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The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07
The Rest Woman,

I think old women-I don't quite like
the word gladly" because it doesn't mean
anything now-a-days-are the most
beautiful and lovable things in the world.
They are so near Heaven that they catch
the glow and brightness which radiates
from the pearly gate and illuminates
their faces. When the hair begins to
silver, and the embers in the fire grow
cold, and the sun has got so far around in
life's horizon that the present makes no
shadow, while the past stretches down
the hillside to little mound of earth
where we will rest for season--a little
mound not big enough to hold our cor
ner lots, and marble fronts, and safes,
which we shall have to leave on the other
side of the hill, but big enough I trust
to hold our memories and fancies, our
air castles and secrets; and when the
journey is nearly done and the night is
setting in, and the darkness begins to
gather around us without any stars, and
the birds sing low in the trees, and the
flowers wither and die, and the music
we hear comes from afar, strangely sweet
like sounds coming over the water, and
like little children we live within our
.elves, and the world gradually recedes
from us-then should like to be an old
woman, full of blessed memories and
peaceful anticipations.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07
Keep Up Appearances.

The following closely practical SER
mon on an approved maxim is copied
from the Marine Farmer, in which it
appeared some thirty-fve years ago.
The author of it is still living, and says
he has found no reason to change his
convictions:
Ii man be poor, let him keep the
secret OF the fact to himself Let the
secret out, and ten to one his friends
will forsake him, and even throw bar
riers in his path. Better wear your
best coat, and carry bold and indie
pendent front, than to stoop to the
earth, beg for employment and whine
over your distresses. Human nature is
such that mankind will assist the rich
and throw opportunities in their way to
make money, while they exclude the
poor from every privilege. Let it be
known that your property is all gone,
and every bill will be sent and an imme-
diate settlement insisted upon: when, if
you were considered wealthy, your cred
itors would wait twelvemonth for their
dues, and then press the payment very
lightly. Therefore, resolve never to
make known your poverty, but keep up
good spirits, and you will see your way
clear to a good living.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07
Misrule and Ruin in Louisiana.

The Springfield, Massachusetts,, Re-
publican, publishes letter from New
Orleans giving vivid but doleful pic
ture of the ruin and desolation in that
city and Louisiana. 1t has already been
intimated that the people of that State
might, from sheer inability to pay it, be
forced to repudiate their State debt of
over forty millions Of dollars, seven
eighths Of it contracted since the war.
The letter in the Republican shows that
this enormous debt is the representative
of nothing but robbery and spoilation
that the State has received little or moth
ing in consideration of it; that it is
poorer now than when the debt was
contracted, and that the increase Of tax
alton ON the people is in proportion to
their decreased ability to pay. They
Are impoverished, robbed, and despoil-
ed. New Orleans is city of stagnation;
trade deserts it; it is filed with vacant
houses; its levee once the scene Of an
enormous business in cotton, sugar, mo-
lasses and rice, is nearly deserted; and
the great city that was once the entrepot
for the whole southwest, and which by
all the laws of trade ought to be so still,
is rapidly sinking to istlessness and in
significance.
There is but one cause for all this
misrule Louisiana is being ruined by
Radical misgovernment; New Orleans is
the helpless victim of a carpet-bag Gov
ernor, and a foul confraternity Of ne
groes and adventures, who are ignorant
of everything except how to steal, rob,
accept bribes and sell their votes as leg
islators for money. These men have in
six years raised the debt of Louisiana
from five millions to forty millions, and
and laid a mortgage for this great sum
upon all the property in the State.
"What have we got for it all, asks this
correspondent; "nothing; the money has
been stolen" "History can furnish no
parallel to this spoilation in time of
peace. 1t is idle to expect men to be
satisfied with it, and to rejoice at the
sight of the old flag, and to talk Of the
best government the world ever saw
when they are living under a robbing,
swindling, indecent pretense of a gov
ernment."
These are the words of q Northern
man, written to q Massachusetts, Repub-
ican paper, and, we presume, there are
few who will question their correctness.
Is it not a crying shame that Congress
will not take these things into consider
alton? Is its protection to be extended
only to the plunderers and adventurers,
while ignoring the grievances of the
great mass of the people ?-[ Nashville
Banner.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07
VOLUME W.
Number AZ.
The Same Old Dodge.

