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TUESDAY, MAECS ?. * The Stonier Watefafcm was founded is e and tbe fr?e ?wrt?ro? te now has the oomb?ued orrenlation and iuJnence of both of t?e old papers; sod is . manifestly - the best advertising medium is Sum ter. ? EDITORIAL ITEM 8. SB ? is still struggling over the Senatorial deadlock. Logan has several times come within ose vote of. an elee t?o?, while Morrison has never coroe searer than three votes. The question as to-who will be the ssecessfurcandi date lass pestling as the mate up of j President Cleveland's Cabinet. We bave taken occasion several times in the past to refer to the careless habit of snapping pistols at people *'just for fan,** an?? again enter oar energetic prat?si against a practice so viciously thoughtless. Cases are being constantly reported'?t loss of life from this orimi-, nal habit, and the severest punishment shouW be inflicted upon any one point ing or Sns??g s pistol or gun at an 4^. GrantVfrieods are greatly exer cised oter the effort to gets blU through Congress t? pot him on the retired list. They declare that he is in danger of actual starvation, that he has only a .pittance of$15,00?La year, and he must be put on the retired list wsere he will get ^?,000 morel Poor old fellow, he ongut to pabfoli a country newspaper, and then ne would know what financial ..;.?- independence means. ''-X niamage law has been enacted in Pennsylvania which might be duplica ted in this State to our advantage. It require* that, before a'mioister or other official shall perform s marriage ceremo ny the parties to the marriage must ob tain aliceote, as is the ease in a num ber of other States. It would be a great safeguard against hasty and im marriages, and save many life It is said that the Wood thirsty dy si mi ten inNey York are organizing a omniiy to go to Sondan to help the Stahdx s%ht the British. We think ? a good idea- While io ibis country, wlieerwater and especially whiskey is plen?fei, the dynamiter thirsts only for it mast be British gore at m r i th*t| bet after be has marched several j hundred mile* over the burning sands j of Africa, he would be glad to swap off every drop of bipod is Britain's royal family for a gallon of water even with out whiskey. Yes we hope the/last one of them will go and take Rosea along ? as Commiasarj'. We are flail to see the Legislature o? Texas oo tbe'right track is the matter of giving females employment., tt has passed, a law requiring all State officials ' . to give . at least naif the elerksbips to women.' We never could see the rea son why meo should hold all such pia ces; bet, in the South at feast, is the :.?;. exception, for females to be fourni filling any of the many places is Government offices, for which they are so entirely fit ted. Give the girls a chance and ^y will show what they eau do. The Connecticut Legislature . had a Weeze rast week ever a resolution to for esee prohibit the railroads of that State . from isssisg passe? to its members. Its members have been accustomed to receive pisses and then charge tbe Gov ernment for mileage, for those thrifty * sons of the Nutmeg State never allow an oportunity to pass in which to torn 1 sed .honest penny; and now the proba bility of loring a large slice of their le gitimate "pickings and stealings* has aroused their pari?os, to a high degree. They-are madder than they have been since the South seceded. In their eyes th? couatry is fast going to .the; demo tion, ' wows. * The Oregon Legislatore has been stirred to its deepest foundation s. For some weeks its members have been try . ing t? elect*. ?. S. Senator but the 2 somber of candidates has beco almost sc great as the number of members, and no one cosld command a- majority. In to* last bollot we believe the highest candidato received three votes and the Legislature very wisely adjourned and Went home, at least the Democrats did. ) There are some intimations that tbe Republicans have reconsidered their de termination to adjourn and expect to go on ballottine fors Senator fora while longer s]f ?es?. /The .Governor, how ever, will be apt to make the appo in t ment^ which of course will be a Repub lican. Speer, t&e Democratic?Re lent renegade who . wa? eooftrmed U. S. District Judge of tbe Southern District of Georgia, owes much to Senator Brown of that State for bis confirmation. Tbe vote stood 26 j to 25> and, of coerse, had Brown voted against hie eosSrmation it would have bees lost. Tbe Senator has bad hot shot posrod iato him by a number of pspere who look opon Speer as a rascal ly fnrn-eost, bejt Joe Brown has a cuti cole as imperious as s rhinoceros, and no dock could shed water easier from its back than can Senator Brown tbe ansas heaped opon orm for bis coaree in ^Speer confirmation: In Gov. Scott made a requisi tion SfOS the Geeeral Government for The guns were sent North to some fac tory ter be changed into breech-loaders, j e* a heavy expense to the tax payers, and were finally scattered over tbe State and pkeed jo the hands of Scott's pals. In ntak&fthe requisition for these arms, antiaipsted Seeth Caroli pa's quota for 30 years, which was a great injustice to the State. Senator Hampton has been energetically work ing since 1882 to have the arms account adjusted in such a way that the State will not he charged io the future for the arms thus obtained, aod the hill has passed both Senate and House, and is bow awaitnfg th? President's signature. This is nothing but an act of simple justice on the part of Congress, for the Government was particeps criminis with Scott aod bis thieves, iu turning over to them all the arms the State would be able to draw for a third of a century. Dr. Tal mage in a discourse six er eight months ago paid his respects to the New Jersey Legislature in a manner more forcible than polite. Io referring to the Speaker, he said his address to the Legislature 41 was so full of oaths and imprecations that the printers, who' never swear themselves, had to put b;aoks all through the- speech to show where the oaths came in." The law makers held an indignation meeting, and figuratively, scalped the preacher and danced a jig on his bloody remains. After they had exhausted the vocabu lary of abuse they- accidentally discov ered that the sermon was preached months ago and referred to the preced ing Legislature. Now it is in order for those ex-statesmen to meet and ij sol emn resolution adopt all the "cuss"?j words used by the parties who thought j they were abused and were not, as their sentiment. Dr Talmag e lives entirely too near New jersey, to risk talking about the morality and sobriety of its law makers; some of them might cross the river and pat a "head" oo him. OUB TEACHERS.