The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-26

doscriOcS Delie OIL the French Watering
places; who belonged to tho best socicty.5
She wore short pctticoat, over which w,s
loopcd skirt rof'Btill briescr dimcns,ors
On her feet were long boots, ornamcntoi
with tassels. 10 enumcrate the drons .of
glass and metal which covered tho voung
lady's dress would be quite imposs;bln.
Her corsago WAS fastened by sash, and tho
spectator nyoluntarily, glanced to the loft
side, expecting to sec a sword dangling
there. Two ipordinately long ribbon stream
ers resembling q pair Of reins, were fas,cn-
cd at the back of her neck, one noacd be-
hind her to the gronnd. One of The most
curious features Of this lady's "harness"
was her hcaddress. II consisted of an in
famous scaifolding of reddish-brown hair
crimpcd, cmlcd, rumplcd, and falling in
calculated disorder upon her neck and
shoulders, the whole snrmountcd by small
gnuze and wire platter, garnished with
frstoons of large glass beads, and covered
with n tuft Of artificial leaves and flowers.
The platter was fast tcncd 10 its place by two
huge pieces Of ribbons, not much less ,hnn
foot wide. The visagc set oil by these
accessories was itself u work of art A
thick layer Of paint was pastercd over the
face, and rendered adhesive by some greasy
substance. At particular points were pcn-
| oiled blush lines, to initiate yains The
eyes were surrounded by II black cir.,a of
India ink, the checks were dclicatcly rcd
dencd with carmino, and the lips smearcd
with rose .cclored pomatum. OF course it
would not do TO exhibit this picture in the
open day. Like other paintings, il is seen
| to best advantage at distance though it.
would be vcnturing too far to affirm that
even distance could, ir this case slend en-
chant tmeie TO Sthc c,vicw." 10 prevent acci-
dents, the lady wore veil, just thick
| enough TO dissinua,c any little impcrfec-
tions in the decoration Of her visagc, and,
thus protected, appeared in public. accom-
panied by bcvy Of others Of Der sex, got
ten up in the same fashionable" style Of
| art How you like the picture, oh
| feminine im,ators Of French modes?
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| DIsGRhCEruL Scene. We cannot Gttingly
characterize the indignity and snsnl that
were offered to the President Of the United
States nt indianapolis. II was no. only dis
graceful TO the persons vino proved Them
| selves so lost to respect and drccncy. but il
was disgraccful to the city which permitted
the outrage. and to the political party to
! which the Indianapolis mob belong. II is
lamcntablc indeed if our country has ap-
preached so near to the point Of anarchy
tnnt its chief magistra,c.-the successor OF
Washington, Jackson, Lincoln and the rest
cannot pass pcaccably through it. No
wonder that, when passion and political
hatred run so high, tho few remaining old
statesmen of tho Jacksonian era should
come forth from political rcliracy to use
| their efforts in stcmmin. he tide Of radical
ism. It is not long step from such scenes
rs were ennccd ut Indianapolis to the scene
30 cloqnently portrayed by Webster, in
which was depicted "a land rent with civil
'fcuds. Or drcnchcd, it may be, in fracrnal
blood" There is danger ahead when we
sec such signs. .as those alluded to- and tho
fact should not be disguised It is the duty
| of every temperate citizen to use his infu-
| ence in keeping down the spirit of turbu-
lence whichis now so,prcvalent, and also
to mid i'll resorng the Union to its normal
state of peace and harmony.-Neo York
| San.
a SINGULAR REMINIsENcE.-IIow
many rccollcctions como clustering
'around us at the name or Yorktown
some sad, some serious, and some Curl
Gus. few of the last class may in
tercst our readers. The 5th Louis
lana Infantry, (Col. Hunt, command
! ing,) landed at Yorktown in. the midst
Of a cool rain storm of unusual vio-
lence. A captain of tho regiment,
with some other officers, sought refuge
in recently deserted house. His at
tention, was attracted to what seemed
to be his own hand-writing,in letter
I among a pile of loose papers on. the
floor: Picking it up, he found his
own signature to it, a native of an ad-
joining county, (Gloucoster, we think,)
who had served at tho seige of York
town. 1.-Two remember rightly, the
grandfather held the same rank in tho
rebel army that his grandson held in
the new. The finding,of the letter,
with all tho attendant circumstances,
is certainly one of those incidents
stranger than fiction itself. - Ge,t, d.
III kiU. h ..,'.aa,sito,
A Row AMONG sTHE CnURCEs- -Brother
Bceoher's one hundred FOUNDER hns kicked
mp tremendous row among tho churches.
Chceveris going to pitch into him to-mor-
row but this irreverent ranter will get the
worst Of the discussion, as poor Greedy did
tho other day. There is fire in Brother
Beechcr's rear, however, not 80 easy to
silence. The parson employed to occupy
Beecher's pulpit during his vacation has
been preaching against him cvor since his
famous letter, and there will probably be n
split in Plymouth church and in all the other
churches except the Romnn Catholic, which
never bothcrs itself with politics. If Bro
ther Beecher gets into trouble wo will ha,
collections taken mp for him in the Catholic
churches to build him q new church on
Fifth Avenue, and present him with lot Of
ground for private residence mt! Fort
Washington, where he can imagine himself
in tho Garden of Eden, barring the serpent
and the flaming sword.-N Y. Herald,
! JUsTIoE IN: WEST VIRGINIA. Tho
following extract from q letter from
Charles ton, West Virginia. will show to
what extent radcalisn is carried in that
bogus. State:
| "As things go on in this new State, 4
there is little protection for any Sonth:. :"
erncr. Every man who was in any way
connected with he rebellion, is liable to
a sni' for damages sustained by 'loyal
people during the war. Whether the
defendant was in any way implicated in
the injuries Inflicted or NOT, or. whether