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SSS ^TUESDAY, JULY 25. ^ A: MOOD. M. D. } E D.-B: ANDERSON, > ^DIT0RS TheJSumter tfofcfanan was founded -io 1850- and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now bas the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medkmrin Sumter. |? The crops in the northwest of Ire? land are reported to be an almost total failure. - ? || . General N. M. Curtis has been fined - ?1,000, for levying assessments for political purposes on Federal employees. Reports from Panama show the affairs of the Canal Company to be in confu sioo, and increased mortality on the ~ Isthmus. A bill, to modify the postal money fv 6r4er system passed the House of Representatives ; it makes the maximum amount of a single order ?100, and re? duces the fees for all orders. David Da via would make a good 1 President of the United States. He is i lpg che incarnation of a just and honest \ public mau.-Augusta Constitutional > al?t. The first hale of new crop Georgia . V cotton, raised by P. W. Jones of ? " ' Baker County Ga., was sold in front of ( the Cotton Exchange N. Y. on the 20th i for 15 cents per pound. j Arrangements are making for anoth- j er glove fight between J. L. Sullivan ( 0 ? and 'Tug' Wilson, to take place in New ???-?^- York within thirty days, the winner to ' take two-thirds of the gate money and ? the stakes, $1,000 aside. t > Col. Tng Wilson's feat will cause, it ? is thought, great commotion in college f circles, where brawn is much more popular than brain. At least, the New York Times seems to think that this is 2 -". tm? of Northern universities. { A Chinese company is preparing to ? erect workshops and wharves in Victo- \ ria, British Columbia, to manufacture, t clothing, boots and shoes, tinware, cigars and other articles, and to enter ? i?to competition with the white firms. 1 Th? intention creates a serions feeling \ tf alarm. g t Tillman leaves Congress in a blaze t of ^glory. His speech in parting t ' with bis associates was a masterpiece of , wit, dignity, wisdom and genuine ?lo? quence. He will be all the more popu- ^ lar in South Carolina because of Radi- v eal persecution, and may be Governor s of the State if so disposed.-Augusta - Chronicle. A new Orleans special announces the death of Hon. Julian Neville, grandson of the Revolutionary General Daniel s Morgan, and Himself for fifty years prominent in Lousiana political and social life. . He died of paralysis, in ? poverty attended only by his blind and t crippled wife. :-The ..Greenbackers voted with the j, Republicans ia Congress to unseat Geo. ? D. Tillman, a man of the people and opponent of the national banks, and to 0 seat Robert Smalls, a convicted thief, a ^^^whois.a. disgrace to bis own race, and a ~wnDras far as he has any political prin- j, eiples at all, favors the high tariff poli- ^ ey of stalwart Republicanism. Will * Southern white men support such a - party ? t The .wheat crop of 1882 is estimated s in excess of that of 1880 by 50,524,- j 495 bushels, and it is to be presumed t that the other crops named wilt show a proportionate advance in sum totals. j If such should be the case, the cereal * crops of the country for 1882 would ap- I proximate ?1,000,000,000 in value, i If to this vast amount the value of the T potato, hay, cotton and tobacco crops j . is added, the grand sum total of values cannot fall much below ?1,750,000,- * 606, tbe entire amount being available ' for business during the next business ] year. With such a showing business , men may well feel hopeful. While in Charleston last week we , were informed by a member of a Dem- j ocratic club in ward 3 that great efforts would be made by said club to send tc ' the State nominating convention a dele? gation favoring the nomination for Gov- ; eanor of an Independent candidate nam- , ing at the time Col. E. B. C. Cash ! ' \ We would suggest to the member that they tie mill stones about their necks 1 and plunge into the .briny waters of the - Ashley or Cooper-River instead of mak? ing any such idiotic attempts as men? tioned * above.-Bamberg Chronicle, 1M. On July 1, 1882, the total interest- ( bearing debt of the United States was ?1,463,810.400, and the annual inter- ( est charge ?57,360,110, the monthly I interest charge being ?1,780.009.1: The debt beariog no interest amounted !. to $438,241,788. The population off the United States at that time is given j4 ' at 52,799,000, which made the total j1 public debt 031.32 per capita, the an- ; < nual interest charge per capita being j < ?1.09 The debt was largest August ? ( 31, 1865, ?2,381,530.294. the annual j interest charge being ?150,977,697. j1 The debt bearing no interest then was j ?461,616,311. The population of the;? country then was 34,748,000, the debt i j per eapita was ?78.25, and the interest j ? charge per capita ?4.29. The total j. debt, less cash in the Treasury, August j 81, 1865, was ?2,756,431.571; on Ju- ! ? iyl, 1882, it was ?1,675,023,474, j 1 which means that the debt has been re- i doced ?1,081,408,097 in seventeen j, years. j ^ The Dalton, (Ga.) Citizen relates the j following : 4 A negro, whose name we failed to learn, appeared in the neigh- ? ? borhood with smallpox. When it bc- j c came known the citizens of that section j ? quarantined him in a cabin isolated j t from other houses, and warned him to J there remain until the disease had sub- j* sided, the patient then being in a state j s of convalescence. But when tho ! ^ negroes at work on the Red Clay and ? j Ooltewab connection, now in progress j of construction, learned that a case of j smallpox was near by, several lawless i a and heartless scoundrels, fearing a j ? spread of the disease, armed themselves i p a few nights ago and proceedd to the j ]( patient's cabin, and as he lay in bed ! shot him through the window, fired the j _.boase and literally cremated thc poor ! 