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TUESDAY, JUNE 13. J. A. MOOD. M. D. ) - D. B. ANDERSON, j3** * ThsjSumfer TFafcAmcm was founded - in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866v; The Watchman and Southron bow has the combined circulation and . influence of .both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in So m ter. Charles H. Reed, Guiteau's attorney, V* w still making an effort to save Gui lean's neck, bat the prospects are not ?atterin? to the prisoner. tfl^Pfendeat Arthur's mail averages 600 : betters a day, and of these not one in twenty ever reaches him. According to Bradstreefs the acreage of cotton is 970,108 less than it was in 38?L Sf The Texas Legislature Has levied a -$500 tax on all dealers in such litera ture as the Police News, Gazette, etc. M is ' Thirty-five deaths from from yellow "fever occurred at" Havana during the ^ ^ C-J^ ^Beporte from British Columbia indi cate "the prevalence in the northwest of v disastrous ftoods.' * Jfoud^ttle daughter of Mr. D. H. ?^^Tra^ died on Sun $r:? day. from the 'effects of swallowing con - ceotrated lye. Senator Hill arrived in Atlanta on ^ ;Frtday and was met at the depot by an ^Jimmensa crowd of citizens. He was "ramediately driven to his home. His ; ^?ndition is much improved and strong '4.oi^p^es^frhis recovery are entertained. - The"Palmetto Teaman says: The V; -??ork on the canal is progressing now ^S5 c??" scale that would seem to mean business, and the activity and earoest v,l '"nes? that characterize the efforts of the .: engineer and his subordinates are ^'fraught with hope and encouragement. $: A citizen of Doneraile has a cow of jour common breed, with her second calf, which gives two gallons of milk a '; day, yielding a pound of butter.- This Cow is kept in the stable, and ber feed ;> costs less than thirty cents a day. There Is money in a good cow.?'Darlington ?fcs. .Tbe New York Cottoc Exchange recommends planters to be more careful in ginning,; numerous complaints hav ing been made about waste in the sta ple, attributed to'ginning at a high rate of speed and breaking the staple, thus lowering its character and value; and also to avoid mixing different grades in the same bale; ?evr ?. ^Hart, a citizen of Wilming ton, N. C since 1838, and well known as a-member of the firm of Hart & Bailey died in that city on last Friday, the 9th instant. He was' a native of Connecticut, and was in his 73 d year, t the ti m e o f his death. esry Clay said he would rather be be president. James G. he would rather be nothing president. Such tbe great eommon he 'plumed .k ?ocniog j is theJ imondB is commit __ recommend the adoption of a joinWesolution fixing . July 3 as the date of adjournment of Congress. This is the usual method of procedure, and the recommendation % will be adopted, the weather being un comfortably hot With adjournment at the time proposed there can be no elec tion eases acted on this session. Among, the items which Keifer, Rob . .. berson's puppet Speeker of the United States House of Representatives, charg ed in bis expenses to the funeral of President Gar field, was 'five cents for a shine.' Anything, gentlemen, from a five cent boot blacking to a $5 boot licking; from a cocktail charged as v stationery to tbe theft of a seat in Con gress.* It is all fish now that comes to the Republican net. Under the present arbitrary pro gramme of the Republicans every Dem ocratic seat in-Congress, no matter how clear the title of its occupant may be, can be vacated on a few hours* notice and any. ' Radical tramp who comes along and lays claim to it can obtain it. Maybe the-peopje of the country like ' that sort of thing; but then maybe they don' t: * Mr. Dibble left Washington on the 11th for Orangebnrg accompanied to the train by a throng of friends who ex pect to see him back. In addition to /-' the Southern members who took part in the- "debate in Mr. Dibble's behalf r;v'"-3feBsra. Hammond, of Georgia, and Wellborn of Texas assisted both at the beginning of the session and in subse-; quent consultations concerning legal points involved, and their acknowledged ability rendered their co-operation of great value to the Democratic case. If-Ex-Governor Frank Moses is wise he will employ his leisure time during his imprisonment on Black well's Island in getting up evidence about tbe Con gressional election in South Carolina next November, so that in case the House in the Forty-eigth Congress should be Republican he can get a seat. As the Latin poet has beautifully ob served, *Io the penitentiary prepare for Congress.' Samuel Burris, a good man and val uable citizen, met a sudden and horri . ble death on Mr. Robert S. Hope's place on Wednesday last. He came from his work at dinner time riding sideways on his mule. Asking for the crib keys, Borne one approached to hand them to him, when tbe mule bolted and threw him. His leg became fastend in the chains and the mule dashed off at full speed dragging him several hun dred yards. Life was extineff when he was reached. His arm was broken and every one of bis ribs wrenched from the spine. Mr. Burris was a member of Zion Presbyterian church, -and has " been for years the leader of the music therein. His loss will be severely felt by tbe church and community. He leaves a widow and several .children ? Chester Reporter, June 8. A respectable fifteen year-old white girrnamed Alice McDowell, of Rock I Hill, while out hunting plums in a j field near that town was brutally out- j raged last Sunday morning at about eleven o'clock by a negro. She was ac companied by several children, who ran, frightened and