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TUESDAY, FBBKTTAR S7. The Simter WdtcJivuai was founded In 1850 and the True Southron, In ^ 1866V The WatcJiman and Southron \ Bow hasJ^he combined circulation and tnftoence bf both of the old papers, and is manifestly, the best advertising ijt xaediu?a: in" Samter. g EDITOBIAIi ITEMS. Last week, during the ice and snow Blockade at Chicago, the mails accu? mulated so rapidly that 150 tons of mattet-was piled np in and around the office and mail cars. When the block ; ade wa* broken we imagin? that Post office clerks had their hands fall, o V Some of the Minnesota Legislature Plgi?S trying to pass a law requiring all vwh? drink intoxicating liquors to pay a Kcenserfee of ?5.00 for "that pleasu*^, ?nd any one caught drinking .without that permit, to be punished by fine and . imprisonment! We think it a good law, better than licensing the liquor shops. * Gen.. Charles George Gordon, who ; ; was stabbed co. death by an assassin as he was 'rushing out of the Goverment : House in Khartouai to quell the mu ^.?-.:y>t?nj, was-41 years and one month old > ; when h? died. It has been said that . his life reads like a romance, and that the/m?rvellous exploits wo old compare favorably with the wonderful events re? corded in the Arabian Nights. Gen. i ^ Gordon was one of the greatest heroes & ? 'i- of the ?9th cen tory. ~ The cabinet makers (we mean Presi gJrVden^ that they have made a oona fide discovery . They : say that Mr. Cleveland has written to ^2 * M? B?yar^d offering him the position ?of . :?Secretary of State,* and that the offer .will probably be accepted. Well we ? ?iope-the report is true. We should be ; ' ^rood. to have an honest, honorable l^^-gentleman, such as Senator Bayard ra ^charge of the State portfolio. Apropos. of the Centennial which ? will be celebrated -, next March by the Chronicle and Constitutionalist, it is roteresting to recall facts about tbe "\ early history of-Augusta. This enter? prising city was established jost 150, years ago, and two years after Ogle? thorpe brought over his Georgia colony. It was-named after Princess Augusta, a. daughter of George II,-who was King . of England at that time. Wiggins, the weather prophet, ts -coming toihe iront again. He is out ia a "prophecy foretelling terrific storms in March, and advises that all owners of storm pits should get them in readi? ness for immediate occupation. It was reported at one S?e last year that Wig? gins had been killed in a storm, but that report was a. canard. We do hot know of any special good in cyclones, fentif oae were to capture that gentle? man and-carry him to the North Pole, or to the Moon," or some other place where he could prophesy no more, this world would be rid of a great a aisance. . It is best always to do what ts right, and next-to doing right is the disposi? tion to acknowledge and correct a wrong when one is done. That is what an English Jury did last week. A case of imbezzlemeot was tried and the defend? ant found guilty. As the Judge was about to pass sentence, the accused asked to be allowed to make a state-4 ment. Permission wa? granted and . his explanation was so . satisfactory that the case was again referred to the Jury, who found for the defendant, and he was acquitted. Yseult Badly, who tried to kill O'Donovan Rossa two weeks ^ago, but who only succeeded in scaring him, was born in England twenty four years ago. She was kept in an asylum for the insane more than a year, her mania being-of a suicidal tendency and was discharged some months ago, as was supposed, entirely cured. She has long expressed a strong dislike io the Irish, and she looked upon Kossa as the moving spirit of Irish antagonism's to England. If the crazy woman had jost known what a transparent'sham he was, she would in all probability bava saved her bullet. *Hon. Charles A. Dana, editor of the Tew York Sun, who essays to be tbe Warwick of American politics,' has be? come its Falstaff. While his former patrons have trooped in thousands to ihe Herald an^ World, he is left nearly alone 'to chew the cud of sweet and bit? ter fancy' and to moralize on what 'might have been.' Honesty is always ithe best policy/ even if a man is a ras? cal by.nature:' So says the Richmond State, and we hope it is so, but we doubt it. Mr. Dana has .too much self sufficiency to ever admit even in his in? most soul that he made an egregious fool of himself in the last campaign. But he did all the same. Dana and the j Widow Butler, bah ! what a couple ! Common Sense in Schools is the title of an editorial in the Wilmington Star of last week which is well worth read? ing by parents and teachers. We free? ly confess that oar county schools are .notin Lay great danger of cramming _ children with too liberal an allowance of mental pabulum, but there are some schools which believe in the high pres? sure plan even in this State, and con? tinuous care should be exercised by pa? rents in all such schools that their chil? dren are not injured for, life by requir? ing too great a strain upon their brain, j As the Star says : Let us all think of j these things. Let common sense have ? a say in the matter. ?We verily believe that it is much better that a child should never enter a behool and only learn what can be imparted at home,-than to "be sent to school to be overtaxed and have its health prematurely sacrificed, as is the case in so many instances. Danville, "Va. had a poet who died some months ago. In addition to his poetical gifts he had some other talents, not so useful, or maybe it would be better to say, not so harmless, for a poet is of precious little use-to. some of ns anyway. One of these gifts was ] the habit of, at times getting drunk as a lord. At sueh times he would upon leaving the house say to bis wife that he would be back in two hours drunk, and if he found her around she might expect a sound flogging. It is needless to say that Mrs. Marvin was generally found absent on the return of her lord