The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 01, 1882, Image 2

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 1. ?? A. MOOD. M. ?. 1 ^ The^<?t?er Waic?wwni was founded in 1850 and.:, the .Trite. Southron in . 1866? The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. Mr. A. D. Curry; of Aiken County, lost two thousand" turp?n tine boxes by fire last week. . Nearly every county in the State will maie nominations for county officers by primary c?ect?ons. There were twenty-one cases of sun? stroke Saturday in New York city and y vicinity, of which sixteen proved fatal 1,800,00 bushels of red oats have been harvested in Edgefield County this season. So says the Edgefield Advertiser. It is reported that the German emi? gration to America so far this year is 10*000 less than at the same date last .year. ? I There has been an unprecedented ad? vance in the price of hops, which is claimed by some to be due to a short ; ^jcrop and by others to speculation. The Bridgehampton farmers of Long - Island are cutting their oats green in order to save the crop from the depreda? tions of the army worm, r It is estimated that there are no less than fifty thousand fine ripe watermel? ons shipped North every day from At? lanta. The little town of Walden, seven miles below .Macon, has sold up to this time $8,000 (net) worth of watermel? ons. The sales one day amousted to $536.,, ^ The President has approved the act appropriating ?50,000 for Mrs. Lucre t?a Garfield, less any amount paid to James A. Garfield on account of bis sal? ary as President of the United States. Correspondents in the West and j . Southwest report that an unusually large cotton crop will soon be harvested in Texas ?nd Arkansas and that the corn trop will average twenty bushels to the acre. The present session of Congress is the longest in-twenty years, save that : of 1876 - which adjourned on the 15th ? of August. The present body has no fear of Washington malana ana the dog days. "Tn the office of the Brady (Texas) Sentinel are eleven rattles taken from a snake that attacked a lady who was j riding horseback over the prairie. As i it sprang at her she reined her horse to j one side, and, drawing her revolver at The same time, shot the snake's head off. , Edward Martin was ki!Iecf/ by light-! liing on last Thursday says the Marion Merchant and Fanner of July 27tb, while standing.nnder a tree in his yard His head was split opetL by- the electric current: ;He^-kaves .a, largff family of ^hiSren. :^res? fires in Michigan are burning fiercely.; Yields of grain, farm-houses, fences and orchards, together with im? mense tracts of cedar and pine, are! burning. Reports are current of Horses, cattle and. other stock being burned, and farmers arc deserting their places. Illinois bas the lead in railways; fol? lowed but not closely, by Pennsylvania and Ohio. New York, Iowa, Texas, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Georgia come in the order named. South Caro? lina-stands number 25 in the list of Statesand Territories. Senator Hale, discussing the Naval bill, called attention to the fact that with the thirty-nine steam vessels in ? active service, the^. United States had fourteen hundred line officers, while England, with over three hundred ves? sels, only had upwards of twenty-seven hundred line officers. In the Municipal Court of Boston, last Saturday, John L. Sullivan, the pugilist, was arraigned and pleaded guiny to drunkenness, for which he was fined ?1 and costs, and also to the charge of using obscene language, for which he was fined ?10, without costs The fines were paid and tbs prisoner was discharged. Near Kingston, N. C. a negro boy, six years old, shot his sister, aged four years, in a house, dragged the body into a field and hid it between rows of cot? ton. He said the child began to cry, and to hush it be snapped a gun at her, as he had been in the habit of doing. The gun went off and the charge near? ly blew off the child's head. A virulent type of yellow fever is prevalent at Matamoras, Mexico. Brownsville, Texas and Matamoras have been quarantined against by the lower Rio Grande towns. Latest reports from Matamoras state that there is an in? crease of the cases supposed to be yel? low fever. Thirty two cases and eight deaths have occurred up to July 28tb. From all indications the disease is real black vomit. Ata recent entertainment in Wash? ington Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett wore a dress which she called "Esmer? alda." It was not con fined at the waist, but fell in one unbroken sweep from thc j shoulders to the floor. The fullness of j the drapery was gathered into a yoke j back and front of thc neck Tt was j buttoned at the back like a child's apron. ! "Esmeralda" was made of gray silk [ with a puff of cardinal satin on each j . shoulder. Thc sleeves were long and : tight. A train consisting of twenty cars of j tea and silks left San Francisco on thc j evening of July 12, left Beming at 8.10 Al M. July 16 and arrived at Kansas j City at 2 A. M. July 19, having made ! the run from San Francisco to Kansas j City in six days and six hours, and from j Deming to Kansas City, over thc Atch- j ison; Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, a i distance of 1,150 miles, in sixty six j hours. A secona train of twenty-nine \ cars left San Francisco twenty-four ! hours later and made the same time to j Kansas City. This time is ulieved to j be unprecedented. Mrs. Scoville's threat that 'This i Guiteau business has just begun* seems j likely to be fulfilled, for the Rev. Dr. j Hicks has received a letter from Mr. Scoville saying that he intends to como -on to Washington next week for the purpose^efLcontesting Gniteau's will. i^^?covi^^^^cxipU8 to get posses M ^^?ias received nu that money has been advanced to him for the purpose of making this contest, and that he is