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-'TUB SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1S50. '3e Just and Fear not-Let al! the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's Consolidated Aug. 2, ISSI.] SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1S83. THE Til UK fcOt'THKO??, Established Junf, IRfttf. ycw SenVs-Yoi. iii. So. ?G. ??_- Published every Tuesday, -BY TH S WatcJinian and Southron PtdAislting SUMTER, S. 0. THUMS : Two Dollars per aiiumu - in advauce. A D V S R T I S E M E X T S . Oae Square, first insertion.Si 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for titree mouths, or longer will be made at red uced rates. All com?nnni?atious which subserve private interests will be charged fer as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect ?rill be charged for. Marriage notice? and notices of deaths pub? lished free. For job work or contracts for advertising address Watchman and Sottthron, or alfolv at the Office, to X. G. OSTEBX\ Business Manager. ea : Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. J? marvel o'" purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical th.m the ordinary kinds, sind nm not be sold in comp?tition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cant. ROYAL bAK jgg PO"VDER CO.. ?06 Wal!-st ., X. V. ST8MS?? ANDC0HS50ER?J OFFERS TO II LS CUSTOMERS AND TBE PUBLIC GENERALLY A Large *o*l Well Assorred stock of Heavy and Fancy Groceries. Fresh arrivals daily, i And all goods guaranteed as represented. Crockery, Grhssware, Lanps. A large iu voice of Crockery. Glassware an*. Lamps, of every description just opened. Call early and get bargains. TUT-WAKE. My stock of Tin-ware is complete, embrac? ing everything in gent:.-.**! us?. Special in? ducements offered to purchasers. T-ic Kitch? en Sets and Thc Harvest &M consist of ten .pieces of tia-ware, all useful articles, for one dtfLlar. made wiiii patent fi re-pr oof bottoms, aud guaranteed jK>t tts leak. Tobacco, Cigars, &c A full lin?-Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, andan elesrs? ;t assortment of Cigars, of va? rions ?>r.?rids. The i>CKE OF DURHAM CiGARETS. sold by the thousand or single - package. Also a good :*?=?=?. >;.-*?it.-;jt of Pipes. Wooden and Willow Ware. A full liueoffVn-n in Tu^-s. Buckets, Baskets, j Wttsb-boards, Seines, Well Buckets, Brooms, ? TWIN B:?D SPRINGS ? :>n still making the Twin Bed Springs, and >e?:ng them ;ti the exceedingly low price ; of ?3.50 a set. One mattress is sufiici- ut to j make a comfortable oed wbore these springs i are used. Lver\ set g'r.rauteed to give satis- j faction, or moiu-v refunded. "vTHSA? BEAN AIND BIC2 ?L0US j Always on Hand. The best a.;d cht** pe.,: teed for stock. Purchaser? will do well *o cali and examine my stock aud prices. "Money saved is money made." AH goods delivered free o$ charge to any part of the city. HT. II. YATES, SUMTER, S. C. Ans 23 Opposite Jno. Reid's. FLVCS A2TD F AIP, ?DiSALIKG W2S5. THE BEST GOODS K'K THE LEAST MONS* INSURES SATISFACTION. BULTMANN & BRO. ?flpflpSlt ? ^ . SUMTER, S. C. ?* Take pleasure tn announcing t<> their friends and the public generally that they have added to their business aa assort? ment of i FINE HATS, TRUNKS. VALISES AND SATCHELS, and ia their re^ul.sr line of BOOTS AND SH?3S. th*?y br. rv 'he LARGEST AND REST STOCK THEY HAVE EVER HAD. T All of which th*v will sell at th*? ?ame LOW PRICES which has mad* them th* I LEADENS BS" LXtfS j for quality and price. The BOOT, SHOE, AND HAT TRADE OF SUMTER j bas not before witnessed so complete .-i iine of j SOLID AND DURABLE GOODS, AT I SUCIi LOW PRICES, FAS are now offered ;?t their store. AH j goods warranted as heretofore. Do not fail to call and examine stock before buying. Sept 13 LANDS FOR SALE. THE UNDERSIGNED h*s several tracts j from 230 to 400 acres each, <.f GOOD ; r COTTON LAND FOR SALE, with good k buildings, spring wr.i, r, convenient ioschvols ! and churches and good soci?t? Apply to S. A* Nt) KR IS, Sheriffs Office, Sumter, S. C. ! ? Sept ll_ j I PATENTS j I Obtained, and all bis?ness in the U. S. Paten? j I Office, atrrnde.l :o ?%r MODERA TL FEES. j ft Oar office is opposite; lu U. S. Patent oriice. ? and we ca?obtain latents it? less time thar j I those remote from WtvsHIXGTt >N. R Send MODEL OR^RAWING. We advise as to patentability fire of" charge; ?nd we ! make NO CHARGE Ix LESS WE OBTAIN ! -PATENT. j We tefer. here, to fe^e Postmaster, the Sup*, j of Money Order Div. j,od tu officials of the * U. S. P*tcnt Offices For circular, advice, j terms and reference (Actual clients tn youf ! ow?? State, or county i dress C. A. SNOW ? CO., Opposite Patent Offic Washington, I). C. ( August 8 i AT My stock is now complete m all departments. -0 Choice make of best goods ever brought to this market in -both MEN'S AND YOUTHS7. FIXE OVERCOATS a specialty. il MRMffiT Is now complete and fui! value guatauteed. PHILADELPHIA HAND-MADE WORK. DRESS BOSOS ANO DOMESTICS As low as anvone can sell. HATS AND CAPS In the most Fashionable Styles. -O TRUNKS ?ND S?T?H?LS3 Large varietv of the best m.