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7£u-Wecfctg KrpuWwittt. HAfJCO JK. ORAHAiVl & imu.< Tuesday Marning, May 10,1870. Official Organ of Sumter Co. OJ'FICIAL OS OAK OF SCHIST COUSTT. Official Organ of Loo County. Official Organ of tVcDsb-r County 8CSu We have hcar«l from different sec tions of the county that farmer* are put ting wore corn in the ground this season than they have at any time since the war. and in many places It is growing finely. Some of our best fanners have determin ed hereafter to put at least half of their j cultivated lands in corn. Th*sis the best move that ccold be made, and will give riches and independence to all who will follow it out, in a very lew years. iJSr* Mr. Francis Sorrels, long identi fied with the commercial interests of Sa vannah, died on Thursday, having at tained his 77th year on the day preceding his death. He was a native of the West Indies. SQL. The Jewish Messenger doubts whether there is a single American Jewess that could write a correct Hebrew epistle. Hebrew study is but little encourage by American Jews. Their only literary in stitution, Maimonidea College appeals constantly for funds. A Boston correspondent says of Mr. Aldrich's poem in the May Atlantic that it recalls to his mind the old rhyme of his boyhood: When I was young and in my prime, I could get kissed most any time; Bat now I*m old and getting gray, I can’t get kissed but once a day.” The Courier-Journal says: “To qualify one’s self for holding office at this time it is necessary to turn nigger, steal something, or give Grant a present. Nothing else will enter. We are remind ed of Cornelias O’Dowd’a benevolent --0^- BRDSFft' * -—"Work has been resumed on the New- oort and Cincinnati railroad. ^°—The annual report of the Presbyteri an Board of Foreign missions shows a probable debt, at the cloafc of -the year, of $40,000. —The Lime Bock Bank, at Rockland, Maine, was robbed on Tuesday of $1,100, mil special deposits amounting to $15,- 900; on whieh payment ha* been stopped to the amount of $15,000. —CarlotU Patti will sail for Rio Janei ro on the 23d of May. —Th« school expenses of Council 81nffs are paid by a tax on its houses of ill-fame. —A New Yorker advertises for a pious young lady “of a Methodist disposition” to take charge of two children. —Two young la lies in Hartford are nn- •ler the trestmeut of Dr. Sweet, for a cramped and gainful distortion of the feet, caused by wearing narrow high- heeled boots. —Three of the wives of men employed on the steamer City of * Boston have con soled themselves by remarrying. —An enthusiastic Fenian in Chicago, delighted with the color of the new three cent postage stamps, asserts that the por trait they bear is that of Gen. O’Neill. —The Mississippi Press Association meet in Oxford in June. —Work has commenced on the im provement of the bar at Jacksonville,Fla. —An Episcopal Convention will con vene at Jackson, Tennessee, June 11. —A white man in Holly Springs,Miss., the other day, sold his wife for $22, the wife consenting to the sale. —About 20,000 white citizens of West Virginia are disfranchised by the XIVth Amendment. —Tho grand jury of Giles county, Teen., report a “great improvement in the morals of the masses dnriug the last 22 months.” —Florida State eeript, which has for sometime past been very low, with no sales, has taken an upward tendency. Tho price at Tallahassee now ranges from 55 to GO, and small lots havo been re cently sold in Jacsonville at 70. —rXear Raleigh, JT. C., on Thursday, an abandoned woman named Mary Ann Dalton, dressed herseli in roan’s clothes and went to the residence of Mr. Jarvis Wood, with the object of fighting him. Supposing her to be a man, and that she THE “PEBBLE-TESTER.” Interesting i&> those using Spectecles. The folio,ring aruile, which we copj the American Horological Journal, was written By Air. Jas. FriCker, of this city, in answer to inquiries addressed to him, caused by an article which had -previosly appeared in |:he Journal: Elitar Horotigical Journal: As several pul toes have written to me to give them some information in regard to the “Feblie-Teeter,” 1 have concluded that a short article in reference to it would not come amiss in your valuable journal. As the acaon of this instrument depends upon the peculiar phenomena called polarisation of light, it will be ne cessary to give your readers—those who do not aiready understand what is meap. t»y the term-—a general idea of this pecu liar property oi light, before they can lOmprenenct tho action ol the instrument, lucre are several substances tiiat will po larize light; even glass will do it if we use a number of plates, although one single plate here ms to have no effect upon it Feldspar and tourmaline are the two substances most commonly used for this purpose. Ligut passed through a longi tudinal