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[From the Baltimore American.]
BALTIMORE'S MURDERESS.
Some of the Fact? tbat the Anthon ties
have Gathered.
Mrs. Wharton was indicted on Satur?
day for poisoning Gen. W. Scott
Ketchurn, and Tor attempting to poison
her confidential business agent Mr.
Eugene Van Ness. Gen Ketchurn ar
rived at ber house from Washington on
Saturday evening, June 24 He and
Major Wharton had served together in j
the Sixth United States Infantry, and j
their respective families had always
maintained the most friendly relations
toward each other. Gen Ketcbum had
lent $2,600 to Mrs. Wharton, for which
sum he held her note, aDd before leaving
Washington, he mentioned to several
persons that the object of his visit was
to collect the money. The note can
nowhere be found among ?us papers,
ind his ftiends therefore conclude that
he took it with him. Portly after his
arrival at Mrs. Wharton's he was taken
ill, and was attended by Dr P. C. Wil
liams, who suspected poison from the
peculiar symptoms of the case, lie died
on the following Wednesday. At the
suggestion of Dr. Williams the body was
removed from Mrs. Wharton's house,
and a post mortem examination was
made. The stomach was analyzed by
Prof. Wm. E. Aiken, and twenty.grains
of tartar emetic discovered.
THE POISONING OF MR. VAN NESS.
Mr. Eugene Van Ness, Mrs. Wher
ton's confidential business agent, was
taken ill at her house a few hours before
General Ketchum's arrival. He drank
a glass of beer, and was proseetly taken
sick, Mrs. Wfiarton showed much alarm,
and went for Dr. S. 0. Chew herself.
Mr. Van iSess remained at Mrs. Whar?
ton's house under the medical care of
Dr. Chew till the following Friday, (six
days,) whee he was removed to the resi
dcuce of his sister in law, Mrs. Frick
His wife was with him all the time.
An hour or so before Gen. Ketchurn':*
death a milk punch (prescribed by Dr.
Chew) was brought into Mr. Van Ness';*
room. His wife poured some of it iuto
a wine glass, and before handing it to
her husband, out of some little freak of
curiosity, tasted it There was a bitter?
ness about it thai alarmed ber. Shs
poured it all out of the glass, and io the
bottom there was a white sediment. Mr?.
Col. Lo ney (Mrs. Van. Ness's sister)
quietly put the glass in her pocket and
brought it away. Prof. Aiken aoalyzed
the sediment io the bottom of the glass,
and found fifteen graius of tartar emet?
ic.
Thc milk punch was prepared by Mrs
Van Ness herself on the morning of the
28th. Her husband drank a glass of it
and was much refreshed. The remain?
der wai set in a refrigerator io the
dining room, and it was when the
second glass was about to be given to
Mr. Van Ness that the poison was dis
covered as above related.
TUE FIRST SUSPICION. v
Suspicion did not first attach to Mrs jw
Wharton herself, but to an humble |a'
domestic in her family. It was Mrs. j
Wharton's subsequent conduct which I ^
turned the current of suspicion against ! =:
herself. Two days after Geo. Ketchum's I p'
burial Mrs. Wharton went to Washing?
ton, and, calliug upon Charles A. Ketch j C?
um (Gen. Ketchum's son,) informed ?f8
him that she bad given his father j !
S4,U00 iu Govcrnmeut bonds to keep !V1
for her, and that she was about togo ou (Pr
a visit to Europe, aud wauted thc bonds aI
or thc money.
Young Mr. Ketchurn told her he
knew nothing about his father's having 31
S?,U?? iu Government bonds belonging j co
foher, and referred her to his uucle, ?hi
Col. liricc. She made the same demand | bo
of Col. Urice, who iufonued her that if lei
she vas depending on any claim against 'wt
Geu. Ke;cliutu'.s estate for mooey to j fe
take her to Europe, she had better,'?rr
abandon the trip at once. He theo J tb
called ber attention to the fact that Gen. as
Ketchum's oooks ?bowed that she owed a i
him?2,600. ?he said that she had ?a'
paid that debt on the 1 TtIi of January 'bl;
last. On being asked tor the note, she j sc
said when sh?* paid it Gen. Kercbani I lo'
handed it lo he , and she tort* it up. jin
Au entry io Gen. Ketchutao's day- ! W
book shows that Mr". M barton paid a ' tn
half year's interest on th* note Jan. 1't j ,v<
Ile in .?-aid to have been a must careful po
mun in a!) bia business transactions j wi
and kepi bit? accounts with systematic I oe
exactness. .Jane 1"> he charges lier llb:
with another half year's interest ou the j th
note. <f?'ti Ketchman's clothes remained
in Mrs. Wharton's bouse fur three days
alter ii is decease. m
Pl'KCUASINti POISON. \*?