-ike. G-TJNS, PISTOLS -AND POCKET KNIVES TO SUIT ALL GENTS5 UNDERWEAR. All ths best grades of SHIRTS, COLLARS. CUFFS, HOSIERY AND NECK-WEAR, i GLASSWARE, flMMOOMWARE, Complete Line. CISABS AND TOB?OC?j A full supply of the lien Brands. GROCERIES m Yffltim Fu!I stock of No. 1 Goods always on Lind at | Lowest Market Itotes. ? i DON'T HANDLE SECOND CLASS GOODS, j Highest Prices Paid for j Colt tili? Look ct and price ruy goods he/ore bi'fj ?a o c 1.?' tr It e rc. ALTAMONT MOSES. \ N. E. Co;::er Main rind Liberty Streets. Oct 0 THE BEST SHOE j PENITENTIARY BI ADS, j SOLD AT A SMALL MARGIN LY E. P. BICKER & CO. ALL KIXDS OF MERCHANDISE j -?'>I.D AT A VERY SHA LL, PROFIT, j E. P. KICKER & CO., OPPOSITE THE PED PUMP. I Sept 13 MY B A 130 YOU mm TH3 ESAS ON: WHY PEOPLE '.VANT TO BUY TKE WjLSON LIGHTNING SEWER \ \:i pr?'*': renee to any other We will tf?l rou. BECAUSE bas no ''c?"r?. (.'ams or Gears. ! BECAUSE it has no Rawhide or Felt ; Packing. BECAUSE it has no Cist-Iron Parts p.t::.t od over .<> cover its defects. BECAUSE i* i.nt shake, rattle or dance ali over the H 'or wij-.-n run at a nigh rate of speed. BECAUSE it bas two =p*?eds-one for fine work or a delicate operator, and the other ?'??r fas' speed, that you cati do one-third re work i". ? d?y than can be done ou any i other Sewii sj Machine. BECAUSE it riirji l-ight aud E:tsy. BECAUSE lost motion can be Oe taken up after tears ol'wear without changing or put? ting in new parts, which can MO! oe dune : with any other riewiny Machine. '< BECAUSE it darr ; rips and tears. BEC \USK ?; does ?be most elegant designs in eiabrcLL-itajj without an uttaciuiieut. BECAUSE ?: docs not break the thread 01 ne?* lit- when ii i backwards; We could ?e?lyou-for hours ofits Superiority j overall other Sewing Machines. We think ? this is s : * ?i ' " i ?" ? t reason .v'jy people should buy the WILSON. Ii iS Sold u:i very easy terms. BfULTI?IArSi^ & 5S3?O., BOOT AND SHOE STOKE, SUM TLB, S. C. Aug 21 A DOUBLE-CASE, LADY'S SIZE, ??t^GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN, used about six months, ind Lu perfect running order, f?>r sale tiii> <.ffire RISLEY'S PER OTGKER. A tried? and reliable Cur? ! <r ailment* uf Ladies. Will aid Nn"^-, prevents Nause.-?, arid Nervousness, and sbo ld 1?? Laken during tbecritical period. Has -ivt-.J many !iv?-> L'jif'oiSf-l by thousands of ladies as ?he best remedv of irs kind. A nv Drugr?st, $1.00. RISLEY'S BUCflU, The best diuretic and t .nir. Cores rittst Kidney ai;.l Bhtdder trouble?. Weakness, Whites, and ?>:i::i i?: back. S-? '-r.v-i-.-- .:! other kiduey remedies. Alt druggets. Sl.00 a bottle " CHARLES F. RISLEY, Sf pt 25 New York. 1 FALL ?NB WINTER rut TT T ? TnT V Vi V Mrs. WHITE 4?k -AND Miss MILLER, ? TTTOULD INVITE the attention of the ^ f ladies generali?-, their stock of F.i?.? A?D WIXTEK MILLINERY, Consisting of Trimmed and Untrimmed Bonnets and Hats, FEATHERS, FLOWERS, &c. ZEPHYR AND CARD BOARD. Parties whoas we hare indulged will oblige ?5 bv making immediate pavtnent. Nov 13 "Wn F?86ET TO CALL AT TUE STORE OF B. J. BARNETT and examine his floe and well selected stock of PALL ANS TOTTER BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. He has now a New and Complete Stock of DRY GOOPS, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS. HARDWARE, CLOTHING, SADDLERY & HARNESS, GROCERIES, &c, fcc. All of which he is offering at BOTT031 PRICES. And is determined not to be undersold by any other house. Just received a Ur?e lot of LACE REM? NANTS, which he is offering at 10 cents a bunch. ? ' So Dont Forget to Cull" B. J. BARNETT. Oct 2 _______ If you evcriatend to BUY AN ORGAN now is the time. Cali in and examine the GELEBH?TIB ESTEY ORSANS. These I ?ell on the INSTAI.I.M KNT PLAN at.d make payments to suit purchasers. A liberal ilise taut from prices made for CASH. Ort 30 tj F. H. Folsom, L. W. Folsom. s y ra? mm & nm I Established 1SGS. Practical Watchmakers and Jewelers, Ma in-St reef, opposite John Reid's, SUMTER. S. C.. OKALKRS IS El^ic, TSTaltlism, Lancaster and St?s j I?TATwSSS, Of all Descriptions. Clock?, Gc*d Pens, Penciis, SILVER AND PLATED WARE, Gold and Piated Jewelry of the newe?: designs, Spectacles, Ey? Glasse?. Fine Pocket Cutlery Scissors and Raz;>;s, Fishing Tackle Se>ci:ig Machine Needles, Oils, Eic. I We guarantee everything as represented. Pr'tr? .?: t\ 5 low as Bellalie Goods can be sold. Come and see ns. Oct 9 J. S. RICHARDSON. P. G. BOWMAN. B1?H??PS0N & BOWMAN; A Ti 0 ii N KY S AT LAW, Office up stai s in Cultntan's new building. 'S ? M T i: II, s. c. Apr i7 CHAS. H MOISE." INSURANCE AGENT, Notary Public. Accountant Jt Conveyancer, st :-i r : >. <.. Represents tbe liverpool ai?; Loudon and Globe insurance Company : the richest and protnutest Fir?; lusurance Co taja nv in the iVorH. The Providence Washington Insurance Company : organized in 1700. octD i - ' .