* We published an article some week's back criticising the incoinpeteaey of many of the teachers of Sumter County; we referred to the -ease of a colored teacher who was unusually dull, ani who, although the recipient of many advantages, failed in bis examination, and was finally granted a license to teach without having obtained a certifi cate. We never thought at the time that this statement might' reflect apon our presen t School. Co m miss io ne r,. bu t h ave been reminded of it since, aod hasten' to say that he had no responsibility in issuing that license. In fact the writer of the article.in question was th? guilty party, if any guilt there be; the license having been issued four years ago. jj ? We will say just here, from consid erable experience in the School Com missioners office, that many emergen- ? cies arise in which he is almost com pelled to sacrifice bis opinion to tb? necessities of the ease. He gives a license because be can find ub one else to do that e&pecial work, and 'feels ex asperated with himself every time be meets the ignoramus. These things, though, are necessary, and as such, are authorized by the State Board of Education, but we' protest against them all the same. OTJB DTJTT. WTO-morrow will witness the in nguration of a Democratic ad ministration at Washington, and a feeling of profound thankfulness per vades the South at the auspicious event. A Democratic administration cannot * * remove all our troubles, or bring us un stinted'-: happiness, hut it 'can, and we tbink it will, remove mucb\th?t is an noying from our political horizon, and enable us to feel more kindly towards the General Government than we have io many years, and for this we are grateful, But along with . all this comes in creased responsibilities, and opon' a proper recognition and assumption, of these responsibilities, depend our suc cess in the future. We?the white people of the South, of South Carolin a?most show not only to the people of this State, but to the people of these United Sutes, that just laws shall be enacted, and executed. In the past/with the Washington Gov ernment in the bauds Of the Republican bigots, and with every Federal office in the State held by men whose only claim to office was the fact that they were zealous Republicans and bitter enemies of the whites, the necessity for self pro tection compelled many practices which under normal conditions of society would be wrong. Now all this is changed. The Fed eral officials will be of our own political faith, and so it may remain for a gen eration if we manifest a proper appre ciation of our position and its responsi bilities. Of course the negro question is the j unsolved problem. A differing race, largely in the majority, whose only po litical teachings bave come from the lips of oar enemies, aod who, as a conse quence of those teachings, look opon Democratic* supremacy with shrinking j terror, all go to make up an obstacle io j the path of political prosperity which will require the highest exercise of wie- | dorn sod honesty to overcome. But it cao be done. The relations of employer aod employee of landlord and tenant, bring the races so near together that fair dealing on the one side will largely influence the sentimeut on the other. But it is upon our courts and ju ries that the responsibilities mainly rest for satisfying the colored people ] that their political liberties are safe in our bands. Let them see that the color of the skin bas nothing whatever to do ! with legal rights, that the white man shall be held as rigidly to the letter of the law a* the black. man; let it be un derstood that if a white- man murders a negro that he will be bong for it as ter tatnly as if the case were reversed. Let justice be Wind and hold tbe scales with an even hand. ? We cannot afford (leaving out of the question tbe political complications that may arise) to act otherwise, in all busi ness matters with, colored people, than upon the plane of strict justice Tbe sad results of the necessity forced opoo us by tbe criminal teachings of Republican ism, in which law was evaded or disre garded, are only too evident in the lives and practices of soin* who grew up^eur rounded with tbe influences of the 'higher law." (This, by the way, is one of the canons in the early teachings of Republicanism, in fact, there is but little that' is vicious and depraved in politics that caunot be traced directly to Republican doctrines). But from what ever source it .has come, it is evident that there is a feeling existing in the minds of some that an act which would be criminal if committed by one class, and would meet with swift punishment from tbe courts of justice, wonld, if committed by another class, be con doned. This ii wrong to' ourselves, to the negroes, to the State. There must be one law for both white and black, and where a difference is shown, let it be in favor of the ignorant black,-and not to tbe educated white man. THE CABINET. The latest news as we go to press does cot change the cabinet slate as it has'stocd for several days. As at pre sent arranged, Bayard will be Secre tary of State, Manning will have the Treasury, Lamar the Interior, Whitney the Navy, Eodicott the War. Depart ment, Garland will be Attorney Gene