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I S J * VOL. XXII WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1871. NO. 19. . : . Tlmeo Da?aos Et Dona ?ercates.-Vi7;. ~~~~ DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. ?The Sumter Watch] (ESTABLISHED I2f 1850.) 18 PUBLISHED Bk VE IC Y VVKDXK.SD.IY TOOK H AT SUMTER. S. C., ] KILBEKT & FLOWI Terms. Hie year. .? Wki months. [Kreu months. BfcDVBRTISEMENTS inserted at thc Hf OVE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENI Kare for the first, ONE DOLLAR f< ^Kon?, and FIFTY CENTS fur each-subs? ^?ertion, for any period leis than three ri ?OBITUARIES, TRIBUTES OF RES! Bpd all communications rrhich subserre p |Bsrests, will be paid lor as advertisement I CAIVI?LLA. ? Paul Smith was a poor old man. Bad a back room in the top of a t Bdgiug house, where he slept ni: Kid munched his meals of bread Bieese (or Bologna sausage, whe Bou ld afford it) and from whenci Kept, as harmless and unnoticed as i B>wu to the corner of the dingy s'.i B the little music shop of Carl Berm; BOerman settler somewhere io Soho B There he tinkered all day on brc Bohns and other musical iostrume Bever absenting himself for a mom Bve on Saturday afternoons, whei Bent to the house of a small trades* B teach thc piauo to three or four ; Bupid girls. Sundays, he curled u? lib den, and nraused himself, nob ?new how, until Monday morning. I There arc a few certainties; he ne ?cut to c.lurch ; but he picked rag Buldren from the pavement when t Bili near him, and gave them half-p Bes when be had any; shared his G Ber often with a mangy, dirty cur, \ Beted asa sort of escape-valve for Bl temper of half thc men and womer Be street ; and he roused Pat Byan fr Bis midnight snooze in the gutter rn: B cold Dight, and literally carried 1 Borne to Norah and the "children." B As for his honesty, a neighbor rema Bi, "If he found live shillings in Breet, he'd wear out ten shillings wo Bf strength and shoe leather to find I Hpwner. B Une cold night, Paul was return i ?om his work, wirhaHoaf of bread i Ber one arm and a violin under t ?her, when at the sttect door he stu Bled, and nearly fell over a small obj ?Touched ou the step. I "Bless us! What's this?" cri Bau!, striving to regain his equi Br i uta I "Duly mc, sir.'" and the small obj' Hood up, and became a very pale, th Bd ragged child. B "Are you hurt, little girl?" B "No, sir." B "What are you doing out here in tl ? "Nothing." B "Why don't you go home?" B "I ain't ?ot any !" I "Dear rae! Where's your mother I "In heaven !" ? At this, Paul was dumbfounded ; at Being that ?rent tears were stealit Bwn the child's wan face, he thrust tl Bolin under thc arm which had he Be bread, and potting the other arour Bc tiny figure, he ?aid, "Oh ! I've gi ftiomc-a really jolly place ! Come i ? And this is the wr>.y old Paul came I Bve a neat iitile housekeeper, and ti? 1 Bying calico gown* and shoes out of li Bor salary. ?People wondered at the sight of thi Bot old man, hitherto alone and uncare B*, now walkin?; daily to his work wit Bs hand -ip'in the shoulder of the od? Bt pretty faced girl, looking at her wit Btiot pride brightening Vis eyes, ar. Bughing as loud as she wherever th ?kc came in. Hut old Paul looked un Bncerned, evaded thc questions of th Brious, and learned to love nothin Btter^in this world thau the little wai; ? There were many, many days, whe: Beuraatism drew Paul up by the fir H the old back attic, and drew thc ver; Bt penny out of thc dilapidated oh Brse ; but brave little Camilla, neve Bgettiog how near death she had beet B the bitter night of their meeting Brays found a word to ward off hunger Bd courage to keep them both bligh Btil help came. Br he winter of 1SCI came in like : Bc. as many a poor wretch well rem?m Hrs, and with thc first blast Paul's Berny. Ile turned one night a sad face Bm his warm corner in Bcrtmann'i Bop among the violins, and hobbled uj Be cold street, feeling thc approach ol Be old rheumatic pains, and wondering Btat^would become of his poor little Bilis excitement carried him up to thc Ht Might cd' stairs, and hearing Camilla's Bee, he paused to re*t and to liston - Be was singing in that sweet aud cx Bssivc mannet which made her voice Bm to him the sweetest and purest he Bj! ever heard. At thc end cf thc Boza she took breath, and atiO'her Bee said, "Child. you astonish mc ?her I am a poor judge nf music, or BB your voice is the finest I ever heard. Bu are right io ordering its cuitiva Bp to anything else." B&n electric thrill shot through old Bod's frame, and quickened his blood Ba rapidity that quite carried away his .^?umatic pains, and in a twinkling lie Bi up stairs aud in his little attic. Hie was terified at the sound of man's Bee, but the sight of a handsome and Biished gentleman, with diamond studs Bb jg snowy linen, a heavy ring upon B dainty white hand, unquestionable Broadcloth upon his back, io close con* Bsation with his Camilla, whose Bndrous beauty had of late startled Ben bis dull perception, was more than Bul could bear. Bf?e was a very small man-bad been ?his youth-and now that Time's |Bhcricg fingers had touched bim, bc B shriveled and dried like withered Bt, but in his virtuous indignation he ^Hcd o'it to his fullest extent, aud in ?falsetto voica piped, "Camilla, bow Be you invite any one here ?" BOb, Uncle Paul! Thi? ?3 Mr. |Bvering, a gentleman whose-whose Rp' B" Whose mother she awed from death. Byur niece," sir; a few days since, was Bsiog through our crowded thorough