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The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-16
A Law FOR THE SOUTH AND AN
OTHER FOB TIiR NORTH.

The Washington Patriot says: "lt
is semi.ofhcially announced by the Com
missioner of Pensions that in admins
tering the act of Feb. IA, 1871, granting
pensions to the survivors Of the war OF
1912, when witnesses testify to the
loyalty of claimant, their own loyalty
must be shown by the certificate Of an
officer of the United States Court, a
United States Commissioner, or an officer
of the Internal Revenue Bureau. The
rule applies only to the South, and no
question is raised at the North. BY
this bigotcd regulation there is to be
one law for :he Northern people and
another for the Southern. According
to the usual form heretofore in similar
cases, claimant was required to make
oath that be had at no time rendered
"aid and comfort" to rebellion, and to
prove the same by the afidavits of two
disiuterested witnesses, whose credibility
had to be certified to by the clerk of q
court Of record. But nov the Southern
soldier is obliged to prove the loyalty Of
his witnesses BY q certificate which it
may be impracsicable to obtain. A
claimant may be able to establish his
rights by twenty witnesses, and if they
happen voluntarily or compulsorily to
have aided the rebellion, then the
veteran who fought for his country is
excluded from a pension. Human in:
genuity could hardly devise more
wicked contrivancc to deprive old
Southern soldiers Of their just rights.
It is not only mean, but malignant, and
draws a discrimination between the
veterans of the North and South, which
every candid mind will denounce as out
rageous. These men we're engaged in
war against foreign foe nearly half a
century before the rebellion commenced
and yet they are pursued with all the
vindictive malice of recent enemies.
This is sure way of keeping the
wounds of strife open. and it could only
have been contrived fos some such M,
worthy purpose"
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-16

count from last years production so
much as to him seems good in arriving
at probability for this year. If the
crop falls of 100000 bales-that is, if
it turns out to be 100000 bales-and
the consumption in the world shall be
100000 bales more than this years,
then it follows surely that the surplus
at the end of this year will be reduced
by 100000 bales at the end Of next
year. How much would that leave to
60 into the next year with ?
"Of course any statistical problem OF
this sort is subject to the perturbations
Of price Of cotton aud Of goods, stimu-
lating or restraining action, and, therc-
fore, the end must be indefinite. But
to merchants AID manufacturers there
is matter worth thinking of in the im-
portant facts that We present, and the
suggestions that they carry"
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-16
A RAT IN A DARKEY'S STOMACH.