really the agent of the parties tbat intend .to buy the body. Dr. Hicks says he proposes to maintain his rights. The weak point in the will is the refusal of Mr. Reed, who was one of the witnesses, to swear that Guiteau was of sound mind Should Mr. Sco? ville come on; Mrs. Scoville will doubt? less also soon be heard from again, for, unless her affairs have been kept unac? countably quiet of late, Scoville would be tue last person whom sbe would al? low to have anything to do with Gui? teau. John W. Guiteau would also be disposed to make it warm for Scoville, so that malaria may not be the only pest from which Washington people will want to escape this summer.' What Should be Free Mail Matter. There is cause for regret -that Con? gress, at its recent session, could not find the time to discuss the many merits of a timely suggestion made by Assist? ant Postmaster-General Hatton. For? tunately the recommendation is one that will keep, and is certaiu of the con? sideration it so well deserves sometime in the future. What is still better, it is more than likely to be adopted. What the Assistant Postmaster-General wants Congress to do is to make newspapers and magasines-daily, weekly, and monthly printed publications-free mail matter ; permitting all such literature to pass through the mails absolutely free of charge to sender or receiver, pub? lisher or reader. Mr. Hatton sensibly argues that newspapers and magazines are potent factors in the great and good work of public education, and should hereafter be relieved from what is at best an enormous tax-, really intended tu be levied where of right it belongs on private correspondence and mer? chantable matter. No one will care to deny that it is the duty of the government to encourage the transmission of journals and maga? zines, just as much as it is its duty to foster schools. Every reputable news? paper and periodical is a travelling school for all who know how to read, and should no more be taxed than any other educational agent. Mr. Hatton's wise innovation is all the more practicable because the reve? nues of the Postal Department are now so large that the income derived from newspaper aud magazine postage would not seriously affect the expenses of the entire system. At the present ratio of increase in the receipts from the post j ofices, the Department will in a few years not only be self-sustaining, but actually yield a profit. Now of course it is not intended that the government shall make money by carrying the let? ters of its citizens. Such a thing would not be tolerated, and Congress can do nothing better than make the mails benefit the people by giving them these newspapers and magazines free of any postal charges-not as a favor, be it understood, but as a right, for ic is emi? nently just that the surplus revenue of the Postal Department should be indi? rectly applied to furthering the cause of popular education, and the greatest educator of a majority of the American people are the journals and magazines. To release them from the petty tax im? posed in the form of postage is to add to their influence. Assistant Postmaster-General Hat ton's proposition deserves to be. taken up early at the next session of Congress, and to be acted upon favorably with just as little delay as possible. THE RIGHT RING. Talking of rings, says the Columbia Register, bereis something that bas the right ring. Our Charleston con? temporary, in an able and well consider? ed anti-tariff article, has the following to say touching the tariff iniquity which is eating us up, whilst some of our rep? resentative men are sustaining dilatory measures like the Tariff Commission. Our cootempory, among other things well and truly said, has to say: *'Few persons realize how much the present protective tariff costs them, and how the duty imposed on articles of prime necessity compares with the duty on articles of luxury. The necessaries are taxed more highly than the luxu? ries, and the rich pay less thau the poor. Here is a striking table showing the rate of duty paid on a few articles of luxury, and ou some articles of prime necessity. ARTICLES OF LUXURY. Rate of duty per ct. 1880. Laces, cords, gimps and braids.35 Diamonds.10 Embroideries.35 Fancy articles.35 Richest kind of cot glass.40 Jewelry.25 Musical instruments.30 Champagne, in pints.47j Champagne, in quarts, $6 per dozen.50 Still wines, in bottles.Z2\ ARTICLES OF NECESSITY. Epsom salts.7S$ j Chicory.1021 ' Spool thread.7t?f Window glass, common ...From 082 to 73 Band and hoop iron.75 Boiler ph tes.69 Horse shoe nails.&3 Locomotive tires.70? j Steei rails.f>0 ? Castor oil.HS I Croton oil.13G j Pnris white..'.240 | Balmoral Alpaca.01 Blankets valued nt 36| cts. per lb......SOi I Woolen hosiery valued at CO cents per pound.".....100^ ? Bunting valued at 23 rents per pound...] lil '.These Ggures need no explanation. The people can sec for themselves that the rich pay far less in taxes on their laces, their diamonds and their jewelry than the great body of the people pay on spool thread, window glass, iron, al? paca and blankets, which are indispen? sable to them, The question that the South Carolina Democrats have to ask themselves, in nominating candidates for Congress next month, is whether they want, lind will have, men who are in favor of continuing these outrageous abuses, or whether they will insist on having representatives who will truly represent and who will speak and vote for tariff reform." _^ Without deprecating our contempo? rary's stroug and well put argument, there is even a stronger view ---^ - other time. We want just now to < dorse to the last line and letter wi our contemporary says about "the qu tion that South Carolina Democrats hi to ask themselves in nominating can dates for Congress." We want now men who can and v serve us ably and well on these imp tant tax questions, which involve c whole