BB wheo my mother's carriage drew ? to the pavement. The horses were Btive, and bidding the driver attend Bthem, she begao to descend unassisted. Br foot was on the step when the ani ?Bls sprasg forward and flung her vio Btly from her foothold. Bat for the Biden act of yoor niece, who received my tnother-iu ber strong young an tbs fall might have_proyed a fetal 01 My mother at once entered a shop, a keepiDg your niece Deal ?er, ssnt for n I came to-day, at my mother's earoi request, to express our heartfelt grai tude, and to offer-" "You needn't offer Camilla a penr. sir. She will never suffer while Pvt pair of hands to work for her," sa Paul. "You mistake me. I do not wish insult you, bul would raise this chi from her poverty and educate her, th she might be of use to you and to he self, and become a refined woman. Don't let your selfish love stand in h light, and shut it out from her. S sings like a prima donna, and wishes study music." The great lustrous eyes of the chi turned imploringly to her strange guar ian. "Lor', Camilla, I can't stand in yo way. I know you're every bit a boi lady, if your poor forsaken mother d die in a hovel among wretches wi turned her child into the cold as soon the breath had ?eft her body ; but deai me, I can't part with you." "And you shall not. Let me sat little Camilla, and she shall never lea? you, but shall prove a blcsing to you i your old age." I'aul could 6ay nothing, and tr strange visitor departed, with uo furthi injury to his darling than an cloquet glance from an expressive pair of eye Then from the gloomy Iodging-hous to a snug set of chambers a few etreel off, went Paul and Camilla, and the poe wretch began to look like another bein? in his cleaner work clothes and Suuda suit, camed from increased number c pupils provided through thc willing a: sistancc of their philauthropieal frien Clavering. Day after day Camilla went with he books to thc teacher so strangely prov: dod ; and after a little time, there cam days when passers paused to listen t thc warbling of thc rich y*oung voice. When she had been there six month she entered one morning to find Mn Clavering in thc music masters roon "What do you propose to do wit your famous pupil ?" said her sol voice. "Madam, Camilla is quite capable c doini; anything, in a musical way. Sh will be a songstress ol whom this coun try will bc proud. Ah, here she is !" "You have improved wonderfully, mi child," said the lady, holding out he gloved hand, "i came to bring yoi Richard's farewell Ile leaves Condoi to-night, a id will remain abroad rnanj year*. Herc is a little gift, as a tokei of remembrance." She did not understand that Mrs Clavering had placed a pretty nccklaci of eural in her haud, and :hen gatherer, ap her shawl and departed; but whet her teacher spoke, she cried out as if it mortal pain, and, without a word, fie* down the street towards home. As sh? turned thc corner she rushed pellmcl in to the arms of a gentleman, who, ot seeing her pale and tearful, said, '.Whj little Camilla, what is thc matter?" '.Oh. .Mr. Clavering, you arc going away !" Richard Covering's fine face grea sad and expressive as thc tearful eye! looked into his own, and for the firsl he comprehended that he was a young man. and that his protege was stealing from childhood into beautiful girlhood and was undeniably a beauty. ..Cami.la, I um going away, but will you wait for my return ?" "Wait for you ? I am not goiog to run away." "You do not comprehend me. Well) it is better so Perhaps two years later you may understand me. Good bye, Camilla. Kiss me good-bye." It was a very quiet street, and so Camilla lifted her head and kissed him. In all probability thc child would have kissed him in the maiu thoroughfare as readily as there, and I only meution the fact thc street being a quiet one to si? lence thc startled propriety of those who are shocked at the publicity of it. Well, there they parted. Ile to go over thc sea, she to remain at home and improve the opportunities he had placed before her. * * * * * * * Thc great heart of the music-loving public was agitated wich mingled emo? tions of joy, pride, astonishment and awe. A new sougstrees had been criti? cised, picked over piecemeal, ground down to the finest point, dissected, ex? amined through thc most perfect musi? cal microscope, and pronounced perfect ! And now the manager of a first-class, iashton-patronixed theatre had engaged her for a single night at an almost fabul? ous sum, and the world was to hear her voice. The night came. The theatre was crowded from pit to roof. The orchestra pealed forth a grand overture, the ex? pectant crowd filled the air with perfume, and soft murmurs of whispering voices and rustling silks arose in a subdue i sound; and then thc broad curtain rolled up and disclosed the elegaotly-fitted stage. Suddenly there was a hush in the vast building, and eyes grew bright with eager anticipation, as from the wing came the debutante. A tall graceiu: girl, with gleaming shoulders, and white, perfectly-shaped arms ; with a crown of purple black hair upon the. regal head ; with, great dark eyes scanning the crowd, ?ad then with almost childish shyness veiling them? selves benaeth the long lashes;^ mouth, ?oft, tender and beautiful, and a cheek is fair as the pore white satin of'?et sweeping robe; and they had teen all caf long talked-of and highly-praised beauty 1 A roar Eke the rushing of distant waters sounded o bar ears, and then swelled into a thunder of applause; and