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TUESDAY, JULY 18. J: A. MOOD. 5i. D. 71 iff..B: ANDERSON, j"*"T" The Swwier WafcAmaft was founded - ... in 1850 and the 2Vtie Southron in 1866. The JF?fc7?7wa?i Southron now has the combiued circulation and influence of both of thc old papers, and is- manifestly the best advertising medium- in Sumter. The exercises of the colored Normal Institute are proceeding satisfactorily, about 225 teachers being present. B. 0. Duncan, Esq., United States Consul to Naples, is on a visit to his family and friends in Newberry. Egypt owes England and France $375,000,000. That explains the bombardment. . Work bas been commenced on the :' - union or joint depot of the South Caro? lina'and Columbia and Greenville Rail Toads. In the days of the Ptolemies Alexan? dria numbered about SOO,000 inhabi? tants. Its population is now about 250,000. Up to date, only four miles of the identical rope with which Guiteau was "?^Xriv hanged have been bought by relic hun J^rX-\ tera. The New York Times shows by fig? ures that in the great city there has ' been since 1845, a marked decline in the ratio of Protestants to population and a marked increase of Beman Cath? olics. I A colored.niau while plowing near Qpekrusas, La., a few days since struck ten-gallon jar, filled with Spanish sil _>^~ Ter coins of 1779. The amount is estimated at ?8,000 to ?10,000. Eighty-four years ago this Summer, "?t a spot hardly a dozen miles from the -tcene of Admiral Seymour's exploits, ', an English fleet under the command of one Nelson, was fighting and winning the battle of the Nile. The population of Egypt is 5,500, 000, divided amongst Arabs. Turks, Copts, Abys^inians. Nubians Suabians, Jews, &c. The European population is put down at 68,000. Egypt is a , " small strip? of country 1,600 miles long by 350 wide. A century ago thc population of Alexandria was 6,000. lt was re? cently 300,000. It was founded 332 "* years before Christ by Alexander the Great. The city of course is modern, having been built within a century. Col. E. B. Cash has announced him? self as an Independent candidate for Congress in- the First District, and says tbat he will demand a fair election and will bold the bailoVbox-stuffers person ' ally responsible if they undertake to t count him out by means of tissue bal- ; - lots. '. " ". There are 1.000 Indians yet in the everglades of Florida. They speak : : their own language, but by frequent i ' intercourse with white people at the j< trading- posts on Lake Okeechobee, j ^flfc * s-??ave become civilized. They are never j ) 5^_^- . known to commit thefts or outrages. j It is very gratifying to note the grow- j1 ing tendency to plant corn in the cot- j 1 . ton belt. Southern planters have had ? ' - this suggestion put to them ever since J ? ' the war, bnt only now do they seem i j to be really awakening to the reasons j for such a course.-Augusta Constitu? tionalist. { The Rev. Mr. Fairfax colored is in . Washington trying to secure help from 1 Congress to get land and farming im- \ plements for ?he idle colored people of Kansas. He says 50,000 of them came j into the State from the South and but ' half of them are seif-sopporting. } ! -- Judge^Tourgee is bringing out a ne? j ' ^"poiitico-historical novel, *Hot Plow- j i shares.* From the title we infer that j, - it deals with the carpet-bag era and is j ( intended to prove that there really were I some things in the South on which the ! carpet-baggers would not lay their { bands.-Nexo York World. Vern. A most terrible and fatal accident j from lightning occurred in Texarkana, , on the 12th. A building was struck ? by a bolt and thrown upon the Paragon j \ Saloon adjacent, and both houses were j1 demolished. Lamps in the saloou set j 1 - fire to it, and about thirty persons lost I < ;*' their lives. Several houses were burnt , ' ' before the flames were extinguished. j : j;The New York Times says of the!, action of France as to Egyptian af- j . fairs.: 4In truth, the interests of France j ' in Egypt are wholly those of usury and J ,\ conquest. Her bankers share with those of England the dishonor of hav? ing taken a mortgage on the soil and ' toil of Egypt in exchange for sums fur- j ' nisbed for the indulgence of the extrav- j \ agant habits and abominable vices of i ; f the late Khedive/ Mr. Thomas Payne a young man about twenty years of age, was married in Taxahaw on Thursday, the 22nd of last month to Miss Catoe. The bride j, was only eleven years and seven j months old. She is thc most juvenile ! . lady that has ever entered the matri- j monia! state in Lancaster county. . -Lancaster Revieic. . ' Chinamen arc said be arriving at . Victoria, iu British Columbia, at the rate of -*even hundred a week; and j ; they might come from thence to this | j country, although the Anti-Chinese Bill j , bas beeoinealaw, as they mighta?sofrom i ( Canada. The bill does not and cannot | ? stop up all crack's through which i ? Mongolian blood may leak into thc , .United States. The Greenwood Argus says there are some colored people living in Abbeville . who are evincing some strange notions j in regard to the celebration of toe Lord's day. On Sabbath proper, they ? continue their accustomed labors, aud j act as they do on other days in the ? week, bat when Tuesday cones around, , they cease work, put on their best , clothes, and encase in singing and ' \ * cc so other exercises common with the color- i ed people on Sunday. The following is the physician's re- ; port to the coroner's jury over the body of Major L W. R. Blair, 'I examined the dead body of Major L. W. ll. ? Blair and found five bullet wounds. ? One shot passed through the heart, j fracturing the fifth rib. Another pass- j mf?Lk ed through the stomrch ; a third