The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 11, 1882, Image 2

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TUESDAY, JULY U. J. A. MOOD. M. D. ) tfM,AM D. B. ANDERSON, j^"088 . The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 mod the 2V?e Southron in 1866. The ITafc?roan a?<Z Southron now has tbe combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. ? -_ ? ? ? ? .-..-. ? ^-. The weather in England recently has been disastrous to growing crops. There were thirty-nine deaths in Havana from yellow fever during the - past week. Work is going ahead rapidly on the South Carolina Railroad water connec tion at Charleston. The South Carolina Railflftd has purchased the tramway between Barn well and Blackville and will iron it. * The.Western wheat crop has fulfill ed all expectations. It is one of tbe largest that has ever been grown. The primary elections throughout Georgia resulted is the election of Ste phens delegates to the Gubernatorial Convention. ' An unknown woman, asleep on the . track, was decapitated by a train on the Camdea branch railroad, near San ders' Station, last Friday. Four children in Burlington, Vt., aged respectively four, five, seven and nine years, have been fatally poisoned, Ii is supposed by eating green currants r^with worms on them. It is now asserted that the Republi cans in Congress, disgruntled at tbe action of the South Carolina Legislature relative to redistricting the State, have H decided to oust ^^^TUmcn:... A young mas named Winters, a ca det a i tbe Charlotte Military Institute, . was paying with his bayonet at his hone in Society Hill, Darlington Coun ty, when it entered his eye and caused ais death from brain fever. Gen. Skobeloff, the great Russian General? Is dead. He won h is name in charges of Sbipka Pass, and served the j | Gaar nobly in' the Turko-Russian war. j t He was a great soldier, but not a con- i servative statesman. The first bale of new cotton was ship-' ped last Thursday, July 6th, from Texas by express to Messrs. Latham, Alexander & Co., bankers and cotton commission merchants, of New York by Messrs. Carson & El 11 is, of Houston. It weighs 470 pounds, and is low mid dling in grade: The producer received for the bale in Texas $250, sod in ad dition a premium of $250, making 11 $500 in all, or over a dollar a pound. Barnes, the Kentucky revivalist, is said to he an illiterate mountaineer, and eccentric in manner. He believes in mi raculous cures, and is reported to have healed a great many invalids by "the Saying on of hands." His work in Kentucky has certainly produced very remarkable results, for his audiences are composed o/--iiir~"Uf5si~ isteUiggni, S elaaseso?people,and his converts in ^d^^large number of intelligent and ^muoWial mes. The steamboat Scioto, on the Ohio River, with an excursion party from Wheeling, W. Y., collided with anoth er steamer on the 4th, and was sunk. It is stated that whiskey was at the bottom of the disaster, as some of the officers and many of the passengers had freely circulated a bottle before the col __lision, and were drunk at tbe time. About 55 lives are' supposed to have been lost. Up to last Saturday 51 bodies are reported to have been recov ered. President GarfielcPs memory is being utilized to the utmost by the Republi can managers. Having first claimed the confidence of the country on the ground that despite his death, the Government would be carried on in the same groove of reform in which he had-j launched it, they are no^v making use ...j&f-hisi as an awful example, and prov ing heyond all per ad venture that his ad ministration was a '< carnival for the spoilsmen, from which the country was only saved by the patriotism and : -: purity of President Arthur. 2 The Southern Siik Industrial Associa tion, capital stock $50,000, having in view the care and cultivation of silk worms and the production of raw silk, together with the sale of silk fabrics, etc., lias just been given a corporate exis tence at New Orleans. The recent silk exhibition in New York testified to the interest taken in this subject at the north, and the formation of a silk ex change, it is to be hoped, wil! foster tbe interest shown th us far. The meaning of these flashes of interest from time to tim? in the directions of raising silk worms and mulberry leaves is a broad one. At present the silk manufactu rers of the United States import tbe raw silk to make into finery for Americans The figures from the last report of the j " Silk Associations of America indicate { D that the demand for raw silk in this I w country is steadily increasing. Aa.eri- 11] can manufacturer's purchases of raw silk | j, during the past six years have more than doubled both in quantity and value. The steady increase in the value of the imports from $8,080,681 in 1878U79 to $10,000,000 or $11, 000,000 in tbe years following, and to over $13,000.000 for the year which closed on Saturday, July 1, is ?wlggestivc enough of tbe importance of cultivating the production of raw silk at home. The London correspondent of the j \ New York World says that tbe foul story set afloat some thirteen years ago by Mrs. Harriet Bcecher Stowe con cerning the family relations of Lord Byron has received its final quietus by the publication in London of tbe letters of Lady Byron to Augusta Leigh Of course everybody who has ever heard the story, except the good lady who took pains to propagate it, hoped, for the credit of human nature, not to speak of the- reputation of a man of genius, that the story might be proved untrue. Difficult as it notoriously is to prove a negative, it appears that this proof has now happily been discovered, and everybody will be gratified except, as before, Mrs. Stowe, to whom proof that her Foul story was also, an untrue story will no doubt be a great blow. Byron did and said many things in his time to shock