coming slowly down in the splendor of the footlights, hor beautiful hoad erect her eyes glowing with excitement, her beaut? enhanced by the ?l?gance of her cos .ame, Camilla, the poor little wait4, the child of poor old Pani Smith, pro? tege o? proud Richard Clavering, receiv? ed the homag? of the assembled crowd. When the acclamations had-ceased, the orchestra began a soft , symphony; and tbett through the building echoed the clear, pure notes of a voice that sounded far -away, a dreamy, mystic voice full of hope, of doubt, of pain. Nearer, still nearer, it sounded, and hope half drowned the doubts, but yet a plaintive sorrow seemed to remain, lt came nearer, and the sorrow wat a half expectant, trembling glimpse of some* thing better* and then suddenly the strange voice broke forth in a triumphal strain,.and- listeners . held their breath as the Wondrous notes Tang outupon the air, and then died away. For a moment a deathly silence reign? ed, bot it was for a moment only; and then the building vibrated with a crash of eothusiam that came from the music crazed audience. Men arose in their seats, and hundreds flung their floial tributes at her feet. Jo one of the boxes, above the ono where tho music master and manager sat, an o!<2, odd-looking man waved his handkerchief and cheered, with great tears falling down his wrinkled cheeks; and Camilla looked up to that one box and gave him the only smile that cross? ed her lips during the night. But at length th? curtain fell, and Camilla, weary and worn, went on to the dressing-room. Some one stood io the shadow of a side scene, and when she asked permission to pass, caught her by the hands and drew ber out into the light. "Camilla, little Camilla, is it you? Have I been listening to my litte girl all this glorious evening? Speak to me! I am bewildered and blind." "Mr Clavering! When did you come ? Oh, I am so glad, so happy ! she ex? claimed. "Are yod glad ? Are you happy ? Oh, is this my welcome? Have you waited for me, my love, my darling?" She put her hand over her eyes, murmuring, "You do not mean your words ! I am dreaming ! I am mad !" "You are here wide awake, Camilla, and I am asking jott to love'me, aid ti bc my wife." She drew him away for a brief mo? ment, and laid bet weary Aid .within his arms. Then she passet} on to her dressing-room, and when abe returned she put out her band, saying "0,1 Richard, take mc away ! I au soul-sick of all this." "And you will only sing-" "In your nest. Come, wc must not forget Uncle Paul. Ho is waiting "in the box for me." The box was near at band, and in a moment they stood at the door. It waa ajarjeand Richard pushed it open to allow Camilla to enter, and saw the old man sitting in one of the luxurious chairs, his head lying, back upon the I soft cushions, and his hands peacefully folded. "Uncle Paul !" cried Camilla. "Why, you naughty boy,you are fast asleep! Come, i' is time to go homo. Ah !" She started back with a cry, for the hand she touobed was icy cold and fell back, stilt ind helpless. "Camilla, darling, come away. I will . attend to him." "Oh, Richard!" "Hush, love! He is beyond os now. Those strains of musie have carried him to heaven, from whence they come." The p3or old man was dead. With , ..ie consummation of his heart's wish, his quiet, unpretending, unoffending life has passed out into the bew exis tencc. There were loud growls io the music, loving world-, but nothing ever came of ? them ; for Richard Clavering removed their singing bird so daftly, that few knew the cause of her flight ; and now she sings only to bim, and to her brood of youDg Clavering. II A TH LNG tu .TD BK DIFFUVhTtES. Out in Ohio, sometime since, twenty Baptist clergymen, who*were attending a conven Hoi), weot dbwoio i secluded spot on thc river bank in the afternoon for thc purpose of taking a swim. These score of brethren removed their clothing and placed it upon the railroad track close at hand, because the grass was wet Then they entered the water and cn* j .ved themselves. Presentir an express train came around the carve at thc rate of forty miles an hoar, and before any cf the swimmers could reaeh dryland aU their undershirts and socks ^ and things were ' fluttering from the cow? catcher and speeding onward toward Kansas. It was painful for tie brethren -exceedingly painful-because all the clothing that conld be found, after a careful search, was a sun umbrella and a pair of eye glasses. And they do tay that when those twenty marched home by the refulgent light of the rvoon that evening, ia single file and keeping close together, the most familiar acquaintance with the Zouave drill, on the part of the mao at the head with the umbrella, still hardly sufficed to cover them com? pletely. They said they felt conspicuous, somehow ; and the situation wai all the more embarrassing, hmm* til the for?as societies and woman's rights conventions, and the pupils at the female boarding schools, seemed to be prancing erotfsd the streets and running acroifs the route of the parade; Mott ot the brethren a? now down on im? mersion and akogethe? ir favor of tbs use of water only in sprinkling. postoffiee/Ju. Phmt tones folks, Mr. Plugg Metis ' tobacco, aird- Bacchus TEMPER AT HOSIE. ? handful of snow 2s z, beautiful thing, soft, or sparkling, ai the case may be, outside ; bot very damp and dis? agreeable bj the fiiesidc. And there are domestic snow-balls-soft as wool, or sparkling as gems outside-"pleasant spoken, nice men," who leave all