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DBM MWSW raman VOL. XXI WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1871. Tl sato o> BnnaoB Bt Dona, Fcrensea.-Vifg. NO. 38. DEVOTED TO Ll TER 4 Tl RE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. !he Sumter Watchman {ESTABLISHED IN 1850.) 18 PUBLISHED rEKY WEDNESDAY MOKMV< AT SUMTER. S. C.? BY ?IL BE UT & FLOWERS, Terms. >ejear...** oc months. 1 *>0 DO months. 1 00 >VBRTISBMKNTS inserted at the rate R)NE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS pei ire for the first, ONE DOLLAR for the ?ad, and FIFTY CENTS for each subsequent rtion, for any period less than three months OBITUARIES, TRIBUTES OF RESPECT all communications which subserve private rests, will be paid tor as advertisements. HITS HANDS. L This is not the story of a king, but of humble peasant girl; the sceoe is not id in a camp, but in a village at a time len Bonaparte's wars had not yet iven to the simple name of Beroadotte little Bernard) the historic glow which till surrounds it. A man and his wife had an only ighter, and they were so proud of her tat she had scarcely come into the rerld when they began to think of her larriage. The mao, laboring with the .eatest perseverance, sought to accu m?ate for her one of those attractive .wries which fascinate rich young ichelors ; the wife seconded his efforts courageously, grubbing in the ground ill day and stitching all night, constantly ireparing thc bride's outfit, that she ill sick and died, not being willing to ill in the doctor, that she might save \he cost of the remedies. Father Hugh, left alone with his [laughter, was only the more anxious to have a son in-law, some sturdy laborer possessing a competence, one who would insure both the prosperity of his bouse md tbe happiness of his beloved Berna Botte. When she got to bc eighteen years of kge there was no lack of suitors. Father Hugh owed to his avarice the reputation bf a man in easy circumstances; ene ho had cleverly turned his pennies to tccount by making short loans at a rate jof interest not sanctioned by the code ; ?but all young men wishing to marry took very good care not to reproach-him with an infraction of thc statute; the sin would remain with thc father-in law, and the profits with the grand chil? dren ; so they rubbed their hands and Tepeated the universal proverb : "'Tis au ill wind that blows uobody good !" Bernadotte, worthy of her sire in ?economy and in activity, trudged to town ?every forenoon to sell her chickens, eggs and fruit. She frequently cn- ! countered young Micoutet, thc plowman, | 'who would drive up his oxen to the end of the furrow by thc roadside and keep j Uhem standing a long tim? to bid thc ?young girl good morning, and chat with jher about the rain, and thc fiue weather, and the chickens, and thc cows, and the growing corn, and the beans that were about drying. Bernadotte, no matter What might be her haste to get to mar? ket, always had a few moments to sparc for her talkative men, and even after leaving him to go back repeatedly to! answer, as far as he could make her hear j them, thc last kind words which he sent after her over thc hedge. Arrived at thc market place, thc first customer whom Bernadotte usually found there was thc young baker Casterez, who; under the pretext of ex? ami ni ug her eggs ard fruit, prolonged the conversation a full hour, praising the bright feathers of thc chicken?, their remarkable plumpness, and bestow? ing a thousand compliments on the [?lever housekeeper who knew how tc ?get them into such nice condition. Passing from words to acts, he would [bargain for the entire lot, appear per? fectly satisfied with thc price, and carry the basket off to his shop, where the ?fair merchant always found some re? freshment and a couple of nice tarts garnished with sweetmeats. Bernadette, on returning home from ?market lightened of her load, passed before the shop cf the hair-dresser, Tirmin, a young dandy as frizzled and [smoothly shaved as thorlittle Saint John, lin thc procession of thc Fete Dieu. 31. [Firmin had just completed his tour ?through France, as stated ou a handsome feign in big letters adorned with a pair (of scissors and a razor, after thc fashion of a heraldic shield stamped with a ?double device. "Heigh ! Bernadotte," ?exclaimed the artistic barber, "have you toy eggs to sell mc to-day?" Beroa [dotte nodded affirmatively. She had been careful to conceal a do?en from the wholesale buyer Casterez, purposely to have some left for 31. Firmin. Pru? dence is the mother of certainty. 31icoutet was undoubtedly very atten? tive, Casterez very devoted, but M Firmin was no less agreeable, aud nobody knew what might happen. Thc eggs were accordingly handed to 31. Firmin, who found their freshness ! iquite worthy of her who brought them | ifarfrom attempting to?bate tho price,! he added to thc money he gave her ai lemall flask of lavender water or a cake-1 [of scented soap. He wanted to know i [how Father Hugh was, and all about j Barquette, the cow whose excellent milk maintained thc rosy hue of the 'milker's cheeks, and about the sheer providing the wool with which to kni; those pretty stockings so snugly fitting' lihosG little feet. 31. Firmin, in his [tour through France, had become very impertinent; his presumption might have offended thc young rustie had not Tier interests obliged her to dissimulate and to be somewhat tolerant. He asked her to bring him eggs the next day, butter every time she emptied her j churn ; and, notwithstanding his im? pertinence, a fault in young men which young girls often complain of to satisfy their consciences, Bernadotte found the hairdresser^quite as agreeable as he was attentive. Micoutet, the plovghman, was daily in the field, no matter what might be the state of thc weather, and at the earliest hour, because he couJd not sleep io bis anxiety to see daylight and Ber-i oadotte, became so worn ootby this way of li viog, that he resolved to get back both his sleep and his usual tranquility. He betook himself to the house of the father of her who had robbed him of his repose, and, cap io hand, with do wo cast eyes and a stammering voice, spoke to him a long time about Bernadotte, praising her vigor?os arms, made for work, aod the good health apparent io every form and feature, and finally de? manded her hand. Father Hagh did not say yes, aod still less oo He knew foll well the value of those little words of few fetters; like his coins, be would not let them J go without certain gu?rante--;; of their beiog properly placed. He pot off the young mao to the following Sunday, aod meanwhile communicated the proposal to his daughter. "Micoutet is a very nice youngman," said Bernadotte. "I stop and talk with him every morning on passing his farm. He has fine oxen, good fields, and an excellent vineyard. Castercz, the baker, however, appears also to a good advan? tage ; would it not be well-" "Casterez, the baker !" replied Father Hugh, in a reflective mood. "By Our Lady, there is always bread ou a baker's counter !" "'And tarts on the dinner table/' added Bernadotte. "I will find out, my child, what the baker means before deciding." ..His meaning, father, is plain enough. He buys every morning all that I Take to town, and without higgling about the price, please you. It I were to ask him double, he would not make the slightest objection. "Without higgling about the price !" repeated Father Hugh, who did not do business in that fashion. "That young fellow is very much smitten I We will look into the matter, Bernadotte; and if bis grannery and his purse are as well stocked with flour aod cash as his heart seems to be with love, we will try to make some arrangement." Father Hugh strode off to town to see the baker, who, delighted with this proceeding, showed himself deeply enamored. "Which of the two !" exclaimed Father Hugh to himself. "The tbing works well. We will set them to com? peti?.; ; goods in demand increase in value." He returned home, and, communica? ting the baker's sentiments to his daugh? ter, promised her to decide quickly which of the two it would bc best for her to marry. .'The baker is a very nice young man," added Bernadotte, tho same as she had said of the ploughman Micoutet, "but there is another, the hair dresser Firmin. He buys something of me every day. and keeps me an hour talk-1 tng about his tour through France, the yaru my stockings are mado of, and my good milch cow. He assures mo that j he has never seen any one more engag? ing than she whom he has thc pleasure of looking at when he looks at me." "The compliments of a barber !" in? terposed Father Hugh. "Everybody knows what they arc worth ! No matter, the affair progresses; competition among j three makes the profits all the greater ! Wc ? ill sec thc hairdresser, my dear, and fitid out what to expect from his ad miration." Hugh again returned to town, where he had an interview with M. Firmin ; and, as he knew that thc larger the com pany of buyers the more active thc bidding, he invited each of the com? petitors to come to his house thc follow? ing Sunday after Mass. "Hump !" be muttered to himself as he canvassed thc situation, "thc plough? man courts my daughter, but without neglecting his work or spending a farthing ; the baker is doing thc same thing, loitering about the market-place, and spending his money to win the saleswoman ; the barber overwhelms Bernadotte with fulsome compliments and trifling presents. There is no hurry ; things eau be cleared up, and the characters of these gallants tested, to make them solve one of my riddles." When Sunday came Bernadotte made herself look as beautiful as the virgin .juccii of a May day festival. She put on her best starched muslin cap, calico petticoat, red cotton handkerchief and morocco shoes, and awaited the appear? ance of her three suitors, who, on pre? senting themselves, thc father welcomed in these tends : "You three wish to provide a husband for my daughter, and you all cherish the .same object, i A custom obliges her to reject two in thc selection of one-she must proceed cautiously in this even uncertain lottery. Every scholar who goes to college passes five or six years in ascertaining whether he will wear the uoifurm of a soldier, thc robe of a lawyer, or that of a doctor. A young girl nay bc excused if she asks days to decide what kind of a noose she will pot around her oeck. Come back here oext Sunday, my friends, io your best attire. I am a little particular in the interest of my dear Bernadotte, and I have al ways felt somewhat superstitious io the matter of tidiness You must not be surprised if you see me give my daugh? ter to the one vho shall show nu the icltitc.it hands." Father Hugh uttered these last words with marked emphasis. IL . Micoutet was almost ready io die .with grief working io thc fields had made dis hands drier than so mach pumiee stone. The baker aod the barber, oo the cootrary, always workiog in batter: or soap, had haods as soft as the satin folds of a duchess' gown. The