- -I JAS. i>. I'.?.AN: ?NI;. WM. D. Bt.Asm.w? mm\m & BLANDING, Attorneys at Law, Sumter, S. C. Jun-21 tf. TO THE PUBLIC. SUMTER, s. C., SKIT. 11. 1833. OWING Tu TUB PECULIAR CARE wit? -A '.:<.?! we endeavored to select our tirs* citr ? .a<i of stock, the shipment i which was advert . 1 arriv: on Scpietube- j r>tti will not be upoT) th? market before the j 17th or 18th. j At that time, however, I will present to ! I the public view ri LOT OF SiiCfi HORSES j as cannot fail to mee? thc views ot everv class of b'.i*. ers. I _ i ON HAND. I ? FEED 11 A TS, Ct ?RN, j IIAY, WHEAT BRAN, j LIME. CEMENT, PLASTER, (OW HAIR, k<\ II. M All ?i V. A BARGAIN. A y \ " Vt rsc V?T. r.v- I .,T Appiv to V. . M. Ot i UNO. Nov h U?Sl?ilST. Here in the year? wherein ! Stand, ? gaze across the fallow Ian?; : Across the conquest and its cns!. Beyond tho sought for and the lost ; And look into thy eves of joy, Thou brown-faced, tuuicked country boy ! Just thou and thine, with naught between. Make up that suet teat elden scene. 0 tender scene and sight and sound ! The farmhouse, with its lilacs -round : The poppy bcd, the locust trees, The siiilicidic hum of bec? ; Tiie celt, with sturdy oaken sweep: The morning ?lories haif asleep ; The swallows gossipping : the creon Of doves above the barn ; the noon When kine, breast deep, stand ir. the stream ; And thy world pauses in a pleasant dream ! Beyond the uplands ; then the hills, Where, interlacing, creep the rills,. Here forests, sentinels of peace ; There fields, cv ?th opulent increase; Beyond the valley, Stretching far And dim to the horizon's bar. My brown-faced lad, I look again Fiom out the lairs and lives of men. 1 see the longing in thy face To grow beyond '.he commonplace: I know the lands that 'tween us lie, And pity thee! For thou wert-I. -Edgar L. Wakeman. Pialosoptier Arp. THE RICH AND POOR FARMERS-COI.. JOHNSON AND THE ORIGINAL BILL ARP, AND HOW THEY VOTED-SLAVERY-THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR AND i HE ADVAN? TAGES DERIVED TIIEREEROM. Southern Cultivator and Dixie Farmer. Georgia is a right good old State, and it is tight fur lier people1 to be prou'd ol her, but sometimes 1 think we brag too much about it. Georgia is going ahead in enterprise, and has a salubrious climate, and a law-abid? ing. Christian people, and I for one am content to live and die here, and I don't want my children to move away. But Georgia is a long ways behind iti her agricultural interests. I have been looking over a report of the grain crops of all the States that was comrdh'd at Washington, and I don't feel flattered very much. This report covers ever}' cou tit}' in every State, and 1 find that two counties in Illinois made more corn than our whole State, and one county made af much wheat as our State, isn't that sad y Just think of a small county growing three million bushels o? wheat, and ali o? Georgia raised but a few bushels more. Tit ink of one Slate growing three hundred and fifty million bushels of corn. Iowa averaging thirty seven t^shcls of wheat to the acre, and Georgia ave- j rages six and one-half bushels. Iowa j averages forty-one bushels of corn per ' acre, and Georgia averages nine, lt looks 'ike we had better quit brag? ging, don't it ? Weil, 1 know we ii&ve got a big lot ol'cotton to set off, ; but the question is. what il" we make on ?ty Our best fanners in North! Georgia say it costs eight cents a pound to make it and we get about niue or nine and a half for it. Our sales are big but what are our profits. And now comes an off year, a year ot drought which cuts down the average still more. Gobo says he is afeen d that corn will go to live dollars a bushel. Cobe don't keep up wita tho times. Cub?; goes back to the years when the failure of a crop did nm up thc price enormously, when lhere were lots of Jacobs who had to hitch up their learns and go away ol? to some j?gvpt to buy corn. But it is not PO now. Railroads have brought the great granaries of the Northwest to our doors, and coin is about as cheap now in Georgia as it was when we made a full crop. Corn is cheap enough, and the only trouble is in finding a little money to buy it with. II Cobe carri raise the half a dollar how is he inning lo buv a bushel of corny Tlie trouble generally with our average farmers is tiiat they are not rewarded for their labor. Every common laborer ought to get one dollar tor a day's work. A good, honest day's work in the field is worth that much at least, but they do ' not get half of it, making cotton on rented land. The poor are obliged to keep poor. I traveled with some Uli- j nois men the other da}' and they spoke of the difference between the North and the South among the la? boring classes-the tenants who farm on re:.ted land. They got better paid for their work and soon were | able to get land of their own and build a cottage and go ahead. Fifty acre? is a good, big farm up there. Families make a good living on twenty acres, for they put part of it in truck and eau soil everything they raise. They