passed j through the lower lobe of thc right j lung, fracturing the eighth rib ; the ^kfourth passed under the right shoulder ?ade, and the fifth was in the left side, ^^se wounds caused the death of ^kState Superintendent of Educa ral Co anty School Commissioners set? ting forth the arrangements that have been made for conducting the Normal Institute for white teachers in Colum? bia, which is to continue*from Tuesday Agust 1, to Friday, August 25. All teachers from this section who purpose attendiug the Institute will be required to present a certificate from the Super? intendent; of Education io order to secure round trip tickets on the railroad, and in order to facilitate the issuing of these tickets the School Commissioner is requested to furnish the Superinten? dent, not later than July ?0, the names of all teachers who desire to at teud. To this end all such teachers are requested to so notify the School Commissioner at once, giving name, postoffice address and station at which they will take the train. Time is lim? ited, and this matter should have at? tention at once. THE EGYPTIAN~QUESTION". The course of England in the re? cent bombardment of Alexandria, andi in fact her entire policy with reference tb Egypt, seems to be pretty generally approved. Her eighty-cne-ton guns furnish arguments which are not likely to be -refuted by the most weighty logie of sympathizers with Egyp? tians. Whether right or wrong she has the power to enforce her views, and slight perturbations of conscience or adverse comment backed by no stronger power than the 'ultimate rule of right' are not likely to materially alter her movements. There are sahl to be two sides to every question, and this one does not form an exception to the rule. From j what we have been able to gather, the j j following seems to be a brief outline of the situation : Mohamed Tufik, or the 'Khedive' as he is properly titled, is the sovereign of Egypt, the Viceroy of j the Sultan of Tuckey, of whose domin? ions Egypt, forms a part. . Notwith? standing this relation to the Sultan he seems to possess almost as many privi? leges as an absolute monarch. Al- j < though in some respects a model j s sovereign he seems to have developed j ; that weakness especially characteristic j \ of oriental monarchs, a love of display, j ] which led to excessive extravagance. . In order to meet the expenses of the . court and nation, Tufik and his prede- j j cessors have contracted a public debt of ; j enormous dimensions, by borrowing, j ? chiefly from citizens of. England and j j France. Recently, in order to meet j. thc annual payments of interest, &c, which had become very troublesome, j j the Khedive appointed twa Comptrol- j lers-General, an Englishman and a j, Frenchman, to manage the financial j r iffairs of Egypt. These gentlemen j subsequently constituted his chief ad- j j risors aud exercised considerable power j in the realm. Arabi Bey, a prominent j ^ man and the representative of the j ^ national political element, jealous of thc power acquired by these foreigners, | ifter agitating the question, opeuly led i rebellion which the Kedive was una? ble to quell. England came to the Kedive's assistance, and so far has suc? cessfully vanquished the forces of Arabi Bey. The great crime of the Egyptains, j j :herefore, seems to be a disinclination Lo recognize an enormous debt contract- ! ^ ?d by their sovereign, an unwilling- j ^ aess to bc taxed by foreign officials, and j } i feeble demand that Egypt be ruled j ^ i>y Egyptains-Not very bad sentiments j r X) express in America, but decidedly ! ? inpopular among the crowned heads of j a ;he East whose disapprobation has been j ^ so forcibly exhibited in the recent en- ! j ragement. Under the circumstances we confess ;o a feeling of sympathy with the "na? tionals" of Egypt. While we appre ?iate the embarrassment to the financial interests of certain speculators in Egyp :MO stock in London and Liverpool, we jannot fail to recoguize the riirht of self- ] " government so fruitlessly demanded by ! j ;he Egyptains. In speaking of Arabi j xs a leader. Thc New York Sun jays: Arabi Pasha has certainly shown that he can make Egyptian soldiers, j r whose performances in the Abyssinian ind Russo-Turkish wars led the world to look upon them as cowards, fight ; 5 with a valor and coolness that would do i a isonor to the soldiers of any nation. IJ The English fleet for a whole day poured 1 a terrific fire, from the heaviest <runs ! ( ever used in a battle, into the Egyp- j c tians forts, some of which were too j weak to endure such a fire for an hour, j f The biggest and most destructive projec- j 'J tiles that tho science of gunnery has been able to produce ploughed up the earthworks, smashed the Egyptians' [runs, and tumbled the shaky walls down about tue ears of Arabi's rue?, and yet the latter fought on, hour after hour, amid the dust aud smoke and ruin, i . like veterans of twenty wars. How ; coolly thc Egyptain gunners handled j1 their guns is shown by thc fact that j every one of the ships was repeatedly j * bit, and all were more or less damaged j 1 by the fire from thc forts. The Egyp- j tains had up-hill work from the start, j i They had no shells, and their first shots is fell short of the English fleet, while the IJ great gun.