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I ?k faite jfat?im _ YOL XXII WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1871._ NO. 6. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, iSoRALITF AND GENERA ^INTELLIGENCE. Le Sumter Watchman {ESTABLISHED IN 1S50.) IS PUBLISHED ?RY WEDNESDAY MORNING T SUMTER. S. O.? BY [LBERT & FLOWERS. Terms. Mrear.$i 0? [months. 1 M months. I 00 j ? VERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate |NS DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS per . for the first. ONE DOLLAR lor the I td, nnd FIFTY CENTS for each subsequent ! (ion, for any period less than three months j HTUARIES, TRIBUTES OF RESPECT til communication* which subserre private tsts, will be paid lor as advertisements. ?rn Special Correspondence of the Boston Post.] HEATHEN NEV ENGLAND. {eothen Colony in Nero Ilamnshirc \Undcr the Eye of Massachusetts Cicili i'.ion. fern SEABROOK, X. II* Jury 6,1871. tt rather startled society to be told by Newburyport Herald, a short time ice, that there was a heathen settle? nt in New England; that in the very ure of our moral and social refinement ?rc was a depraved and ignorant corn loity which was a disgrace to (lie tilization of the nineteenth century. L aving the good people of Newbury Irt behind, crossing the .Merrimack, ! ld, by au easy transition, exchanging fe Old Bay State for the Granite State, c quickly finds himself in an almost [tirely uninhabited region, surrounded every side by banco hills and shady , jr Loks, entirely untortured by thc abouii- j ^ \tions of modern art. Finding his way !e, be.-; he can thre-ugh the rougl aodjp] !.rrow highway, the traveler suddenly mes upon the scene of a low marshy strict, which a group of rickety i'r antics tells is the abode of some Lfi ccimens of the//WM homo. j ?f satisfy what had become a greedy |a4 iriusity, your correspondent enters the j) pla;e settlement, camp, or w?iat you \ j., ll, and there he finds-what? Not;.. I ro score miles Iron the Hub of the; liverse, hardly out of sight of thc j? uaker poet Whittier, nor beyond the! ach of thc echoes that not a century j ", nee resounded at the thunder tones of ?r eorge Whitfield's preaching-there fie ! jr inie upon a scene, the adequate reprc- ! |ntation of which d?fit s the p- u. pencil, j Q, brush. Entering the settlement, the L lad turns abruptly to the right. aodL. bu are immediately brought into the i Jidst of the ''heathen district." It is I ,j kw known as South : eabrook. and is j ", ?taut from Newburyjort only ab ut ??ht milos, and fr?u Hampton and j, Tilsbury beachies by a less distance, geographically ifjgieiongs to New Hamp a fire, though it i4?jry no means, heyi.i-.J ; possible iiiflue?ce of Massachusetts L: |)i?htentuent !,; ORIGIN OF TM:: SETTLEMENT. (Generations ago there Jived, in what iy< Ks then thc township of Hampton,a' kai i Iv by the name of Souther. J y \ h< tue kind of social ostracism, little j* laid of now adays. this family were (t Ini-hel ti*?- village on account ol their j h' iptomaniac tendencies and bad itifiu- d< ses generally, aud in bumble submis |* lo their fate they sought this' santy, and, entirely cut off I rom the N stol thc world, th?*y began leading!'*! life ol hermits 1 hey nev? r held * intercourse with thc world outside, l? jd they relied on their ability lo endure ll ivation and what the it:n:i< diate vicini (afforded them for tho means of sub- w tence. Subsequently they were joined *i' two families of kindred tastes ard ; ltitnen.'s, Katoa and Souther hy name. y< jd hy intermarriage of a Mormon type ey now omiiber between five and .-ix n Indred people. For nearly a century fl ey had uo school?, no church, nn ni )rals nor culture of any kind Their " iti>h tastes and unbridled passions led h' ?tn to a state of positive barbarism ' icy looked upon civilized people as ft ?ir natural cnetuie?, and th* neighbor j r people confered them a? altogetht r . st rond the reach of salvation. They ' T lilt for themselves rude hut?, and, thout distinction of family, lived to- '}'? tber in utter degradation. No mother bi iev? her eli i 1 d after it had left its cradle., la d no father knew the number of his reny. Their dress-it it could be st lied dress-was scanty, a meal ba^ or ? [rsc blanket, with which to e_<;vcrj smselvcs, being considered a lusnry. 1' [book or newspaper was aa rare^with j ll ?rn as if the art of printing ha? never ? 