0 victim. The wretches then made their I p escap?. Though warrants have been j f, issued against several parties, there is ? i? no conclusive evidence as to who were j the participants in the bloody deed.' ; Mr. Alexander H. Stephens was j nominated for Governor of Geoigia by j v the Democratic Convention at Atlanta ? n TH OD the 20th instant. The vote stood : Stephens, 325 ; scattering, 8 ; not vot? ing, 37. The following State, officers were nominated by acclamation ; Secre? tary of State N. C. Barnett; Comp? troller-General, W. A. Wright; Treas? urer, D N. Spear; Attorney-General, Clifford Audersoo. For Congressman at-large, upon the cali of counties tne the vote stood Thomas Hardemau, 208 ; George T. Barnes; 78; E. H. Carl? ton, 51 ; W. H. Dabncy, 21. The nomination of Mr. Hardemau was made unanimous. The convention adjourned after electing a State Executive Com? mittee and adopting a platform. The platform reaffirms the principles of Jef? fersonian Democracy and renews faith in Democratic doctrines, charges the pre? sent National Administration with un? dignified partisan and corrupt interfer? ence with local elections and prostitution of thc Executive patronage for the pur? pose of extending its power, and under color of collecting internal revenue, with setting on foot armed raiding parties who range at will and often subject innocent persons to loss of liberty and even life. A writer in the Sumter Advance construes our recent article headed .'young men to the front" as ? -'boom" for the younger of the two candidates Por the Senate, now before the people, ibis was not the intention of the writer. There was not a sentence which the article contained that attributed to Col. Earle the slightest superiority over his jpponent. There was not the slightest illusion to either of the gentlemen, and u no way could it be regarded as favor ng the nomination of Col. Earle, ex ?ept from the fact of his being cotnpara ;ively the younger of the two-a con? struction which could as justly be placed ipon every contrary argument as a 'boom" for Dr. Bossard-which would )c incorrect, for obvious reasons. The Watchman and Southron will studiously tvoid au expression of opinion with re? gard to the merits of the gentlemen in [uestion, leaving the choice entirely nth the people, pledging itself, however, o support the candidates of the Dcmo ratic party, when the nomination is | ?ade. Many correspondents have ad -ocated the claims of each of these gen lemen in its columns, but their coin m u lications, have, without exception, been ?aid for as advertisements. Any candi? la te in this way, may have a "boom" if ie so desires it, but the editors are in no rise responsible for the views which are et forth. We assure our readers that re will as gladly announce the name ? Dr. Bossard as the chosen candidate or the Senate, as. that cf Col. Earle, houid the convention so decide it. The political meeting on Saturday ! ras a failure if its success be meas- ! ired by\ the good it accomplished for he Greenback party in whose interest t was held. Whatever may have been lone toward strengthening Indepen icntism or increasing disaffection mong Democrats, the meeting was an itter failure so far as Greenbackism s concerned. After the first speaker, Ir. McLean of the Reform Signalt lad delivered himself of a perfect elocu ionary abortion, Mr. Russell, of Ander on, attempted io elucidate the princi des of his party, and to satisfv his lis eners of the ponders "it would acco ra? dish in banishing poverty and spreading lonesty throughout the State if sup >orted by the people, but his most ! -aluahie deductions from Political Eco- \ iomy did not create a perceptible nterest. The ooly portion of his ?peech which seemed to be appreciated were allusions to corruption 4>f office? holders, fraud in elections, ring-de? mocracy, &c. &c. Col. Cash did not speak in behalf of lay party, but contented himself with berating the Democracy for a failure to carry out their pledges of 1876. Mr. C. H. Moise, occupied about half un hour in showing his polititical record, md Messrs. Jos. H. Earle and R. D. Lee made an able defense of the De? mocracy. -YOUNG MEN" TO THE FRONT." ? 'Our advancing years bring along with them many advantages, our de? clining ones take many away : lest by chance the parts of old age be committed to youth, and manhood to a boy ; wc must always dwell upon qualities joined ind suited to the age." Thus Horace express himself, when he had in mind ?.hat period in which man was best qualified to serve his country ; and thus )ther writers of different ages who were thoroughly acquainted with human cature have expressed themselves. The interests of a country take pre? cedence of every other consideration. Man is the measure of ali things, for belief and all practice rest on law and law is the result of convention made imong men, and ultimately produced oy individual conviction. If human nterests were not changeable, law ?vould be a fixed thing, and consequent ,y it would argue that the older a man j >ecomes the more thoroughly he might j )e acquainted with the laws of his j iountry, and therefore better suited to j tttend to its affairs. Not by reason of j he strength of his mind iu his old age o grapple and solve difficulties, but on Lccount of having familiarized himself vith a fixed standard bv which human j nterests are to be regulated. This ha? j tever beeu the case iu remote antiquity j j ind, especially, in this progressive age j rhen the ever changing interests of the >eople demand, not so much the know edge of the past, commonly called iisdoin, as the keenest political acumen H the part of our leaders to deal with resent difficulties. Now if political ! jresight is a faculty necessary to social ife, like other faculties, it is subject not nly to growth, but also to disease and j ecay. The first question then is, j rhosc faculties, old or young men's, are j lost subjected to disease and decay ? j K) W A. T