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The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-03-09

~ So@st Su0 AtVtu SniS OSvlssVos no pIO'
poses to appeal to his constituents!
A people but yesterday released from
bondage, aud, necessarily destitute OF
knowledge Of the whole matter, and
utterly incompetent to decide upon tbe
merits of the easel.
Aleadiug Radical paper declares that
his reelection would not in anywise
affect the opinion Of Congress or the
intelligence of the country concerning
him.
Reelected by his present 'constitu-
onoy, lie would not be thereby regarded
more fit for the position! Coming from
Radical source, this is certainly a
severe criticism upon the operations aud
results of the reconstruction acts upon
the elements which have been nude the
basis Of Congressional representation.
But we do uot believe that these who
lead tho c"lorcd people, or the more
Intelligent Of this race, can be worked
up to the point Of re-electiug White
moro. And if it were possible for
this to be done, the House of Repre-
sentatives, whether present or future,
must utterly Disregard everything of res.
pcct for its own position, when, to day,
it receives member, which, without
change Of the circumstances lrour dcvcl.
opmeuts in mitigation, it yesterday
unanimously declared unworthy of his
scat.
A Washington dispatch of Wedues
day says:
"Whittemore leaves here Tomorrow
morning for his District in South Caro-
lima, to commence the canvass for re.
election to the House. lie takes with
him large sum OF money to aid his
election, the funds having been sub.
scribed By Republican Senators and
others. lie says he has received nu-
merous dispatches from prominent men
in his district profferiny support, and
assuring him that he eau be re elected.
On the other hand, it is said that Re-
publican members of the House dis
countcuance Whittemore's effort to be
re elected, and that he will be prose.
cutcd under the statute, making acts
as to cadetships punishable by finc and
imprisonment. a verdict and Judgment
of guilty would disqualiiy Mr.. White.
more from holding Office"
The New York Herald cxclaims:
GLOW utterly void of all sense. of the
respect due to the worlds opinion must
they be, and hold Whittcmoro to be,
who now argue that that ousted memb Der
will return ou new election !"
And the Tribune bluntly declares:
"We rcpudiate utterly the idea that
any sensible constituency will re. elect
members to the same House which has
just been cheated out of the opportunity
of expclling them by the trick of their
resignation. That would be very
elaborate invitation indeed to prompt
expulsion on sight!"
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for tho nearest neighbor's light He
Ray let you ic aud feed you for = year
or tIo, upon the strength of your hon.
orabls promises 70 pay at the end OF
that. siiSs. For ourselves, We have
enough Of those curious pledges to sup
ply our cabinet for tho present. Wo
have labelled them carefully, ard
they are open to general Inspection.
With many thanks to your self sacrifl--
cling indulgence to US, and your honest
appreciation of the obligations existing
toward our Office, We again and fnally
say farewell, forever"
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Correspondence IF tho New York Worli.l
SOUTH CAROLINA RADICALISM.
Radical Disregard OF tho Constitution
"--Mnt sstratcs Illegally Appointed.
and Judges the Tools OF iho dover.
Whitteni Ore..W Wrongs Indicted
Oh White Men.
> COLU MBIA, S. c.,

CohU MblA, -. VI, Nlnrcn L.
The party now ruling this Common.
wealth is called Republican. It's claims
to this title can only be admitted on tho
iutus non lucrnt'o principle. Here are
some of its signal lights which are plain
ly visible from the decks, and require
no masthead observation or artificial aids
to vision to mako them out:
/. by tho radical constitution of 1868,
now tho organic law, provision is made
Tor "a competent number ofjusticcs of
the peaoo," to "be chosen in each coun.
ty by the qualified electors thcrcof"--
Two years have passed, and yet there is
not one snch officer in tho State; but
instead, aud in palpable violation and
disregard Of thoir constitution, ovory
county is stocked with magistrates (i. o.
j. p } appointed by tho Governor and
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REM E M mn