- of the latter sent their pro- j jectilcs plumb into the forts at every fire, j But despite thc storm of irou tbttt burst i upon them, knocking their guns froa. under their hand's, the Egyptains per- ' * severed uutil they got the range of thc | 1 enemy, and then made their round shot ! s eouot upon the thick steel clad sides of \ \ the British vessels. In the night, af- ' 1 ter the first day's bombardment, the ; 1 British, turning their electric lig-hts upon jc the dismantled forts, saw the Egyptains j 1 laboring at the hopeless task of repair- j ing some of their battered works in [?reparation for thc renewal of the bat- j ^ tlc yesterday. Some big projectiles ! j were hurled from the ships at the j workmen, who undauntedly -returned ; the fire with field artillery. After this j t it will not do to call tho Egyptains cow- ! j ards. _ j \ The directors of the Darlington j, Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Co., : ( have appoiuted July 27th the time for \ i their summer fair, and the last Wcdnes- |.i STOTJNG MEW TO THE FRONT. Not ooly the material prosperity of his State bat the shaping of our politi? sai success rests upon the young men. Che quicker this fact is realized and icted upou the better. Thc debilitated jowers of old men, and that lack of ir mergy characteristic of old agc, will jeep our political machine io disorder is loos as these would-be leaders, actu ited by personal ambition, are allowed :o take the lead. What we most need ls unity of thought as well as unity of iction. ; For this wc must look to the voung men who will pull and move to? gether with such vigor as to result in ihanging the complexion of our system sf government for the better. Old men are prone to have their pet schemes md party quarrels which are the ?ause of much disgust and lethargy imong the masses. No State can ever attain eminence in that about which the people are apathetic. Then discard ;hese quarrels and schemes by infusing ?roung and healthy blood in the veins )f our billious and enfeebled body poli? ce. That means young men must come v6 the front and old ones must retire. This change is easier brought about ihan might be supposed. A leader with brains and determination, who will oe equal to the emergencies of the times in being able to advance the proper measures necessary for uniting the peo? ple in behalf of sound Democratic prin? ciples, can effecG this change. The problem for the Democrats to solve, not theoretically but actually, is the most e$ectual way to kill the Re? publican party in the South. Repeated failures by ocr leaders is guarantee that iifferent methods must be adopted be? fore its non-existence can be accom? plished. This is evident. The political sod must be stirred, not by a change )f principles but by putting the same old Democratic plow-share into the hands Df young men who by force of circum? stances have caught the spirit of thc ige, and consequently they, if placed in power, would not cause defeat by kicking against the inevitable, but would go right to work to harmonize md adjust the proper relationship be :ween the white man and the black man u political matters-whose interests will be the same when representation is illowed our brother in black in propor .iou to his wealth and intelligence. Bad management on the part of thc Democrats has kept the ucgroes di? vorced from us this long in politics he result of which speaks for itself. Che Republicans have no more sym )athy for thc negroes than thc mon :ey did for the cat when he used its jaws to pull the chestnuts out of the ire. Convince them how they are ooied, andrthen our political rub will >e at an end. If the Democrats can ?btain thc solid negro vote, then and i?t till then, wilt there be more truth han fiction in the term "solid South." We expect to see a complete revolu? to n in politics in 1SS-1. The South is ilrcady trying to shake off all thc old ions who are only able to growl at iach other wheu there is a proposition o vacate in favor of others who " have >een out iu thc cold already too long. iVe need lions, but such ones that can, ?hen the occasion requires, rise in the norning and shake themselves prepara ory to a struggle with our opponents md return to their constituents at night, laving done something more than moy roaring. Summer Meeting of the State Agri \ cultural Society. Thc Summer meeting of the Society s announced to take place at Anderson m the 15th of August. The gathering will bc an interesting md important one, and will doubtless Lttract a large number of the prominent nen of the State. The subjects of discussion during tho neeting are aonounced ^.s follows : Cotton Seed-Feeding and fertilizing ralue. J. B. Humbert, Esq., of Lau eus. Cereals, Gi'asses and Forage Crops -Kinds, with varieties adapted to the South ; methods of planting, culture .nd preserving. W. Gr. Childs of Co um bia. Farm Implements and Machinery )ur wants. Colonel William H. Evans f Darlington. Live Stock-Varieties, economical ceding on Southern products. Rou. Thomas J. Moore of Spartan burg. We have been showu by Mr. C. H. .loise, a letter addressed to him as Secretary of the Sumter Agricultural Association from Mr. Thos. 0. Hollo? way, Secretary of the Sumter Agricul ural Association, from which wc make he following extract : Thc Executive Commiltc of this Society adopted the following resolution, o which your attention is called : Resolved, That thc number of dele? gates from each County Agricultural Society be the same as in the House of .ieprcsentatives from said County. The Southern Presbyterian says": ?Ve arc sorry to learn that tho Rev. V". A. Gregg has been in feeble ?ealth for sporne time. His physician ias prescribed rest as absolutely neces? sary to his recovery. His cougrcga ious-Bishopville and Hephzibah - ?ave united iu urging him to take the seeded rest, and have givr:n him a va? cation. Wc earnestly hope Mr; Gregg nay socu entirely recover. A correspondent of thc New York Times says : 'There are in Europe 'our exalted positions to which ou'y irst class capacities should aspire when ;he atmosnere is irrespirable for the weak. There are in Europe four men it whose feet ail the Nations of the Jld World staud expectant, between ?vhom is shared the terrible