screaming, when she was thrown to the ground. The outrage was complete. News of the j crime spread like wildfire, and the ex- j citement became intense*- A young; negro named John Johnson , 17 years of j age, formerly from Chester, was as -1 rested and taken in the presence of the \ outraged lady, who at once identified j bim as being the scoundrel who had out raged her. He was also identified by a negro girl, who knew him and saw bim when he threw his victim upon the ground. A special dispatch to the News and Courier, on the same day, says: The people are fearfully aroused and the most intense excitement prevails. What will be the fate of the ignorant brute I do not know, but I very much fear he will never see the rising of another sun. He is confined in the guard-house, but that is no bar rier to an infuriated crowd. Johnson bas just made a confession of his guilt. Later information states that the ravisher was taken from the guard-house *?/ a com pany of masked men and hang in the main I street of the town on Jlondaj morning about 1 o'clock. There will be no repeal of the regis-1 tration law at the extra session, and it is the duty of every true Democrat to go to work and induce the people to register. The good news comes to us from Capt. P. P. Gaillard, Supervisor of Registration, that the Democrats have awakened from their apparent state of indifference, and that they are now reg istering almost unanimously. Last Sat urday Capt. Gaillard opened the Regis tration Books at Concord and the people, almost to a man, came op promtly and complied with the requirments of the law. We hope the same enthusiasm j will be manifested by the people of the 1 other sections where the registration books will be opened and that the Dem ocrats will attend to this very important matter without .delay. ELECTION TRIALS^ The jury upon the case of the Coun ty Canvassers of Halifax County, N. C, returned a verdict of guilty against the defendenls, L. H. Bell and 0. Bryant, Jr., on Friday last. They were indict ed for refusing to count the returns from Halifax precinct in the Congress ional election in 1880. Inasmuch as the case is similar to the one against Messrs Winn and McLaurin, the sen tence will be looked for with some in terest. It will decide the much-debated question as to the result which would have followed the pursuit of a different course.on the part of these gentlmen. B. W. M. MACKEY. An exponent of. the People's Par ty which professes to be zealously laboring for honesty and good-govern ment, whose sole aim'is declared, to. be the filling of ' offices with men of purity and worth, approves the action of Congress and eulogises Mr. Mackey as follows.: Congress has give Mr. Mackey, the-! Republican contestant.ff?hTthe Charles- J I^DistricVhis seat, which will be a ^great gain io.the cause of freedom, as his ability is conceded by friend and foe alike, and be may be honestly said to represent a popular majority?a rare thing for a Congresman from the low country nowadays. The Louisville Courier- Journal seems to have a rather different opinion of the gentleman. It says: I 'He was once Deputy Surveyor at Ne braska City, Neb., where he stole a lot ! of dry goods from the store of Hall & Baker and tried to murder a clerk for demanding payment. Subsequently, under threat of suit he paid for the goods, and left Nebraska City leaving many debts. He is there regarded as a scoundrel of the deepest dye. He went to South Cavlina in 1860, and, after the war, identified himself with -the carpet-bag brigade and went in for stealings. DOUBLE-^THE REPRESENTA TION". The question of doubling the number of representatives to the Nominating Convention for State officers was con sidered at the last meeting of the State Executive Committee, and we under stand will be acted upon at its next meeting. We think the idea a good one, inasmuch as a large body is less easily controlled by single individuals, and more likely to represent the will of the people in its deliberations. Of course the larger a body the les3 rapid is its business transactions, and this is about the only objection that can be urged against the proposed increase of delegates. One of our co temporaries urges in objection that it appears some what incongruous to require twice the number to nominate officers that it does to frame the laws and transact the bus iness of the State ; but this is rather, an objection to the size of our Legisla ture which would be much more satis factory iu its operations did the finan cial condition of the State admit of the expense required to double its size. The memorable speech of Hon. Geo. D Tillman was replete with arguments which show the wisdom of an increased representation in the coming Conven tion, while the objection of expense in this case is wanting. We advocate a primary election for the nomination of county officers, and a convention of twice the former size for the choice of candidates for the offices of the State. This will reduce to a mini mum the probability of unpopular men being chosen as candidates, and will, by putting forward it6 most available men, encourage the vote of the entire Democracy. We copy the following from an ex change, for the edification of our Good Templar friends, who may be hunting for a cue: In the Revised Statutes of South Carolina, page 413, occurs the following passage: 'Sec. 14. Every vender or retailer of spirituous liquors, who shall .clandestinely, or behind, or within any screen, booth, or other place of conceal ment, exchange, give, deliver, sell or retail any spirituous Hquors, shall upon conviction, be fined in a sum not less than fifty dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, according to the dis cretion of the presiding Jud^.' This law has never been repealed. < THE CONTESTED SEATS. Sam Lee and Root. Smalls at Wash ington?Their Attempts to get into Congress?Some Specimen Intimi dation?Col. Richardson's Case be fore the Committee. f Special Telegram to the Sunday News.J Washington, June 10.?The final argument in the Lee-Richardson case was heard to-day by the sub-committee of elections, consisting of one Democrat I (Atherton, of Ohio,) one Greenbacker j (Jones, of Texas,) and two Republi cans (Calkins, of Indiana, and Petti bone, of Tennessee.) Over four hours 'were consumed. Col. Richardson and his counsel (Judge Harris) spoke at length, and Mr. Wilson closed the case for Lee. .Col. Richardson's argument was exceedingly strong?as strong as his case, and that is much to say. The whole proceedings were very interesting. It was conceded by both sides that if all the boxes thrown out by the county can vassers, were accepted; if every sur plus ticket found in the boxes was ad mitted to be a Democratic ticket and was registered ; if the returns were re i vised according to Lee's own claim, and the statements of his supporters should be taken as a proof that he received a certain number of votes and those sup positions votes should be counted for him, Col. Richardson would still have over five hundred majority. Only by throwing ont various Democratic polls could Lee be made to have a small ma jority. Six boxes were attacked by I him, the principal ones being Darling ton and Sumter, No. 2, where intimida tion of Republican voters is charged. Lee claimed that the red-sbirted Demo crats got to these polls first in the morning., surrounding them, and that the negroes, not being able to get to the boxes immediately, left about mid-day by the advice of the leaders without I voting. This was . the intimidation. I The charge is ridiculous. No arms were displayed, no threats made, no violence nsed. The worst that the Democrats were charged with was wear ing red shirts and bat bands, and shov ing the Republicans when they attempt ed to pass through the crowd. At Sumter it was shown that there were two polls near each other. The whites got to one first, and the negroes to the other. At box No. 1 1.500 Republican and nine Demo jcratic ballots were cast. This was tbrown out by the canvassers,.but Col. Richardson accepts it with all the other rejected, boxes. At box No. 2 four hundred Democratic and seventy Re publican ballots were cast.. Lee seeks to throw this out for the intimidation noted above. There was not the first element of intimidation. Accord ing to McCrary on elections, as Calkins remarked, the Boys in Blue and other Republican organizations in Indiana go to the polls in uniform and crowd them, but that is no intimidation. The Democrats wearing red hat bands was no sufficient reason for rejectiog this poll. The Republicans seemed to him to have left long before thejolb closed, and jjweaay^aseTwtf??ut offer ing to vote. Besides at Sumter, No. 2, they left and voted at No 1, which the Republicans held. Col. Richardson used Lee's testimony almost entirely in proving his case. He gave him every advantage and allowed him all he claimed, but this wonderful intimidation. Lee bad in evidence returns made by the United States supervisors at a'certain poll. They contained figures of double tickets voted favorable to him, but placed not in the usual column which was scratch ed out at the foot of the return. Col. Richardson, with the mere suggestion that the committee might discover something if they examined the return, presented a joint deposition of the Re publican and Democratic supervisors to the effect that they had placed no such statement in their return, and that it was not true. Lee did not make an explanation. It is understood that Mr. Jones, of Texas, is convinced that Col. Richard son is elected, and will so hold with Mr. Atherton. This would make the sub-committee a -tie, but unless Mr. Calkins was playing double to-day, he shares in Mr. Jones' opinion. All of his questions to . Wilson and his com ments were strongly against Lee's theo ry of intimidation, and that is all Lee depends on for success. Col. Richard son has a splendid case and will not lose his seat. The Smalls-Till man case is in a pe culiar condition. The Republican ma jority of the sub-committee declare that Col. Tillman was not elected; but one of them is. not satisfied that Smalls is. as to unseat Col. Tillman a majority of the votes in his district will have to be rejected. The full committe at Tues day's meeting will find it hard to de clare that Smalls had a majority. If they regard the law at all* they can at most declare the seat vacant. It will gratify colored society to bear that when Smalls was refused quarters at the Revere House, Boston, recently, Con gressman Leopold Morse, Democrat, of the Hub, offered him the hospitalities of his own mansion, which Smalls consid erately refused. The story . is circula ting and understood to be endorsed by Smalls*. The House worked to-day with less than half a quorum. The members are scattering all over the country, and there will be no Republican] quorum during the rest of this session. N. G. G. - m? i I ? - Gubernational. A correspondent of the Abbeville Medium nominates Hon. John D. Wylie, of Lancaster, S. C, for Gover nor A correspondent of the Anderson Intelligencer uominatcs Col. Hugh . S. Thompson for Governor, and that paper in referring to the nomination says it is a most excellent one. Col. Thompson will not be a candidate for the office, but