poor rustic felt that be was set aside regaling the forthcoming struggle as calculated for only city gallants. The latter, animated by penally well-founded hopes, spent a week io getting their banca ia proper condition, using 1 aogcenU of tbe most mollifying ehar&c ter, und they became as fragrant and aa white as possible, which stimulated their, pride to the highest degree. Miscoutet had not even the courage to wash his hands in the brook, so in? ferior did he regard himself to these town gentry. His grand-father Simon, perfectly familiar with the world ever since be bad stomped through it an hu oH crutches, and who waa ?owraly re? garding bim through his white, eye? lashes, comprehended hu embarrass*! meet, and came to his assistance. "Micoutet, my boy/' said fae, handing him a little gray bag corned with' dost, "pat that io your pocket, and keep your appointment et Father Hogh's. When the time comes to show your hands, plonge them into this bag, and fill them with the unguent it eon tains." "Bot, gandfather my skin is as dark and coarse os the bark of an oak ?ree. How can you "Follow my advice, my boy. The was h-bal i I give y ott is to efficacious that the most obdurate spots will not resist its action. Its' joe ia of very ancient date, and tim? baa not dimin? ished its virtue." Micontet took the scap-bag, and re sorted to Bernadette's house. The baker and the barber were not far behind him. Casterez first showed his fingers; they were whiter than the blossom of the dog rose. The hairdresser then dis? played his, and they looked as fresh as a lily but just in bloom. It now came M i cou te t's tnrn. Firmin and Casterez began to laugh as he drew his huge bands from his pocket and held them forth, when Father Hngh uttered a cry of admiration, for they were fi' led with bright and beautiful gold crowns. "Aha ! my boy, that ia the real dura? ble whiteness which I love. Bernadotte is yours, for yon have conrted her without quitting your field, and you know the whiteness the most appreciable in the hands ol a son-in-law." The two abashed and mute town candidates returned to their shops with their ears hanging lower then those of a bound after losing a bare. Bernadotte and Micoutet good naturedly invited thcm to their wedding, and they had wit enough to go, as townsmen scarcely ever neglect to enjoy what ia good in the dwelling of a disdained peasant. The happy couple., happy as everybody is( with as much money as good temper, labored throughout their lives to swell the contents of the soap bag, tho gift of their venerable grand father. UNPRECEDENTED CRUELTY. On last Tuesday, our community was perfectly shocked and outraged at the recital of a chapter of horrors commit? ted on some children, by a fiend, :in the shape of one Pink Dupree from Pike county, their father. They were about nine and ten years of agc, and we are satisfied there is not a place on them the size of a man's hand but there is a scar. He would whip them unmerci? fully and they would not shed a tear, because they were so fearful of him. In addition to the unmerciful whippings he gave them he fitted up a white oak pole and cut some holes in it, put their thumbs through it, tied them op to the side or wall of the house, and let them remain for boors. The younger of the two' he knocked down with a hoe, and carries the sign on his head now, and will carry it to bis grave; and the eldest bas great scars on lim, the effects of this monster's cruelty. An uncle of theirs came from Mississippi sued out a writ of ?uzbca? corpus before Judge Greene, and the demon, Dupree, readily settled it, by giving up the children. We are glad to learn that the next Grand Jury of Pike county will look after this case, and trust the severest penalty of the law governing such cases, will be visited on him. The children speak in the highest terms of their stepmother, who ia a most estimable lady, and say she always treated them with the greatest kindness, and are perfectly devoted to her. Numbers of our citizens examined these children, and the unanimous ver* diet is, that it is the greatest outrage they have ever seen. The children were delighted when Sheriff Mann and Branch Bowdoin took charge of them, aod no inducement could be offered them to go back to their father. Without wishing to appear irreverent, we can but adopt tho motto of the old Universalist lecturer-'If there is not a hell there ought to be one for hit sort/ Messrs. Doyal and Nonnaliy repre? sented the complainer,:, andar? entitled to great, credit for aid:ug in bringing co light this most diabolical outrage. Griffin Star, inst. [From Explorations of ibo Nile.] HOW THE ARAB WOKEN PER? FUME THEMSELVES. In the floor of the hut or tent, as a chance may be, a small hole is excava- , ted, sufficiently Urge to contain a cham? pagne bottle. A fire of charcoal or simply glowing embers.is built within the bole, itito which the women about to be scented throws a handiull of drago. She theo takes off her . clothes or robe whioh forma her clothing, and crouches naked over the fumes, as she arrangea her robes te fall as a mautl? from her neck to tl.e ground like a tent. She now begiua to perspire freely,, io the hot air bath, and the pores of the skin being open and moist, the volatile oil from" snit ? smoke' bowning perfumea ia immediately absorbed. By the time the .fire has expired the see at fig- pracees is completed, trod both her person and her robe are redolent of incense of which they are so thoroughly impregnated that I have frequently