honor of working thc weal or woe of humanity, rhuse positions are the Chancellorships )fEogiand, of Germany, of Austria, ind of Russia. Those arbitrators of jeace^and war are Gladstone, Bismarck, Land Degeirs/ LETTER FROM THE CRESCENT CITY. -o New Orleans and thc Gulf Section as Seen by a Sumter Man. NEWOLEAXS, July 10, 1SS2. Dear Watchman and Southron : After three weeks of hot and dust} travel, and a great deal of hard work, [ find myself in the metropolis of ibo .Pelieau' State-in fact of the Southern States. Our people have seeu and heard too much of New Orleans for_ me to attempt, a description. Suffice it to say, it is a gay and wonderful city, and really one can scarcely tell when Sunday comes. Restaurants, saloons, I segar stores, theatres, dry goods, boot { and shoe stores, markets, &c, are open j all day Sunday. Boat excursions are j ! among the many modes of taking pleasure on the Sabbath There are many fine steamers plying up aud down the Mississippi-the so called 'Fath? er of Waters'-and excursion rates are so low that the boats are crowded, both on thc River and on Lake Pontchar? train, My trip has been pleasant ex? cept some very hot weather; but dur? ing my stay here it bas been quite cool with some rain. We have a good breeze here from the Gulf and especial? ly at night, which is quite refreshing. Having stopped two days in Mobile, I took the evening train for this city, j and had a most delightful trip through a j country most beautiful at this season, I covered as it is, with luxuriant grass i now and then a river or bay as they are j called, and from one quarter to two miles j wide, which are spanned by trestle work and njagniScent iron bridges, over which the trains go at a rate of j twenty-five to thirty ini.es per hour, j Passing as wc do, in a few hundred ?yards of the .Gulf shore, we notice j many beautiful Summer residences, j which are now occupied, and to see \ the ladies and gentlemen recreating j about the grounds and depots-some ; driving and some promenading, while others are grouped about beneath the dark shade of magnolia and bay trees, which abound along rho coast together with the Palm-leaf, little scrubby Oak-, and the long leaf Pine-causes the j passenger to want to join the crowd ? und enjoy the fragrant perfume of the j sweet-scented flowers of the bay and ! magnolia, as it is wafted through the ! dark shades by a contiuual breeze from ! off the gulf. I Passengers are heard inquiring of ! the couducior, where is the home of the ; Ex-president of the 'Lost Cause,' and j with eager eyes are watching to catch a j glimpse as they pass it. I go from herc, to Pensacola, Fla., I the land of sunshine, flowers and al liga j tors. A trip through Florida, when I the orange tree is laden with- its golden j fruit, protected from a burning sun by ! its dark green leaves, makes aa impres? sion upon thc traveler never to be for ;' gotten, aud mast be seen to be apprcci-. j ated. Truly it is 'The Land of Flow ? ors.' With its beautiful lakes and 'rivers, and delightful climate, Florida ' has before her a bright future. ! I have never seen finer crops: Oat I crops most abundant, corn now made, \ ; and cotton very nattering. Merchants j j all predict heavy trade this season. In Eufaula, Ala., I had the pleasure I of peeping in upon Mr. Eugene Brown, ; formerly of Sumter, son of our esteemed ! citizen, John E. Brown, E?;q. Mr. i Brown is clerk in the Post Office, and I looks remarkably well. I will go from I Pensacola into Georgia, and Tennessee, j after which I will set face homeward, j and ere long hope to meet loved ones ' and friends at home, and recreate for a ; few days beneath the shades of our I oui ct little town Sumter. Until then 1 adieu. B. R. NASH. The jPeabdoy Scholarships. ? There are three vacancies in thc j Peabody scholarships in thc Normal j Department of thc University of Ten I nessee to be lilied by applicants from ! South Carolina. The competitive ex j amination of applicants will take place [at Columbia on Wednesday, August j 16th, and the successful candidates will j be entitled to receive tuitiou at theUni : vcrsity and ?200 during each term of j eight mouths from the Peabody fund, j which amount is found sufficient for i the ordinary expenses of the student, i This is a prize worth contending for by lour aspiriug youth, and for their infor I mation tho following is subjoined. ! 1. The applicant for a scholarship j must be at least 17 years of age, pre jsent ii certificate of irreproachable j mnral character, gentlemanly or lady i ltk habits, presumed good health,: ! declare his iuteiitiou to make teaching ! a profession, must give a pledge to re- j j main at the College two years if thc ! scholarship is continued so long, prom ! ise to submit cheerfully to all its re I quirements in study, discipline, &c, j and to teach in the public schools at ; least two years if there is opportunity. 2. The applicant must obtain from I the State Superintendent of Public i Instruction for this State a certificate i that he has passed a satisfactory exami ! nation before said Superintendent in the ? studies required for admission to the j second or middle class at the College, j viz. : Tn spelling, reading penmanship, ! grammar aud analysis, rhetoric, geognt ; phy, civil and physical, arithmetic, alge . bra, United States history. No particular ; textbooks are prescribed for this cxami j nation. Thc candidate should give evi ? dence of such knowledge of the above; j branches as would justify omitting their j further study. Sudents will also be ; examined at the College with refercuce j to their classification, &c. i - i m ip . i' < t a ?