future. It is about time the p< pie of South Carolina should begin serve themselves a l?de, just a lilt notwithstanding thc sneer at the "dc people" which some of our contenir raries we see are handing round. \ don't propose to run with the dear po ticians, and very -dear at any price. AN INNOCENT ABROAD. ISLE or TYBEE, SOETIIOF SAVANNAH, GA. Dear Watchman and Southron : if there is any place in the wor where the breezes never lull, it is be at Tybee, an Island that bears about t same relation to Savannah that Srail ville does to Wilmington. This will a plain enough statement to those wi have visited the latter place. Othe will have to guess at my meaning, just conclude that it is all right an way. Tour correspondent arrived at Savai nah at 4 P. M., and after a delay of tv hours found a finely arranged boat, hea* ed for Tybee, waiting at the foot of Li coln street. This steamer makes two < three trips up and down daily, and al wa; carries crowds-sometimes multitudes who are going down to dip in the "S? sea waves." We counted ourself ii aud purchased a ticket, with return coi pou attached, for the moderate sum < sixty-five cents. The ride down wt magnificent. We sat in the extren bow of the ship, and sniffed the fres ocean breeze for a good hour, thin kin at times that we could catch the smell ( our English cousins across the sea Fishing smacks and smacks of orbe kinds were moving as thick as fiddler about us, and just ahead was a steamer the "Silver Star," loaded with negroe who were returning to Beaufort after visit to Savannah. She was filled wit passengers from stem to stern, and fror, top to bottom. But she glided on a smoothly as a swan. The captain c our boat said he could pass her. Som one retorted, "You can't." "I'll" bet ; bundred dollars to ten that I can." Th money was put up, and away, went th "St. Nicholas" in her effort to pass tb "Silver Star." For several miles w dragged along in her rear, and then u? we went, closer and closer, and the pi lot blew his signal whistle, 'indicating that we were about to pass. But jus at that juncture the Silver Star gave ai extra shine, and shot across our bow and played off from us just like she wa: used to such frolics, and we never cam? within a stone's threw any more. Ou venturesome captain came o?? a bundrcc dollars poorer aud two hundred wiser At sunset we reached thc wharf a' Tybee. From this point thc hotels an two miles away ? but a firm and commo? dious iron tram-way, with numerous ;ars, has been built to carry passenger: to their destination. We boarded one o? these, and rocked away over sane that would bog an extra-sized musquito, and just at dark, rolled up to the Seaside Pavilion, where we procured board anu lodging for $10 per week, and it was jjood board, too-broiled chicken aud beefsteak, and barn and cod-fish balli and fish and vegetables of all kinds, together with iced-milk and iced-tea, and fruits of sundry sorts. Our room, too, faced upon the sea and every breeze that stirred gave us a call, and wc think the breezes were worth ?\0 per week without board or lodging. On the third and fourth days after our arrival, we hired a hack, and went down to the South.End in quest of fish. Here we found the camp of two good-hearted young Irishmen who welcomed us, and gave us all the sport we wanted, furnisb iug boats and lines and bait, and going with us to the fishing grounds. While at the South End we had a real rustie time. We caught aud cooked the fish md crabs, and went to the oyster beds for the oysters; four dozen of the latter making a square meal for a hungry man, supplemented by a couple of black? fish and about eight crabs. So you see we had an able appetite to keep us on our way. The crabs, fresh and sweet from the sea, were the best we ever ate. We could but wish that Turkey Creek would sprout some of the same tribe. We caught fish of many kinds-black? fish, shecp-head, croakers, skip-jacks, trout, silver-eels aud oat-fish. Thc last we always threw back into the sea as worthless, counting that we could get more of the others than we wanted, aad we always did. Nor did wc get them with a single jerk out of three foot water, but we hauled them in with a line from depths of twenty and thirty feet, so that the pleasures of angling was not momen? tary but prolonged. One of these days we are going to pitch our tent by that same sea, aud draw up others of the finny tribe. On our second day at thc South End, we went out to Buck Hammock after turtle eggs. We should like to recouut our disaster, but we promised certain friends at Smithville three summers ago never to hunt burlie e??:s a^uin. Now Ci? O to expose ourself, and show how we fell through, and how the rain beat us and made us run in our stockiug-fect for about two miles-weare outgoing to do it. We only want tn say to the survi? vors of the famous Smithville turtle egg huntiug crew, that we are sorry we went out after 4,othcr eggs to conquer." We wont go any more. We do'nt, waut any more turtle eggs. They arc uot good to eat anyway, and it is now a part of our creed that a man can't even haut ?.he miserable things witiiuut. jeopardiz? ing his life. And how little it would sound to read-CT to hare others read ou your tomb stone-"John Smith lies here. Ile died in qu?