ral and Vilae Postmaster General. DOINGS IN*WASHINGTON. Congress is working with a vim to get through the necessary work of the Session?to-day being tbe last day. Up to last night, all tbe appropriation bills except one?the deficiency bill?bad passed, and that one wax before the Sen ate, with tbe probability of its' being complete by twelve to-day. - There bave been fears entertained ?ately that a failure to pass the necessa ry appropriation bills wonld make an extra session necessary, but we think that trouble is over. An extra session would be most unfortunate, and we are glad to think it will not be needed. Mr. Cleveland with bis official family left Albany at 6:40 yesterday afternoon, en route for Washington. To-night he will hold a conference with prominent Democrats In Washington, when it is possible that some changes may be made in the Cabinet. Tbe friends (and they are legion) of Judge Thurm a have not yet despaired-of seeing that glori?os old Democrat in the Cabinet, and it is possible that even yet he may receive a portfolio. THE MASON COTTON GIN. Likely to Supersede the Use of Saws and Bibs Entirely. The New Orleans Time*-Democrat of the 19th instant publishes the follow ing extract from the report of the com mittee appointed by the National Cotton Planters' Convention, to examine and report upon the merits of tbe Mason Cotton Gin Cylinder, the new process for giuning cotton: "The committee appointed by tbe National, Cotton Planters' Convention to examine and report upon the merits of the Mason Cottoo Gin Cylinder as an improved process for ginning' cotton superior in every way to the process of ginning by saws and ribs, made a thor ough examination of the machine yes terday and will make their reports to General Moreheard, the President of the Convention, and will publish it in tbe April number' of tbe Cotton Plant ers Journal. The substance of the committee's opinion is that the new pro cess is destined very quickly to super sede the use of saws and ribs in gins entirely. That its capacity is consider ably greater: that it requires much lese power to- run it; that it produces finer samples; that it is free from danger to the operator, and from the cheapness of its construction is calculated to work a revolution in the preparation of cotton. Mr. D.M. Russell, of Jonestown, Miss., is the chairman of the committee." A . Senator Smith, of Hardin County, rose to a question of privilege in the Tennessee Legislature the other day, and delivered a remarkable anti-tobacco speech. The honorable gentleman begged his brother Senators to take an oath as deep as bell, as high as heaven, and as long as the eternal years to aban don tbe tobacco habit. He claimed that the tobacco worm, the mountain goat and man were the only creatures that used the weed. He said that in forty years an averagechewer consumed a plug of tobacco two and three-quarter miles iu length, costing in annual set tlements at six per cent, per anuum. $3.854. He drew a vivid picture of the mental and physical effects of to bacco, and. protested against its use on moral, sanitary and economical grounds. We give Senator Smith our baud on the tobacco question. In the case of L boys, the cigarette is the first step to j the whiskey shop, and while tobacco is bad enough in itself, it is infinitely worse because of ite influence towards more dangerous habits. There seems to be uq limit to tbe im provements which are being continually made in tbe manufacture of heavy artil lery. Preparations are now progressing at Woolwich, England, for testing a large, goo, of which the following are to be its weight and size : It will weigh 110 tons, and have a carriage of 90 tons. Tbe gun will be a breech loader, and have a bore of 16J inches. Its length will be 43 feet 8 inches, bot its extreme diameter at the breech end will #e only 5 feet 6 inches, and it will bave a very elongated chase or barrel, tapering down to 28 inches. The mon ster will bave a vessel made for its spec ial occupancy: Tbe Government ex pects'to, make three of the same size. [From our Regular Correspondent.] WASHINGTON LETTES. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 28, 1885. * 'There is a sigh in the heart though the lip'may be gay"' is what Washing* ton is saying and feeling now. The streets are covered with burning. The Pmsion office, the youngest aud wick edest of all the government offices, is the most gay)y bedecked of all. It is literally covered with bunting, eagles, shields, and angels, arranged in tasteful designs. Aspasia. Nana, and Cora Pearl were never in all their illgotten wealth arrayed like the great political harlot, the United States Pension Office. And what does this affectation of inaugural joy mean ? It means to catch the eye of Mr. Cleveland as be rides to the Capitol, and to dazzle him into blind ness to all the sins of Dudley'? minions during the late election. "Behold how loyal are we powerfully converted, bran new Democratic Pension clerks No building iu all Washington is bedecked with the taste, and gayety of ours.' Apostates from your' own vile faith, it shall not save ye from death.'* Ob generation of political sluggers, who hatb warned ye to flee - the wrath to come? And think not to say unte yourselves : we have Abraham Lincoln for a father, etc., etc. I could go on for half an hour and quote Byron and the Bible.against these Pension clerks, for all the invective hurled against Pharisees, Saducees, and hypocrites is applicable to those upon whom their mantle has fallen?the fourteen hundred clerks in the U. S. Pension Office. The are other offices filled with fore boding and gloom. 