he cannot decline if nominated. He would make a splendid Governor if elected, and would give to the State the most enthusiastic canvass we have had sine 1876. He is a fine organizer, an eloquent speaker and a genial gentle man. He would be as easily elected as any man we could nominate. Mr. Charles H. Moise, of Sumter, honored us with a call yesterday, says the Camdcn Journal of June 8th. He is pleasant aud agreeable, and always enlightens us upon the absorbing topics of the day. He is ardent and enthusiastic upon the subject of Gov. Hampton's renomioation. ?. ? i? ? - The Anderson Intelligencer says : We don't care to receive any further specimens of the wheat and oat crop, but you can bring along June apples, eariy peaches, etc., in any quan tities. Seasonable Tales. While some of our exchanges are still indulging in snake stories, others are hunting something newer. The Darlington News, in its last issue gets off the following : The finest oat crop jet reported is said to to be that of J. A. Dubose, who on a ten acre field, made so much that : he had to haul some off after catting, to gc-t room enough to shock the balance. The Carolina Sun, of the 8th, under the head of 'Who can beat it Y says: Mr. ?. M. Wells has gathered from three-tenths of an acre of uplands 3,055 pounds of sheaf oats, according to the weights of the Public Weigher. The cost of the above, all told, was only $4.75. Mr. M. Melton of Cberaw, gathered last week from two-thirds of an acre 2,500 lbs sheaf oats, leaving a 12 inch stubble in the field. Who can beat it ? The Cam den Journal has something new which it entitles 'Foxy.' A gentleman from Lynches Creek informed us that while on his way to Court last Monday he was attracted by a loud noise in tbe woods. He stopped his horse and buggy for a minnte to see what was the matter, when he saw a fat looking cur dog run out of tbe woods pursued by two foxes. The tables seemed to have been turned, and the usual chase reversed. The dog made first class speed, and the race* was continued for a considerable distance, the foxes occasionally taking a bite at the tail of tbe dog. At last accounts the dog had reached the banks of the creek, and was rapidly moving on. Where he is at present we are unable to tell, but we do give this as a real mat ter of fact. There is no 'fish' in this story. Frank Moses as a Convict. Sow the Ex-Governor Looked when Se Pleaded Guilty. [From the New York World, June7.J When arraigned yesterday before Judge Gildersleeve Moses presented a very shabby appearance. Since bis in carceration a short scraggy gray beard has grown, and his appearance was any thing but healthy. When called upon to answer to three indictments, he pleaded guilty to tbe first, charging him with defrauding Dr. Bo z em an. He was immediately sentenced to six months in the Penitentiary without re marks from counsel or judge. At the end of the six months Moses will be taken to Brooklyn to answer charges against him for swindling in that city, where he represented himself to be a brother of Governor Colquitt, of Georgia. At 6 o'clock last flight Moses occu pied a chair on the gronnd floor of the Tombs. He was smoking a pipe, and his feet rested on a stove. His com panion was Chase, the bigamist. A prison-keeper remarked to tbe reporter: 'The ex-Governor seems to be a high toned chap. He wanted to know if he could be taken to the island. Our Tal Jy-lutwiH make> re_4L*ar trip to-mor row morning and tfi^ex-Governor of South Carolina and a lot of petty thieves from the Special Sessions will be the passengers. When he gets to tbe island he will feel tbe buzz of the horse-clipper around his ears, receive an official bath, and after donning a lawn-tennis suit, will begin the serving of his sentence.' fFrom the New York Truth, Jane 7.] Ex-Governor Moses of South Caroli na gets six months in the penitentiary for obtaining money under false pre tences. During his residence on the Island this summer and fall it is not likely he will be able to ask an ex-Gov ernor of North Carolina the traditional question or that a Governor of North Carolina will care to extend to him the traditional courtesies which passed be tween the officials and ex- officials of the two States. But ex-Governor Moses will find, nevertheless, that it is a long time between drinks. TNew York World, June 8.J At 9.30 o'clock yesterday morning the Sheriff's van rolled into the Tombs prison yard, and eight convicts, two of whom were women, were called out of toe penitentiary tier. As they were marched in single file towards tbe door of the van the keeper spoke to a rather tall and distinguished looking man who wore long hair, rapidly turning gray, and a 6mall moustache. The man was ex-Governor Franklin J. Moses of South Carolina, who on Tuesday was sentenced to six months in tke peniten tiary on pleading gnilty to the charge of obtaining money on false pretenses. 'You can ride outside with the Deputy Sherjff,' said the keeper. *Ob, I reckon I will go inside,1 replied the ex-Gov ernor, as he stepped into the 'Black Maria' in tbe wake of the two female shoplifters. Tbe eight prisoners ar rived at Black well's Island at noon, and their pedigrees were taken. The ex Governor said that he' was born in South Carolina, was forty years of age and a lawyer by profession. He was first put in the hands of a convict bar ber. The barber seized a huge pair of shears and motioned the ex-Governor to the chair. 