are a moro thrifty peo? ple. Tin'y spend less and work more. A few farmers make tuon ey down here, but it keeps ten tuen poor to enable one mau to got rich- j when one gets ahead he can keep ahead. Jt is like money making money. The first thousand dollars is harder to get than the next two thou? sand, and so if a farmer can just get a start with land and stock and im? plements, he catt keep on and make money. Here and there you can lind a farmer who starts with nothing and works up and makes money, and it l(u>ks like il ?ne; eau do tt others can, but t!i"i''-' is something in the breed of ("Iks just like I hore is in cattle and hogs some are shifty and some ate not, s. me ."" ambitious and some are sleepy and ludii-crcut. Nevertheless, it is an up-hill business for a poa! rna.u to farm. There is n??t much inducement for a young man lo try il if lie has no capital- and s-i lie "-??es f;, clerking: or traveling fur somebody, lot* he can do that with ?ul eaoital. Il a man has a thousand dol? lars he Can boy him enough land t<> farm on and can stock ?? ?md then he has got a home and can raise begs and cattle, and chirkoc.s, and g-t his wood for nothing, and can work up in independence ;.' ho is any account, bet t< ay ? ? j ? : 11 : ? \i ? p-><-; :. i had belier hire ?eat and tack '?? a on to some cLver, rich man, and sorter bflong ty him. The original Bill ! Arp used to say tb at lie had rat bolong to Gol. Julio A. Johnson tl to bc free, for ho said thc Colone i wife throwed away enough vit?is ; clothes to do his children, and th was always nigh enough to pick 1 up. There is nothing wrong abe this relation of the humble poor ir tb a rich and generous landlord. 1 poor man loves to lean upon Iiis ri employer fur help and protection a advice, and the rich man is proud tho poor man's homage. So it is right where tho rich man is not me and the poor man is not proud. Th< are not many men who do not depo on and look np to somebody, asked Bill one day how he was goi to vote and ho said he 'didn't km until he had asked Col. Johnson, a the Colonel wouldn't know until had consulted Judge Underwood, a the Judge wouldn't know until had heard from Alek Stephens, I how Alek found out how to vote be dog'd if he knew.' I reek about half the people ought to sort belong to the other half anyhow, a: the niggers especially without ai 'sort.5 We are all of us in some kit of slavery anyhow whether wc like or not. There is slavery at s among the Pallors, and slavery i land among the soldiers, and o children owe to ns absolute obedien until the}" are twenty-one. Slave is not such a bad thing after all. Tl children of Israel had slaves but was only for seven years, arid the the slave went free unless he did a want to, and in that case his mast< led him up to a door-post and pune ed a hole in his ear with au awl ai put a gold ring in it and he was slave for life. Just so when a ms and woman get married now-a-day it is a kind of voluntary slavery an lhere ain't much difference, exec] that the rings arc put on the finger: They both belong to one another f awhile, until they find out which i the best man, and then the best ma runs tire business. I know lots < married men who arc wearing ling in their ears, hut I never knew one t acknowledge it. I haven't got on in mine I know, fu- I always coul make Mrs. Arp do just exactly as sh pleased, and she can't make me d anything unless she wants to-for am stubborn, powerful stubborn some times. I was talking about all this to smart, prosperous farmer the ethe day. and In? said the good farmer who were able tu farm, made at lea? twenty-five bushels of com to the acr in North Georgia. That it was th pour men who cut down the averr>$r?.J A poor man said he can't farm to ad vantage. Ile has to put up willi ; poor horse or mule ami can't plov deep, lie has to pay the merchan who advances to him a big price fo l.:s supplies. Ile can't buy improve? implements. Ile don't take tin Southern Cul'.) rn for. and therefore don't keep up with improved methods The Souihern CaUica'or is worth fifi) dollars a yera* to a poor mai:. I saves mo I know a hundred do-!lars : year. We have got to learn from om another, and the Culli valor is tin medium of 'exchanging eur expo dence. But unfortunately the oh prejudice against 'book lam?n" ' Stil exists among the poorer and unedn ca ted fanners ; until our farmer* learn to read and do read, I believe it is better for them to hire to the richer class and learn from them how to farm. BILL ARP. An Arizona Cloudburst. A recent issue t>f the Tucson (Ari? zona) Citizen says : On Sunday after noon, one of those curious phenomena of natu reoccurred about thirty miles southwest of Tucson, and from the description given by eye-witnesses it ".as the largest cloudburst ever known in this country. From Judge R D. Ferguson th- (ullowingaccount was gat lie: ed : On Sunday he was returning from a trip to the Southern part of the county. At 10 o'clock he put up at Brown's station to await