The reader can answer for bimi The next, politically speaking, at v agc a man is most efficient ? From fact that the most efficient men in various avocations in life are bet* the age of 25 and 45, we think t j that period of age will hold equally 1 j in politics. Of course here and tl [ you will find a bright and shining ceptions, but these arc exceptions to rule. Independent of these argumei what is Democracy if it is not the tervention of the people, as a whole, contrasted with any section or indi* ual constituent of the people, in gove mcnt. Who are the majority, o from 25 to 45 years of age or th from 45 down the scale of old age ? is as plain as the nose on your face t those from 25 to 45 }'ears of age cc pose the majority. Now who, as a ru ought the people to be represented I the minority or majority ? The maj ity certainly have more interests stake, and therefore ought to have I say so about this matter. We don't nore the just claims of any class as lo as the career of the Democracy is 1 bridled by the minority. Nor do espouse the cause of every young To Dick and Harry who may think hims an intellectual giant, and who mi Samson-like, undertake to pull den this grand political fabric of ou because he cannot have everything 1 own way. Every form of government is compe ed to "repress the claims of some, ai the question is whether the benef gained by the majority are proper purchasable by the exclusion of minoi ty class. This the people will answ at the ballot box. The fact that "0 Native Young Governor" who is nc languishing iu penitentiary, is no arg ment why old men should be kept : front. Because a certain young mu ran away with the plow and play( havoc with a field of corn, is that suf cient reason why young mules shon not be plowed ? And, pray, what doe the old saying, "Old men for coui sel, young men for" war," argues? ] no young man fit to sit in council ? < no old man able to shoulder his musk* and do service in war ? Arguments ai "sterner stuff" than this. When ot friend reads more of political scient and open his eyes to the indications < the times, then he might be able to ii struct a younger man in such matten We publish a communication from A McL., which, though advocating a unnecessary measure, so far as ou judgment is concerned, may be regard ed by many as highly important. We have received a communicatio from Lynchburg, purporting to com from colored men, signed J. W. an R. H. As it contains charges whic may require substantiation if published and is, besides a chargeable matter, w must receive the names of the writers i full and payment for insertion, befor further notice can be takeu of it. Hick's Record in Maryland. Some acquaintances of mine wer speaking of Guiteau the other day when one of them expressed disgust a the Rev. Hick's conduct in making ? lectern of him in order to allow the as sassin to read his horrible prayer oi the gallows. 'Oh,' said one of them you, don't know Hicks. I do. Jus before the close of the war, Hicks, wb was then a violent Methodist, had i church in a Maryland town, and wa a loud-mouthed Unionist. When Lin coln was assassinated be preached a ser mon in which he declared that then had been three great Martyrs-Chris Socrates and Lincoln. He thought hi field too narrow there and went t< Brooklyn with the avowed intention o rivalling Henry Ward Beecher. Tlx rivalry was never established, and b< left the Methodist denomination anc turned Lutheran, I next heard of hin in Winchester, Va., where he profess?e to be intensely Southern in his feelings He was a glib talker, and made some? thing of a reputation. But a gentle? man from Maryland recognized him ont day, and told the story of his Lincolr sermon, and that was the end of hil usefulness there, You may be su? that Hicks will lose no opportunity foi notoriety, no matter if a Guiteau has tc be the means to the end.' A letter ic the Evening Post recalls the fact that Hicks was a Grant delegate to the Chi? cago Convention of 1880, and was loud in his efforts to cast the unanimous vote of Florida for Grant, although one dele? gate was an outspoken Blaine man. Perhaps Hick's present notoriety will be his last supreme effort.-Philadel pitia Telegraph. Why Guiteau Was Sentenced. The dura mater was quite strongly adherent in places to the inner surface of the skull, viz : Near the trunks o? the middle meningeal arteries, also near the longitudinal sinus in'front, but could be stripped cleanly from the bone at all these points of attachment, as there was no roughening of the skull here or elsewhere : there was no exu? dation on any parts of the inuer surface of thc dura mater. Quite a number of pacchonian granulations were distribu? ted along the course of the longitudinal sinus. The cerebral sinuses contained little, if any, blood. The dura mater, pia mater and braiu were adherent to each oilier on both sides along a limited portion of the longitudinal fissure adja? cent to the pacchoniau granulations. They were very well marked milky opacities of the arcahnoid, but uo appa? rent thickening, extending over the upper portion of the convex surface of the hemispheres only, as elsewhere the membrane was perfectly normal -----M^. mm- - - Fresh Fruit the Year Round. Messrs. Tatura, Sims & Co., OpsHka, Ala., bare a preparation, splendidly indorsed, for keeping fruit, grapes, eggs, vegetables, etc., io a perfectly fresh and healthful condition for over 12 months,-without any cutting, heating, canning or peeling. Fruits &c, saved for ten cents a bushel. Recipes for making the preparation, only one dollar, sent on re? ceipt of price Honorable citizens, prominent officers, endorse them. For agents terms and particulars write them. HMAN COMMUNICATIONS. -o [For the Watchman and Southron.] 