'I have a bad cold*' he re marked, 'and I have a note from a doc tor asking that tbe close cutting of my hair be postponed.'Warden Fox, who was called, consented, and the ex-Gov ernor's hair was merely trimmed. Af ter being closely shaved he was given an official bath, and then he donned a striped suit. The ex-Governor was as signed to tbe shoe shop. While jbeing taken to a cell be looked like a broken down sick. man. ? ? ?^? ???? The Free Press, of Detroit, makes some sensible remarks concerning the noticeable absence of the American youth among apprentices to the trades. It has been attributed to a desire on the part of the various craftsmen to cur tail their numbers in order to enjoy higher wages. This the Free Press does not put much faith in. It says that society, which, on the rostrum and elsewhere, has so much to say con cerning the 'dignity of labor' and the 'nobility of toil,' generally fails to min gle much with the 'dignity' and the 'nobility,' except about election time ; and hence the young man, unless be has a desire to 'push things,' decides to enroll himself among tbe 'clean-handed laborers.' This spirit and the defect in our educational system arc responsi ble for the desertion of the trades. The statutes offer to educate a young man as a doctor or lawyer free of ex pense, but allow him to go it alone in order to become a mason, a machinist, or a carpenter. He and society act ac cordingly. Paralytic strokes, heart disease, and kidney affections, prevented by the use of Brown's Iron Bitters. LETTE? FEOM TEXAS. Hunts villeWalker Co., Texas, June 1, 1882. Dear Watchman and Southron: I have lately received, and with great pleasure read, several numbers of your esteemed paper. Its visits are as those of some dear old friend, for I have known the Watchman since my earliest infancy, and the Southron since its first issue. Many years have passed since I have visited dear old Sumter, the place of my birth, and the place that I shall love longest and best, while on earth I live, for there I spent my childhood's hap piest days, and it is in Carolina's honor ed soil where sleep the remains of many loved ones. I reckon never more to claim Sumter as my home, but its memories, and the names of near relatives, and kind friends I shall always fondly cherish; bat Tex as also has claims upon me, for here, beneath one of her waving, whispering cedars, side by side, repose my beloved mother and father, and here too, are other ties, that shall exist through all times, and stand in eternity. I sometimes meet South Carolinians and although strangers, they feel like borne folks. Perhaps some of yonr readers may remember Mr. Joseph A. Clark, of Samter, but now an itinerant land lawyer of Texas, who in his rounds often visits me, which I appreciate. Our County assessor, Mr. Josey, is a native of Samter Co., from about Bish op ville I think. Should this meet the eye of any of my relatives or classmates, many of whom are in and around Sum ter, say to them, lam still alive, and would be pleased to hear from any of them. 1 notice that my old friend and schoolmate, Joseph JIBoone, is visiting Samter, and was a delegate to the Southern Baptist Convention. Well Joe has always been a consistent Baptist. It commenced raining on the 4th of January last, and from that date to March 8th we had sixteen fair days only; since which time the seasons have been all that heart could wish, yet rath er too much rain. Still, crops are clean, and the prospect was never more flatter ing than to date; and truly large yields are greatly to be desired, remembering oar signal fail are last year. Bat fail ures of the grain crop in Texas never prove so disastrous as when they occur in South Carolina, because here, we have the benefit of inexhaustable pasturage, and the grass, in which all Texas seems instinctively interested, was this spring very early, and is now unusually fine.* J. N. BRADFORD. Guiteau's Insanity Asserted. His Examination by a Commission of Experts Urged by Medical Men. Mr. Clark Bell, President of the Medico-Legal Society, read a paper last evening at its meeting in Mott Me morial Hall on 'Guiteau.' He said a petition to President Arthur w&a~4y circulation among tb^aedlcat "profes sion of New-JforBTand other cities re questing to appoint a medical commis sion to examine into the sanity of Guiteau. The speaker said President Aurthur alone could now stand between Guiteau and the scaffold, and if be had a public duty to perform in the matter it was well for scientific men to come to his aid. The medical evidence at Gui teau's trial was far from satisfactory from a scientific standpoint. It was with one or two exceptions, given by men in the employ of the Government, or who were unfavorable to the defence. It was evident then, that in the excited condition of public opinion it wonld injure a physician if he said that he be lieved Guiteau insane. A large body, and probably a large majority, of phy sicians of this country now believed him him insane. Several members, among them Gen. Palmer, declared that Guiteau's legal responsibility had been amply proven. Dr. Beard said: 'If Guiteau is a sane man, then we are all insane.. I have been so situated as to know the opinions of experts, and there is no case record ed where the mass of expert testimony is so completely on one side. The best informed men of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, of England and France, are unanimous, as they have never been before, in the state ment that Guiteau is insane.' Ex-Surrogate Calvin said America could not afford to hang a man who was generally believed by medical experts to be insane.?New York Sun June 8<A. Nursing mothers gain strength by using Brown's Iron Bitters. It acts like a charm in restoring to health and strength overstrained nature. How sad to