'There is a well founded fear that the wrongs of a quar ter of a century will now be avenged, not in the spirit of vengeance, but in vindication of a cheated and loog suffer ing public. Nearly everything is in readiness for the great pageant on the fourth of March. The city is rapidly filling with visitors It is expected that fully twenty-five thousand soldiers will be io line ou inauguration day, and that the. procession will be five miles in extent; The parade will not be confined to one streej, it would be too long, hot will approach the Capitol by different routes. Pennsylvania avenue is lined on each side with huge benched platforms, of capacity to seat twenty thousand of more spectators. Fireworks bave been planned on a very elaborate scale. The managers promise the finest display ever seen in this country. The fire display will be in "the monument grounds but can be seen from any part of the city.* The Inaugural ball, however, will be the chief entertainment of the evening I visited the ball room this morning, and have never beheld a more animated scene. Along the wide stretches of the great hall were engaged groupes of busy art?zaos, carpenters, upholsterers, gas fitters, decorators, etc. It reminded me of the babel of the early days of the Centennial exposition. But Cosmos is emerging from Chaos. Much nf the work of decoration is complete. The splendid columns in the centre of the building have been bung with muslin and twined with garlands of siuilax Shields, decorations, festoons and va rious design* have been fixed in place. The spacious rooms entering the maio hall on the first floor have all been assigned to different purpose". One is for the President aud his friends, one for the Diplomatic corps, one .for the press, others for the committees .Still other rooms will be used for cloak rooms, sopper rooms, etc The cloak and h?t rooms are themselves as large as ordinary ball rooms. There will alst> be commodious toilet aod retiring rooms. The supper rooms will accom date eight hundred people at a time aod it is thought they will not be crowded. A fire company will be placed at each I end of the bail, and a force of poiice will.be in th? building. The Chiefs of Police and of the Fire Department will be io the galleries, and will bave elec tric bell communication with 'their forces. The series of rooms fitted for the President^ reception have been filled with $5000 worth of furniture Presi dent-elect Cleveland, President Arthur aod Mr Blaine will air be at the inau gural ball. Vice President-elect Hendricks ar rived yesterday and ws?s driven to Willard's hotel, where he will reside for the present. Mr. Cleveland is not expected before Tuesday evening. He will go to the Arlington hotel, wbich is m sight of, and two squares from, the White House. Oo Wednesday, at 10 o'clock, be will receive a call from the Presidcot, who will conduct him to the mansion which is to be hie residence for the next four years. Then, after a light luncheon, they will proceed in the centre of the procession to the Capitol, where President-elect Cleveland will take the oath of office, and President Cleveland will deliver bis inaugural address. II? I I ?i General Grant's Condition?He is Considered Dangerously 111. The bouse where General Grant lives io.N.Y.,was overruu with visitors Satur day, anxious to learn the truth as to his condition A few of his most intimate friends were admitted to his room, where he lay in bed. To a reporter of the United Press, Col. Fred Grant stat ed his father is a very sick man, and there was no longer any use denying it. We bave mane every effort to keep his true condition secret, for the reason that if it became known that the General was so ill the house would be swarmed with callers, aud every mail would bring hundreds o? letters, the receipt of which would only tend to excite the obtient and make his cure les? hopeful. . "My father," continued the Colonel, "has had but little rest for tbe last several nights. He is suffering constant pato in the ear and bead. The nature of his disease I can't definitely state, and will have to refer you to his physicians for any facts concerning it." Dr. Douglass, of the attending phy sicians, says Gen, Grant is a very sick man, and I think there is little or no hope for his recovery. He is breaking down, but has displayed much courage. We have tried to keep the knowledge of his true cooditioo from him The cancerous growth was undoubtedly caused by excessive smoking. Every time be speaks, eats or breaths, bis breath is disturbed, and it is difficult to treat it for that reason. There have been times when the growth has been temporarily checked, but it is now in creasing. He cannot eat solid food, be cause he has lost all bis teeth. These were extracted in hone of easing tbe pain in bis face. This paio in tbe face is a reflection of the pain caused by the cancer in tbe throat I can't say how near bis eoi is, he may live for months yet, but I do not think that there is any hope that he will recover." I fFor the Watchman aud Soutbroa.J THE EXPOSITION. STATEB?RG, S. C, Feb. 24, 18?5. Mr. Editor: Having visited the Exposition at New Orleans, I think it proper that I should let the people of ray County know what they may expect to gaio by a trip there. Many are under the impression that because of the* em harassed financial condition of "the Management," the whole thing is a failure. This a great mistake, for io spite of the gross mis-management of the general "manage ment," the exhibitors hare made a magnifi cent 8access of the Fair. Of course the judgment of a person of my limited observation and experience in such mattere counts very little ; but while there, I ascertained from many people who have been attending ali the great national and interna tional shows for the last twenty years, that this is not only the most comprehensive, but the most complete in all ite details of any thing of the kind the world has ever seen. It matters not to the sight seer to whom the credit for this wonderful display is due?the profit and pleasure are bis all the same, whether "the management," or the exhibitors, or both, have done the work so successfully. At a cost of seventy-five dollars (or some lens with uncompromising economy) more can be learned just now in New Orleans, in five day s, than in five times as many years of travel and observation io a general way. The world is gathered together in samples to be inspected within the small area of the Ex position grounds. It would be vain for me to attempt to tell what I saw there. The display defies verbal description!