-? j "During the Lombardioout a tele-? ! phone was attached at Malta to the j : Mediterranean cable, and though it was j ! impossible to communicate verbally, j j the bombardment was plainly audible at ! a distance of 1,000 miles from Alcxan I uria. ; - -?CSP- - J> - -C" - Would not this country be in a. nice j I Gx if it was to get into war with a Euro- ! ; pc::n power with big guns ? How long ! ; would it take England to capture New j ; York, and Boston; and Baltimore, and j : Washington, think you ? At every dis? charge of the British cuus at Alexau i dria, fific.cn tons of iron were sent ashore. - ?uaasi> -oo- -.cir, ir ? ; Henry Clark, aged 40, is an inmate I of thc Camden County Insane Asylum, ; of Pa., and he has lived, according to j j thc Philadelphia Press, "for forty-one ? j days without any su.st.cuar.ee save a j ) dozen pints of water, and from that time j ! until the fifty-first day upon a small j j quautity Cf milk. The case is a re-I j markably interesting one, and will pos- I ? si bl v bc of socio ? eiterest to medical ? j science, inasmuch as thc man's mind : : seems to have been affected sufficiently I to warrant his early discbarge as a j jCtircd patient." If true he beats Tan? ker. Messrs. Editors : Allow me space to corree: a report which seems current, to the effect, that I have taken part in the nomination and support of individuals as candidates for Dem? ocratic nomination to office. Such a course is inconsistent with the position of Cou atv Chairman. The first duty of the Chairman is to watch all candidates both before and after the party nomination, and if any one acts contrary to cither Democratic policy or principle, to sound the alarm. It would hardly lc expect? ed that the Chairman would sound such an alarm against himself. Thc second duty is to heal all personal or local dissensions: and yet the chairman himself may be the cause of such dissension. The third duty is to lead a bold uncompromising campaign and carry the election of all the candidates; but the Chair? man might pervert the powers of the office to promote his own election at the cost of other i candidates of the party. In accepting the Chairmanship I assumed not only its duties and responsibilities (not by anv means light) but its disabilities. I have j : " therefore abstained not only from taking part ior any individual candidate, but have repeatedly refused the use of my name io c'or.: oectioa with the Senate. Very truly yoars, &c, J. D. BLANDING. A "Wonderful Kew Sort of Cotton. ATLANTA, June 30.-Attention is now attracted to a new sort of cotton plant which bids fair to prove immense? ly valuable. For many years Mr. A. A. Sabers, of Macon, has been careful? ly experimenting to hybridize the cot? ton plant that grows wild in Florida with the common okra. The cotton plant used is of that species which is found on the lowlands of the Caloosc. ] hatchie Uiver. The new plant retains j the okra stalk and the foliage of the j cotton. Its flower a'nd fruit, however, I is strikingly unlike either cotton or j okra. The plant has an average height ! j of two feet, and each plant has only one ! I bloom. This is a magnificent flower, | j very much like the great mgnolia in ! I fragrance and equally as large. Like ! the cotton bloom, the flower is white for several days, after which it is pale ? pink, and gradually assumes darker j shades of this until it becomes red, ? when it drops, disclosing a wonderful i j boll. For about ten days this boll, ro- j j sembles the cotton boll, and then its j I growth suddenly increases as if by j j magic until it finally reaches the /-size j I of a bi? cocoanut. Not until it reaches j j this size does the lint appear. Then j j its snowy threads begin to burst from ! j thc boll, but arc held securely in place j ? by the okra-like thorns or points that j j line the boll. One inexperienced pick- j ? er can easily gather SOO pounds I i a day, and fast hands much more, j I Were thc only saving that of labor io ; ! gathering the lint, the result of Mr. j J Saber's experiment would entitle him ! j ia the lasting gratitude of thc Southern j I farmer, li?t this is not all-there are i j no seeds in the Hut. Each boll pro- j j duces about two pounds of v?ry fine j I long staple cotton, superior to the sea ? j island, and at the bottom of the boil ? I there are from four to six seeds resem- j j hiing persimmon seed. This new cot- I j ton therefore, needs no giuning.- ? ' Correspondence Ncc York Sun. Great Bri lian has abour. twenty iron I clads at or near Alexandria and more ; i are on thc way. Among them is the ! i Inflexible, which, it is not an exaggera- ! ! tiou to say, would alone be a match for j ! the entire American navy. The In- j ! flexible bas armor varying from six- j j teen to twenty-four inches in thickness, j ! She carries four eighty-one-ton guns. I \ TL? calibre of these guns is sixteen ! j inches The weight of thc projectiles ; j thrown by them 1,700 pounds; thc; : charge of thc- powder 370 pounds, a::id j they penetrate twenty-seven inches of i iron ai a distance of 500 yards. - ?Mg?.-CTI i i? Because I have got my grip upon j you do not deceive thousands with j the hope that there are no sulphur a:ad j brimstone io my fire-place, and that ? roy tire goes out iu the summer time.- : Satun to Beecher. For tremulousness, wakefulness, dizziness, j and iack of energy, a most valuable remedy is | Brown's Iron Bitters. .A Valuable Addition. Because it is benef.ial to the scalp and! adds to personal beauty by restoringcolor and j i lustre to gray or faded hair, is why Parker's j j Hair Balsam is such a popular dressing. - What Everybody "Wants Is a reliable medicine that never does any j harm and that prevents and cures disease by \ \ keeping the stomach in order, the bowels rejiu- ! I lar and the kidneys and liver active. Sucii a j j medicine is Parker's Ginger Tonic. It re- J i lieves everv case, and has cured thousauds. ! i See other column.