honest people, but be did and said much mere to shock hypocrites and can it was as spokeswoman of the jand canters, and not of the Mrs. Stowe appeared Devil's Advocate 11 1 I s KILLING OF MAJ. BLAIR. As might be expected the Radical papers are filled with heart-reading ac counts of the killing of Maj Blair, de nouncing it as the planned scheme of the Democrats?net the responsible act of au individual. To give an idea to our readers bow tbe deed of a citizen is shifted on the shoulders, and the re sponsibility of it is laid at the very doors, of the Democrats, we publish elsewhere a letter, purporting to be written by Maj. Blair's daughter, which is mild in comparison with what we have seen. This letter was pub lished in the paper called "Charleston Mercury" and is paraded as "The Truth of Col. Blair's Death,0 notwith standing the fact that Miss Blair was several miles away at the time of the killing, and that the evidence at the Coroner's inquest established the fact of Maj. Blair's hostile demonstration, after notifying Capt. Haile that he was armed. Since the war South Carolina, more than any other State in the Union, has suffered for the rash acts of its cit izens because her enemies have with marked unanimity and persistence viewed and held up every such act as sanctioned by tbe Democrats, and not withstanding the falsity of such charges a disastrous result?lack of confidence in the peacefulness and njo^ality of our people, which strikes at very roots of every thing connected wuh the ma terial interests of the State?has been sill the samg. To all students of history and gareful observers of past events, sven in their own short lives, it is evident that no country or State sver enjoyed that high degree of com mercial prosperity its resources were ;apab!e of allowing, as long as it was regarded as unsettled in its civil rela tions. It is true that just after a war toy country is always demoralized, for he attention of the people is concentra ted exclusively on battles and military novements, and civil affairs are left to ake care of themselves or fall into the lands of unscrupulous men. Although bis fact and the unparalleled circum stances, after the war between the States, are sufficient reasons for tbe condition of things, we are to-day suf fering for acts of individuals committed hen and afterwards. Experience caches us that whatever is done by a Democrat to another person of different )olitical convictions, the sole biame loes not rest upon the individual, but, generally, the State is held responsible or the greater share, and that the Re mblicans alway manage to twist it into politics?which is tbe secret of our )oiiticai draw backs. gublicansknow that the? ne rro strength in tbe South, is the pivot ipon which the balance of power turns ; hat outside of politics the negroes have mplicit confidence in the Democrats, or they will come to them for advice tad take their judgment on most all natters. To astute Republican leaders his is guarantee enough that, if the )emocrats would adopt the right tactics, he negro would go with them in politics, nd the lion's share of power would be teld by the Southern Democrats. The tepublicans know what is at stake, and 10 act done by a Democrat will be left incommented upon, when there is the lightest chance to turn it to their ac ount. Realizing this, it behooves very Democrat to be scrupulously aurions; and, except from necessity, tever to undertake to right a wrong hat the law or the natural weapons rod has given, could redress. The unfortunate tragedy in Camden ist week is very much to be regretted ; he death of the man killed, on tbe eve f a hot campaign, will' do more harm y the Democratic party than 40 live nd active Blairs could do. Imaginary irtues Maj. Blair never possessed will ow be said of him, and they will be x toi led to high Heaven, and the bit test of anathemas will be heaped (not pon Mr. Haile, for that would not ccomplish the Republicans' object) pon the Democratic party. The forth will condemn it as the rash act f Democratic pluck'?a specimen of outh Carolina morals. Tbe State will e looked upon as an unsafe place for apitalists to invest their money. In ict, as long as the Democratic party is randed abroad for such acts, capitalists rould sooner invest in !- Dry tickets ban to put one dollar in this State. ukluxism scared them away from South Carolina, and ever since it does ot take much to keep them frightened way. Although Party Government from ts origin has not been so much in istin ctioo of principles as power, such* cts as tbe killing of Maj. Blair by a )emocrat will be endeavored to be used ?y the Republicans as an argument hat it is principle, not power, their cause i founded upon. Hence our success lepeuds upon the wisdom of the individ ial acts of the Democrats and how it is ised, and the objects to which it is di ccted. The commercial supremacy of his State, and still more the position uture generation" will hold as leaders n the National Government depends ipon it. The Voting Precincts. The Legislature, at the recent extra essioo, fixed the foliowihg as the votiog )laces in this county, from which it will >e seen that there will be but one voting >recinot in the town : Sumter.?Sumter Courthouse, State >urg. Providence, Rafton Creek, Bish >pville, Carter's Creek (at or near bethel Cross-roads, Mayesville, Lynch >urg, Sbiloh, Concord, Privateer, Man ihester, Spring Hill, Wedgefield and 3orbett*s Store, and all persons who tave been registered to vote at boxes Nos. 1 and 2 at Sumter Courthouse be md the same are hereby authorized to rote at the one precinct hereby estab ished at Sumter Courthouse. j 1 ? THE LEGISLATURE'S WORK. [ Correspondence of the Greenville Ji-?p?.j Columbia, S. C., July 5.?Yester day, the 4th, being a national holiday, 'here was no session of the General Assembly, and tbe day was spent by the members in attending a picnic and a schuetzenfest, and in a general and free sidewalk discussion of politics. Both Houses met at five minutes past midnight this morning for the purpose of closing the work of the extra session, which has lasted just nine days. The necessary 'red tape' of the occasion was made as short as possible, the various unimportant amendments to the mea sures passed were adjusted as speedily as might be, and after the ratification of acts, tbe General Assembly adjourned sine die at 4.50 A. M. Tbe work of the session consists of the passage of only eight bills and joint resolutions, as follows : 1. An Act dividing the State into seven congressional districts. 