The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-03-16
! Or THE WEEK

ss6Sld Aolve,tiser says th.
SsMs p be waking up on ths
Sta9es question, aud that It ],
a monster temperance meeting
tsld. ~ Chicago recently.
6s general disability bill, which
~ ~ i4Syss u. .poii tical disabilities, 10 now
!, iuSZ ~ consideration 10 comwitto, and
cpiniop is confidently expressed
y t itWilf pass both houses OF Congress
S tholt difficulty.
tssels, the 'colored Senator from Mis-.
ssppi, has instructed the door-ke eepers
3 iRot 20 deliver the cards Of any visitors
80 him during the sessions of the Sen
GSlS His colored friends we're disposed
t0 gclaim privileges" aud crowd into
h Me asor Of the Senate. This was too
4 much for the Radical nostrils of the
SWnited States Senate, and hence Rcvels'
s order to the door-keepers.
Salt Lake, in Utah, is seven feet
higher than it was ten years ago, aud is
.tSsonstantly rising. 1t has been urged
.Jby those vho have paid attention to tho
n subject that the rise Of water there
J would produce solution of the Mormon
squestion before Congress would act upon
81 The Columbia correspondent OF the
! Gharleston Ne,os is inclined to fear that
vthe second, movement to complete the
& famous canal is all sham. Spraguc's s
j sgent took .Jise hands with shovcls, who
& shoselled Tor TWO days, when the work
again ceased. This looks very much
! like trihiug.
At tho recent Municipal election of
= Edgcfeld, US VIC learn from the .4dycr-
] rtiser, committee of Democrats and Re.
publicuns met in conference and agreed
upon ticket, which was elected without
contest, and is as follows: Inteudnnt.
g .. L. Turner; Wardens, r. w Cars
l..wile, ID. Il. Durisoe, Lawrence Cain,
I Paris Simpkius. This is, no doubs, the
: ,wisest course to DO pursued.
The Edscfsld Aocert.ser says: "Thc
House Of Representatives before al l.
journing, voted Speaker Moscs-the
enrolling officer who formerly weeded
80 wido row in Edgctield- as a
yratuiy. A guy gambolecr is Speaker
Moses. And gay eawbolccrs require
much money to keep up their gambo.
leering."
81 Revels presented, few days ago, a
petition from the Mississippi Lcgisla-
! turc, setting forth that tho State had
adopted constitution Republican in
form, passed the 14th aud 18th Amends
ments, aud asking for the removal of
political disabilities from all citizens Of
I. that State. 1t is supposed that this
!, would include Jefferson Davis.
4 The State Medical Association has
: recently had meeting Nickcrson's
/ Hall, Columbia. About twenty physi.
T clans were present Tho address of
President Tally was OF much Interest,"
!. DR.. John L. Darby submitted an able
Z paper cn "IIair Sutures; exhibiting
them in comparison with these Of
& thread, wire, &c.
Il A Wrltcr III the Grccnvillc Nom tain
ser says, tho idea. ofo young man without
!, capital regarding himsclf us an ovcrsccr
on farm with some three or four
laborcrs, is simply absurd. lie must
lead-not drive. lie must not say to
bis laborers, ego" but "co,ne." There
is no alternative. False ecntility and
failure, or genuine manlincss aud sue
cess.
One of the cditprs Of tho Ncwbcrry
. Herald made a flying visit" to Coluu.
bia on Ahe heels Of tho adjournment of
!, the Legislature, and, in his paper,
speaking of the operations of the civil
; rights bill says: "In Que case where
bcnighted son OF darkness demanded u
:, "shave," and became insulting, billet
Of wood on the top Of his head routed
both him and tho idea" An un.ciyil
; way Of giving him his civil rights.
AN ELOQUEsR AND TRUTHFUL