'I ;n discovered, and their language j I ?ame suchas only their emotions: lld indicate. (Vhat wonder is it, tn, that they were regarded as hope- ' |( cases? Thc people who knew of ?ni thought that they could not be j. Iped solong as they remained in this idition [ ot sr, thought the Kev. Wm A. Rao 1, r( |o, having heard of this people, deter >cd, about five years since, to see if ^ cthing could not bc done by which ^ y could bc brought under the influ- t ? ?c of Christian civilization, and there-1 0 'be raised from the abyss into which ! j ry had fallen. Mr. Rand i? quite a |,| mg man, stout and erect as a pillar, his general appearance indicate- V muscular Christianity is a part of ti creed. His eye sparkles like a . j [stal when he speaks of his people, you feel that you are standing be- , { a zealous Christian acd a nobie ! a b lour cor-cipondent learned that ser? ies are held in the church twice or rec times a week, and here Mr. Hand |e |ls bis people, ina plain, practical ? ly, the duties which they owe to ' lemselves and to each other. Ile has j v irted a school io the district, aud by tkiog them feel the need of culture, je people learn as eagerly as they eat. bas introduced shoemaking among ?rn, aud by fostering habits of industry, taught them how to depend upoa smselves for a decent and comfortable >port. Officers of public order he has sed to be appointed among them, by >m all disturbances are quelled and MC maintained. On account of their jj tical character they have been nick " "Algorines," after the corsairs ol rters. [Passing down a crooked lane, your respondent came upon a group of panties, none of which measured over reoty by ten feet from corner to comer icy are raised out of the surrounding ire by poets drireu into the ground, id look more liku abandoned mud scows abodes of humanity. In front of le of these houses your correspondent Dpped, and there met bis gaze through o pea slit io the side of the bot Iderly dame of by oo means prep jg appearance. She was clad in ed piece of cloth, which bong ody by means of a rope tied a er waist, and her foal body ight that would provoke an ag lie Society for the Prevention of 0 > Animals. Eutering the room, a er r.ere gathered some fifteen or t hildren, none of whom were 01 r seven years of age, and all were led together in the only room i ouse, the size of which aas, pei fieeo by twelve feet. In this Hoy cook, eat and sleep. AD iekety beadstead stands iu one c ? the room, and on it is some raw and a blinket. No chignot ere, but long dishevelled locks ?ok more like fly brushes than hi air. Small editions of humanity ottered around the room "what ct noddings on," and they stare a om our their hazy eye in mute asto lent. You are loth to believe youl res as you stand and gaze on this iing picture. "lt? this all your family, Mrs. Eat )ur correspondent asked of the ? tmiliar (The chances are only t ? one against you that you will be 1 you call any person you meet E; ! ev<*ry one's name is either Es ow, or Souther.) "Kee-kee 0 re-kee u- ow," answers Mrs. E< Uow'd you ken my name war Eatc "Oh. Pam well acquainted w?tb ; roily, M rn. Eaton." "Them children's mine; them'? ran'-darter<." '.How many children have you, ? aron ?" "Five-seven-co-six," but nally concludes that she don't knof l?hcr that she can't couceal her igi ice un the subject. -Where is your minister, Mr. R; lis afternoon ?" your conespont ?ks. for effect. "What, crazy Rand, you me unno-don't care. Hope .e's des "Why, Mr?. Eaton, isn't your mioi irood man ?" ' lil r-r-r ! God maked h:s body ; ;?, y .::!, bul the devil tu ak ;d his ri OOS. "What has he done that displei iu, Mrs. E?ton ?" ..Done ? I sh'd like to know w e hain?, done! Ef ennybuddy fe'e stick of wood to thc Christian Lo< he church) he calls it tharvin,' : e sa\s il a buddy takes aonything tnt br!.mg to 'em it's tharvtng'. ll discU"tin' scoundrel That he is!' "That's so." chimed in Mrs. Ea M. 2. thc mother and grandmottn he'd better stick ter preachio' and herc he's wanted. Round beggin tetituc and keepit? all he gits, a ie? preachin' to us about stealiu' ' Spying a form by the roadside a lit av in advance, your correspondent st ?od 'oye to Mrs. Etton and passed < "Ah, Mrs. Dow, gathering flowers : JU ?" "My mme ain't Dow ; its Southei .plied she in a harsh voice that cat lom a head under which somethi lade of ticking was put: and a stri cd around the neck to .-uppori it ov er black greasy back. "I gee you have a taste for the beau tl. Mrs Souther." ".No, I never tasted on't Some fol ills flower haves and make rooney ou hat's what I'm doin'." "Where's the parson this afternoon mr correspondent inquires, striving e provincial iu his speech, afte* h st attempt to be urbane. "Parsons! who's Parsons? ?J ino 1 ich critter.'" - "Your minister, I mean." "Parscosl his oameaint Parsons; it l ind. Dunno where he is, don't car lc pretends to talk to the boys and ga ?out carryin' on, but oater is oater, at dunno's it's enuy o' his buzuiz." GATIIEBTXG OF T?IK CLAN'S. Ry this time the whole neighborhoc ad gathered around your corresponden nd lo'ked on him as though they didu now what a white shirt or a steady ga idicated in a person. There Were ol nd young, tall aud short, male an .male. Were it not for a consciousness < our mental superiority over them yo ou!d consider your life in danger herc .it von feel ns though you were standin n thc midst of dumb brutes, who woul bey your beck as readily as a poodl og (.beys his roaster's whistle. Look 1 bern, and they shirk from your sigh s quickly as they conveniently cac Villi their mouths wide open, an indues extended, they work upon you ci lings in a marvellous manner. '.s that your boy, Mrs. l ow? con inued your correspondent, upon seein; lean three-footer, with a heavy double larrelled shot gun ou his shoulder. "No, I wouldn't oun im. He's rn; [randarter'a." "Yer lie, ycr lie !" lisped the unterri ied juvenile: "I haiu't yer boy, no er graodarter's either. I wouldn't out er." "Well, Mrs Dow," you look as thougl rou had a hard time to get along io tb? rorld." "Ah, sir," she moans, "the Bibi ays that accidents and misfortune hall happen tc men, but I believe thej lome to women just as much." ? "Why don't you like your minister lince he is doing so much for you, Mrs Dow ?" your correspondent continues. "Done for nsf" she ejaculates. 