that aside, as they wipe their feet (if they do that) at their own door ; and who be? come cheerless, cold and depressing the moment their shadow falls on their own hearth. The poor mother instantly goes "arr her good behavior;" the children cease to bc natural and put on their humble looks ; the dog and cat retire to the c?rner farthest from him with an expression which, rightly interpreted, says plainly, "It's all np now !" Surely this is the way to unmake happy homes. Come now, my dear friend, let me talk to you. If there is a pleasant word in your mouth in the twenty-four hours, do say it to that hard working woman whom you vowed to "cherish"-to cherish, mind ; not only to provide for and all that, but to CIIEIU.SU. And these little boys and girls that are hungry for "petting" and affection from you, cannot you make out any little manly pleasantry for them? They are not culprits, of whom you are the jailor. Why, they are your own children, with young hearts in their bosoms, to whom home ought to be thc dearest place, and father the best man in the whole world "father," the name and the object by which their child's heart ought to climb up to the notion of our Father in heaven] If you had trouble and toil outside-as who has not ?-which gathered your brows and set your lips during the day, lay off the load when you lay off your coat, and let your presence make a little holiday, io the dwelling. You aro the strongest, most commanding person there-the husband, or house band, knitting ali together. Well, bind them together, not with the cold, hard grip of iron, but with thc silken cords of human love. Brighten up, and speak cheerily ; very lean wit will be applauded in a good humored circle; and your kindly speech will awaken kindly echoes all through the dwelling. Then the house will miss you when you are out, and every living thing in it will welcome your return. You will give a happy, healthy, lively tone to the whole circle, and save tears, time and medical atten? dance. We would not willingly convey the impression that all the good feeling is to be on the side of the father, for much might be said to wives and others on thc influence of temper and tone in making home happy. Meantime, my fancy rooms through dwellings into which I have peeped, into quiet "par lora" where the carpet is clean and not old, and the furniture polished and bright j into "rooms" ?here the chairs are deal and the floor carpctlcss; into "kitchens" where .he family live, and the meals are cooked and eaten, and the boys and girls are as blithe as thc sparrows in the thatch overhead, and I see that it is not so much wealth, nor learning, nor clothing, nor servants, nor tail, nor idleness, nor town, nor country, nor rank, nor station-as tone aod temper that make life joyous or misera blt? that render homes happy or wretched. And I ?.ec, too, that in town or country, in Ulster or Leinster, io Europe or America, God's grace and good sense make life what no teachers, or accomplishments, or means, or so* ciety, can make it, the opening stave of an everlasting psalm, the fair beginning of an endless existence, the goodly, modest, well-proportioned vestibule to a temple of God's building, that shall Dover decoy, wax old or vanish away. [John IIuU, D. D. THE LOUD, THE LADT AND THE MYSTERIOUS TELEGRAM. The London Court Circular relates the following aneodote respecting a noble lady, who is young, beautiful and good : During the army bill debate her noble husband, who is as proud and fond of her as he should be, was just about to rise and deliver a violent attack upon something or somebody, when a telegram wag put into bis hands. He read it, turned pale and quitted the House, called a cab, drove to the Charing Cross Station and went to Dover, and was no more heard of until the next day, when he returned to his own home, and to his first inquiry was told that the Countess was in her own room. He hastened to her, and a terrific, row ensued, the exact words of which no one knows but them selves. At last, however, he barst out, "Theo what did you mean by your tele? gram?" "Mean? What I said, of course. What are yon talking about.?" "Kead it for yourself," returned the still unappeased husband. She did read : UI flee with Mr.-to Dover straight. Pray for mc." For a momeut she was startled, but then burst ?uto a hearty fit of laughter. " Most dreadful telegraph people. No wonder you are out of your mind. I telegraphed ai m ply, .I tea with Mrs*-, in Dover street. Stay for me.' " His Lordship was so savage at the laugh he had railed against himself that he was at first in? clined to maka a Parliamentary question of it, bat, listening to more judicious advice, refrained. uvr. eenen - * '-A Frenchman said to aa American, "There is sou word io your language I do not comprehend, and all sa time I hear li. ' Tattletoo, tattletoo-vet you means by tattletoo ?" The. Aperisan insisted that no such word exists in EagUslv While he was saying so, bis servant same to pct coal au the fire, when he said, "There John, that'll do." Tte Frenchman jumped up, exclaiming : ^TMa^^alAlsioo, yon say him yourself, tare ; vat means tattletoo ?" ITIR. JEFFERSON AND SOC ?H CARO? LINA. The recent publication by Miss'Sarah M. Randolph of the ''Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson," calls up the history of the past, and the grateful recollection of the esteem in which his memory and services was held by the State of Sooth Caroliua. And this without regard to