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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

CABRAaE Worms. John Farrar,
one OF the most practical farmers in the
State, says these dcstru tive Insects may
be destroyed in the following easy and
simple way: Break ola large leaf from
the bottom of The cabbage, aud place it
on the top upper size down. Do this in
the afternoon and in the morning you
will find near or quito all the worms on
each cabbage have taken up their quar-
tnrs on this leaf Take off The leqi and
Kill them, or feed them to tho chickens,
and place the leaf back if their arc any
more TO catch,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

NTnE LONG AG0.N

The ou,.cr Of % exquisite poem pub
iishcd below % l,cucrGliy uutNown. His
name has escaped our memory, but we re-
member that Lc wns the. editor Of some
Obscure mp = IN nTeX0s, and about five years
since was ti."d ~ stcumb boat explosion
on tho mississippi river Poor fellow, he
had tn" vision ana faculty divine whateyor
his name may have been on earth:
Oh a wonderful stream is the river Of Time,
AS truns through tho realm of tears,
With faultlcss rythni, and n musical rhyme,
And a broader sweep, aud surge sublime,
Aud blends with tho ocean Of years
How tho winters aro drifting like flakes Of
snow,
And the summers like buds botwocn,
And the cars in tho shoaf--so they come and
they go,
On the rivors breast, with it's cbb and flow,
AS it glidcs in tho shadow and sheen
There's magical Isle in tho river of Timo
Who're tho softest Of airs arc playing;
There's \ cloudlcss sky, and tropical climo
And the Juncs with tho roses arc staying.
And tho namo of this Isle is Long Ago;
And wo bury our treasures there
There's a Lutte unswcpt, and harp without
strings,
There are broken VOWS and pieces Of rings,
And the garments she used TO woar.
There aro hands that arc waved when tho
fairy shore,
BY the image is lifted in air,
And wo sometimes hear thro' (hc turbulent
roar,
Sweet voices heard in tho days gono before,
Whom tho wind down tho river is fair.
Oh remembered forage, be that blessed Isle,
All the day Of life ill night;
When tho evening comes with its beautiful
smile,
And our eyes nrc closing to slumbcr awhile,
May that "grccnwood of soul be in sight"
Beautiful Thought.
Take tho beautiful shell
From its homo on the lea,
And wherever it goes
1t will sing of the sea.
So, take tho fond heart
From it's home and it's hearth,
Twill sing Of the loved
70 tho ends Of the earth.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

SALTINc DOWN CUcuMBERs FOR
PICKLES. Leave half an inch Of stem
Oh cucumbcrs--wash them in cold wa
ter-immcdiatcly pack with salt in al
tcrnatc layers, salt next to wood--onc
barrel of salt to five. of cucumbcrs.
Fill the barrel full, putting salt on
top-cut II wide board so as Just to
fit inside of the barrcl-boro half Il
dozen half inch holes through-placc
it on pickles with stone on, which
should weigh at least twcnsy-iivo
pounds, so as to keep tho pickles al
ways in brine. Take off the scum
which rises to the surface. Keep tho
barrels in the shade, and in four
weeks take off the stone and fill to the
top, as they will sottlc some. Put
more salt on, then head them up, and
they arc ready for market. It is best
to have two sizes Of Enthusiastically
QenN, maa
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12
Didn't Like Fighting.

II was always clear to tho Southern mird
that tho negro had no desire TO fight OH
| either side, whether for or against his lbcr.
ty, and this fact is somewhat strikinely
illustrated in the following anccdotc, re
lated by the Savannah Ne~s ond Uwuld,
which was given by u faithful Virgiuiam
! servant Of an officer in the Confederate
| army. Shortly after the news had reached
the camp, in North Caroil,u, ilnt the Con-
fcIcratc Government contemplated putting
the bucks into service, tho object was frc-.
qucntly discuss ID among the negroes around
the camp fires:
SIT yon gwinc to list, Thornton ?" asked
a spirited darkcy Of n staid old fellow, who
had followed his master through The war.
"No," replied Thorton, "I don't want
muffin to do with hshtin. Niger got no
business with muskcL"
"But," inquired the other who prct ended
to favor tho idea, saint you willin to help
to lick the nasty, stinking Yankees, what
| our folks make trabcl so fast? Aint you
gin en-!
"Ycs, is posed to them, but dc way to
help to whip dem varmints is, for dc niger
TO uso tie hoe lie knows what to do wild
| dat, bu. don't wild dc muskc, !"
"Eh, Thornton, you don't want 10 fight
no how ?"
"Dats 'c fact--what niger got 10 fight
bout ?" Dc white men, dc Yankees and
,icdcrates, is two dogs tighten for bone.
Niger is dc bone. You see dogs fight bone
but nchrr sec tic bono ight."
"Dai's dc fact" said the other; eden if
de bone don't, he gifts mighty bad chasrcd
sometimes"
This n"'rc conversation, simple as it is,
illustrates the situation of tho negro more
clearly than the most rcchcrchs treatise we
have upon this subject. Yes, the Hegro hns
been terribly "chawcT" in the late conflict
bctw cen thc North md the South, the extent
Of which no one has any knowledge ; but
his present condition, under the fostering
care Of The muni!icont Frccdmcn's Bureau,
is decidedly worse Sic transit ncgrophio
mNH4I!
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

