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The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-07-06
CHINESE EXECUTION.

AT the close of last year twelve Grim
inals were executed in Pekin. They were
confined on the ground in a sort of
wickerwork cage, from which there issu
ed at times a song or curse, but never u
complaint or sigh. AT fifty yards dis
tant was covered tent for the manda.
rims who presided a long table, GOV.
cred with red cloth was placed in the
midst. The place Of execution was
about sixty yards from this tribunal, so
placed that the condemned were obliged
to pass before their judi At length
the permission of the emperor arrived
in a yellow box, which was respectfully
carried by cavl;er, whose horse was
led by tootman.. y sudden thrill ran
through the crowd, caused by tie arri-
val Of tho first victim. On placard
fixed on his head was writtcuehis name
and his. crime. Led before the mans
darins, the President asked him "Yess.' -
No." The condemned gcpl!cd aye or
Then his sentence. was read, add 1fc was
led away toward the cxcoaNoncr, during
which the clothes were striped from the
upper portion Of his person. Then an
attendant passed thong across hi.
mouth, fixed it under his chin. crossed
it at the back Of his head, and brought
it forward so as to close his eyes. The
head was then thoroughly holnd. This
done, they threw him on his knees, and
one pulled the shoulders toward him
while another pulled the end OF tho
thong in all opposite direction, 50 as to
strain tho neck for the sword Of the cx
ecutiopcr, which does its dreadful work
at single blow. The heads were theu
carried to the mandarins. Six were
beheadcd and six stranglcd, tho latter
death being considered less Infamous
than the former, because, according to
the ideas CT the Chinese, the first will
arrive headlcss in the other world.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-07-06

T1ME.-Nvhcn look upon the tombs
of the great, every emotion Of envy dies
in me. Whom l read the epitaph of tho
beautiful, every inordinate desire dies
out. Whom / see tho tombs of the parents
themselves, I consider the vanity of
gricving for those whom wo must
quickly follow. When Isee kings lying
over those who deposed them, when l
SOC rival wits placed side by side, or
their contests and disputes, reflect
with sorrow and astonishment on the
little competitions, factions and debates
of ma pkind. When read the several
dates on the tombs of some that died
yesterday, and Of some, six hundred
years ago, I consider that great day
when we shall oil of US be contcmpora-
ries, and make our appearance together
-Addisow
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-07-06

A REn IIoT RETORT.-At social
party a Few evenings since, ti,cro was
present one of our young bloods, whose
abundant supply of auburn locks oitcr,
occasions him to be made the subject Of
uupleascant jokes aud remarks. 1t
sometimes happens, however, that our
friend comes out first best, a. was the
case on tho evening in question. The
unpleasant subject had been brought up
when one Of the party, with more valu,
than discretion, attacked Brick rs fol
lows 81 say, Brick, how came you t,
have red hair Were yon afflicted will
a rush Of blood to the head 2" "No,'
replied Brick; "it must have beer
causod by rush Of brains 20 tho l,ca,
a disease from which you will ncye
suffer"
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-07-06

The Grand Duchess jackets, made Of
crimson cloth and embroidered with gilt
braid, are worry fashionable for breakfast
and house wear.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-07-06

- A coquetto is described as "a rose
from which every lover plucks leaf
The lovers do leavc her-that's fact
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-07-06

Troubles are like b'b;e'; ;!,"y grow
bigger by nursing
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-07-06

Mon Of means are often the me anes
Of men.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

positions, for no man who has
been connected with either OF
them has escaped the corruptlng
influence prevailing, unless he has
long since washed his hands and
refused to have any connection
with them. The Nation aud the
poor unfortunate negroes, have
been swindled to an extent that
will astonish the world, if ever the
whole extent Of it should be inyes-
tigated and exposed. We warn
the public never to trust, in any
capacity, any man connected with
the Bureau, or the Bounty pay
agencies, for a more corrupt set Of
harpies never was fastened upon Il
nation, or a coniding people, than
the present set; and as their occu-
pations will soon be gone, they
are seeking 20 foist themselves up.
on the country IN other callings
where they can continUe to Ivccc
the people.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