'Bah lid yer hear what a piece he put iu th< paper about us ? Called us heathen ind sieh. If he don't have to smart foi hst then I'll give up !" Naturally enough, the women do al ;he talking in this settlement. Tb? nen are sleepy and shiftless, and leoi too stupid to say anything. With 1 little civilization there ha* come 1 ?rreai deal of poor rom, and oaf of pet Baps two hundred men whom your cor? respondent saw there, not twenty could valle straight. Their bleared eyes sao ken countenances iodjueprtM Jtt which DO amouot of surprise cao o come. Drunkenness and rsthwtSm kindred ilk most needs exist tnerc awhile. Civilization must prec thorough social aad religions culture a long distance. ? The women are now in the habi picking berries and carrying then the neighboring villages, to sell, these hawking expeditions they use the arts which a Jew or a gipsy e conceived for getting rid of their wa "Please, woman/' they will say, (1 my*berries ; give me old clothes, bre shelter, anything;' and they will down on their knees sod beg for w they cannot steal. Their children dying or their husband is sick-at thing for effect. Lately a women w to Newburyport to sell ber berries, J was surprised to find that s more en getic neighborhood bsd been aroa ahead of her and supplied the mark "Did that woman tell yon that 1 husband was sick, or that her childi were dying V she said toa lady w had bought of the early comer. The lady replied that she did. "Well," replied the Amazon, "she a liar; abe's the awfullest Marine town, and she hasn't got no husband n children neither. And now, worn; won't you buy some bern?s ? for i husband is siek and my children i dying-give me old clothes-bread shelter-anything"-and she sold I berries. SOMETHING BETTER. With all their ignorance and prej dices there is yet a certain nobleness their natures that is all the more a ?iirable wheo put in contrast with thc other traits. They are as emotional ai as easily moved as the Roman mi which .Marc Anthony persuaded, ai their gratitude is really remarkable, ai you need but a paper dime to mal them your sworn defender. But a short distance from this plat there are numerous well-built house the land is in a high state of oultivatio and the transition is so sadden that ot Wunders at the possibility of two i different classes of people living so nci together, and having no more influent upon each other. They look upon the ignorant neighbors as unfortunate pe< pie, but they never dream that a litt; aid and sympathy could change the misfortune to happiness and their sorro tu gladness. In the heathen district proper th fields are entirely run to waste, an everything like agricultural enterprU among the people is out of the ques tion. There are no bams nor out house of any description-everything that ca afford the slightest shelter being th abode of their house hold gods. Frot these they seldom move, and the stone that-goes out of them is sickening. Grand old elms stretch their stalwai forms over the place, as if to -relieve i of some of its uocouth and barren af pearance. Under the shade of thes the children that-caonot be aecommada ted under the narrow roof are playinj in the mud aud covered with filth. wn.vr's TO BE DONE ? is the cuesti?n that suggests itself afte seeing the degradation into which the; have fallon. After all, isn't the banne of Christian civilization being carried little too high to do the good it migo do ? While men are rushing off int the upper atmosphere of doctrinal dis p?tes and theological puzzles, the Mini beggars die by the wayside for waot o food. To let a man expire, and thei bury him, is not whet the parable of tb? Good Samaritan intended to teach. Here, almost in our very midst, is t people who might reasonably envy th* happiuess of a Feji Islander or a Freocl peasant. To be sure they are now re ceiving some help from Mr. Rand, bu j to bring them up to the condition whiet I they ought to be brought np to, time j labor aod money in abundance must b< had. "Though they ara a wicked ant ignorant people," says Mr. Rand, **] believe that God pot then in tbe werie for some good parp?se, and I, believing that they are worth making an effort for, am going to try and save them." L it too mach to hope thai their wauti will be at'tended to, their condition im? proved, and this disgrace to ? modere civilisation blotted ' ont ? Meanwhile, who will propose a fair in std of th? Heathen of New England, or th< Algerines of South Seabrook. TOMATO CATSUP. Take ripe tomatoes and scald thea jost sufficient to adla* you to take of skin; then let them stand for a day, covered with salt; ttl ai Q thea thoroughly, to remove th? seeds Then to every two quarts, add thret ounces of cloves, two of black peper two nutoegs, aad a very little Cayenne peper, willi a litle salt. Boil thc liquor for half aa hoar, aad thoo lat il cool and settle. Add a point of thc best cider vjsegar after.which bottle it corkingand sealing iuightly. Keep it always io a cool piece* Another rFa?