section of feldspar becomes polar ized, and the ray of the light is separated into two rays, one called the ordinary and tho other the extraordinary ray Now, the eflect produced upon the ray of light passing through a piece of tour maline—also u longitudinal section—ii the same, with this difference, that only one ray passes through, the sxtraordinary ray being absorbed or obstructed. It would be impossible in a short article like this to give anything like a fair or comprehensive idea of what polarized tight is, and the many peculiarities con nected with if, but I will try and make myself understood sufficiently, and, in as lew words as possible, to enable your readers to understand the use of, and to comprehend why the .Pebble-Tester an swers the purjxwe lor which it is intend ed. I do not know that I can give you a better illustration of what is known as polarized light*, thou that- given to m-‘ many years ago by my friend the author of your astronomical and other articles, if you will lake several sheets of paper and place the -amla of them against your extended lingers, bolding your liugers, horizontal, and the paper perpendicular j to them, you will find the paper ob structed; but by holding your lmnd still and turning the paper 90 deg. you will see how readily it will pass between your fingers. No r, the effect of light passing through tourmaline is analogous to the above; that is, if light passes through one piece of tourmaline, and you place an other piece belaud the first, with its axial lino or grain at right angles to the first, the tight will be oustructed; but by simp- ‘ ‘ Paths by Suslioht and Ga-light.’ -I work descript ire of Pie Mysteries, and Miseries, the Virtues, rices, Splendors, and Crimes or Pie Cityof Paris.—Btt Jam* D. McCabe, Jr. This is the title of the most complete and attractive book of the day, issued by the “ National Publishing Company,” of Atl.mta, Ga. It is a largo volume of ove r eight hundred pages, magnificently illustrated with one hundred and fifty fiue engravings, by the best French artists, and from the pen of u writer who knows Paris well. It is absorbing and entertaining in a high degree for, besides containing a vast amount of instruction, it abounds in brilliant and thrilling descrip tions of the darker sides of Parisian life. The reader is carried into the dark and sqmilid quarters of the Rag-pickers, and is introduced to the houses of sad chil dren of poverty; the most noted Lorettes and queens of the Demi-monde are por trayed with perfect trathfalness; the ter rible inroads which vices of all kinds has maclo in French society, is shown with a startling vigor; Habille and its' payeties, w‘*lt the voluptuous Can-can are brought home to him; and the mad revels of the carnival are reproduced with great accu racy. Tho book is, indeed, Paris photo graphed, and is os attractive and spicy to the reader os the city itself to. the American visitor. Our author dwells particularly on the “rapidness” with which our countrymen conduct them selves amidst the dissipations and temp tations of the gay city; nor is the book valuable only for its sensational qualities. It is brim-full of the pleasantest historic- ical i astructiou, and no ono possessing a li brary should fail to place it on his shelves. It is gotten up in exquisite tasto by the Publishers, and is quite as attractive ex ternally as internally. Amongst the il lustrations of this fiuo work, we notice the names of Gustavo Dore, DeBar, Cichot, Clerget, and Thcrond—than whom France has given no more brilliant and successful workers in tho art of en graving. It is sold only by subscription. A waggish journalist^ who was often merry over his personal plainnet, tell.** this story on bimseli I went to a chitnest the other day for some morphine for • rick friend/ The assistant objected to giving it to me without a prescription, "vidently fearing that I intended to com mit suicide. “Plshaw!” said X, “do 1 look like a man who would kill himself?” Gazing steadily at me a moment, he re plied, “I don’t know. It seem to me if Hooked like joa, I should be greatly tempted to kill roya-lf. ” The Albany New* ua» interviewed the contractor for tho Albany and Bruns wick Railroad and says.