and master. Some ladies of Danville are now engaged in raising money to erect a monument to his memory, but whether the monument is in honor of his poetry or of the flogging we have no means of knowing. DOINGS IN SOUDAN. We last week published a brief ac count of the war in Africa, anti of the fall of Khartoum. Since then the news of Gen. Gordon's death has been re? ceived. This news has been gathered from the Arabs by Gen. Wolseley's troops, and is believed to be true. It is needless to say that a great man has fallen. The civilized world unite in a common tribute of honor and re? specto the gallant hero who fell three weeks ago afc the hands of El-Mahdi's fanatics. By common consent his name has been coupled with that of Havelock and Jackson, forming a trio of Christian soldiers whose names will go down to future ages no less noted for their un? swerving trust in, and practice of, the tenents of Christian faith than for their marvellous career as military leaders. Last Wednesday a detachment of British troops under Gen. Earle attack? ed the Arabs in their entrenchments at a jttace called Birt! on the Nile, and after a desperate struggle captured the fortifications. Gen. Earle was killed in the charge. The total loss to the British was twelve men killed and forty six wounded, while the Arab loss was very heavy. In England the determination to aveng the misfortune that has befallen British anus, and the assassination of Gen. Gordon, is strengthened each day. Bot little eau be done in the near future fer the hot season is coming on when troops can not act, But next winter will witness stirring events in East Soudan. TARDY SCHOOL TEACHERS. "School Trustee on the road meets a small boy on his way to school at ll A M., san time, by trustee's watch, "wei*, my little man, are you not late this uiorning?5' **Oh, no, sir! I am early to-day. I sometimes get there ?later, but I am always before the teach? er." Trust?e rides on in deep medita? tion, thinks there is something wrong somewhere,- and the boy wends his1"way to the academy, where he is always early, though it be ll o'clock. This really occurred."-Hamjyfon Gurdian. Yes, and the same thing is a matter of daily occurrence in Sumter county. The efforts of the School Commissioner and Trustees seem to be all in vain in having colored teachers to open their schools at 9 o'clock. Some weeks ago we passed over the road toward Me chanicsville. The school boase at De Scbamps* mill was reached after ten o'clock. A number of children were there but no teacher. . About ll we passed a school house beyond the mill, the-door of which was not even opened, and the children were straggling about in the old field. Those teachers ought to be peremptorily discharged by the trustees, for a wilful disregard of their duties. It is such as this that brings the public school system iu disrepute, and that too not through any fault of the system, but simply from the loose style of its administration. As we have taken occasion to say in the past, and say again, "we had hoped mach from our public school system, we hope much from it yet," but we de? sire most earnestly to see some solid basis on which lo found our bopes. THE COLORED TEX3"ANT SYS? TEM. The article below touches upon some matters of vital importance to land owners, and we could not suggest a better subject for an essay before the .Farmers' Association than this. How often have our readers seen colored fam? ilies, in January or even later, start out on some poverty stricken, barren hillside, notch up a log pen with a log chimney, cover it with boards so ineffec? tually as scarcely to keep out the dew, and move ioto this wretched hovel for a home. The head of the family gives a lien upon bis prospective crop, buys an ox or some wretched little calf to do duty as an ox. plants a crop twice as large as he will cultivate, and settles down for a year's work on half rations, and au absolute certainty of making a failure in his crop. AVhat he makes is seized in the Fall by his factor, and the end of the year be is turned out of his miserable shanty to try his luck in some other neighborhood. Is it any won? der that there is a large number of col? ored people each year before the courts for petty theiving ? Would it not be a great wonder if it were otherwise ? Is it surprising that our lands, under such a system of renting, should grow poor? er each year, and that dissatisfaction among renters is so great that each Jan? uary witnesses so many changes ? No, all these are natural results of the utter lack of system among land owners in renting lands. "Am I roy brother's keeper?" Yes, yon are, or at least should bc, in many I c ways. For your Own self protection, the wasteful, shiftless, unprofitable habib now in vogue io many places should be avoided. See that the rent? er has a moderately comfortable house, that be pats oo at least as tnucb as he takes off ?he land,, and especially let him see that it will pay him to remain on your land, and that his interest is consttlted as well as yours. It is use? less to say it can not be done, for it is done by some and can be by many more. It will doubtless require trouble and-possibly some outlay, but it is a trouble and outlay that will bring us a fair return for its investment, not only in seeing your renters more prosperous and contented, but io solid, substantial financial returns. And now we give our readers the benefit of the extract from the Colum? bia Register : The colored tenant system is foll of danger to the State as it now exists. It is useless to suppose that this sy site tn can be got rid of, aud we are not pre? pared to say how far it would be best for a common society to depress the col? ored classes by depriving them when they wish it of being in charge of their own little farming interests. Yet, very plainly in the interest of all classes, this tenant system must be vastly improved or it will utterly destroy the landed pro? perty of the State, so as to leave lands thus used ? woefully unproductive waste at no distant day. The first thing to be done is, that the relation of landlord aud tenant should be made of a more enduring nature. It should not be an annual one, but should run for five years or more. Better habitations should be furnished by the landlord, encouragement given the Leu ant to raise improved stock, so as to furnish his own meat supply and dairy products. So, also, a supply of health? ful fruits and vegetables should be se? cured for the tenant and by his . own ef? forts. In short, he should be en? couraged to feel that he bas a valuable home, instead of being a bird of passage. ! Along: with all this the tenant should be i bound to drain the soil he occupies, j till and manure properly. All this in i bis own best interests as well as the j landlord's. We must lift the colored tenant out of the conditiou of "slattern seroiproprietor- j ship, in which he will be brought to take an interest in the land, as his home and permanent holding. To achieve this ? there must be a natural understanding between the col? ored tenant and the white proprietor, leading directly up to a highfr standard ! of cultivation, better agricultural results j all round and more self-sustainment every way on the farm itself, or South Carolina will become a hopeless wreck with this colored tenantry upon her soil. Something will have^to be done and that quickly. It is useless to talk about driving thc negro away. Our policy is j to make bim a fixture by treating bim j (ike a freeman helping him to help him- j self to a good home with solid comforts ] around him ; and this by taking care of ?he soil so that it will grow in fertility instead of being gutted to death We mall look into this matter hereafter, md only throw out the above thoughts low for the consideration of land-owners md our .brother journalists of the State. [From our Regular Correspondent ] WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 1885. The city congealed in arctic weather is Daking preparation for the coming ?vent, the 4th of March. The Demo jrats are preparing for a great demon? stration and the Republicans are pre? paring to grin and bear it. Hotel ' and boarding house keepers are prepariog ;o pack their guests like sardines in a t)oxv"and various military and civic or? ganizations are preparing to entertain "heir brethern from abro-d. President Arthur is preparing to vacate the White House to the political successor )f James Buchanan, and while Messrs. Blaine, Pveed, Hoar, Sherman, et. al nay be preparing for death, they are lot preparing to admit that the war Evhich their malice and ambition bas prolonged for twenty years beyond its | lieroic term bvoow a thiog of the past. ? Society also, is preparing to reconstruct itself on different lines and different iromen. The Frelinguysen's, Blaine's Brewster's, Chandler's, with their sat?l? ites and parasites will go. The new society, I imagine, will be composed io ja rt of the ancien regime, the old resi lents who have lived in seclusion du .ing the long ascendency of the light inhered vandals of the Grant era and be psalm singing hypocrites of the 3ayes usurpation. The social tone viii depend much on the Cabinet of Hr; Cleveland, for society here takes is cue and hue, toa great entent, from hose high ip otfiee.' It is the general mpression that the next will be a work ng administration, it certainly has a ask before it, and it would not be sug? gestive of work to see the houses of tbe Thurman's Bayard's and Garland's of be next administration given over to uid-nigbts revels, as has been too much he case of late years iu Washington. i An extra session of Congress is hought to be very probable, but wheth :r there is an extra session or not there" viii be something going on here after < he fourth of March. It is not ex- ! jected that ooe hundred thousand of- : ice holders will be immediately turned : ?ut. But a new Cabinet with new Obiers of Bureau, new chief clerks, and lew foreign ministers will be appointed vith as little delay as possible. There i viii be some fifty thousand postmasters ; o appoiut, and a general and judicious deaning out of the idle, incompetent luperannuated, and the merely political ats and barnacles who have industri- ? msly drawn their salaries from the pub- i ic treasury for years and years. j Many chirks in tho departments have j >een trying to have their papers, which j ?bow that they were recommended by j jromihent republicans, withdrawn from -he files. Secretary McCulloch, how- i sver has denied their requests and says 1 hat he proposes to turn over the files of i he Treasury Department io tact. This,. )f course, is right, and nothing more, [fa clerk has been recommended by 1 Senator Kellogg of Louisiana, Mr. 1 Blaine, or Senator Hoar, for no better j I ?easou than that he isa Republican, and h las done political work for bis patron, t is of interest to the country and to the J coming administration to have it on 'ecord. When an examination of the ] ippointment files has btea made it will .' < >e found that a majority of the male j imployes have been appointed for pol ?ti- j : al purposes, and that many females ' have been appointed for reasons and purposes not of record. The House bad its usual row on Mon? day Mr. White of Kentucky, a dis? turbing element was' ruled out of order by Mr. Blackburn, the acting Speaker Sergeant-at-ArtDS was sent to seat him. That officer forgot his mace. Mr. White resisted, as the officer had no badge of authority. The mace was secured, and, when it was no longer needed, Mr. White was ?