dinner and avoid the heat (d' the* day. The sky all day was cloudless, e xcept a thunderstorm that was observed traveling the summits of the Santa Catalinas, and disappearing over the Rin?ons in thu northeast.. Otherwise not a cloud ora vapor of any kind was to be seen. The sr.u was shining in all his vigor, and as he passed to the west his strength and glory seemed undiminished. Ato o'clock Judge Ferguson resume.! his journey toward Tucson, lie had come about five miles when his attention was attract? ed hy a rearing and crackling toward the west, and, looking up, he saw a river of water, as big as the Santa Cruz where it runs through Warner's mill tail-race, coming toward him. Telling lu's driver to liait, they stop? ped on top of a lillie knoll, and watched the waters as they violently plowed ttie desert, tearing up stones and brush. They had evidently spent their loree. After the flood had passed hy the face of the country was disfigured, and a large gutter had been cut across the valley. The cur rent caine down ulfa small range of j low, rolling hills to the west. Al? though the judge and his companion i strained .their eyes in the direction j from which tho water came not a] cloud was to he seen. After the water had subsided sul?cicnt?y lo let ! ?.hem pass they went on. Tl icy had j hardly gone hall a mile when, to their J ast"!iishmt*nt. tln-re was another.-] stream eanally as large as tue Inst | m?e. Again they peered toward the' we*! in hopes to ??nd some indication j oftts source; Passing on their as-! lonishment was doubled to find | motlier stream, and in this manner! live successive raping currents were crossed. But all their ivservo was! called forth when Jour miie^ from where: they struck the first stream ' l?iey discovered a sixth ono a*5 large as ail the others combined Its angry waters were roaring ;>n<l hissing as ?i maddened at the resistance they ne t mi their way fr cu the hills down to the desert. This rivi : was unforda? ble , ,nd tu rross it wa- ?mpos-ub!. . so they .''.-?i.ol on a knoll and watch? ! it for two or ti ree hom ; as it 1 i?ed and sizzled and cut a bed for itself, in some places as deep as fifteen feet anti aver 20; )~ards wide. li. was not till after sundown that they dared t<> attempt a crossing. What readers ii so, curi?os is that no (int? at Brown's station saw tin* clouds. It may bc possible that s<?mo hidden springs were uncorked by some subterranean earthquake. At any rate, it is a great wonder. Dr. J. ?rinrion Sims. Thc announcement of tho sudden death, in Now York, ot Dr. J .Marion .Sims will bc received with genuine re? gret throughout this, iiis native State, where he was widdy known and re? spected, and where his fellow-citizen* took pride in his brilliant reputation, and felt that its lustre was in a [?antier reflected upon themselves. This feel? ing was intensi?ed by a visit which Dr. Simms, paid to his native honte a few years ago, wheo many old friends in this city and other parts of State called unoo hun to renew their acquaintance and congratulate him on his success in life. Dr. J. Marion Sims was born in Lancaster District on January 25, IS 13. ??c grad un ted at the South Car? olina College in 18o-, and studied med? icine in Charleston a?d at thc Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. In IS33 lie settled at Montgomery, Ala., ami soon became widely known as a skinful operator in general surgery, in 1S45 he established a private hospi? tal for the diseases of women, which be supported for four years at his own ex? pense. In 18?3 he removed to New York where through his efforts a wo man's hospital was established under j his charge. While in Montgomery his attention was directed to the use of me talic sutures in surgery, and to his suc? cessful introduction nf this improvement he owed his subs?quent success and fame. Ile is principally known to thc general public by Iiis career in Paris, where, uuder thc patronage of thc Em? peror Napoleon III, he organized the Anglo-American Ambulance Corps, and by his large practice achieved a considerable fortune. After the fail of Napoleon he returned to New York, j where, with the exception of occasional visits to Europe and the visit to South Carolina already mentioned, he remain? ed in the successful pursuit of his pro- j fession up to the time of his death. Dr. Sims published 'Silver Su.'.ires in Surgery.' (Svo , New York, 1858) j and 'Clinical Notes on Uterine .Surge? ry,' (London and New Yolk. 1886.) translated into French and German. Let us Bear With Each Other. The dreadful year of drouth through ? which we have just passed, cutting down j the crops in many places :o less than one half, has made it impossible for < i mos* of our farmers to pay out. The j balance sheet in tn.?st instances will be | unfortunately upon the wrong .-Me, and ! ; . :!