* “The track fou* miles west of tho Atlantic and Gulf Railroad on the 30th ult. Cot Halbert laid one and three quarter miles of good superstructure on the 29th ult., with 78 hands. The line of road is located forty- two miles west of Waresboro.' and the grafting note going on.. Tito contractors for tho work will urge it forward to Al bany and Eafauia as fast as money and men con drive it SPECIAL NOTICES. How ».mts having Ttsoource toaome remedial agent, which woukl effectually arrest the further pro- grew of disease, and render the system impreg nable to its insidious attacks. It -ia unfortun- *tdy too true, there are thousands who sink in to an early crave, whereas at a trifling expense they might have lived t*? a good old age. Ii there bardiaoce to be placed ta.medicine. enu thousands or veil attested cases establish be yond too . possibility of a doubt the curative properties of anyone particular remedy, then, duriey’a Sarsaparilla and Potash ir unquestion ably, tho greatest medicine ever introduced to an afflicted community. Hesitate not, there- foie, to use it, tf suffering from eoy of the ills to which the flesh is heir. ap2$tf Barrett’s warranted Hair Restorative. It cannot hurt you.. It 29 purely vegetable! Try Sicuuous* Liver Regulator, if you wish to be well. It acts like a charm without debilitating the system, ar d without any of the evil effects of mercury. Simmons’.Liver Regulator ia the -a.fr* remedy.may llMi 6&»Au invention is announced in Switzerland which will directly affect phonography, and mako every man his own private secretary. If it comes to perfection it must be classed with tho in ventions of Dagurre and Morse. The machine is no longer than the hand, and performs the work of an accomplished stenographer. Placed in contact with the vocal organs reduces tho slightest sounds communicatied by the tongue, throat or lips. While one is in tho act of speaking, a ribbon of paper is detached from the machine, similar to that thrown out by the telegraphic apparatus, on which the words pronouncor! fire traced in black and white. Irish lady who founded a Magdalene hos-! iutended to do him bodily harm, Wood | ty turning one pfr.ee either to the right pit d in Dublin. One.day a very modest. shot and killed her, j or left 90 dt*;. light will readily pass and comely young, woman applied for ad- j —The railroad from Thomusville to } thron 8 l1 both l‘ iecwJ * mission. Surprised at such an applica lion from such u source, the patroness inquired of the girl the circumstances of her fall, and was told that she had not fallen at all. “In that event,” said the symjmthotic lady, “you have no claim to be admitted here. If you want to he ad- mitasd, you must go and qualify.” Albany is complete. | Sow.j PebUe-T«*t*r » stapod . what like a pair of sugar tongs, only —At Chicago they haro started a spe- made of iron. At the extremity of each cial lightning express train for eloping J arm the wire is bent into tho form of a couples. | circle, which encloses a piece of metal 1 1 with a hole in the centre that is lined —Fred. Douglass is working hard for a | with cork, in which is inserted a piece of Radical nomination to Congress.. ' tourmaline in each, the tourmaline being -The House Committee on Elections j „ y f will has 17 contested seats to settle. • metal-containing the tourmaline—hold- The Kimball State Fair Premiums. Th e lost number of the Plantation con tains the following letter from Mr. H. L Kimball, concerning the liberal premiums which be offers for productions of cotton, wheat, grass, and collections of mineral from the soil of our State : Atlanta, Ga., April 16, 1870. Hon. D. C. Yancey President Georgia State Agricultural Society. Sir—My communication to you on the 7th instant offering a special premium of $500 for the best bale of cotton raised in the State of Georgia, was written hastily, and without that due reflection which the importance and general interest of the matter demands. Simply offering a premium for the best bale of ootton, would I am satisfied, de bar a portion of the large cotton growers in the Stale from participating m com petition for said premium, and would not meet the object and ends which I desire to accomplish, viz: the advancement of the material growth and prosperity of the agricultural and mineral interests of the State. It is to these interests that we must be prosperous. This is as true regarding a State or a nation os an individual—to be prosperous and successful, we mast not only be industrious, bnt systematic and energetic. I am of the opinion that by a proper use of fertilizing properties and labor saving machinery, that even the old and worn acres of Georgia will again blos som, end yeld to her people a richer harvest, than ever before. The great object to be attained in agri cultural pursnits ia to produce the great est yield, with the least amount of labor. Your Society is capable of exerting a powerful and most wholesome influence throughout the whole State towards the accomplishment of this object, tty im proving the people with the prana idea that it only requires energy and perse verance to prove the new system of labor vastly more remunerative than the old. It was to asaistthe Society in the accom plishment of this object that I offered the premium referred to. I therefore most respectfully request that my proposition be amended as fol I propose to place to your order, sub ject to the decision of the Committee, $500, to be offered