An old ,darkey in the Fourth district,
New Orleans, has daily for months
pas. selected the door step Of a promi.
neut residence for his MONDAY nap.
Being driven Of one day he comes the
next. With his head thrown back and
his mouth wide open, he suores away,
to the exceeding discomfort of the
inmates. Called to the door by this
disgraccd diapason few days since, the
lady of the house concluded she would
try an experiment. For this purpose
she procured small piece of ice and
dropped in into the huge ori6ce tina;
serves Sambo's mouth 1t disappeared
like shot, and with cough aud
snort, Sambo started to his feet.
"Ugh ?" he cried, as The ice seut vio-
lent thrills through his stomach
"What dis" and his finger ciu;clcd
ncrvously the afflicted parts.
just then some one cried out in the
house that big rat had run down
"Uucle Sans" throat This added
terror to his pain. lie rolled on the
banquet,o and cried Justify for help.
"lorc God, mis>u>, he's gnawins
out'n nc. feel him. On, solly, he's
kiln me-" and the whites Of the dar.
keys eyes protrad;us ike saucers, AMI
the couvuIscd aud ansuishcd face,
showed that real pin was strongly
enhanced by his imaginary terror
Z" Oh, golly, how he 10 jnmp aal
kick about aud Sambo again gave
himself up to a paFcxysia CT hmc">
tation.
"Dr;nk warm water. I'aele Sam, aad
drown him." the Ia J. suggested.
Without moments hesitation Sam
started for the water, p!ug lie turned
on the crank ard the water >tar;el
Sam glued his lip< 10 tie nozzic ual.i
Lis sides wercpuiFct on. Ike an iaaa.:c!
balloon
GLOW do you feel now. un:lc Sam
the la.iy inquisicd as Sam staggered
back to his scat.
:" I euss he's ,irowncl, r,i>>us !,a.
here's villa, 'roubiia d,s chile ho:,'-
dat rat rwinc to get ont n dare -
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srellis.work, hid in the bloom of roses,
the old man sat of afternoons and watch.
ed the suns decline. No one else was
ever seen in the house-no Gone ever
crossed the Threshold ; and so he lived,
q smileless, sad old man, in a lonely
house.
But ons day, not grea: while since.
the neighbors saw that the blinds in the
house were closed. The old man had not
appeared on the streets for weeks, and the
grass had begun to grow from the chinks
Of the marble slabs at his door, and it
began to be whispered about that the
old man was dead.
At last, one day, the neighbors went
in, (they were poor people, but kindly
and true. Sure enough, hc was dead.
He laid pallid and stark on pallet Of
straw. There were q fnw scattered
chairs around the room and plain
table. One only object arrested the
sye. Near the body was rich caskes,'
set in mother Of pearl and gold. Jewels
flashed from the costly lid, and wreathed
in the dust Of diamonds were engraved
therLilies Of France" in a coronet Of
gold. They opened the box and there
flashed on their eyes the BOURBON dia'
dem. 1t was stolen on the night of the
18th of August, 1881, when Charles X.
abdicated the throne Of France in favor
of the Duke Of Bordeaux. Underneath
it a manuscript, written in French. 1t
contained only these words. I, am
Charette, the Veudeau General. Maria
of Savoy was to have been my wife.
She was taken from me aud given to
the Comte d'Arrois. I could have
forgiven this, but he deserted me when
most needed his help and assistance.
I revenged myself and procured his
overthrow, and am happy since be died
in exile"
This was oil. Over his life silence
now draws veil. His wayward pas
-sions, his inward conflicts, none can
estimate. Lonely and sad he perished
in exile !; none could appreciate his
injuries ; let none judge too harshly Of
his life.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-16
The Whole Truth. .Abouti. Royal
Scandal.
LONDON. July %

LONDON, July %.
There is q story running about like
wild6re in the upper circles here, which
would seem to indicate little, "in our
royal family, arising out ofthe "uneqaal
match" lately contracted in it. rs
happen to know the trnth of the matter,
| will give you the rumor first, aud thens
the version. Rumor asserts that on the
la.e opening of St. Thomas Hospital by
the Queen, the Marquis of Lorne, ac-
compauied his wife, the Princess Louise,
to the waiting-toom prepared for the
royal family previous to the ceremony
According to the story, the Prince Of
Wales, seeing him there, desired one Of
the lords in Waiting to inform him that
his presence was contrary to etiquette.
That functionary however, replied that
he could only convey such an intimation
on the express command Of the Queen.
Upon this the Prince approached Lord
Lorne, and himself made the commuui-
cation, and, in consequence, the latter
left the apartment and remained outside
IL the corridor, not entering the room
set apart for the 'Suite." So much for
report. Now what happened was this:
Ou approaching the waiting-room, Lord
Lorne himself dropped his wife's arm
and stopped, saying to the Prince of
Wales, who was standing at the en-
trance, II suppose I don't go in herc?"
To this the Prince replied, "Did not
the Queen tell you to come in?" On
which the other answered, "No, and
therefore shall remain outside;" which
he did, the Prince standing :here also
and couyersing with him, as if purposely
to support him. You would be amused
to learn what an amount ofcomment
and discussion this miserable story has
raised here, and how aDgrily the ezpcdi-
cncy or otherwise Of the union which
has given rise to it, is fought out over
again. In a common.sensc point Of
view, there seems something both ab-
surd as well as little that Lord Lorne,
who has been allowed to marry into the
royal family, should not be fully admitted
, member of it. The public would not
in the least object, and one wosd sup
pose that the royal family would, out of
respect for their own selection, be the
first to especially desire it.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-16
From the New York Timcs.]
THE NATHAN MURDERER.
Forester Finally Traekedto Scotland
The Detectives Confident Of Capturing