ThAT you CAN GET sSi
GOOD FOOLS CAP PAPER =, ~ "
per qairs.
...s1s LEITEk PAPER alto cent?. per sui,.
ENVELOPES as4 esn,.. per pack.
at 10 csnts. each, 'Is$
SCHOOL BOOKS and oil Mi.e.,las..,. ! !. .
at PUBLISHERS RETAIL ps,cse 49,
ALSO
Photograph Albums, .ea
Wall Paper, -
Toilet Soaps.
Hair and Tooth Drv shes.
Visiting Cards,
Ensrasings. &o, &o.,
VERY Low
Attic SUMTER BOOK STORE !.
March A. WHITR IA
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THE WATCHMAN
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8.
The Sumter Watchma,a has M
far the largest circulation (espe-
csally IN the surrounding coa.atry)
Of any paper published IN Sumter,
and scas established IN 1850.
SEED TIME.
A. A. GILBERT -E0IT0R

While tho earth remaineth. seed time and har
vest, and Geld and heat, and Summer and Winter.
aud day and night, shall not cease-Geu. vnL 90.
Everywhere in this fruitful section
the bright plowshare now glistens at the
furrow's end, as it turns to move back
upon the healthful and important work
of turning over the soil, in preparation
for planting. Bright, sunny days, have
come together, in tho intervals of cloud
aud Winters cherries rains, and the
husbandman, like the busy bee, elm
proves each shining hour" Hope seems
once more to gush up, from its pearly
depths, to choer tho ifcart aud reania innate
the spirit, and the results Of q more
steady and we'll directed energy, its le-
gitimate fruits, arc everywhere seen
around us.
We feel the generous, lifc>giving i'm.
pulse, and would communicate it to
those, if such there be, who are still
looking back, with despondcncy, into
the misfortune and gloom of the dead
past. As the bright sun of heaven
smiles, warming into life again the
dormant elements Of nature, to bud, and
bloom, and fruit, in oil the freshness,
md beauty, and richness of the years
gone by, so let the dark and. dreary
winter Of our past, into the "deep bosom"
Of oblivion sink, whilst our hearts,
with quickening impulses, leap forward
to greet the blessings which the bounti.
ful hand Of a merciful God is even now
bestowing upon US, and which His un.
folding providence is reaching out to'us
in tho time to- come:
And why should the hearts of our
people continue shrouded in dismay. or
their spirits and energies leap not forth
again 'Tis true, by Heavens decree, in
the wise economy Of nature. the sun
docs not always shine, and still 'tis true.
by the same infinite law, the clouds
cannot always obscure his brightness -
Sunshine and cloud-nature conforming
to the bene6cent will and purpose of the
Crcator-have been made the necessary
agencies for the development of the rich
fruits and sublime beauties of the crea.
tion. In like manner does the Supreme
Being deal with man. And did proud
man-rebellious mnn-yield the same
ready obedience to the laws which mark
his creation and declare the principles
of his thought and action-of his moral
and physical government Sntirc-often
would his "form divine" stand erect in
the presence of his Maker. when it is
bowed down in anguish and in woe, and
his face look up, radiant witt smiling
gratitude, when it is overcast We. sad
nesa and pain.
The hopeful season Of secd-tin.e is
near at hand, and while giving place to
thoughts like these, We look around us,
and take fresh courage Our people have
gone earnestly to work, and the great
business Of cul;ivating the soil is recciv.
ing new impetus all around us. One of
the stern lessons taught MS by the results
of the war, that Of sclf-dcpcndence, is
being reduced to practice, and, rs
result, the future looks moro bright and
promising.
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MASON &c.

TI,HE REGULAR MONTHLY coMMUNICA.
Il TION OF CLAREA ONT LODGE, NO "a.
A.. f.. NJ. will be held on Thursday evening,
March I7. 1870, nt O'clock, p. y.
Brothers will takc due notice and govern them
selves accordingly.
4. c. GREEN, W.. M.
T. v. WALSH, Secretary.
Jim s
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NOTICE.,

A N EXTRA MEETING Of tho SUMTER
"A AGRICULTURAL and MECHANICAL
SOCIETY. Of Sumter County, will be aeld at
Sumter, on Monday, April 4th, (ss,os.day) at 1
O'Clock, p. NJ, for the purpose Of olecting Dele.
gates 20 the Agricultural Convention to be held
In May.
JN0. D. MOORE, President
a; W. sunsH, Recording Secretary.
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Nj ARRIED