partisanship-for at that time the Com? monwealth was divided into Republi? cans and Federalists. The former afterwards merged int" the Democrats, and the latter into the Whigs. Mr. Jefferson lived in that age of statesmen who retired from high official public duty with their hands unspotted with either public or private spoliation. He died, leaving as his only legacy a fame without stain, and the services he had rendered his country. Jefferson died in 1825, and it is said that when his decease was announced to John Adams who was expecting every moment to depart, he remarked quaintly: ?'Jefferson WM always a little before ice." Mr. Jefferson had preceded him in the Presidency. Judge William Johnson, of this city, then a member of the Supreme Court of the United States, delivered a ealogy on the life and char? acter of Mr. Jefferson, and in it alluded to the then history of the statesmen who, haying given their lives and talents to the couutry, had died in comparative poverty. At the ensuing session of the Legis? lature Mr. John Ramsey, thc Senator from St. Paul's, and a prominent States Rights man, prepared a resolution mak? ing a provision for the issue of stock by the State, for the benefit of Mrs. Ran? dolph, Mr. Jefferson's surviving daugh? ter. He approached the Hon. Alfred Huger, then also in the State Renate, whose affiliation was with the Federal party, which leaned towards a strong Government, and to which Mr. Jefferson had been opposed, and exhibiting thc resolution announced his purpose of in? troducing it, leaving it to Mr. Huger to oppose it if he thought proper. Mr. Huger responded : "If you think ii; will not tDjure your resolution for me to give it my commendation and support, I will second it and fill the blank with a proper amount." The succeeding day Mr. Ramsey moved his resolution. Mr. John Lyde Wilson immediately seconded the resolu? tion. Mr. Huger then rose, and after giving a short sketch of the men of the Revolution and of their distinguished services, moved to make the amount 810,000, adding, that this appropriation had no precedent, and there could be no other, as there had been but one Ueclaration of Independence, and one author of that declaration. Thc resolution was adopted by accla? mation in the Renate. The Hon. B. F. Dunkin, since Chief Justice of the State, was then one of the leading members of the House. He took charge of the resolution in the IITJUSC, and made a powerful and elo? quent speech in his advocacy. Some one from thc up country called for thc yeas and nays, but seven member:- did not rise, as required by thc rule. Thc question was then put and ca rried without dissent. It was a grateful act on the part of the State. The men of that day valued character, ability and virtue. They rose above the petty dominion of party. The statesmen of South Carolina, whether Republicans or Federalists, paid a common tribute to one of the great apostles of liberty and self-govcrnmeut, and thc State placed upon record her appreciation of hi? unsullied patriotism and talent. The Hons. B. F. Dunkin and Alfred Huger, of those who actively participa, led, in this act of munificence, as well as of justice, yet survive, covered with years and honor. History will not willingly let die the fact, that when Mr. Jefferson died, leaving his family heavily embarrassed with debt, South Carolina was thc first, sad OLe of the only two States, who contributed of its public treasury to their relief.- Charleston Courier. A COLORED CARPET ?BAGGER. The New York Commercial Advert?s -, Republican, under thc above heading, thus reiera to a letter from a Northern colored man io South Carolina to Fred. Douglass : Mr. Delaney, a Northern colored man, but for several years a resident of South Carolina, publishes a letter to Frederick Douglas?, io a Charleston paper. In this letter he discusses thc political si'na? tion in the Sooth, and shows how badly politics havo beeo managed For thu white "carpet bagger" he has no mercy. Ha ia, in fact, as severe as Horace Greely, and he shows from actual obscr vatiou how studiously these fellows sought to gain the confidence of the blacks, and show corruptly they used the power so obtained. The review of affairs is masterly, and is calculated to accomplish a good result. It too often happens that Northeru men, io considering Southern mattera, putout of sight the changes produced by the new system of labor and forget the heartburnings natural to any oom? raaoity by the absorption of its political power by strangers. Hence they are likely to judge out breaks, and the feelings which prompt them, too harshly, aod to take no account of the erroneous idea entertained by negroes under tho tuition of thieving carpet-bagger*, by which the colored idea of mewn and tuum becomes mixed and vague. --A bare headed, bare footed little boy astonished a worshiping congrega? tion in a Maseachtisetts town, on a recent Sunday, by rushing into church and exclaiming: "Where's my papa? The pigs are out !" I ? T??rjING A TIGER. The maoner in which Forepaagh, the showman, conquered tho Royal. Bengal tiger "Satan" is thus described : "Satan" was landed in New York about a year since, being brought from Bombay with a number of other ani? mal? intended for exhibition. He was captured when three months old, a dozen or more natives assisting in the operation, and, although a "youngster," he showed such pluck that three of the captors were badly scratched and clawed. The brother of "Satau" made his esoape into a