-Tribune. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S.C., July IT, 1SS2. j COTTON-About 3 bales have been sold ! j during the week ending July the 17. Market : closed quiet.. We quote: Stained 0??t0?; j Tinged 1?2?10? ; Ordinary Of j Good Ordi-j j nary l?f-f how Middling 10-?@li?; Mid-j | diing llJ@1H: Good Middliug lU@12?. j CHARLESTON, S. G., Jujy 15, 1882. ! Corros.-Market quiet. Sales, - bales. ! Quotations are : Tinged M??11$.; Ordina- j ry 0.]010.}; Oood Ordinary, ll.]; Low j Midd?ug, 12; Middling. 12I-; Good lad- j diing. 12J. WILMINGTON. N. C., Julv 10, 1SS2. ! SPIRITS TC?PICNTI.VK-Market quoted cull j at 42} cents. Sales of 250 casks, market closing dui!. Rosix-The market wa? quiet at SI.50 for Strained and $1.C0 for Good Strained. ?KC?K TeuPEXTiXE-Market firm at $1.75, | Ter Hard, S3.00 for Soft and Virgin. COTTON'-- Market firm. No sales reported. ? The following aro the official quotations : ; Ordinary 0 9-1G, Good (.?rd i nary 10 15-1'J, j Low Middling ll 13-16, Middling 12.1, Good j Middling 12;;. . "/^o^-^^ ^ j YTji ARE NOW PREPARED TO RE- I r'V ceivc arid lill orders foe the celebrated ? WINSHIP GINS, FEEDERS and COND EN- ! SERS. AI?o, their Colton Presses. These . Gins being so well known throughout this j section ul" the country, require no further j rceoia muli dalson. J. RETTENBERG ? SONS. Julv ll Agents for Sumter Co. j TO FKINT2RS. j A WASHINGTON HAND PRESS, No. 5, j capable of printing a 32-col until paper, 2?xl?, i is for Sale at low rates, at this office. Corres? pondence is solicited. Address \Valchnan and Southron Pul. Co. ! um iii mm mm?m, \ SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C., July 13, 1SS2. j DURING HIS ABSENCE FROM TOE County, all perseus wishing to see thef undersigned on business connected with ,ie j\ s-bools, will please call on C. M. Durs? ^l-, j ] .who is authorized to attend to any *,usiness . 1 'relating to this office. . ? ?ri. Julv IS W^-.RtAME. I NEW AND SECOND-HAND mma m SM Engines* Boilers; Saw-Mills, Gins Fresses, &c. AT LOWEST PRICES. oy HAND. One 25-IIor?e Power Talboit Portable Engine and Boiler complete. One Saw-Mill, 25-feet carnage. Ouc 50-inch Disston improved chisel-toothed Circular Saw. One 60-SAw Winship Gin, with Feeder and Condenser. One 60-saw DuBois Gin and Condenser. One 60-saw Farquhar Gin. One Sco?eld Power Press. Lot of Shafting, Pulleys, Belting, &c. -o G-IN REPAIRING-. GINS, FEEDERS and CONDENSERS re? paired and made as good as new by compe? tent workmen. SAWS, RIBS., and PERFORATED ZINC; for Gins and Condensers, on band. -ALSO Light Engine Repairing DONE AT SHORT NOTICE. Shop on S;> rater Street, between Dugan and Bartlett Streets. C. T. MASON. JR., July 18_Sumter, S. C. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS. WILLIAM J. YOUNG bas made suit to me to grant bim Letters ol' Administration of thc Estate and effects of SAM'L II; YOUNG deceased, these are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of thc said Sam'I II. Young ijeccascd, that they Lc and appear before me. in the Court o? Probare, to be held at Sumter, on August 3rd next after publication hereof at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be grautad. Given underlay hand, this 17th day of July A. D., 1SS2. I. Y. WALSH, July IS--21 Judge of Probate. THE SUMTER Fail M ?pillti WILL HOLD ITS Third Annual Fair On the 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th, OF OCTOBER 1882. APROSPEROUS Agricultural Season gives promise of liberal agricultural exhibits, and a large r.ttendance. Many new and interesting features will be introduced, and every effort will he made to render the Third Annual Fair.a complete suc? cess. There will bc Foot Races, Plouging Match? es. Glass Bali Shooting, Bicycle Races and an j exhibition of Fancy Riding on Bicycles. The .Madison Square* Dramatic Company ? will perform their celebrated play "Esmer- j alda," on Wednesday evening the 25th Octo? ber, at Music Hall. Premium Lists containing all particulars j will he mailed to the principal Plwnter?, i Manufacturers and Merchants, in the Conn- j ties of Sumter, Kershaw aud Clarendon. The good people of these and adjoining Counties are-earnestly solicited to send arti-i oles for exb?lion. C. H; MOISE, Sec. and Treas., S. P. & A. A. I E. W. MOISE, President. juiv is : THE OIN LY PERFECT 'RTH'TT! THRESHER. ! ?- Ateo KNGINBrf ^ Write fur! prices to TFE A ULT.MAN & TAYLOR CO.. : July 11-2_ M misfit-M. Obi?:, j Grand Midsummer Closing Out ; Sale-l,CGO Pianos and Organs j at Rock Bottom Cash Hates, on Easy Terms. Buy now, and pay when cotton comes in. j A smail cash payment and balance November j 1st. 1,000 standard Instruments, from best ? makers only. All styles and prices. No stencil Instruments. Makers! names on all. SPECIAL MIDSUMMER OFFER. P?ANOS, S25 cash aud balance November 1st, 1SS2: ' ORGANS, SIC cash and balance November ! 1st, 1382. Lowest cash rates and no interest. Can't j buy cheaper next fall with cash in hand. | Ciosin? out to reduce stock and keep working ; force ?mpl?ved through summer. Special MIDSUMMER OFFERS to Install- j ment bu vers. Send for Catalogues, Price j Lists and Circulars giving fall information. Address LUHDEN & BATES, Southern j Music House, Savannah Ga. The Great j Wholesale Piano and Organ Depot ot* the South. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. COURT OF PROBATE. Wm. Yeadon, as Administrator") of Mary Eliza Yeadon, dee'd, I Plaintiff, I Complaint against ?