1t appears that the proposition Olsen
ator Sherman, from the Finance Com
mittee, for authority to consider the
whole subject Of reduction of rev.
enue during the recess, was the result
OF consultation covering considerable
ground in committee. The design is to
divide the subject, and set each member
at certain Investigations, and then meet
toward the close of the recess to put the
work into formal shape ready to present
to Congress at the opening of the ses-
sion. Sherman affects to believe that
with proper disposition to economize
the ordinary expenditures ofthe Govern
ment, exclusive of interest and of pro-
vision for the sinking fund and pensions,
can be brought down to one hundred
millions. If funding goes on as success
fnlly as is now anticipated, he says the
interest will be reduced to one hundred
and ten millions, the sinking fund to
twenty-five millions, and pensions thirty
millions, making the entire expenditure
two hundred and seventy millions. Per-
haps the committee may even recon-
mend raising the whole Of internal reve-
nue. from whisky and tobacco and low
income tax.
This recently-developed penchant for
economy among the leaders of party
which has for ten years been so reck-
lessly wasting the substance of the peo-
pie, strikes us, however, as anything but
sincere. 1t is favorite dodge Of theirs,
toward the close of every administration,
to bamboozlo the masses with promises
of reduced taxation and general reform
in all the departments Of the Govern
meilt-promises which have, as matter
of course, never been, and were never in
tended to be, fulfilled. The country is
altogether out of patience with such mis-
cradle shams, and wants more honest,
more capable men at the head of affairs
than are to be found in the ranks of the
Republican party.-[Banner.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07
A Spirited Widow.

A spirited widow" has been making
things quite lively at Wadesboro, North
Carolina. She was put in jail for biting
and scratching her mother and sister;
and one day last week, change of cells
becoming necessary, the magistrate, con-
stable and jailer, undertook to remove
her. The magistrate retired with an
arm frightfrllly bitten, the constable did
the same, severely bruised by his head
coming in contact with bottle, "deftly
slung" by the charming widow; and Of
the three, the jailer was the only one
that did not ieave hastily, fearful kick
from the "lively old girl" rendering him
breathless on the floor of the cell. What
became of him is not stated; the last ac-
count ON the scene of the row was that
the widow was practicing on his pros
trate form with a chisel.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07

The gold and silver annually produ-
ced upon the Pacific coast approximates
$SO,000,000; an amount that will be great
ly increased within the next two or three
years. Only little more than twenty
years have elapsed since mining for these
metals began, during which time there
has been extracted and put in circula-
ton something over $1,000 100000; to say
nothing of the other forms of wealth
created by the comparatively limited pop
ulation of thisregion, meantime. Never
before, perhaps, have so small number
of people built up and established upon
a permanent footing such broad and
profitable business in so short a period.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07
Can't Rub it Ont.

"Don't write there" said a father to
his son, who was writing with a dia-
mond on his window.
"Why not ?"
"Because yon can't rub it out. Did
it ever occur to you, my child, that you
are daily writing that which you can't
rub out? You made cruel speech to
your mother the other day. 1t wrote
itself on her loving heart, and gave her
great pain. 1t is there now, and hurts
her every time she thinks of it. You
can't rub it out.
"You wished q wicked thought one
day in the ear of your playmate-it
wrote itself on his mind, and led him to
do wicked act 1t is there now; you
can't rub it out
"Al your thoughts, all your words,
all your acts are written in the book OF
God. Be careful! The record is very
lasting. You can't rub it out.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07
The MiscegenatOrs.

Yesterday quartet Of miscegenators,
two white women and two negro men,
arrived from Chattanooga. They were
hand-cufed together according to sex,
and presented sad commentary on the
degrading tendencies of free love-ism.
They were convicted Of miscegcnation,
which is a crime under the law, and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary, but appealed
to the Supreme Court, which meets in
this city on the 10th inst Chronicle.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07

A Dutchman married second wife
in about week after the death of No. l..
The Sabbath following the bride asked
her lord to take her riding, and was duly
'cut up with the following response:
"You dink l ride out whit anoder wo-
man so soon after the death of mine
frau? No, mol"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07