Thore are now published in Great
Britain 1857 newspapers, distributed as
follows: Bngland--London, 226 pro-.
vincial ,70Tj total, 0o3, Wales, 43 !;
Scotland, l30; Ireland 1873; British
Isles, ID. Ofthesc thoro arc SO daily
papers published in England, l in
Wales, l3 in Scotland. II in Ireland,
and in the British Isles. In 1856
there were published in the United
Kingdom 734 journals; Of these 35
papers were issued dali, viz Is in Lon.
don, in birmingham, 3 III Liverpool,
3 in Manchester, 3 in Edinburgh, d in
Glasgow, and III ireland; but in 1906
there arc now established and circulated
1857 papers, Of which no less than rs
arc issued daily, showing that the press
OF the country has very greatly extend
cd during Tie last ten years, and more
especially so in daily papers-tlle daily
issues standing 7S against 35 in 1850.
Tho magazines now in course of publ.
cation, including the quarterly reviews,
number 537, Of which 100 are Of dc.
cidcdly religious character, representing
the Church of England, Wcsleyans,
Methodists, Baptists, Independents, and
other Christian communities.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

BRUTAL MURDER IN BoTEToURT-A lot
Ter from Fjncastlc, September ], caves us
the particulars of foul and brutal murder
committed at Glover Dale Mills, in Bote
tourt. 1t appears that young J. w. Bates,
formerly chief clerk at General Lees head
quarters. was clcrking for q man named
Cnmpert, whokceps store at the mills. Inst
Thursday Bates seemed to have moro money
than usual, and Cnmpcrt asked him where
he got it. Bates replied that he won it from
q man named George Langhorn, who lived
near there Langhorn hoaring of what
Bates said, won't Mt once 70 Camperts store,
where no found Bates asleep, pulled him off
tho counter and kicked him senseless Bates
expired in thirty minutes. Thcre were fivo
full. grown men who witnessed the murder,
and did not interfere Cor fear Of the bully
Langhorn. lle is in jail to await trial.
Bates was an inoifcnsivc man, and many
who came in contact with him at hcadouar-
tcrs of tho Army Of Northern Virginia can
testify 10 tho same Valley Virynian.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

Sidney d. Morse, Of New York, has
just patented curious philosophical
instrument, which is called hathomc.
ter. You throw it overheard, with its
appendagcs, in the ocean, where water
is miles deep. 1t goes down like shot,
and as soon as it touches the bottom it
turns and comes back to the surface.
You pick it up and the true depth Of
the. water where it struck the bottom ls
seen on the scale Of the barometer, Just
as YOU see the degree of heat on tho
scale OF a thermometer.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

SINGULAR LEGAL. .OrINloN.-A Mem.
phis lawyer relates, if we may rely upon
the statement Of the Memphis Bulletin,
that while in Carroll County last week,
he had attended the preliminary trial of
man before country magistrate, char.
grl with stealing corn from q neighbor's
crib. The evidence went to show that
tho defendant mad been found with his
hand in an aperture in the crib, safely
fastened in steel trap, which the owner
OF the crib had set for the purpose of
catching the thief who had been preying
upon his grain. 1t was also in evidence
that two empty corn sacks were found
lying at the feet Of the cntrapred indi.
vidual. The decision of the magistrate
was that there was no proof that the
prisoner had stolen any corn, and as to
being caught in a steel trap, any gentle.
man had a perfect right to stick his
hand in one il he felt t>inclincd to do 90.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

