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??>N ESDAY, J AN'RY 11.
A.A. GILBERT.EDITOR
The Sumter Watchman has by
far ike largest circulation {espe?
cially in tite surrounding country)
of any paper publisJud in Sumter,
and zeas established in 1850.
THE ?TATE TAX.
Tho Legislature, in its recent action,
levying a fax Tor State purposes, ot j
nine mills, exhibited a recklessness itt
handling the vita! and sensitive matter
of taxation, which surpasses all previous
acts of wrcng and oppression done by
fcouth Carolina Radicalism. The vote
upon this paramount question showed
how totally ignorant the members were
even as to the wants of thc exchequer
to meet the extravagances of thc party.
lt was a random votiug, with an appa?
rent disposition on thc part of some,,
who probably knew a little more of what
was being doue,, to reach tbc highest
possible figure that could be pushed
through. There seemed to be no sort
of calculation as to bow much money
* would be needed to run the Radical
State machino, but simply to create as
great a margin as possible in which to
"operate."
We have had promises of retrenchment,
and (he organ of the party at Charleston
has urged it, and Gov. SCOTT,even, in his
message, advised it j and wc stood
ready to approve and commend any step
we might see taken in that cfinestse*.- j
But this recent action looks as though J
a ic-instatement in power, for two years
more, has been seized as the opportu
ni.y to Jmg with impunity yet more
heavily from the pockets of ?he honest
and industrious people of the State.
In 1869 the levy was seven mills-last
year (as though, if possible,, to> produce j
the impression of some returning sense
of justice and economy) it was put at
five mills r and now, when another clec-1
tion has been secured, the first cnor
mous tax is overleaped by two mills,
?ad we have a levy of niue mills, or j
:;incty cents upon every hundred dol?
lars valuation of property-the valua?
tion being arbitrarily put, and, in
some instances, at more than two hun
per cent, dred above thc actual value,
whilst ahaastvin every instance it is j
exceeded. The same act authorizes
three mills for county purposes-makii g
81 20 upon every (estimated) hundred
dollar* worth of property.
This has been done, too, ai a ' time,
when, fre?a thc lips of every one-ex
crpt, probably, those who live from the
public treasury-we hear the cry of
stringency in monetary affairs-when
ilie State is poorer than it has been
since tho war, and when distrei?.s? ;from
want, is stiring thousands in the face,
during the year upon wh ich wc have
entered, before another erc-? is made.
Thc icccsMty for this terrible tax
if there bt necessity, even under the
existing state of affairs-can only be
lound in the most profligate cxtrava
j:ancc-thc purpose to grow .?ch from
I be people's pockets, and to make poor?
er, the large, intelligent class oS'whites. j
who arc al?o excluded from all partici-l
patina in the affairs of State.
Wo proclaim this tax an oppression
, a n; oust rous oppression, and io the face i
\ of all justice and hoi e-ty, wc protest
i rf.-.ii st it, as ruinions to the iuduotries
11..! prosperity of thc State.
A IS K OTU ft ll OP ?KW. n.C..BCTLEB
KILLED.
From the Augusta GjustitrnthttUttA
we gather the following particulars!
connected with the killing of Capt. j
GKIIRGE D' BL TI. KU, by a young man j
nawcJfc^VixsLOW IntaiLT?N. How!
much of human life, of bitterness and?
woe might le spared, could men learn
t?? bridle the tongue anJ put a check
lipon angry passion I
-On Sunday evening. January 1,
about twelve miles from Hamburg, on
Stevens'Creek, Capt. George Buller,;
bri liter ol Gm M. C. Butler, was shot j
and ins*?n?ly Lilied by a young nan
named Winslow Hamilton. I'M ru the i
Uto?) authentic accounts wc have heard!
of thc sad affair, it seems thar. Mr. J. T.
Hamilton i he father of the young man
% J rs \
who fired the fatal shot, was on the eve i
of removing io Columbia Coat.ty, iu this
State, and in prepara'iou therefor had
penned his cattle roly to be ?riven. A
mung the number sectus to have beeo one j
?teer or caif to which <'apt. Butler laid'
claim, wit ioii he requested .Ms. U a mil?
loo to liberate, and, as wc are rufatuied,!
"tatted the house of the latter to a?eajre. ;
W o ile there au angry di?cus.?ion sprang j
tin between then?, which eventuated ?Ul
young Hamilton gathering l<is gun and
firing upon ('apt. Buller, ?he charge
ia kin;: effect tn hi* breast aiul causing
intuit orate death."
ITOMKING CU H ISTIA?.
Titi* excellent paper, ?nlargod, im-j
prov?'*, in convenient eight png* foruij
n?w e*"ne* to u* from Cherlenton, S. C ,
where the office of publication baa been
permanently established, aoA ample ur- ?
rangeaient * made for conducting ?t it)
rta pesetH ft) Ic. We have watched < he
?*>ur*c of thia paper with much Interest,
|t* jre..tuj?lwhe<i editor and proprietor,
licr?-?ifciuv U CAINS, demrv? A well
?mf?&*& itbvnal patronage frota tba
?barco in the iateavM* of which he aaa
Macabre?!* ?abofed th tough yf? eotott?*,
?Mk fc?tf Jf ?rh icW-be Wft<#*W
I io establishing so influeat?.$? org
j And besides betog so valu?fc?e i; chu
' paper, as a christian fam?yjojtrna1,
j is worthy a place by any fire-suio in
land. &*4$ N
TEI:RIE;LE cninE-nunDKit
MR. A..F. Di UAMD._
The Columbia Phoenix ol' Sator
'?. last brought ns the shocking ?ate
pence ot the murder of Mr. A. F. ]
BARD, OD the public highway, abc ut
miles above Columbia. It seems t
Mr. D?BARD left Columbia, for
home about .fificeo wiles abo?.?-i
s>
city, on Thursday afternoon last. Ab
eix miles from tbe city his body i
found, pierced through with revf
slugs. He tras robbed of his moi
?od watch, but the boadles io his bo*
were left, lt is supposed that he *
instantly ktl'ed. His coat was bo
with powder, proving that thc morde
stood very close wheo the fatal shot i
fired. Mr. DUBARD was advanced
years, and oue of the most respectai
highly esteemed and useful citizens
Richland Couuty. For many years
leading member of the Method
Chorea, and one cf its strongest pilli
at the time of lits death. A mao
unimpeachable character-qoiet and t
ostentation*, bot firm, intelligent a
reliable io all things. A man of de
an earnest piety, aod of large heart
charities-a mao agaiust Whom the
could not have existed animosity
prompt socb an aw fol deed, for he ti
I kind aud gener?os aod just to all.