=eated. For an hour there was turbulence and wrangling over this, bat Mr. Blackburn triumphed. The Supporters of the River and Harbor bill were not able to hold the floor after twelve o'clock. This is ?Dterpreted to mean the defeat of the bill, There was a marked determination to pass the general appropriation bills. The Post office Appropriation bill was taken up. There was another disorderly scene in the House of Representatives on Tues? day over the White incident of the day before. The Republicans insisted that the personal rights of a member bad been infringed by an officer without a badge of office, and that the journal did not accurately state that fact. Efforts have been made by the Re? publicans to show that the River and Harbor bill this year is' an almost un? precedentedly bad one, and that it is the first grab of the solid Sooth upon the Treasury. As a matter of fact, the [ most indefensible items io the bill were those koown as the Eads appropriatioos, ' and these have al! been erased. They were much more in the interest of Captain Eads than o?the Solid South. The worst River aod Harbor bili in the I country's history was passed by a Re? publican Congress and vetoed by Presi? dent Arthur. [Written for the Watchman and Southron."] California and San Francisco, The area of the State is 159.000 square miles..- Naturally it divides itself into fivjs great divisions ; a Darrow low? land strip along the coast ; the coost ran? ges; the Great Valley of California, draioed by the Sacrameoto aod Sao Joa? quin rivers; the great mountain wall of the Sierra Nevadas, aod the deserts of the ! Great Basin which lie east of the Sierras | -mean elevation, 3 800 feet. The eli mate of the State is for the most part most delightful, though extremes of j beat aod cold may be found by taking altitude as well as latitude into account. Probably more tbao a third of the State is arable laod, lying chiefly in the Great Valley and in the valleys of j the coast range; irrigatioo, oot oecessary io the Northero part of the State, is resorted to. io the Southern. Tbe principal product of the State is wheat ; other grains are cultivated to a great extent. California wheat, wool, wines aod fruits are'all famous-not alcoe for their excellent quality, bat for the quan? tity produced. Wheat averages 20 to 25 bushels per acre and crops of 80 bushels per acre have been harvested, j Apples, pears, peaches and grapes j flourish in all parts of California. Or? anges, lemons, olives, figs, pomegran? ates and other tropical fruits find a congeoial clime in the Southero part of the State. The average value of clear? ed land in 1880 was ?27.16, and of timber land, $8.55. The census of 1880 showed there were in the State 6.250,000 sheep, mr?re at that time than in any other State or Territory, and 800.000 head of entile Bee j culture has attained considerable im- i portaoce. There is probably no other city in | the world supplied with so splendid and safe a ferry system ns San Francisco. The immense yet elegant and beauti? fully appointed steamers of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Coast Railroad, plying every half hour between the City aud its charming enviroos, Oakland and Alameda, carrying hun- i dreds of thousands of passengers yearly, running at night, often in a dense fog aod without accident or loss of life. These steamers are so large that 5,000 people will not crowd them ; they areruD at great speed aod OD exact time, and are handled, seemingly, more easily than a row boat, while the beauty, comfort and elegance of their cabios, and all other appointments, are scarcely surpassed by the floating palaces of the"-Hudson River The monster steamer, 'Solano.' crossing the Straits of Beoicia, excites the wonder and admiration of tourists aod travelers from all parts of the world, who are passengers oo the over? land train which she so easily takes upon her back and so gracefully and noiselessly transfers across the beautiful Straits ;. no matter if the train has 20 coache sshe carries them all, for she has four parallel track of 425 feet in length. Many of the street car lines are also models io their way-the elegant 'cable roads' of California, Market, Clay, Sutter aod Geary and Union streets, aggregating nearly 50 miles in length, are universally acknowledged to be the ?oest- Street Railways io the world The uniform fare oo all lines is 5 cts. The Market. Street cable road, Haight Street Division, carries passengers to the Goldeo Gate Park, about four miles, for this small amount, from which point a steam Railway of the same Company runs directly to thc Ocean Beach near Cliff House. Fare 5 cts. The carriage road to the celebrated Cliff House is through this Park, and is as smooth as a floor, affording a most ele? gant drive 'Chinatown' must be visit o ed, of course, which is easily done, it being in the very heart of San Fran? cis JO, a city within a city, its people having manuers, customs and a civili zation as distinct from our own as are their own cities of Peking or Canton. San Francisco has many elegant pub? lic business and private buildings worth visiting, among which may be named the Palace Hotel, Baldwin, Accidental and Lick House, the U. S. Mint on Fifth Street, the San Francisco Stock Exchange, thc Merchants' Exchange, the building of the Firemen's Fund insurance Company, the Bank of Cali? fornia, Nevada Bank, Anglo-Califor? nia and London and San Francisco Banks, the Uuion, Phelan, Eagle and Holbrook Blocks on Market Street, thc . Cosmopolitan Block, tbe Safe Deposit building The private residences of ex-Governor Stanford, of Charles Crocker, and of the widow of the de? ceased Treasurer of tho C. P. R ll., ' Mark Hopkins, are all situated on Cali? foroia Hill, and easily reached by the California street cable road. The cost? ly and elegant country residences of cx Senator Sharon, James G. Flood and other California millionaires are at Belmont and Menlo Park, both lovely ! suburban towns, reached by the South? ern Paci6c ll. ll. Telegraph Hill is? 1 precipitous and rocky bluff three huo jred feet high, in the North-Eastern ' part of the city, from the summit of ' which is obtained the most extended j ?iew of tho City of San Francisco, its !, magnificent bay and harbor, aod tbe surrounding country, possible to be had, except from a balloon. It was used as an observatory in tbe early days of '49 and '50, and from its summit