*; To be benefit ted by it one must see it. Hence my purpose to stimulate, rath er than satisfy curiosity in all I have to say of it at present. It is full of lessons of inesti mable value to the Southern people, if they will open their eyes and read tbem, and their hearts and minds to recme and retain tbem thjst they may take practical effect upon our daily lives. In excellence of quality the products of Southern soil are unsurpassed. In variety unequalled. Our climate-is con? ceded to be matchless in all essentials to health, and high developement of animals and plants. Yet when compared with other sections of the Union, it is idle to claim that the South is keeping place in material ad vancement. Texas is the only Southern State that is abreast with the great North west in growing prosperity. South Carolina is in my humble judgment, the most favored section of the Union by nature, taking in conjunction her productive soil and healthful invigorating climate. But for some cause, we are not keeping up* with those sections, far less famed in soil and cli mate, where slavery did not exist, and no negroes now live. Our people have been taught to depend too much on negro labor perhaps?certainly something is wrong with us. We will bave to learn and unlearn much in many directions before we can hope to divert even a small proportion of the great stream of immigration flowing Westward, and attract it to. our borders. But enough of this sort of homily for the present. Let all who go to the Exposition from here, observe for themselves, how far we are ahead in all that should make us prosperous and independent, and yet bow far behind in practical achieve ments. Let tbem consider, as they view our splendid exhibit, which shows only the capa bilities of our soil and climate, what causes the . striking disproportion between our natural resources and our development?be tween what might be done and what has been done. As an object lesson, earnestly and intelli gently studied, the Exposition will do more to develop Southern people, than the display of our*marvelous resources will do in bring ing others here to develop Southern territory. * Bespectfully, ., - JOHN J. D ARG AN. [For the Watchman and Southron J THE HARDI GRAS. New Obleans, Feb. 17, 1885. Mr. Editor: I have just witnessed the grand Pageant of Rex, and I hardly know where to j ?begia and what to say in order to give you some faint idea of the beautiful ?cenes illus trated in to-day's Pageant. Ivanhoe was the theme, and the beautiful scenes from Scott's romance of I var hoe were successfully illustrated in to-day's Pageant Having procnred a seat on the top of a three story, building for the small sum of two dol lars and a balf, I was in a good position to tiike in the procession, so far as seeing is con cerned. At the head of the procession marched a detachment of police, known as the Household Guard. Then came the Royal Band of Music, and a cavalcade of His Majes ty's officers. The Boeuf Gras follows next in order. Tbe mighty bullock is mounted on a wagon .decked with garlands, and attended by six butchers in buff jerkins and half armor. Next appear tbe cars, or floats, as they are sometimes called. Car No. 1, representing the King of Industries. Mindful of tbe great Exposition, in which His Majesty bas, from the first, taken tbe liveliest'interest, Rex as. sumes the character of tbe King of Industries. He is enthroned upon a magnificent car, whose sides are draped with spangled yellow hangings, and .painted in gaudy ' colors Grouped about the throne are the genii of Agriculture, Trade, Navigation and Mining, who display the emblems of these departments of Industry. Riding on each side of tbe car are characters representing various countries, such as France, Great Britain, Japan, Russia, Spain, Germany, Mexico, North America and South America. Car No. 2 represents Louisiana. Tbe scene of this is a personification of the State of Louisiana. In the foreground is a minia ture steamer passing through the Jetties. In the rear is an edifice typical of a city?New Orleans; upon the summit of which stands a female figure beautifully drpssed, dark haired ?the personification of Louisiana. At ber .Vet is a pelican witb outstretched wings. Three female figures, representing Cotton, Sugar and Rice, the great staples of this State, sit in front of the edifice, and beyond this yroup appears a pelican feeding its young? tile emblem of the State. Stalks of cotton, sugarcane and rice cluster around the pa vilion which occupies tbe centre of this pic turesque scene. Car No. 3 represents tbe Dragon of Wantley. The incidents related in the romance of lvanboe, are supposed to have occurred in that district of England between Sheffield and, Doncaeter, a forest land, where desperate battles were fought in the civil wars, and where bands of outlaws flourished in the middle ages. * It is narrated that in ancient times, a dragon haunted this forest, which was slain by More, of Moie Hali, wno wore armor studded with spikes, and proceeding to. the lair of Jhe monster kicked it in tbe only vulnerable part? the mouth, and thereby slew it. Tbe third car presente a figure of this fabulous dragon, attacked by tbe valiant More in bis spiked armor. Car No. 4 repre sents in cartoon the dream of Gurth. The scene depicts a vision attributed to Gurth, tbe Saxon swine-herd. The figure witb the buck's bead t3 Herne, the hunter, a mythical personage mentioned by Shakespeare, I am told, (fur I know very little about Shakes peare) and which personage is a kind of bug bear. Car No. 5 presents in cartoon Robin Hood and bis men. This car represente a ?cene jo Sherwood Foresi, wberi are assem bled tbe celebrated put-law, Robin Hood .