Thc Ph?nix says : "But as a pto
" God fearing old mao, it is to be pr
u sumed that he was oct unprepared ?
" the quick summons that came to hit
" His violent tod sodden death wilie
u cite general and genuine sympathy.
'* The assassiO is not yet known ; but
" is to be hoped that the officers of tl
" ?aw and the friends of the deceasi
" will ase every proper means to fix opt
" the offender the responsibility* of h
u atrocious crime. The marks of 5
" feet were distinctly seen about tl
? body." '
THE UNION TROUBLES.
j Ou Sunday, Jan. 1, Mr. MAT. STI
V?NS wes dragged fi om his wagon
few miles from Uuioo Coort Hous
aod mordered io cold blood by a ban
of armed oegro militia. The attempt t
arrest some of t?em was resisted wit
arms, and one or more of the militi
outlaws wert killed.
Some of the arms held by thc colore
militia were taken from them, and :
appears, as we learn from thc Columbi
Phoenix, that oo Sunday, Jao. 1, Capt
ALECK WALKER, the colored eaplai
of thc militia, applied to the parties wh
had charge of thc guns belonging I
the militia, but his demand was refuse:
and he was subsequently arrest cd
charged with thc killing of Mr. MAI
STEVENS. Fifteen pf hts militia wer
alttO arrested. On Wednesday even:ur:
a party of uukuown horsemen wcot t
the Shcrii ind peremptorily demande*
the keys of the jail ; they were give!
up, and they proceeded to the jail am
took charge of five of the prisoners
Captain A. WALKER, CH A RN LR II ?SN
DON, JOE VAN LEW, ANDY TUOMPSOI
and SYLVANUS WRMHT The ne::
morning, the bodies of WALKER ant
HEBNDON were discovered io the road
and it was afterwards funod cut tha
THOMPSON and "WRIGHT were badh
wounded.
We are farther informed* that Mr
Smith, (the acting deputy,) who wat
woun cd on Sunday last, died ot
Thursday night.
A oooiber of the good cit ??ens ol
Union have visited Columbia, asking
protection from the Mate authorities
from this shocking state uf affairs. Tin
Governor, we learn, has bien absent,
and what will be-oeoo remains to be
seen.
J6$* The Bennettsvillc Journal has
betn discontinued, fro? wool ,of. pa?
tronage and failure of patrons to pay
we apprehend chiefly in consequence of
thc latter. News-prefer bills are tlmmost
difficult of all bills to collect. With
many the idea seems to prevail that
the editor aod printer eau be put off,
with impunity, to the last, and-if he
is Derer paid-why, it dont make tr nen
difference. And yet oo mao, or act of
men. white or black, work as maoy hours
out the twenty-four, or contribute more
to tbe general j.ro+petity. Some men
will take y out paper three years, with'
out paying, and then ask you to stop
it, and teail fur what i* due-borne never
think of paying abd never intend to
pay, if their action* are no indication.
Soute grumble when the Lilt lor two or
three year? sobsori pt ?un ia presented,
say they didn't think they owed so
much, and ooo half the tine didn't get
tbe paper. Some, after laking the paper
two or three yean, will deliberately
leave (fie country, and never as urwh
as ??j. to thc poor switidltd privier, I
wish I waa-able topaj yon. ?uw? taU
the pn per awhile, until they think sosoe
little amount ic due, and then they'll
'tell the Post Wanter they i??'i^jg&?fi
jany longer. ? nd ao on, and soon. And
I yet the printer mutt pay in turk (br.
ovary sheet of paper he tond* out, o'id
at :he end of every week, for lbs labor
pet formed, and lbs ?amer?os o; ber ex
puses dailj. ?Momf' io wot der. the
Beansitstilla Jottrga^ Juts tuf pended;
sci viv.?. W?i- vtYj-?cnie?yu ii?.
; prinetptc, ac4 M jsbal? '?eft?if'pr
i?itcrt#.l*y ^.J*?<?
. ^ FUHHT. ^
j About';,"-nine men ont of ten" (outside
?f tb? profession) 'know that they can
jed>< I;p*|?8r-"easiest thing in the world
for t.tti&i..with anf trains, sir j nothing
to do bot write a certain amount daily;
ajljou baye to do is to keep your bead
? clear." If some of these gentlemen
could be pnt foreibly io possession of a
newspaper anti made to edit ii for a
month or two, they would bare their
eyes .opened moat wonderfully wide.
They, would learn that to ait at a desk
[-quietly - and write pretty editorials, ?
bears ab ont the same proportion to the
whole duty o?an editor, as a bolt in the
single tree oft carriage does to the en?
tire vehicle. They would learn that
work never ceases In a printing office j
that constant watchfulness and care
alone bring success; that a steady drain
on the brain of the editor is the rule;
and that in addition, the head of the
establishment has to bear philosophically
more grumbling, nbuse, and advice, fur
less pay, than any other professional
mau would dream of. Io short, they
would find that an editor isa hard work
ed mao, a much abused mao, and in
most eases a mighty pooily paid one.
