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The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-10-26
WOMAN sURFRAQR.

The Republican Convention Of Masss.
chusetts; recently held, voted. ON this
question in tho form Of resolution
which had been submitted, isvoriug the
Acknowledgement Of womsp. Our read
ers, many Of whom, probably, have
looked upon this question Is exceed
ingly remote, even In New England,
wilF bs somewhat surprised to hear that
the resolution alluded to was lost by but
jDly.seycn sotes-thers being 1876 for
and 139 against it.
This may be regarded as afair test in
that State, and exhibits the wonderful
progress in this direction that is going
on.
The Republican party have the mat
ter in hand, aud, as party measure,
should il be found at all necessary to
prevent future defeat, would no doubt
spring at once into immense magnitude
throughous the whole country. Sup
posing that the women of Republican
affinity and. consauguini.y-the wives,
daughters, sisters and mothers-would,
III the main, vote in accord with the
men, the majority, weuld, Of course, be
double, if not more, for webelieve
that the females Of the country out mum.
Der the males. And what glorious
state of affairs this would produce at tho
South South :. AMI now easy move like this
could be carried in the Southern States,
despite the uplifted voice of every intel
ligent, virtuous man and woman in the
land l.
The "strong minded" women Of tho
North, however, who are in the lead of
this movement, are by no means content
to stop al the ensanchisemento Of their
sex, and participation in all the politi
cal. ..ramifcations that suffrage necessarily
involves. They go for perfect eman
oipation Of woman's rights-a sort of
free and easy condition for their social
and domestic status-limiting or entire
" removing the legal restrictions now
imposed in connexion with connubial
ties y; and leaving the fair daughters Of
earth to roam, fancy free, slipping honey
from each inviting flower, as, in butter
fly plumage, they move through the
scenes of earth.
This is no mere fancy sketch, but the
practical results Of the present tendency
of New England society. The current
of events there moves on like some sur
ging stream, unconscious, in its irressti.
BILE madness, of the terrible abyss of
woe aud degradation to which it ia
hurrying.
We of the South are now linked, by
tho ssuoag chains of military power, to
such civilization as this. And as We
have not. been permitted to escape its
corrupting and communicating Influences,
in the past, SO may We now much more
fear its power, when the food gates have
been turned loose upon US, and we have
nothing left with which to breast the
swelling tide of pollution, save the
innate and uncompromising virtue that
still lives in the Southern heart.
Wo can turn only with hope, as VIC
look to tho future of.our country, to she
Church Of Christ The Southern
Church, at least, maintains It's peerless
purity, and has kept itself free from
contaminating alliances. It may be
that the God Of heaven and Of earth
has saved unto us this precious inst;tu-
tion, around which we may gather with
increased zeal and purpose, for the SAL
vation Of our country.
THE;RESULT.
It is claimed, by those who have
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-10-26

....GaI v1llNG AT MAYEsvILLE
We have reliable authority for saying
that voters at Mayesville were not sworn
as the law directs-that many voted who
were under age, and others, who had
not been in the State twelve months.
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THE LATE ELRCTIONs NORTH.

THE LATE ELECTIONS NORTH.
The States which recently held cleo
sions in the North are represented in
the present National House of Repre-
seutatives by 46 Republicans and Is
Democrats-.a Republican majority Of
81. According to calculation we see
in the papers, those States will be rep
resented in tho next House by Al Re-
pnblicans and 20 Demoorats-a Rspub.
lioan majority Of 20.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-10-26
CHARLESTON HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, s., c.

This welf Known and popular T.CLAss
HOTEL. situated In the centre Of the city, and
also in tho centre Of tho Wholesale Business
Houscs, s1ords facilities, COMFORTS and attestion
to travellers Tor Pleasure and Merchants on
Business, second to mono In the United States.
Oct 70 .6m
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rHnHATs Ann INgIisIDAEroH.

THRHAT1 AND INTIMIDATION.
We learn, from . reliable source,
that . eolored man, at tho Ststsburg
precinct, who desired to vote the Reform
ticket, was beset by crowd Of Seotts
negroes, who threatened, bullied aud
abused him to such an sxtsnt that he
left or fed from the polls, without cast
ing his ballot. Had he voted at the
time, his life would have been ia dan
ger. Some of his white friends, 1t is sta.
ted, hearing of the circumstances, later
in the day, after much OF the crowd
had left, protected him at the polls aud
secured for him tsfree ballot"
This is a shocking state Of affairs.
"Free speech aud "ftee ballot" have
been rury in our ears as the watohwords
Of the party Of "moral ideas" And to-
day, in fact, this is the most intoleraut
party that eyer existed in South Caro-
lima. There is no such thing as "free
speech" or rfree ballot" whenever it
is thought that threats or intimidation
of any sort can be brought to bear.
With tho mass Of the oolored people,
these are powerfully efeotusl. Very
many ofthem, in addition to those who
did vote, would have voted on tho side
of honesty and equal rights, but for the
influence brought to bear upon them.
They were afraid to vote as they desired
to. We do not pretend to say that this
was by auy means, generally the case ;
but we do know that large numbers of
them were deferred in this way. Aud
We do not believe that the oolored peo.
pie will long consent to remain under
this bondage. Many Of them, through
out the State, burst the chains that
bound them, in the present issue, and
many more will break loose, under
proper treatment, whom two years more
shall have rolled around.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-10-26
THE M EMORY OF GENERAL LEE
MISSISSIPPI STATE FAIR