smelt a party of ladies atrongly at a full hundred yards distance, wheo the wind WM blowing ia their direction. This scent, whien is sapfou?to IM vajjates^ta? to gentle meo, ii composed of ginger, cinnamon, frankincense, myrrh, a species of sea wood brought from the -ned Sea, anil lastly the horny dise which ?overs th? ir^trrVerwhes/ the sosal fila .'withdraws itself within tar shell. S?be proportion of these ingredients io this mixture is ac? cording to taite. In t*.'co^ : soy .? tti '? ? ' ^cwJ wi? ^ ?Uowfoe irise remark : As I approve of thc youth ?bo has soortthrcgof the old osen in him, SQ I am no lass pleased with the old man who has something of the youth in him. THE COTTON PROSPECT* The New York World, in a recent issue, editorially reviews the present aspect of the cotton market. All the would-be commercial oracles outside the Cotton States are strongly inclined to take the bear side in their views regard? ing the great Southern staple, and the World is no exception to the rule. It joins the ranks of those who are con? stantly advancing arguments to depress the market, and who hope, and perhaps believe, that' r^e price of cotton will yet settle down to :s ante-bellum level. This expectation is hardly destined to be realised. Cotton may be depressed at times, bat, with the altered condition of things at the Sooth, it cannot be kept down. High prices most be the role, and low prices the exception, for many years to come. We reproduce, however, the views of the Worldf because of the two important admissions which they contain-first, that prices had fallen too low during tho past season, aod, secondly, that the surplus at the end of the present must, by the World's own figures, be re? duced about 1,100,000 bales. Charleston Netos. [From the New York World.] "A few weeks ago there was great ex? citement in tie cotton market, attended by an advance in price of six cents per pound. A great part of the advance then and all of the excitement were due to the reports of reduced planting, and injury to the crop by protracted bad weather. Every poiot unfavorable to future supply from the crop of 1871 was grossly exaggerated. Speculative opinions and rash statements of individuals were doubly fortified aod supported by OD? warranted aod absurd statements from the agricultural bureau at Washiogtoo, which, io England, were igooraotly sup? posed to have some value. ?One mooth of warm, dry, favorable weather has passed, aod behold, what a change. "Cotton hail DO friends," is the expressive phrase io thc market. Prices have falleo about two coots, without reviving faith ; the declioe has rather increased the tendency to further depressions. Thc crop story from every quarter comes bettor and better, as if the writers, repent of folly, would cause its expression to be forgotten. Low estimates of the crop appear no more, and thc making of estimates has ceased, as if everybody at last had come to sec that they serve no other purpose but to exhibit thc fatuity of their makers. Yet there are some apposite facts of the past aod present that may bc usefully con? sidered. Thc cotton crop of 1870 was very large, uoexpcctedly so to thc extcot of 500,000 to 700,000 bales, because of the unparalleled maturing season. Thc productioo of other countries was up to its usual average. The great and sudden excess in supply depressed the market value of coi tcn in the spring to a range only about 8 per cent, higher in gold than the average price at thc same period in the three years preceding thc war. All other articles of trade and manufacturo (except wool, a kindred article) bore values 15 to GO per cent, higher than io 1858-60. Cotton had fallen too low. It was fairly entitled to aa advance of lid. or 3 cents ingold, to place it upon a level with other com? modities, irrespective of any reduction s of snpply, or any farther increase of consumption, as compared with the quantities of 1870-1. About one-half the advance io May and Jone was then legitimate, (only too early and too rapid,) even with a favorable report ot the grow? ing crop. "England has had one year of re? markably good business in all branches of hor cotton trace. It has been good enough to start eew spindles for the ensuing year. England docs not set up new spindles, except to replace old ones, in years of anprofitable and 'disastrous' business like that which marked the years 1864 to 1869, and they are not wei! informed who talk and write of thc great increase in British cotton spindles 10 those bad years. Now it is changed. The impetus of profit is given as in 1857 to 1861, and the increase for thc work of 1871-2 may. well be large. On the Continent the restraint of war is ended. Spindles lately idle arc in mo? tion again, aod new ones aro building, uoder ?lie powerful incentive of profits, which, good wheo cotton was worth 12d., have become very good with cotton at Sd., and the redaction in price of cotton, shared in the reduced pri?e of cotton goods, has enlarged the market demand for those goods. "There is ample reason to suppose that, io the average of twelve months from the 1st of October next, there will be three and one-half te four millions more spindles in running order than in the twelve months proceeding. The question wilt arise, will trade and con? sumption take off all the production of ike spinning power so enlarged 7 And most men, looking at the abundance and cheapness cf money, and the ever-ex? tending areas of trade, will answer, yes, 11 not prevented by enhanced prices. "If so