The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-06-01
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:ssl 4 nset needed and genera
lis rsportsdhy the papsrs to hav,
fSliSo throughost the grsstsr part, .
osorgla and e.r own State.
q s Hsd.ns Levy, from New Or
lsans, the great el.iryoyaas, has asri.st
"a Charleston. z; 80
TIE Chesterfield Dsnocra,
OF Friday last, announces tie death Of
NJ. Coplsw Lynch, the oldest sitissr
,.;of eheraw. ,~~:.',.
u h-. The GYsenville Mountainee,
reports the crops 10 that District in fine
couditiou--whsat being unusually 90.
There will also be an abssdance offruit.
4 - The Missionary Record, (Parson
. Cain's paper,) Of the 2Sth ult., nomi.
mates r. X. Scott for Governor of South
Carolina 10 1871.
The Barnwell Journal Informs us that
the Por. Royal Rail Road will soon be
an established fact. The work is being
prosecuted with vigor. Eleven hundred
hands arc employed at work on the line.
- The large and elegant mansion
in Baruwell known a. the Patterson
House, has been thoroughly renovated
aud furnished for . hotel, under tho
management Of q. G. Chase.
- Fifty thousand tons Of phos-
pilates shipped from Charleston 10 va
rious parts ofthe South during the last
twelve months, have returned about
s2,50o,000.
- Rev. DR.. Wilson, Of Augusta,
has been elected by the Presbyterian
General Assembly, to the chair of Pas
toral Theology in tho Columbia g. C.)
Theological Seminary.
--- Mr.. B. Wherle, jewelcr and
matchmaker of Greenville, was painfully
injured 10 the face and elsewhere by the
explosion Of an alcohol lamp he was
using in making some repairs.
Tho Chinese lecturer "Wong
Sa Kee," entertained tho ladies and
gentlemen of Summerville, 8. c., on
Saturday night last, with ono of his
interesting lectures descriptive Of the
manners and customs of tho Chinese.
- The Edgefield Advertiser con.
tains an announcement by its worthy
proprietor, D. r. Durise, Esq, that he
will sell an interest in that Office. This
paper is doing thriving busin ess, and
affords an excellent opportunity for
profitable investment.
- No wonder that the people ere
loaded down with taxes. A Radical
sheet in Charleston charged the State
two thousand dollars for publishing, as
an advertisement, the uew code Of pro
cedure. Aud the principal stockhold-
er in this Radical sheet is r. K. Scott,
Governor Of South Carolina.
- We learn from the Clarendon
Press that it is proposed to hold meet.
ing Of the citizens Of that District at
Manning, on the first Monday 10 June
Sale day, to make arrangements to
elect delegates to the Convention, to be
held in Columbia, on the 18th June
next.
- Mr.. Edwin L. Levin mer-
chant Of Kingstres, much esteemed
for his staunch and correct principles
and general good demeanor as citi.
gen, committed suicide recently by put.
ting loaded pistol to the side of his
head and pulling trigger. Death was
instantaneous. The cause is not known.
- Joshua Mishaw, (coloreD has
brought on action for damages against
the South Carolina Rail Road Com
pauy to the amount of $50, 900, resulting
from the lato collision on the South
Carolina Rail Road. Mishaw lost
child aud was himself injured on that
occasion.
- 1t is reported, says tho Charles
ton Courier, that General +. j. Moses,
Adjutaut General, will shortly announce
the appointment Of several officers of
high rank iu the militia, and among
the names mentioned iu connection with
the Colonolcy Of the frat eg.ment OF
Charleston militia is that Of Captain
John T.. Little, formerly Of tho l27th
New York Volunteers.
- The Charleston News relates
the following remarkable story:
A few days since, there was colorcd
man in the city with scar entirely
around his neck. 1t is stated that du-
ring the closing days OF the late war
ho Was tried by drum head court.
martial, found guilty, sentenced to
death, duly hung. and pronounced
dead by two surgeons 10 attendance,
one Of whom secured the body. lie
then restored the hanged man to
lite. Although he was to all appearan.
oes dend, yet the vital spask wus not
quite extinct. The hanged man hid
himself until the war was over, and
then settled on farm within thirteen
miles Of tho city. where ho ia now at