Forester Finally Trackedt to Scotland
The Detectives Confident Of Capturing
Him.
1t is now over q year since Mr.. Benja-
min Nathan was brutally murdered in
bis own house, and the recollection Of
the dire event has we'll nigh faded from
the minds Of New Workers, SO often and
terribly satiated with tales Of human
suffering. But the silent watchers Of
wrong doers and never.tiring searchers
for them have never left the trail of the
man Who was suspected Of having per-
ossrated the foul deed. From the mo
ment suspicion first lit upon him until
The present the man has been followed
With unrelentiug zeal.
Our readers no doubt remember we'll
the 6rst time that the name Of William
Forester was given to them in these
columns. Copies Of his photograph were
sent broadcast through the Union,
Canada, and many countries OF the Old
World. He hid himself out West
during last tall, moving from place to
place rapidly, to avoid the slcuth hounds
IF the law, who were ever close upon
his trail. From town to village, and
from village to town, he went, until,
Ike Eugene Sues Wandering Jew, "she
sun scarce shone twice upon him in the
same province" He has many other
crimes to answer for besides the Nathan
murder. Allan Pinkersou "wanted
him" to serve out an uncxpired term Of
thirteen years Imprisonment in Illinois,
and for murder he had committed be-
fore. The dread of confinement for so
long term Of years alone was enough
to Keep him moving ever. At last
Pinkerton's detectives in the North,
West nd South, aided by the regular
scouts Of outraged justice, got between
him and the mountains, plains aud
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-16
ABRAUTlFUL DEmoN.

In going through the parish prison a
few days since, the attention Of the re-
porter was attracted to young girl, ap
pareutly not moro than fifteen years Of
age. She had fair nut-brown hair, and
a complexion fresh and white rs milk
The mild blue eyes were singularly soft
and intelligent, aud her whole appear
ance indicated the free joyous character
istics Of youth and happiness. Yet
this amiable looking creature, this fair,
delicate Minerva. Of slender form and
ingenious face, is said to be q devil
iucaruat:. She was not q prisoner, only
q visitor to the institution, and when
the reporter saw her she was conyersiag
with q noted burglar; indeed she says
she is q cousin Of Pete Muuday's, and
goes under the sobriquet OF Lily. She
is almost as fair and delicate as one.
Her career is a remarkable series Of
adventures and hair-breadth escapes.
About q year ago she lived 10 San
Antonio, Texas, and for some real or
iaucied misconduct received severe
castigation at the hands ofthc man with
whome she vas living.
Burning with resentment, and con-
scious of her inability to cope With him
10 physical strength, she waited until
the next night, when he was asleep.
and then locking the doors Of the room
aud closing every avenue Of escape, she
prepared for q work of horror almost
impossible to conceive. On one pretext
or another she sent all the inmates o!
the house away, and procuring paper
and other iDlammabie matcrill, built q
funeral pyre around the bed Of the sleep
ing man. This done, she set Gre to it,
aud locking the door behind her fel
to the house. The man woke up when
the house was full of flames, and in
escapiug from the room was literally
roasted. One side Of his body was
burned almos. to . ciudcr. He has
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-16
THE RUTS OF LIFE.


long, if you wish to avoid the lunatic
asylum, if you wish to escape suicide or
miser's death. Men and women must
have recreation, must have amusement,
must have diversion. It is wholesome
for the mind to break away from its daily
vocation or employment every night.
The man who goes from his counting
house or his workshop at the close Of
the day aud does not leave it behind
him, but sits at the family table in
moodiness, brooding over past occur.
rences, weighing probabilities, casting
conjectures, laying plans, and when the
meal is over sits thinking, thinking by
the hour, and goes to bed to toss and
tumble and worry, cannot live long; the
brain or the heart must give way, and
he will drop dead in the street, as many
q business New Yorker has done within
a few years past.
In the Island of Cuba, the wagon
roads lead over hills made of limestone; /;
the wheels have run in the same track
for generations, and have SO worn into
the solid stone that the hubs scrape the
surface, and there is no getting out Of
the rut until the bottom OF the hill is
reached. So in the lives Of many, the
mind, under the influence OF worldly
care, gets to run in particular track !;
in other cases, the occupations are Of
such an insuherable sameuess from one
years end to another, that its workings
become mechanical, and out OF these
lines they cannot work at all hence the
stupidity of such large portion Of the
farming population ofall countries-the
peasants Of England and Ireland and
France, and Germany and Russia as
we'll.
More farmers wives and daughters
60 crazy, out of one thousand, than Of
any other class, simply because Of the
one same routine Of drudgcry-of cooking,
washing, cleaning, from morning to
night, from one years end to another
even the Sabbath day making but little
change, and that change only the result
of the extra drudge Of Saturday.
And our wives, in large towns and
cities, sweep and dust and arrange, and
wash and sew and provide, in one inces-
SAINT round, summer and winter. No
wonder they grow thin and careworn,
and weak and nervous. Get out Of the
ruts, all Of you pay neighborly visit
three nights in the week; or for two
afternoons let there be "let up" in
the way of drive to the Central
Park, visit to the "village," an excursion
on the river or in the cars, picnic, o
celebration, but best of all in the city or
country, horseback ride Of an hour, or
two, "there and back )" what an ap-
petite it gives and the weariness, what
delicious sleep follows
Get ou. of the rut, reader, two or
three hours week, aud there will be no
time lost by It in the long run; for it
gives activity to the moral nature it
cultlvates the affections; it wakes up
observation it exercises comparison /; it
gives breadth of view on all subjects;
it makes o man more manly; it makes a
woman more womanly and in countless
cases it would save from the madhouse !
Halls Journal.
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From the New Orleans Pieayuue,l
ANEW ORLEANS SENSATION
Death OF n Mysterious Old Man who
Possessed tho Bourbon Diadcm.