JACKSON, MISS, Oct. 17-All busi-
ness has been suspended here to-day.
A mass meeting was held in honor Of
the memory Of Gen. Lee. Resolutions
requesting the press of the country to
forward to the Faculty. Of Washington
College copies Of the papers containing
resolutions in reference to tho death of
Gen. Lee, with the view to compiling a
memorial volume, were adopted.
The Mississippi State Fair opens here
on Monday. 1t promises to be great
SUCCESS,
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Notice.

1NHE Undersigned beg to announce that NO car
i now DO found at "The Planters' Warehouse
where our Town and country friends will have
Inducements offered, in prices and quality which
cannot be surpassed In this place.
j.. N. NETTLES.
GEO. w, LEE.
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THE REMOVAL OF GEN. LEES RE
MAINS.

LEXINGTON, Oct. 16.-The commit
toe Of the Virginia General Assembly
have received no assurance that their
request to bury Gen. Lees remains at
Richmond would be granted. Their
removal, however, is probable.
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Stolen.

Ar>AT TALL BAY MARE, with hsr right
6A hip little down, also . large soar upon
her tight side; Shs was taken out OF the public
Stables Of Mr.. J. T. Soiomens, on Thursdsy
last, during the afternoon.
A reward Of TWENTY DOLLARS will be paid
for her recovery and the detection Of tho thief.
J. N. JENNINGS.
Oct 2o-lt
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Tho mam who never failed is q
myth. Erei one never lived. and il
never likely to. All success is a
series O! forts, in which. when closely
yicwc,', mc seen in"re Or less Iallufcs
Tl,c n."aulain is APP TO ovrrshadow tho
l.il!. ban the !,i!l is Il reality ncvcrthn
lo.s | yon fail now and then, there
fore, dou't De Discouraged
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26-N
The New York herald., 1870-04-24
EIX SIX IN THE FIRST WARD.
Meeting of the Tigers

Meeting Of the Tigers.
meeting of the First Ward william M. Tweed
Club was held last evening at No. 101 Broad street.
Mr.. John Murphy in the chair. The first business Of
the meeting consisted in the enrolment Of members
200 OF whom were admitted to the franchise \.
Mr.. HEssoN, in the absence Of the regular chair
man. was calIed upon to preside. Mr.. John Eagan.
Of the Fifth District First Ward General Committed
was requested to make few remarks to the club.
He 50 ID it the first time In his life he ever veu-
tured to address assembly Of his fellow citize M
upon any political subject; but, knowing Mr..
Tweed from b0yhoOd until the present time.
he was satsned that M the great sachem
to democratic glory and ascendancy; that the rulers
OF the First ward erred gravely In suppOsing that
william M. Tweed was obivious Of its interests and
bent only upon securing certain private ends OF his
own. On the contrary, Mr. Tweed, disregardlng the
ana rising TO the height of the occasion where
craftsmanship and political experience were needed.
showed himself the true exponent OF the great
democratic party Of the ma ton.
Mr.. VINCENT, being nominated by member Of tho
club for the position Of Assistant Alderman, IN .
few neat aud eloquent remarks, declined the nomt-
nation on the grounds OF ts being premature.
No further business being before the meeting an
adjournment was proposed and acted uDOn. Th6
attendance was large, orderly and earnest.
The New York herald., 1870-04-24

FooD FOR THE THoUeHTFuL AT ALBANY
Contrast the great advantages Of magnificent
system of stone docks, giving to foreigners on
their arrival here the first impressions of the
grandeur Of our city, with the contemplate
device of spoliating the main artery Of busi-
ness by wantonly excavating the soil beneath
its surface, and giving to all the stores and
warehouses on its line tumbledown appear
ance that will make New York resemble a
decrepit, old, worn out European city, instead
of the youngest, most vigorous and most
fourishing metropolis in the whole world.
The New York herald., 1870-04-24
ReckIessness ut Sea.