(or Lockeley, ae be ie called in Ir?nb?l) and bis meo, among whom are Friar Tuck, Will Scar let, Little John, Allan A' Dale, tbe minstrel, and a few more characters, tbe names of which I bare forgotten. Car No. 6, repre senting the meeting near Rotherwood, in wbicb scene Sir Brian deBoie Guilberr, a Knight Templar; Ay mer, a Prior of Jorvaux, and tbeir attendants joornejing to tbe town York, encounter Gorth, tbe swine-herd, and j Wamba, the jester of Cedric tbe Saxon,of whom I they enquire tbe road to Rather wood, tbe abode of Cedric. This meeting is tbe subject of tbe sixth car The stont Prior and tbe Templar are mounted. Behind them, on foot, are a Saracen and a Monk. In front stand the swineherd and tbe jester, Wamba. Then follows close behind, car No. 7, representing in cartoon Partner's challenge. Tbe scene depicted isa ball in Cedric's castle, where Sir Brian and tbe Prior are being entertained at supper. Cedrick and bis ward, and Lady Rowena are seated at tbe table. Wamba, tbe jester, stands to one Bide. Tbe Palmer ap pears at tbe enttance, and crouching near tbe door is tbe Jew, Isaac, of York. Tbe Palmer pledges bis reliquary tbst tbe Knigbt of lvan hoe, whenever be shall return from Palestine to England, will accept tbe challenge to do battle with Brian d?Bois-Guilbert. Car No. $ represents Richard in captivity. Richard Coeur de Lion reluming from Palestine in the year 1192, is imprisoned by Leopold, Duke of Austria, in tbe Castle of Low enstein. H is.fa vorite minstrel, Blondel, discovers bis place of captivity by singing Provencal airs, known* to tbe King, who responded to tbe familiar notes. Tbe eighth car illustrates this poetical episode. Car No. 9 represents tbe pas.?age-at-arms. Ivanhoe aod Sir Brian meet in tbe tournament at Ashby, and tbe Templar is unhorsed in the encounter. Be draws bis sword and prepars to continue tbe conflict on foot, but afield Marshal interferes and puts an end to tbe duel. Car No. 10 .represents the feast at Ashby Castle. After the tournament Prince Jobo, tbe brother of Richard, held high festival in tbe Castle of Ashby, to wbicb were invited tb*?Norman nobles aod Saxon thanes. The tentb car displays a banquet scene. Gathered about tbe festal beard are Prince John, tbe Prior Aj roer, Brian deBois-Guilbert, DeBracy, a leader of tbe Free Companions,-Cedric, the Saxon and tbe noble Athelstaue of Conings burg. Prince John, who is about half drunk, is here represented as proposing tbe health of the Champion Knigbt of Ivanhoe, the son of Cedric. Car No. 11 represents the receiving of tbe arms of the conquered By the laws of Chivalry a vanquished Knigbt was obligated to yield h is horse and armor to the victor, to be retained by him, or admitted to ransom*as be saw fit. Tbe eleventh car represents tbe pavilion of Ivanhoe. whither he has retired after tbe events of the first day's tournament. He stands at tbe opening to his tent with his squire Gurtb. In front of bim is a pile of armor, and tbe squires of the .five Knights whom be bed overcome. They are tendering the horses and arms of their masters. One, tbe squire of Sir Brian, leads the barbed steed which bad been ridden by that Knight. Now comes car No. 12, whicb represents tbe Queen of Beauty and of Love. As victor in the jousting of the first day Ivanhoe, the disinher ited Knight, elected tbe Lady Rowena, as Queen of Beauty and of Love. Again victo rious in the melee of the second day he was crowned by the Queen with the chaplet of honor. The twelfth car represents the pavil ion of the Queen of Beauty and of Love. On the^teps are two field marshals, and the squire of Ivanhoe. Tbe Knigbt is kneeling at the feet of tbe Lady Rowena, and in tbe background stands four Saxon ladies. Car No. 13 represents Richard and tbe Hermit. King Richard C ur de Lion, who bad re turned incognito, to England, and had con tended in the lists of Ashby as the Black Knight, rode away from the scene, journey ing northward through tbe forest. Over taken by darkness, be loses his way, and spends the night in a lonely hermitage with the jolly clerk of Copmanhurst, Friar Tuck. Tbe time is passed m .einging and caronsrng. This festive scene is portrayed on tbe thir teenth cnr. Tbe episode illustrated by car No. 14 is the scene in Reignald Front de Boeufs Castle of Torquilstone, where tbe Templar Brian de Bois-Guilbert seeks to be tray Rebecca, the beautiful Jewess, daughter of Isaac, of York-. Rather than submit to tbe embraces of the perfidious Knight, she threat ened to cast herself from tbe parapet. Car No. 15 represents tbe dungeon In the Castle of Torquilstone, where Isaac is held a pris oner by Front de Boeuf. Tbe rapacious Nor man Baron, accompanied by two Saracen slaves, enters the cell to torture the venerable Jew by fire unless he yield up bis money. ] Tbe carrying off of Rebecca by tbe Templar is represented by car No. 16. Torquilstone* while besieged by tbe Black Kuitrbt and Lockslev and bis men, is set afire by Ulrica, a Saxon woman betrayed by Front de Boejf. The Templar carries off Rebecca. Crossing tbe drawbridge be encounters Althelstane, who seeks to rescue the Jewess, but is felted to the ground. Tbe scene of car sixteen rep resents the castle in fl.tmes, and Ulrica stand ing with disheveled hair on a burning turret. , Midway of the drawbridge are the Templar and a Saracen slave on horseback, with the form of Rebecca across tbe saddle. At bel atone, with battle-ax in hand, contests-the passage.