as a special premium for the largest and best yield of cotton (the quality and quantity to be consider ed in the award) which is raised during tba present year on fire acres of land in the State of Georgia. And that North Georgia may be en couraged to exhibit what she can do for the adreneement of three interests, I now propose to offer an additional premium, and place in yonr hands the farther sum of 8500, to be offered as the following premiums, stes- <-t -X MT A. fct%'. Two hundred dollars for the best five acres of wheat. Two hundred dollars for the best fire One hundred dollars'.for tho best col lection of minerals collected from the soil IwouETfurthormoresuggest for your consideration that yon require competit ors entering in three premiums to pay a special feeot 50 per cent, of the premium proposed, and this sum to be devoted to the benefit of your Society . Tho ques tion, however, I leave entirely to yonr own judgment. When yon are in the city, please do me the favor to call at my office, as I wish to confer with yon about the best method of encouraging county agricultural socie- '“'SSSU ElSumu. metal-containing the tourmaline—hold- > ing the instrument close to the eye—until there- . , ’, * i all the rays of light ore obstructed, independent J ^ causing total darkness, the instrument —At Virginia, Nevada, Bill Bird, gro barber, conies out aa au candidate for Mayor. I is properly adjusted for trying your —Mr. Julian's woman suffrage amend* j 8^ l J* 9es o^pebbie. If a pebble is^inserted meat is called the “sweet Sixteenth.” —A Nevada Judge the other day fined himself five dollars for being late—prob ably for tho benefit of the conrt. —Mr. Yallandigham authorizes Lis friends to say that “Under no circum stances will he be a candidate for Con gress at the next fall electiou.” —The Democratic leaders in Congress are preparing to call a State Convention for the purpose of consultation regarding the condition of political affairs. —Connecticut is considering the pro priety of a State convention to revise its Constitution, by striking oat the word white” from the qualification of voters. —A negro informs the Chicago Times that he wants to see the time come when a negro can vote a Democratic ticket without exposing himself to defamation and danger. —From present indicotions the next Mayor of Washington will be a negro. The “field hands” have a majority on the poll list —The President’s father exposes Grant’s want of self-reliance in a letter to a Western paper, wherein he says the General was never a Democrat, unless while in the immediate vicinity of the Dents in Missouri. —Forney testifies that tho money ho received from Bullock was for printing jobs, posters, pamphlets, etc. —Tho decision in tho Mordannt di- vorco coso is ready, but will not bo an nounced nntil the next term of tho cotfri. —Tho death of Dr. Simpson, of the Edinburg Review controversy respecting tho invention of chloroform,is announced. —John B. Kendrick, over 70 years of ago, died in Madison on the 23d, and Mrs. Ann Day, aged 77, died on the same day. —The Mississippi Legislature consists of seventy-four white members, and thir ty-one colored in the house, and twenty- four white to four colored in the Senate. —OoL M.C. Galloway, of the Memphis Avalanche, has retired from the editor ship of that journal. —The doctors are asking themselves tho question whether a negro can hove a “white swelling.” —Mr. Guyckanickpucs Ifakutskoliti- mitz Sakutskylitmieks Ankachagamnks Mekntonikatzokorts keeps a hotel at Sit ka, A^ulrn. He says that the Americans have the queerest names he ever heard of, and it is with the ntmost difficulty, he can pronounce them. —We learn from tho Selma Times that the Selma and Gulf Railroad has been completed to Pleasant Hill, a distance of twenty miles, and freight and passenger trains are Tunning to that point. This road is to connect at jSelma, with the Golf at Mobile, and Pensacola. It is to cross and top the Montgomery and Mo bile rood near Pollard. The Southern division from Pensacola is running to a point north ol dho Montgomery toreL between the two pices of tourmaline, the d rectiou of the rays of light is changed, allowing them to pa>8 through the second piece of tonnnaline. By carefully rotat ing the pebble you will find that at each quarter revolution of the lens the light is either partially Or totally obstructed; this want of uniformity in the different peb ble lens is, no doubt, attributable to their being cut from tho stono without any regard to the axial direction of tho stone. If you place a glass lens between the two pieces of tourmaline it will have no effect upon the light, which is the test; i. e., when the Pebble-Tester i • properly adjusted so that yon cannot see tkroiuk it, and you place a glass lens between the two piecea of tourmaline, you will still be