jungle, carrying a spear in his side, and the inothcr was killed the day previous by hunters mounted upon the back of elephants, a dozen elephants and thiny or forty men turning out for her sole benefit, the beast having haunted the district for a year or more and eaten up several natives. "Satan" was a pass? enger on the vessel called the Fair Trade. L tst winter "Satan" came to Warn? er's institution by purchase, and was turned over to the care of Forepaugh as a subject bound to give him much trou? ble. Every effort to tame or conciliate the beast had entirely failed, and Fore? paugh was laughed at when assertiog that he would break in the royal Ben? gal when he had a spare day. That sparc day did not come until last week when the beast-tamer announced his readiness to undertake the task. No man but Mahoucy had ever entered the animal's car, ;, .nd there was much ex? citement in town about it, because it was noised abroad that "Satan" was to conquer or be conquered. Hun? dreds of people rushed to the tent, but only two or thvee newspaper men were admitted, as Forepaugh did not want to excite thc beast more than was neces? sary. "Satan," was first given a good "square meal," in order to put htm in a good humor, and then Forepaugh took off bis coat and made ready for business. 3Icn to the number of eight or ten were armed with iron-rods and sharp pointed instruments, and stationed on either side of the cage, and Fore? paugh entered the den with a red hot iron in one hand and a cloth wrapped about tho other. As he stepped in the animal seemed surprised and dumfounded, and for thc first moment did nothing but growl and stare. Then his long, white teeth began to gleam, his back arched, and he settled down for a spring. The iQifh outside began to shout in alarm, entreating the trainer to make hi? escape ; but with eyes fixed on those of thc animal, and speaking in low tones, he warned the men to keep still, and j ho prepared for action. Suddenly, like a ball thrown through the air, with no warninitig save a furious scream, "Sa? tan" made his leap. Forepaugh was expecting it and fell npen bis knees, oue of the tiger's claws removing a tuft of his hair aud piece of scalp from his head. The bjast turned after his leap and attempted to seize the trainer's shoulder, but the red-liot rod was forced into his mouth, and he retreated with yells of pain and anger. He then allowed the trainer to advance to the centre of thc cage without resenting the act, but in a moment more settled him? self for another spring. As ho shot through the air, the trainer leaped aside, and then gave the brute several blows with the iron, beating him until he retired in the further corner. Both parties then took a rest fora few minutes, when the trainer advanced and opened hostilities, "Satan" made a rush for him, aud thi? time seized Forepaugh bj thc thigh, and although beaten over the heal by the rod, shook thc man to the floor as a terrier shakes a rat. Then, letting go with his teeth, ho placed bis paw OD the trainer's breast, uttering yells of rage. The attendants, paralyzed with fear, finally rallied nnder the direction of Forepaugh, whose flesh was being pierced Ly tba sharp claws, and'made a simultaneous :;nd vigorous attack upon thc enraged animal, who was obliged to retreat to his corner. Tho trainer received a severe bite, and each of tho claws, made a bad mark, but he determined to give the animal no rest. Procuring another iron, he adopted the method <>f attack instead of defence. Just as the beast was preparing to spring j again, thc trainer rushed upon bim, punchingnr.il pounding him with the hot iron bar, and actually drove thc Bengal several times around the cage before stopping. After a moment thc attack was repeated, the two rol?ug over and ever on thc floor of the cage, in tho tiger's effort to seize the man by the neck, but ho was pounded so unmercifully with the bar that he waa glad to retreat. For nearly au hour the trainer persisted in his efforts, until at last he was not only enabled to pat the back of the subdued magnate of the jungle, but to open his mouth, lift np his feet, ?ead him aroaad thc crme, tod show itt various way* that he was perfect ma*ter of the brute. After two or three hours' rest, the cage was again entered, but the tiger crouched down io fear, and resented no familiarities from hi? determined trainer, although when another person approached the bars ot the case he was greeted with h rage and defiance. -"We don: like Philip Philip?,' tho Singing Pilgrim,' who sang at the How? ard Presbyterian Church on Tuesday," says a Carolina poper. "He filters ail his hymns through his nose, and has an unpleasant way of repeating thc last line of each verse over and over again. T-he effect of 'His Bowels melt with Love' was not pretty when sang thus: 'His bowels melt with love, Hw bow-wow wow-wow-wow-els melt with love.'" -"Thoo rainest in hit bosom," as the chap said wheo a basin of water was thrown over h kn by the lady ha was serenading i INCTJ?ATIOX. The process of incubation of the chicken is a subject curious and inter? esting to the student of Nature, as will be seen bj the following : ''The hen has scarcely set on her eggs twelve hours before some lineaments of the head and body appear. Thc hearr may be seen to beat at the end of the second day ; it has at that time some? what the form of a horseshoe, but no blood yet appears. At the end of two days, two vesicles of blood are to bc dis tinguished, the pulsation