The HowHRD CORRUPTION BusI.
NEss.-The Washington cores.
pendent of the Charleston News,
says:
There is a pretty fair prospect,
unless the investination is render.
ed grossly partisan, that General
Howard, the Commissioner of the
Freedmen's Bureau, will be thor.
Oughly shown up as the most
complete hypocite Of the age The
"whirligig Of the time" sooner or
later, reaches just such men, and
in this case it has already been
proven that he had thrown the
cloak of religion over some of the
most remarkable rascalities of the
day. The evidence thus far taken
shows that he appropriated nearly
a quarter of n million of dollars
out of the Freeman's Bureau
funds of the United States Treas
ury to pay for the erection
ofthe negro institution here known
as the Howard University, and
that he did this without a scintilla
of law, or construction of law, au-
thoriyin0 II. Men are sprviDg
terms in the penitentiary for zap
propriating" less sums than this
out Of the public treasury. But
he has not stopped there. lie had a
pet church here he wanted to foster,
and so he took $4,000 more out
of the United States Treasury,
without authority of law, and
bought the bonds of the church.
These bonds have no marketable
value whatever, and even if they
did, it would be, nevertheless, a
transportation of funds to buy
them. But Howard has not been
the only guilty officer; for the evil
dence shows the existence of q
regular Freedman's Bureau ring,
all of whom have suddenly grown
rich.
The people are beginning to
learn that no man connected with
the Freedmens Bureau, or Bounty
pay agencies, no matter what their
former character may have been,
are to be trusted with important
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

TaE long continued citation o.
. Tie tariff question % Congress il
only for the purpose Of enabling
certain members % blackmail the
producing ard manufacturing
masses. The game Is played
about as follows: A ring Of man
n~facturers Of a certain article
which Z protected BY a tariff duty
Of say fifty per cent. refuses to
come down voluntarily to the Pc
euniary requirements Of some
righteous Radical member. The
latter makes no formal demand
for 4 bride from the ring-Of
course aot-but quietly in a pa
t'ioJic speech offers an amend
ment to. the tariff bill, reducing
the duty referred 70, TO twenty
FIVE per cent. The ring fully com.
prehend what the matter is. and
governs Itself accordingly. The
Hon. ". c., j satisfied with the
;cIms Of the ring. feeb.y supports
his own observation-disclosures it
with FAINT pgai-c-waich drags
along and finally dies 70. wan; Of
support, and tue duty remains at
fifty pei cent. THIS is ali done
sub rosa and j. difficult to detect.
When the standing duty is desired
10 be raised, lie game instead OF
being IS IN the instance specified
played yassiyc.v. must be active
and bold. In tbs instance the
sensitive gradual casing down Of
virtue to vice j. considered weak.
ness, AID buyer and seller trans.
&C: the business OF bribery with
the deliberate eh'rontery Of an
open transaction between stock.
brokers. And so the game goes
on, and Honorable members OF
Congress delay action upon the
tariff bill, waiting upon the offer
Of a bid. In the meantime the
manufacturers and producers
rings bleed freely, for Congress il
banker and dealer. And the PEG
ple-Why they will simply have K
J pay for all this blackmailing, foI
every cent thus levied upon III,
rings will be added to the cost o
the articles protected.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

A DEsPoTlSM.-A Radical con.
temporary, speaking Of England's
standing army, says; with all
her boosted constitutional freedom
England is in some sort amilitary
despotism, and her people are
ground TO the dust with taxation
TO support her army" We should
like TO know wherein we have any
the advantage Of England in this
respects Have not the people OF
the South been grOaning beneath
As cruel q despOtism as ever Op.
pressed mankind, and are not the
people robbed in the name of tax.
alton out Of hundreds of millions
a year for the benefit of a few
Eastern capitalists.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

A GREAT polar expedition j
being prepared in Sweden under
the direction Of Prof. Nordensk
joid, the celebrated scientific lead
er Of the expedition Of 1865.
Parry's attempt to reach the pole
by pushing on to tie north Of
Spitzbergen is to be repeated, and
1t Is proposed to winter on one Of
the seven islands. The Professor
is on his way to Greenland to pur.
chase dogs for the sledges and
procure some necessary informa.
ton.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