3?essrs Editors: The following ap? peared io the editorial columns of the last issue of the Spirit of the Times ; ''We were a little surprised lately on reading in the Sumter Advance a short communication indicating that Senator Bossard would make the run this year whether he be the choice of the Demo? cratic party or not. Should such be the case all good members of the party will join us in saying that he is not worthy of a vote. But, though we favor Col. Earle for the Senate, justice to Dr. Bossard com pells us to say we have not the least idea the correspondent of thc Advance had the least authority for saying what he did, or that Dr. Bossard would for a moment thick of opposing the action of his party." The following is the communication referred to : OUR SENATOR. BISHOPVILLE, S. C., July 12, 1882. Messrs. Editors : Senator J. J. Bos? sard has served his constituency and the people of county well and faithfully. His nomination for re-election should be the act of the approaching Conven? tion. Whether Mr. Bossard intends "to abide the action of that body, support? ing its nominee, be whom it may of course I do not know. But I feel satis fied*he can be re-elected, and whether be is or is not the nominee of the Con? vention, I trust he will continue to al? low himself to be a candidate. His friends are legion about hero. I am satisfied he can be re-elected. Yours, COUNTY. By comparing these articles it can be plainly seen that the editorial of the Times contains a misrepresentation of the communication alluded to, and seems to be an unfair attempt to weak? en the influence of Dr. Bossard among those to whom he is not well known. An enthusiastic supporter expresses a desire that Bossard would run, wheth? er nominated by Democrats or not^and '. the editor reports to his readers that a communication bas appeard which in? dicates that Dr. Bossard intended to do ! it-a statement which could not be ac curat ely described as an exaggeration, j since the closest scrutiny would not re- j veal the slightest indication of the j Doctor's intention. Compelled by j justice, (?) however, the editor expresses j a doubt that the correspondent had thc authority for saying what he did How absurd ! Did the editor expect the gentleman to obtain authority to express a wish ? If so from whom should the authority be obtained ? Again had the editor read the communication o' "County" care? fully, the third sentence would have shown that it indicated nothing with re? gard to Dr. Bossard'8 movements, for j the writer says that he did not know j wbat course Bossard intended to pursue. | It is very evident that the editor of j the Times, in his overweening eager? ness to benefit Col. Earle, has forgotten j to be just toward bis opponent. This j however may be in keeping with that ! '.private morality" which, a few weeks j since he said was characteristic of the lit- | tie political machine which he proffered to j run. It is certaiuly not in accordance ! with the old fashioned principles of "law and gospel." BOSSARD MAN. "Young Men to the Front." Messrs. Editors: Allow me space in j your columns to reply to an editorial | which appeared in your last issue, head- j I ed "youog men to the front." Had this ! [ appeared as a communication I should j j not have deemed it worthy of notice, j but coming as it does from the pen j which essays to mould public opinion, it j assumes all thc dignity of publia senti- j ment to those who fail to reflect that ! the Editor ofttimes palms off upon the j people his individual, and perhaps erro- j neous opinions, for public sentiment, j Had this article been signed by some j one writing for }rour valuable paper, I should have regarded it only as the private views of a zealous, but impru? dent political wire-puller, but coming from your pen at a time like this, when young men and old men are candidates before thc people for office, it 6eems but just to all parties that I should check if possible any pernicious effects it might have by showing that while it is specious j it is spurious. While I hold that youth is not a crime for which a man should be denied the suffrage of his conn try meo, I hold also that age is much less suoh a crime. The adage "Old men for counsel, young men for war," is as true as trite, and yet you advocate the bringing forward j youog men to stop this war of races by j conciliating our "brothers in black." | This position is based upon the grossest j error as to your knowledge of human nature. Who are those men among us uost willing to give the negro the representation you speak of? Assured? ly the old men. You must trump up some other reason upon which to found j your fiat, "Young men must cometo the front and old ones must retire." This evidently will not stand the test, when j the history of the past few years of our country tells us that it is the young men who were and are most hostile to our "brothers in black." If I were going to buy a hors? 1 should examine j his teeth to ascertain his age, but as- j assuredly not if I were casting about for j a good man to fill an office of honor or ! trust. In your zeal for youog men (you j yourself being one,) you have lost sight ? of the only true criterion which must j actuate every man who casts au houest, j intelligent ballot, viz : who am I j voting for ? is he a good man ? is he . qualified for this positiou ? The question j of ago is as foreign to the matter as the j question of the size of a man's foot or ? the length of bis nose. Again : who in your opinion, Mr. ! Editor, is an old man, and who a young j one ; where is the linc to cross which is j political death Y Where is thc limit of a man's politi- j cal life ? ls a man at forty old or j young ? I hold that no man is too ; young who has attained his majority, j nor is any too old upon whose souud j judgement and clear reasoning iu- j firmity has not laid its hand. Mahone bad caught the "spirit of thc | age," and his cry was "youog men to j the front." And thousands of those \ who in the impetuosity of youth flocked ! to bia standard have shrunk away in | shame, having