2. A joint resolution submitting a proposed amendment to the constitution of the State, to be voted upon at the approaching general election as follows, in lieu of section 11, of article 2: 'The general election for Senators and Repre sentatives shall be held in every second year in such manner, at such time and at such places as tbe Legislature may provide.' This will, if adopted by the people, make it the duty of the General Assembly to fix the time, <fec, for the election of State officers. The consti tution as it now is provides for the elec tion of Governor and other State offi cers at the time Senators and Represen tatives are elected. 3 A Joint resolution on submitting to the voters of the State an amend ment to the constitution in. relation to tbe forming of new counties. The present constitutional requirement is that no county shall be formed of less than six hundred and twenty-five square miles. The proposed amend ment is to strike out this requirement and insert in lien thereof the following : 'That no new county shall be formed which has a population of less than a one hundred and twenty-fourth part of the whole number of inhabitants of the State, and au area less than four hundred square miles, nor shall any ex isting counties be reduced to a less area than four hundred square miles.' 4th. An Act making some changes in the election precincts in the State. 5th. An act amending the election law so as to punish with severity the crime of interfering with or obstructing a Supervisor of Registration in the dis charge of his duties. Clerical errors in the former act, where 'Assistant Super visors of Election' occur are corrected so as to read Supervisors of Registra tion. 6th.. An Act expunging the date which fixed tbe time for physicians to register with the Clerk of the Court. The act allows physicians their own time to register, but makes it a punish able misdemeanor for one to practice medicine in the State who has not registered as required. 7th. The appropriation bill to meet the expenses of the extra session inclu ding the per diem and mileage of the members and the pay of the clerks and attafife^?8*^Th^o^l of all expenses was ?16,324/!^P^^~ p r onrpr ry -??&fcsd -j by the State Treasurer out of unexpend ed balances in tbe treasury. 8th. An Act correcting clerical er rors in the code. The .work of the session has been done with harmony and good feeling. The 3nly occurence considered uncalled for Mid out of place was the very extra jrdinary remarks of Mr. Crawford, of Richland about tbe election law on Mond.ay; a speech which he, it is said, iid not make but was published as hav ing been made in the House. He spoke of the law as 'formulated fraud,' fee. What his motive was is a matter >f surmise. During the session this morning his 'vindication of his position* was on motion of Mr. Dargan, of Dar ington, expunged from the journal of he House by a unanimous vote. The redistricting of the State has grouped more in bunches the various jandidatcs for Congress. Previously here were many "at large ;' In tbe Fourth District there arc seveu candi lates and possibly one from amougst vbom the Democracy may choose their epresentative. Others may appear on he field, but at present the array is as ollows : Senator Perry and Isaac M. Jryan, Esq., of Greenville ; Mr. Ball, >f Laorens; Mr. Evius, of Spartauburg ; tfr. Yeoniaus, of Columbia; Mr. 31c Sasssick, of Union, and Mr Woodward ?f Fairfieid. Col. Perry is being urged 'or ward by his friends but has not an ?ounced himself as "in the field." Iu he other districts the aspirants are not l few in number, but all seem to take it jently at the start. There arc no new levelopments iu State slates. Kennedy md Bratton "hold their own" for the jrovernorship and as for new aspirants or other State officers there are only un certain possibilities. The skirmish can rass is quiet and peaceful- Gen. Gray, >f Green ville stands firm aud streugtheu ug for comptroller General and is cn touraged with the heartiest eudorse neut of prominent and influential men rom all sections of the State. His iplendid ruu against General ^ratton >n short notice iu 1880. when a vacancy ?ccurred by the resignation of Col. Coit will be remembered. During his two erms as a member of the House of Representatives his persevering energy md ability have given him strength that frill not be easily overcome in the State Convention. There is no denying tbe act that the chances of his nomination ire better than those of any man iu the State, and this is every day evidenced >y unasked expressions of friendship md endorsement. For the Attorney jreneralship the race seems to be lively | f ietwecn Messrs. Haskell and Abney, of j( ctichland ; Senator Bradley, of Pickcns, ooms up well for Secretary of State, his strongest competitor being Mr. Massey ){ York ; Treasurer Richardson is so far without opposition ; Speaker Sheppard's ?laim for the Lieutenant Governorship seems undisputed, and General Mani jauit serenely surveys the prospect of a second term as Adjutant, and Inspector Seneral. There is Eome inquiry after a good ' 'dark horse" for Governor. Judge Wallace is general favorite, Mr. Jeter