\st of turt le-eggs ' Wc have recounted but half cur ad? ventures, and yet this communica? tion must close-close without a word about our bathing in the sea i:i a zefcra colored suit, or about our lovely sail before a good breeze away out upon the sea, or about thc strange things and stranger people wo mot ar. Tybee, where some of the men were odd and tho women odder, &C, fcc. But ono of these days when tilings \:o not out of joint, and the ink will flow, more freely than now. we may resume tho thread of this broken and dismembered narrative. With love to the fraternity and to our "steamed contemporaries," and nopes of good luck to all deserving caudidates whose names sppear in your columns, .we remain, yours, C. O- B. - mm 1 i - - "Is it injurious io eat before going to Aleep ?" asks a correspondontT' Wiry, no, not Hnally injurious: but you just i^y eating after ||M^^^^Mfvou want to see a circus. England's War in Egypt. Nothing very noteworthy has occur red in Egypt this week. British rein forcements are arriving fast, and arc closing up rouud the Arab lines, where petty skirmishes have occurred. The military authorities are of opinion that Arabi Pasha will not attack the British. He is, however, strengthening his posi? tion hourly. The dam across the Mab mondial] Canal is very strongly made, and is wide enough to admit of the passage of four carriages abreast. The position is fortified with more than one hundred guns, some of them Krupp cannon. The water famine will com? mence soon unless Arabi is driven off, the supply being nearly out. Trust? worthy accounts say that Arabi Pasha's cavalry are well armed. The military workshops at Cairo are fully employed. The British experience great difficul? ty in moving guus, without which it is impossible to assume the offensive, to Ramleh. As soon as a sufficient num? ber of heavy guns are placed in position an attempt will be made to dislodge Arabi Pasha without opposiog the troops. Gunners and guns from the fleet are going to the front. Captain Fisher has constructed a shore-going ironclad on rails, similar to those dur? ing the American civil war. It con? sists of six trucks, protected by iron shields, with an engine in the centre. A Nordenfeldt gun looks over the bows on the leading trucks. It is also equipped with three Gatling guns and two field guns, and will be manned by three companies of bluejackets. At Port Said there is great alarm still felt, and some hitch- in an Anglo French occupation of the town, as agreed on, owing to the angry protests of de Lesseps. The French Chamber of Deputies on last Saturday rejected the Government's motion for a vote of credit for the pro? tection of the Suez Canal by a vote of 450 to 75. The Ministers resigned, j but continue to fill their positions at President Grevy's request until their j successors are appointed. It appears that France adheres to the policy of abstention from intervention in Egypt and if she takes any action at all it will be confined" to providing for the security of the canal. The London correspondent of the N. Y. World cabled on Saturday that the English Government has resolved not j to allow Turkey to obtain thc mastery j in Egypt and that the.Government shows such unaccustomed strength on ac- ? count of the approbation of the cotton I manufacturing . districts. Even the ; Radicals, he says, are joining in the cry j for au English protectorate of Egypt. | The Grenadier Guards march through | London this morning on their departure ! to Egypt and Sir Garnet Wolseley | leaves next.Saturday. j In the British Parliament the sum j asked for bas been voted. Spain has j issued a diplomatic circular showing thc j importun?e of her interests in the east, j and why she should .bc represented ! when the balance of power has to bc j drawn once more. Spaiu's desire for admission to thc j discussion of thc Eastern question is ! supported by Germany. It is reported that the Russian Min- j istcr has left the Constantinople Con- j ference. The.Sultan has declined to' declare Arabi a rebel uutil requested to j do so by all thc powers. It is said tbat j 15,000 Turkish troops will start for j Egypt next week. Several forts around ? Alexandria were destroyed by the Eug- j lish Saturday, but there was no en- ! gagement with the English. It was reported on Friday that Arabi j Bey had offered to surrender if permit- j ted to go into voluntary exile with re- i tention of his rank and pay. On the j reception of this news iu London Egyp- j tain Unified ?fock rose four points. In j Parliament it was announced that nc- j gotiations with him were ponding, but j there was nothing in them which would j justify the Government in relaxing its present preparations. The reports lack j confirmation. The bombardment of the I Aboukir forts has been deferred. It is said that half of thc cotton crop ! of Egypt and the greater part of the j wheat crop of Lower Egypt will be lost this year. * M. de Lesseps at Port Said is said to i be in daily communication with Arabi ! Bey. He is reported to be denouncing ! the English and dedaring that their j whole a i DI in Egypt is to secure control of the Suez Canal. It was rumored in j the House of Commons that the Sultan was making overtures to cede Egypt to England. THE MASSACUE AT TANTAII. i The Inspector of the Cadastre, who j witnessed the massacre at Tantah, was j taken before the intelligence depart? ment, and deposed as follows: 4,I was at the railway station on July ll, when it was announced officially | that seven English war vessels were sunk by the fire of the Alexandria forts. ! The next day large crowds arrived from j Alexandria laden with loot, and passed j the word for the massacre, which begun I on July 13. By mid-day I counted not | less than eighty-five corpses carried j past, in groups of three and four, each ! procession headed by two women, each j carrying a bludgeon to which dismem- j bercd arms and legs were tied. Then j followed other women uttering cries of | joy as at weddings, surrounding the | bodies, which were dragged along by | ropes, tied to the legs until they became j dismembered. Then the ropes were j shifted to other limbs. Thc mob with | bludgeons beat the bodies until they j were flattened, and afterward threw ? remnants of them against the windows ; of houses occupied by Europeans, thc j bodies having previously been robbed.! The police inspector appropriated the j moue}' and valuables. There was a 1 fi^bt between tlie Kgyptuiri soldiers an'I i thc rabble at.5 