\-Take.one bushel o? tomatoes, and boil them lotti they are soft. 8queeze item through afine vin sei ve, and add-half a galloa of vinegar, one pint end a half of aate, two ounces of clores, quarter of apocad of allspice, two ounces of Cayesoa pepper, three uble-tpoonrslla of itt** r?*t? *>< heads of g^^ff^?J^ a%arated. Mix MV??. U?tWUmum^r?, ot until reduced lo at*** QM half. Than Dott^wUh^?i^s?|i|t?. TOMATOES rW^t*** M?mVOf?^ ;iflurt-- -Etre. .iMU?us Pai< ' o' . . Mr? Harriot was sitting ia bis offi ooo day when a lad entered and hand him a small slip of paper. It was a b of fire dollars, dee to his shoemaker, poor aaa, who 1 ired io the next squai ?Tell Mr. Grant that I will settle tl soon. It rs'nt convenient to da j." The boy retired. Now, Mr. Herriot had a five-doll bill io his pocket, hot he felt as if 1 couldn't part with it. He didn't like be entirely out of money. So actii from this impulse, he had sent the b< away. Very still sat Mr. Herriot f the next five minutes. Yet his though were busy. He was not altogether sati fled with himself. The shoemaker w? a poor man, and needed bis money ; soon aa earned. He was not uoadvisc of the fact. "I Almost wish I had sent the five dc lars," said Mr. Harriot, at length, ha audibly. "He wants it worse than do." "The fact is," he at length exclaim ed, startiog up,"it's Grant's money, an not mine ; and what is more, he shu have it." , So saying, Herriot took up his he and left the office. "Did yon get the money, Charles ? said Grant, as the boy entered the ? h oj There was a good deal of earnestness i the shoemaker's tone. "No air," replied the lad. "Didn't get the money 7" "No eir." "Wasn't Mr. Herriot in?" "Yes sir ; but he said wasn't convc nient to day." "Oh, dear, I'm sorry !" came from th shoemaker, io a depressed voice. A woman was sitting in Grant's sbo; when the boy came in ; ehe had not arisen and was leaning on the counter a look of disappointment was in he face. "It can't be helped, Mrs. Lee," sai< Graut. "I was sure of getting thi money from him. He never disap? pointed me before. Call in to-morrow and I will try and have it for you." The woman looked troubled as wei as disappointed. Slowly she turnet away and left the shop. A few minute: after ber departure Herriot carno in, am after some words of apology, paid thi bill. "Run and get this bill changed,' said the shoemaker to his boy the mo ment his customer had departed. "Now," said he, as soon as th< chance was placed in hts bauds, "tak< two dollars to Mrs. Lee, and three t< Mr. Weaver across the street. Tel Mr. Weaver that I am obliged to hin for having loaned it to me this morning and sorry that I hadn't as much in th< house wheo sent for it ao hour ago." "I "Wish I had it, Mrs. Edeleo, bu! I aseare yon I bare not," said Mr Weaver, the tailor. "I paid out thc last dollar just before yon came io. But call in to morrow and you sha! have the money to a certainty." "But what am I to do to day ? ] have oot a eent to bless myself with ? and I owe so mach at the grocer'c where I deal that he won't trust me foi anything more." The tailor looked troubled, and the woman lingered. Just at this moment the shoemaker's hoy entered. "Here are three dollars Mr. Grant borrowed of yon this morning/' said thc lad. "He says he's sorry he hadn't the money when yon sent for it s while ago." How the faees of the tailor and the needlewoman brightened instantly, as if a gleam of sunshine had penetrated the room. "Here ls just the money I owe you,' said the former, in a cheerful voice, and he handed the woman the three dollars he had received. A. moment after he was alone, but with the glad face of the poor woman, whose need he had been able to supply, distinct before bim. Of the thre'j dollars received by tbe needlewoman, two went to the grocer, on account of ber debt to him, half wot paid to an old needy colored woman who bsd earned it by scrubbing, snd wbc was waiting for Mrs. Weaver's return from the tailor's to get her dues, and thus be able to provide an evening's and morning's meal for herselfand children The other half dollar was paid to the baker wheo he called toward evening ta leave th? accustomed loaf. Thus the poor needlewoman bad been able to dis? charge four debts, and at the same time re-establish her credit with the grocet and baker, from whom came the largest portion of the food consumed io a little family. And now let us follow Mrs. Lee. On ber arrival home? empty-handed, from the shoemaker, who owed her twe dollars for work, she found s yoong girl in whose pale fsee were marks of suffer* ing snd ears awaiting her return. Tbs girl's countenance brightened at she came in, bat there was no answering brightener in tbs fees of Mrs. Lee who immediately said : "I am very sorry Harriet, hat Mr. Grant pnt me off until to-morrow. He said be hadn't a doilai ia the house. The girl's disappointment wat ter) great, fof the smile the had forced inte life instantly faded, and Was succeeded by s loox of deep distresi. "Do yoe wsot thc money ve*? badly?' eased Mrs. Lee, io a low, half choked voico, fer the suddeo change ia, the tMdlSST^ 3f Moued he\ feel to kean them wenn ; but abe was cough ?9? tfawfellj from the saki air o? the ^&s^* m a fesT' ashed Mrs ?