j J spoken of frequently and there are quite j ' i number of members of the General J2 Assembly who return home with little i j >r no desire to agaiu fill the tedious, ' tiresome, little understood and very J ' thankless task of law making, while Dthers are anxious for another trial. a. 51. h. - ^mu ??? Rev. W. J. Spangler, a Methodist parson, was killed near Mc Alis ter, Ark., by some young Indians whom he i < a ad corrected at school. ' \ The Post-Mortem on Guiteau. The Medical News, of Philadelphia, publishes iu its current number an offi cial accouDt made by Dr. D. S. Lamb of the post-mortem examination of Guiteau's body and brain. According to an agreement with the Re?. Dr. Hicks, tbe custodian of the body, the brain was to be removed and examined without being cut into, and then taken, "properly guarded -and protected." to the Army Medical Museum, where it would be photographed and a cast taken. Then the internal structure of the brain was to be observed and parts of it set apart for microscopical examination.? The entire operation was to be comple ted as far as possible in one day, and notes were to be taken in duplicate.? Tbe examination was conducted by Dr. Lamb, asssisted by Drs. Hartigan and Sowers, and Mr. Schafhirt. Charles Frought, of Jbe Museum, took the photographs. A delay made a cast im practicable and a photograph not entire ly successful. The examination of the body showed that there was a yellowish furrow ex tending around tbe neck in the line of the rope. There was no dislocation or fracture of the spioal column aod no large blood vessels were injured ; but as certain muscles and parts of th? throat were torn, Gui te an must have died of strangulation. There were other signs tending to show that strangulation was the cause of death. An examination of the head showed that the right side of the skull was slightly flattened in front over a space about two inches square. In thickness the skull presented nothing remarkable. The dnra mater, the external mem brane of the brain, was adherent to the skull in different places, notably in the neighborhood of tbe longitudinal sinns, which is on the top of tbe bead, and to the base of the skull. There was some points of congestion. The dura mater, the external tbick membrane, and the pia mater, the in ternal thin membrane of the brain, were found to be adherent to each other and to the brain along a limited part of the longitudinal fissure. The dura mater was slightly thickened in two places.? The inner surface of the skull was smooth md the parts above the eyes were well irehed. The brain was firm. Its weight, Deluding everything to the beginning >f tbe spinal cord, was forty-nine and a balf ounces. Nothing unusual was dis covered in the condition of the blood vessels supplying the brain. The editor of the Medical News in ;ommentiog upon tbe post-mortem ex tmination says : Some deviations from a typically nor nal Drain are referred to iu the report, ! jut they have absolutely no significa- j .ion from the point of view of mental ; lerangement. Adhesions of the dura! nater. and the thickening of the mem- : !>raoe, witbont any evidence of coexis- j ;ent inflammation, cannot be said, indeed j < lo have any pathological significance. ! i [t may be affirmed of Guitean's brain !, ;hat it nresent?^ as .Ut^o-^yj^q-jjs-^^i ^logical change as the brain of onM )fV8 age dying of some other thajLcWT! ttfaldisease. What ma^e disposed ~o 1 mitoscopic investigation, whickM jet :o b m*Je, remains to be seartT Here ihef^^l^sare grea^r?^r uncon jcionffi?5Rii?Jj. and Jjfo differences of >pinion. As the naked-eye appear in ces are so little suggestive of disease, :he minuter changes must be*well forti ?ed by tbe skill and experience of the j nicroscopists undertaking tbe investi- < ration, to be accepted withont reserve. 1 There must be no preconcieved op in- j ons, no previous predictions and no \ Drejudices of any kind on tbe part of lie microscopic experts to give a bias to heir conclusions. They should, in leed, enter on this investigation in the ] ipirit in which the autopsy was con- i I acted.' Drs. Wm. J. Morton and Chas. L. 3an a, who were present at tbe post nortem examination held upon the 3 >ody of Guiteau, have published in the ( :urrent number of the New York Medi :al Record their do tes of the examina- j i ion. Tbcir account agrees essentially with that of Dr. Lamb. They say : 'Although these notes were taken in lependently, we believe they will har nonize essentially with those of Dr. \ Lamb They include all the facts that j ;ould be observed at the time We nuch regret that, owing to shortness of ime, there were not facilities for a nore detailed and complete examina ion.' Generally their notes agree closely vith those of of Dr. Lamb. There are wo or three points of interest in their -eport on the appearance of the brain. They say: 'As regards contour and shape, ex ict studies could not be made. There was no apparent asymmetry of the two ?emispheres. 'The frontal lobes were peculiarly shaped. Looking at them from in front ind above they presented two protru ling points, from which the surface doped away in a concave curve. This )ointed apex of tbe lobes with the con ;avity of the orbital and begioning >f the frontal surface was carefully to ted by all of us at the first exposure md removal of the brain. On the whole it would appear (1) that the brain was marked by an unu sual number of cross and secondary fis sures, especially in the frontal lobes : '2) that it was not of the confluent fis sure type : (3) that the convulsions on ;he two hemispheres were quite asytn netrical.' c The Army Medical Musem in Wash ngton to which Guiteau's body has jeen taken, and where it is said to lave been reduced to a skeleton, was Ford's Theatre duriug the war. The illey by which the undertakers cart 3rought the body to the rear of the