was sig? naled the arrival of vessels through the Golden Gate. To climb its steep and rocky sides is no easy task, though the view from its summit well repays the effort and it is safe to say tbat thous? ands of old residents of tbe City have never stepped foot upon its top. But now all is changed. The wonderful Cable Railway bas made the ascent but a pastime, and expense but five cents. The Telegraph Hill Railway Company with most commendable enterprise and an outlay of over $100,000, have con? structed a railway to tbe summit and there erected a splendid building in which is combined a fine music ball, restaurant and observatory. In tbe music hall concerts are given every evening and Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The restaurant supplies everything in the shape of edibles at a reasonable price, while from the observatory in the upper turret where are kept a powerful telescope and marine glasses, may be obtained a view which for extent, grandeur and beauty, can scarcely be excelled in the world, embracing the entire city and bay, the islaods with their fortifications, the bills and mountains surrounding the bay, and the far-famed Golden Gate. In short, Telegraph Hill bas now be? come one of the resorts of San feacisco, and one of the pleasantest to visit. No stranger should leave the city without making a-trip to its summit; it is an event to be remembered. The Ocean Beach bordering on the ocean at San Francisco is one of the finest in this country. It forms the Western bound? ary of San Francesco, and lies about seven miles distant from Oakland Ferry terminus, wbich ia on the Western shore of San Francisco Bay, and can be reached by the Haig ht Street, er McAl? lister Street lines (of the Market Street Cable Railway System,) to the Park ; thence by the cars of the Park & Ocean R R. from Stanyan Street opposite the terminus of the Haigbt Street line of Cable cars Here can be had a stroll upon the beach, a visit to'tbe magnifi? cent Pavilion, just erected by A. P. Hotaliog, Esq , anda short walk to the Cliff, where can be seen the Seal Rocks covered with seals, and where can be had a full view of the Golden Gate, and that grandest of all oceans, the Pacific. One noticeable feature of the climate at the beach is, that on a majority of days, it is much warmer and pleasanter than in the City. D. B. A. The Georgetown and North Caroli? na Narrow Gauge Rail Road. The Georgetown Enquirer states edi torily; that the question of a sub? scription of ?100.000 by the county to the capital stock of the Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Rail Road Company bas been decided. Th?2 vote was light being ooe-third of the total voting strength of the county. The following is a summary : Total vote cast 1,200. For subscription ' 835. For no subscription 365. Majority for subscription 470. -4MB-. Death of Major Martin H. Delaney. Major Martin R Delaney, whose death occurred a few days since at Wil? berforce, Ohio, was^certaiuly one of the most distinguished negroes of the age. His lifo was a long and eventful .ooe. He was born in Charleston-io May, 1812, and was the son of Samuel and Patty Delaney, free blacks. The father of Delaney's father was a renowned Af? rican chieftain, who was captured aod brought to this country more than one hundred and fifty years ago The father of Patty, Delaney's mother, was the only daughter of an African Prioce from the Nigar Valley regi?n of Ceotral Africa. The Major himself was a typi? cal Degro and was always proud of his pure Africao blood. Delaney was a bard student, and acquired a liberal ed? ucation. He removed io early life to Pittsburg where *he studied medicine, afterwards locatiDg io Canada where he had a fine practice. Some time before the war he joined an exploring expedi? tion to Africa, and upon his return stopped in Eugland where he met with a flattering reception from tbe literary and scientific societies of Loodoo. He took part in the war aod received a coromissioo as Major before its close. He located in South Carolina, and was more or less, prominent in politics until 1874,.; when he was defeated in the con? test for Lieutenant Goveroor by Cham? berlain's crew. A few years ago he re? moved to Wilberforce, Ohio, where he rent ly died. The story of a shocking tragedy conies to us from Pickens county? The particulars, so far as learned, are these: Dick Mulligan, a white mao, while in? toxicated, seized a chair io a frenzy of passion and threw it violently at his wife. The wife avoided the blow and their, little daughter, ten years of age, passing just outside the door at the time received the full force of the chair upon her head and was killed instantly. Horrified at what he had done. Mulligan stood speechless over the lifeless body of hi^child for a time, and then retir? ing to a room in the bouse drew a razor and out his ?wn throat, dying io a very few minutes. The father aod child were buried at Sharon Church, iu Pick ens Couuty, the following day. The New York- World thinks Gen. Wolseley "a popinjay,"" but the Eng? lish people think him their greatest sol? dier. We suspect the Northern papers arc led to depreciate the English com? mander because of his well-known high opinion of Gen. Lee and his poor opin ion of Gen. Grant. A year or so ago we saw an expression of opinion of Lord Wolseley as to Lee. He regarded him as the greatest soldier he had seen. But in his opinion he is not singular among his countrymen. Col. Free? mantle has some such opinion. An-, other soldier, whose name escapes us j I just .now, who was regarded as the ! a highest authority in war matters in j j England, in a paper in Blackwoods j {, Magazine, gave it as his opiniou that j J Lee was one of the three great captains 1 nf the English race-Marlborough and Wellington being the other two. Wilmington Star. There are now G2S persons confined in the Lunatic Asyiuui io Columbia. Of these 363 are white-163 men, and 200 women ; 265 are blacks-males, 134; females, 131. These