^SJ?J^ together and aa expression of rasia ama about I passiDg her lips, wheo the shoemaker's boy came io. "Here are two dollars. Mr. Grant sent them." "God bless Mr. Grant !" The ex? clamation from Mrs. Lee was involun? tary. Ou the part of Harriet, to whom $1 was due, a gush of silent tears marked the effect this timely supply of money produced. She received ber portion, and, without trustiug her voice with words, hurried away to supply the press log wants of home. A few doors from the residence of Mrs. Lee lived a man who some months before had become involved in trouble with an evil-disposed person, and had been forced to defend himself by means of the law. He had employed Mr. Kerriot to do what was requisite in the case, for which service-the charge was five dollars. The bill bad beeo rendered a few day} be? fore, and the man, who was poor, felt very anxious to pay it. He bad the money all made up to within a dollar. That dollar Mr?. Lee owed hin?, and she bad promised to give it tu him duriug this day. For hours he had waited, expecting her to come in ; but now had nearly given her up. There was another little bill of three dollars which had been sent to him, and he had just concluded to go and pay that when Mrs. Lee called with the balance of thc money-one dollar-which she had re? ceived from the shoemaker, Mr. Grant. Halfan hour later, and the pocket? book of Mr. Ilerriot was no longer empty. His client had called and paid his bill. The fi?e dollars had come back to him. NATIONAL CAMP MEETING. Fourth Day's Proceedings at Round Lake- The Doctrine of Perfect Sanc? tification-Extraordinary Religious Excitement. [Correspondence of tho New York Tribune.] Round Lake, N. Y., July 7.-The daily 'ministers' meeting,' held in thc Tabernacle, was very largely attended last-even i ti g. Dr. Johu S. Mitchell, a fine looking veteran, said that he had been a member of the Methodist Church for three years more than half thc history of the Church. He was no croaker about the past. He believed there was more gcouiue vital piety in the Church today than at any time during the past 53 years. Mr. Willis, of the Seventeenth street Methodist Church io New York, told how a good woman, who had been instrumental in his salvation, subsequently became in? sane, which calamity so appalled him that he shrauk from excessive religious feel? ing and demonstration. Hut two years ago, in coming to carup-meeting, he feitunusually 'dawn oat.' Upon arriving here the light broke, not like that from behind a summers's cloud, but like thc rising of thu morning's tun. Dr. Graves, the Baptist Evangelist, said he could neither understand nor explain it. He was converted twelve years ago. Ile had preached earnestly, had seen sintiera converted, saints blessed, amrthtirches built. IQ the mean time no church or Christian had said aught to him on the subject of sanctification. lie had read nothing about it He remembered to have heard a man say fifteen years be? fore that 'he had not committed sim (or ten years.' Six years ago he (Graves) felt such a longing for something more of the Spirit, and such a lack of it, that he told one of hts deacons he could not preach, that he was no^fit todo so. Ile talked with his friends, but found their condition, was like his own. At length the longing he had felt became intense. Hu was miserable. He went to Dr. Palmer's prayer meeting io New Yo.fc, where be knew people had freedom ia speech. He told his condition there, bat left it as barren as he went. On his way home, he thought of his treas? ures, his idols, his passions, his pct sins, and resolved to yield up all. Next morning he awoke at 5 o'clock, found his pillow wet with tears, and the tears still streaming down his cheeks. Sud? denly a light passed through thc room and out of the window. It seemed a space, or path of light. A remarkable passage of Scriptare flashed throuttbfjs mind. He arose, and dropped on his kee?. ??**** He went into his Church the next Suo day, and his preaching astonished the people. ne bas preached differently since that day. All through Mr. Grave's account the congregation was hushed to the most complete silence. His manner of speaking wa? quiet and simple bat earned such a conviction ot sincerity that it produced a mott profouod im? pression. John Allen came forward in his martial war, and said that he would talk as weft as he could, but the news? papers called him an 'eccentric old man.' 'Never mino the newspapers, brother,' shouted somebody. 