Our Coon GovRRNMENT.-Iu
Rhode Island a few days since,
says the n. Y, Democrat, two or.
pban children, one a girl aged
thirteen, and a boy aged fifteen,
who have for some time been sell.
ing sassafras root and slippery.
elm bark to such persons as would
purchase, we're arrested by a Uni.
ted States Revenue officer, and
fined for dispOSing Of goods with.
out a license. These children, to
help an aunt who was supporting
them, adopted this means to add q
few pennies TO their scanty in.
come, with the above result.
This is q good government.
The bond holder, with his millions
invested In that which brings him
gold in abundance, pays no taxes,
while orphan children, for earning
q few pennies, are fined and made
TO pay q license for gathering
from the woods and selling on the
streets remedial agents to the val
ne, perhaps of q dollar q week.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

TIE ARMY.--A large standing
army is popular with . Radical
Congress and according to the
Senate amendment 10000 for the
force,) Il will be three times larger
than it was before the civil war com.
menCed. The House were content
with $4,000, but the Senate insist
upon the addition. The Senate,
however, add that no army officer
on or Of the retired list shall hold
g civil office, and the regular pay
Of both classes will be as at pres.
ent. In debate, it was said Col.
Parker, Commissioner Of Indian
Affairs; Col. Porter, Secretary to
the President; and Gen. Sickles
under authority Of q years leave
Of absence, which expires in june,
were holding office in violation Of
law. Gen. Badesu, Consul. General
to London, and some so or 60 Of.
iCers who are now holding Sp.
pointments connected with the In.
dian service, will also be reached
by the Senate bill. II has been return
ed 10 the House, and finally sent to a
Conference Committee, where il
will remain for some time, no doubt,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28
UEcLE sAM's GARprx PAroa.-

UEcLE sAM's GARDEN PATcH.-
The Government is so rich in ter
ritory and territorial gifts that
one can hardly comprehend the
magnitude Of his possessions
CONGRESS- has in times past, grant
ed To fourteen States fifty eight
million acres, Of which twenty
two millions have been actually
certified. Between the Union Pa.
eifc Railroad andthe northern
boundary line there is a territory
over five hundred miles in width,
and 1900 in length, which is al
most entirely unknown, in which
the government Of the United
States has to-day almost entire
control Of the soil Of 10000
SQUARE miles Of land, amounting
70 576, 900 acres.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

In THE LocKUP,-A New Orleans
dispatch to the South Western,
says Lieut.. Gov. Dunn and several
other members of the Board OF
Police Commissioners were com
mitted to prison a few days since
for five days and fined ninety. five
dollars each by the Judge Of the
9Th Judicial District Court for
contempt of court. Louisiana
would lose nothing and gain much
ifthese worthless could be impris.
oned for five years instead of five
da~ys.-[Mansfleld LA. Reporter
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

LOOKING Our FOR NUMBER One
In the Treasury building in Wash.
iDgtOn, there are as many an.
ployees from Maine and New
Hampshire as there are from
eighteen other States. There are
l69 officers from these two States,
with eight Representatives, and
but 1877 from eighteen States, with
eighty.tWo Representatives. Here
is q vast prepOnderance, Of rea-
sons in favor Of gentlemen from
Maine and New Hampshire keep
ing things 40 they are.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

WOODEN PAvEMEXrs FOR HORSES.
The fact has been pretty we'll es-
tablished that wooden pavements
are preferable to any other fol
horse travel; in all large cities
especially so. The great difficulty
heretofore, with the local authori.
ties, has been their inability tc
adopt a style of pavement com.
bling durability with ease aud
economy; hence, up to the pres.
ent time, wooden pavements have
only met with partial favor in an J
Of our large communities. When
the wear and tear of horseaesL
and the immense amount of pro.
pGrty in horses owned and worked
in this city alone, are considered
the want of suitable pavements fol
our thoroughfares will at once be
realized. In an article published
in this paper in the fall of 1868.
we find that the average deaths Of
horses in New York per year, fora
period Of FIVE years, was over TO-.
600. This excessive equine NOR.
tally is, of course, attributable to
many causes, foremost among
which, however, is that of Their
beng overworked, crippled and
rendered worthless before they
arrive at their prime, and dying
premature in consequence. Much
Of this is due to pulling and jerk.
inc heavy drafts over stony and
uneven pavements, the style OF
pavement mostly in use in all
large cities, The wooden pave.
ment, presenting as it does an
even, elastic surface, obviates this
constant strain upon the muscles
and spine of the horse, and pre-.
vents the calling necessarily Gre
ated by friction from the harness.
These are self.evident truths, and
require no argument to make them
Gorcible. fluff. Field and Farm.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