are supported it an annual cost of ?128 each. "Tis more brave to live than to die." j ^ Therefore don't wait until a slight cough dc- j 1 relops itself into consumption, but secure a ! i bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup at the small j T outlay of 25 cents, cure your cough, and live i au happy. ' Land Transfers. The following is tbe list of transfers ia real estate of which an official record was made in January, except where the sale has been made for a long while: Wm Bogia to Ella M J McGinnis, 3 lois, Sumter, E B King to Jos E Wilson, 200 acres, Lynchburg, $ 1800 00 E B Ful wood, by Master, to Jos E Wilson, 500 acres, Shiloh, Timothy Mims, by Master, to Tim? othy Mi ms, 65 acres, Shiloh, Mary Ladson to Z T Blake, lot, Mayesville, J W Hawkins to Mary S Hawkins, 220 acres, Shiloh, John M Miller to R J Anderson, lot, Magnolia, Francis J Mayes to Jas E Majes, lot, Mayesville, Abigail H Durant, by Sheriff, to ? C Duraot, 1300 acres, Bishop? ville, J J Muid row, by Sheriff, to Wm W DeScbamps,.395 acres, Mt. Clio, Bel lemont Cotton Factory, by Sheriff, to D Jas Winn, 15 acres, Sumter, D Jas Winn to D Jas Winn, Tras? tee; 15 acres, Sumter, Mary J M Capell to E H Holman, 100 acres, Spring Hill, E H Hol mao to J W Wesberry, 40 acres, Spring Hill, Benj Lawson to Paul Grantham, Trustee, 1 lot, Sumter, Robert J Brad ham to Geo W Will? iams, Trustee, I lot. Magnolia, Jacob E Ryttenberg to Mrs Sallie 0 Newton, 91 acres, Spring Hill, Annette 0 McCutcben to J Addi? son Boykin, 225 acres, Carter's Crossing, 6,000 pounds cotton. Ellen M Spann to George S Holmes, 145 acres, Statenurg, Willie M McFaddin to R C McFad? den, 54i acres, Concord W D Rhodes to F J Mayes, 135 acres, Mayesville, Tbos J McCutcben to Garrison Davis, 100 acres, Carter's Cross? ing, Tbos J McCutcben to Garrison Davis, 60 acres, Carter's Cross? ing, Hngb H Wilsoo to Walter S Wil? son, 150 acres, Lynchburg, Anthony White to John Reese, 15 acres, Sumter, H B Holley mau to Th os Jefferson, 40 acres, Maresville, C T and M J Player to Wm J Fri erson, 1 lot, Shiloh,. Wm and W A Buddin to Wm J Frierson, 5 acres, Shiloh, H H and S E Flayer to Wm J Fri? erson, 20 acres, Shiloh, G W Brown, by Master, to Marga? ret J Brown, 108 acres, Rafien Creek. _ Dr E J Rembert to W F B Hayns? worth, Trustee, 219 acres, Rai? ten Creek, R L Cooper to W 0 Cain, 67 acres, Privateer, J S Richardson, Master to Wm Bo gin, 60 acres, Sumter, J S Richardson, Master to Wm Bo gin, 1 lot, Sumter, J S Richardson, Master to Wm Bo gin, 1 acre, Sumter, W D Blandiog, Trustee to JB Tal? lon, 1 lot, Lynchburg, Martha E Shiver to W L Arthnr, 200 acres, Rafton Creek, Flander Washington to W D Bland.ing, 25? acres, Providence, A S and Mary S Boyle to Ja3 E Mayes, 120 acres, Lynchburg, George M Hancock to Nancy J Hancock, 62j acres, Spring Hill, W D Blandina Trustee to PeSau snre Bell, 308 acres. Stat?burg, B G Pearson to W A Cooper, 383 acres, Mayesville, Theodosia G Dargan to J J Dar? gan, 650 acres. Stateburg, Mrs L E Du Bose, by Sheriff, to Wm S Da Bose et al., 600 acres, Mt. Clio, 650 00 John F DuBose et al., to Lillie E DuBoseetal., 215acres, Mt.Clio, 5 00 F A Tradewell to Hilliard Berry, 16 acres. Concord, 152 00 J W Brownfield et al. to A J Moses, . ' 27 acres, Sumter, 2950 00 Rate Sisk et at to Miles Moran, 27 acres. Sumter, 335 00 S E Bradley jo C L English, 32 acres, Bishopville, 1 00 M A McLaurin et al. to Salina E Wilson, 115 acres. Middleton, 2500 00 Joel E Brimson to Martha M Brun? eon, 107 acres, Sumter, 100 00 Joel E Brunson to Martha M Bran? son, 1 lot, Sumter, Mary S Branson et al. to Thos B Brunson, loo acres, Concord, A M Corbett et al. to Mrs M A Smith, 200 acres, Spring Hill, Jesse Durant to B F McLeod, At? torney, 20 acres, Lynchburg, 125 00 James Durant to BF McLeod, At? torney, 50 acres, Lynchburg, 300 00 Louisa A Bradford to William J Lawrence, 78 acres, Concord, 360 00 Mrs S E Trader to F W Kerchner, 110 acres, Shiloh, 159 00 Leg ra nd James to Elias Scott, 25 acres, Mt. Clio, 267 00 Jos H Earle to L R Lindal, 500 acres, Sumter, 7000 00 Jos H Earle to Julia A T Lindal, 430 acres, Sumter, 5000 00 ri G Scarborough to R O Dixon, 2 lots, Bishopville, 580 00 Fraser k Durant (by C H M) to W E B Fraser,- 2 lots, Risbopville, 100 00 J D Blandiog to George Sigleton, 27 acres, Concord, 137 00 Martha B and D 0 McLeod to John Montgomery, 86^ acres, Mt.Clio, 350 00 Jae J Vause to A E Vause, 75 acres, Shiloh, 250 00 A E Vause to R W Chandler, 75 acres, Shiloh, 225 00 Z 0 Wheeler to Bardin k Murdock, 1 lot, Mayesville, 600 00 65 00 334 00 77 50 700 00 50 00 500 00 550 00 25 00 15000 00 137 00 137 00 610 00 610 00 440 00 1800 00 192 00 1600 00 400 00 400 00 500 00 75 00 162 00 25 00 150 00 400 00 394 00 1044 00 436 00 100 00 175 00 502 00 100 00 1547 00 50 00 300 00 312 00 3447 00 13000 00 The Duty of State Legislatures. Legislation in every State should regulate the sale and use of the many poisons resorted ;o by women in their desperation to obtain jeautiful complexions. There exists io Dr. barter's iron Tonic every requisite to accom )lish the object without injuring the health >r endangering life. Vitality of Great Men Ts not alwa3*s innate or born with them, nit many instances are known where it has )een acquired by the persistent and judicious ise of Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic. Pacts for Farmers. The Ashley Soluble Guano is a complete rertilizer, and is specially adapted to Cotton, ?Vheat, Rice and tobacco. Apply in the drill, 100 lbs. or more to the acre. The Ashley Small Grain Specific abounds ich ly in ammonia, Phosphoric Acid, Potash, lagnesiaand Soda, kc, and is a complete md specific food for Wheat, Oats, and other mall Grain. The Ashley Colton and Corn Compound is peci:illy prepared and adapted to meet the *ants of Cotton and Corn, and to carry them uccessfiilly through their protracted periods if prow! h. See Co'9 Almanac. The Ashley Dissolved Bdne is a superphos that? of very high grade. It is especially ich in Soluble