> for the Louisa B. Green, Susan A. SaleoI'Land i Spann, Sarah B. Steedman | and others, Defendants. J IN PURSUANCE of an order made by said i Court in the above stated action, dated ! the 10th day of July A. D. 1S32, ? will offer j for sale at Sumter Court House, on Salesday j in August, next, (heing the 7th day of the j month,) during the usual hours of sale-to be ; sold at risk of former purchaser All that Let of Land, with dwelling and i other buildings thereon, the property of the j Estate of thc said Mary Eliza Yeadon, deceas ed, situated ou Church Street, in the Town of i Sumter, County aud State aforesaid, tneasur- i lng one hundred feet, more or less, on Church J Street, and running back three hundred teet j more or less, bounded on the North by the j lot formerly the property of T. C. Oxhide, on j the East by Church Street, on thc South by j lot formerly the property of Mrs. Smith, and ; West by land formerly owned by A. J. Moses, j Terms-One-half cash, the balance to be j paid twelve months from thc day of sale, with i interest from that date, the purchaser to give i bond, and mortgage the premises purchased, | to secure i he payment of the purchase money, ; and to insure and keep, insured the premises, ; and assign the policy. The purchaser to have j the option of paying the eutire bid cash, if i preferred. Purchasers to pav for all necessary papers. T. V. WALSH, Judjje of Probate. . Sumter, S. C., July ll, 18S2. THE OLD RELIABLE! j -O N E O F THE BEST NEWSPAPERS IN TUE SOUTH. No Sensationalism ! No Immorality ! - o AUGUSTA ?aiis ? CeMieiiisi 1882. SUBSCRIBE FOR IT ! THE CHRONICLE AND CONSTIT?- j TIONALIST is the oldest newspaper in j thu Snath, aid perhaps the oldest in thc j Uniled State?, having been established in j J 1765. While thoroughly Democratic in prin- j ciplc. it. is I?vral, progressive and tolerant, j The Cnro/?Hc contains thc latest news from ? all parts of the world, and is recognized as a j first class >apcr. j As an idvcrlising medium, it covers the j country ia Georgia and South Carolina tribu- i fary to Augusta. Wc endeavor to exclude sensationalism. \\"c ru&lish no articles of an immoral charac TERMS: >aily, oimyear.$10 00 i s fri-Wecket, one year. 5 00 j u iVeekly, onie year. 2 00 j 0 Address,'- * WALSH & WRIGHT, jan24-td I Augusta, Ga. j A' REMOVAL. TTT G. KENNEDY bas removed bis Book y \ # and Variety Store to the stand next door South of Wm. Bogin's new store, on Main Street, where lie '.viii he pleased to see Ins customers and thc public generally. ?m~m~??EW RENT, 'PLY to iv'. G. KENNEDY next door South of Wm. Bogin. July ll Wagon for Sale. AONSHORE WAGON, as good as new. Apply to W. G. KENNEDY, next door South cf Wm. Bogin. July ll THE UNDERSIGNED is piepared to sharpen Gin Saws, or overhaul and put in thorough ord^r Cotton Gins of any pattern. All work attended to promptly, and satisfac? tion guaranteed. General Carpentry and Building attended to as heretofore. W. H. PHILLIPS, July ll Sumter, S. C. F THERE WILL BE A RE-UNION of the Survivors of this Company at .MAYES VlLLE, S. C., AUGUST 10th, 18S2, at 10 A. M. A full attendance is desired. J. R. MULDROW, WM. M. REID, C. 0. WHEELER, July II_Committee. LEFT CHARLESTON IN 3fAY last, in an unsettled state of mind, J. WOODBRIDGE PORTER, a young man of fair complexion, about five feet, eleven inches high, with reddish brown hair, red beard and moustache, and twenty-three yea-s old. He expressed the desire of obtaining employ? ment upon a farm, as a means of restoring his health, and was last beard of at Kingstree, S. C., on 20th May last, since which his relatives have felt great anxiety for bis safety, and most earnestly request that any information had of him be kindly communicated to N. M. PORTER, July 4 Charleston. S. C. PORTABLE HAND POWER COTTON AND HAY PRESS. Over 100 Manufactured and Sold bj Us j the past two seasons. FIRST PREMIUMS taken over all comneti 'tors at the North and South Carolina I ?State Fairs ; also at the Weldon, N. C., and j Darlington County Fairs, last fa!!. Cuts, ! circulars and testimonials sent ou application. : We arc now manufacturing TOO for the fall 1 trade, and feel warranted in saying that we j manufacture thc best Press now in use. Send | for circulars to CELY & BRO., July ll Grpenville.-S. C. ? ' WESJLEYA?V FEMALE INSTITUTE, STAUNTON, VIRGINIA. OPENS SEPTEMBER 20th, 1882. One of the First Schools for Young Ladies in in the United States. Surroundings beauti? ful. Climate unsurpassed. Pupils from eighteen States. TERMS among the BEST iu the UNION. Board, Washing, English Course, Eutin, French, German, Instrumental Music, kc, for Scholastic jear, from Sept. to June, S23S. For Catalogues write to REV. WM. A. HARRIS, D. D., Pres't. Stainton, Va. SUE&20N AND PHYSICIAN, OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO THE CITI zens of Sumter and vicinity, with an experi? ence of twenty years, and solicits a share of the patronage of the community. All orders left at D. J. Auld's Drug Store during thc day, and at my residence at night, will receive prompt attcniion. Residence on Washington Street, opposite the residence of II. Schwerin. Juno 2(.'. SFll'? ? ?CkS'2a fi B?SCki 4 fis? Api ai CS?IMSI liai SUIVI TER, S. C. IS PREPARED TO TAKE RISKS AGAINST FIRE, a _~ in a number of first-class Northern, Southern and English Fire Insurance Companies, among which arc North British and Mercantile of England. Scottish Commercial of Glasgow, Home of New-York, Georgia Home of Georgia, and Others., ! aggregating ?50,000,000 of Assets, j AGENT ALSO FOR Wilson & Childs' Philadelphia Wagons. McLear & Kendal's Carriage & Bug? gies. Wando Fertilizer and Acid Phosphate. July 29 SHORTHAND! | A full course of instruction in Isaac Pitman's j Fonografy published every year in The -American Shorthand Writer, ; (MOXTULV, ) and the exercises of subscribers corrected by j mail free of charge! First lesson begins Jan- j uary ; back numbers furnished new sub-j scribers and exercises corrected by the pub Ushers whenever received. The only periodi- j cal from which shorthand may be learned j without a tutor. The lessous are exhaustive, J comprehensive and interesting. The report-: ers' Department contains facsimile notes of j leading stenografers'. Send 25 cents for a j single numher of the m/tjgasint. SUBSCRIPTION: One year.