"Sir, did you intend to spit in my
face ?" 81 did" "You did, haP Well
you'd better not repeat your insult too
often, for if you should once arouse the
sleeping lion in my breast, no one can
imagine what might be the conse-
quences !"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07

A country paper, speaking ofthe street
organ playing of soldier without arms,
who worked the crank with his foot,
happily says: "His playing was far
above the usual average. He threw his
whole sole into il"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07

"Little boy, can I go through this gate
to the river?" politely inquired fash
ionably dressed lady. perhaps so, a
load of hay went through this morning"
was the horrid reply.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07

Josh Billings defines a thurrer-bred
Dizziness man as ''wun that knows enuff
about stealth so that there kant emmy
body steel from him, and enuff about
law so that he can do his stealin' le-
pnllv"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07
WATCHES! WATCHES I
BELOW CosT.

$l2. Pure Coin Silver SIS.
$40. 0roide Gold :::::::! Sl2.
We offer to the public onr elegant assOrt.
ment of Ladies' aud Gents Watches
and Chains, and other kinds of
Jewelry, at the lowest cash
prices ever offered heretofore to purchasers.
Full Ruby Jeweled Levers, lS kt.
Gold Hunting cased Watches, warranted,
usually sold at S75, only $40 each.
Elegant second quality lS kt. Gold full
jeweled Lever Watches, warranted for
time and wear, $50 each.
Extra fine time keepers, Aluminium
Gold, Hunting cased, full jeweled Lever
Watches, equal to gold in appearance and
for wear, warranted, at $l4 and $lS each.
Pure Coin Silver, Hunting cased, full
jeweled Lever Watches, at $l2 and $l5
each.
Fine OrOlde Gold Watches, with extra
fine movements, at $l2 and SIS each.
Also, fine Gold Chains, Ladies' and
Gents, from $40 to SIS each.
Rolled plated fine Gold Chains, at 81,
S. and S6 each.
Our Watches are regulated and adjust
ed to keep time to the minute before sent
to purchasers, and if not found so, we
will take them back at any time and re.
turn money,
We require no money in advance, and
all goods ordered from us will be sent by
Express c. o. D., with privilege to exam
inc them before paid for.
In all cases ordering six Watches at
time, the purchaser will receive one
Watch of same quality free.
Please state the kind and price of
watch desired and order direct from
+. OFFINGER & CO.,
81 John St., N. Y.
p. o. Box 5lS6.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07

At school in Newcastle, the master
asked class of boys the meaning Of the
word appetite. After short pause,
one little boy said, Il know, sir; when
I'm eatin' I'm Apply, and when I'm done
I'm tight"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07

At Radical barbecue the other day
black "man and brother" offered the fol-
lowing toast: "De Gubnor OF Alabama
he cum in wild berry little opposition;
he will go out oh offs wild none at all"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07

The balance of trade is disturbed in
Newbern, N. c., by the fact that water
melons are only three cents apiece,
while cholera mixture is half dollar q
bottle.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07

The reign Of good principle in the
soul carries its own evidence in the life,
just as that Of q good government is Wis
ible on the face Of society.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-09-07

Why should young ladies set good
examples? Because young men will
follow them.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18
=
AN ORDINANCE

To Licensc Persons ,cAo arc or may he
engayed as agents .tor the Purchase Of
Produce. who do not hoM q Ledse q q
Store ycar or longer, @itlm the
Coyporate limits Of the 4o'en Of
.Sumter.
DEit Ordained BY the Intendant and Wardens
ID of the Towu of Sumter in Council assembled,
SECTION 1.-That each aud every person
resident ofthe Town of Sumter, not holding
lease year or longer ofa Store In the town..
who shall carry on any faculty. profession, occu-
patton or employment or who shall offer TO par:
chase any goods, wares or mercbandize, produce
for another, shall before entering upon such
oecupation-nakr application to the Clerk and
Treasurer, and obtain License for such purpose.
SECTION u-And for such License. each
person or persuns shall be required to pay in
advance .hc sum Of Five Dollars 20, each mouth,
or any part thereof.
SECTION III.-And in case any such person
or persons shall refuse, or neglect TO comply
with the requirements Of this Ordinance. they
shall be liable TO arrest and fuc of TweAty
Dollars.
SECTION Iv.-And the Intcndan. is hereby
authorized to employ any Of the Town Officers to
assist in enforcing the provisions of this
Ordinance.
Ratified in Town Conncil, this the eSih
r.. S. day OF September, A. D., one thousand
eight hGn6rci aud seventy enc.
= GU!GNARD RICHARDSON; In;cndant.
JoHx Z. HAY.sa Rru, Cork AID Treasurer.
Oct IL ,t
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sOnfh oarolins. aepssaenl asssaar.