The LAST OF THE CLAYs.-The
death Of Theodore Clay, son Of
Hon. Henry Clay, for fifty years
an innate Of the Lexington, KY,
Lunatic Asylum, is announced in
a Louisville dispatch. The event
recalls the best years of the life
time ofthe great patriot and com.
moner-years Of devotion to ma.
tional honor, peace, compromise,
industry and commercial suprem.
acy-years Of defeat as a candi
dste for the Presidency, but with
the increased respect Of the PEG.
pie for one who had "rather be
right than be Prcsident''-years,
as in 1850, Of intense labor for
establishing justice and good will
among the States and people
years passed against entangline
alliances with European States
and despotism, and yet Of sym.
ngty and good WilIfor liberty and
INDEPENDENCE as in Greece and
South America.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

IREERREssTBLE LoGIc.-The al.
Tocates Of male suffrage will have
70 give in now for certain, since
Beeeher has declared that three
hours Of woman's talk had yindi.
Gated their right to the ballot. Il
those who talk the most, Or even
best, at times have the prior right
70 vote, gentlemen will please take
the back seats.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

A BRoTHKR-IN-LAw 70 BE Re-
SEcTED.-A sharp contest is
threatened over the confirmation
Of Geo. Dent to be Appraiser at
San Francisco Custom House, on
The ground that he il not and new
er wasa RCpublican,and as a Dem
Ocrat has no claim for office.
Merely because he is & brother.lu.
law Of President Grant Senator
Cole Will support him; but the
other Pacific Coast Republicans
will oppose him, and he is pretty
certain to be rejected.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

4 REPUBLICAN, paper maFvels
Aat Congress . anxious and will.
ing 70 impose Q tax upon kaowl.
edge. A Radical Congress would
tar the afr We breathe If it
Il has taxed already near
y everything else essential 70 our
existence.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28
rmE rnnnr.

THE GROWING CWUREs
The April report from the Ag
ricultural Department Of the Gov
eminent, shows that the appear
ance Of wheat is not as promising
as it was last season at this time.
In New England the little winter
grain which was sown is doing
well, though the frost has visited
with unfortunate results some of
the northern counties of Maine and
New Hampshire. In more than
one halft the counties Of New York
the reports are favorable, and the
same is the case with New Jersey.
In Pennsylvania the growth is
more backward, and in many sec
lions of the State the wheat was
winter killed. The returns from
Delaware and Maryland are mea.
gre, and report some damage to
grain from ice and cold. From
the Southern States the reports
promise 4 crop Of wheat, On the
whole, about the average. As Il
whole the report is considered
favorable for the coming crop
The Augusta Chronicle and Sen
tinel Of the 10Th inst. has the fol.
lowing IN regard TO the crop, in
Georgia:
I'VE have hal for the last ten
days a spell Of the coolest weather
ever known at this season Of the
year. We have hcarlo C but little
damage from hail in this State,
but complaints are becoming scri.
Gus on account Of the continued
cold winds which have prevailed
for some time past. The Eastern
portion Of the State is also suffer.
ing seriously from n long drought.
In many counties lust above this
city no rain has fallen within 4
month. Thousands Of acres Of
cotton, which were planted about
the 10Th 10 the 30th Of April, have
failed to come up. We do not re.
member to have heard so general
complaint of bad stands for sew.
eral years past. Many planters
have large fields still implanted,
and are most anxionsly awaiting
rain to finish putting their seed in
the ground. Wheat and oat crops
up to within the last eight or ten
days have been very promising.
The cold winds Of the past
week have, it is feared, seri-
ously injured the wheat, and
the p~rotracted drought has nearly
ruined the prospect for oats. The
latter grain Is now in its most per.
ilous condition-the healing sea.
son-and II rain should fail to falI
within o few days, will prove q
complete failure. Vegetable gar
dens have never been so poor and
backward in this vicinity as they
are the present season. The cool
weather and protracted drought
have retarded the growth of the
plants, and in many instances kill.
ed the more tender varieties. We
fear hat the Irish potato crop is
too far gone to recuperate now.
even If We should be blessed with
rain in q few days. Many Of oul
most experienced fruit growers cx.
press the fear that this cool, dry
snap will cause the little fruit LEFT
by the late frosts, TO drop prema.
turely from the trees, This wal
the case in this immediate section
last spring, and the present has
been a much more unpropitious
season. Upon the whole, the az.
ricultural outlook is anything but
~flattering, and If our planters have
failed to plant a sufficient area o.
ground in corn to supply fully
their wants, we fear that the year,
operations will terminate dissa
trously to many who entered up
on it with lattering prospects"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