unable to sec through it; but by substi tuting a pebble leas for the glass one, yon can see through it. The light will be more or less colored; sometimes yon get the various hue3 of the rainbow, asain the light seems to be of a light brown color. The Pebble-T«»ter can be obtained of Burbank Brothers, manufacturers spectacl s and importer* of optical goods, No. 14, Maiden Ijanc, New York. Hoping that ye ar feeders may be able to understand the use and realize the volne of this instrument from what I have said, and also get a vagno idea of polar ized light. I will close ihi3 article, hoping that Mr. S. will give ns a series of articles on Light through yonr Journal. JAS. FRICKER. Amebtcus, Ga., March 15, 1870. Interesting Decision op the Supreme Court.—The Supreme Court of the Uni ted States has recently decided that un der the provisions of the act of 1824, in civil actions in Courts of the United States, no witnes* can be excluded be cause he is partial to or interested in the case. A decision has also been given that loaning money to the Confederate States when subscription to a loan was extorted by fear, ana becoming surety on official bonds of Confederate States offi cers from motives of friendship to enable such officers, being conscripts, to remain at home with their families, were not acts f 'ving aid and comfort to the rebellion.— ho decision also determines t^at parties who have taken the amnesty oath in such cases are entitled to recover. Tit* Wonderful Silver Spring in Florida.—The Key West Dispatch says this grand and natural curiosity bursts forth in the midst of the most fertile country in the State. It bubbles up in a basin near 100 feet deep, and about an acre in extent, and sending from it a deep etream GO to 100 feet wide and extending »dx or eight miles to the Ockawaha river. In the spring itself, fifty boots may lie at anchor—quite a fleet. The spring thus forms a natural in land port, to which three steamers now run regular from the St Johns, making dose connections with tho ocean steamers at Palataka. The clearness of the waters .is truly wonderful It seems even more transpa rent than air;you see oh the bottom, 80 feet below, the bottom of your boat, the exact form of ,$e..fsmallest pebble,-the outline and color and shades of color of the leaf that has sunk, and all the pris matic colors of the rainbow are reflected. Large fobswim in ii , every scale nsib! and every movement distinctly seen. 1. you go over the spring in a boat you will see the fisures in t|ie rocks, from which tho river pours upward like rq inverted A Marvelous Youth in Florida—The Plat uat* ogrRattle Snakes, Scorpions, Centipedes. Wasps and Hornets.—Tho Key West Dispatch, relates the following of a youthful magician in that city : For tho benefit of the outside world, we have put on record the fact that iu our ivlnml city there lrves a youth who, ia himself, is one amongst the great phe nomena of tho age. Listen, and be the jndge yourself. He can handle snakes, j scotpions, centipeds or what not, with; perfect impunity. He makes pets end playfellows of the larger kind of rattle snake.!!, twisting them around him and dallying with their forked tongues and their ten or twelve rattles! He actually has curried scorpions in his bosom aud wasps and. hornets in his sleeves and pockets, without receiving a bite or sting. In the loneliness of the grove or forest, or in ary secluded place infested with snakec, he can, by a few taslismanic words, coll around him any number of snakeu, whom he can charm into perfect obedience to all his mandates. He can pick them up and lay them down at any given place, and at his bidding they will remain titere until he returns, after an absence sometimes of hours. He cun take a rat, or a mouse, anti so manipulate it—so put that inexplicable tyrant spell upon it—that it at once be comes a mute suppliant for favor, is qui escent, and may be' tumbled about at pleasure. The young mugiciau avers that tliis miraculous power is given him by spirits—whether good or evil, he knows not. We could relate many incidents in this connection illustrative of our little friend's necromatic faculty of snbduing the reptile creation; but the foregoing must suffice. Printers’ Pests.—Tne curious in such matters can ascertain for themselves, by calling at the Republican office any warm night, that the following picture of the troubles which beset the compositor while iujtlie discharge of his duties, is not overdrawn. We copy from the Colum bus (Gn.) Sun: Friday night, being the first one of the incomin g warm weather in whieh ye typo was allowed the pleasure (?) of indulging iu a whiff of fresh air by leaving up his window sash, also heralded the advent of his many posts. The broad glare of the many gas jets is a beacon light or the safe sailing into tl;o printing office of my riads of the insect tribe. Deeply im mersed in the intricacies of a political harangno (writer on “eye-ruination” telegraphic paper), his ideas are abruptly broken into with a whiz—slap—bang, and. a block beetle the size and length of a five ce nt cigar lights against his frontis piece causing ye unlucky disciple of Faust to hurl tm anathema “agin all suce.”