II
! TIC soatH Carolina MohameaEASsoci ID, as
anhoeased in aar sasts issue, SlilG Basaas
at Columbiu; during the fsir5Ot tfs Slate Rgrll:
CULTURAL sseieiy, from the 6lA 10 tSe. 10th et
1 November. =
AS is knoFn, this Association seeks its ulti-
Eshatum in a laoRament, which shall rear IFS shaft
at the capital of.t6e State, in form worthy the
brave men e,f,he State ,sko fell apriu gdnr great
struggle Tor .coastitaisnai liberty AND Southern
| Confederate indepenaenee.= and, however. We
nay1oOk upon the progress Of sHbseqtens events,
borne along ON the bosom Ola great revolution
as VIC arc. neither this, or any other cireumstsnce
or position, can absoive Southern people from
the high and sacred duty herein iavoired. The
languor and inertia Of Southern men, in sthis,
connexion, affords jusscause of regret; and ifthis
noble work le. carried to its consn,nination, ss
surely it will be- s5the.saasb,o-coluinn ,sil speak
as well Of the. dsroesd women of the Statei
through whose Jealous, undriag persisteney ~
will have been reafed.
Some; Of orr iair women Of Sum;Sr, We arc
pleased 10 kuow, are moving to give aid to- this
approaching ;Baxaar. Ne call upon others to
unite aud move in the matter, and let cont-itu-
tlons go forward. Money will be needed to
dsfruy certain uDavoitlsbls expenses. Tables for
Fancy Articles will BIZ provided. A Restaurant
will be kept and provisions for this are nccded
. We call upon our fair friends of the country to
assist. Il.
All boxes or other taings sent should be mar
ked as. c. Monument Bazaar, and directed to
the care of Mrs. F.sT. DARBY or Miss /. D.
MARIN.
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Query'

Correspondent GAS wants to know how it
is that, under the freight schedule published, tie
charge on three gallon jug of [riuegar] packed
according to regulations, from KilgsriHe TO
Sanders T. O., is $l.O0, whilst the charge FOR
the same package from Sumter to Kingsvills is
but A. ceotsl As Sumter is somewhat intrres,ed
getting some trade, as sso does, from .he very
doors almost Of her gsOdsiasr and nsighbOr town
of Camden, notwithstanding ksueh dhadvan-
aseous freight arrangemeats-we .uriies viii
our correspondents in asking the quettion.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18
Insurance.

We are pleased to learn that the New York
Insurance Companies REPRESENTED by Mr. Ao-
shony whire. so far as heard from, have ios. only
portion of their susplps. and Will 90 on With
business as usual. The test to which they bavs
been subjected is the best evidence Of their
strength. The Southern Companies lost moth:
ing.
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susres, Furniture no o,,,s .

The advertisement printed in our columns will
give the reader some idea of the stock these
Rooms contain, but a visit to them much more
satisfactory one. Mr.. SuAREs, too, when you call.
wiil be found full of courtesy and attention. in
showing you through his stock, and in making
you sensible OF the advantages he offers.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18
Fircmen's Parade.

The parade of the Sumter Fire Ehgiac Com
pany, on Monday afternoon last, vas in streng 9Th
and spirit, and ehlivened our streets greatly by
the beautiful display made. The neW President
cHAs. II. Noise, wore the Silver Bugle with
grace, and the whole appearance and performances
was highly creditable TO officers and uelubers.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18
Impt ovcrncnt ir Charleston.

Among the recent improvements in Charleston
is the warehouse and builders' depot Of Mr.P. P.
ToALg, the manufacturer Of Doors, Sashes and
Blinds, exieniing through from No. 20 Hayne
street to No. a3 Pinekuey street, and said to be
the most extensive as we'll as intst complete
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18

VI. Mr.. ". W. WnlLDEy, well and fayorably
known a, Sumter, has formed a partnership
with Mr.. D. II. JOKES, under the style Of Will
pxS 4 JONES, at Charleston, for transacting
general cotton aud Commission business, as will
be seen from notice elsewhere in our columns.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18
For the Ladies'.