mu seum was the one through which Booth escaped after shooting President Lincoln, ind through which, four years later, Sooth's remains were taken to the mu seum to be transferred from the box in which the Government had buried them it the arsenal to a temporary coffin for -euioval to Baltimore, where the final ntcrmcnt took place. The New York Banker and Broker says that the information it gathers from jorrespondents in nearly every State of :he Union points to an unusually heavy Summer and Fall trade (some merchants llready being in the market,) and to ;he largest wheat, corn, oats, hay, to bacco and potato crop ever raised in ;his country, and also to a large cotton ;rop. This is Peering. Beauty Regained. Tbe beauty and color of tbe hair may be ;afely regained by using Parker's IJair Bal ;aui, which is much admired for its perfume, ileauliaess and dandruff eradicating proper ty THE WAE OLO?D IN EGYPT. Opinions of a Late United States Consul - General on the Causes of the Trouble. [Special Despatch to tbeN. T. World ] Washington, July 8.?Mr. Simon Wolf, lately Consul-G?n?ral at Egypt, explains, the Egyptian situation in a lo cal paper this evening. After classify ing the adherents of the two political parties in Egypt, Mr. Wolf says, in reference to the Europeans in Egypt: "They are, speaking generally, violent opponents of the National party. The French are, almost without exception, speculators in Egyptain stocks, and they complain of the revolution as having caused them financial losses. The Eng lish have for the last seven years calcu lated on Egypt as their political heritage, and are undisguisedly disappointed at a movement which seems to put olf their day of possession. The Italians are di vided, many of them siding with the Nationalists' partly out of jealously of France and England and partly from an honorable love of liberty. The poorer Italians, like the Maltese, have mostly learned Arabic and sympathize with the people. The Americans, Belgians and Swiss, no incoosiderable colony, have from the first accepted the national movement as genuine and given it their support. Tbe sentiment among the educated natives is most hostile against the English and French officials on ac count of their supreme sei^hness and overweening effrontery. - They arrogate everything and assume a patronizing air to the very people who pay them their salaries- The Comptrollers-Gene ral receiv? $15,000 a year. Other foreign officials receive equally extrava gant salaries, while native officials, competent in every way, receive buta pittance, and yet these foreign officials are there in the interest of economy. The natives pay taxes on everything, the Europeans on nothing. Arabi Bey, with whom I was on most intimate terms, is, in my opinion, an honest, and cer tainly from an Egyptain standpoint,' a highly educated and intelligent man. He fully appreciates the position he is in ; he has calculated the cost and will not shrink from the responsibility. He knows all about the United States, its history and struggles, and told me re peatedly that his desire was to have a constitutional form' of government. When I presented him with a copy of the biography of Garfield in French he at once said be would have it translated j into Arabic, so that the youth of Egypt ! could profit by it. At my suggestion he j ordered the translation of tbe Constitu- j tion of the United States into Arabic ! Arabi is no fanatic, hut is a patriot, and ' thus resorts to many expedients and de vices not exactly in consonance with the views of foreigners who have neither love nor sympathy for him or his coun try. The Arab is peaceable, honest, frugal and temperate, thoroughly de vout, and in no manuer more' fauatical ar prejudiced than the Jew or the Chris- j tian. The danger of massacre to the j jew or the Christian^^e^oUaji>p|i-agi L tim?ht?t?tsirrbT^ but rather |pP cupidity and so-called diplo macy of the great powers. Egypt and the whole of Europe could he at peace, tbe thoroughfare of the sanal undisturbed, were England or Prance actuated by disinterested mo tives. All Egypt needs and should bave is a guaranteed neutrality like Belgium or Switzerland. Freed from the poke of Turkey and independent like Etoumania, Serbia or Bosnia, she could ?ntcr into a career of prosperity rivalling ;hatof any country on earth. England f honest would achieve all she needs, the Suez Canal would be unimpeded ind the Eastern question would be shorn )f one-half of its menacing danger. Tbe j bondholders, whose clamor for their j pound of flesh in London and Paris is most audibly beard on the banks of the .Vile, would be fully and amply secured, :br the revenue of Egypt is ?1,000,000 ?ach year over and above its expenses, ind in a very limited time the debt jould be entirely paid off. Therefore what Egypt needs is neutrality guaran teed by all the powers, independence of Turkey, economy in its civil service, ibolition of its army?except for tooJioe purposes?and last, but by do nmns [east, common schools, in which the modern languages would be taught and spoken." Mr. Wolf says that the Khedive means well, but lacks force, and that 3 ad he possessed a tithe of the genius of Mehemet Ali or the pluck and audacity )f his father he might have thrown off the shackles with which England and Prance had bound him, and, placing tiimself at the bead of bis people, have ichieved independence for the country. Mr. Wolf thinks uo cause exists or bas existed for Americans fco leave Egypt, for the natives believed they had Ameri can sympathy and appreciated it. A Doctor's Blunder. (Philadelphia Times.) Charleston, S. C, July 4.?Mrs. Loten Heed was buried a few days ago. She was a young married lady of social prominence and her death resulted from the careless use of chloroform. Owing to the efforts of the physicians to keep the matter quiet the facts have but