On 10Th ut, at Sumter, S. c., by Kov. S. NJ.
Richardson, Mr.. JOHN e. STEEDMAN, of Barn.
we'll County, to Miss MAGGIE L., daughter of
Mr.. John Chnn, Of Sumter, S. c..
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Correc,cd ,oechly Iy 4. G. KA UF,MAN,
Broker, No 25 Bwad Street.
FEBRUARY 20. 1870.
STATE SEcURirIEs-South Carolina, old san
SO; d" new, -@7s; do, regist'd stock, ex int
CRY SEcuRIrIEs-Augustn, Go. Bonde, $50
"a; Charleston, s. e. Stuck, lex or iu,) 54@57;
TO, Fire Loan Bonds, -@75; Colum' 10, S.
Bonds. 65@70.
HA,lR"AD D"SDs-Blue Ridge. (arst ,uor,sose)
-@50; Charleston and Savannah, 5866O ;
Charlotte, Colnnhia and Augusta. "a 30 ;
Cheraw aud darlington. 80; Greenvills and.
Columbia, list mort) -@D76; do, (state guar
"n!oo) $50; Northeastern, s4@S5; Ssvan.
nnh and Charleston, st m"rD so; 'lo. tsta'e
10; Sparta"buTg and Union, --@54
RAILROAD Sroexs- Chn,i"tte, Columbia and
Augustn, ,-@55; Grcenvillu and Columbia,
@2 ;N"rthenstern.7 7@s; Savannah and Charles
ton. 23(025; Souti Cnrolinn, (wbnle sbares)
EXCHANGE. &c--New York Sight, / off pr;
Gold, ll9@l2l; Silver ll0@1l2.
SOUTH CAROLINA BANK BILLS.
"Bnnk Of Charleston .............. -M-
Shank Of Newberry y....~...........
Bunk OF Camdon ............ 400
Bank of Georgetown. ...." ."..............-05'
Bank OF South Car"lina. ".....".."."6@-
Bnnk OF Chestcr...". ...".""...........5GD-
Bnnk of Hamburg-- ....... ......... .....3@-
Bnnk Of Stnte Of S. C. prior to 1861. ."....4O@-
Bank OF State Of S. G. issuo 1861 aud 1862 100
*Planters' and Mechanics Bunk OfCnarles -(0-
ton ..c".."."..""...." NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sPeopios Bank Of Charleston, =. ...."..-@-
*Union bank Of Charleston .."""... .".-@--
Southwestern Bank of Charleston, 10
(old).."".""...... ."...."..... 90 -
SSouthwestern II Bank Of Charleston, - o.
(neWl -. ..s.....- To-
FARMERS ana Exchange Bank OF Charles @
nj
Exchange Bank Of Columbia .l0M-
Merchants Bank Of Cheraw... ........., 3M-
Planters Bank Of Fairfield .....3G--
State Of South Carolina Bills Receivable. .pnr.
City OF Charlest'n Change Bi is..... ........par.
~Blls marked thus ~ are being redeemed at
tho Bank Counters Of each.
Jan l2 ~
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RANlO4G STOJS.
NUMBER XVI.
BY LADY GAY.


Some writer has said: "every house.
hold has its angel" I read the above
quotation only yesterday, and it set me
to thinking. My minds eye ran over
the different households, I can enumer,
ate within a stones throw of my own
domiciI, and ifeither one of them "has
its angel" F." like the man in the play, 81
can't see ~ I am strongly inclined
to believe that each one has its de-
mon.
No. l. An almost palatiaI residence.
The owner is a man high in favor with
the people, whom he serves in an hon
orable official capacity. He has an ac-
.complished wife, and several promising
children. But what happiness do they
derive from worldly emolument, or en-
viable position? The husband and IA
ther is n drunkard This is enough
That sentence a DRUNKARD embraces
sufficient, small as it looks on paper, to
stamp misery, and also Oplant demon
in the household,
No. ,. Another elegant residence,
where money furnishes all that frail
humanity can demand. The Lord of
this manor is bordering on sixty, but
nfor a. that, " he has q beautiful young
wife only about 10 years younger than
himself! If there is not n demon in
this household, lam mistaken that's all.
Talk about q young blooming pretty
girl selling herself for sixty or seventy
thousands, with the expectation of be-
ing happy! baa
(Eatre mons, gentle, lady reader, it is
bad enough to marry the man VoV
lOyC.l
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Interesting discovery in France.