-.y. very many, will even find it ex- j rr? met y ?irheu?t tu obtain inc necessa? ries life. This !i ss n-"t '.cen from any fault of the farmer bimmelt, ont it hus boca entirely j Providential, and ir is for this reason j that we should join together and try J and bear each other's burdens. The. year has been a calamitous one. There ts scarcely a precedent before us where thc parched and burning Heids have suffered so terribly as ha? been ibo case j this year. Many have already harvested their crops and are now discharging their la- j borers, as there is no further necessity for them. Improvements cannot be I made for the next. crop, because the fruits of the h?sbaudmau have been every hing else but remunerative thi. season. The whole outlook is full of gloom, and unless we can staut' toge?li? er and help each other in thc trying hour now upon us, heaven only kuows what will be our future. A strong, j kindly pull ail together will, however, | lift us from eur troubles, and iigut may ? yet come where no?? all see ns gloom and blackne.-s. Let us do it. - Cain di. n Journal Mr. Emory Speer, who succeeded in convicting the so-called ku-k!ux in ? Georgia a few weeks ago, and as a re- 1 ward for his success, has been sett io aid Mr. Melton in tho prosecution at j Columbia, will tin-l, says the Greenville \ Xr.rs, the Democrats ol this State de- j cidedly different from those of Atlanta- i we say Atlanta because we do not re- i gard that Cheap John town as in any- j way representing Georgia. He will ; soon learn that the people of South j Carolina stand by fluir fellows through j thick an i thin and will not sea-e at all i before Mr. Speer or any other blighted bm! that promised ti) bloom into a Ma? in.ne, but didn't. Mr. Speer and Mr. Melton will tint send any Democrats from this State to the penitentiary for political eifences, even wir1- ;i!? thc ad? vantages ot hosts of go\ nment paid and drilled witnesses an.] juries packed to convict. We shall see. Possibly Mr. Speer will wish he hadn't como to j South Carolina before he ge's away. Thc l?rewstor rame down ?ike thc wolf on I ! Witt, his cohorts all loaded with jaw and j gobi. And the ?rr?v:! of his Speer was like green j on thc sV t. Where the wave rolls o'er A tlanta's port of I entree. j Gen. Bill Mahone i> a no>>f uneom- j fort able corpse He i- unmistakably j and permanently di ad. and persists in j the assertion that he is not, while his bereaved friend?- ??.?rlia.ru Hatton ! aiil him in hindering 'lie propel" process j i?f law atol th . eo:-.ti;er's impie.-; by j makiog :tr> innombrable nuiitbci ?1 wttl davits that the late !?il-l is yet alive \ What is tn be Jone with such an obs?i- ' ?iate degraoetl ami unpleasant corn.-o ? i o? Virginia Democrats will have t<? be .'ive :i another chance at ulai. Viler c? that (Vt-n the reluctant William will be ronvinced th:M he is really, truly and eemploroiv dead, and that he linet rs en ?he stage superfluous and disliked as tank political cadavers usually are. ( i t" . m Hf- X' i' s iii VlasVa . v, r.vthi?ig fro, ; he middle '-; . fi-tob'T. wa] r,-.mains so ; .::!'] > t . ? ; i. J tine. Julv and \ugust 1 i"' the only ti !.:. h- i?;al are cv'eu as warm as our coldest wiutcr days. i LFor tht: Watchman ?oi? Southron.! Li-o ir? thc H?omiv?iiz. "T?a; following i#_-rit-r has be >tj written some time. and having been lon? ;i>l.!(. on account of.the pres.-: of ?>-hei rn:?*! rs wu;, overlooked : '? v;e loir?!; i* ..> .:;!. the space even st this lar.? dare :] Gcnt?c::icn: if your readers could see the crowds of Beauty, iniediigetec and Weal th, that arc m;w traversin** these coo! mountain retreats. av' f.-rat? ing on the best ?he co tia'try alfords, at new and commodious boarding hons-s, they would vctah at least for awhile, to be here. While many sect tua s . ?' the d? ar old Palmetto State ...:<! of ?j? orgia, and sections of thi* State below rf;.> utoutttains, have been ruinously dry, (whether regulated by these thickly ti tu beted hill tops, or something els?**, i this country is in as tine prospee? of bounty fiann field and orchard as usual. What fi:"y are now calling tho 'City5 of Asheville, lias been so much crowd? ed with Summer visitors, since thc com? pletion of tho Railroad, that numerous and expensive boarding houses have been put up, so that now, the entire country, has more or If-??, of the (al? way) liberal and cultivated seekers of health and pleasure. These hou.-cs of entertainment ate usually placed near some one of tin- numero:;*- "Mineral" Springs, that are regarded as s*:ch an important adjunct to such a house, an-] with which this entire mountain c< un try is favored. Every Summer sonic new candidate for favor is discovered, put into trim, analyzed ami tuen sent to the popers. This season the Post Prandial, fa very hnppy combination, whatever thc inc, rod i ci? ls are.) has been discovered in 1 the suburbs of our quiet little Weaver- | ville. Being rather skeptical as to the medicinal virtues of every spring 1 hear of, sanguine parties have troubled j themselves to induce me tv) make a fair j experiment with the water; and to my j astonishment, (I have b^en a dyspeptic , for long years.) it acts like a charm j upon the gastric apparatus, and very rc- j freshinffly 'mon the veinai SVS?CU?. ?t ! is intended I learn to-day, to bottle j some of the water, and send gratuitous j to parties abroad to he tried-parties of ? feeble digesting functions, and 1 intend j to send some to the gallant gentlemen of th>* Prcss all over these sunny States, j who have shown me so many courtesies, ! and done me so many favors in build in up my seen enterprise. The .Tate,' ! 