The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-18
SOMETHING ABOUT SUMTER.
Cotton Stealing-The Beauties of Radi-
cn1 Rule-Progress OF the Town-The
Coming Fair.
rrRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT

SUMTER, S. c., October II.
With the coming Of the fall trade comes life,
briskness and activity to our town. Sumter
rouses herself from her summer doing and
prepares for business. The trade has been
very good so far, and would be better did not
the planters keep back their cotton on ac-
count Of the low prices. very lucrative
trade is carried on by some of our worthy citi-
zens with the ebony faces, who bring in small
quantities of seed cotton, their own or some
body else's, and who are willing 10 sell at very
reasonable rates. Early risers meet whole
families coming into town, each bearing their
bag of seed cotton.
quite crowd in town and but three fights,
may consider ourselves fortunate. We had
further illustration, few days ago, or the
beauties Of Radical rule. One OF our ponce-
men ATTEMPTED to arrest noisy negro who
was creating disturbance on the street. The
negro resisted. whereupon the policeman ap-
piled to the intendant for Instructions, who
ordered him to arrest the negro. This he sue
ceeded in doing, after being obliged to use his
club. Soon after the policeman was arrested
by one of our ''truly loyal' magistrates, ana
was only kept from Jail by some OF our gentle
men becoming security for him. An incident
of the same kind took place here some months
ago. The same magistrate had not only p0-
lceman, but the intendant arrested for simi-
lar offence The matter was then referred
TO the Governor, who sent some one
to inquire into the merits Of the case,
and Of course decided in favor of his broth
er.by Radical ties. All from dame Justice
the bandage has slipped from her eyes, ana
while she sees the glitterof gold in the balance,
her sword falls sideways. There are several
new stores being erected, most of them good,
substantial buildings, one very fine one
There has been shoe store opened here by an
enterprising gentleman from Charleston. SUM
ter is becoming too much OF town TO keep
F-tlp the country notion of having hcterogene-
Gus mass ofarticles in one and the same store
On dit, that one Of the colored senators OF
high aspirations, meta gentleman OF TINS place,
and after telling him he understood he was.
good linguist," offered him fifty dollars to
teach him Latin There is fair to take place
the first week in November, for the beneht OF
the 'sChurch of the Holy Comforter" (Eplsco-
pal.) 1t is held for the purpose OF repairing
the church, and has our best wishes for its sue
cess. We have here a miniature steam engine,
the work of boy of thirteen or fourteen, the
son of an enterprising citizen. We hear 1t dis
plays decided mechanical genius, and Is TO We
sent to the Columbia Fair.
There is an election to take place soon LOT
representative to fill the place left vacant Dy
the appointment of the Rev. johnson Saddle
colored) to the Senate. We understand the
principal candidate neither reads or writes.
Such are the men who, under Radical auspices,
rule South Carolina. Let us leave them all
sin foro conscientiP." ''L'INCONNUE."