'Well, I'm a happy old maa, anyhow,' he added, which tact nobody cao doubt who once Las the op? portunity to hear him. The Kev. Mr. Matos, of Connecticut, the best looking yoong rainhtter here, arose to say that he was selfish. He waa seeking gifts; he was ambitions for Christ. The day had been beautiful He was very peaceful, bit he wanted the gift of power. ? Ute 8 o'clock evening cervice WM held ia the opeo air. sod was conducted by Mr. Inskip. Imagine a few thooaaod fervent people sitting ??der the trees oo a beautiful bight and linginga grand old byan. Of course some middle-aged sisters sang who have cracked, discordant voices, bot failed to seriously nm the gr?erai harmony. Woald that some Christian brother or sister would labor with thea oo the sobjeet! Mr. Hedstroo, tb? well known American Swede, prayed io an impetuous way, not forgetting the 'poor Scandinavians bound at Salt Lake by a strange so pe ret? ti OD.' ? dialogue i then sung, the different parts takeo ministers on the stand, and the peo: joining in the chorus. Secretary fluges read requests prayer. It was desired by two you men; by three sister* io the Rom Catholic Church, the last of a family ten ; by two Uuiversalist preachers ; : a mother sud sister iu Mormonism. T prayer to cover these requests was 'silent prayer,' the congregation risit Seekers for Pardoo, or justification, sanctification, were then asked to *kn< at the altar.' Ministers went from t stand and knelt with them. ? praj in verse was sung-softly, sweet! feelingly. No noisy de m o ns trat i broke upon its pathos. Th? effect w most impressive and solemn. j length*, Parson Inskip remarked that, God must have blessed some ene, 1 wished they would make it koowa. Oi young woman arose, aod throwing t her arms. be<ran and continoed to abo 'Bless God !' io an almost bieathle ecstacy. A man from New Eoglat arose and declared that he found it t exceeding difficult thing to keep living Christ io his soul io his nain place. He had to keep op a ruoDic fire of prayer. He bad followed Broth? Inskip io his miad io his recent journe across the plains, and had asked God I continually bless him, for he kee Sodom would have to take it. Al th Amanda Smith, the colored sister, lift ed up her voice in a triumphant shoo Amanda's voice is singular, and is i once recognized. A man arose, ea claiming, 'I am a brand picked froi thc fire '. Four mouths ago I was drunkard! But Jesus has redeeme me, aud I muni tell of it ! whiskey tobacco and all, the blood of Jesus ha washed out of me.' '?Short testimonie! followed, consisting of single sentence expressive of religious feeling. Afte these, Sister Smith spoke : 'My troubl was the length of time it takes to d this great work, but I heard Brothc Inskip ask-God bless him I-Giory t Jesus, too !-hew long will a room b dark wheo you take a light into it Another trouble with me was, how t go to work to get it. He said, whei you're tired and go to bed*at night, yoi don't wonder bow you'll get to sleep And it is just so with this blessed ex perieoce. When Jesus comes in bi makes everything all right, and there*! no use fretting about it.' The 5 o'clock bell aroused me thi; morning to the early service, 1 soot fe-uod myself in the midst of a grca multitude. The Tabcruacle was ncarlj filed- Mr- Little, of the Water-streei Mission, sang a ballad with great spirii and feeing- Miss Drake delivcrec herself of some apt illustrations, whict enriched her clear, sharp sense A reformed rumseller from Poughkeepsie N. Y, said that wheo he was selling rum he couldn't read his Bible. It condemned him- He hadn't read it foi two years prior to his conversion. He had since kept a temperance house foi twenty years, and succeeded. Aftei prayer, during which "the blessing" had come to many, the excitement wa? very great. (Jue strong, weatherbeaten man, who had apparently been crushed with his misery, breaking out into sobs and groans, suddenly arose from his knees in joy, A woman, unusually blessed, seemed unable to terminate hei expressious of exaltation* Aoother, leaping co a seat, raised her bauds, shouting "Glory to God" until at length she fell backward. The benediction was pronounced, bot was unheeded Men with streaming eyes embraced each other. Women broke oat iu rapturous expressions of joy Every body seemed anxious to shout* Sister Smith, who hud made vigorous efforts to restrain hei??df, broke forth with Hallelujah, anyhow ! and added a ring? ing haud clap. At the begiuuing of the 8 o'clock morning service Mr. Iu.-kip told of what he had seen that morning. As the soo was ris:.og a cloud tinged with the morning's splendor rolled through the sky, and as it came floating over the encampment a most pcr.< ct rainbow arched the Tabernacle. The meeting was presided over hy the Rev. Alfred Cockman, a man of ministerial appearance, with heavy h'i'-k eyebrows and hair, and an air of dignity and composure. In voice, physigue, and c-oeral straight forward ness these Methodist ministers arc really remarkable. Pastor Fl editora i interestep everybody with the story of his conversion lo Methodism. It waa soon alter his arrival io New York I from Sweden, and while engaged io I mercantile pursuits. Ooe day a lady j entered his store to make a purchase. She had ca what he thought was a very ugly bonnet-ugly from its plain o ess* ? lie inquired', and learned that she was i a Methodist, differing from even the ! present Methodists. He didn't know who or what the Methodists were, bat was inxuisitiro enough to hunt out one of their churches, became interested in their services, was converted, deter? mined to preach, threw up hts business, and set nail for .