- Three arches occupy the rear of the Scene near tbe castle walls, the scene of the woodland rendezvous of Locksley and bis band, where they bave assembled to divide the spoils captured at Torqu?lston? is repre sented by car No. 17. Isaac, the Jew, is brought in.a prisoner by Friar Tuck,.and. tbe Prior A y mer is taken on the road by the out laws, the Jew pays the ransom for himself, and also for the Prior, on condition that the latter shall intercede with Brian de Bois-Guil bert to secure the 1 iberni ion of his daughter. ' Your readers will remember that Rebecca ! was carried off by Sir Brian to Ternplestone, and herein this retreat she is discovered and 1 tried as a sorceress by the order of the Grand Master. The trial takes place in the grand ' hall, which is the srene of the eighteenth car. On tbe day afier the fall of Torquilstone, ? while PrinVe John was feasting in the Cu st le 1 of York, DeBracy arrives and communicates * the intelligence of King Richard's presence ' in England. This is tbe subject of the scene ' on the nineteenth car. When Atheist?ne was \ felled by the Templar at Torquilstone, be was - bore away as one dead to bis Castle of Con- 5 ingsburgh, and preparations were made for I tbe funeral. Richard and theKnight of Ivan- > hoe came to do honor to tbe dead. Pending the obsequies Athelsfane revives and appears t to the astonished assemblage, and this start- < ling episode was successfully illustrated on - j the twentieth c*r. Tbe tableaux of the twenty-first car represents the lilt-yard at ' Tempiesione, in which scene Iv?nhoe offers ] himself as the champion of Rebecca, and does battle with Sir Brian d? Bois-Guilbert, who < falls dead in the encounter. In the middle ground appears Ivanhoe standing over the ' prostrate form of Sir Bvino. In the fore- ( ground is the Jewess tied to a stake, and l guarded by two black slaves. Tb?"last scene ? in ibe procession portrays the wedding feast ? of Lady Rowena, and the Knight of Ivanhoe. < The occasion is honored by the presence of ( King Richard, and the noMe Athelst-me. As it is quite late, I will say good night, t and bring thi'?* letter to a close. I Yours truly, C. T. MASON, Jr. | < P. S.?The night I went to hear Patti, the ? theatre building was crowded to suffocation. 1 Among the many handsome and costly dresses < she .wore that evening, and which were just t fresh from the bauds of Worth, was a cream colored satin, on the front of which was i painted a miniature city, which was intended ' to represent New Orleans, as the city now t looks during the Mardi Gras, and whicb is < said to have cost Patti the ronnd sum of i twenty-five hundred dollars. Wheu Patti ' sang?"Home, Sweet Home," tbe audience < was brought to tears. I 1 must not forget to tell you, Mr. Editor, that there is a French restaurant here, at < which you can get anything in the shape of edibles] and as many kisses from tbe prettiest t of French girls for a quarter for a smack, or ? dozen of them fof a dollar and a half. As * I was a married man I did not round off tbe "Bill of Fare" with a smack. " .?'. - -"- - '? .: ? '-.<:'. ?.' ? ..-Vvv*\;?iS> ?.> ... ?'? .-?;??;:.' ;>>;v*-' -? - . ce " ...?'?.! ' .' ?. ' ,'r" - : ?-. .'."??Cc Mr. David Dickson, the great Geor gia (armer? died suddenly at his home, near Sparta, Ga., last week. He was a remarkable;, man. .Beginning life without capitai, aod with the mere rud iments of an ?dncatioD, be accumulated a large fortune and achttTtfd 4 national reputation as a practical firmer." He was, probably, all things considered, the most successful cotton planter in the country. The system of farming to which his name has been given is followed by a very large proportion of the farmers of the South, and it will doubtless live for generations to come. A fire occurred in the picker room of the Charleston Cotton Factory last Sat urday morning, 21st, by a match io the cottoo. There were about 20 bales of loose cotton in the room. The iron doors between this room and the facto ry were suddenly closed and the auto matic spinklers turned on and 20 minutes the fire was noder control. The fire apparatus was so well manag ed that many of the employes did not know there was any fire on hand. The cotton was destroyed, but the building was not injured. - ? I I 1 District Attorney Meltau, and a fledgling of a lawyer by the name of Nil. bad some words during a trial to the United States Court last week in Greenville, and when words would not avail they tried blows. Marshal Tuomey interposed and stopped the row. The fig h tiste shook bands and made friends, a'ter receiving a reprimand from the Court. Meanest Sneak in r.?own. Malarial gases sneaked up through the poorlv constructed drains and made baby very sick witb malarial fever. Baby would have died Hut for timely use of Brown's Iroo Bitters. There is nothing meaner in its way, of comipg, nor worse io its effects,'than this malaria from the underground regions. Mrs. McDonald, tff New Haven, Conn., says, "For six years I suffered from the effects of malaria, but Browo's Iron Bitters cured me entirely." Try it when matac?a steals in and undermines yoor constitution. . It will give relief. The Duty of State Legislatures. Legislation in every Starte should regulate tbe sale and use of the many poisons resorted to by women io their desperation to - obtain beautiful complexions. There exists in Dr. Hartcr'8 Iron Tonic every requisite to accom plish the object without injuring tbe health or endangering life. Vitality of Great Men # is not always innate or born witb them, but many instances are known where it has been acquired by the persistent and jodicious use of Dr. Barter's Iroo Tonic. Wants the Facts Known. Mr. Editor:?I and my neighbors have beetf led so many times into buying different things for tbe liver, kidneys aod blood that bave done us more harm than good, I feel it doe your leaders to advise them when an hon est and good medicine like Dr. Hartera Iron Tooic can be bad. Yours truly. AN OLD SUBSCRIBES. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, ?.C, March 3, 1885. COTTON.?About 30 bales bave been sold during tbe week ending the 3d. Tbe mar ket closed firm. We quote: Ordinary @8f ; Good Ordinary 9@9}; Strict Good Ordinary 9f@9f; Low Middling 9f@9$; oV Middling 9$@10; Good Middling I0?@10j CHARLESTON/S. C, March 2, 1885. Cotton.?Market quiet.