Few Of the residents in the lower part Of
the city Of late years but are familiar
with some of the incidents We are now
relating They.have often seen in the
twilight Of summer evenings singular
apparition. Suddenly, on the bauquette
Of Music. street, has appeared an old
man, with long gray hair and Clad in the
costume Of hall a century ago. The
garments were faded and worn, bus
revealed q richness which in earlier
days vas more fitted for Court than an
American metropolis. He was very
tall man, although. q huuchback, and
but for the defofmity would have been
of gigantic proportions. In the breadth
of shoulders, the deep powerful chest,
and long nervous arms, resided mar
velous strength, while the lower limbs,
fashioned in magnificent strength and
beauty, arrested attention and comman-
ded admiration wherever he appeared.
lie spoke to no one, looked at no one,
but in tie silent abstraction pursued
his lonely walk far into the night.
Years went by, aud night after night
little children paused in their play to
watch the reccding figure Of the lonely
man.
1t must have been forty years ago
that he FIRST cane among US. He
looked middle aged then; but as the
years few by the sturdy frame remained
flexible. and active, bnt the hair grew
gray and his face was scanned with
wrinkles.
He lived in q lite brick building
that set back from the street. Wild
vines crcpt over the erumblius tiles and
wreathed fantastic shapes on the chin
ney tops. In the yard beautiful flowers
bIoomed all the year round, aud their
rich perfume made the Dir. seusuous
and sweet At window shadcd by a
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-16
From Explorations Of the Nile.]
HOW THE ARAB WOMEN PER-
FUME THEMSELVES.

In the floor Of the hut or tent, as a
chance may be, small hole is excava.
ted, sufficiently large to contain cham.
pague bottle. A ERE Of charcoal or
simply glowing embers is built within
the hole, Into which the women about to
be scented throws q handful Of drugs.
She thep, takes of her clothes or robe
which forms her clothing, aud crouches
naked over the fumes, as she. arranges
her robes 70 sall Is & mantle from her
neck to tie ground like tent. She
now begirs to pcrspire freely 10 the hot
air bath, and the pores o. the skin
being open and moist, the volatile oil
from shG 'siaokei bufuibg perfumes is
Immediately absorbed. By the time the
FIRE has,ezpirsd the sceatieg presses is
completed; aSd bosh her persoS and her
robe are redolent Of incense of which
they are 90 thoroughly impreguated
that I haze frequently spelt . party OF
ladies strongly at . full hundred yards
distance, when the Wind was blowing in
their direction. This scent, which b
supfossdto bs v0J StsAatNa y gentle.
men, Is composed Of ginger, einnsuou,
frankincsrse, 'myrrh, Q species ofsea.
wood brought from the Red Sea, ana
lastly the horny disc which covers the
| Larlrtuss Hhe1 Eka shail BID iHithdravu
itselfvithin the she'll The proportion Q.
these Ingredients in this mixture is ae'
cording 70 taste. 10
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-16
UNPRECEDENTED CRUELTY.