This singular coudait OD the psrt of j qa
Mrs. Wharton occasioned a sharp turn ul
in the coarse of the investigation, and UM
Marshal Gray and Deputy Marshal Frey, wi
who had been intrusted with the i Mi
management of'he case, immediately I fits
began to h<'?k for a more distinguished to
person <n whom to fasten the charge wli
than the ; i.or woman who had at first we
be':!i suggested as the possible poi*< nor ' Mi
It was :?<certained ihat ou the 20'th of j fro
Jun." Mrs. Wharton had purchased ' he
six-y grains of tartar emetic of the drug j thi
store of <?osman it Co., 101 Madison j be
avenue. This was two days after Geo. ?io
Ketchurn had taken ill at her boase, j
'1 he poison that was administered on the j lae
24th seems not to have been purchase J ; ast
at Gosman & Co.'s. or if procured there, uu
it must have been some months since pri
TAKEN TO JAIL a I
When the Grand Jury ?rnae into '^J
f-iurt with the bill, a messenger was ?
immediately despatched to Mrs Whar- j, '
ton's house to apprise the family of the I
fact, aud to give notice that the officers j Pr(
wuuid call tor her at half pa^t three i
o'clock. The lot on which her resi- {
dence is built ezteods through frotnjdai
?otaw street to Garden street. Ou the |l'M
Garden street side there is a high board ? c
leuce, in which there is a gate thitt
opens on a pathway leading to the rear *Tt
of thc house. At half past tbree o'clock
a carriage drove up to the gate and ^
?topped, in ie^s than a minute another,da;
ca:ri?ge came and took up a positiou ia ? Wc
iront of the first. j dal
Out of this carriage Sheriff Alberi, j***
Marshal Gray, Deputy Marshal Frey,
and Deputy Sheriff lioseman stepped, rei
and were admitted ia the yard through
the gate, tu five minutes they returned
with Mr*. Wharton, Miss Nellie Whar- !
tou.and Mr and Mrs. Crawford Neilsuo, rec
friehJ? vi tbs lamil? (Mrs. Wharton io*
leaning on Marshal Frey's ?rm.) Tbl
was DO dramatic leave taking, DO byste
eal fainting, not even a natural gosh
tears. ? simple good bye, and the a
happy woman took Marshal Frey's ai
and walked down to the gate, witbo
betraying the least emotion. Both si
and her daughter were dressed in blai
and wore mourning veils. Dr. Nuge
(Mrs. Wharton's brotRer) and Profesa
Richard Mcsherry were in the bona
bat oeitber of them accompanied tl
party to the gate.
The ladies were banded into the fir
?arriage, and Sheriff Albert took a se
beside Miss Wharton, drew the curta-'i
rf the carriage, and was about Jellie
the driver to "go ahead," when Mr
Wharton expressed a desire to ride i
:he other carriage The ladies wei
promptly handed ont of the one carriag
oto the other, the last carriage bein
noch the handsomer. Sheriff Albei
igain took his seat beside Miss Whar
on, facing the mother, and the carriag
Doved off in the direction of the cit
ail. Marshals Gray and Frey, Mi
ioscraan, and Mr. Neilson followed i
he other carriage.
WITHIN THE PRISON WALLS.
On the way to the jail there was n
conversation except of the most com
aonplace character. The party alight?
t the maia gate, and Mrs. Wbartoi
ra!kfd up through the yard withou
howing the least weakness or fatigue
?be ascended the flight of stone step
csolotely, and took a seat in the re
eption room with as mach composun
s if she were calling on an intiman
riend The daughter showed sadness
i her face, but she was perfectly self
osscssed, and acted through the whole
ainful scene with a fortitude born ol
igh cuitare and great self control
'here were first some arrangement!
) make about furniture for the cell tc
hich she was assigned, and some coo,
J! tat iou with the authorities as to what
ixuries would be allowed outside the
'gular fare. A memorandum of necea
try articles of furniture was made out
nd a messenger despatched to bring
lem.
ELL NO. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
SEVEN.
W'ule these preliminary arrange
lents were going on the reporters,
irough the courtesy of Mr. Wm. H.
erk ios, President of the Board of
isitora, and Mr. Irvin, Wardsn of the
iii, were permitted to see the "narrow
ouse" assigned to Mrs. Warton, "Cell
o 167" in the jail register. It is on
is first tier of the north wing, facing
est. It has been recently scrubbed
id white washed, and all the furniture
?moved, there not being even a chair
r a bench to relieve the cold severity
[ the walls. A floor seven and a half
?et by ton with an arched ceiling nine
et from the floor at its highett point.
Through the grated window the stee?
le of the Third German Reformed
hurch (Calvert stre-?t) cao be seen,
id the square tower of Emanuel
hurcb (in which Mrs. Wharton was
ont to worship) io the distance. The
ternoon sunshine comes streaming in
trough the outer windows and the
reoing shadows play along the iron
illcries. A green tree in the jard has
ished up its topmost branches until
?ey can be seen from the fir>t tier c'
ills across the open intervening apace,
they sway back and forth and tightly
ush against the window panes. What
sions they must bring to the poor
isoner ot t ie happiness and beauty
id freedom without.
A STRANGE COINCIDENCE.
10 the cell under the one occupied by
ra. kV barton is the poor, stupid
lorcd girl lately sentenced to be
inged fur the murder of her newly
iru ia ant. What a mighty leveller is
eu the suspicion of crime ! Here is a
?mao who, before the dark shadoas
11 upon her, represented whatever of
ace and beauty and culture and worth
ere can be found in that region known j1
..high life," and right under her, in h
ceil in every respect ?irnilar to hers, ir? ,
?/retched girl whose mind is a perfect ,
auk, who is almost w.thout mor il con
ioosoe**. and to whoo affection and I
re und purity and virtue ar* unrnran- <
g words which she cannot comprehend, t
hat ht range fate has brought these ^
o women together who in the outer
?rid were arpera ted as wide as the \
les by a morai and social zone through
lich ir was known that the one could
ver rise, and it wat never dreamed
ut the other could sink. And here ?j
ev are together. Z
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A DELICATE QUESTION.