of which is very visible ; one of these is the left ventricle, and the other the root of the great artery. At the fiftieth hour, one auricle of the heart appears, resembling a noose folded down upon itself. Thc beatifcg of the heart is first observed in the auricle, and afterwards in the ven? tricle. At the end ot seventy hours, the wings are distinguishable; and on thc head two bubbles arc seen for thc brain, one for the bill, and two for the fore and hind part of the head. To- ? ward the end of the fourth day, the two auricles already visible draw near? er to the heart than before. Thc liver appears towards tho fifth day. At thc end of a hundred and thirty one hours, the first voluntary motion is observed. At the end of seven hours more, thc langa and the stomach become visible ; and four hours afterward, the intestines, the loins, and the upper jaw. At the hundred and forty-foorth hoar, two ven? tricles afc visible, and two drops of blood instead of the single one which was seen before. The seventh day thc ; brain begins to have some consistency. At the hundred and nineteenth hour of incubation, thc bill opens, and the flesh appears in the breast. lu four hours mere thc breast bone .'3 seen. Ia sis hours after thi? thc ribs appear, forming from the back, and thc biil is very visi? ble, as well as the gall-bladdcT. Thc bill becomes green at the end of two , hundred and thirty six hours ; and if , the chicken bc taken out of its covering : it evidently moves itself. The feathers , begin to shoot out toward the two hun dred and fortieth hoar, and the skull ? becomes gristly. At the two hundred < and sixty-fourth hour, the eyes appear. , At thc two hundred and eighty-eighth, : the ribs arc perfect. At thc three hun- ! i dred and thirty-first, thc spleen draw?' | near thc stomach, and the lungs to the' ? chest. At thc end pf three hundred,, and fifty-five hours, thc biil frequently j, opens and shuts ; and at the end of the '?. eighteenth day, the first cry of the chicken is heard. It afterwards gets more strength and grows continually, tili at length it is enabled to set itself free from its confinement. * ? THF SIX AGES. ? ] A writer in the College Courant has i been endeavoring to ascertain at what i age men are capable of doing their be?t ! work. His method >s to take the names < of the most illustrious men of all times i 1 and countries, with their ages when their < greatest achievements were accomplish? ed, and from those to derive an aver; ge : time of nfc in which thc important i mental work of the world is done, or th<? j j mean year of greatest productiveness, i < His list cf great men includes eight!] hundred names, and the most note- i worthy achievements number eighteen I hundred. The mean agc of great pro- ' ductiveness for all classes is found by : this method to be thirty-eight years ? and fifty two hundredths. This may be < regarded as the mental prime of life, i which is attained if this process gives \ trustworthy result, five to ten years i earlier than has been supposed. In the 1 arrangement by classes it is found that I lawyers and judges come latest to ma- ? turity. or at least to a recognition of I their powers, thc ar cra<r.c age of greatest < productiveness with theta boin.; forty- | five years and a little over. Professors i and other e ducators come nest, who i have dore their best w<>rk at nearly : forty-three years. Then follow in this ; order, and very near together, states? men, divines, authors, physicians, phil- ? osophtTs, artists and orators, whoso a*;e? of greatest productiveness is from thir- j ty eight to forty years. Next conic commander?, scientist?, reformers andi philanthropists, whose chief work is nc-1 couiplishfd at thirty-fix to thirty-seven j years; inventors, mu?icia'.> and travel-! ers, who are at their best at fr>m thirty- j one to thirty-five years, and actors make their highest efforts earlier than any other class-about the age of twenty nine years. By the usc of t:io same materials, the writer classified the de? cades of life according tb their value ti the world, as shown in thc work accom plished by these right hundred eminent ! men. He arranges the decades as lol lows: The go?dcn decade is between thirty and fr.rty; the silver docade is between fort} and fifty; the brazen decade is be tween twenty and thirty; the iron d?*| eade is between fifty and sixty; the tin j decade is between sixty and seventy; thc j wooden decade is between seventy and eighty t&r'l'?? NEW YORK Ihtttld has a boasting article on 'lie financial con? dition of the country. It paint*, in glowing colors, the immense revenue of the government, and describes the "colossal fortunes which many of our cimehs are aggregating." The "colossal fortunes?*' of which it speaks.' saya the Wilmington Journal, are bf in g ) acquired by Northern capitalists, pr?j-j tected by an onerously discrimina??:^] tariff ; and the revenue, over which it I gloats, is wrung, in a great measure, imm, the heavy toil of men nt the South, thou- j sands of whom are denied even the privt j lege of holding oiSoe I The prosperity is hollow, which is attended by the oppress- j ?ion of one portion of the country, and | which, grinds by invidious, taxation a! people Rlready improvcrished. & IP IS W IP ES? - O P - EVERY DESCRIPTION FROMPTLT EXECUTED AT TUE OFFICE OF" The Sumter Watchman, -IS THE Highest Style of j^_Art. EXFLCJCXCS cr GO::D ;?OD: LS. Heading thc acl.irvomcnis of prent men and listening to brilliant oritoric.il cilhrts, have an elevating influence. Tbc talents and culture ir hieb are dis? played, striking'y contras! wi:!: ou.07.