The steamship Cleopatra has arrived safely,
although disabled, at Fortress Monroe, having
escaped the combined horrors of the sea, the
neglect, apparently, of another vessel which
ignored her signals of distress and sensa-
tional report Of burning in one Of the Bohemian
journal Of this city: The captain Of the Virgo.
who saw her signals Of distress and failed to
60 to her assistance, states, in explanation.
that he thought the rockets were signals
between two other steamers that had
just passed him, but that If they
had been continued three or four
times he would have known them to be
signals of distress ana have gone to her assist
ance without reference to the other steamers,
which, he says, we're nearer to her neighbor-
hood than he was. We have had at least
one deplorable instance lately of the inhu-
manity of thus neglecting such calls for assist
ance. If the captain did not know signals of dis
tress when he saw them he should be compelled
to read up on the subject, and If the signals
were at all ambiguous the present code should
be revised so that they can no longer be liable
to misinterpretation. 1t seems in this particu-
lar instance that it would have been money
saved to the owners of the Virgo if she had
assisted the Cleopatra, as both vessels belong
in large part to the same owners.
We hardly know how to treat of the conduct
of the captain Of the Venezuela, the long
disabled steamer, which has been just seven
weeks coming from Liverpool, having arrived
safely in this port yesterday, after beating
about disabled and almost wrecked for nearly
five weeks, the captain refusing any assist.
ance from passing vessels, and stubbornly
insisting on his ability to get his ship to port
all right by himself. We cannot but COM
mend the hardy bravery Of him and his crew,
the tireIess devotion with which they stuck to
their ship, and the dogged perseverance which
finally brought them safe and unaided to port
but we ought, and yet have hardly the heart,
to condemn the insane foolhardiness evinced
in refusing assistance, in order, probably, to
save few dollars salvage.
The New York herald., 1870-04-24
v.sClNlA BEpUBll lcsN CONVENTION.

The two factions Of the virginia republicans nee
in convention on the Goth inst for the purpose Of
harmonizng differences and uniting the party. A
platform Of principles was adoptec favoring en-
fOrcement OF the fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments TO the constitution; general system OF pub
lie education under national law; universal amnesty,
subject to the legislation OF Congress; encourage
ment Of internal improvements, but opposing mo-
nop0ies; proper enforcement OF the STATE c0nstl-
inti0n and support of President Grants admnstra-
ton. resolution was adopted declaring that the
Convention felt no confidence In Governor Walkers
republicanism, but declining to characterize his pc-
lical course. The Convention at last accounts was
discussing the subject Of an address to the seopo OF
The New York herald., 1870-04-24
FaslsIonable Life aud Dress Fashions in
Europe.

France, restless. unquiet imaginative, yet
still elegant France; France, the inventor OF
the guillotine and fashioner Of the latest neck
tie and summer chapeau, stands forth in our
columns to-day in all the glory of the s'frst
fine Sunday" Of the season, dressed for spring
and in the most complete enjoyment Of the
hour Our special fashions writer In the
French capital furnishes dazzling exposition
of the results in the able and interesting COM
munications which appear elsewhere In our
columns. The Empress Eugene stands forth
in Q new toilet Napoleon is robed for royal
entertainment. The prevailing colors" In
silks and satins fash as it were before our
eyes. Concert and dinner costumes are de-
scribed with degree Of accuracy which will
he very likely to prove little bewildering to
those who have not really studied the ton as .
domestic science. We are told Of new hats
and Of the neatest little boots and shoes-the
Alpha and Omega, as 1t were of the devotees
of modern style as exemplified by artistic skin.
The monarchs and people were in the theatres
and on the Bois, amused and smiling,
glittering in gold and jewels, and whrling and
dashing along In fine equipages and on horse
back, apparently happy and unthnking Of the
future as if Dives and Lazarus had never been
spoken of, and Danton and. Robespierre and
Waterloo and Saint Helena and the coup
Getat and the trade strikes had never existed
or been fought or executed.
Our special pen and ink picture of '1ife," as
seen in the Bois, is touchingly excellent and
eloquently natural. 1t will prove quite attrao-
tive as afording a view of the French people
as they are and as they really wish to remain
unmoved by politics and in the full exercise of
the free bent of their national characteristics
in the quiet family circle, and general exer-
else and interchange Of the most refining
social amenities aud ueighborly compliments
and good feeling
The New York herald., 1870-04-24

A LITTLE AHEAD OF PUNCH OR JUDY.--In
the African celebration at Louisville, KY, the
other day, of the fifteenth amendment, they
had transparency in which the ''Train of
Progress" was depicted-a locomotive Labelled
''The Fifteenth Amendment" with train of
twenty cars attached, representing the
ratifying States, and number of jackasses
harnessed to the rear car, emblematic of the
States refusing to ratify, and vainly trying to
pull the train backward. A neat thing for
Sambo--"a palpable hit"
The New York herald., 1870-04-24

LIVELY TINES IN YONKERsIn the demo-
cratic primary elections for the coming Ro-
chester State Convention. There are two
factions--a Tammany and an anti-Tammany
faction-and they are designated by the Yonkers
Herald as the "young democracy and the
ssmuttonhead democracy" The same paper
gives the motto Of the '.young democracy" as
s'Heads win, tails you lose,' and of the
stmuttonheads" as ''Sic transit gtorso mu"d', 3"
in view Of the defeats of said ''muttonheads
In these primary elections. With such begin
nings we may expect rare sport among ''the
unterriHed" all over the State in the interval
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