(complete course, 12 lessons,) $2.50 j Six .Months, - - -.1.25 j To the Profession, Si a year. HOWELL & HICKCOX, Publishers, j Boston, Mass., American agents for Isaac Pitman's works, ? and dealers in all Shorthand books and Rc- j porters' supplies. i2?r Shorthand clerks furnished business j men in any part of the U. S. Correspond? ence solicited. ??3~ Please mention this paper. WOLBERN & PIEPER, j WHOLESALE GROCERS, j AND DEALERS IN Provisions, Lipers, Tiacso, k\ 167 and 109 East-Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec. 2 <> LIENS, TITLES, MORTGAGES, BILLS OF SALE, j BONDS, ! I And Other Blanks in Variety, FOR SALE m THIS OFFICE, j RUBBER STAMPSr j NAME STAMPS FOR MARKING CLOTHING j rith iinlelltblc ink, or for printing visiting j ard*, and STAMPS OF AX Y KIND jr .?tamping BUSINESS CARDS. ENVEL .l'ES or anything else. Specimens of various ty ]cs on hand, which "1 bo shown with pleas re. The LOWEST rfUCES possible, and rders filled promptly. Call on C. P. OSTEEN, At the Watchman and Southron Office. TAX RETURNS FOR 1882, RETURNS OP REAL ANI? PERSONA PROPERTY AND POLLS will be I ceived at tho following times and places, viz ; Johnson's Store, Tuesday, June 13. Reed's Milt, Wednesday, " 14. Cooper s Mill, Thursday, " 15, Spring Hill, Friday, .-- *' 16. .Sander's T. 0., Saturday, " 17. j Providence, Monday, c*^t$wJ 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. Mann ville, Friday, ** 14. Mechanics ville, Saturday, " 15.1 Mayesville, Monday, " 17. "s Lynchburg, Tuesday, " 18. , Magnolia, Wednesday, 4t 19. Player's XRoads, Thursday, ?1 20. At the Auditor's ?iSco in Sumter \ all other days, except the 4th July from tho 1st June to July 20th, inclu sive. N. B.-Parties making returns by mail or b; another person will please be careful to git the full Grst name of the Tax-Payer L. P. LORINC?, Jnne 13. Auditor Sumter County GUNN SPRINGS HOTEL, SIMPSON & SIMPSO] PROPEIETORS. This celebrated watering place is nowopei ed to visitors and no care or pains will bel spared to make guests comfortable. Passen-j gers for Glenn Springs will take the stage; Spartanburg, which ruDS daily to the Springs.] BATES OF BOARD Per day $2.00 ; per week $12.Cu, per week -for 3 weeks-$10.00 ; per month $30.00. Special attention given to shipping the water. PRICE OP WATEB. Per case of 2 doz. qt. bottles "at the Springs $3.75. 3m-July 4 "LAND OF TEE SKY!" 2,250 Feet Above Level of the Sea ' Tili Milli iI0ll,i TUTS HOUSE bas just been renovated ai put in order for this season. The splendid stone building, kno\ JUDSON COLLEG] ! Surrounded by a BEAUTIFUL GR( j SEVEN ACRES, will be ruif Tn cont j with the Virginia House. The propi j will usa every effort tu keep both bouses ?] j to thc ole standard of the Virginia, and wil^ ! leave nothing undone that will add to the ! pleasure and comfort of his guests. The pleasure grounds are by far the largest] j and most beautiful of any Hoted in the town, j Write for terms, &c. Telegraph Office in the burldnig. A. J DODAMEAD, Proprietor, j May 10_ REMOVAL. ; THE BARBER SHOP OF LAVAN AND EDWARDS] HAS l>een removed to the r*>om OV1 SC?1EWERIN'S GROCERY, whet any work in their line-Hair Cutting, Shaj ing, Shampooing, Hair and Moustache Dyir -will be attended to in the most ap^rov^ styles of the art. Razor Sharpening a specialty. Particular attention paid to Ladies ai Children's Hair Cutting, and Ladies wait^ on at their homes. J.F. W; BEL -DEALER TN. Agei ;s & Mirais, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMES' AND ALL KINDS OF Druggist's Sundries USUALLY KEPT IN A FIRST-CLASS DRU( STORE. Tobacco, Snuff and Seg? GARDEN SEEDS, &< Physician's Prescriptions carej compounded, and orders ansi with care and dispatch. The public will find my st Medicines complete, warranted* ine, and of the best quality. Call and see for yourselves. Sumter. S. C., Jan. 20, ISSI. EARS FOB THE MUON! Foo Choc's Balsam of Shark's Oil Positively Restores the Hearing, and I? the Only Absolute Cure for Deafness Known? This Oil is abstracted from peculiar species of smalt WHITE SHARK, caught in the Yel-, low Sea. known as Carcharodon Rondeleth.j Every Chinese fisherman knows it. Its vir? tues as a restorative of hearing were discover-J cd by a Buddhist Priest about the year 1410. Its cures were so numerous and MANY SOJ SEEMINGLY MIRACULOUS, that the remf edy was ofncially proclaimed over the ?ntii Empire. Its use became so universal that fo OVER 300 YEARS NO DEAFNESS JJ/' EXISTED AMONGTHECHINj&Sfi PST Sent, charges prepaid, io any address $1.00 per bottle. Hear What the Deaf SayJ It has performed a miracle in my case, I have no unearthly noises in my head &q hear much better. I have been greatly benefited. My deafness helped a great deal-tbi another bottle will cure me. " Its virtues are unuqestionable and curative character absolute, as the writer < personally testify, both from experience aJ observation. Write at once to Haylock! Jcnney, 7 Dey Street, New York, enclosit $1.00. and you will receive by return a rei edy that will enable you to hear like anyboc else, and whose curative effects will be permi neut. You will never regret doing so."-J~ itcr of M'erca???e Review. ??s~ To avoid loss ia the Mails, please send j mo.iev bv Registered Letter. : ; Only Imported by HAYLOCK & JENNET (Late Haylock & Co.) Sole Agents for America. .7 Dey St. X. June 6 WRIGHT'S HOTE COLUMBIA. S. C. THIS NEW kip \ ELEGANT HOUi with all mo?ra improvements, is no] jpen for the repution of guests. /?. L. WEIGHT & SON7, May 6./^ - Propi