a YANKEE GENERAL BEATEN ny A
NEGRo.-A correspondent of the Nc.
tyopol'tan Record, writing from Lake
Providence, La, says:
In lsaquena county, Miss, General
Andrews, of Massachusetts, has been
endcavoring to run plantation. A.
few days since one Of the descendants
ofllam, in the employ of General An
drcws, was exercising gshis family pre-
rogativc by administering, according
to the law and customs of old puritan
Massachusetts, q severe lesson of cor.
porcal punishment upon ono Of his
own children. The General, coming
along, ordered him to desist. which
Sambo refused to do, asserting at once
the privilege guaranteed by tho Civil
Rights Bill. Hcreupon tho General
undertook to coercc the arrogant dar-
key, who.on the other hand, 0couidn,t
see it," a skirmish ensued, and alas.
our gallant General was most wofully
used up, retreating in demoralizcd
condition, .dismayed and disgustcd
with free niggers, Southern planta-
tions and all. He told some of tho
members that he had expended thir-
ty-thousand dollars in starting tho cot
ton planting adventure, but would
give it up. IIc said he chad fought
four years to mako the niger free,
and was now willing to fight the re-
maindor of his life time to nut them
back into slavery again.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

How TO BIZ UNMAprY.-In the first
place, if you want to be miserable, be
selfish. Think all the time Of yourself
and OF your own things. DO not care
about anybody else. Have no feeling
for any one bat yourself Never think
Of "nJoyinS tho satisfaction of seeing
others happy; bnt rather if you sec a
smiling face, be Jealous, lest another
should enjoy what you have not. Envy
every one who is better Of, in any re.
spect, than YOURSELF think unkindly
towards them and speak i'll Of them. Be
constantly afraid lest some ono should
cncroach upon your rights; bo watchfMl
against it, and ifany one comes near
your things, snap at him like n mad
dog. Contend earnestly for evcrythin g
that IS your own, though it may not be
worth dime; for your "rights" arc Just
as much concerned as if it were a pound
of gold. Never yield point. Be very
sensitive, and take everything that is
said to you in playfulness. in Tie most
serious manner. Be. jealous of your
friends, lest they should not think enough
OF you. And if al any time they should
seem to Neglect yon, put the worst con.
struction upon their conduct you can.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12
Three jolly Husbands.

Three jolly husbands out in the
country, by the names ofTim Watson,
Joe Brown, and Bill Walker, sat late
ono evening drinking at the village
tavern, until, being pretty well corncd,
they agreed that each ono, on return
ing homo, should do the first thing
that his wife told him, in default Of
which he should tho next morning pay
tho bill. They separated for the nig ght,
engaging TO meet again the next
morning, and give an houcst account
oi.thcir proceedings at home, 50 far as
thoy related to the bill.
: The next morning Walker and
Brown were early at their posts, but
it was some time before Watson made
his appearance. Walker began first.
"You see, when 1 entered my house
tho candle was out, and tho fire gave
but glimmor of light, I came noar
walking into a pot of batter that tho
pancakes were to be made of in the
morning: My wife, who was droad-
fully ont of humor, said to nc, sar-
castically:
"BiIl, doput your foot in tho bat
tcrW
"'Just as you say, NIagsy," said I,
"and without tho least hesitation
put my foot in tho batter, and then
went to bed"
Next, Joe Brown told his story
"Ny wife had already retired in
our usual sleeping room, which adioins
tho kitchen, and tho door of which
was ajar: not being able to navigate
perfectly you know, I made dread
ful clattering among tho house furni-
ture, and my wife in no very pleasant
tone, bawlcd out:
"Do break tho porridgo pot"
f'No sooner said that done. T sciz-
cd hold of the bale Of the pot, and
striking it itagainst tho chimney lamp
broke it into II hundred pieces. After
this exploit retired to rost, and got
curtain lecture all night for my
pains"
1t was now Tim Watson's turn to
give an account of himself, which he
did with a very long facc,as follows:
"My wife gave mo the most mlucky
command in the world for Twas blum
ac1l"g ar;ds gnt' up stairs i tho dark, who nsho
"Do break your nock--,lo Timw
cpl DO cursed if do, Kate" said
|, as | gathered myself up, pllsooncr
pay tho bill"
"And so, landlord here's tho cash
for you, and this is tho last time Pll
ever risk five dollars on tho COM
mand Of my wife"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12