see a child growing up with an emaciated appearance, sores covering the body, giving evidence of a Scrofulous taint in the blood. This can all be eradicated by the use of a few bottles of S. S. S., which has never been knoWn to fail to cure the worst case of Scrofula in any stage. It is guar anteed if directions are observed. Price, $1 00 and ?1.75 per bottle. Too Thankful for Words. Coal Run Crossing, Ark., May 23, 1880. H. H. Warmer & Co.: Sirs?I am too thankful to express in words the good your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure ha3 done my family. Rev. P. F. Mabex.ee. Permit No Substitution. Insist opon obtaining Fl ores ton Cologne. It is pre-eminently superior in permanence and rich delicacy of fragrance. Have you Ever Known any person to be seriously ill without a weak stomach or inactive liver or kidneys? And when these organs are in good condition do you not find their possessor enjoying good health ? Parker's Ginger Tonic regulates these important organs, makes the blood rich and pure, and strengthens every part of the system. See other column.. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S.C.. June 12, 1882. COTTON?About 4 bales have been sold during the week ending June the 12th. Market closed quiet and steadr. We quote: Stained 9$; Tinged 10$; Ordinary JO; Good Ordi nary lOf ; Low Middling lOf; Middling 11; Good Middling 11^. CHARLESTON, S. C, June 10, 1882. Cotton.?Market quiet Sales, 50 bales. Quotations are: Tinged 11@,11$; Ordi nary 9$@10; Good Ordinary, ll@ll?; Low Middling, lU; Middling, llf@12; Good Middling, 12}, WILMINGTON, N. C, June 10, 1882. Spirits Turpentine?Market quoted firm at 42 cents. Sales 380 casks. Rosin?The market was firm at $1.57$ for Strained and ?1.62$ for Good Strained. SaleB of 300 bbls fine rosins on private terms. Crude Turpentine?Market steady at $1.50 for Hard, $2.75 for Yellow Dip and Virgin. Cotton?Market steady. No sales reported. The following are the official quotations : Ordinary 815-16,Good Ordinary 10 5-16,Low Middling 11 3-16. Middling 111, Good Mid dling 12. 1 TO PRINTERS. A WASHINGTON HAND PRESS, No. 5, capable of printing a 32-column paper, 26*40, is for Sale at low rates, at this office. Corres pondence is solicited. Address Watchman and Southron Pub. Co. Attettii Siter Liflt Infantry! ASSEMBLE AT MUSIC HALL on next THURSDAY, the 15th inst., at 11 o'clock A. M., for inspection by tbe Adjutant General. ??and also AT MUSIC HALL at 8} o'clock P. M., for PRIZE PLUME DRILL. Let every man be at bis post. Jane 13. D. J. AULD, Capt. BROOM DRILL. For the Benefit of the Ladies' Monu mental Association* THIS ENTERTAINMENT, novel and amu sing, will be given at Masic Hall, on the evening of Jone 20th, at 8 o'clock. AN ICE CREAM FESTIVAL and PROME NADE CONCERT will add to the pleasures of tbe evening. Admission 50 cents; Children under 12 years 25 cents. People from all sections. of the County are earnestly invited to attend._ FOR SALE. A NEAT ONE-HORSE WILSON AND CHILDS' WAGON. Good as new. Price $25.00. Body, straw-rack and spring-seat included. Will take sheaf oats delivered at Sumter in exchange for wagon. Apply at this Office._ State of South Carolina* COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T- V. Walsh, Esq., Prolate Judge. WHEREAS, JEREMIAH D. MYERS, of said County and State, made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of [ tbe Estate and effects of NATHANIEL BRADFORD, deceased? These.are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular tbe kindred and creditors of tbe said Nathaniel Bradford, late of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter on tbe 5 th day of July next, after publication hereof in tbe forenoon, to sbewxause, if any they have, why tbe said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 13th day of June, Anno Domini, 1882. T. V. WALSH,. June 13?21 Judge of Probate. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHERE A S, NANNIE J. EPPERSON, wid- j ow. made suit to me to grant her Letters of AdmimHtmtion of the Estate and effects of JAS. M. EPPERSON, dec'd, these are there fore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of tbe snid Jas. M. Epper son, dec'd, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of ProbatejJo_b^LJiehl>at^njnJer^on the 22 d .Tune, inst., after publication Hereof, ? fll o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they hare, why tbe said Administration should not be granted. Given under my band, this 6th day of Jane, A. D., 1882. T. V. WALSH, Jane 6?2t Judge of Probate. Master's Sale. The State of South Carolina, Sumter County. In the Court of Common Pleas. Edvoin W. Moise, Assignee, Plaintiff, vs. Sarah P. Brogdon, Susan J. Gregg, wife of Samuel J. Gregg, and others, Defendants?Foreclosure. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order, made in tbe above stated case, dated May 25tb, 1882, I will oner for sale at public auc tion, on Sale-day in July next (July 3d, 1882,) before tbe Court House of said County, between tbe hours -of 11 o'clock in the fore noon and 3 o'clock in tbe afternoon, the fol lowing desirable premises, to wit: "All that parcel or tract of land situate in Sumter County in said State containing one hundred and and twenty and one-half acres of land and bounded North and East by land formerly owned by Genl. Thomas Sumter, West by land formerly owned by Barrel! Fort, and Sonth by land of James G. Spann." Terms of sale?Cash. Tbe purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. GUIGNARD RICHARDSON, June 6, 1882. Master. TAX RETURNS FOR 1882. RETURNS OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND POLLS will be re ceived at tbe following times and places, viz: Johnson's Store, Tuesday, Jane 13. Reed's Mill, Wednesday, " 14. . Cooper's Mill, Thursday, " 15. Spring Hill, Friday, " 16. Sander's T. 0., Saturday, " 17. Providence, Monday, 19. Stateburg, Tuesday, " 20. Wedgefield, Wednesday, " 21. Privateer, Thursday, " 22. Zoar Church, Friday, " 23. Lewis Chapel, Saturday, " 24. Old Manchester, Wed'day July 12. Bishopville, Thursday, " 13. Mannville, Friday, 41 14. Mechanicsville, Saturday, " 15. Mayesville, Monday, " 17. Lynch burg, Tuesday, " 18. Magnolia, Wednesday, " 19. Player's X Roads, Thursday,4 20. ? AND?? At the Auditor's Office in Sumter on all other days, except the 4th July, from the 1st June to July 20th, inclu sive. N. B.?Parties making returns by mail or by another person will please be careful to give tbe full first name of tbe Tax-Payer L. P. LORINO, Jnne 13. Auditor Sumter County PUBLISHED FOB INFORMATION, State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Action for Foreclosure and Sals. Edwin W. Moise. Assignee, Plaintiff against Virginia Q. Green, Defendant. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in tbe above stated case, dated May ]9th, 1873, I will offer for sale at public auction, on Monday, July 3d, J882, before the Court House of said County, during tbe legal hours of sale, tbe following premises: ''All that lot of land, with tbe buildings thereon, 6ituate, lying and being in the town of Sumter, in said County and State, at tbe intersection of Mill and Magnolia streets of said town, containing one acre and two tenths of an acre, bounded on tbe North by said Mill street; on the East by said Magno lia street; on the Sonth by lot of J. L. Bart lette, and on tbe West by lot, now or late, of Henry W. Gardner.' Terras of sale; One-half Cash ; balance on a credit of one year, with interest at 12 per centum per annum, to be secured by bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of tbe premises. ROBERT W. DURANT, June 13 Sheriff of Sumter County. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. A CONVENTION OF THE DEMOCRAT IC PARTY OF SUMTER COUNTY is hereby called to meet in the Opera House ia Samter on MONDAY, JUNE 26th, at 11 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of appointing Delegates to the Stats and Congressional Conventions, and such other business as it may choose to take up. The Representation of Clnbs will be on same basis and numbers as those of 1880. By order of Executive Committee. JAMES D. BLAND1NG, Chairman Dem. Ex. Com. S. C. F. J. Mate3, Sec'y. Wilmington, CoMia art Augusta rail road. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. WILMINGTON. N. C, May 28,1882. EXCURSION TICKET arrangements for season of 1882, to the SUMMER RE SORTS of Virginia, Western North Carolina, Upper South Carolina and North'Georgia. Commencing June 1st, 1882, ROUND TRIP TICKETS to all the Summer Resorts, reached by this line will be on sale at Ticket Office, Sumter, S. C, good to return until October 31st. - For Tickets, Time-Cards, Touiist-gnides and all information call on Ticket Agent, or the undersigned. A. POPE, ^^JayJJ^^^^^xeneral^asse^ "LAND OF THE SKY!'' 9,260 feet Above I^evel of the Sea THE VIRGINIA HOB, HSNDSBSONVXLLS, N. C, THIS HOUSE has been thoroughly reno vated and put io first class condition for the SEASON OF 1S82. The Proprietor will give bis personal atten. tion to Guests, and do everything in his power to make them feel ai. b"me. EXCELLENT WELL Of ICE-COLO WATER. Nice Furniture ; P.ooms Carpeted ; Attentive Servants; Location Central; Fare the Best; Telegraph Office in tbe Hotel! Stages for Ashevilla leave this Houne every morning. Hacks for Brevard and Caeaar'8 Head. Omnibus to and from the Depot. Good Idvery Stable connected, with the Souse. A. J, DODAMEAD, Proprietor. May 30 HORSES! MULES!! JUST KECEIVED AT HARBY BROS, FEED ANO SALE STABLES, THIS'2nd OF MAY, one car of stock Consisting of FARM MULES, TURPENTINE MULES, GOOD DRIVING AND WORK HORSES. This being probably our last shipment for the spring season, they will be sold on close margains. oar hand FEED OATS, CORN (white and mixed.) FINE FEED (for cows and horses,) TIMOTHY HAY. All of which are cash goods. May 9?tf HARBY BROS. AT COST!" FOR THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS WILL SELL OUR ENTIRE STOCK -OF SPRING ID SCHER GOODS, TOGETHER WITH A. LOT OIF1 LOW-QUARTERED AT COST FOR CASH. JOHN BELT). May 30._ ICE CREAM! ICE CREAM I DOFT FORGET IT! THAT I can furnish the CHEAPEST and BEST ICE CREAM in Town. Price from fifty to sixty-five cents per quart, deliv ered in any part of tbe Town. I will also FREEZE ICE CREAM for any party at the lowest price. ICE for sale at all times; price two and two and a-half cents a pound. W. J. ANDREWS, May 2_CATERER. EARS FOR THE MILLION! Poo Cfcoo's Balsam of Shark's Oil Positively Restores the Hearing, and ia the- Only Absolute Cure for Deafness Known. This Oil is abstracted* from peculiar species of small WHITE SHARK, caught in the Yel low Sea, known as Carcharodon Rondeleth. Every Chinese fisherman knows it. Its vir tues as a restorative of bearing were discover ed by a Buddhist Priest about tbe year 1410. Its cores were so numerous and MANY SO SEEMINGLY MIRACULOUS, that tbe rem edy was officially proclaimed over the entire Empire. Its use became so universal that for OVER 300 YEARS NO DEAFNESS HAS EXISTED AMONG THE CHINESE PEOPLE. Sent, charges prepaid, to any address at SI.00 per bottle. Hear What the Deaf Say! It has performed a miracle in my case, I have no unearthly noises in my head and hear much better. I have been greatly benefited. My deafness helped a great deal?think another bottle will cure me. " Its virtues are unuqestionable and its curative character absolute, as the writer can personally testify, both from experience and observation. Write at once to" Hay lock & Jenney, 1 Dey Street, New York, enclosing S1.00, and you will receive by return a rem edy that will enable yon to hear like anybody else, and whose curative effects will be perma nent. Yon will never regret doing so."