On last Tuesday, our community was
perfectly shocked and outraged at the
recital Of a chapter of horrors commit
ted on some children, by a fend, in the
shape of one Pink Dupree from Pike
county, their father. They were about
nine and ten years Of age, and we are
satisfied there is not place on them
the size of a mans hand but there is a
scar. He would whip them upmerci-
fully and they would not shed tear,
because they we're so fearful of him. In
addition to the unmerciful whippiugs
he gave them he fitted up a white. oak
pole and cut some holes in it, put their
thumbs through it, tied them up to the
side or wall Of the house, and let them
remain for hours. The younger Of the
two he knocked down with hoe, and
carries the sign on his head now, and
will carry it to his grave; and the
eldest has great scars on him, the effects
of this monsters cruelty. An uncle Of
theirs came from Mississippi sued out q
writ Of ha6eas corpus before Judge
Greene, and the demon, Dupree, readily
settled it, by giving up the children.
We are glad to learn that The next
Grand Jury of Pike county will look
after this case, and trust the severest
penalty OF the law governing such cases,
will be visited on him. The children
speak in the highest terms Of their
step.mother, who is . most estimable
lady, and say she always treated them
with the greatest kindness, and are
perfectly devoted to her.
Numbers Of our citizens examined
these children, and the unanimous yer.
dict is, that it is the greatest outrage
they have ever seen. The children
were delighted when Sheriff Mann and
Branch Bowdoiu took charge Of chem,
and no iuduceuent could be offered them
to 20 back to their father. Without
wishing to appear irreverent, we can but
adopt the motto Of the old Universalist
lecturer-'If there is not Q hell there
ought to be one for his Sort
Messrs. Doyal aud NunnalIy repre-
sensed the complainant, and are entitled
to great credit for aiding in bringing 20
light this most diabolieal Outrage
Griffin Star, 26M inst.
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AMicoutet, my boy;" ;" said be, handing
him little gray bag covered With dust,
"put that in your pocket, and keep your
appointment at Father Hugh's. When
the time comes to show your hands,
plunge them into this bag, and eli them
with the unguent it contains"
"But, grandfather my skin is as dark
and coarse os the bark of an oak tree.
How can you-"
"Follow my advice, my boy. The
wash-ball I give you lis 30 eaacacious
that the most obdurate spots will not
resist it's action. It's use is of very
ancient date, and time has. not dimin.
ished its virtue"
Micoutet took the soap-bag, and re-
sorted to Bernadotte's house. The baker
and the barber were not far behind
him.
Casterez first showed his fingers ;
they were whittier than the blossom Of the
dog rose. The hairdresser then dis.
played his, and they looked as fresh as q
lily but just in bloom. It now came
Micoutet's turn. Firmin and Casterez
began to laugh as he drew his huge
hands from his pocket and held them
forth, when Father Hugh uttered cry
of admiration, for they were filled with
bright and beautiful gold crowns.
"Aha my boy, that is the real dura-
BILE whiteness which I love. Beruadotte
is yours, for you have courted her
without quitting your field, and you
know the whiteness the most appreciable
in the hands OF son.in-law."
The two abashed and mute town
candidates returned to their shops with
their ears hanging lower than those of
a hound after losing a hare. Bernadotte
and Micoutet good naturedly invited
them to their wedding, and they had Wit
enough to go, as towusmen scarcely ever
neglect to enjoy what is good in the
dwelling Of a disdaiued peasant. The
happy couple: happy as everybody is
with as much money as good temper,
labored throughout their lives to swell
the contents Of the soap bag, the gift of
their venerable nd-father.
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never recovered from his injuries, and
is to day hopeless invalid, suffering
excguciating torture aud continual
anguish. His generosity-pcrhaps his
sense Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS his
prosecuting the girl, and she made her
escape TO to New Orleans. Arriving
here, she took apartments on Toulouse
street, between Rampart and Burgundy,
where she still resides. She is yet very
young, certainly hot more than seven
teen at furthest, and her vindictive and
savage fury when excited is terror to
all her acquaintances.
It is strange that beneath an exterior
so fair and beautiful should be concealed
the elements ofsuch lawless violence
New Orleans PScayume.
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:, - '--C1cctsaoi' b. laade shs following wise.
remark: AsI approve efthe youth who
has sodasthipgVe t6g old uan.in hin, %
] am no lees pleased with the iela man
who has something Of the youth In him.
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[world London Dispatch ]
WALES AND LOlsNE.