Year: 1866

FLOODS OF RA1N.-Since the last issue of our
paper this section has been visited by falls of
water almost unprecedented Corn and cotton
have been seriously damaged thereby, in some in
stances amounting almost to complete destruction,
whilst the effect has been disastrous upon the mills
of the district. there being but few dams left
whole or mills in running order


Sumter IS C,)lWatchman
WITHDRAWAL OF DEPOSITS FROM NATIONAL BANKS.
Under the recent order of Assistant Quarter
master General Charles Thomas, the officers of the
quartermaster's department in this vicinity have
withdrawn the public funds in their hands from
the national banks here, and deposited the same
in the Treasury. Washington STR.


Gov. Swami and ex-Gov. Bradford, of Mary
land, have quit the disnnion party, and adhere to
the Union party of old. They now support the
President in his restoration policy.


THE CASE OF Mr. DAvIs.-It is reported upon
good authority says the Washington correspcn-
dent of the New York Times, that the judiciary
committee have come to the conclusion that the
evidence produced before them does not warrant
the charge that Jefferson Davis is guilty Of COM
plicity in the assassination of Mr.. Lincoln.


No body but fanatical fools over supposed Mr..
Davis capable of mean or unchristian act.


JoUFNAL.7


The Test Oath PRONOUNCED UNCONSTITUTIONAL. L.
There is no doubt now that the Supreme Court of
the United States has decided the Missouri test
oath unconstitutional Hon. Frank p Blair i'll /.
y
said


80 am here to-day, my friends, to tell you that
the Supreme Court of the United States have al
ready decided that this Constitution is invalid and
void. I was told so myself by one of the Judges
of the Supreme Court in Washington and he told
me- in addition, that the only reason why the an
nouncement Of the decision was not made, was
that the minority Of those who held that the law
constitutional -four Judges holding it consti-
tntional and five declaring it unconstitutional
fl1o oO hat no ooOf
might be postponed till the next term, which
meets in December. IA voice. Until after the
election in this State That language not
used but it amounted to that. / give my
theory of this matter, and tell you what know
and what the Judge told me-"


SCARCITY OF MONEY. The complaint about the
scarcity Of money is general in the South
It seems that it will take what little money is left
to pay taxes-GOvernment,S State County and town.
The people ought to hold to a strict account those
who have the levying of taxes well as those who
control the spending OF public monies. But one
reason of the scarcity OF money is the purchase Of
large quantities of goods from the North by the
Southern people. The most Of the money paid to
our people for cotton has been sent back to the
North to pay for goods, and unfortunately mostly
dry goods, ''tinery," &c. Since the close Of the
war, if the Southern people-and especially the
female portion-had denied themselves Of luxu-
ries . to extent, or at least only purchased
what actually necessary, all would have been



would be abundant-the cry of ''no money
would not be often heard Let us all learn
something from experience.-FVest. Deneocra.
AGRICULTURA1.-A mixture of lard and kerosene
oil-rather more lard than oil-well mixed and
thoroughly rubbed into the hair of cattle once or
twice is recommended as certain cure for lice
The remedy is cheap and worth a trial.
This is just the season for testing its efficacy.
A writer in the Country Gentleman says, So the
gapes in chickens can be cured by passing the tip
of feather dipped in spirits of turpentine into
the small opening of the windpipe and giving it q
turn or two AS the gapes generally fatal
there can be no objection to trying this remedy.


In transpantinS cabbages at the North, if the
earth is dry small ball of moist earth is squeezed
on the roots of each plant


The Lynchburg Neecs understands that the hog
cholera is raging to alarming extent in differ
ent portions of Amherst county, many persons
having lost oil they owned, from this fatal dis
ease.


Joshua F. Pearl, formerly superintendent of
public schools in Nashville. and who is said to
have plundered the city treasury of thousands of
dollars, has brought suit for thirty thousand dol
lars damages against some of the members of vi
GLANCE committee who, in 1862 warned him to
leave the city, believing him to be spy. .. c..
DeGrove, who left the city about the same time,
has also brought suit for like amount against the
same parties.