An important archaeological discovery
has Just been made in the French vii
lagBOf MaFOaiF {Pas-de-C CJalafsY.
Some workmen, in digging the fOun-
datiOn of a house, came upon a quantity
of human bones and other remains. In
formation having been given to NJ. Pal
lad, prefect Of the department, further
search were made and the result was
the discovery Of two hundred and thir-
ty-seven Skeletons ninety-One .eaFthen
vases, five Of glass, twenty-three lanees,
nine javelins, eight hatchets, a shield,
ten short sabeFs or knives, four belt
plates, twelve buckles, six earrings,
eight other rings, two enameled- glass
bead necklaces, q crystal ball, pair of
scissors two pair Of tWeeZers, four hair
pins, and two large vases Of gilt copper,
all in a state Of perfect preservation. 100
Two of the glass vases have the same
form and color as the madern hook
glasses; the pottery:, made of red, black,
or brown earth, is Of various shabes,
and had been ornamental with a ohisel
in its soft state the jewels and belt
plates are Of silver, delicately chased
the eardrOps are composed Of silver
rings, to which are suspended drops set
with garnets; the necklaces arel0f diff
ferent cOlors, the glass beads being en-
ameled by q process now unknown.
The arms are the most curious portion
of the antiquities, and show that they
belong to the period Of the Franks.
The site Of this cemetery is near a camp
called in the neighbOrhood after Caesar,
but which was still occUried III the
fourth century. The skeletons IRE those
LOT a race Of men of tall -statrIre, fsonne
measuring one metre, ninetl Two. CEN
times (six feet four inchesl. ManK Of
them had a vase between the feet. The
search has so far only been made over
less than half an acre Of ground, but tire
| explorations are to be continued and
| it is expected that further developments
! Of an interesting character to antigua
Ties and to scientific men in general
will result, .a-rr -, rrra. saI.r rs.i
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Magnetic Light from lhe sun.

The suns atmosphere, says the sCieH-
tltic men, is in a highly excited eOndi-
ton. A column of magnetic light is
shooting out further and further from the
solar sphere, and it is now stretching out
55,000,00 Of miles. In other words il
has accomplished half the distance be-
tween US and the sun ..s.
The interesting question, and one on
which, perhaps, we do not 'tish any
more light Of this character. ls: How
long Will it be before it finishes the. rest
Of the distance, and bridges the gigantic
ehasm between the earth and the sun
Is it messenger sent out to snatch us
up as food for the iBsatiRtb monster that
keeps himself warm by devOUTing Blans
cts, and whose fire-eating propensitieS
this whole earth would satisfy for a few
days only? If SO, how long viii this
emissary be in reaching US, and carry
ing the globe away as fit We're 3 gigsnt--
ic lump Of coal for q roaring Unace > -
This column of light at intervals in
dichtes its approach by flashing and
cOruscating with fresh brilliancV. So
decided are its effects that two rastTOU8-
mers, one in London, the other at Ok
ford, and neither knowing the expert
ence of the other, Supposed that the
dark glass of their telescopes had been
broken or put out Of range, 50 strong was
the flash Of ofgOlden light upon the vision.
1t is predicted that before the end Of this
year, this magnetic light viii have got
near enough to us to make its imme-
diate and actual influence upon the earth
distinctly felt 1t is announced that IN
we may expect to see phe-
that have never been seen or
known before by the human race.
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For The URBANA UNION.
THE DEBATE,