A. T. STEWARTS PROJECTS.
The great Sb*,OOO,UK) marble dwelling,
which has for years been building by
Mr. A. T. Stewart, on the corner of
Filth avenue and Thirty fourth street,
Nsw York, is at last completed, and up?
holsterers arc now laying down its
carpet?. That for the great double
drawing-room was purchased in Brussels,
at a coitof $27,000. It is in a single
piece, and was worked upon a loom ex?
pressly constructed for its manufacture.
BS. Grant is reported to have said
that the reason Summer don't believe
in the Bible, is because he didn't write
it. May not this remark have been
provoked when Graut learned that the
Massachusetts Senator told John Ccvode
that "lhere icas no measure, nor stan ?ard
vf vceujhts and measures, and no yard
stick c(tpable of measuring the imbecility
of President Grant."
i he Radical leaders nt Washing?
ton are said to be in an niter state of
consternation over the result of the
.Southern elections, and a notable West
ern Senator, in his desperation, has pro?
posed to begin auew the work of
reconstruction.
THE Sl MDAYSTHOdh F8STIFAL AT
THE METHODIST CHURCH.
.VB EDITOR :-Occupying the posi?
tion you do, the brief and modest notice
giveu in your editorial columns of the
recent Sunday School Festival at the
Methodist ?hurch may do-(as far as
yon are concerned ) But you will per?
mit an outsider, I hope, to do that wit ?ch
you might not feel it to be in good
taste for you to do-speak a little more
at length in regard to the merits of that
particular occasion, with the hope,
meanwhile entertained, that thc goner
al interests of this noble cause in the
country, may be accelerated thereby.
I will say, then, thai I was gratified
nay, delighted, by the occasion referred
to. Iii truth, I liad, previously, but an
inadequate conception, of the attention
which is being given to, and the inter
est which is generally felt in, the Sab
bath School io ?ur community. I found
thc large church thoroughly crowded
with the good people of Sumter, irre
spect?re of denomination, and many,
even, white and colored, in thc galleries
And as I looked upon thc beautiful
scene, I thought it one upon which the
blessed Saviour himself smiled, and
around which the good angels- delighted
to hovf.-r.'
The decorations were chaste and in
beautiful design ?nd execution. The
rine clad arch, encircling the pnl
pit, like a bow cf promise, and set off
with light*-, like stars io a crown. The
rich and symmetrical ever green holly
springing up aa it were from a basis
of spot les* white, ita bows laden with
beautiful gifts for the children, and
fronting the scene, to adorn tue picture.
And this supported on its tight and
left hy the brillant .'whatnot," redolent
with Xe* Year presents. The charra
ing wreaths that hung upon thc walls
and ereireled the columns. All this
was appropriate and lovely; and when
yon said that credit WM due Mr. J. D.
CBAIO and the yoong ladies who wor
ked so zealously in that department,
vou expressed bul faintly what was their
doe. '
i har? learned, too, that great credit
waa doa to other Indicar connected with
thia School, for their unremitting zeal
in gathering and arranging (ho large
number of presenta that wt rc .provided,
and distributed. And 1 am sure that
their hearts were gladdened when they
wi fueled thc beaming coan! ?nances of
tuc happy children,aa they eat in live?
ly erp<fctatic4?, or advanced, with bou nd
tiig joy; to receive their token? of affee
lion ir um the hands of the Sup? tinten-1
dent. ,K?T3?.::? iz a r CK**
Thc c^'refn?i w^fwg*ti wHb fwwyer
hy Bev; NOAH QBAUAS?, ol t??c Baptist
Churnh?wm* ba? bees? invited to offi
etetUL T??etr ?m*, ?owe of thai ?went
Swd*f8*k ?mis\?,*h\ch i* so foil
of iot^tfto for the ehristian heart,
\tp}^'^co^Kyi FLoarxc*
BBQW. 'Afi? no?, the ?j)lmj?
Year &mMm%? bf : Um &
by is c ^o>p?r^ie^.:lc?^
And then some - unusually successful
remarles, impromptu, from tbe new
pastor of the ch areli, Ber. H A. G
WALKER. And BOW the youthful
throng again brea! the silence with
their rapturous anthem. Tbe distribu
lion is completed, (including - presenta- -
for. thc pastor and family, tho .* upev'n-.
tendent, a number of teachers from-their
scholar?, and from one to another among
thc individual members of the school). -
and the audience is favored with an ad- '
dress id behalf of the cause, by Mr.
THOMAS E. GILBERT, the'y?ithful "
crctary of thc school, which reflected
much credit upon him.
Rev. W. H. FLEMING, Presiding .
Elder, of the new ecclesiastical District
of Sumter, deiivers some closing re?
marks, which enliven the wbolo scene,
and constitute a fitting close. The
parting sung is song, which sweetly dies
upon the car, as the large assemblage
risc to retire.
And now, Mr. Editor, I did not pro
pose to trench upon your space, and if I
have done so, I hope the sacred cause
in which I have written, will be my
sufficient palliation.
A VISITOR.
WHY THE TEACHERS ABE NOT
PAID.
MR. EDITOR :-We desire to ask
why we cant get our pay ? I dont like
to give my ideas on this subject; but,ss
I am forced to do so, I will with plea*
sure.
Thc reason why we caot'get our pay
is, because there are certain men lob?
bying around the oCce of the State
Superintendent of Education, who no
doubt tickle his ear with propositions
to speculate on the teachers'claims.
If this is cot so, the signs are suspicious*
and I candidly believe it is true. 1
have oecular demonstration of it, in
letters I have seen, from those connect?
ed with the office named (State Super?
intendent of Education) and also from
others who arc lobbying around his
office, for the purpose of speculating on
teachers' claims.