- weder:. The captain and crew ot the ship in which he sailed were a drunken, profane set. He practiced in preaching til the way across the Atlantic, aod ali un board were converted. Tb? next speaker was an Episcopal student named Barber, who mads a flaming speech, say tag that he bad hitherto kept quiet, bot now felt constrained to spaak. Dr. J. 0. Peck, of New Englands koowa an a lecturer, told his experience of "fall salvation" io terse, comprehensive phrases. The Rev. W H. Boele, of New York, preached at 10 A. M. He waa listened to with* great attention, aod some of "his points" were considered the best, yet made. Be introduced into his sermon a Soe description of the living water that flows tbroagh the city af the Mormons. Thia afternoon tb? Rev. Kr. Dunn, from Ne? Jersey, preached. Prayer meeting followed, couductet io the customary manner, succeeded L; "experience^," and the usual order o excited manifestations. Mr. Inski] said he didn't know how other people': faith waa, but he saw Jesus at tha moment ts plaoly as he saw thc people j One man deelared that be hadn't go ?all he wanted. Mr. Inskip tried tc convince him that be had enough, bul the mao refused to be convinced. A business man from New York ?aid thal he had been trying for fifteen years tc get away from business into such a holy retreat. He belonged to a church in Bloomfield, N. J., io which town there had oot beec a single conversion in two years, and everything was cold as an iceberg. The arivals to-day have been 6o great that it is difficult to make an estimate of the number of people he re Accommodations are at ao end- A large shed, which has bceo u*ed for straw, is to be turned into a lodging home, where the people are to re? packed away like sardines. Many will doubtless be obliged t sleep in the opeo air. THE CONNECTICUT BORGIA. The Shocking Record of lier Murdin Damning Evidence at the Prdinuirg Trial-Unabashed Demeanor of the Accused. Our readers have been made acquain? ted with the circumstances connected with the arrest of a Mrs. Sherman, at Derby, Connecticut, charged with hav? ing murdered, within thc period of a few years, three husbands aod eight children, in every instance by the facile and sure aod readily concealed method of poison. The moostcr woman, whose career io murder has thus at last been arrested, i.? but forty-seven years of age, although bearing a load of guilt upon her soul which it would seem centuries of crime could not have accummulated. She is a native of New Jersey, lost both parents in infancy, and was married to her first husband at the age of seventeen, by whom she had several children, six of whom, all under ten years, and the husband himself, died very suddenly within a year. Her second husband, whom she married soon after the disap pearance of h?r family, which it does cot appear excited any suspicion of wrong, was an old man of property, who died, suddenly also, within fourteen months of the marriage, but not without exciting some suspicions io the minds of the doctors who attended him, which, for reasons not stated, they never made known. Thc third and last husband was married to her some ten months since, having four children by a former wife, whom he iotrodnced into thc nen family. Two of these children, a girl of fifteen years ?nd an infant of eleven months, died suddenly within six or eight months after their relationship to their step mother, and still without arousing suspicion, although it is rc maskable that all these sudden death? occurred from the same cause, or wit ii the same symptoms of disease-cramps, violent fever and vomiting. After the death of these step children, there seem to have been a disagreement between Mrs. Sherman and her husband, which led to their living partially apart. I It fell into unsteady and wasteful babita, and estranged himself more or less from his home, aod recently he died with the same suddenness and under thc same circumstances which had attended tin death of the eleven individuals of thc family who bad preceded him. Suspi? cion being now aroused, a post mort? m examination was had, a- d the unques? tionable presence of arsenic ia the j stomach ascertained. Thc bodies of the; two children also w^re exhumed, ao? j ample proof discovered of their having been poisoned The preliminary eiarninahon ??f tl.o? female monster was commenced on Thursday at Derby, Ct., the scene <>l? the untimely end of her victim?. Al? though there is no positive evidence! that she administered.th" arsenic, there is evidence that four of those deceased persons died from thc effets of that] drng, vir. : her last two "husbands and her last husband's two children. There! is evidence that she had arsenic in her; possession, ind that when mailed upou j to account for its absence was unable to; do so. Professor Baker, the chemist ; who made an analytical examination nfj the stomacher and livers t-f the deceased; persons, testified unequivocally that j arsenic was found io tho?e organs inj