Upon the first entrance of Mrs
harton into the jail the Board of u
sitora had to deride a moat delicate
estioD. Mrs. Nellie Wharton, out u
her beautiful devotion to her uuhappy ,|
?ther, was .most anxious to remaiuj^
th ber and share her impriaoomeut.
rs. Wharton is subject to . epileptic 01
?, and her daughter knows beat bow c<
treat her, and what remedies to use cl
en the spell comes on ber. Letters ^
re submitted from Dr. K. McSbeiry. .
rs. Wharton's family physician, anti 10
m Prof. C. 0. Johnson, certifying to 1
r precarious health, and expressing vi
^opinion that it would greatly add to j{
r safety if ber daughter was permitted ?
remain with her.
Thc jail is not a fit place for a young
ly of cul:ure and refinement, the tr?
;ociatiois are not pleasant, the air ia xe
wholesome, and it is against the first JJ,
nciples of prison discipline to permit
>erson not accused of crime to dwell in 1
; building, except is one of tbe
icers. The matter was laid over for gt
'ther consideration, and th<* yoong ?ti
ly was allowed to remain fur the j|
:seot. .
LOCKED IN.
About 7 o'clock tbe mother and ^a
lighter entered tba cell, and there
?y are at present. They have a bed, so
:ouple of chair?, a washstand, and a 0?
r other little comforts. Their meals
I sent to thea from Mr. William
isseli's saloon, Madison avenue. Mrs. l"
harton informed tbe matron jester
f morning that she bad rested quite
ll. Daring Sunday sba nod ber
agh ter appeared to be quite composed
i etea cheerful. In tbe i fternooo in
)y were vi-ited by Rev. .Or. Baodolpb, ia
?tor of Emanuel Church, of which
s. Wharton was a member. *
-ea- g
I*). Too first bale of sew Cotton was I
eivod at Galveston on Ute 22nd gr<
tant. ghi
WEDNESDAY. JULY 26.
i? A. GILBERT.EDITOR j
WHITE AND BLACK. POPULATION.
Tbe Colombia Union publishes the
)opnlatioo figures as shown by the
joited States census tables. The total
K>pulation is put down at 38,549,987.
)t thia but 4,879,323 are colored ! The
Union saja that this is "food for refleo
ion to those who would go too fast io
hes? parts." A timely reminder, we j
rould say.
It has seemed to us, all the time, that
he more sensible and better educated
tolored men, who have figured and coo
iooe to figure, in the direction of public
fairs, have acted immediately nader
he adventitious circumstances present,
nd entirely without reference to the
ature-exhibiting that "hand to mouth"
rastice which is seen though wei! nigh
he whole colored mass. They have
lot only sought equality of rights and
privileges with the whites ; but have goue
srwardand occupied positions which
hey were enabled Uobteio only because
f thc color of their skin. White men,
f similar education and general fitness,
t BO period of the country's history,
oald have sought and obtained any
sch positions. Th^j have not only
ot been content wit'i equality, according
j fitness, in the rig its and privileges j
f citizenship, but they have sought I
ale-to govern, bot h their own people
od the whites. White mee of io- .>
?lligence, of learning, of experience in
overnuental affairs, have been rudely
arust aside, tod counted as of no in- c
aence or rights, whilst the ignorant 1
lack man-entirely unfit for directing a
ublic affairs, from tbe irresistible cir- *
nmstaaees attendant-has been pat .
ito their places. Venerable and
isrned Judges, who shed lustre upon P
se jurisprudence of the State, were c
lenced io a mass : and a black mao bas *
rcn ascended the Supreme Bench, only
ecause he was a black man-himself
imitting bis want of ability for thc
osition.
Wc write these things not because we ^
?e uofrieudiy to the colored man, or u
?cause we would restrict him in any of j?
is rights of citizenship ; but because '<
ley.most and will be considered, and ?'
?cause the leaders of his own race seem .
have forgotten them. With a popula t]
DO of bot 4,879,323 against a white a
rpuiatioo of more than thirty millions, t;
id with all the deep rooted and we may ^
y ineffa?able prejudices against bis ^
ce, North and South, Ea*t and West, *
j has not only sought the fullest civil e<
|uality, but actually to trample upon ^
e rights of the whites and to rule the i(
mthernj country. ai
With this overwhelming display of o
imbers, how long ean they hold the
matura! position they have attained, "
i ly by the power of a fanatical and (j
irrupt parry, ruliog the Government ? cl
re pot this question to the sensible ?<
ilored meo of th? country. And wc ci
? so in the interest of their own race, ir
r the time to come. The white race, "j
?th al! their immense advantages in tll
ipuiatioa, in education, in morality. L
the arts and sciences, and the great tl
d powerful machinery of their ci viii- P1
tion combined-cac and viii take care ! '.j
themselves. We have never felt!,/,
xiety or donbt in regard to their lu
sidon as considered, relatively, tn th?' "J
lored race. But what if to becom* ol *
w
e latter, if there be persistence in the ^
esent coarse ? m
HITE AND COLORED AT ANDER .