Yes, we'll nigh oil for the Ladies We mean
the beau; iful stock Of Fall and Winter Millinery
advertised in our columns by. those excellent
la4ics--the Misses McELHcsE. Fair readers, you
are invited to call and see these marvelously
lovely things, intended for Your adorDment.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18

azy- Continued pressure on our columns has
necessitated omission Of handsome Furniture
Advertisement of sir. J.. D. CRAIG. His Ware.
ro' m. have recently been considerably enlarged
anil improved and he now has in larger and
better stock Of Furniture than ever before, Of
which our readers vii: learn more next week.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18

ac- The stock at the Sumter Book Store has
beeu tretled and more, and the mcst complete
arrangements made with the largest Book and
Music Publishers in the Unitedstate, so thatuny
thing in print may be furnished at the shortest
possible notice.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18
The Big boot sign

or DrDLEY ELLIS, ha. been boot and shoe
trade mark, on Market Street, Wiln,in. ton, for
forty years. Their stock is now as large as any
in that State and they have facilities sOr doing
business on the best possible terms.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18

zis- The "Jacobi Axe" and The Hardware
establishment Of Mr.. Nathaniel jacobs, of vii
mington, have growing popularity, and the ad-
vertiscments concerning them in our columns
are worthy ofatteniion.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18
THlsTY fEf3Y EIpERlRACE :
"a ,is 1an' TnE6TNrsI OF
Chronic and Sexual Diseases
PYYslnl naicsI VIEW QE MARRIAGE.

The cheapest.book eyor pubiished--eontsining
nearly three hundred pages, and epe hundred
and thirty 6ue plates ana .engravings of the
auAtumy OF tho buma1 organs in afstato Of
health md disease, With treatise on early
errors, It's deplOrabie Consequences upon the
,miud and body, with the authorspanl Of treat.
ment-,hc cniy rational and shecessHh mode OF
cure as shown by report OF eases treated. A
truthful;aavisar to tho married and these con-
tcnria,ir- 1narrisge;- -.1ho ,enteripia dovbts Of
thrir phvsfcai conditions Seit4rce Of posssse4o
any address, on receipt of twenty-five cents in
er aa:ps or postal currency, by addressing DR.
La CR0IX. No. 81 Maiden Lane, Albany, n.
T.. Pho author may be consulted upon any Of
tho diseases upon which his book treats, either
personally or MY mail, and1mtdcines sent TO ary
part of the world.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18

Se. The readers attention is directed to the
advertisement Of DIR. 4. W. Wa ELsR, of the
Columbia Co operative Building Association.
DR.. WHEELER is man Of character, enterprise
and means.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18
pay The Watehmans

There sse some people who have readsour
paper for years. They eat and drink and are
clothed (sOme. of them in fue eiOthing) and yet
they have never paid The EotelmaH one cent.
This is plain taik; but it's plain and unadul.
,sratsd truth, and we tell 1t in order that con.
science may get to work.
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se--At,~n,ion is asked to the advertisement
Of Mrs. JAS. p. BGExsAS, who has just opened
full stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, Shoes, Crock
cry, Tin Ware, &c., on Liberty Street.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18

II. Examine constantly the advertising
columns Of the Sumter Wotehma", ifyeu would
know where your wants may be supplied aad to
the hest advantage.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18

cS- Shippersto Wilmington will find MessEs
Jos. B. RUSSELL & Co., an excellent house with
which to do business, and We take pleasure in
referring all such to their card prin:ed in our
cnlamns.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18
Religious Notice.

The Rev. Mr. HAnTwELL, Chinese Missionary.
viii preach at the Baptist Church next Sabbath.
Mr. HAarwELL is the son of one Of tho former
pastors Of this Church.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18
Improvement.

Mcssrs, Hoyt Folsom, in their new Jcwo'ry
establishment present au appearance decidedly
improved.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18

70 Our market is absolutely and minutesy
correct in figures, and may be implicitly relied
upop. I.is prepared with care and labor.