P. M. over the loot, i Ahmet Bey and Meusho.vi Bey, with i twenty Bedouins, entered Tanta':: and j wen I. Lo the Jewish quarter. They saved the inhabitants and took them tu Ali rivet Bey's village. Wc were saved ? by sheiks nom the village of Shobra, I who came lo our house, disguised us us native watchmen with bludgeons in ha:.J, j took us to tho village, and placed us I uudcr the protcctiou of Meushovi Bey, j who put us into the train, where wo ? joined the fugitives who wore leaving' Al inalla and E! Kebir. The aft ern ooo ? train on July Io brought voe i ic rating i crowds from Alexandria, who proceeded to thc building where seven employees-; of the Cadastre and their families were ! living. Four were absent, but the ; three others fought bravely aud killed j many of their assailants, until the mob ; entered at thc back of the house and j murdered them. Their bodies were ; burned with petroleum. Those who were i absent were saved by some native j women. The District Governor arrived ? soon afterward. rclcafi|d feo familias of fcbe murdered employees, and coudu them amid the curses of the infuri mob, to the Harem. Subsequently mob killed twelve Greeks. The atti of the mob were repulsed eight til until two village sheiks arrived, i with the aid of their men the mob dispersed. ENGLAND'S IVAR PREPARATIONS. A despatch to the Times from G gow says that the Government has cl tered of the Cunard Steamship Con ny upward of 10,000 tons of sbippi The whole force of the Cunard's C pany establishment is employed in 01 to have the ships ready for sea at earliest possible moment. Tn the House of Commons the Sp? er read a message from the Queen nouncing the calling out of the roser in consequence of the troubles in^Egj An order bas been issued to the reset of the Gordon Highlanders to join tl colors. Viscount Enfield, Parliamentary 1 der Secretary of State for India, s that the Iudian Council had to-day proved the project of sending to Eg a contingent, which would not exe 6,000 men, with a small reserve. The Marquis of Hartington, Sec i.ary of State for India, stated in P liament that the number of troops to ordered toEgvpt from India is betw< 7,000 and lo'OOO. A proclamation has been issued su moniug the reserves to assemble by i 2d of August. The proclamation f tuer directs that ail soldiers who on a after this date would otherwise be ec tied to be transferred to the reser shall continue to serve until discharge FATAL SEASON IN EGYPT. The following from an exchange \* give an idea of what kind of a job Ec land has on her bands: "Egypt is as deadly in August as 1 dia is in June," say old travellers; a this sinister reputation is only too w deserved. The same distempters whi almost destroyed the army of Louis 1 of France at Damietta in the thirteen century decimated the troops of Bon parte and those of his successors, Kl ber and Menou, at Alexandria, in t end of the eighteenth. Indeed, tho who have been in lower Egypt duric the unhealthy season may well wond not that so many should succumb to ti climate, but that any one should esca] The dreadful "khamsin," or hot win which the strongest man cannot fa without instantly feeling his muscl unstruug, his skin_parebcd and feverh and his whole body limp and nervele as a wet rag, is of itself a sufficici a?rent of evil. The fevers engenden by the malaria of the Nile delta are ; virulent even as those of European Tu key, while the devastating visits of tl plague itself are neither few nor far bi tween. A less fatal but equally form dabie enemy Lo an invading army is tl terrible "Egyptian ophthalmia," w ii iel although often brought on by the ui -clean habits of the natives, is at tiin< generated in another and very sin guli fashion. A small green fly persistent! settles upon the sores of the disease eyelid, and when driven off carries tb infection along with it wherever alights. So common is this diseas among the Arabs that Meheroet Ali : said to hare formed two battalions < one-eyed men, the one wanting th right eye and the other the left. I 1798 this complaint made great rava ges in the army of Bonaparte, on of whose best officers, becoming blin in the desert, was forced to cling to tb tail of a comrade's horse in order t make his way back to the camp. It i a common saying in Alexandria that a "Egyptian Arab with two eyes is a rare as a snowball in June." THU PROBABLE RESULT OF ENGLISH INTER VENTION. The N.T. World of the 30th com met? ts upen the latest Egyptian news as follows: The thundering of the London Time seems to have failed, as the world pre dieted that it would fail, to terrif; France into the active sunnort of tm English intervention in Egypt. The D< Freycinet Ministry was overwhelmingly beaten yesterday in the French Cham bers on its demand for a credit for th< protection joiutly with Eugland of th< Suez Canal. Clearly there was mcthoc in the apparent madness of M. De Les? seps when he came down from Isniailu two or three days ago upon Port Said, with a guarantee of the safety of thc canal from Arabi Bey in his pocket, and prevented the French authorities there from cooperating with the Eng? lish. The Journal des D?bats gloom? ily prognosticates the permanent occu? pation of Egypt by England as the re. suit of the refusal cf France to assume a joint responsibility with England for the expulsion of Arabi Bey and thc sup? pression of the Egyptian nationalists; and as our London correspondent poiuts out, the English Radicals, who were denouncing the bombardment - of Alex? andria the other day as a crime, are now beginning to talk about thc neces? sity of establishing an English "pro? tectorate'' over Egypt, not only for the sake of India but for the purpose of keeping under English control the Egyptiau cotton fields as a counterpoise and corrective of the predominance of the United States as a cotton producing country. Thc "philanthropic police? man," it