fwwmrHEHNW wNMwGWwEu8 EW
@8MAN COUNCIL.
"a Cmahaa1n Binnop Euleglsor
BF@fgsg4Mfa im Chasing Terms
"A atormg scene the Result
The following remarkable ex.
Inhibition Of What elements ere
moving IN the Romish church, es.
peciaIly in the Roman council
among is most learned men-is
taken from the Pail Mall Gazette.
and the Cologne Gazette. The
chief facts have been given else.
Wnere, but nowhere else in such
detail. Such language about Prot
estants, by such men, under such
circumstances, is now a phenome.
non in the ecclesiastical world:
The sittings Of the council, on
the Odd, was more stormy than is
generally known. The two IA
theirs called to order were Cardi,
nal Schwarzenberg and ". Stress,
mayer. The cardinal attacked the
revised scheme de tide and es-
pecially denounced the can.
ons which mathematical Protcs.
tants, and which threatened them
with eternal damnation. lie said
that such doctrines were at vari.
ance with the spirit Of the gospel,
and that both the precepts and in,
interest Of the Catholic church
required her to address desscn.
ter, in the language of patience
and charity. He declared that
Protcstants numbered in their
communities men distinguished
by sanctity, illustrious by genius
and talents, and cnnobied by their
benelactions to humanity-men
who could not be prccipitated by
words into hell, lie spoke with
derision OF such an award of
eternal tormcnts, describing it as
both profane and impudcnt, The
time for these cursings between
Catholics and Protestants was, he
thanked God, now past, never to
return; he and the other bishops
Of Germany knew better than the
bishops Of exclusively Cathulic
countries what Protcslants were,
and what their needs. For his
part, he frankly rendered them his
hand, longing to begin the great
work of religious concilliation
because our age is an age of con.
Citation and pacifcatiou.
1t was at this point that Cardi
nal SChwarzenberg was interrupt
ed by Cardinal dc Angels, who, il
calling him to order, affirmed thai
he was not speaking to the ques
ton. Cardinal Schwarzenberg re
piled that he had never swerveC
from the question. The Presiden
legate angrily repeated the charg,
which Cardinal Scharzenberg il
tones still more vehement agail
denied. Thus the dispute con
tinued till Cardinal Schwarzen
berg uttered an indignant excla
nation, and started out Of tn
tribune. This incident called VI
Monsignor Gihouilhac, archbish
op.designate Of Lyons, who mad,
q diplomatic speech, designed Il
allay the excitement of the assem-
bly,, Monsigsignor Strossmayel
then assembled the tribune, and
amid a profound silence, deliver
ed the most eloquent panegyri
on Protestants that ever fell from
a Catholic bishop. His powerful
voice reached every ear, and com
manded the most earnest atten
ton, while in language more i'm
FASHIONED than Cardinal Schwarz
enberg's he reviewed the terrible
religious struggles Of the six
tenth century. He then eulogizcC
the Protestants Of the present day
pronOuncing the canons agains
them as simply ridiculous, and
like Cardinal SchWarzenberg. dc
clared Protestants must only b,
addressed in terms of Cancellation
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

How THEY DO IT.-"An uncle
died u 1859, giving my brother
BY win : legacy Of $4,000. The
deceased loaned my brother 3d..
200. The tax on legacies is FIVE
per cent. Nov he revenue Off
GERS demand the tax on the whole
$4,000. That Is to say, a tax Of
$500 on the amount q real lega.
cy, (sS00p)
This Is but q sample cazs Of the
equality Of justice Of sons a fhC
existing taxes. The hesns tax
d ali the salary 8 nm oArni
above 81, 1000, and on al the Banl
or Ter shares which ere the soil
support Of many a poor widoV
and oFnhan, are q little more rea
souable. hut in effect quite e. h
jurions
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28
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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

OUoHT To.-"The man who
raised a cabbage head has done
more than all the metaphysics in
the world,' said a stump orator at
a meeting. "Then," replied a wag,
"your mother ought to have a pre-.
MUM"