lived, to see their leader j foul with his dirty hand thc fair escutch con of the Old Dominion. Not a furrow of care had marked thc j brow, not a "silver thread" had tinged i the brown locks of South Carolina's j Young Governor when he held the ; highest office io the gift of thc people, j He was endowed with all thc fitucss of j youth, and yet he to-day nods his shaven pate in the shoe shop of a New York Penitentiary. The hand-writing of age was on the brow of our noble Hampton, and his hair whitened with the frosts of many years ; the heritage of age was his, and yet to-day he has an honored place amoDg those who frame the laws of this mighty republic. Another grave error into which you have fallen, Mr. Editor, is apparent in this remark. "Bad management on the part'or the Democrats lias kept the negroes divorced from us this long in politics." Any man who has any knowledge of negro character knows that nothing short of a miracle could have induced the negro to forsake the Republican party. No management under heaven by old or young or both together could have alienated him from that party to which he was and is bound by an oath strong as the iron clad itself. AY. DECLINARON. - WEDGEFIEDD, July 22, 1882. Messrs. Editors : I notice in your issue of the 18th inst., that my name has been put in nomination for a seat in the next Legislature. Thanking my friends for their kind consideration, I must respectfully decline, while my efforts in behalf of the success of the party will remain unabated. Respectfully, J. H. AYCOCK. Editors Watchman arid Southron : Will you be so good as to insert thc within, written fer another county, but applicable as I think, to the entire State. I think, in the present anomalous condition of offices, it is of the very first consequence for the State, I mean the people, to look well to their own imme? diate interest, as paramount. What claims have either national party upoD ns, so just and so great as to stand in lieu of that harmony quietude and unity that the State has wanted so long? Mr. Editor, it is quite a pity that men like I and you and thousands more, who mean right, as no doubt 99 out ofxa hundred, of our democratic people do, should differSnow, and that, too, where we dont differ an iota, not the shade of a shadow, in the end aimed at. We may differ about the roads but not the destination. At heart I believe we all want an honest, serious and earnest, intelligent rule. I am the last man in the State to wish or seek an ignorant degraded rule, or a dis? honest one. bnt in our condition now, to avoid these will require nice management. j A. McL. I AN ADVISORY CONVENTION OF THE j PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA RECOMMENDED. In the present attitude of public affairs, we hold it pre-eminently necessary to hold, at no ! distant day. an advisory convention, the dele- j gation of which should.be equal between the races, each electing his own delegates, say, for example, Sumter to send three whites by the whites, and thr?e colored bv the colored. 1 This isa very importaut matter, for ic this way we caa understand one another, and at once come at very definite conclusions. It will serve man}- very desirable purposes, and cerrect many false impressions. It is the very thing to unite all who are willing tc do right and really wish for re? form and harmony on the only true grounds these can be attained. It will also identify those who are in the opposition, in every sense of the word. By all means, let us have a State Advisory Convention. Respectfully submitted, ; ALEXANDER McLEAN. July 3d, 1SS2. Egyptian Affairs. Since the bombardment of Alexan- | dria, there has been no regular engage- j ment. Arabi Bey has retired to the j interior not far from Alexandria, where j he is said to be fortified, and has cut the j canal which supplies the city with fresh water, from which cause a water famine is feared. The English claim to be awaiting the action of the Sultan, but are, in the meantime making extensive war preparations. The following is a summary of the latest news : Refugees arriving at Alexandria re peat the rumors that Europeans have been killed iu Cairo and Tau tah. A massacre is said to have taken place also at Damietta. Tue cutting of the Mahmoudieh Canal has deluged the country around Alexandria. The posi? tion there is said to be critical. Arabi Bey has issued two proclamations de? claring the Khedive uuder duress by the English. The Council of Notables ; is reported to have deposed the Khe deive. It is reported that the vote of credit for war purposes in Egypt to be asked by Mr. Gladstone will be ??2, 000,000 or ?3,000,000, General Sir Garnet Wolseley will command the English expedition to Egypt, and Lieu? tenant-General J. M. Adye will' be Chief-of-Staff. The Porte has appoint? ed a Turkish member of the conference and will send troops to Egypt under certain conditions. M. de Lesseps says that waiting for the action of thc conference in regard to the Suez Canal is ridiculous. Thc Khedive has signed a decree dis? missing Arabi Bey and declaring him a rebel, and has issued a proclamation requesting the Egyptians to assist thc English. A mail steamer from Con? stantinople, which arrived at Alexan? dria Sunday, was embargoed and her captain arrested. Thc Queen desires the Duke of Connaught to join the ex? pedition in Egypt. The troopship Mal? abar has arrived at Alexandria with 1,108 men and a battery of artillery. Eight thousand persons are reported to be starving in Cairo. Admiral Sev mour has adopted energetic measures to insure the water supply of Alexandria. The last issue of Bradstreet's weekly contains the following interesting sum inarv : The Porte has met the collective note of the powers with a dilatory plea, which must be coustrued as a refusal to send troops to Egypt. lt is clear that j thc Sultan's hesitancy arises from the | fear of kindling thc fanaticism of his subjects