SON.
The Anderson Intelligencer of the Jp
th of July gives an account of a pub- j
gathering at thal place whieb occur
1 oo the Saturday preccdiug, which
rather significant.
The colored militia paraded ia the
>rniug, going through thc drill, shea
s arms were laid aside, and a Sunday
hool pruces*iou formed, which, after
irehiog tbroagfa the principal ?treets, '
iceotrsted at the bouse recently pur?
ised for school purposes, and formerly
longing to the Winthrop estate. Au
mens?; audience waa here gathered
considerable number of whit*?, by iu
arion. Speeches were delivered by
rf. W. A. Hodges, James A. Hoyt,
q , editor of the Intelligencer and Col.
S. Hilt-the sobjects discussed beiug
2 daly of the colored people as cili?
os, their education, Ac., and the Air
oe Railroad. These were followed by
o colored speakers.
A "magnificent dinner," the Intelli
icer says, was spread io the second
fy of the building for thc whites.
e colored people scattered about the
ilding and grounds and spread their
ikets. A
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o races.
POLITICS Alf? RELIGION.
A radical Ref* Hr. Wilson, of Iowa,
ose of bia prayers reeeotly sandwiched
s following:-"Oh, Lord, give os this!
ir < ur ?alta! forty thousand majority,
d if possible, ob, Lord, gi?? ox eighty
>osaod." While ?OD? of th? coo
tgstioa responded "AJMS," others
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RITCAX OF raE_?JWON LSAGUI
A friend has sent us a well-worn cop
of the ^Ritual c^ercd?bv the Nationt
Convention of the Union League c
America, at Washington, Dec. 18tl
1865." It was picked np in the roa
near Lynchburg, and is a duodecim
pamphlet of 28 pages.
Solemn, absolute secrecy ia enjoined
[oitation is attended with some fora
Candidates for membership are bail?te
for, and examined in the ante room b;
the "A. V. P." and "M." Question
ire asked, thc 2nd, 3d, 4th and 6th o
which are as follows :
2d. Do you acknowledge that yon
Srst and nighest allegiance, under Goa
is due to the Government of the Uoitet
States of America?
3d. Are you willing to pledge your
?elf to resist, to the utmost extent o
rodr power, all attempts to subvert o
jverthrow the Government of the Uoitet
States of America?
4th Will you strive to the extent o
?.our ability for the maintenance o
liberty ; the elevation ot labor ; th<
?ducat ion in the responsibilities an?
iutiesof American citizenship of ali th
people of this country ; the practice o
roe friendship aod charity towardi
?ach and all of the Order, of which yot
ire about to become a member, aud foi
:be elec'w or appointment to ail place
f pu. trust of such men only as ar*
.diable supporters of these principles am
nen sure* f
6th. Do you pledge your honor thal
fon will obey ali rules and orders of itu
i nion League of America which shel
tot conflict with your lawful right:
tod privileges as a loyal eitixen, and
seep inviolate all secrets aod c?r?monie:
vf the League wheo communicated tc
rou as such ?
The "A. V. P." now reports to thc
President, the "Marshal" conducts the
andidates to the Council, the "M" re*
iring to take them through the door,
od the "H." receiving them on tbe in
ide, after minor questions on entrance.
The candidates enter in double file, arm
0 arm, passing ronnd thc altar, and are
resected io froot of the President's
hair. While this is going on "The
^lag of Our Union," "Rally Round the
'lag Boys," "Hail Columbia" or the
Star Spangled Banner" is snog.
The Vice President makes the fol
jwing address to the candidates:
"Geotlemcn : Wo rejoice that you
lave thus voluntarily come forward to
cite with us. The cause we advocate
1 that of our couotry. Bsoded together
jr the purpose of perpetuating the
berties for which our fathers fought,
re have sworn to protect them. In
im ? of peril to our Government and
he Union, it became the sacred duty of
ll true patriots tu unite their efforts for
he preservation of Constitutional Free
om, and in thwarting the deigns of
raitors to destroy the tree of Liberty,
lanted by our patriot fathers aod
atercd by their blood. [This, addreev
J, in themain. to the late slave ]
icithcr domestic traitors nor foreign
jes must bc permitted to destroy this
atiou, nor to circumsctibe the influence
od propres* of American institutions
0 this continent.
The first graud purpose of our organi
ilion has been accomplished through
tc combined efforts of our order and
te gallantry and perseverance of our
?risen soldiers, to whom our grateful
:knowIcdgmcnts aod continued appre?
ntice ate ever doe. The legitimate
uits of this triumph are yet to be
?cured in thc complete ascendency of
te true principles of popular govern
tentj the establishment of equal
ib? ry ; the education and elevation of
te toiling masses nf the Republic ; thc
reservation of the national honor and
lith ; the inculcation of a broth? rly
fe?'ti<!Hi and troe charity towards all ;
\e*romptete anti final overthrow at the
1 Hot lute, as in thr field, of the dharcky
r pt tl itu-ni Iradrrs. who sought to min
hm thiy cutild not ru/*, and thiongh
hose error? a???i wrung* our chantry has
.in baptised rn blood: thc . st*bli?h
ent here of an asylum for the opprpss
I i-f other lands, and of a beacon light.