much bo tree, then the world wants for the next year four hundred thousand to five buodred thousand bales of cotton more than was required for the current year. "Whence is it to come ? Should the rest ot the world keep ita supply np to that of 1870 1 our crop woola need to be soi only 4,300,000 bales again, bat as much more as the increase in con? sumption, or else the surplus at the cod Of next year must be reduced by what? ever our crop fails of thai increase. We hasard no estimates of growing crops, but we remember that the extra? ordinary yield from tho large planting of 1870 waa, to the extent of haifa million bales ti least, du? tc euch a season aa may oct be repeated for many years. We know that the early start of this crop was under, conditions which, ;4h^#h ?osslj exaggerated, were yet unfavorable, lt is for every one to dis count from last year's production so ' much as to bim seems good io arrivog at a probability for this year. If the crop falls off 600,000 bales-that is, if it tarns oat to be 3,700,000 bales-and the consumption in the world shall be 500,000 bales more than this year's, then it follows surely that the surplus at the end of this year will be reduced by 1,100,000 bales at the end of next year. Kow much would that leave to go into the next year with ? "Of course any statistical problem of this sort is subject to the perturbations o? price of cotton and of goods, stimu? lating or restraining action, and, there? fore, the end must be indefinite. But to merchants and manufacturers there is matter worth thinking of in the im? portant facts that we present, and thc suggestions that they carry." ? - ? TUB HUT? OP LIFE. Get out of them, if you wish to lire long, if you wish to avoid the lunatic asylum, if you wish to escape suicide or a miser's death. Men and women must have recreation, must have amusement, must have diversion. It is wholesome for the mind to break away from its daily vocation or employment every night. The man who goes from his counting' house or his workshop at the close of the day and does not leave it behind him, but sits at the family table in moodiness, brooding over past occur* rences, weighing probabilities, casting conjectures, laying plans, and when the meal is over sits thinking, thinking by the hour, and goes to bcd to toss and tumble and worry, cannot live long ; the brain or the heart must give way, and he wiil drop dead in tho street, as many a business New Yorker has done within a few years past. In the Island of Cuba, tho wagon roads lead over hills made of limestone; the wheels have run in the same track for generations, and have so worn into the solid stone that thc hubs scrape thc surface, and there is no getting out of the rut until the bottom of thc hill is reached. So in thc lives ol many, tho mind, under the influence of worldly care, gets to run in a particular track ; in other cases, the occupations are of such an insufferable sameness from one year's end to another, that its workings become mechanical, and out ot these lines they cannot work at all ; heneo thc stupidity of such a large portion of the farming population of all countries-the peasants of England and Ireland and France, and Germany and Russia as well. More farmer's wives and daughters go crazy, out of one thousand, than of any other class, simply because of the one same routine of drudgcry-of cooking, washing, deaning, from morning to night, from one year's end to another ; even the Sabbath day making but little change, and that change only the result of the extra drudge of Saturday. And our wives, in large towns and cities, sweep and dust and arrange, and wash and sew and provide, in one inces? sant round, summer and winter. No wonder they grow thin and careworn, and weak and nervous. Get out of the ruts, all of you ; pay a neighborly visit three nights in the week ; or for two afternoons let there be a "let up" in the way of a drivo to the Central ('ark, visit to the "village," an excursion on the river or in the cari, a pic-nic, a celebration, but best of all in the city or country, a horseback ride of an hour, or two, "there and back ;" what an ap? petite it gives ; and the weariness, what delicious sleep follows ! Get out of the rut, reader, two or three hours a week, and there will be no time lost by it in the long run ; for it gives activity to the moral nature ; it cultivates the affections; it wakes up observation ; it exercises comparison ; it gives breadth of view on all subjects ; it makes a msn more manly; it makes a woman more womanly ; and in countless cases it would save from the madhouse ! IlaWs Journal. [From tba New York Time?.] THE NATHAN ML KDEKEli. Forrester Finally Traded lo Scotland The Detectives Confident of Capturing Him. It is now over a year sipec Mr. Benja? min Nathan was brutally murdered io bia own house, and the recollection of the dire event bas well nigh faded from the minds of New Yorkers, BO often and terribly satiated with tales of human suffering. But the silent watchers of wrong doers and never-tiring searchers for them hare never left the trail of thc man who was suspected of having per? petrated the foul deed. From thc mo ment suspicion first lit upon him until the present the man has been followed with unrelenting zeal. Our readers no doubt remember well the first time that thc name of William Forrester was given to them in these columns. Copies of his photograph were sent broadcast through the Union, Canada, and many countries of thc Old World. He hid himself out West