and Reverted Phosphoric ^cid, and it constitutes the basis and princi? pal ingredient of all our Ammoniated Fcrtili ers. The Ashley Acid Phosphate is an extremely ?ohible Superphospate, heine very rich in 'hos. Ac. alid Potash. It will give the best esults when composted with Cotton Seed or liable manure. A Good Many Failures. During the year 1883 there were 10,508 allures in business in thc United States and lanada. Some of these were big concerns, nd some were very small. Failure is sorrowf? ul business to ?ny man, especially if it is his ealth thai fails. A great many tim*s 10,568 eople fail in health in the course of a year. I any of them might be saved if they would ake Krown's Iron Hitters, the great family ued-icinc and restorer of wasted health. A grandson of King Stanislaus of boland under au assumed name, has ?cen for the past, two years working as , cattle tender on thc farra of Dr. Pat? erson in Baltimore county, Md. His dentity is proven by documents in n his possession. - ...mt? -^M^ .Just look at that dress ; my, don't bc put on lots of agouy?' remarked a leights lady on the street. *t think t's ber husband who puts on the agony rhen be gets the bills,' he replied as he oohed askance at his wife. Obituary. Mrs. Jane E. Baker was born in Sumter County, .S. O., io the year 1819; was con? verted and united with the Methodist Church in 1842; married Mr.Abraham Baker in 1834, and after nineteen years of domestic happiness was left a widow with seven small children dependent upon her for support. With heroic fortitude she hore up under the pressing cares thus forced upon her, and reared to manhood and womanhood the large family of children, and by patient ?nd earnest Christian example endeavored to lead them to the same Savior who had so long been her comfort ana stay. Who can number the days of trials, or meas? ure the anxiety filling the thirty-one years of widowhood! When at last age began to im? press its furrows upon her brow and sap the elasticity of youth from her form; when the silver cords were being loosed and infirmities, the harbingers of the approach of the last enemy, were increasing, she found comfort and safety in the implicit trust she had in Jesus, who had sustained her so many long eventful years. To her'death seemed to be only the parting of the curtains hanging be? tween the present and the future worlds.^ Daring the two weeks of suffering nreceeding her death she was cheerful and abided her Master's call. At midnight on the 9th of Jan? uary the Messenger came and joyfully she went forth to meet the Bridegroom. God grant to her, and ber children left behind a happy reunion in the land beyond. Wants the Facts Known. Mr. Editor:-I and my neighbors have been led so many times into buying different things for the liver, kidneys and blood that have done us more barm than good, I feel it due your leaders to advise them when an hon? est and good medicine like Dr. Barter's Iron Tonic can be had. Yours truly. AN OLD SUBSCRIBER. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., Feb. 17, 1885.. COTTON.-About 50 bales have been sold during the week ending the 17tb. The mar? ket-closed steady. We quote: Ordinary 8? @8f: Good Ordinary 9@9J; Strict Good Ordinary 9-?@9?; Low Middling 9f@9f; Middling 9?@l? ; Good Middling 10$. CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 16, 1885. COTTON.-Market quiet. Sales about 500 bales. Quotations are : Low Middling, 10| ; Middling 10f!; Good Middling, 10J. WILMINGTON, N. C., Feb. 15, 1884. SPIRITS TD*BPE?TIKK-Market quoted steady at 27J cents. ROSIN-The market quiet at S 1.00 for Strained and Si.02J for Good Strained. CRUDS TURPENTINE-Market was firm at 51.15 for Hard, $1.75 per bbl., for Virgin and Yellow Dip. COTTON-Market firm. Sales - bales. The following are the official quotations: Low Middling lOf, Middling 10f, Good Mid? dling lOf. HAGAN'S Magnolia Balm is a secret aid to beauty. Many a lady owes her fresh? ness to it, who would rather not tell, and you can't telL^ NOTICE. SILK WORM EGGS for sale at reasonable prices. Eggs given to responsible people to jp raised on shares. Cocoons bought. Also Mulberry trees for sale. Address Miss E. E. COOPER, Secretary Sumter Silk Ass. INDESTRUCTIBLE COOKING STOVES. The Wrought Iron Range Company of St. Louis, Mo., represented by Mr. F. P. AIs paugb, of North Carolina, as superintendent, and a number of efficient salesmen have estab? lished their headquarters at this place for the sale and distribution of their justly celebrated "Home Comfort" Cook Ranges. This com? pany is the largest, and most extensive insti? tution in the couDtry devoted exclusively to the manufacture of improved cooking appara? tus, and their extended knowledge of the wants and needs of the people in this respect, coupled with their well-known energy and large command of capital, has enabled them to carry their improvements to such a degree of perfection as would have been thought im? possible a few years ago. To give an idea of their immense business, and Jo show with what degree of appreciation their efforts for the benefit of the people have been received, it is only necessary to mention the fact that during last year over 15,000 of their family size, A, "Home Comfort Ranges" were sold in the four or five States'in which they ope? rated, to say nothing of the larger sizes sold to hotels, restaurants and other institutions of the kind. And it is a fact susceptible of the fullest proof that nothing that bas ever been invented in the way of a cooking appa tus bas given such universal and complete satisfaction, and so nearly met the wants of their customers as these ranges. The ordinary cast stove, is rapidly becom? ing a thing of the past, and a person of ordi? nary powers of observation has only to see the""Home Comfort" Wrought Iron Range to be convinced of their immeasurable supe? riority in point of durability, good cooking qualities, small amount of fuel consumed, ense with which it is kept in good order ami tha many other conveniences to which even the best cast stoves can lay no claim. The "Home Comfort Range" will be -sold only from the Company's wagons and pur? chasers are guaranteed fair and honorahle treatment and an article that will greatly lessen the labor of cooking and be a ron*t?n' | source of pleasure and pride to those who j invest their money in ?brm. FOR SALE rVVO BERKSHIRE Sd WS, one year old. Inquire at this office. Feb 17 lm Estate of Josiah M. Wilder, DECEASED. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PROBATE for Sumter County on the 18th day of March, 1885, for a Final Discharge as Administrator of aforesaid Estate. WM. H. C?TTINO, Feb 17-4t Clerk of_U. C. P. & G. S. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judye. WHEREAS, F. J, O'CONNOR, of ?aid .County atid State, made suit to me. to grant him Letters of Administration, of the Kstate and effects of CATHERINE HEW? SON, deceased : These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular thc kindred and creditors of the s* id Catherine Hewson, late of said County ind State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held M Sumter C. H. on March 4th, 1885, next, ifter publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why thc said Administration should not be ?ranted. Given under my hind, this 17th day of February, Anno Domini. 1885. T. V. WALSH, [L. S.J Feb. IT-2t Judge of Probate. COLLEGE. NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. Occupies three BnUdim^. .Largest and Best. More positions for grad oates than ail otbex school* oom Uned. I4fe Scholarship. ?0. Write for circulars. 1 COLEMAN, PALMS <fc CO., Proprietors. SHE B?FF'S SALES. Br virtue of Sundry Executions, to me directed, will be sold at Sumter C. H.r on the first MONDAY and day following ia MARCH next, 1885, and as many day? thereafter as may be necessary, within the legal hoars of sate, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property : Alf those three Lots of Landr with bond* ings thereon, situated in the Town of Somttr, io the County of Sumter, and State of South Carolina, to-wit: Jio.l. That lot of land^ttb the two-story dwelling house thereon, inrbeTowii of Sla? ter, now occupied by the defendant, bounded North by lot No. 2, hereinafter described; South by lot of C. M. Hurst, Jr.; East by lot No. 3, hereinafter described, and on the West by Main street. *No. 2. That lot of land wilh the single story dwelling house thereon, now occupied by *W. J. Beard, Esq., bounded North by Calhoun street; West by Main street, Sooth by lot No. 1, above described; and East hy lot No. 3, hereinafter described. No. 3. All that lot of land in the Town of Sumter, bounded North by Caloona street; East by HArvin street; Sooth by lot of W. J. Clark, Trustee; and West by lots 1 and t, above described. All of the above levied on as the property of Thomas J. Coghlan, to satisfy an execution of M ul ford ? Spragne against the said Themas J. Coghlan. One lot of Land with Store-house thereon, on the North side of and fronting oo Liberty street, in the Town of Sumter,, in Sumter County; said lot tn eas a ring 24 feet, 10 in? ches front, sod sixty-two feet deepf, both of said dimensions a little more or less, adjoining lands now of Mary Adeline Branson and lands of Mrs. Mary Harney, levied opon sad to be sold as the property of James P. Bren? nan, to satisfy an execution of J. D. Sampson & Co., against the said James P. Brennan. MARION SANDERS, S. S. C. Sheriff's Office, Feb. 3, 1885. ll?NWFOR S AL?7 AFARM of 110 acrrs in Shiloh Township, on waters of Lynches River,- formerly owned by Mrs Sarah E. Trader, adjoining lands of Estate of Mires and others. * Price low, terms easy, title perfect. Apply to MOISES k LEE, Feb 3 _ Attorneys at Law. PATENT WATER CLOSET SEAT FOR THE CURE OF . _ _ . Piles and Prolapsus* Without Medicine. Price $4V . TOR SALE AT China's Drug Storer May be returned in 30 days if they do not core or greatly relieve. These seats are valuable as a preventive as well as for their curative prop? erties. Needful in every family. Feb 17_ THE TEMPERANCE WORKER, Removed from Columbia, S. C. & A Live, Temperance Paper, Published Semi-monthly m SUMTER, S. C. Under the Editorial management of ?BT. H. F. CHREITZBERG, G.W.C.T. OP l.O.G Tl OF S. C. Assisted by an able corps of Editors. The patronage and influence of all friend* of Temperance is solicited. Terms only ?0* cents a year. To advertisers desiring a wide circnlation, it offers an excellent medium. On business, address N. G. OSTEEN, - * _ Publisher. SAVE YOUR MONEY -BY MARKING YOUR CLOTHES -WITH K l BB KR STAMP -AND INDELIBLE INK FOR SALE BT C. P. OSTEEN, At Watchman and Southron Office, SUMTER, S. C. v S^Ink Warranted Inde?ible, m W. I?ELOKME, -DEALER IN- v DBW t mom TOILET SOAPS, PFJFUMEBY. ? AND ALL KINDS OP Druggist's Sundries USUALLY KEPT IN A FIRST-CLASS DRU? STORE. Tobacco, Snuff and Seg?is, GARDEN SEEDS, &C, -o Physician's Prescriptions carefaHr compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warranted genu? ine, and of the best quality. Call and see for yourselves. Sumter. C. Jan. 20._ HARD" WARE. E. W. DUBAUT & S0H. STORE IN THE GRANITE RANGE, MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE COURT* HOUSE SQUARE. A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF HARDWARE, IN STOCK. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS? STOVES, WAGON MATERIALS, v -such as- - -" . RIMS, HUBS AND SPOKES, CROCKERY AND TIN WARE. Everything in the line of General Hardware, kept in Stock. R. W. DURANT & SON. Sept 23_ LeC^nte Nursery. The largest grower of these Peat? . 'rom cuttings. Buy no other aed tvo?? Blight. Persons in vicinity af Swater ;an obtain catalogues at the ?See of the Watchman and Southron, as? also bata heir orders forwarded. ..?. " W. W. THOMPSON, Dec. 30 Smithvffle. Gt? IHf R 1.1 Corsets. Sample free to tooee be. HU Lil IV comte R agent*. >*o rW^qnkk srftsv Territory giren. satisfaction guaranteed. Address ., ". DU.8C0TT.04a Broadway Stonor.