? prominent and enduring as to he seen
). ali nations for all time, and so nner
ng as to guiJe all people to the certain
issesMon of rational and trae liberty.
By means of the I><yal Lcagur these
and purposes may be realized.
We ask none to join us who have net
ie noble sent?an nt of patriotism deeply
iplanrcd in their hearts, for such only
c capable of rising above the level of
ie mere partizau, and claiming and
.fen.ling the boou of freedom for its
music value lt. ?a to snatain the
[>veruwent, ?od the principles and
II icy we have indicated that wa are
Fited, and fur this purpose you are now
quired to take a aulemn obligation,
rich 1 assure yon does not in any way
ufltoi with the duties you owe to your
lf. your family, your country or your
jd."
"he candidates now turn and approach
e altar, when tbe chaplain makes
ayer, tbe opening sentences of which
e as follows :
"Eternal God! Sopreme Architect
d Ruler of the Universe ! We humbly
seech Thee to protect the loyal people
tlte United States, and especially the
embers of thia patriotic organisation."
Sow the room is darkened, and tbe
I." lights the "Fire of Liberty," to
ira during tbe administration of tbe
th. The members join hinds in a
rele around the candidates and tbs
liar, where rest; the Flag ?nd tbe
?ble. The left hand of each candidate
placed on the Flag, and tbs right
'ted toward beaven. In this attitude
e following oath ls administered b?
e President :
"I (repeat your came after mine) do i
lemnly swear (or affirm) in the pra?
nce of God and thetas witnesses, tnt I '
ll never voluntarily bear anns against
a United gutta, while . ?risen
ereof; that I will support, protect aid
fend, tbs Constitution and Govern
m nf the United 8ta? os, and th? \
sg thereof, again.it all enemies, foreign }
d domestic; that I ?Ul Sent tme 1
Uh and allegiance to th? ISAM ; ?od '
at I will tito defend thia Star? against* i
any invasion, ?osorrectiaD ar reiwiuwfc
or evasion. . Fartheriaore, thst I*will
do all io m j power to elect tn e and
reliable Union men and supporters of
the Government, and aoae other*, to til
offices of profit ut trust from tba lowest
to the highest-io Ward, Town, Co a ii ty.
State and General G-overoment. And
should I aver be cal led tb fill an j off oe,
I witt faithfully ?arry oat the objects
and prfociples ol this L And furtber,
that I will protect, ?td and dei ead aU
worthy membersth? ?. I*. And that
I will oe ver make 'kaowm^jpy way
or. manner, to any person, or persons not
member* of-the 1j;lu, sloy of the signs,
passwords, proceedings, debatas or p?aos
of this or aoy other C. under this. or*
gaoization, except wheo, engaged io ad
milting new members into this L
(Place your right hand upon the Boly
Bible, etc.) And with my band upon
the Holy Bible, Declaration of Inde?
pendence, and the Constitution of the
doited States of America, uqder the
sea! of my sacred honor, I acknowledge
myself firmly bound and pledge to the
faithful performance of this my solemn
obligation. So help me God.
The members respond: "TJ thia we
pledge ourselves."
The President says: "Gentlemen,
around yon is a band of brothers alike
sacredly pledged. This circle is never
to be broken by treachery." The members
all respond- "Never!"
The new members now join the eirele
and with clasped and tip lifted hands
they take the freeman's pledge : "To
defend aird perpetuate Freedom and
the Union, 1 pledge my life, my fortune
and my sacred honor. So help me
Gted."
And now "Rally Round the Flag
Boys," swells from the duky ring.
All bands now take seats, and the
President delivers his charge, which is
a recapitulation of the address, cathi
tfce.
They are now instructed in the signs,
&c.
The annexed horribly sacrilegious
jumble is put to sing after the oath,
which is called "Battle Hymn of the
Republic:''
Mine eye* hara seen the fiery ef tba coalise; of
the Lord :
Ile ii trampling oat the vintage whare the gre pee
of wrath are stored ;
Ile hath loosed tba fateful lightning of Bbl tar?
rlble swift sword :
Mis troth is marching on.
Glory,glory Hallelujsh,
Glory, glory flalMajeb,
Glory, glory Hallelajah,
His truth is marching on.
I bare seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred
circling camps;
They bare buildcd bim an altar in tba erasing
dew? and damps;
I eas read His righteous sen Unce by the dim and
flaring lamps ;
Iiis day is marching OB.
Caora?.
I bare read a fiery gospel writ ia banished rows
of steel :
"As ye deal with ray eontttnaers, so with yon ray
grace shall deal ;
Let the Hero, boro ot woman, crash tba serpent
witta bis heel,
Since God is marching os."
Caora*.
He bas sounded forth tb? trumpet that shall
never csll retreat;
He is ??funs; oat the hearts of man before His
judgment ?eat :
Oh. be swift, my soul, to answer Him I be jubi?
lan t my feet ?
Oar God is marching oa.
Chorus.
In the beauty of thu lilies Christ was bora acre??
the sea.
Wit.1 a glory in bis bosom that transfigures yea
and me :
As he died to nuke moa boly, 1st ru die ts make
men free.
Wbil* God ls marching on.
Claru*.
BOWES AMONG HIS COLOKJKD CO*
Sf STL EN CY.