during last fall, moving from place to place rapidly, to avoid the sleuth hounds "f the law, who were ever close upon bia trail. From town to village, and from village to town, he wont, until, like Eugene Sue's Wandering Jew, ' the sun scarce shone twice upon him in thc atase province." Ile has many other crimea ti aoswer for besides the Nathan murder. Allan Pinkerton "wanted him" to serve out an uoczpired term of thirteen yean' imprisonment in Illinois, and for a murder he had committed be? fore. The dread of confinement for so long a term of years alone was enough to keep him moving ever. At last Pinkerton's detectives in the North, West nd South, aided by the regular scouts of outraged justice, got between him and the mountains,' plains and other approaches to that haven wh outlaws find oblivion-tho far Wesl and gradually closed in around h The Atlantic coast, except in neighborhood of the Gulf, was liken nairowly watched, and his case EC en hopeless. At last, about seven months a almost exhausted and in the depths abject despair, Forrester reached G veston in disguise, the detectives ri? on his heels. No time was to be 1 Delay would bc fatal. A bold di alone could save him, and this he ma Leaving his hiding place he shipped board a vessel short of hands and boc to Great Britain. She sailed from I harbor just in time to elude the offic of Mr. Pinkerton, and the hunted rx made good his escape. For some ti after thc trail was lost in the waters the deep, until, by one of those sec agencies only known to the professioi thief-taker, it was clearly ascertain that the absconded Forrester was Scotland. Here he had been born, a his parents still resided on thc old far long deserted by the criminal. To vicinity he was believed to have got with what feelings or hope can hare be imagined. Pinkerton followed, c termined to bring him back. ? departure was announced about i months ago, when it was said that ? Allan Pinkerton, chief of the dctccti bureau bearing his name, had gone seek health among the heather upi his native hills in Scotland. The heal he sought was that of justice, whit would have been greatly benefited I the capture of the notorious Forrcstc But he has returned, after his lot search, unsuccessful. He arrived he about three weeks ago, find is at prese in Chicago. Being in possession of the foregoii facts, thc Times yesterday despatched reporter to the New York branch this Bureau, and he had an intervie with H. W. Davies, the Superinteoden That gentleman very courteously coo versed on tho topic, and corroborate thc statement. Ile also said, aft? mentioning thc return from Europe .. Mr. Pinkerton, whom, by thc way, 1 had not ?can since, that Forrester is y< in Scotland, hiding from tho agent who are on the alert to seize him. Thi Bureau, continued he, is in direct com munication with the pol ce and anthon ties on the otherside of thc ocean, an although thc fugitive nay, for a timi elude their vigilance, io the end h must be caught. Mr. Pinkerton, h said, laid his plans carefully for th capture ; bat they have thus far beci without great result The man, how? ever, is shut up within the area of Brit ain-a much smaller field to operate ii than thc North American Continent if The understanding between Pinkerton' people and the New York police ?E tba if thc former catch Forrester the latte will have him tried upon the Nathai murder charge. If he be acquitted o this crime, thc police will turn him ove: to Pinkerton, who will send bim baci to serve out his thirteen years in th< prison. "This," said Mr. Davies, "is whal Forrester hates to do, and to avoic which he would take any chances. Ii he were to bo in this room with us now I know thc man's character soweit, thal I believe he would attempt to get out, even though I levelled a revolver at bis head. He would prefer death to im? prisonment. When he is ran down, take my word for it, ho will fight hard." Being asked whether Forrester's mis? tress io New Orleans did not know something of his whereabout?, the Superintendant replied that she did not. She was only apprised of his well being from time to timo by a third party. "However, as I before observed, there is not thc slightest doubt io my mind but that 'Billy' will fall into our hands, if he but live a little longer. All our arrangements have been perfected by our chief in Scotland, whero 'our man' now is." [From tb? New Orleans Picayune,] A NEW ORLEANS SENSATION. Death of a .tlyaterlona Old ?San who Fosaeaacd thc Bourbon Diadem. Few o? thc residents in the lower part of the city of late years but are familiar with some of the incidents wc arc now relating. They.have often seen in the twilight of summer evenings a singlar apparition. Suddenly, on the banquette of Music-street, bis appeared an old mao, with long gray hair and clad in the costume of half a century ago. The garments were faded and worn, but revealed a richness which ia earlier days wa? more fitted for a Court than an American Metropolis. He was a very tall man, although-a hunchback, and bot for the deformity would have been of gigaotic proportions. In the breadth of shoulders, tho deep powerful chest, and long nervous arms, resided mar* vel?os strength, whilo the lower limbs, fashioned in magnificent strength and beauty, arrested attention and comman? ded admiration wherever he appeared, ile ?puke to no one, looked at no one, but in ti e silent abstraction pursued hts louely walk far into thc eight. Years went by, and night after night little children paused in their play