I may be asked for proof of this state*
tnent. To all who detnnud this, I reply
as far as the letters are concerned :
1st. Last spring I saw a letter, written
to a gentleman of this town, by one of
the clerks of the Superintendent of
Education, which informed him that he
could get (he teachers' claims cashed by
a discount of five per cent, on the dollar.
The gentleman who received the letter
is an exeeptien-one who ia deeply in?
terested in school matters, And manifests
a proper interest in seeing that the
teachers get their full pay. Ile kindly
advised not to agree with any such
swindling game, as he would not h m
self.
2nd Last fall I saw iu the hands of
the same gentleman, in this town,
another letter, written by some of the
parties in the same c-ffice, at Columbia,
informing him that he could get the
teachers' claim cashed by a discount ol
fiveprr cent, on the dollar. And ?he
good gentleman, like a good shepherd
to his sheep, and like a father to his
children, would not allow them to be
swiudled oat of one cent, if he could
help it. He loaned them rooney with-'
out interest, and advised them again
not to agree with the swindling offer
that came from Columbra.
Now, my reeders, yon may call this
nonsense. But we are informed that
there three kinds of nonsense, to wit:
bard nonsense, soft noosensc and fool
ish nonsense, but keeping teachers cut
of their tuition, by not sending their
checks, I call ?wiudling nonsense.
Now, I will give you tho third reifer
to this town from Columbia, to swindle
teachers ont ot their money. This was
sent direct to another teacher sod my.
self; but wc can't see it. They saw it
was no ncc to write to the gentleman
lowborn the two first letters Were ad.
dressed ; and now they try the teachers
direct, for several letters of a.similar
character to that I herewith publish,
were received by other teacher a,
Bviog unacquainted with the gentle?
man who writes me this letter, I trust
he wi1! pardoe me for publishing it, and
take it at hard nonsense, for soft, fool?
ish and swindling nonsense will hive no
easy job to outdo hard nonsense.
My candid opiuioo of the reason why
the teachers cant get their pay te, beca ate
some of these men, who- t?e occupying
the best office in the educational depart?
ment of the State are not in the proper
discharge of their duty, hut linga
swiodliog atona, and theo bide their
hands, or, in other words, furnish a list
of teachers names, to Whom proposi?
tions to shave their claims may bc made.
Then, when tbe job it.finished,, ia Kepa
Mr. 1 lit-g-stone lor bia aber? of the
profit's of the business.
When I wish to sell my -claim, I will
let the swindler* ol, the South Carol ina
Bank and Treat Company know it Bat
wait ,utttir yoi are called on, wou't yea ?
w.>jrr>3$fe ^?>, :?**?
swindler* boccme th? topic of tb<: day.
Net ?otii thea.
Bead a ecfy of the thi?fiiett<.r :
?"bet?n ureter to the &M))I l?&fQt.[i? 1
...wi Traj?Cj^iga.^ at
B. M. Stoeb?'r my' account is teacher !
amounting to $70 00 for 2nd term. ,
.-^tr^ewfj s?gu heie."1 ' '? 1 ?
Mr. EDITOR :~ll&ot'tti?e''?t '-tiSf~
uumetous. luatheaHrttciaos- who reae--.
yenr-papcrto ckmeisttiret^iW^ !
problem. .Soraefhfrfg #ik% kt ' TjWorYel? l
recimtyT-hi ^eTVtf^etpertKti, IBU W "
some it was a ^bsrtf 8ato;w\ ! ft* A !
A. owns i and B. I ofapje.ce *;f Jaod ,
for which they paid 8800. They teil i
of this land for $800 cash, and divide !
the remainder of thc land equally, be?
tween them. What amount of the caa \
received does each get, ? ,r: ? [ ,.?>?
Ladies' Monumental Association
SUJiTEH, S. 0. Dec., 23, 1S70..
The Ladies' .Monument?! Association,of SUust
ter District, met this day pursuant ta the call of
the President. Mrs. v). IL M?. ^es, Presiden tvprj>
siding.' On motion it was
Hooked, That the mortgage given to secure
the payment of the Bond for the fonds of the
Association, loaned, be foreclosed forthwith en
less tba proposition to pay One Tboaarod Del?
lars thereon be carried out,by the 1st Nanaar/,
proa. And in that ?rent the Finance Committee
be instructed tn tah? a near Bond for the balante
due, at the same rate of interests withe faertpaje
to secure the payment of the saine.
Reaoleetl, That the Jftuitnce Commitine be
continued fur one yeer with the power* hereto
fore granted.
Rmobted. That the Cetnmiftee appointed for
receiving estimates, Ac, fer the Monument, of
which O en. R. II. As?eseos is Chairman, tt re?
quested te submit their report at tb? next meet
ing of tats Association. ! !
Retuhed, Tbot the Secretary end the Treasur?
er of the Acsoeiation be' required to resort their
actings and doings, in their respective, offices, at
the next meeting o' this Association.
On motion Iiic meeting then adjourned, sub?
ject to the call of the President.
Mae. 0. li. MOSES, President.
Rica A sn D. Lac, Secretary.
OBITUARY.
DIED; at bb residence on Kaftan Creek, Sum
ter County, on the J3rd of December, 7870,
JOHN SANDERS. H? wes bore near ?be ?dace j
of bis death, in August, 1S0O, and bad. therefore J
entered upon his 71st year, siace August, 1870.
MK. ?Asnetts spent all of his long life en his
saliva soil-waa bora, lived.and died in Sumter
District, and bis remains now rest within ita
bosom. He loved his native District ead State
witb aa ardor which amounted tc patriotic devo?
tion, and the interests of the one ev the other he
watched, though with a quiet, a deep and absorb?
ing ia teran. Ile belonged to a family asa ri ed
for self sacrificing patriotism, ead devotion 'te
their native Carolina- fer good rittsenship, high
bearing, ineostry, perseverance and sances* ia
agricultural and other porsaits. And in these |
characteristics, ha was a worthy representative.'