?Ed itor of Mercantile Review. To avoid loss in the Mails, please send money by Registered Letter. Only Imported by HAYLOCK k JENNEY (Late Hay leek & Co.) Sole Agents for America. 7 Dey St. N. Y. June 8 GRAHAM'S STABLES, REPUBLICAN-STREET, TO ARRIVE, V ON SATURDAY, APRIL 4^ ONE CAR LOAIT^N ?OF? ^ mm id MiiLfis. Farm and Timber Males, -and Good Driving Horses. Also, on hand, a floe assortment of BUGGIES, OF ALL STYLES AND GRADES, At prices to suit the times. CELEBRATED Old Hickory Wagons, Manufactured by the Kentucky Wagon Mann* facturing Company, of Louisville, Ky. April 4_W. M. GRAHAM. SADDLERY AND HARNESS. -0 THE FINEST LEATHER ON HAND Ready to be worked op at the lowest Irring figures. HARNESS of the latest style and of mj own workmanship, at my shop to sell. I am prepared to do all kinds of Jobs Ja my line of* business. All Orders received will be promptly attended to, And with tbt greatest care. -A fall Irae of? READY-MADE HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, COLLARS, MARTIN* GALES, and EVERYTHING ELSE pertaining to a First-class Harness Shop. OLD HARNESS made to look as good as NEW. COVERING and REPAIRING Old TRUNKS ??A SPECIALTY.?? All WORK in my line GUARANTEED to give SATISFACTION. T. 0. WROTERi Corner of Main and Republican Streets. . March 15, 1881._ It. REMOVAL. THE BARBER SHOP of LA VAN AND EDWARDS TT AS been removed to the room OVER XX SCHEWERIN'S GROCERY, where, " any work in their line?Hair Catting, Shav ing, Shampooing, Hair and Moustache Dying- * ?will be attended to in the most approved styles of the art. Razor Sharpening a specialty. Particular attention paid to Ladles and 2 Children's Hair Cutting, and Ladies waited on at their homes._ \_ THE PALMETTO LASER BEER BREWERY, ?K? CHARLESTON, S. C, Has of late doubled their capacity,' to the demand, with all modem improvj merits, and manufactures sow ay< superior article. Lager Beer of such a nature that it is a! best where it can be bad fresh from the Br ery, and is then the finest, most harmless healthiest tonic for family use. For particulars and prices write to CLAUSSEN BREWING CO.r March 21_Charleston, S. C. the pearl: THE BEST BAKING POWDER IN THE WORLD. WARRANTED STRICTLY PURE. Manufactured by S. H. WILSON, Grocer, 306 King, and 53 Society Streets,/ CHARLESTON, S. C. Aii d for sale at Dr. A. J. CHINA'S DRUG STORE, Feb 14 o Sumter, S. C. J. F. W. DeLORME, Agent* -DEALEK IN? - m Hull/ TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY.^ AND ALL KINDS OF Druggist's Sundries USUALLY KEPT IN A FIRST-CLASS drug STORE. Tobacco, Snuff and Segars, GARDEN SEEDS, &G, -o Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered . with care-and dispatch. The public will find ray stock of : Medicines complete, warranted gem* . ine, and of the best quality. Call and see for yourselves. Sumter. S. C, Jan. 20, 1381. 3m. Office of Siperar of Regtoflt : FOR SUMTER COUNTY. 0 SUMTER C. H., S. C, April 3,1882? NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that tba- - undersigned will attend at the follow- - - ing times and places for the purpose of - REGISTERING all qualified Electors of this % County, who are required by Law to Regis- * - ter at the place appointed in tbe Township ' in which they reside: ~ At Well's X Roads, Tuesday, June 13th. At Lynchburg, Wednesday, June 14th. At Player's X Roads, Thursday and Fri? day, June 1Mb and 16tb. " " At Sumter C. H., Monday, Tuesday and' ' Wednesday, June 19th, 20th and 21st.. - l- . At Privateer, Thursday and Friday, June - - 22d and 23d. I will also attend at my Offie at the County Seat, from Monday June 26th, to Friday, June 30th, inclusive for the purpose of cor- . reeling errors in registration and to register such electors as failed to register at tbe places' ~ appointed in tbe Township in which they - * reside. - Tbe Supervisor and two Assistant SupcfTP^sr sors will meet at my Office in tbe Town of..**' Sumter, on Tuesday, the llt'a day of July, /' 1882, and will sit as many days as may b*:*r necessary, to bear and determine all cases in which registration may be refused to any ap plicant iu this County. P. P. GAILLARD, Supervisor of Registration Su m ter Co. April 11, 1882._ ??i?mmmmmmmmmwmam? ?mm Stateof South Carolinas COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEKEAS, Wsr. H. C?TTIN0, Clerk of ,<: the Coart of C. P. and G. S., for said County in said State?has made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of tbe-" Estate and effects of JOSIAH M. WILDER^. ? deceased? These are therefore to cite and admonish all - and singular the kindred and creditors of 1 be - said Josiab M. Wilder, dee'd, that they be and <;* appear before me, in tbe Court of Probate, to 2^ be held at Sumter on the 17th day of Jane, next, 40 days after publication hereof,. at. Ifcsii? o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if **y..^ they have, why the said Administration ahoald. not be granted. * ~ Given under my band, this eighth day of : May, Anno Domini, 1882. T. V. WALSH, May 9. 1882,-St Jodge of Probate. ' ~~ ?????gggggggggggggs IGAVE MY CHILD three doses of the.sgfei Patent Remedy?2905?end they broajb^ l - away a half pint woran. Sold by druggiiu. '