'Saratoga' and o?h'T w;;?ers are sold , now ny many or <mr druggts'S. ano : who knows but the Post Prandial may ! have slumbered beneath a beautiful ; mountian until now, to come forth and ! do snore for imperfect digestion than ; any spring in Europe or America! But 'Life' here in the Mountains, is j comparatively comfortable, if for nu i other reason, on account of 'he usaa! j re-rul-iritv of refelling rums. Andi r;ugn a? tiie coan? rv ?euerallv is. tail- : rea.ts have been constructed h r-, ana] new the gossip of the day is grane 'Air Lino' Road from Baltimore via j Ashevil-e to Atlanta, Ga Thia road j if ir is built-what is ti-.e use t*? doubt ! - will run one hundred and ?fty miles j through as encl) timbered sections as; can Lc found on the continent. J. W. VAXOiVEU, WeaverviUe. IS". C. j Samuel Lee. What a special to the New York j Tinier has to say respecting Samuc, , Lee, well-known hereabouts . WASIUXCTOX, November - - Samu- J et Lee, of Alabama, is a very light ? colored man. who was recently con-j spicuous as a claimant fot .seat in Oontrress. i Lo did not tret that, bu t | he vvas consoled by an pp 'ntne . . as a special agent of the G-en* ;at Land Cilice. Ile ls in the city at . present, and gh s an account of h;s occupation that is not calculated to | excite much desire to - ? ve the lam? j office in his State. His vv<?rk Is that of a detective. The hostility of the people is so great that he cannot al j low his business, or even his nano1, to ! be known. He has to have a guide j thoroughly acquainted with the co un j try and the people, as he would j arouse suspicions by hts questions .1 ? he travelled ah-ne that would make- it impossible for him to get any accom- ; modations, and might lead to his j being attended to in such fashion j that accommodations would be a mat- j ter of no concern to him In the I region of Alabama, where i.e is mes: ? ly employed, he says there is n-> om- ; who would give him a a meal or a \ [?lace to sleep, knowing hun t>' b< agent of the Government. Coi.* mani who knew he had some position un- j der the Government did give him a j supper and a breakfast, but did not dare let him sleep in the house, and j Lee spent the night in the woo4s ? Th!-; spirit, of hostility is'duo in part ! to the fact that the entire population j is, directly or indirectly, interested [ in vit iating the laud laws and de j frauding tin* Government, and partly i to thc tact that this legion ;s full of j moonshiners win> are as much atraul ! ofa special agent ol the general land, j ofiieo as tiiey a. o ?-fa:: agent of the ! internal revenue hurt au They would ! not tolerate any ofilcer of the Govern- : ment. .Many of the so-called poor : wiiites are employed by capitalists to aid the latter in making fraudulent j entries of tim !>era nd mine >*al lan is. j atn? in a moment ol > xciteaient they i might si?oot a rascally agent of the j Government who was trying to break up their bust ii ess. A i'oiu ?e-bred voio. ? ne- *s si-tew fi? lie wav t I getting the r< ... "'.it . ! ?a . 'jg without hr?'akttig th< heil is ti;- Low in2 : i'ake ?!:-1 spe vidal body nt vom minister hand, .no1 wen a ronxa TO-'U? diniinutive pointed it:>ti nini-nt held in the dexter hand, pam-turo titi :tpex ; I Iron in the same manner an ?uri face in th?' base, place either extremity to your labials and endeavor to draw in ymir ; breath. A vam m is created, and the contents of io. egg are div harked into tire in.aith." 'J.:i ni" !' sai i his ^r?nd meiio-r. to whom tue i'm pe: M* * -Mor? in-tien he' -reu napn-tei!. -.-..Va. 1 .vas a gal we t: t.." . a ; in !, ? in em-,- i aiu; suck Vu:.' -- -v> -C*??- - Thc . for ?>utting thc : has, again, j Railroad Accidents? A party cf four person.- wore travel ;* g <;n ?he Im I.-cri J?iv*-; road onesuro I ? ; * r. Ii? :. iva? n young lady and :: voting gent lort:?! n ar "ri o baa been very at!en*tv<> r !... ;.. :r; she sc*,: behind tl. n r 'li :r frb.-nds, ene ?vi \fJ0rn was :>. srir.j**iv<? \ u-g Indv. fond of practical jo?es and ratle r defiant of public opinion. As the train dashed tit-ouj/b :i sh-Tt and very dark tunnel, sb' 'eaned over and imprinted a reso? nar kiss en the young lady in front of her A scream followed and laughter came from ' i .: ?larkuess all firer the ear. As rhe train ran into daylight the intuited vonng ' C-y tui?:ed on her innocent escort: aod we. .. '?? loping rt o ey s and Haming cheeks said : .ITow Gare you insult me in this man tier V 'I assure v >u." ho s-??.?, stammering in confusim ;>.r :i-e strangeness of his posi?io?j. 