A family of seven children survive hint, aren
cherish bis memory, as that of a most auVti?n- j
a'e father. Not mueb given to seek pleasurable
association beyond the limits nf his own house?
hold, or at least tb? cirri o of his Immediate kin?
dred and neighbors, bia domestie vin oes were by
nooe so well known and prixedes by those of his
own family cirele. It was acre1 that bis affections j
centered, and here tuet the kind serf generous
impulses of his calare had 'their most freqece*
display.
After a long life of af tire Industry,, he sink
calmly end quietly tn rest.' in b?pe of that *:?l*ssed
immortality which Hs* beyond tba grave?
A; FRIEND.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
At a Regular Meeting of Sumter Fire Engine
Company, bald January 4th, 1871, the following
Preamble and Keeoliitiuvs were adapted?
iriererts.lt as pleased Almighty God rn re-I
more from Earth oar late Vice President, j
JAMES P. BRENNAN, who died 27nd Bec.
1870, in the early years of manhood; and
Whereas, we, while humbly submitting to His
will, desire tn give expression to oar drep sorrow
in the death of bim who for four years hes. li?
.me of os, 81ling, wirb honor to Mnscif and the j
Company, the various offices which be held ? 'and
now rl>at tb? silrereord is loosed, and tke gold?
en bowl broken, and eur comrade baa left as to j
dwell to that land eterna", wehre pea es and hap.
pi>ir*s forever reigns. wS wish ta engraft upon
the records of oar Company oar high appreciation '
of the unfailing interest wbieh be ever entertain,
ed for its welfare, and the talents wbieh bo devo?
ted to its ase ; Therefore he il
Reioleed 1st. That io tho des tb of Vice Presi?
dent, J AUX? P. Baaaaaa,' th*. Somier Jiro
Engine Company bes been deprived of ona of Us
most efficient officers and members.
UeinUed 2nd That e blank page In < ur Miente
Boah be inscribed te bis memory-thai: oar Bart
be draped ie mourning, end that tb? me ash tra of
tb? Company wear th? asea) badge of mourning
for thirty ?Jays.
sTeWserf 3rd. That we tender ear' wares sad
heartfelt tvtepatbj to the widowef our talented
comrade, and trast that He wbe doetb elli Ikings
well will help her to Uar ber great ffEHctfooy ead
reunite her at last to bias la the glori?os realms
above. *.
R<*>1~,: 4 tb. Tba? ~. copy-c.* these Petaos ale
sad Resolutions be forwarded le the wide? et j
enr late comrade, ead that they be nabliabcd ia
the Sumter Bafels*?? ead Sam ter'Asian.'
[amt ACT reo? TH* ?IS CT ta.]
_ A. W gTJDBR, Secretory.
COMMERCIAL.
- . ? . =-..? ._. . ... ??- ."?? ;|
SUMTER MARKET JANUARY 30
Cotton market baa rn led dell past week. 'Ill11)
baleeehanged bands at fro* lbj fe IS, et which
prise it closes with iadieaiions ed a leather dev
cline is Liv? poo*. i- i. ' '
BACON-SiJes, I2i?lee Sh??Idars, ll$?2f
Hims.?.
LARD-28@2Se. '
FLOU iU-Par bb**. $7&$12. S
COFFEE-Lagusyr?, 30^10 ; Jars, 40$*?;
Rio,20@2?.
8ALT-*#Je# Vi -.? I.'P *fc
S UU A ii-Brown? 12*@ 1 *; O? tt&l? $ A , 17
@00; Crushed, \t%\t.{ . n:f hoe OsT..
BAQ0I??0-?5?I7,.
IRON.TIWUsaibV
hOPR-ieai?. ?. n ?am a TH
BATESVtLLRSHtRTrNaS-Pat .balq ff
TARS BY TUB BALS-fl ,4*?, Per bent
HEW YORE: MARKET. JAN tw
COTTON 15 . '":
? 1 i ?1 -, i . rf? i\M yn '->I>J <i
rglUE REGULAR MONTHLY?031 MJ^?MA?
JL T?os jfjf CLARK* oVrtoW-CiftdA
A. . P. . JJ - wm W betdewtMiraaW
aw^MBaVaW Tsjlhw^c?J:?T?T3 ******
CS ?*&?*f* Cha m hjbfy
Ii ^7^?#'EB's* c-?JaD*I,t* 18f74l'
fices**' to^ajfil Spiriteons Liquors . hfle
tbflday Bs^uM^rinH^tu ti e following M?*n|fa
pprvee, tbey^Bnring complied with tu? reMaV ?
[foot of the "Ordinance In regard to Retailing
Liquors, and gir?o bond for tb? (am of Ita ban
i rad dollars ($600) for tb? proper observance of
Uftfcu twji *jf taw tuia?MflgMiwr ty^wwtit -
C. Bf Moise A Co , If. J Uennegao,
I. H. Eber bart, D. Morris, <
??aab* Boihr,-- - -Dr^r-HaYir,- - - <
I. Schwerin, ?JVm. Bogie,
Erftytteabergt - ?: - ^f~. 1: WMrtetaore,
WiAiBanitiii ?nm^l... ....
? ? i"? ' ii i ac*"J s ?* -. NW ?
tailer^ ftt^: Eii?iHt?
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMON-ED to
at Engine House, ia fall noiiorus,; black pauls,
on Thursday .to-morrow) afternoon, Jan.. 12.
at half pest S oVfo?k, Wliely.^bV1 Xftn?reraary
Panade, ? Meakers will please meet-promptly. '?
... By order of Indent
, . . H. GIRA KDE AU..
.A.- w. fi'ifDER,' Secretary. :' 'w* " '
Jae 31 ^ ? i ? lt
...??.- . ? *.' rx'.i ' .1 itaSJ ? ' !