— Up ia a Balloon—The .Latest Sen sation ! IndianAroLifl, May 4.—Yesterday af ternoon the following note was dropped from a balloon, high in the air and mov ing in & Southeasterly direction, near Montpelier, Blackford county, in thi* State. It was fastened to a loose pieco of wood and ir.-n weighing about one and a half pounds : “Sailed from Toronto, April 28, for New York. Met with adverse winds, and by a sudden movement of the balloon Mr. LaGrange was thrown out, I suppose, as near cs I could determine, or-r the South- rn part of Michigan. Not know ing how to manage the fihip, it ha-* l»een tossed to awl fro in all directions since he fell out I am alone and no earthly power can save me. J. drop these lints hoping that itome human will find them and communicate to my parents the tid ings of my Koul. Address Ralph Law rence, Upper Canada. Bertha Lawrence. The Teaching or Kxpetieae*. r Um experience of more tiun 12 years, csrefol e**minstion of more then ii) di'-. schines, bsving used in my family 5 kinds.tasking the lock, double-loop, —„ op ana twisted loop stitches—the ttst for nearly 4 years,the first for nearly 12, sad the others for nearly 6—1 desire to present to yonr readers the teaching of my experience, viz:— There are many kinds of sewing machines that are not worth the room they occupy Y_a few that do good Bcrrice r- r tboao who have the ability to manage and keep them in order, and bat ooe that ia always in order, always ready for service, ani that always gives satis faction. This ma chine uses a single thread, makes the twisted loop stitch, and never fails in making it. It is called tho Wiiloox A Gibbs’ Sewing machine,and is superior in aimplicttr, durability, ease ol management, certainty of opera ion and beauty of its work to any other that I have seen. The worts done by this machine has shown greater strength and dot ability than that done by ma chines making any other kind of stitch.—8. T. Fowler, in the Phrenological Journal. O d! Merohant Tailor |pSsSSSK CUSTOM-MADE 1V0RK rt Uw shortest notice. We liar* Two European Workmen ■ho will ■:.A . ■s wflhng to cut an j make clothes at raodcraMr the !**<* thetroJK ®ak»n„ them, as he can then bettor fnnii ^pronirerKo at.no p,.v. S&Sh cleaning done at short notice. “ en ' SoutL Side Lamar Stre^i. |Jinv mverttements. WILCOX & GIBB’S SILENT OR. SHAILEHR&RCER'S Fever and Ague antidotk AI way* Stop* the Call!-* Thu ITolI ,> ha ; te W-foro the Dubli,* fifteen ycrurq.ua l ». siUl ahe.,-1 oi ttU otll ' il- not sicken the storage any do -c. tuul unJ r * is the only Medieinn t! CURE IMMEDIATELY aud permanent^? qjn ry fc-rtu ,; Y V( . T t Ajn*,hrw. :J iiR* it i. „ A3»rid«H« IliU&rla. Administrator’s Sale. O N the first Tuesday in Jnce next, kfo. the court house door, in the town of Presto’ Webster county, Georgia, xcttl be acid betwm I ho legal houra of sale the following de»cnl- Jsnds, belonging to the estate of C. H. l/x- ,i- ~-a&ed, to-wit: Lot No. 62. in tho Sla ntauung acres. Terms cash. The above property having been purchased r u The Confederate Dead.—The New York World; of tho 15th ult., has tho following paragraph: “So careless have we been of tho Confederate dead buried at Gettysburg there is a widespread feel ing in the South which has found express- a mournful cry, that her dead ought to be brought back to less inhos pitable soil. Now, that the South should wish to have within her bosom the ashes of those who died for it is perfectly just This, even they who will not give those deafl, the credit ol patriotic motive, can hardlv dany. But it i« discreditable to tho North that we should wreak our ven- genee on those who havo expiated their fault,or mistake, or crime by their deaths. And what is it but wreaking vengeance on corpes, when those in charge of the Gettysburg Cemetery say that their charter only provides for the interment of tho remains of thoso who died in the defence of the Union. Bnt no civilized nation would hesitate to do honor to its galleut enemies—no, not even tho Cos sack. The Ladies of the South, the soldiers of the South—among them their chief—are gathering their mites to bring these ashes of their dead home. It‘ will be a lasting disgrace if wo do not render it unnecessary. A PLilt iiGi’ WONDLU In ita simplicity, strength cf stitch, apd beauty of finish. Needle ia self-idjusting and cannot l>e Bet wrong. It tucks, crnls. hems, fells, em broiders, braids, quilts and docs all kinds of plain and fancy sewing, with nc&tne&s and dis patch. For sale at