| Mr.. EDITOR The long expected and
much-Iooked for debate, between. Bros.
Taylor and Carlton, has been gone
through with, and I see no, reason for
changing the opinion I expressed in
your paper the week previous to the
commencement Of their discussions,
viz: That the doctrine of ,Seirer8alSQIra-
ton results, logically and inevitably, from
1rltat is called orthodox dEeroIogy.
Mr.. Taylor holds that the work of sal
vation is carried on entirely by God, to
the total exclusion of human agency
that no man, by any works that he may
prform, OF by any effort that he can
make, is able to effect or in the least de-
gree to contribute in any way to his
own salvatiOn-that the whole matter,
in all and every particular, rests excIu-
sively with God-that men are in the
hands of God as clay in the hands of the
potter, and while he makes some, ves-
sells of honor, and some, vessels of dis.
honor, no one is at liberty to inquire;
what doest thou? That is, while He
saves some in heaven and sends some to
hell, no one is at liberty to mumur, but
all must praise God, euo15 for sending
their nearest and dearest friends to the
regions Of eternal despair and acrcr end
ing torments. .
Now, as I said before, if God is able
by the exercise of omnipotent power,
to save a single soul agitFout its co-opera-
ton, then He is able to save the entire
human family in the same way. -r- i
Why, then, will they not all be saved?
If this doctrine of onmipotcot, arbitrary
salvation is true, they will all be saved,
or else God is a partial God a respecter
of persons-which He tells us, plainly,
He is not.
AS long as this doctrine of OnuipOteRt, !
arbitrary salvation without mans CO.
operation, is preached, it avails nothing
to array passages of scripture in favor of
the doctrine of eternal punishment. !
Why? Because men perceive, at n !
glance, that if this doctrine is true, and |
God is the infinitely wise and good Be |
ing He is represented to be, in the Bible,
He cannot fail to finally save all, in
heaven, without doing violence to His
own divine attributes.
Remove this unscriptual and mreas-
enable doctrine, however, and tell men,
what the Bible teaches, that God cannot
Sare them unless they cooperate NTH |
Hin1-that they have part of the work
to do themselves, and that it is as essen (
tial and as indispensable as the part
God performs; and then you can meet
the Universalist with some prospect of
success. Tell them, that if they would
live in Gods Kingdom, they must obey |
Gods laws, and that their happi-
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written FOR the UnHsEA UNION.
TeteFin@Fy Scieneaa

ST. PARIS OHIO, March Is, 1870.
EDITOR URBANAUNIoN.=The Thessa-
lians, the first and most expert of the
Grecian horsemen, and likewise the in.
habitants of Argus and of Athens, were
cOnlonists from Egypt. Though the
Greeks affirm, that Neptune struck the
earth with his trident and horse ap-
peared. s .,.... ssss4.G
When Sir Gore Ousley travelled
through Persia, and the different eoun.
tries of the East, he examined, among
other relics of antiquity, the Sculptures
on the ruins of Persepolis, and he draws
from them 8 curious and interesting con-
clusion as to the manner In which the
horse was gradually subdued. There arc
no figures, says he, mounted on horse.
back, although some travellers have
mentioned hoTsemen among those sculp-
lures. One would think that the simple
act Of mounting on a horses back would
naturally have preceded the use Of wheel
carriage and their complicated harness;
yet no horsemen are found at Persepolis;
and we know Homer's horses are repre-
sented in ChaTiOts from which the war
riors sometimes descended to combat on
foot bat the poet has notdeseribed them
as fighting on horseback. The absence
of mounted figures might authorize an
opinion that those sculptures had been
executed before the time of Cyrus, whose
precepts and example first inspired the
Persians with a love of equestrian exer-
cises, of Which, before his time they
were wholly ignorant. EF0E2, P276,
The historian gives us the price Of the
horse and the chariot at that time.
a horse brought from Egypt, includ-
ing probably, the expense of the jour-
ney, cost one hundred and fifty-five
shekels of silver, which amounts to
about eighty-five dollars two shillings of
our money. A chariot cost six hundred
shekeIs, about three hundred and forty
dollars; a most enormus sum at that
early period, but little to him who ex-
pended more than thirty-five millions of
pounds, i'll gold alone to ornament the
temple which he had built. See C1trOn.
Chap i: TFeTSe. 81 TTTwW TFHg
The Bible likewise decides another
point, that Arabia, by whose breed of
horses those Of other coun tries have been
so much improved, was not the native
place of the horse. Six hundred years af-
ter the time just referred to, Arabia had
no horses. Solomon imported spices,
gold, and SILVER from Arabia, 2nd Chron
8: IA but aII the horses for his own Cav
airy and Chariots, and those with which
he supplied the Phoenician monarchs,
he procured from Egypt.
In the Seventh Century after Christ
when MahOmet attacked the Koreish
near Mecca, he had but two horses in
his whole army and at the close Of his
murderous campaign, although he drove
off twenty-four thousand Camels, forty
thousand Sheep and carried away twen-
ty-four thousand ounces Of Silver, not
one horse appears in the list of plumber.
In the fourth century, it is said two
hundred Cappadician horses were sent
by the Roman Emperor, as the most ae-
ceptaL,e present he could offer q power
full prince Of Arabia.
So late as the seventh century, the
Arabs had few horses and those of little
value. These circumstances sufficiently