will be seen, is getting on fa? mously. After being conscientiously compelled to bombard Alexandria and throw all Egypt into anarchy, England is now prayerfully and sadly drifting to thc conclusion that it is her mission to make a second India of the laud of the Pharaohs. THE LATEST NEWS. Thc following syuopsis of the latest news is from yesterday's papers : Thc- Scots Guards, 750 strong, left London Sunday fur Egypt. Their de? parture was attended with great enthu? siasm, lu consequence cf the crisis in France thc French fiVet ol? Egypt has been ordered to maintain strict neutral? ity. lt is not yet known who will be j the successors of the Dc Freycinet Min- j isl ry. li is reported that the Sultan j has verbally told the English Minister j that he will do nothing for England and j thc Porto has demauded the meaning of the English severity in Alexandria. ? The conference is confused on account ! of thc withdrawal of the Russian Min? ister. A telegram from Cairo, said to be from the Egyptian Government, says that there was a meeting of o04 influ? ential natives Saturday, which, with only three dissentients, upheld the course of Arabi Bey. A despatch from Port Said says that M. de Lesseps has : declared that the English will not laud troops from the caual except across his dead body. The posiriori at Alexandria [ remains unchanged. Thc Aboukir j forts are strongly defended, and the ? bombardment bas been postponed. . f [From the Marion Merchant and Farmer.] J. Pressley Barron, Esq. Editor Merchant and Farmer: The following extract appears in the Marion Star of the 25th inst : .'We learn from the Williamsburg Herald, that J. Pressley Barron Esq., of Clarendon County, will be a- promi? nent candidate before the Florence con? vention for Congressional honor. It has been intimated to us that Clarendon Comry was 'Dibbled' on the Pee Dee section and tacked to the sixth District with her large Radical majority, having promised in consideration thereof, not to put. a Congressional candidate in the field, and to support Marion's candi? date. Stick to your bargain honestly and in good faith, Clarendon, if such was the understanding." It is hardly necessary for us to say that tbere was no such bargain as inti? mated, and that Clarendon is as free as thc other Counties are to put forward a nominee. The only question was ow to best promote the interest of South Carolina. As to any understanding or arrange? ment as to what County should have the Congressman, we know or heard nothing, and we are sure there was no Representative in any of the delegations who would have listened to so disrepu? table, unpatriotic and unstatesmanlike arrangement. Very respectfully, W. W. HARLLEE, J. M. JOHNSON, MARION, S. C., July 26,1832. -tmm Qubcy Fla., Herald: Recently a son of Rev R. P. Green, found a tremen? dous combat going on between a huge rattlesnake and his father's hogs. He killed the. reptile, but not before three of the hogs were bit, and subsequently died. The snake stood np with bis head about two feet in the air, and would strike a's the hogs rushed upon him. What gives a healthy appetite, an increased digestion, strength to the muscles, and tone to the nerves? Brown's Iron Bitters. A Maine editor, correcting a slight inacura cy of statement respecting a public assembly says with charming naivette: "Tbere were too many around giving us information." That Terrible Diabetes. GADSDEN, Ala., March 5, ISSI. H. II. WARNER & Co. : Sirs-I tried every medicine I could hear of for Diabetes, but in vain. Your Safe Diabetes Cure gave me per? fect restoration of health. J. T. LIVINGSTON. A Valuable Addition. Because it is beneficial to the scalp and idds to personal beauty by restoring color and lustre to gray or faded hair, is why Parker's Hair Balsam is such a popular dressing. What Everybody Wants Is a reliable medicine that never does any harm and that prevents and cures disease by ' keeping the stomach in order, thc bowels regu- i lar and the kidneys and liver active. Such a j medicin? is Parker's Ginger Tonic. It re-' Heves every case, and has cared thousands, j See other column.-Tribun THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S.C.,.July 31, 1332. COTTON-About 4 bales have been sold during the week ending July the 17. Market closed quiet. We quote: Stained 9J?10|;; Tinged 10i?10? ; Ordinary 9^; Good Ordi? nary rpf ; Low Middling 10-*?Il?; Mid aiihgll$@l!|; Good Middling 1H@12J. CHARLESTON. S. C., July 29, 1382. COTTON.-Market qnict. Sales, 12 bales. Quotations are : Tinged ll\% ll ?; Ordina? ry 9?@1C?; Good Ordinary, Uk; Low Middling 12; Middling, 12]; Good Mid? dling, 12?. WILMINGTON, N. C.. July 29, 1382. SriRiTs TURPENTINE--Market quoted steady at 41 cents. Sales of 450 casks, market closing steady. ROSIN-The market was quiet at $1.40 for Strained: and $1.50 for Good Strained. CRUDE TURPENTINE-Market steady at SI .75 for ilard, $3.00 for Soft and Virgin. Corros-Market steady. Small sales. The following are the official quotations : Ordinary 9 9-It?, Good Ordinary 10 15-16, Low Middling ll 13-10, Middling 12}. Good Middling 12& TTTE ARE NOW PREPARED TO RE W ceive and fill orders for the celebrated WINSHIP GINS, FEEDERS and CONDEN? SERS. Also, their Cotton Presses. These Gins being so well known throughout this section of the country, require no further recommendation. J. RYTTENBERG & SONS, Julv ll Agents for Sumter Co. E.YGJJ\'ES in the morid. For Pamphlets and Prict List. Who for 8AW MI1XR). address T1IE A [7LTMAN A TAYLCK CO., Mansfield. Ohio. $10 REWARD. MY SON WILEY SLATER, about seven? teen years old, spare-built, brown com? plexion, fire feet in height, knife-scar on fore? head over right eye, ran away from me on the 14th inst., passing over via Bishopville, into Sumter County. I will pay ten dollars rewar^ for information leading to his re? coven-. AMOS D. SLATER. Juiyi;5-2 Darlington Co- S. C. Estate Mrs* Elizabeth Richardson, DECEASED. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PROBATE for Sumter County on the 25th day of August, ISS2, for a Final Discharge as Administrator of aforesaid Estate. EDW'D R. SANDERS, July :J5 Administrator. Estate of fflTll, Player, DECEASED. ALL PERSONS holding claims against said Estate will present the same duly attested, and all persons in any way indebted to said Estate will make immediate payment, to J. ?i. SMITr7, July 23-3t Qualified Executor. GOOD NEWS AT LAST V Walker's Specific Has Never Failed j TO CUKE CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, TONSILI- ! TIS, LARYNGITIS.' and SCROFULA j Price $2.50, $5.00 aud $10.00, by mail. Oue bottle of his Rheumatic Remedy cures ] that disease in any form, in 10 days. Price j iv Express; S5 per Bottle. DR. J. W. WALKER, July 25? Franki in too, N C. Grand Midsummer Closing Out j Sale-1,000 F?anos and Organs j at Rock Sottom Cash Rates, on Easy Terms. " j Buy now. and pay when cotton comes in. j A small cash pay ment and balance November 1st. 1,000 standard Instruments, from best makers only. All styles and prices. No stencil Instruments. Makers' names on all. SPACIAL MIDSUMMER OFFER. PIANOS, ?25 cash and balance November 1st. 18S2. ORGANS, $K cash and balance November 1st, 1882; Lowest cash rates and no interest. Can't buy cheaper next fall with cash in hand. Closing out to reduce stock and keep working force emploved through summer. Special MIDSUMMER OFFERS to Install? ment buyers. Send for Catalogues, Price Lists andi* Circulars giving full information. Address LUD DEN & BATES, Southern Music Douse, Savannah Ga. The Great Wholesale Piano and Organ Depot of the TO PRINTERS. A WASHINGTON HAND PRESS, No. 5, capable of printing a 32-column paper, 26x40, is for Sale at low rates, at this office. Corres? pondence is solicited. Address Watchman and Southron Pub. Co. NEW AND SECOND-HAND HIM' FOR Mil. Engines, Boilers, Saw-Mills, Gins, Presses. &c. AT LOWEST PR?CES. ON HAND. One 25-Horse Power Talbott Portable Engine and Boiler complete. One Saw-Mill, 25-feet carriage. One 50-inch Disston improved chisel-toothed Circalar Saw. One 60-saw Winship Gin, with Feeder and Condenser. One 60-saw DuBo?s Gin and Condenser. One 60-saw Farquhar Gin. One Scofield Power Press. Lot of Shafting, Pulleys, Belting, &c. GIN REPAIRING. GINS, FEEDERS and CONDENSERS re? paired and made as good as new by compe? tent workmen. SAWS, RIBSr and PERFORATED ZINC, for Gins and Condensers, on band. -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. C. VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA. This well known STATE Iustitution bas been in successful operation since 1839, and having been reorganized by the act of March 3, 18S2, with a new Board of Visitors, aod the re-election of the old Faculty, is now prepared to supply, upon the best terms, the distinctive j advantages of a general Scientific and Military School, upon the basis of the U. S. Military j Academy at West Point, and upon the same j system so successfully pursued before the war. j The Faculty which once included Gen. ! Stonewall Jackson, Gen. R. E. Rodes, aud j Com. M. F. Maury, now consists of the follow mg Superintendent and Professors : Gen. Francis H. Smith, LL.D, Superinten? dent and Professor Math, and Moral Philos'v. Gen. T. H. Williamson, Prof. Practical Eng., etc. Col. S. Ship, Com. Cadets a d Prof. Tac? tics. Col. J. M. Brooke, Prof. Physics. Col. M. B. Hardt o T-of. General and ap? plied Chemistry, etc. Col. T. M. Semmes. ?rof. Modern Lan? guages, etc. Col. J. W. Lyell, Prof. Math, and Logic. Col. J. H. Morrison, Adjunct Prof. Chem? istry,* etc. Col. E. W. Nichols, Prof. Civil and .Military Engineering and Astronomy. Undtr the direction of an efficient Finance Committee of thc Board of Visiers, 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 GES. F. H. SMITH, Superintendent. WESLEYAN - ' FEMALE INSTITUTE, STAUNTON, VIRGINIA. OPENS SEPTEMBER 20th, 1882. One i of the First Schoois for Young Ladies in in the United States. Surroundings beauti ful. Climate unsurpassed. Pupils from j eighteen States. TERMS among the BEST j in the UNION. Board, Washing, English j Course, Latin, French. German, Instrumental { Music. &c, for Scholastic year, from Sept. to j June, S238. For Catalogues write to REV. WM. A. HARRIS, D. D., Pres't, Staunton, Va. REMOVAL. WG. KENNEDY bas removed his Book # and Variety Store lo the stand next door South of Wm. Bogin's new store, on Main Street, where he will be pleased to see his customers and the public generally. GIN REPAIRING. THE UNDERSIGNED is prepared to sharpen Gin Saws, or overhaul and put in thorough ord?r Cotton Gins bf 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. Attention Palmetto Batter?. THERE WILL BE A RE-UNION of the Survivors of this Company at MAYES V1LLE, S. C., AUGUST 10th, 1882, At 10 A.M. A full attendauce is desired. J. R. MULDROW, WM. M. REID, C. 0. WHEELER, July ll Committee. THE ONLY PERPECT RTfiE THRESHER. . ? Also ENGIN KS. J-VAV/XJ w ri te fyr j prices to THE AULTMAN &, TAYLOR CO., July lt-2 MansStdd. Ohio. Ice of Setal C?fflissioigr, SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C., July 18, 1882. DURING HIS ABSENCE FROM THE County, all persons wishing to see the j undersigned on business connected with the j schools, will please call on C. M. Hurst, Esq., who is authorized to attend to any business ] relating to this office. j July 18 * W. F. RH AM E. SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN, OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO THE CITI zens of Sumter and vicinity, with an experi- ! once of twenty years, and solicits a share of the patronage of the community. All orders left at D. J. Au Id's Drug Store during the day, aud at my residence at night, will receive prompt attention, j Residence on Washington Street, opposite