manufacturers prices by From the Eastern Argus. Mrs. Revels at Grant’s Table A Scene at the White House—A Guinea Gobbler at a State Dinner. Mrs. Senator Revels, the wife of the distinguished “ man and brother, ” who sits in the seat of Jefferson Davis in the Upper House at Washington, arrived in that city on Thursday last, the 17th ulL, and was entertained the next day et a state dinner party by Gen. Grant, Gen. Batler, Gen. Skunk, Gen. Garfield, and other military imbeciles of note, accom panied by their wives and daughters, were among the company. Mrs. Revels passed from tho drawing room on the arm of Senator Sumner, and occupied a seat at the table between that gentleman and the President. Her conversation charm ed the comp my even more than her ap- Following close in the wnke of the varmint j p. nnuice. although the refined aud skirmisher came, in disorderly line of bat tie, a motey array of ringed,streaked and striped niiUery, candle Hies, thounaud-leg roaches and the devil knows what oil, sauntering in to the music of a legion of ye diabolical “skeeters,” Ye typo makes a lick for a letter, and in his fingers finds a thousand-leg,* drops him to knock a flea out of his eye or spit out a beetle—trying tho while to decipher from his obscure telegraph copy as to whether Anna Dickenson bos been ten dered th:» mission, to Patagonia, or Mnstapha Pasha, with his 9,000 wives, is on lib ’-vay to joiu Brigham Young. Oh yo happy mortals, who at night are enjoying iiie cream and soda water, at somebody else’s expense, little do you think when grumbling over minor affairs what toils, trials and tribulations ye fo - lower of tite “art preservative” unde rgoes. Any “bngologist,” pursuing his studies in this branch of zoology, cau find a broad field of labor in tho printer’s Interest sno to Facers ays Gardners. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue bos decided that formers and gardners who sell only the products of their own farms and gardens from their own wagons aloug the streets, whenever they cau obtain permission to temporarily place them, haring no regnlar place upon the street for their wagons where their customers may expect to find them, but changing their location, standingone day. in one pUco and another in another, do not by so d dug render themselves liable to special tax as produoe brokers. WttlDr. Alfred L. Acee; a distinguish- japh^efag. died auraMtitr stinciive taste in dress in which the ladies of Guinea are distinguished was sweetly apparent in the decoration of her person. A turban of mild scarlet with yellow bor der—a crimson moire antique with bine aud groen flounces, and buttons of dain ty brass—red slippers with white rosettes —with a massive necklace of barbaric pearls—half a dozen breastpins of carious workmanship—a few neat rings and a gilt belt united to form a toilette in which purity and simplicity were exquisitely united. Mrs. Revels partook freely of the Executive nourishment, and avowed her satisfaction over the cookery at almost every bite with a frankness quite refresh ing in the saloons of State. “See heah. ” she remarked as she psssed her plate for another cut of ham, “ of all dem dishes guv me de hog and hominy. Golly! but dat’sasweet piecoof bacon. Yah I yah! it reminds me of poss >m fat. Deseis good cookins, Hiram. ° This lost obser vation was, of course, addressed to the partner of her bosom. There was a gen eral feeling at the table that the “ Court Circles ” had received in this estimable matron a remarkable a Idition. On h *r departure at the close of the entertain ment, General Grant, with his wonted urbanity, remarked that he ‘•■would like ia see more of her, ” to which Mrs. Revels, with .uncommon tact replied: “ Yah f Yah! see no more of me die time, bnt Fse gUti* low-necked drosses. Disyech high ono was made down 8onf. ” Talbot ooanty, on Thursday, jrt tba*d?iujeed ago of Bevenly jmit. S. Robert 8. Atkinson, o( Bibb county, has been appointed by Bullock as Secretary of ’tho Executive Depart ment, vice R. fc. Lester, resigned. A gentleman from Wisconsin has urchasctl a camel’s hair shawl in New orkforhis wife, at on expense of five thousand dollars. Re » a floated saw mill owner. Canary Seed, Rape Seed and Cuttlefish W.e. BACON at priceu to correspond with the de cline in gold and cotton by mh3U-8m L N. If ART & CO. VTOTICE — Lost somewhere lx in the Metholiet church on last Sunday, or thereabout*, a locket containing my fol here picture. The person finding it will bestow a great favor by leaving it at John J, Hudson's store, and if required a liboral toward will be given. myl0-2t Sai.lie Wiooi>g. Webster Sheriff Sales. W ILL bo sold before tho courthouse i]< -Preston, on the first Tuesday in „ uuv next, between the legal hours of bale, the follow- uig described property. Lots of land No. 78, on which Mrs. Goare m v. lives; No. 51, joining above lot; one houso m lot in the town of Hardmonty, No. not know but known as the place whereon Mrs. huuime' ford now five*, in the 19th district of said coun?