'ina* I ha*-'."? 'Jun'- nothing.1 *K^rh!:?g !' she repeated, zn\ burst into rears. The passengers now ceased laughing; and looked at the unfortunate young fellow'indignantly. After arther pro? tests, wliich were not h c- -. -;. ? :. ho went to tor? sinoHng car TVJ sportive young lady wr?-?re a ne*e the next day and explained matters. The young couple were reconciled, married, and the other young lady was not invited to their wedding. An annoying practical joke was playi- on a b:!>fj!*?? young man who was accompanying '.; yoting ladv on a juti! y. \\ hite g^iog [brough a tun tiel a friend knocked off t?;c bashful young man's hat. forced his fingers Lhrough bis hair, kissed the back of his own hand and then slapped bis own face violently. Kvery one in the car looked it) that direction when the light came, and the friend ?vas apparently the most surprised of ali The mussed up appearance ami confusion of the as? tonished victim convinced the specta? tors that, be had tried to steal a kiss and h id been slapped. The young lady understood the situation and blush? ed painfully. 'The friends g^-t <?>&' at the same station, a rough-aud-turable followed, and the practical joker was whipp-j.-Springfield Xeirs. A New Anecdote. lier.rv Grady tells in his Atlanta Constitution what appears to be a new anecdote of the 'Plumed Knight' of M ii ne lr comes from Senator Lamar, who v.ys that just after his famjus as? sault ou Senator Gonkling some Sena? tors com men ted in open session on the severity of his words He replied: 'I meant to be .-cv-- ? : T meant to put upon nc Sen. a. ta* from New York vio-Js that ne. good utan would deserve and n" ' r?ve mau would bear.' Later Lamar an i Biais'*? > no are devoted to ach ut-h'T, .vere e. f-?g arm in arm 0 nnsylvania . :enue. Lamar ask? ed ?ilaine at he th flight of what had been said. lvaine replied: 'Lamar, you sav vou are fond of me. but vou have not shown your friendship in this matter. \Vhy do you insist vn saying .?use things to ' . .isling and rallying tho v.l.-.le Republican party around him ? Why don't - u say them to me? 1 fcrg've you sois ti;..e, but :!;e next tim-, you nave anything of that sort to say. do remember your friends.1 --a> - B&unioa cf Mexican War Veterans. The call for a meeting of Mexican v. veterans in the city ?l ?VashingtOti on rite t>:h. 7th and Sib of Decena ber will, ; . m "vt wy' a fui i response from a Carolina. Thc -U'vi, .?rs of '! . ci i ?'.S!..-C?O.? ll .'gin.: * have, with kt:o molv.-ov. ruf rai oed from making any ?rea: pwooe ?? arad 1 of tl : . services : i ti:.-i, s1 :i- - I.-J u ts due to them, tis toa . .! ors of that wai . i hat i? -e services sboti?d receive fill ;\.L--.g'-i:i ai Ly theirvaloi avast .orr? nriui e-.opir? was a-i .led lo our pos? se--and :.' thy prit. tple of bestow? ing pensions on th?, -e who have served th?-ir country fait h ful iy in war is to be maintained, fas it scorns to bc the set tied policy of both po?:::eal parties that it should be if kept within proper h.Mtud.O then no body rf ve terans are ?nore arith ? the Leant; ot the gov? ernment than tho e.! soldiers of Scot! and 'lach i ivler - .' bhi?i .. ? hetjisier. A.?WK ]],,;.] :,".: Mis UurT of Sandgate. V f . reeeti.tiv oe Ivb rated ;he "i-:!, rt ni vcr arv >-t .marriage. Mr ?l??r-! ;> v. ar- ,.":d. bis wife ?0, and bO'h are tn good health. Mrs M ricka v's box at the Theater Les ! aMi t s lauris, erst her $l??.0'?0, for she v .- compelled to subscribe to that amount of stock in order to get her cho:ee. A sponge measuring eight feet tu circumference was recently discovered at Lvov Wot. Ic !i::J several fro>b newspapers in its hand and a borrowed uuibictiana wore white breeches and a >:?k e iai The post of stopping a train of cars sr.i-I to be from fort j to s i - * y cents. !'?: i: ?v ni in'r do any good to hold up i;...; a do: ar to the brakeman on tho rear end f the t: .::: you have just missed, as -; goes out of the depot. '.What is that von are wearing*?* asked Farmer John of his fair city boarder 'Oh. that is my red jersey.* 'Ail right * was roe reply, 'but don't go near m\ brown Jersey over in that Sind, unless vou are g"oj at climbing tri ' S. The t ion of Milton by Lord (\der id ge doC"5 :>.>; p'e-?-e the Chicago Kr. ?? .J> ?. til -Milton, ty."* that ra ?oe i ha- 'lon.- mour to perpetuate tito sopers?i''o; - ,. rion . ; a personal devil than a in t.or Kngiisti author." We -liou'.tj f ii.,: r. pr?n'.in" uiee would be the last v' ice in ?he v.uld whero skep*ieis:i) itt rogar : M a personal devil would pene' rate. X> ? York Ma ii ar l ?>/V.v*r (iov K F. Perry, of South Caroli? na, resides in l?retovi?? i He is a man noted f " his ?>'ire character and sound }V-.-.-.v:.-v Ile - v 75 years of .?"o at,,; 1 ' !s 'if. has Keen a man of yre.tr n ? . r..ta ci-', h* Cition, flo i - hal l.i ..; t v. s :. i hos ft "tte nm -i-e. j cc? fhice win In, v;* gr-ar oui.r.st wheu u is published. Augusta Newa.