From sn account in the News of the
Radical ward meeting? in Charleston,
Monday night, we make the following
intereMiox extract :
In the Fourth ward, the proceedings
were by no means harmonicas, and,a
whispering daring tbe day that there
waa |ioing to be fan in tba Fourth
ward that night, an Bowen was goinjr to
be ther , coiitcied a rrotrsd ul discordant
spirits, who determined that celebrated
bigamist should not have things bb own
way Tbs meeting was caljed to order
by Pr?sident Aleak Wilhams, colored,
and tbs long, narrow hall waa aeon
crowded to suffocation by the excited
voters-a black maw, relieved bara aad
there by a light colored isnlawsg orear*
pet-bagj?er. The meeting Waa disorder
Iv enough, and only an? delegale had
been elected when tba smouldering
embers bant io to fuli blase by some one
moving that "Mr Bowen," who had
}oat entered, ha heard from. A hondrad
voices, vociferatlnr earsee and eries of
'no,' resounded, aad in a moment a a trog
gliog masa wu swaying over tba loor.
Io the contusion dire, two mea, said to
be draak, had hi: somebody, ar each
other, and nothing like order wald be
bad until they were pat' oat.
The Babel of voices coot i o oed, and at
last the chairman, hearse with shooting
from his stand ot the table and gestion
latin's like a madman, announced that
Mr. Bowen would declino to ran for the
convention, ia n short speech. The
would-be Congressman jumped ot? the
tsble and commenced to talk. The
meeting would not hear him, however,
snd a desea speakers as load as hs wara
talking at the ante time. Bowen con?
cluded bis unsatisfactory address and
j umped from tho table.
nw MBW aWPAJSYfJBaV
Tba address of the Issmorrstis 8tate
Central Committee to the people of
Peooaylvanis, jost tanned, msiei fha
new ??pautara ia the following gallant
.tyla:
"Wheo wa speak of tho Federal
Conetittttion, wa mean the whoie instra
?ant, with ail its emendates fe, md
acknowledge tho equal ahBsptioi ef
every part. Several of those emend
manie war? carried by brat? ftrao, and
by frauds upon the aafcSe witt so ?tria*
ia lo take from their antara ali a bairns
roar reopen*. Bat we eaaaot dear
they have Easily s?ceme s part
if tho ainatUaalm; mm* wm trod
>batfstt,tts^fehJa* rt by 4*er?f?
the corms ute^M ?iteem?'*}?
it that Uss* e**iro&?s> Cowcrta m?
u?terwdti?8t*
looter vieta to support toe uonsnrauoa
swat port?? ell that is 'nominated io
'tie 90?W^'~^?j thungo which eapeti
euee and Testo? ?hall prove to be deeira
Me must bW ruade io the prescribed war,
and not bj reola tionary or disorderly
1M<0 F?SHJWC
OrtTtV Ot LITES
New York, July 21.-A terrific storm
oo the coast* ;of Newfoundland and
labrador has'deetroyed titree hundred
and fifty fishing smacks, twenty three
dwelKoge, and forty ?tores. Ninety
throe lires wer? lott. The estimated
lose of property destroyed moonta to
$1,500,000?
OBITUARY.
Diod in Sumter, 8. C., Say tti, 1ST!, JAMES
H. BRITTO!?, Esq., a jed TS Tear?, OM month
and ten days.
MK. B KITTO a waa OB? of the oldest cltisens of
tar command*-. Althoogh be WM t miirs of
Marion DiaHet, he passed the year? of bis man?
hood In tai? District, and waa fer a period ?over,
log aura than half a century ide? lifted with ita
people.
He waa a sean of close observation and of re?
tentive Beac ry, ant it waa ia ure? tiny and
instructive to hear him ?peak of men aad mat
tore of bj goa? days. Indeed, even ?aaa his
mind waa enfeebled bj the ravag?e of bodily
disease, he ifteo spoke of toe distant past with
an exMtsese truly remarkable.
He was one of tim few connecting linkt, be
tween tho stuning times of the Revolutionary
war ant onr own unhappy day, sad-ieced by ao
many doods of adversity. Doubtless tho otter
prostration which fall apon bim, ia the few last
years of his life, was occasioned, io great part,
hy tho calamities of th? country goneraily. and
the dwp personal bereavement bo snot* met, by
tho lost of a gallant soo ia tho war. Ho was a
ama of strong donwstfe ant social feel ic?;?,
mingh'og bot little In public sJairs, though a
patriot wira all tba ardor af Kerolntiontry de
He was a member of tho Presbyterian Church
of this place from its earliest history, and though
rarely attending itt pablie ordinances for years
past, beean** of oefeoblod health, bis heart still
yearned after th? eonrts of the living God.
He bed outlived his generation, and had be?
come almost a stranger beyond his family and
imm?diat* friends. Bia years ol disease aad in?
firmity, were underly soothed hy the affectionate
and untiring attentions of his aged partner in
life's joys and sorrows, with their children and
grant ehUdrea. It waa ? totting to see the few
surviving friends of hu vigorous manhood, at?
tending his fanerai, with th? young aad hopeful
of the present generation. It impressed practi?
cally th? Scripta'? Imsen tim* "One generation
pease th aad another cometh."
Hew short, at host, tb? narrow span
Embraced within lita's two ?trentes,
The helpless child, the tottering ?aa
An ieUrval of fevertah dreams?_
COMMERCIAL.