just some out. Mr. Heed the husband did Qot know that there was anything the matter with his wife until he was in formed of ber death. She .has been ailing slightly for some time and the family physician told her that a simple md not dangerous operation was neces sary. A day was fixed for the opera tion and Dr. 11. A. Kinlock appeared it her house, on Logan street, accom panied by Doctors Simons and Pelzer, who desired to witness the operation. Mrs. Reed however, refused to allow them in the room, saying that Dr. Kinlock alone should perform the oper ation. Simons and Pelzer therefore went into the parlor, where they were told by Dr. Kinlock that after he had put Mrs. Reed under the influence of chloroform they could come into the chamber. In a few moments they were told to come in, and as they en tered Dr. Kinlock remarked to Dr. Sim ons you had better look after tbe chlo-j roform. Dr. Simons did so. He weut to j ; the bedside and placed his finger on Mrs. j Heed's pulse. It had ceased to beat, j ! She was dead and the frantic efforts j ] of the doctors to apply restoratives i were futile. A message was sent to ' j Mr. Reed that his wife was dead. It j, was given out that tbe lady had died j ] from natural causes iu order to shield j ' the reputation of the physicians and ; prevent an inquest. The facts, as j they have come out, have made a sen sation in fashionable society. Dr. Kin lock has always enjoyed a high reputation is a physician and surgeon. His care less use of chloroform is not under stood . Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. In countries where malaria is prevalent, or where the climate is subject to sudden changes ?should be found in every house Brown's Iron Bitters. How to Save. All bard workers are subject to bilious at tacks which may end in dangerous illness. Parker's Ginger Tonic will keep the kidneys and liver active, and by preventing the attack save much sickness, loss of time and expense Delay at such times means danger.?Detroit Press. See other column. Hall's Vegetable Sicillian Hair Renewer is the most reliable article in use for restoring gray hair to its original color and promoting its growth. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C, July 10, 1882. COTTON?About 5 bales bave been sold during the week ending July the 3d. Market closed firm. We quote: Stained 9$@,10?; Tinged loi? 1 Of ; Ordinary 9f; Good Ordi nary 10f@10j; Low Middling 11; Mid dling 1 if ; Good Middling llf@12}. CHARLESTON, S. C, July 8, 1882. Cotton.?Market firm. Sales, 15 bales. Quotations are : Tinged 11 J@llf ; Ordina ry 9?@10j; Good Ordinary, 11}; Low Middling, 12; Middling, 12?; Good Mid dling, 12$,_ WILMINGTON, N. C, July 10, 1882. Spirits Tcepentine?Market .quoted firm at 42J cents. Sales of 600 casks, market closing firm. Rosin?The market was dull at Si.55 for Strained and $1.62$ for Good Strained. Crude Tcrpentin??Market steady at $1.50 for Hard, $2.75 for Soft and Virgin. Cotton?Market firm. Small sales reported. The following are the official quotations : Ordinary 9 9-16, Good Ordinary 10 15-16, Low Middling 1113-16, Middling 121. Good Middling 12f. WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO RE ceive and fill orders for the celebrated WJNSHIP GINS, FEEDERS and CONDEN SERS. Also, their Cotton Presses. These Gins being so well known throughout this section of the country, require no further recommendation. J. RETTENBERG k SONS, July 11 Agents for Sumter Co. CEMETERY ASSOCIATION. THERE will be a meeting of the Sumter j Cemetery Association at my office on Thursday iStb; at 12 o'clock M. All lot owners are members of the Association, and are requested to attend. GUIGNARD RICHARDSON, July 11 Sec. and Tr?s. A REMOVAL. WG. KENNEDY bas removed bis Book e and Variety Store to the stand next door Sooth of Wm. Bogin's new store, on Main Street, where he will be pleased to see his customers and the public generally, July 11_ PIANO FOR SALE OR RENT. PPLY to W. G. KENNEDY next door South of Wm. Bogin. July 11 Wagon for Sale. AONE-HORE WAGON, as good as new. Apply to W. G. KENNEDY, next door South of Wm; Bogin. July 11 GIN REPAIRING. THE UNDERSIGNED is prepared to sharpen Gin Saws, o^overbayLas^guL ih~Yfi?r?ugh' ordcsr Cotto?ftrinsof any pattern. All work attended to promptly, and satisfac tion guaranteed. General Carpentry and Building attended to as heretofore. W. H. PHILLIPS, July 11_Sumter, S. C. Attention Palmetto Battery. THERE WILL BE A RE-UNION of the Survivors of this Company at MAYES VlLLE, S. C, AUGUST loth, 1882, at 10 A. M. A full attendance is desired. J. R. M?LDROW, WM. M. REID, C. O. WHEELER, July 11 Committee. PORTABLE HAND POWER COTTON AND HAT PRESS. Over 100 Manufactured and Sold by Us the past two seasons. FIRST PREMIUMS taken over all competi tors at the North and South Carolina State Fairs ; also at the Weldon, N. C, and Darlington County Fairs, last fall. Cuts, circulars and testimonials sent on application. We are now manufacturing 100 for the fall trade, and feel warranted in saying that we manufacture the best Press now in use. Send for circulars to CELY & BRO., July 11 _ Greenville, S. C. Grjpd Midsummer Closing Out Sale-1,000 Pianos and Organs at .Bock Bottom Cash Bates, ' on Easy Terms. Buy now, and pay when cotton comes in. A small cash payment and balance November 1st. 1,000 standard Instruments, from best makers ouly. All styles and prices. No stencil Instruments. Makers' names on all. SPECIAL MIDSUMMER OFFER. PIANOS, ?25 cash and balance November 1st, 1882. ORGANS, SIC cash and balance November 1st, 1882. Lowest cash rates and no interest. Can't buy cheaper next fall with cash in hand. Closing out to reduce stock and keep working force employed through summer. Special MIDSUMMER OFFERS to Install ment buyers. Send for Catalogues, Price Lists and" Circulars giving full information. Address LUDDEN & BATES, Southern Music House, Savannah Ga. The Great Wholesale Piano and Organ Depot of the South. FEMALE INSTITUTE, STAUNTON, "VIRGINIA. OPENS SEPTEMBER 20th, 1882. One of the First Schools for Young Ladies in in ibe United States. Surroundings beauti ful. Climate unsurpassed. Pupils from eighteen States. TERMS among the BEST in the UNION. Board, Washing, English Course, Latin, French, German, Instrumental Music, &c, for Scholastic year, from Sept. to June, $238. For Catalogues write to Rev. WM. A. HARRIS, D. D., Pres't, Staun ton, Va. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTEIl. COURT OF PROBATE. Wm. Yeadon, as Administrator" of Mary EMza Yeadon, dee'd, Plaintiff, Complaint against } for the Louisa B. Green, Susan A. j SaleofLand Spann, Sarah B. SteedmanJ and others, Defendants. J IN PURSUANCE of an order made by said Court in the above stated action, dated the 10th day of July A. D. 1S82, I will offer for sale at Sumter Court House, on Salesday n August, next, (being the 7th day of the uouth,) during the usual hours of sale?to be sold at risk of former purchaser? All that Lot of Land, with dwelling and jther buildings thereon, the property of the Estate of the said Mary Eliza Yeadon, deceas ed; situated on Church Street, in the Town of Sumter, County and State aforesaid, measur ng one hundred feet, more or less, on Church Street, and running back three hundred feet nore or less, bounded on the North by the lot formerly the property of T. C. Oxlade, on tbe East by Church Street, on the South by ot formerly the property of Mrs. Smith, and West by land formerly owned by A. J. Moses. Terras?On*- half cash, the balance to be said twelve ninths from the day of sale, with interest from that date, the purchaser to give 5ond, and mortgage the premises purchased, [o secure the payment of tbe purchase money, ind to insure and keep insured the premises, Mod assign tbe policy. The purchaser to have tbe option of paying the entire bid cash, if preferred. Purchasers to pay for all necessary papers. T. V. WALSH, Judge of Probate. Sumter, S. C, July 11, 1882. TAX NOTICE. OFFICE COUNTY TREASURER, SUMTER COUNTY, Jovx 33,1882. BY ORDER OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL and with the approval of j the Governor, the time for receiving taxes for i the fiscal jear commencing November 1st, ! 1882, without the 5 per cent. Penalty, has been extended to the 15th, July next (1882.) The rate of levy on all property assessed for taxation u as follows : For State Purposes?Four and three fourths mills on each dollar of the valuation of the property represented on the Tax Duplicate for the said Fiecal Year. For Ordinary County Purposes for said Fiscal Year?Two and oae half mills on each dollar of said valuation. Fcr Special County Purposes?to wit : For Indebtedness of said County prior to the first day of November, 1879?Two (2) mills od each- dollar of said valuation. For School Purpt ees?Two (2) mills on each dollar of said valuation ; also Poll Tax of one dollar on each taxable poll, to wit : of each male citizen between the ages of 21 and 60 years, except such as are exempt by law, and three fourths of a mill on the dollar of said valuation in School District No. ], (Sumter Township) for erecting an additional School House in said School District. My office at Somter Court House will be open until the 15th July, to receive the whole or half of said taxes, at the option of the tax payer. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, Treasurer Sumter Co. June 27 2t. ~ TO PRINTERS. A WASHINGTON HAND PRESS, No. 5, capable of printing a 32-column paper, 26x40, is for Sale at low rates, at this office. Corres pondence is solicited. Address Watchman and Southron Pub. Co. LEFT CHARLESTON TS MAT last, in an unsettled state of mind, J. WUODBRIDGE PORTER, a young man of fair complexion, about five feet, eleven inches high, with reddish brown hair, red beard and moustache, and twenty-three years old. He expressed the desire of obtaining employ me. t cpon a farm, as a means of restoring bis health, and was last heard of at Eingstree, S. C, on 20th May last, since which bis relatives have felt great anxiety for his safety, and most earnestly request that any information had of ; him be kindly communicated to N. M. PORTER, Jnly 4_Charleston, S. C. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, JUGURTHA CATO has made suit to me to grant her Letten, of Administration of the Estate and effects of ISAAC CATO, deceased, these are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of tho enid Isaac Cato, deceased, rbat tbey be and appear before me, in the Court of Probute, to be held at Sumter, on the 19th July, instant, efter publication hereof, at 11 o'clock ia the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why tbe said Administration should not be granted. -Given under my band, this 3d day of July, A. D , 1882. T. V. WALSH. July 4?2t Judge of Probate. k WrGARM ANY, M, D. SUBGSON AK2 PHYSICIAN, OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO THE CITI zens of Sumter and vicinity, with an experi ence of twenty years, and solicits a share of { tbe patronage of the community. All orders left at D. J. Auld's Drng Store during the day, and at my residence at night, will receive prompt attention. Residence on Washington Street, opposite the residence of H. Schwerin. June 20._ ANTHONY WHITE. Apt aM Commission Merei?t, SUMTER, 9. C. IS PREPARED TO TAKE RISKS AGAINST FIRE, io a number of first-class Northern, Southern and English Fire Insurance Companies, among which are North British and Mercantile of England. Scottish Commercial of Glasgow, Home of New-York, Georgia Home of Georgia, aud Others, aggregating $50,000,000 of Assets. AGENT ALSO FOR Wilson ? Childs' Philadelphia Wagons. McLear & Kendall Carriage & Bog gies. Wando Fertilizer and Acid Phosphate. July 29_ SHORTHAND! A full