-n, and stimulate us to new resolves .ind efforts, to thc enc that we may grnr rut of our littleness imo moro perfect men and women. TI: :-. ir j* thai we ieavo a public hall, recalling talents urdm proved, opportun i : ios los*, and piccious time squandered, and rctfoctig that we, too, might have held audienees~spcli bound,as has tho orate;' of tho evening, had we but willed :? Tl;cn follows tho determination to commence wc-rk at once, aid make up, if pasible, for lost time The lives of rrrcat mon are pcrpctia! reminders of what we may become, while the immediate presence ot those achiev? ing greatness impart* n dirie*, stimulus to us. When brought info contact with high bred persons of gentle birth rind relined, agreeable man-'er?, we instinctly modify our own manner.-. From this we may know how beneficial it is to keep good models before us, and to sock as much as poc-dblc the sccictv anti companionship of our superiors, those whom we know will eren a healthy, elevating influence upon us. The character of chiiJrcn is very much de tcrmincd by means of tin- kind Tho?e born in poverty, ard living in senior, have their ambition aroused by reading the labors and vxpioiis ol perseus who have distinguished themselves ia ?no way and another. Especially is this true in a Republic, where no curr or lineal distinctions contine people to the conditions ol'life in which they are born. Benjamin Franklin used to maiaiaia that he was prompts 1 when a lad to try and accompish something in the world reading Mather's JSSrarrys to po good. Aad Samoa! Drew declared that Frank? lin's example, ia turn, animated him to choose; thc life upon which he entered, ?miles vcry."??ruly observes that our iharactcr and careers are to a great ex? tent, determined by the modeis around as. "We mould ourselves unconscious? ly after tba characters, maoners, habits, md opinions of those, who are about us. jood rules may do much, but good mo? l?is far more; for in the latter wc have instruction in action-wisdom at work, i oed admonition and bad example only juiid with one hand to pull down with :he other. IK nee the vast importance )f exercising great care in the selection if c^mptnions, especially in youth." -Hearth izvd hoKi ?. A .TIONU.TirNT TO CE.V. LErj. It has been proposed to endow Wash ugton and Lee University, the scene of .he graat Southern cheiftain's last abor on earth, with si: Hie ic nt funds to nakc it his most hor..->r:?b!e ?nd lasting nonument. With this Univitsity will .cst the remains ot the boro, and it is rat fitting that it should relive the .ontributtons of the people who bved tim so well. Joseph W. Taylor, Esq , >fAlabama, in a recent spenca. said: In the first place then, Washington tnd Leo University occupies a goograph c position suitable c'.vry way t r t?.c :>rcro-=ed Memorial Univers**} It is lo ?ted in the state wh?.-h ty every tit?? ncrits the distinction of having ;pon its soil the common monument to >c erected by our people to Gen Lee. While t?io v.-^t.? ? South j :stiy claims aa ;ndivided heritage of glory h: his great lanie and fame. Virginia is prc .mincntly cuti:ltd to the hr?est share a thc m?ra! iahcrkuno: of bo*b lie tras born upon her soil, iii- life wag residence was within i:rr limits, L^he iias and "rill have forever, thc cu :t ly of iis honored remains. The h:s*oric inteceden's ot Washington and Leo University censthute a Juli.cr rc sommendation of it rn thc foundation for such au institut n. The facts ii? the early and later history of thc institution show that it has come down from il:0 generations which arc past, permeated by the spirit an i imbued wirb thc memories ol 3 _..m I and heroic izc, and that the honarable scars <>r-he recent great r?*rug?!<e are upon it. This [rond record S's it, in a peculiar manner, to be at once the -epa ir .re ;::.d monu? ment c* K?>bcri ii. Tho b ip-;, m of the priers sud the hem factions 1 : thc men thc revolutionary wi anii rcvolntionary en enronvs v rat'.: a dignity and a morai gr.micui i . barn) y with I.is charterer sud lt?*.:. >'?<?.'? imposition of the hnnds ?>f Vt iv.-.. >n in blessing and help upon i: he .hr. of its early trials and stn. makes it the more worthy, by a yr >p .. . Indication at thc h i . is ci kindred great nc*.** and goodness, to perpetua: r!?e memory of ..?ne wY- was the p??er > f Washington as patrios, hero aod ^ ia t. T2IE? SAY. lij "They Say," h a nuisance. He if for? ev.-r making mischief. Par ever poking his nos- rifo nth. r pf*."?plf-*s business. Forever v::ify;n-? snr.. h.-dy' ? cl smcti r. Forever d?>ing s-".o?eth?*i . ? eau We -Ufpcci "'i ii ey Sav" ruined ?bout ns many people ag whiskey and the faro bank. "They Say" is a snr.ke in the ^r:is-> Professing thc wannest friendship to your faee, be vilely traduces you be? hind yiMir back-not ii: t!;e first pe?an singular, be it rembcrcd, for *:o is ;oo crafty for that, but kc ntailo ??iii A:n ioidap S?eep I : k r? -orrow, what other people say of you -in short what "They cay. "They Say," is a humbug. Tear off the bypoori'iea? ru.i-k he wears and you shall see, v<-ry <,*.'(>>,, baseness and kna verv of the Maekest kind. S...:.e tir.ic^ we admit, ''Thpy Say." is weak minded, and slanders: people more thruo-eh igno? rance and iho ishtb'ssness thsu a wi^h to de;-troy 'hoir ?"' d nam*, but he ts none the lee? H iin^jrto<- Ihr tliat. and God help li-, ?te* i ?a* to ottt s-i ease.