Cotton i very Saw bama have changed hands
this week. We quot? Sirict Middling, 18c,
BACON-Sides, Ki?IS*: Shoulders, ItJ?)
li? Hams, 3?.
LARD-29@J5c. .
FLOUR-Per bbl. ft@*U.
COFFEE-Lajjeayra, 5O@00 ; Java, 45@0w;
Rio, SOQfJ.
SALT-$J^0
SUGAR-Brown, 12, @ 14; C., 15? 16 ; A., IT
@00 j Crushed, 1701t.
B A G QI J? G-?5 fit ST}.
IBON-TTBS-8<?10.
LOPE-isa J 5.
BATES VILLE SHIRTINGS-Per hale Oje.
TARS BY THE BALE-$1,30c. Per bunch.
M^ASOWIC.
11HR REGULAR MONTHLY COM MUNICA
. TION OF CLAREA ONT LODGE, NO 84,
A.*. IV. M.*. will be beeden Thursday ?reniog,
October 26,1871, ai 7 o'elock.
By order of
T. V. WALSH, W>. M.
M. C. WILLS*. SeereUry.
June 6. 1171.
THE SUBSCRIBER HAVING PURCHASED
Boot aad Shoe Business
LaUly owned hy Mr. JAMBS A. BRADLEY,
-AT
Exchange Comer, Market Street,
rcen??afaHy faoormo his Meads aad the public
gsnirelly that the stock baa hean replenished,
and additions ase constantly being made lo make
eoenpku s snsrtms.it. liar-ag engaged
MR? DAVID ff? WALSH?
(formerly with Mr. JAMES st BRADLEY.) to
.uperintend my tani ?MS, I respectfully solicit a
?bare of the ??bife nattonage.
A. L. PRICE,
Late of tba Wilmington JournaL
Joly M _
DR. A. J? CHINA,
Qrnggisl; and Apothecary,
SUMTER, S. C.
INVITES AfTKNTION TO HIS LARGE AND
WILL ASSORTED-STOCK OF
DB??G8, CHEMICALS,
PHARMACUTICALS,
roprietary Preparations,
Toilet Articles,
Brushes,
V?jTiishea,
Paints, Oils,
Dye Stuns,
Glass Ware, etta, etc.
The Prescription Department
ME CEt VES ESPECIAL ATTENTION.
tVJt? AI? ACCURACY GUARANTEED.
Jaiytt _?
PBISfl
Garden Beed.
sawJUV
OW S3CRTf? frees D. LA NU SETH S
ike feUewing geida fer Fall aad
fm***.
Ja** . v-u-^v.
Uiieap Uoo?s,
AT
Planters* Warehouse.
Western Butter, - 35c. per lb.
Best Goshen Butter, on Ice,
50 cents per pound.
Breakfast Strips, - 12?c,perlb.
Sugar Cured Hams, 20c. per lb.
Low Grades Flour, $6 per bbl.
Super Flour, - - $7 per bbl.
Clarified Sugar, - 14c per lb.
More of that Hyson Tea, at
75 cents per pound.
Fresh Dates, - - 15c. per lb.
Heidseick Champagne,
Genuine "Pieper & Co.,"
Pints and Quarts.
White Corn Whiskey.
Best Scotch Ale
Wild Cherry Brandy.
Self-Sealing; Jars,
For Pickles, Preserves, &c
Just Received and for Sale by
Chas. IL Moise & Co.,
SUMTER, S. C.
Joly 26
L. H. Miller,
Miller's Safe and Iron Works,
ESTABLISHED IN 185?.
MILLER'S BALTIMORE MADE SAFE
the tiMt now ia aa?- wat nc ted fra* Irons
nut, daapoe-m or decoy.
Fire-Proof Merchants'
Safes.
WELDED STEEL AND IRON
Burglar-Proof Bank
Safes.
FIRST CLASS
Key {ind Combination
Lock.
Bank Vaults and Boors.
teles Basa 2*5 Baltimore St.
FA CT OB 7-Square bounded hy
Henrietta, Claret, Fremont
and Warner Streets. 0
SEND FOR ILLUTRATED CATALOGUE.
OVER 12,000 UV USE.
TESTED Iff 200 FIRES.
NEAR BBFEKCSS:
14 C-yftr, Hoyt A Folsom,
va o.
No. Ca,
Jaka Agnew ? St?, Colombia, S. C.
Natioaai 3*nk o? Cbeeur, 8. C.
Sea&a A M?itoa, Chester, 8. C.
900 IN BALTIMORE.
Om 12,000 San? nt Uss.
aLrr' ?* -J>$ ^.tx- '* ?ft.. .
?M3YMB lg 2ft ?IBXS.
nm CLASS GOODS, AT tow FAICBS.
ly
HOW, WHEN AND Wlfi
ADVERTIS1
SEE THE ADVERTISER'S GAZET1
Book of 100 pagee; issued Quarterly (Bet,
tina just Dow); contains lists of ell tkii
Newspapers, Daily, Weekly, Religions, Aft
tarai. Political. Social; also Magatinrsaa:
Periodicals devoted to class interests; ale*
mates showing costs of advertising, and i
incident* and instructions gathered frosj th
Experience of Sncccsxful Advertise
Mailed to an} address for 25 cents. A?