into a blaze that would prove perilous, if uot fatal, to himself. Hence thc desire to keep on good terms with Arabi, and, if possible, dissuade him ! from carrying out the threat of a holy war. But what was hitherto a threat seems now to bc an accomplished fact. Arabi has crossed the Rubicon, and de- ! tenniucd to cast in his lot with thc j '.Soudan prophet." Thc latter has ! fired thc Moslem enthusiasm of thc pop? ulation of Upper Egypt along the line of his northward march to Cairo, from | which he is now less than 1,000 miles j away. But thc plague is not confined I to Egypt. Fanaticism is spreading to ! Palestine, Syria and Asia Minor, and \ Arabi is looked upon as tho :ucarnation j of true Islainism. From Calcutta, too, j thc news comes of profound sympathy ! on thc part of Mahometans there, takiug ! O?THR the form of prayers for Arabi'a success. When some 40,000,000 Musselinen in India join in prayer, Great Britain will have reason to tremble for her sway. Thc Hindoos, while they stiil hate their Mussulman conquerers, will join the latter against the common enemy, as they did ia 1856. Arabi's position, as reported by Gen? eral Alison, is stronger than it was supposed. Ile is calling on all the i Bedouins in the vicinity of Ramleh, and erecting fortifications opposite Aboukir bay. Ke dammed up the Mamoudieh fresh water canal, and thus cut off Al? exandria's supply. The English cal? culate on having sufficient to last the troops ten days. Before the expiration of that time it is supposed that some? thing decisive will be accomplished. At present the position of the English is critical, and nobody seems to know when Sir G. Wolseley will actually ap? pear in Egypt at the head of 20,000 men. The delay is causing such dissat isfaction in England that the opposition in Parliament are encouraged to move a vote of censure for the dilatory action of I the government after the massacre in Alexandria in June, aud for its want of foresight and preparation when the bombardment of that city had been de? cided upon. The defection of Forster, Goschen and Bright from the Liberal ranks, not to mention other notabilities and the bitter anti-Gladstone feeliog of the Farnellites, leod further hopes to the Tories; but it is probable that on a vote of censure, involving resignation, if not dissolution, the Liberal deserters will return to camp for the occasion. A sure cure for impoverished blood, pimples, and siillow complexion, is Brown's Iron Bit? ters. It will produce a healthy color, smooth skin, und is absolutely not injurious. "The Wonder of the Age." 496 S STBEET, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C., \ October 16, 1880. J H. Ii. WARNER k Co. : Sirs-My case has been a marvelous one, and my restoration to health through your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure has been lue wonder of all acquainted with it. SAMUEL J. ANDREWS. A Valuable Addition. Because it is beneficial to the scalp and adds to personal beauty by restoring color and lustre to gray or faded hair, is why Parker's f?air Balsam is such a popular dressing. ^tfTiat Everybody Wants Is a reliable medicine that never does any harm and that prevents and cures disease by keeping the stomach in order, the bowels regu? lar and the kidneys and liver active. Such a medicine is Parker's Ginger Tonic. It re? lieves every case, and has cured thousands. See other column.- Tribune. IO REWARD. MY SON WILEY/ SLATER, about seven? teen years old, spare-built, brown com I piexion, five feet in height, knife-scar on fore I head over right eye, ran away from me .on j the 14ih inst., passing over via Bishopville, into Sumter County. I will pay len dollars reward for information leading to his re? covery. AMOS D. SLATER. July 25-2_Darlington Co. S. C. Estate Mrs? Elizabeth Richardson, DECEASED. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PRO DATE for Sumter County on thc 25th j day of August, 1SS2, for a Final Discharge as Administrator of aforesaid Estate. EDW'D R. SANDERS, JTdy 25 Administrator, I Estate of 1??, BL Player, DECEASED. ALL PERSONS holding claims against said Estate will present the same duly j attested, and all persons in any way indebted ! to said Estate will make immediate payment, to J. M. SMITil, Jolv 25-3t Qualified Executor. "QI3?0 NEWS ATLAST! Walker's Specific Has Never Failed TO CCKE CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, TONSILI? TIS, LARYNGITIS, and SCROFULA Price $2.50, $5.00 and $10.00, hy mail. One bottle of his Rheumatic Remedy cures that disease in any form, iu 10 days. Price by Exnress, $5 per Bottle. DR. J. W. WALKER, July 25? Franklinton, N. C. VIRGinSIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA. This well known STATE Institution has been in successful operation since 1839, and having been reorganized by the act of March 3, 1882, with a new Board of Visitors, and the re-elec:.ion of the old Faculty, is now prepared to supply, upon the best terms, the distinctive advantages of a general Scientific and Military School, upon the basis of the U. S. Military | Academy at West Point, and upon the same | system so successfully pursued before the war. Tue Faculty which once included Gen. Stonewall Jackson, Gen. R. E. Rodes, and Com. M. F. Maury, now consists of tbe follow? ing Superintendent and Professors : Gen. Francis H. Smith, LL.D, Superinten? dent and Professor Math, and Moral Philos'y. Gen. T. H. Williamson, Prof. Practical Eng., etc. Col. S. Ship, Com. Cadets ard Prof. Tac? tics. Col. J. M. Brooke, Prof. Phvsics. Col. M. B. Hardin, Prof. General and ap? plied-Chemistry, etc/ Col. T. M. Semmes, . Prof. Modern Lan? guages, etc. Col. J. W. Lyell, Prof. Math, and Logic. Col. J. H. Morrison, Adjunct Prof. Chem? istry, otc. Col. E. W. Nichols, Prof. Civil and Military Engineering and Astronomy. Undt r the direction of an efficient Finance Committee of the Board of Visitors, and with an enlarged annuity from