. .. tilter ?V/ /
'.r> >u:!t
QO?D ; FAMILY FLOUR;
15 lbs. for $?,00?
Q0?L> COFFER,120 ?ts. per lb.
PRIME COFFEE; 25 cts. per lb.
GOOD. BBOW?V Su?AR,
12 1-2 cents per lb.
0?SH?N B??TER, 40c per lb.
LAgJ), ?0 cenls' per. pbiind
6 pounds for $I.Q0.
HY? N TEA -fl.flO i>er;lb.
;.*in ! ? . .* )'' .-'li'
. . ra th H .. ;!?"TrT:..; t?j ,. ..!!
Uii?iwked Shoulders,
TO ARRIRE, 10 M cts. per lb.
Just Rt cen ed.
.. ? ?JJ ....?> "??1 . . o 7
A FINE STOCK- ?F
3S ti ...Iv \ :. .
^^^^ ^*^*^^* 3^^f5^..^"^^c -^^^^
'.:! ..-..?... . ...?? ru:? ?;.? .? . .
ort-:
{if ?5 . M?t?. ii{ i'u; ? :7 -ii: !. -<j *
At Greatly K ctf need Prices, |
PLASTEES'
WAREHOUSE,
, ? r . '.'.ui.-'/t Jw U> ?,"_:?.!- .? ? . .. . '
. ? ?*?.'..: -?....??*/ . '. ri /
Sumter, ft C.
'.? y -^|.t :: f?<f* J?* ? " . * . '
JftU ll .?f'-vi .'t':.'. ?
lilas ?ai
'J -V ^ ? [afe? ; 3" - " 1 .? '
t- -...7 -?.;v; ft'.t - as .
w>! ??? ?try?; r?i - 'tir. tas
WiH M ?old ? fpo-it of tb? Gotrr^l
Hoot*, OB 8?r?dtf, tfct> ?4*hr*t U M.
im? ? 7C V? .H?> d ;'5?> h . a
iii ?..<.'.;>. ?.j:?-E^trrrt* JS tu ! I
. A--v. v.^-r-AJsJ^t .??..-.<: . r -
. p . Faianinfr/?tejiat?s, ^ ^
ETlW?J? FS&flLIaSR,
CHAS. H.
insnranci
Sumtei
FTRR,
Liverpool ?jljjtooj?ii <?
Insurance Company.
Ajmrrsr nr wotD..:.....c.:.._...$2(j..oo ww.
ANNUAL INCOME IN GOLD_ (6,000.000
Bete? M low ai any^Firct Claas ^Company,
Jan Ti
' YORKFILLE
FBSSAZrS COLLEGE.
' YOR K VILLE, S. C.
THE FIRST SESSION OF TBE
rCOLLEGIATE Y KAR of 1S71. viii
noci? cathe 1st of FEBRUARY, and
losct.S rSe 20fh of JUNE Tba
SecondSealion nil) begin on the 26tb
JUNE, ana. close pa the 9th ol NOVEMBER. .
ThU. Institution is fura if bed with a fall Carpi
of experienced Teachers.
' TERM'S FOR TIIE YEAR,
Payable one half ol Entrance-one Fourth dn
the Hst or Joly, ?n?J the remainder' oa the 1st
?of Od ber. .... ..-A .
Boarding, inelcdlc - Foci and Lights*.150,00
Toiti n ia Collegiate Coarse '....*',?. 50.00
Tuition TB* lepara tory Department.: ..." ' 30.00
Taition j? Juvenil? Departmant............ 20,00
Lnstruui?ntal .Music and ase of Piano... 55,00
Prirata Vocal Lemons..~..y......5O.00
Vocal Lesions fa CIa??es.. 17.<fo
Sacred M?sie.....u.....5,00
French, tmd Germa n, each......... ^ 2C.?0
Latin and Greek, each.. 16.00
I will leave "Florence on the 1st of February,
and -will uk? charge of aay pupils g?ing-to
YorkrHI?. .
For Circulars ap ily lo
. Re?. J A?. DOUGLAS, President
.Thor? who pay strictly according to tba above
terms, will hare their warhi.tg done without
charge.
Jap ll lax .
SOUTH CAROLINA
Central Bail Bead Co*
^rpKili
CBARLBSTON, S. C., Janaary il. Wt.
mHE SEVENTH INSTALMENT OF FIVE
J. DOLLARS PER MIARE, will ba payable
.n 15th- February, proximo.
In Charlton-at the OSce of, tbs Company,
No. 10 Broad street
fe Sumter-To W.yor JOSEPH: JOHNSON.
Ia Clarenden-To Dr. G. ALLEN HUGGINS.
_ WM. H. PE HON NE AU,..Treasurer.
Jan ll
SCIW?L BOOKS! SCHOOL BOSKS !
IND AL if DESCRIPTION'S OF
fl' Sciant St iti-narv. School Pens. Copy Books,
and all varieties of Blank -Books. Drawing Pa?
pera, Bris'ol Board.1, Pencil?, Drawing Card4
aad Drawing Books, ar
F OR G A TIE'S DOOK DEPOSITORY.
NEW CATALOGCR. NO. T.
FORSYTHS LIFE OF CIERRO. 2 VOLS. TN
ona. with illustration*, third A B?rica n edi
..ti on .........$2.50
Bu. k? and Reading; ?bat Books .hall I Read.
and how tu Read them, by Porter.2,00
Tbe Botton? ?r the Sea. by L. Soarel, ? he
Wonder Lib rary ............ . 1.50
Bronehitia, and Kindred Di>case". by Dr.
BalK......;.1.50
Vaarntrs af the Life and Ser ?ices nf the Rt.
Rae Alonso Potter. D. D.. LI. D. Bishop
orPennsylvanis.by M. A. DeW.d'c Howe,
B p;".~.?.M
Ceegkl aad didi: or ike Prevention.