the residence of H. Schwerin. June 20._j State of South Carolina, j COUNTY OE SUMTER. COURT OF PROBATE. Wm. Yeadon, as Administrator] of Mary Eliza Yeadon. dec'd: j Plaintiff, I Complaint against }? for the Louisa B. Green, Susan A. j SaleofLand Spann, Sarah ?. Steedaian j aud others, Defendants. J IN PURSUANCE of an order made by said Court in the above stated action, dated } the 10th day of July A. D. 18S2, I will offer for sale at Sumter Court House, on Salesday j in August, next, (being the 7th day of the ? month,} during the usual hours of sale-to be ! sold at risk of former purchaser i All that Lot of Land, with dwelling and ! ! other buildings thereon, thc property of the Estate bf tile said Mary Eliza Yeadon, deceas? ed, situated ou Church Street, in the Town of Sumter. County and State aforesaid, measur? ing one hundred feet, more c_r icss, on Church Street, and running back three huudred feet more or less, bounded ou the Nor:h by thc | lot formerly thc property of T. C. Oxlade, ou the East by Church Street, on the South by lot formerly the property of Mrs. Smith, aud West by land formerly owned by A. J. Moses. Terms-One-half cash, the balance to bc paid twelve months from thc day of sale, with interest from that date, thc purchaser to give bond, and mortgage the premises purchased, to secure the payment of the purchase money, and to insure and keep insured thc premises, and assign the policy. The purchaser to have the option of paying the entire bid cash, if preferred. Purchasers to pay for all necessary papers. T. V. WALSH, Judge of Probate. Sumter, S. C., July ll, 1882. THE SUMTER Fart aa?. Apital Hui) 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 mide to render the Third Annual Fair a completest^ cess. Xr* There will be Foot Races, Plonging Matcb-^ es, Glass Ball Shooting, Bicycle Races and at exhibition of Fancy Riding on Bicycles. The Madison Square Dramatic Company will perform their celebrated play "Esmer? alda," on Wednesday evening the 25th Octo? ber, at Music Hall. 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 exhibition. CHAS. H. MOISE, Sec. and Treas., S. P. k A. A. E. W. MOISE, President. July 18 PORTABLE HAND POWER COTTON AND HAT PRESS. Over 100 Manufactured and Sold bj U* the past two seasons. FIRST PREMIUMS taken over all compet? tors at the North and South Carolina State Fairs ; also at the Weldon, N. C., and Darlington County Fairs, last fall. Cuts, circulars and testimonials sent on application. We are now manufacturing 100 for the fall trade, and feel .warranted io saying that vr$ manufacture the best Press now in use. Send 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 gnests comfortable. Passen? gers for Glenn Springs will take the stage at Spartan burg, which runs daily to the Springs.. BATES OP BOARD. Per day ?2.00 ; per week $12.00; per week -for 3 weeks-$10.00 ; per month $30.00. Special attention given to shipping the water. PEICE OP WATEB. Per case of 2 doz. qt. bottles at the Springs $3. <5. lm-Joly4 J "LAND OF THE SKY ? 2,250 Feet Above Level of the Sea * fi l?l?i THIS HOUSE has just been renovajtedj put in order for this season. The splendid stone building,"known JUDSON COLLEGE, Surrounded by a BEAUTIFUL GROVE OE SEVEN ACRES, will be run in connection with the Virginia House. The proprietor will use every effort to keep both bouses up to the old standard of the Virginia, and will leave nothing undone that will add to the pleasure ar.d comfort of his guests. The pleasure grounds are by far the largest and most beautiful of any Hotel in the .town. Write for term?. &c. Telegraph Office in the butldnig. A. J. DOD A MEAD, Proprietor. May 30_; REMOVAL. THE BARBER SHOP OF LAVAN AND EDWARDS HAS been removed to the reora OVER SCHEWERIN'S GROCERY, where, any work in their line-Hair Cutting, Shar? ing, Shampooing, Hair and Moustache Dyin? -will be attended to in the most approved styles of the art. Razor Sharpening a specialty. --Particular attention paid to Ladies and Children's Hair Cutting, and Ladies waited on at their homes. SHORTHAND! I A full course of instruction in Isaac PitmaJH Focografy published every year in J The American Shorthand Writfl (MONTHLV. ) fl and the exercises of subscribers corrected fl mail free of charge ! First lesson begins Jfl uary; back numbers furnished new sfl scribers and exercises corrected by tbe pfl lishers whenever received. The only periofl cal from which shorthand may bc learfl without a tutor. The lessons are eibaustifl comprehensive and interesting. The repefl ers' Department contains fae simile notes fl leading stenografers. Send 25 cent* /?*H single nuinber of the magazine. fl SUBSCRIPTION : fl One year.(complete course, 12 lessons, )$2fl Six Months,.- - - - ljflj To the Profession, $1 a KOWKIX & HICKCOX, Pnb?Ub?ts,fl Boston, Mass.? ' fl American agents for Isaac Pittman's works, and dealers in ali Shorthand books and Re? porters' supplies. ??r Shorthand clerks furnished business men in any part of the U. S. Correspond? ence solicited. ??r Please mention this paper. WIGHTS HOTEL,, COLUMBIA, S. G. . ~~ THIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE, with all modern improvements, is now open for the reception of guests. S. L. WRIGHT k SON, May 6. Proprietor? WULBERN & PIEPER. WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN 1 167 and 169 East-Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec. 2 6 BLANKS *-0 LIENS, TITLES, MORTGAGES, BILLS OF SALE, - BONDS, And Other Blanks in Variety, FOR.SALE AT THIS OFFICE. RUBBER STAMPS? NAME STAMPS FOR MARKING CLOTHING with indollible ink, or for printing visiting cards, and STAMPS OP ANY Kiffin for stamping BUSINESS CARDS, ENVEL? OPES or anything else. Specimens of varions stylos on baod, ~Mch will be shown with pie**-*; are. The LOWEST PRICKS possible, orders filled promptly. Call?n CKOSTWar; , / At the Watchas* ?*d Sotthron 4***?.