GEO. P. ROWELL A CO.,
Advertising Agents, Publisher*, and Dtaxt
all kinds of printers' Material,
_No. 41 Park R-w, New Tai
H. J. SAYERS,
DEALER IN REAL tSTAI
FRANKLIN, P. A,
Buys and. sells.i inproved sod unimproved lt
anywhere in the United States.
GENTS WANTKD FOR TUE
TRANSMISSION OF LIF j
Coansele OB the Katar? and Hygiene?*
Masculine Faaction. By Dr. Napheji, st
Of '. The Piftical Life of Womat:." It m
to ti? ?Mt? ?cas; i? fall of new facts ; d?lias
outspoken, pr?rtiea! and popular; bigblj
dort ed; awllw rapidly. Sold by sul?en?
onlv. Exclusive territory. Terms liben
Pri?e $2. Address for contents, Ac., J. G. ? -~
GUS A CO , PublUbws, Philadelphia, pa. *
Agents! Read Th?i
WE WILL PA Y AGENTS AS .Uli '
vf $>0 per week an . expense.*, ,.r si*
large c?mmi**i?>n. to seit oar new and ron*
inventions. Address M. WAGNER ? Cot '
shall. Mich._
WANTED. LOOK H?|
Profitable employment furnished ever; t
willing to work in bia own neighborhood
laxy persons wanted). Profits over 20? pe>,
Enclose $1 for samples and particular, ;
rapid. JONES A METZGAR, Pnubeq". .j
A. A. SOIiOMOatlj
Has a FaU Stock of DRT GOODS.
A. A. SOLOMONS
Has a good assortaient of Shoes tMl
A. A. SOLOMONS
Baa every thing useful ia Harri
A. A. SOLOMONS
Has a foll assortment ia Pots, Oms ssl!
Wara.
Contienes to beef Hap^bcsry Room
plied with every thing in that Hoe.
A. A. SOLOMONS
Is selliag bia (?ods VERY LOW, aaaaK t
?
for CASH ONLY.
Call aad see kia at the -ft
CORNER MA III AND LIBERH??^?
-fl
May SI . M
TO fi
Planters and Merci? ^?
DUNDEE BAGGING, TB
BACON, FLOUR, *
For aale bj
WILSOff & SEIK J
Cotton Factors,
COMMISSION MERCH??
AND DEALERS IN
PLANTERS' SITPPL&
Of Every De$cri?)twn. ?
No. 17 LIGHT STREET, BALTW0?
LIBERALADVANCES made on Conssjt'
ORDERS receive faithful and proa?;*? jj
.osma atrtarjets
D. J. Winn, Kennedy*?*'
A. A. Gilbert, Dr. J. M. Fa?
N Graham.
July 19_Jj
CHARLOTTE
FEMALE INSTITUT
CHARLOTTE, X. C.
REV. R. BURDELL. \
JOHN B. BURWELL, A. M. j
iii
THE 14th ANNUAL SESSION
on the 2nd October next, aad ?av
until 30th of Jane. 1872.
This school is believed to possess ped*
vantages for y?aog Ladies to acquire ? ?> '
.dacalioa, ia ell braaebe* usually taafais'
class Female Sesiiaame.
Circular asi Catalogne ?oaUi.tiafV
tica lar* as te tarma, Ae., forwatdet: ?a af
lion te tb? Principal*.
July 12_J
OFFICE OF COUNTY Af- Tu
SUMTER, S. C, Jane 1?,J*
This ofice will he opened on the I?'..
For tba reception of Returns of Pencas! ?V
bold oaths 1st Joly, 1ST!, and will?
?pea daring tbs month of Joly.
Only retaras of personal property ass ?I
out all sale? er transiera of Beal 1st?*
September lat, 187?, Bast be neted* ?
it tba retara. .
Tb? nasas of the Township ia ll?*
arty is held, mast also appear oa tin sa*
For 'tbs convenience of those B^^-?w?W?
?Testera part of the County, a "uP**k
aili ba ia attendance at ProvideaM fatF
'rom tb? 10th July.
At Bishopvilie and Corbett's i
?aka retaras to myself or soms
.j on tbs nih Joly, ar? for Us*
Parties residing ia Lywchberf,
iayeaville, ?as maka their rsterif
P. Smith, o? Mr. W. D. Hinds, frc?*2
Wy. , Jg
Rotares caa se mads at MsoctssW
?th Joly std lt days thereafter.
Those who saab* their retare*
troid tbs (Maj aad jostling ?!
issapaases the "bwt days" of t
I ask the co-operation of every -
and: og tab notice so l bat ne sa??*
MM toes by ignorance sr sarsJasat
I torin particular at ten risa to
rx tract frats that Ast of tb? *
rhtob ibis tisser sassst is atada
Sacra?? JOT. tim* waaaerer s"J
ban fail to atatc rttarn* to tb* iti
?-?nty. within tb? the* jKasernVj
hal) Va ?? dat? of tb? Cowal} Ar"
. tfta Tac Duplicata, against sa
toMart* cbartw? to him tbs
rieb St per ?nt. penalty thereto, <
ba try amosat es* acoaorty
^C^boan s* tb? cantter ?*?*?h
o ? P. M. frota Jaly tat ta ff
la? bat Saaday and &e feb
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