Caa*? aad Core of rar iou? nff-cti >n? of
ike Throat. Jkc.. br T'r. H<11. author of
?*H?sltb br Good Living.'? Ae.._T.5?
Religio Chemie?- E??*v? hy fle*?rg? Wilson,
F. R. 8. E of gdiabur-'_.2 00
Abbeys. C sties, and Ancient Hall* of Fog.
land and Wales : Their Legendary L"ro
and IVpnlar ni.?tory.by John T?rab*.
2rols_.?.b%
The Legend try Ballards of Knit.ad and
and .Scotland, compile i by J S. Robert.?... 1.09
A New Dictionary of Quotations, from the
Greek. Latin, and Moder? Language*, with
an Extensive Index to everr importent
w r i_ _^.."_.2 00
Wonderful Balloon AsVems-A History of
Boilaar*, ?kc., fi*>m the French, by Mar
r**...._.._....1 50
The Comic History of England. *?r A Beek
ett. with 20 c?-l-red EteMng* and 200
WrwioVe*.......!....... .i Ot
Thc Cesare History nf Risa*, by A. Beckett,
illustrated by Leech .3 75
The Crave Mad .?one. br A. Beekett. with
in?ttrat ons br Crnik?k?rks... $2.50 and 1.50
Mother Goose ie a New Dress. $?.75. > o;h -
cr Goose'? Melodie?, with Botes* music,
and aa a cc on nt of the Goose or the Tar?
rone* Family .3.75
<Tb?s* ar* tba great rival edationsof "Dear
Old Mothar Ga,.K")
History of EngM?i> Liter ature, in a Series of
Bi' grarSieal Raw. by Collier. LL D.175
Tba Rudiment.? of Colors and Coloring, with
tba natara or Fitments, ?kc. by Field......2.00
Thomas. Chalmer?, a Biographical Study, by
Ja a. Dodds. ."..1 .75
Frews Bgvp* to Sinai-The Ex?dns of the
Children of Israel, by Prof. Ga.-u.en._:.1.75
Memoirs of th? Life and Writing* nf Tho-.
Chalmers, by his son ia law. Dr Hanna'.
4 vols"?H-, ......:..M?,.?.........7.50
Memoir, ol Wa?. Ellery Channing, with Rx
. ttV'Vfrom. .Correspond ?nee. Ac, 2 rois...3.50
Miller's Alasanae f'ir 1S71-interleaved
A sarge aad ra ried assortment of Pocket ?ad
otter
HI. ? j? DIARIES FOR 1871.
Pbotograpk Album*, Writing Albums. Autng
raph Albums Our vtr! tWof these beautiful
artie!** ar? ?Bsarpaused and ebea*. '
WRITING DESKS. WRITING CASES AND
P0RTB?LI0S. emhraciig- every variety of
styles, from S ! up to $20.
JUVENILE BOOKS.
Especial attention bas bean gir>n rb nar Ja
VBBIMJ Departaratrtf 0?rre*?a-t?ent is unusually
large, a? d great care boa been taken to select
goad books,for tb? yoong of all agc?.
BIBLES AND PRAYER BOOKS.
A larg? stock>?frEnglish Family and Pocket
Bibles and EpfseePaT Prater ?Book*. ?mbraerB?
allika newest edition* and- ?ryles mt kindinga.
I Ti? prices af Bibles aad Prayer Books have bean
rr** ?y red need. Oar mock, ?'B>r?a* bree a va?
riety aa ?a U bad. >n<f atti* REDUCED PRI?
CES.' i i '
9. B. .Oar JIONTHLY LLTBRAR.Y BULLE
TIN aili ba seat FREE. ta parsons la th?
.Vea* try. * "
jprsV Vmoit bj tee eouaAra mill
pbsem bear to rnead, tbatbyseadiagtheir ?rdafs
loa#fof any.b??ks pablUbed la America, they
wlB be ?largad nely tb? pri?e of .*? book. W?
?pay fer the poi rag* er exflrew ' Adare**
ii^m^m ^pwitary.
JtgU'.^ -r
??tt> ,.i .-.JU i ?sa i ' y ,90s id t:.c;^i?H^
MOISE,
% s. c._
LIFE.
New York Life
Insurance Company.
ASSETS.$?5,000 OOO.
ANNUAL IN COU E.~. ..... $7,000,000.
RM te* KS low a* any Fir-t CIHS? Company.
flew Advertisements.
TO THE Wt KKIXG CJ.ASS -We are now
prepared to famish ali classes wiih constant
employment at home, the nh de ofibe time or
for the spare moments. Botittess new. light, and
profctable. Perses of either se* easily tarn
?rom 50c. to $5 per evening, and^i proportional
sum by devoting t jeir wboie time io the butineu.
Soys and girls carn nearly a? much as men.
That all who see this notice may send th?-ir ad?
dress, nod test thc business, we make the un
paralleled off-r: To such os aro not well satis?
fied, we will send $1 to pay for the trouble of
writing. Fall particulars, a valuable ?amp!?
which wijl d<? to e.-mmenee work on. and a copy
of The Pentfc't Liteniy Ceetjsawiew . une of the
largest and best family newspapers ever published
-all sent free by mail. Reader, if you want
permanent, profit?.ble work, addr:s?
E. C. ALLEN, A CO., ACCUSTA, >f AWE.
rpHE NEW YORK WEEKLY hAY
1 BOOK-Ttl K CHAMPION OP THE
W HITE-RKPUB DCA? A INST TH K WORLD
$2 per year. Address "DAV BOOK," New York
City.
UNIVERSALISM : What is it? Send for-hs
STAR IS THE WEST, Cincinnati. A
large 8*page weekly ; established 1827 It meets
all the wants of t ao family ; $2 50 per tear
$1 25 six months. Try it. Specimens free -
Address WILLIAMSON A CANTWELL, Cin
Ohio.