sufficient quantities to produce death, and that death did result from the prc-j sence of this poison. All that remains to be done ia to prove that Mrs. Sher man ia the person who administered lb? deadly medicine. Circumstances can point tono one else and circumstances point fiercely at her. Still she appears! to regard the serinas charge ?H a very light matter. Dunns the ttial, and while the doctors mho attended the victims were giving their testimony, she maintained the role of iijured in noceoee, aod stared unabashed around thc cou't room, her piercing bla.k eye never onee wincing nnder the most ie terroined look of her prosecutors. But when Professor Baker took the stand and gare bia testimony ss to the finding of the poison, stating that io the liver alone of her second husband, Hnrlbot, he found a sufficient quantity of arsenic to ki il three mee, ?he became exceed? ingly nervous, and for the first time her eyes sought refuge behind her fan. She soon recovered, and played her previous part up to the adjournment of the court She is denounced bf ail who have seen her ts the mewt accomplished dissenbler and shrew that ever became publicly known, and yet, strange as it may ap? pear, thisclasrof women always set thc bead* of a class of nen crazy. Mrs. Fair ia another woman of this charac? ter. ' OEM 0 F EVERY DESCRIPTION PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT Til" ornes or The Sumter Watchman, - rs THE Highest Style of Hie Art, CULTIVATE THE CHI3.I>RKX~ ?:.e minds of the youngs:?; i:ke vines in sprigg time-they are active and elastic ar.i grasping for soarc !.ir _' ctn which to ?can. if you piare rm arbor or plaut a post liv your vii . i: wi | climb up and lift into the sunlight air, which are necessary for si,..- health of the plant, and airer a tim you wit! bc richly repaid fur all your :..?? by the hundreds o? hunch, s ol blushing Iruit; tut if, on the othvr hand neglect your y?an?; vine it wi ii expend ;?*<:: ergy iu trailing along or. thc oarth, ;?;: 1 when you go to louie for the fruir,you*tl find that alas! thc vine is a birr r? ct: :i bercr of the ground. ?o also, the youthful ruin ] requires something substantial by which it can lift itself above the earth and take in the soul tooti of truth. Furnish yoar children with books and rip.rs f a good character; sec thai tl -y mingle not in tl.c society of thc wicked: make home attractive, that they be n : fore-1 '> to seek f.,r society in dangore- . pla . -and when the vine is .-v.r.-.u ::p, ... i may well expect to see it (nil o? gocd fruits of virtue and holli: In order to ranko borne ania' ?. 'he little ones should be taught ; responsibility. Let theai !.-. .- iha: their influence is something. lin ir help is something an-i that itu ... : : : ?omething-something ts rc i : than bolts of calico; more thr.a ; . :r vards of casstmcre and a ?1 r.on buttons; more than a butterfly . : - Feach them that they arc men rt.. 1 iv ? men iu miniature, wi:!: iiAi U a cuiti rateand hearts to enlighten an '? partly. iQiriETHiXG WOECTH M ; INC "Ifanj one speaks ill of thoo." says Epictetus, "consider whether lia ha ruth on his side, and if so, reform thy? self that his censures may ?it a?fec* bee." When Anasimander was told hat the very boys la'i.-'.cd at his -ing ng, "Ah," said he. "then I ma>t :. :I?I o sing better." Plato being told that te had many enemies who spoke ill of tim said,'It is no matter; J >hs\i ?ive ;o that none will believe them." [fearing at another time that an inti nate friend ol his had spoken detractive )t his character, he sai-i, 'I a:u sure ?*.. rould not do it if he hal not sonic .eason for it.,' This is the purest, as veil as the noblest, way of drawing a ting out of a reproach, and thc : a uethod of preparing a man fer the groat md only relief against the pains ??' alumny. A FLSS I.\ TUE FAMILY. "Wal, Iguess there's a little rcw ever 0 our house." "What on airth's thc matter? "'Vhy dad's got drunk, mother's rashto, thc old cow's got a calf, Sa - jot married and run away with tue poon?, Seth has swallowed a pin. and jouis looked at the A;::<rn l'y: x iii te's got thedelerious triangh s. Ti it tin't all ot it cather. Ilo.^e spilt th . tatter bos and broke the pan cak m i me of the Maltese ki;.o::-- ha? . toad into the molasses cap a: i i 5 n ;vt it out, and oh, bow h:t:._ y : : - As to which is the b s*, day of the reek to marry : M.,n.lty f..r health; Tuesday !"r w. ilth ; Wednesday the fj-.sr. o! :?:. . Thur; lay fur crosses ; Friday lor Iw-. s : Saturday n-> lu< at all - A Philosopher hath raid: Ho ?rho is passionate and i istj : . . . IlO?l?S*. lt ts your .? iii. 'ii nd l'-U ' hypocrite yea should '? ? v:..; . i ber? '> BO deCepUoa in a -vi : ?? in ; the car that sneaks cp and bites ; t trhca year bruk is turned. - mm) ? - - - the man wlio didn't believe ;a advertising has gone into i ::?;:?.?;-'???. with thc Sheriff, and . ho tatt r t- t: ..: doing tlic :;dv 'ct : ?-in _". .SOUTH C.VK(!l.i:.A Central Rail Road C CHARLESTON. C.. .>' THE ELE\ B? Til IN - r l. M.LU S PER >ll 4 UK, ? ' on il'U AapWC V' s'r" . Ia C&artetton-xi th? 02?? of . : . 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