to watch the receding figure of the lonely man. It must have been forty years ano that he fir>t came among us. He looked middle aged then; but as the years flew by thc sturdy frame remained fiexible^and active, bat the hair grew gray and Lis face was scamed with wrinkles. He lived in a litte brick building that set back from thc street. Wild vines crept over the crumbling tiles and wreathed fantastic shapes on the chim ney tops. In the yard ber. uti ful flowers bloomed all thc year round, and their rich perfume made thc air. sensuous and sweet At a window shaded by a trellis-work, hid ia tbe bloom ot ro. the old mao sat of afternoons and wat ed the san's decline. No one else erer seen io the house-no ?one e crossed the threshhold ; and so he Iii a smileless, sad old man, io a lou boase. Bat on* day, not a great while sic the neighbors saw that the blinds in hoase were closed. Thc old man had appeared on the streets for weeks, and grass bad began to gow from thc chii of the marble slabs at his door, ant began to be whispered about that I old man waa dead. At last, one daj, the neighbors wi io, (they were poor people, bat kio? and trae. ) Sure enough, ho was de; He laid pallid and stark on a pallet straw. There wer? a fow scatter chairs around the room and a ph table. One only object arrested t aye. Near tbe body was a rich cask set in mother of pearl and gold. Jew flashed from the costly lid, and wreath in the dust of diamonds were engrav theff'Lilies of France" io a coronet gold. They opened the box and thc flashed on their eyes thc Bouroon d dcm. It was stolen on tbe night of t lGth of August, 183 J, when Charles '. abdicated the throne of France in fav of the Duke of Bordeaux. Undernea it a manuscript, written in French, contained only these words. I, a Cbarette, thc Veudeao General. Mai of Savoy was to have been my wi! She was taken from me and given ! the Comte d'Artois. I contd ha' j forgiven this, bat he deserted mc wh< most I needed his help and assistanc I revenged myself and procured h overthrow, and um happy since he di< in exile." Ibis was all. Over his life siieni now draws a veil. His wayward pa sions, his inward conflicts, none ca estimate. Lonely and sad he pcrishc in exile ; none could appreciate h injuries j let none judge too harshly i his life. A LAW FOB THE SOUTH ABD A? OTHER FOR THE ?ORTH. The Washington Patriot says : "J is semi-officially announced by the Coa missioner of Pensions that io admiuis tcring tbcact of Feb. 14,1871, grantin pensions to the survivors of thc war c 1812, when witnesses testify to th loyalty of a claimant, their own Ioyalt mo3t bc shown by thc certif?cate of a officer of the Uuited States Court, United States Commissioner, or an office of tbe Internal Revenue Bureau. Th rulo applies only to thc South, and n question is raised at the North. B this bigoted regulation there is to b one law for the Northern people an< another for tho Southern. According to the usual form heretofore in simila: cases, a claimant was required to mak< oath that he had at no time renderc< ?aid and comfort" to rebellion, and t< prove the same by the affidavits of tw< disinterested witnesses, whoso crcdibilitj had to be certified to by thc c^rk of : court of record. But nov thc Southon soldier is obliged to prove thc loyalty ol his witnesses by a certificate which il may be impracticable to obtain. A claimant may be able to es'.cblish hit rights by twenty witnesses, and if the) happen voluntarily or compulsorily tc have aided the rebellion, then the veteran who fought for his country h exoloded from a pension. Haman iu - genaity could hardly devise a more wicked contrivance to deprive old Southern soldiers of their just rights. lt is not only mean, but malignant, and draws a discrimination between thc veterans of tho North and South, which every candid mind will denounce as out? rageous. These men were engaged io war against a foreign foe nearly half a century before thc rebellion commenced, and yet they are pursued with all tbe vindictive malice of recent enemies. Thia is a sere way of keeping thc wounds of strife open, and it could only have been contrived for some such un? worthy purpose." A BEAUTIFUL OBSOX. In going through thc parish prison a few days since, the attention of thc re? porter was attracted to a young girl, ap parently not moro than fifteen years of age. She had fair nut-brown hair, and a complexion fresh and white as milk The mild blue eyes were singularly soft and intelligent, and her whole appear ance indicated the free joyous character igtics of youth and happiness. Vet this amiable looking creature, this fair, delicate Minerva, of slender form and ingenuous face, is said to be a devil iocaroats. She was not a prisoner, only a visitor to the institution, and when the reporter ?aw her she waa converei.j? with a noted burglar ; indeed she says she is a cousin of Pete Munday's, and goes under tho sobriquet ot Lily. She is almost as fair and delicate as one lier career is a remarkable series of j adventures end hair-breadth escapes. \ About a year ago she lived in San j Antonio, Texas, and for some real or; fancied misconduct received a severe castigation at the hands of the man with whomc she was living. Barning with resentment, and con? scious of her inability to cope with U?IL. in physical strength, she waited amil tho next night, when he was asleep, and then locking the doors of the room and closing every avenue of escape, she prepared fora work of horror almost impossible to conceive. On ono pretext