- Sales about 50 bales. Quotations are : Low Middling, 10$ ; Middling 11; Good Middling, 11$. WILMINGTON, N. C, Feb. 27, 1885. Spirits Tcbpkntjnx?Market quoted firm at 29 ceuts. Rosin?The market quiet at 95 cents, for Strai .led and $1.00 for Good Strained. Cri70S Torpentisx?Market was steady at SI. 15 for Hard, $1.75 per bbl., for Virgin and Yellow Dip. Cerros?Market steady. Sales ? bales. The following are tbe official quotations: Low Middling lOf, Middling 11, Good Mid d?ng?if NOTICE. TEE EXECUTIVE COMMUTEE of tbe Scooter Agricultural Association will meet io Sura ter on Friday next, 3th of March, at 11 o'clock A. M., at Music Hall, as several matters of importance* demand their consider ation. JOHN H. FURMAN; March 3 President. SETTER PUPS. FIVE SETTER PUPS; two mootbs old, for sale at $10 each. White aod orange?but little _ joice i^eiween tbera. Sire aod Dam bred io State ef New York from registered dogs. Apply to . W. R. FLUD, March 3-2?_Stateburg. S. C. 28,000 PEACH TREES -OF AIO. DESIRABLE VARIETIES For Spriog planting of 1885. FROM now until the 20th of March is a good time to plant, aod to all who'wish to plant, if they will correspond with me I will astonish tbem in prices until that date. Address ' G. L. ANTHONY, Vaodalia P..?., N. C. Near Greensboro, N. O._March 2. AN ORDINANCE Entitled an Ordinance to Require and Regulate the Registration of voters of Town of' Sumter.for Ensuing Muni cipal ?lection, April 14, 1885. Be it ordained by the Intendant and War Jens of the Town of Sumter in Council ae jemnled, and by authority of the same? 9 SECTION I.?That Books of Registration or tbe Registration of persons qualified to cote at the ensuing Mu ieipal Election, to be held io tbe Tow o of Sumter, on Tuesday, April 14, 1885, shall be opened at the office jf the Clerk and Treasurer of Town of Suro? ter, on tbe 13th day of March. 1885. That laid Books of Regist ration shall be kept opeo ?eh day thereafter for fifteen (15) days from ) < \eck a. ra., until 2 o'clock p. m , aod .'hall be finally- closed oo tbe 28th day of March thereafter at 6 o'clock, p. m., aod only 'neh persons as are duly registered io said Book 3, shall be eo tit led aod permitted to vote ttsaid Municipal Election. SEC. II.?That all persons presenting iheniselves for registration, at said Office of Clerk and Treasorer. shall be required to rive tneir name, age and residence, and shall r>e entitled to receive from- said Clerk aod Treasurer, a Certificate of Regis.1 ratios, which said Certificate of Registration may be rea in red of any voter, at said Election as a condition precedent to voting. SEC. Ill?That at tbe text meeting of Town Council of Town of Sumter, after the closing of said Books of Registration, to be leld April 1st, proximo, at 9 o'clock a. m., ill com plaints, and petitions of aoy person or persons, who may have been refused a Ceri ifi yite of Registration, by reasoo of any doubt )f right to register, shall be made to tbe said Town Council, and all persons' demanding ?uch Certificate of -Registration, are hereby Totified to be aod appear before said Town Council with necessary evidence to establish iuch right as may be claimed, and if so establ ished to the satisfaction of said Town Cooo Ml, such person shall be entitled to receive iuch Certificate. SEC. IV ? That after a Certificate of Reg s trat ion. baa been issued to any person, aod wen lost, or destroyed, such person may apply ?o tbe said Clerk aod Treasurer for a Dupli ?ate Certificate aod tbe Clerk and Treasurer s hereby authorized to issue such duplicate, ipon proof of such loes or destruction of the iriginal Certificate of Registration, aod upon my roen t of ten cents each, for ose of said ["own of Sumter, for every duplicate certifi cate so issued, Done aod ratified in Council assembled aod iodes- tbe Corporate Seal or tbe Town of 3omter, ? this twenty-first day of February, a.D. 1885. - MARION MOISB, [L. S.] . -.-.;??? Intendant. C. M. Hurst, Clerk aod Treasurer. ' Under Foreclosure of Mort gage of Personal Property. /. W. Hawkins to Bardin & Murdoch. J. W. Hawkins 4t Co. io Bordini Murdoch. WILL BE SOLD AT LYNCHBU?G, Somter County, S. C, on Hood*/, the 9th d*r of March?, 199?, between ILA. Mv and 3 P. M., the following: ONE T?RPBNTK** STILL A ? - TURES. ONE SET OOOPErS TOOLS. THREE BAY MAKE MULES. TWO WILSON ANi> CHILDS WAG039 AND HARNESS. . ONE LOT BARREL? AND STATE?. ONE LOT NAVAL STORES. Termi Cash. BABDIIf * MURDOCH, . Feb. 24 _ Mortgage*. LAND POR SALE. AFARM of 110 acres in Sbilob Towninip, on waters of Lynche? River, formerly owned by Mrs Sarah B. Trader, adjb?D??g lands of Eatate of Mims and others. Price low, terms easy, title perfect- A pisi* to MOISES ALEE, Feh 3_ Attorneys at Lnasy FOB SALE TWO BERKSHIRE SOWS, one year oi<f. Inquire at this office. Feh 17_ ?m I Estate of Josiah II, WWer, DECEASED. . IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PROBATE for Sa m ter County on tie 19t?~ day of March, 1885, f?r a Final Disch??fa as Administrator cf aforesaid Estate. WM. H. CUTTING, Febl7-4t Clerk of C..C, P.tG.S. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF S?MTE^:: By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEltEAS, JOHN G. GIBSON of . sale* C?unty and State made sait to a? to grant bim Letter? of Admiowtratfon of tie Estate and effect* of ELIZABETH B* GIB* SON. decanted. ... ' Tbexe are therefore to rite and admoaiah ?41 and ringoi* r the kindred and. eredH.*rs if flia ?aid Elisabeth R. Gibron, late of ?cortar Canty in mid Sut*, dee'd. that tbey be and appear before me. io the Coert Of Probai?, ta be held at Sutnter C. H, ? Mareh Ud??.: 1885; after publication, hereof, at 11 o'el k in the- forenoon, to. shew ?anse, if any they have, why the laid Administration ?Wold noi be granted. Giren on der my hand, this Jfeirh day of February, A. D. 1885. T. .V. WALSH, . yeb?4-?t Judge of Probate.-? NOTICE. SILK WORM EGGS for salent reasonable price*. Eggt giren to responsible peopl* to be raised on snares. Cocoons bought. Also Mulberry tries for sale. Address Mas E. E. COOPER,^ : Secretary Somter Silk CARR'S LUMBER YARD. -- The undersigned has on banda largais? 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