the State, expenses of cadets are reduced to the lowest rates. Session opens Sept. 1. For information or appointment, address GEN. F. H. SMITH, Superintendent. WESfjJEYAW FEMALE INSTITUTE, STAUNTON, VIRGINIA. OPENS SEPTEMBER 20th, 1SS2. One j ' of the First Schools for Young Ladies in ! - iu the United States. Surroundings beauti- j j ful. Climate unsurpassed. Pupils from j eighteen States. TERMS among the BEST iu the UNION. Board, Washing, English Course, Latin, French, German, Instrumental Music, .sc., for Scholastic year, from Sept. to June, $238. For Catalogues write lo REV. WM. A. HARRIS, D. D., Pres\ Stainton, Va. Grand Midsummer Closing Out ' Sale-1,000 Pianos and Organs at Rock Bottom Cash Rates, on Easy Terms. Buy now, and pny when cotton comes in. A small cash payment and balance November ? j 1st. 1,000 standard Instruments, from best j ? makers only. All styles aud prices. No t stencil instruments. Makers'names on all. - SPECIAL MIDSUMMER OFFER. PIANOS, S25 cash and balance November t 1st, 18552. J ORGANS, SIC cash and balance November j ? 1st, 1S;?2. j ? Lowest cash rates and no interest. Can't ! i buy cheaper next fall with cash in hand, j ? Closing out to reduce stock and keep working j i force CE?pI?ved through summer. ? 1 Special MIDSUMMER OFFERS to Install- ? t meat buyers. Send for Catalogues, Price ; 1 Lists and Circulars giving full information, j ' Address LU DD EN & BATES, Southern Music House, Savannah lia. The Great!] Wholesale Piano and Organ Depot of the j i South._ _11 REMOVAL. WG. KENNEDY has removed his Book # and Variety Store to thc stand next . ] door South of Wm: Bogin's uew storo, ou j Main Si reel, where he will be pleased to see his customers aud the public generally. July if THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S.C., July 24, 1382. COTTON-About 3 bales have been sold luring the weekending: July the 17. Market losed quiet. We quote: Stained &?@10| ; binged 1CU?I0? ; Ordinary 9| ; Good Ordi tary 10?; Low Middling 10??11?; M?d llinglli@lU; Good Middling 11|@12^ CHARLESTON, S. C., July 22, 1882. COTTON.-Market quiet. Sales, - bales. Quotations are : Tinged 11?@1 If ; Ordina y 9??10j; Good Ordinary, lU; Low liddling, 12: Middling, Good Mia? lling, 12$._ WILMINGTON, N. C., July 24, 1832.'' SPIRITS TURPENTINE-Market quoted steady it 43 cents. Sales of 300 casks, market dosing steady. ROSIN-The market was steady at SI.45 for Strained and ?1.60 for Good Strained. CRCDB TURPENTINE-Market firm at SI.75 or Hard, $3.00 for Soft and Virgin. COTTON-Market steady. No sales reported. L'he following are the official quotations : Ordinary 9 9-16, Good Ordinary 10 15-16, Low Middling ll 13-16, Middling 121. Good diddling 12|. WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO RE ceive and fill orders for the celebrated SV'JNSHIP GINS, FEEDERS and CONDEN? SERS. Also, their Cotton Presses. These jins being so well known throughout this lection of the country, require no further recommendation. J. RETTENBERG & SONS, July ll Agents for Sumter Co. TO PRINTERS. A WASHINGTON HAND PRESS, No. 5, apable of printing a 32-column paper, 26x40, s for Sale at low rates, at this office. Corres? pondence is solicited. Address Watchman and Southron Pub. Co. NEW AND SECOND-HANS u mun FOR sm -o Engines, Boilers, Saw-Mills, Gins, Presses, &c. AT LOWEST PRICES. OX HAND. Doe 25-Horse Power Talbott Portable Engine and Boiler complete. 3ne Saw-Mill, 25 feet carriage. Dae 50-inch Disston improved cbisel-toothcd Circular Saw. 3ne 60-saw Winship Gin, with Feeder and Condenser. Dne 60-saw DuBois Gin and Condenser. Dne 60-saw Farquhar Gin. Dne Scofield Power Press. Lot of Shafting, Pulleys, Belting, kc. GIN REPAIRING. GINS, FEEDERS and CONDENSERS re? paired and made as good as new by compe? tent workmen. SAWS, RIBS., and PERI ORA TED ZINC, for Gins and Condensers, on hand. -ALSO Light Engine Repairing DONE AT SHORT NOTICE. Shop on Sumter Street, between Dugan and* Bartlett Streets. . C. T. MASON, JR., July 18_Sumter, S. G. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probale Judge. VIT HERE AS. WILLIAM J. YOUNG has maxie tait to me ta grant bim Letters of Administration of thc l?state ar.-d effects of SAM'L ll. YOUNG deceased, thc.-<e are therefore to cite and admonish all ?nd singular, the kindredand creditors of tho said Satn'i ll. Young iiecca?ed, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Prwbaie, to bc held a.: ?sumter, on August 3rd next after publication hereof nt ll o'clock ia the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not bo granted. Given under wy Lund, this ?7th day r>f July A. D., 1SS2. T. V. WALSH, July IS-2t Judge of Probate THE UNDERSIGNED is. prepared to sharpen Gin Saws, or overhaul and put in thorough order 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. THERE WILL BE A RE-UNION of the Survivors of this Company at MAYES VILLE, S. C., AUGUST lOtb, 1882, at 10 A.. M. A full attendance is desired. J. R. MULDROW, WM. M. REID, C. O. WHEELER. July ll Committee. THE ONLY PERPECT T>TO"E THRESHER, ? Also ENGIN KS. AVJ,VXJ Write for prices to THE AULIMAN & TAYLOK CO., July 11-2 * Mansfield. Ohio. Oise of Setal Ccmmissioaer, SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C., July 18, 18S2. DURING HIS ABSENCE FROM THE County, all persons wishing to see the jndersigned on business connected with the schools, will please call on C. M. Hurst, Esq., ivbr, is authorized to attend to any business relating to this office. July 18 W. F. RH AME. ff. W. GARMANY, M. D. SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN, DFFERS HIS SERVICES TO THE CITI sens of Sumter and vicinity, with an experi? ence of twenty years, and solicits a share of ;he patronage of the community. All orders left ai D. J. Auld's Drug Store luring the day, and at my residence at night, ?viii receive prompt attention. Residence on Washington Street, opposite he residence of H. Schwerin. June 20._ State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUM TER. COURT OF PROBATE. kVm. Yeadon, as Administrator] of Mary Eliza Yeadon, dee'd, Plaintiff, I Complaint against }? for the Louisa B. Green, Susan A. SaleofLand Spann, Sarah B. Stcedman } and others, Defendants. J [N PURSUANCE of au order made by said Court in the above stated action, dated .he 10th day of July A. D. 1SS2, I will offer br sale at Sumter Court House, on Salesday n August, next, (hoing the 7th day of the nonth,) during the usual hours of sale-to be ?old at risk of former purchaser All that Lot of Land, with dwelling and )ther buildings thereon, the property of the 3state of the said Mary Kliza Yeadon, deceas >d. situated on Church Street, iu the Town of Sumter, County and State aforesaid, measur ng one hundred feet, more or less, or. Church Street, and running back three hundred feet nore or less, bounded on the North by the ot formerly the property of T. C. Oxladc, on .he East by Church Street, on the South by ot formerly the property of Mrs. Smith, and iVest by land formerly owned by A. J. Moses. Terms-One-half cash, the balance to be jaid twelve months from thc day of sale, with aterest from that date, the purchaser to give jond, and mortgage thc premises purchased, o secure the payment of the purchase money, md to insure i nd keep insured the premises, iud assign the policy. The purchaser to have iheoptiou of paying the entire bid cash, if J rofe ired. Purchasers to pav for all necessary papers. T. V. WALSH, Judge cf Probate. Sumter, S. C., July ll. 1882. THE SUMTER Part ali Apiiral Matta 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 attendance. Many new and interesting features will be introduced, and every effort will be made to render the Third Annual Fair a complete sac cess. -/ There will be Foot Races, Pluging Match? es, Glass Ball Shooting, Bicycle foses and an^ exhibition of Fancy Riding oe Bicycles. . The Madison Square Dramatic "Company will perform their celebrated play "Esmer? alda," oe Wednesday evening the 25th Octo? ber, at Music Bull. Premium Lists containing all particulars will be mailed to the principal Planters, Manufacturers and Merchants, in the Coun? ties of Sumter, Kershaw and Clarendon. . The good people of these and adjoining Counties are earnestly solicited to send arti? cles for exbition. C. H. MOISE, Sec. and Treas., S. P. & A. A. E. W. MOISE, President. July 18 PORTABLE HAND POWER COTTON AND HAT PRESS. Over 100 Manufactured and Sold by Us the past two seasons. X 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 seat 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. Scud for circulars to CELY ? BRO., July ll _Greenville, S. C. GLENN SPRINGS HOTEL, SIMPSON & SIMPSON, PROPRIETORS. This celebrated watering place is now open? ed to visitors and no care or pains will be spared to make guests comfortable. Passea gers for Glenn Springs will take the stage at Spartauburg, which runs daily to the Springs. BATES OF BO ABD. Per day $2.00 ; per week $12.00; per week -for 3 weeks-$10.00 ; per month $30.00. j Special attention given to shipping'the j water. PRICE OP WATER. Per case of 2 doz. qt. bottles at the j Springs $3.75. Im-Joljri $ "LAND OF THE SET!" 2,250 Feet Above Level of the Sea * HENDERSONTOIA ?. C. THIS HOUSE has just been renovated put in order for this season. The splendid stone building, known "j JUDSON COLLEGE, Surrounded bv a BEAUTIFUL GROVE SEVEN ACRES, will be run in connecta with the Virginia House. The proprietor will use every effort to keep both houses op to the old standard of the Virginia, and will leave nothing undone that will add to the pleasure and comfort of his guests. The pleasure grounds are by far the largest and most beautiful of any Hotel in the town. Write for terms, &c. Telegraph Office iu the buildnig. A. J. DODAMEAD, Proprietor. May 30_ REMOVAL. THE BARBER SHOP OF LAVAN AND EDWARDS HAS been removed to the r?om OVER SCHEWERIN'S GROCERY, where, any work iu their line-Hair Cutting, Shav? ing, Shampooing, Hair and Moustache Dying -will be attended to in the most approved j styles of the art. i Razor Sharpening a specialty. I Particular attention paid to Ladies and I Children's Hair Cutting, and Ladies waited i on at their homes. SHORTHAND! A full course of instruction in Isaac Pitmae'e Fonografy published every year ia The American Shorthand Writer, (JIONTHLV, ) and the exercises of subscribers corrected by mail free ofdiarge! First lesson begins Jan? uary ; back numbers furnished new sub? scribers and exercises corrected by tba 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 fae simile notes of leading steuografers. Send 25 cent* for a I sing'e number of the magazine. SUBSCRIPTION: Kjjj One year.(complete course, 12 lessons,) $2.*j?k Six Months, - -- -- -- -- To the Profession, $1 a year. I | BOWELL & HICK COX, Publi*hfj(? I . l?onton, Mass., JF~ 5 American agents for Isaac Pttma**? works, and dealers in all Shorthand books and . Re? porters' supplies. Shorthand clerks furnished business men in any part of the U. S. Corresr *u ence solicited. #SS~ Please mention this paper. WRIGHT'S HOTEL, ? COLUMBIA, S. C. ^jl THIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE, 4 with all modern improvements, is now open for the reception of guests. S. L. WRIGHT A SON, May 6. Proprietor* WULBERN & PIEPER, WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN Mm Wm Tuteo, te ; 167 and 169 East-B<?y, ' CHARLESTON, SrCT~7j Dec. 2_6 ? BLANKS LIENS, TITLES, MORTGAGES, BILLS OF SALE, BONDS, And Other Blanks in Variety, FOB SALE AT THIS OFFICE. RUBBER STAMPS? MAME STAMPS FOR MARKING CLOTHING with indclliblo ink, or for printing visiting carda, and STAMPS OF ANY KI\D tor stamping BUSINESS CARDS, ENVEL? OPES or anything elie. Specimens of various styles on h>uid, which will be shown with pleas? ure. The LOWEST PRICES posiible, and orders filled promptly. Call?n C. P. OSTEEN, At the Watchman and Southron Ofiot.