course of instruction in Isaac Pitman's Fonografy published every year in The American Shorthand Writer,. (MONTHLY, ) and the exercises of subscribers corrected by mail free of charge ! First lesson begins Jan uary ; back numbers furnished new sub scribers and exercises corrected by the pub lishers whenever received. The only periodi cal from which shorthand may be learned without a tutor. The lessons are exhaustive, comprehensive and interesting. The report ers' Department contains fac simile notes of leading stenografers. Send 25 cents for a single number of the magazine. SUBSCRIPTION : One year,(complete course, 12 lessons,) $2.50 Six Months,.1.25 To the Profession, $1 a year. * KO WELL & HICKCOX, Publishers, Boston, Mass.? American agents for Isaac Pitman's works, and dealers in all Shorthand books and Re porters' supplies. ?S* Shorthand clerks furnished business men in any part of the U. S. Correspond ence solicited. ?SBr Please mention this paper. WULBERN & PIEPER, WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN Provisions, Lips, Toteo, k 167 and 169 East-Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec. 2_6 BLANKS -0 LIENS, TITLES, MORTGAGES, BILLS OF SALE, BONDS, And Other Blanks in Variety, FOR SALS If THIS OFFICE. RUBBER STAMPS NAME STAMPS FOR MARKIN6 CLOTHING ?itb indellible ink, or for printing visiting :ards, and STAMPS OF ANY KIND or stamping BUSINESS CARDS, BNVEL )PES or anything else. Specimens of various tries on hand, which will be shown with pleas* ire. Tbe LOWEST PRICES possible, and orders filled promptly. Call ob C. P. OSTEEN, At the Watchman sad Southron Office. 44 it 7! 22. " 28. "34. ? IS. " 14. " l& ? 17. "18. TAX RETURN] FOR 1882. - ?. I . RETURNS OF fcK*L AND PBRSO? PROPERTY AND POLLS ?91 be ceired at the following Um? and pUeec, Johnson's Store, Tuesday, Jims 13J Reed's Mill, Wedoesday, M H Cooper's Mill, Thursday, " 15.1 Spring HU1, Friday, ? 16.j Sander's T. 0., Saturday, " 17. Providence, Monday, Statebnrg, Tuesday, Wedgefield, Wednesday, Privateer, Thursday, Zoar Church, Friday,. Lewis Chapel, Saturday, Old Manchet ter, Wed'day July 12. Bishoprille, Thursday, Mann ville, Friday, Mechanicsville, Saturday, Mayesville, Monday, Lynchburg, Tuesday, Magnolia, Wednesday, Player'sX Roads, Thursday, ** 2D. At the Auditor's Office in Sutster all other days, except the 4th July] from the 1st June to July 20th^ inch sire. N. B.?Parties making ntorot by mil or another person will please be esrtfal to fire] the fall first name of the Tex?P?yer - L P. LORING, : Jane 13. Auditor Stunter Coonty GLENN SPRINGS HOTEL, SIMPSON & SIMPSOK, PROPRIETORS. This celebrated watering place is noir opta* ed to visitors and no care or paint will be \ spared to make guests comfortable. Paawa -~ gers for Glenn Springs will take the stage at Spartanburg, which runs daily to the Springe. RATES OF BOA8D. Per day $2.00 ; per week $12.00; per week ?for 3 weeks?$10.00; per month $30.00. Special attention given to shipping the water. PRICE OP WATER. Per case of 2 do*, qt. bottles at the Springs $3.75. # ? Im?July 4 "LAND OF THE SKY!" 2,250 Feet Above Level of the So? TBE nitlKM BODSS, EE2T22BS0NVXLLS, N. C. - THIS HOUSE has just been renovated and pnt in order for this season. The splendid stone building, known J?DSOK co XEGU, Surrounded by a BEAUTIFUL Gl SEVEN ACRES, will be rnn in with the Virginia House. The will ose every effort to keep both to the old standard of the Virginia, leave nothing undone that will add to pleasure and comfort of his guest*. The pleasure grounds are by far the largest and most bean Ufa! of any Hotel in the town. Write for terms, ?fcc. Telegraph Office in the buildnig. A. J. D OD A MEAD, Proprietor; May 30_- ; ^ REMOVAL. THE BARBER SHOP or LA VAN AND EDWARDS HAS been removed to the reom. OV?B SCHEWERIN'S GROCERY, where, any work ia their line?Hair Cutting, Saar? ing, Shampooing, Hair and Moustache Dying ?will be attended to in the meet approved j styles of the art. Razor Sharpening a specialty. Particular attention paid to Ladite Children'a Hair Cutting, and Ladies ' on at their homes. _ J. F. W. DeLORME, -DEALER IN Agent. dregs t mmm TOUT SOAPS. PERFUMERY. AND ALL KINDS OF Druggist's Sundries USUALLY KEPT IN A FIRST-CLASS DRUG. STORE. Tobacco, Snuff ?nd Segars, GARDEFPSEEDS, -o Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete; warranted genu ine, and of the best quality. Call and see for yourselves. : v ' Sumter. S. C, Jan. 20, 1881. . 3?V EARS FOB THE MILLION 1 Poo Choo's Balsam of Shark's Oil Positively Restores the Hearing, ?trif ft the Only Absolute Core for Deoffcew Knows. 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 hearing were discover ed by a Buddhist Priest about the year 1410. Its cures were so numerous and MANY SO SEEMINGLY MIRACULOUS, thai the 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 addi $1.00 per bottle. Hear What the Deaf Say ! It has performed a miracle in my case, I bave no unearthly noises in my head and hear much better. I have been greatly benefited. My deafness helped a great another bottle will cure me. " Its virtues are unuqestionable and its curative character absolute, as the waiter car personally testify, both from expeil<ace anc observation. Write at once to Hay lock J Jenney, 7 Dey Street, New York, enclosing $1.00, and you will receive by?return a rem edy that will enable you to hear like any bod j else, and whose curative effects will be pen nent. You will never regret doing so."?i itor of Mercantile Review. J23T To avoid loss in the Mails, please teal mouey by Registered Letter. Only Imported by HAYLOCK * JE! (LateHaylock *Co.j Sole Agents for America. ? Dey St. 2f? TJ June 6 WRIGHT'S HOTEL,] COLUMBIA, S. C. THIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSB?j with all modern improvements, it now open for the reception of gnests. - S. i. WRIGHT 4 SO#, , May 6. Propriet?t?