnl 3