\ Levied on aa tho property of Pham Ooare, <f< ceased, to satisfy a fi fa issued ire: a the Superi« Court of said county in favor of too Ordinary c Stewart county for the use of Abner and Annate-, Guam va. James M. Shivers, executor. Protxrf pointed out by J. M. Shivers. ALSO, at the same time and place, one hooy and lot in tho town of Hardmor ?y, No. n< ■ toown but known as the store in which A Di! lard and others are doing business, ono black horse about IS years old; ono dark Lav mul* about 12 or 13 years old, in 19tb dwt. Levied 0 as tho property of B. F. Shivers to satisfy a n issued from Superior Court of said countt it favor of James M. Anderson vs. B. F. Shi' Sumter Sheriff Sales for Jnne. TXT ILL be sold before the Com t House door W in the city of Amcricus, Sumter county, on the first Tuesday in Jjinoncxt, between the usual hours of sale, the following protierty towit: One lot of land No. 224, in the 28th district Fum ter county. Levied on as the property of J. T. Westbrook, to satisfy a justice’s court fl fa tamod from tho 713th dbttkt O M.. to f«Tor of j pointed out by dofoattout.' Thomas H&rdiu vs. said Westbrook. Levy rnavfutfL «• H ; 'MtTrm™ vw. made and returned to me by a constable. * ' “ ' td9 V * H * Mdh ALSO, at the same time and place: one lot uf land in the 16th district of originally Lee now Sumter county, No. not knowu but known as the place where John A. Shields formerly lived Levied on aa the property of John A. Shields to satisfy a fl fa issued from tho 8up< nor Court of Sumter county, in favor of John L. Laratnore, executor of James Laratnore, deceased, vs. Moses A. Barrow, principal, and John A. Property e and place: the undi- 3 a house ard lot in the now lives. Levied on as the property of Oliver P. Foster to satisfy a justice court fi fa issued from the 7tOth disk. O. M., in favor of Wm. C. Brown vs Oliver P. Foster. Levy made by W. J. Bosworth, constable, and returned to me. time and place, the undivi- "le same * ** ‘ sfy a Iu the 78Dth diet. O. St, in favor of Wm. C. Brown vs. O. 8. Foster. Levy made and returned to me by W.J.Bos worth, constable may ?tds C. S. D\>ur, tthff ALSO, at the same timo and ptico the settle ment of land on whieh William Haynes non lives, in tho new sixteenth . district of Sumter county, containing six hundred acres, wore or less, number not known but known as the place Superior Court in fa7or of M. S Thomson, executor, vs. B. J. Head and tan L. Adderton. Property pointed or.t by J. A, Ansky, plaintiff \ attorney, uiaylfltda B. F. Shivers having applied to rot exemption of personalty and valuation and set ting apart of Homestead, I will patsupon tl same on Saturday, 21st dav of May, at 12 ro. may7-2t Geo. W. Davexpobt, Ord y. Ordinary’s Notice. Persons interested are notified that I will hold a court f*»r county purposes at rny office every Monday except first Monday in each month, may KB B. F. BELL, Ordinary. GREAT BARGAINS FURNITURE! FURNITURE, FURNITURE ▼ WOULO rcspoctfhlly inform the oitiaenaif A Americas that 1 have just received the largest and most elegant stock of In nature ever before offered in the 8outb, consisting of PAI^LOIh BED-ROOM, ^akh— DINING-BOOM SETS. J - i have also received The Larges) Stork CHAIRS !nto4he fionth,- f stock -ss Call slE oi.] Samvel Anthony. TH0S. M. EDEN, GUN & LOCKSMITH Dealer in GUNS, PISTOLS*, Powder, shot, caps of all kinds, wads, leads, tridges, pistol hoksUrs, molds, ladles, and sport ing ammunition of every kind. Wesson’s Breach- loading Rifles. Now on hand a largo and fitc assortment of fiahing tackle, consisting iu par. of grass, silk, cotton and linen lines, book,, floats, smkersjointet' and reed poles, -»♦ ,in » Wm. birrine A Son Notice to Good Templars GRAND LODGE OF GEOBGIA, Independent Order of Good Tempore,. Atuxw, Ga, April23,1870. ) The Fraternity will please takepoticoUut oar Worthy BrothcqCHARLEB W.HANCOCK, been appointed District Deputy Grand TVorthy tide f Templar for all the counties eomposing tbt Second Congressional District. All official business between the Sabawuwx Lodges in this jurisdiction and the Grand Lod^r of Georgia, and and all applications fwj*; lodges, mast be made to our Grand Wort-.' Brother Hancock, and his decisions on all ou*~ tiona of taw and order must be taken as final, un less reversed by competent autboritv. f Given under the Seal of the Gra id l/wp "• GUIDE TO HEALTH. Good Jiews to tlie Afflicted ! SolCcremy, tow..cliarg« and npffi'cona Dr. 33. AWDHSW 8 .Of Albany, New Xork. PbTai-fogy and ibe laws oflito aU*d to perform MnuaMwn m | mmBSSSeJSSA fesfs .■Jhrta Stotc ii"'" SPEt-l al/xoTKE Forroj-toOEritylg^ To Our Old Ss New Cus tomers. nxx)iN*:Jonssos.