i or another she seut all thc inmates of< the house away, and procuring paper ! and other inflammable matcriil, built al fanera) pyre around the bed of thc ulccp ' ?ag man. This done, she set fire to it, ? aud locking the door behind her Ced j to the house. Thc man woke up when j the house was full of flai.ics, and in: escaping from the room was literally' roasted. One ?ide of hi? bixly was j bumed almost to a cinder. Ile has ?I Oll W OK IV 0 F EVERY DESCRIPTION PROMPTLY EXECTJTKD AT THE OFFICE OF The Sumter Watchman, - IN TIII: - Highest Style of thc Art. never recovered from his injuries, and is to day a hopeless invalid, suffering excruciating torture and continual anguish. His generosity-perhaps his sense of atonement-prevented his prosecuting thc girl, and she made her escape to to New Orleans. Arriving here, she took apartments on Toulouse street, between Rampart and Burgundy, where she still resides. ?She is yet very young, certainly not more than seven? teen at furthest, and her vindictive and savage fury when excited is a terror to all her acquaintances. It is strange that beneath au exterior so fair and beautiful should bc couccalcd the elements of such lawless violcucc. New Orleans Picayune. [World London Dispatch ] WALES AND LORNE. Tbe W hole Tra tb ?Ibo nt J-thc Uojal Scandal* LONDON, July 20. There is a story running about like wildfire io the upper circles here, which would seem to iudicatc a little, "in our royal family, arising out of thc "unequal match" lately contracted in it. As I happen to know the truth of thc matter, I will give you thc rumor first, aud then* the version. Humor asserts that on thc la^e opening of St. Thomas Hospital by the Queen, the Marquis of Lorne, ac? companied his wife, thc Princess Louise, to the waiting-room prepared for tho royal family previous to tho ceremony. According to thc story, the Trinco of Wales, seeing him there, desired one ol' the lords in waitting to inform him that his presence was contrary to etiquette. That functionary however, replied that he could only convey such an intimation on thc express command of thc Queen. Upon this thc Prince approached Lor i Lorne, and himself made th j communi? cation, and, in consequence, thc latter left the apartment and remained outside ic the corridor, not entering thc room ?ct apart for the "Suite." So much for report. Now what happened was this: OD approaching thc waiting-room, Lord Lorne himself dropped his wife's arru and stopped, saying to the Prince of \Vale3, who was standing at the en? trance, "I suppose I don't go in herc?" To this the Prince replied, "Did not thc Queen tell you to come in?" On which the other answered, "No, and therefore I shall remain outside;" which he did, the Prince standing lhere also and conversing with him, as if purposely to support him. You would be amused to learn what an amount of comment and discussion this misscrable story has raised herc, and how angrily thc expedi? ency or otherwise of the uuion which has giv?n rise to it, is fought out over again. In a common-sense point of view, there seems something bo'th ab? surd ss well as little that Lord Lorne, who has been allowed to marry into tho royal family, should not be fully admitted a member of it. Tho public would not in thc least object, and one wo#ld sup? pose that thc royal family would, out of respect for their own selection, bc thc first to especially desire it. A RAT IN A O.UCKEY'S STOMACH. Aa 0I4-darkey in the Fourth district, New Orleans, has daily for rnontln pact selected thc door-step of a promi* neat residence for his noon-day nnp. Being driven oil one day he comes thc next. With his head thrown back and his mouth wide open, he snores away, to thc exceeding discomfort of tho inmates. Called to tho door by this disgraced diapason a few days 3iocc, thc lady of thc house concluded she wou?d try an experiment. For this purpose she procured a small pit.ee of icc and dropped in into the huge orifice that serves Sambo's mouth. It disappeared like a shot, aud with a cough and a snort, Sambo started to his feet. "L'gh ?" he cried, as ?hu icc sent vio? lent thrills through his stomach. "What dis?" and his finger clutched nervously the afflicted t>:irt<. Just theo some one cried out in thc hou.?c that a big rut had run down "Uncle Sam's" throat. This added terror to his pain. IL: roiled on thc banquette and cried tastily far help. "L'orc dod, mis?u>, he's: gnawing out'n mc. I feel him. Oil, golly, he's kilPn mc,"and thc whites of the dir. key's eyes protruding like saucers, and the convulsed and anguished* face, showed that rou! p.in was strongly enhanced by his imaginary terror " Oil, golly, how he do jump and kick about," and Sambo again gave himself up to a paroxysm ot' lamen? tation. "Drink wann water. f."nde Sam, and drown him," t's?? h ly ?-u r : r -1 Without a m inien:"-* hesitation Sam started for the water.plug He turned on thc crank ar.d thc water start?;?! Sam glued his lips to thc nozz'e until his >id<-s were puffed uni like au i:i?. ;te i balloon. "How do yon feel r,r><v. nn?:c Sam? ' the lady inquicicd a? San; stagg tro 1 baek to his seat. " I cass he's drowned, n.i-sn- : bu* here's what troubli-T <.,- ehih dat rat pwine to get ont ':: dire J. E. ADGEE & CO?, !1M**RTKRS t<?? AM' >r.M BKS :s HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS, EAR IRON. SI ELL. AN!? Agricultural Implements. J. K. AtlgeT. I A. McD. l?r-wn. I 139 Meeting Strvet. K. D. R..I.?I.-?u, ? .-i-I t?. 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