CHRISTIAN STANDARD opposes Sects ard
advocate* PrnnilireChristianity. AV.'aid
ciecpett Family Weekly ; 8 pages ; 48 enlnmes.
Edited by Eld. rs ISAAC EKBKTT and J. g.
LwAR. Only $2 a year! Specimens /rte R
W. CARROLL A CO . Pubs., Cincinnati. Ohio
^^jLTP^aHfai $ Persons to successfully
^LJP^^JI J canvas* for Premiums we
m^m ?rffer. and receive a $25 Wal
them Watob for yonrself. Address Peoples Week?
ly, Dayton, 0.
GENUINE NORWAY OATS, and ALSIKE
GLOVER. Sample packages sent free to
an termer* ; also, ? e -py of the AMERICAN
STOCK JOURNAL, by euelesing siamp to N.
P Eor?B A CO., Parkesburg. Chester C?., Pa.
NEW YORK SAFETY" "TEAM POWER CO.
Steam Bnginesv ?stn and without cut off,
and Ste'ional Saiety Steam Boiler?, built in
quantities by special maebiotry. Send for circu?
lar. 44 C-rtland St ., N. T.
J. F. EDDY,
Cotton Commissioii Merchant,
7 Market Square,
PR ? VI 0 UNCE . R. I.
.Cash advances on Con?? nraei.t of C?iton.
FLORAL GUIDE
* For XST'l.
The First Edition <>f one Hundred and Fifty
Thousand copies of Vick'? Illestra ed Catalogue
of Seeds ano Floral Guide, is published and
ready to *?nd out-100 pajes, and an Engraving
of almost every disira -le Flower and Vegetable,
It is elegantly printed on free tinted t aper,
illustrated with Three Hundred ?ao Wood En.
graving? and Two brau'iful
COLOREO PLATES.
The most beau:iful md t e m?st instructive
Floral (iuide published. A German Edition pub.
lubed, in ali otl?> r r. ?peet< similar lu the En
glish.
Sent free to all my customers of 1370. as rapid
ly as p?i??ibie. without application Sent to all
?libers who order them for ten cents, which is not
half th? Co??. Address
JAMES Vit K.
S?cn?*t*-r, N. Y
5 TO $10 PER DAY BOTS TSSM
who engage in 'ur new limine*? mal;?- Dr??? fi
to $10 |?r day in tl.eir ?.wn localities. Full
particolar* and instructions sent ftec by uni -
Tho>e in need of penca nm'. pmaVaMr *erk
should address at on-e, GEOR'.E STINSOS
* CO.. Portland. Maine.
CO^i A WEKK ALARY !-Y"un< men
$P?*J wallie?! as l..f?f nad travelling ?ile*
men. Addre** ai bstamp) R. H. WALKER,
34 Park K w. N. Y
Agent?! Read This!
\IVK *? 31.1'- P.4 Y AUK*TS A SA I. V KY
ff ot $ U per week an ex enses. ur a:!oW a
large commis??..??, to .??11 nor nc? and wondertul
inetntf^es. Address-M. WAC. S ER A Co., Mar
shwIL Mieb._
EMPX?YMENT for Ali
(J*QA SALARY PK? WEEK AND
tytfw exiiensc*. pa itt Ag? nt., to ?ci: our aew
arni usef ol disci ver ie*. Address B. SWEET*
Co.. Marshall Mirh _
tftQ? USE THE "fEtfETASLE 1Q7?
JtiWw pulmonary Bateaux" fOJV
The old sunda rd remedy for C-ugb?. Cold?, Con?
sumption. "Xotkimy Utter. Cert sn BROS. A
Co.. Boston. -_ _
UP?ASfSDJ-PILATOatYPOWDEB.
Romatee ?upertlToc* bair ia/rc .?<?"'?,
without-u.jary Jo she ?kin. Sent by mail for $1.25.
UPHAM'S ASTHMA CURE
Roiieves mo?l violent paroxysms ia fi- .???.'?
ead effects a spcedv cure Price $2 by ?ail.
J THE JAPANESE HA? STAIN
Colora tbe wb*kers and nair a beautiful ?LACE
e7?&wa. It ep?tete ore-.-. r"?
eewisbv wail. Address S. C. CPHAM Ne .21
Jayne Street. Philadelphia, Pa. Circulars .ea*
free, f^Ahy ?U Druggists._^
PS?CHOJIANCT - Aay lady or >nt?em*n
can make $1.000 ? month, secure the.r owe
happiaa-? and independence by obtaining P_>;
C?V?MAECT, FA-C?? ATI05, or SOO.
IcT.?* m^wWk, Fall tn.^.
llfflea to ese $> tW? ?\* *" "VriV
wUl "bow to Mesmeris*, bvosae Trance < r-wn
Hit Mediums. Diribatlen. Sf.rrhw.lrsm. AI?*?" J
PbitoSr af Oreen. n?4 1 JVteams Bnghaat
E??rtillereai. G?id* tn lanar?-l*.
?ff? & book ; ?f^gS ; ^pS5
?aelo.b?liS. P*P? ?vers fl. f^aKS
.il!*,*** act e. -gen* witttee?r.a s.mp^Py
rflb.work fie.. Aaene.pk.1.? r^u^red. au
desiree* of rntwJem|rloT?ent ?hou.d sent m
tba bouk. eneresing It cfc, for post:.se., to^
~ A ?ARD.
" A Gaaa^aaan, wbrW residing ra ^/St
tee?., ???tonerj, di^rered a?*J^?
reardy I?lb* Care of breona V**'/^^
?ie%j, 0&?se?cf the Fnaary and .j?
sj^aaa!eat* ?**.*. ^?l^^*"!?
v^.. h.v. tw^a eared br ?bi* n?bI* i.li
ItS?s?e?S?S
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