Titn ARMY WoRNr IN LOUISIANA
The Baton Rouge A,lvocate Of the goth,
says:
So far We can learn Of but fow plan
tations that arc not more or less in
fected by this destructive worm. The
prospect for saving tho luto planted
cotton is dim, and the old cotton can
not escape without injury. From let
tcrs from Bapidcs we learn that the
worm is making its approaches on Red
Rivor. Our readers will understand
the basis of tho approhcnsions of tho
planting community, by rccollccting
that for every worm that makes its
appearance in the middle of August, q
myriad may reasonably be expected
in the samo field three wooks lator.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

a LAuGnABLE SCENE GETTING
ABOARD IN a HURRY.-Tho New List
bon Buckeye State writes up, in tho fol-.
lowing graphic style, a littlo incidcn-
thab occurred ut the Salem railroad de-.
pot fow mornings SINCE. A traveller,
bound for Cincinnati, where he had busl
ness OF importance to transact, and rested
over night, with his wife at the Broad.
way Hotel, in order to be sure to hi,
The morning train, which leave at an
early hcnr. IN morning tho travel
Ter was sleepy. His lady had arisen.
dressed herself, and gono down to break
last, expecting her lord to follow imme.
diately. While eating hastily and scold-
ing mentally, in view Of the husbands
tardincss, she heard tho whistle Of the
locomotive. Rushing fran,ically up
stairs, her horror may be imagined when
on opening tho bedroom door, snore
from the conjugal sluggard salutcd her
ear.
A slight scream and rough shake
awokc him. Ho heard the whistle. Pul.
ling on his boots, ho hastily gathered in
hls.arms the rest ot ms attire, and push.
ing the lady before him, put for the
tram alta two.forty gait, dressed only in
boots and Shirt The train reached tho
depot. Throwing all but his shirt upon
the platform, the lady hurricdly sought
70 obtain tickets at tho Office, while ,ho
husband proceeded too clo,hc himself
with his No. garment, While it was
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

* WOMAN BRANDED-liuropc has
often wcpt over tho imaginary woes of
Southern slaves; to all such wc com.
mend this true tale of Parisian life.
In the biography Of Victor Hugo we
find the following?
At Paris, in 1918, on summers
day, towards twelve O'Clock ut noon, T
was passing by the square of tho Pa
laiso dc Justice. A crowd vas assem-
bled thore around post. 1 drew
near. TO tho post was tied a young
femalo, witc a collar round her neck,
and writing over her head. A cha
ling dish of burning Goals, was on the
ground, before her; an iron instru-
ment,with wooden handle, was pla-
cod in the live cmbers, and was being
heated there. Tho crowd looked per.
fectly satisfied. The woman was gull,
ty of what the law called domestic
theft. AS the clock struck noon, be-
hind that woman, and without. being
seen by her man stepped up to tho
post. had noticed that tho Jacket
worn by thss woman had an oncninc
o''i'i", hclV toSolhcr by strings; the
man quietly united these, drew aside
the jacket, exposed tho woman's back
as far MS the waist, seizod the iron
which was in the chatting dish, and ap-
Piied,it, leaning heavily OH tho barro
shoulder. Both the iron and tho wrist
of tho cxccutioner disappeared. This
is now more than forty years ago, but
there still rings in my cars tho hor.
riblo shrek Of. this wretched coature.
10 me, sho had been thief, but was
now martyr. was thon sixteen
years of age, and | left tho place do
tcrmincd to combat to tho last days of
my llto these crucl deeds of thcla
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

sSambo, am you posted in the natuc
raj sciences?' 'Sartingly--ob course
is.' Don you can toll me the cause
of do great rot in potatoes for do las
many years gone BYE ooh, dst's easy
'nough for domcrest chile in scientific
larnin:' 'Do great rot in potatoes is
oil OWN to do rot tater-y motion OBJ
do earth.'
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

ENGLISH AGAINST AMERICAN CLAIMS.
"A Washington correspondent Of the
New Yarll Ecpress,, says that Mr. Sew.
ard is preparing to make another formal
demand'upon the British Government
for restitution for the damage inflicted
upon the property Of thc American cti
zens' by the Confederate privatoers.
England has of late been putting in
such enormous claims against tho Uni.
tcd States for losses OF English subjects
in the South by Federal seizures of
property during the war, that tho ac.
counts to be rendered by either Govern
mcnt will very nearly offset the Others
Indebtedness. Sharp Yankee trick.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

SPREADING MANURE IN THE FALL
Mr.. Lyman Balcolm, OF Steuben Coun.
ty, n. Y, and old and experienced far.
mer. writes tho Genosee Farmer that he
thinks ono load Of manure, hauled out
and spread at any time between the goth
OF September and winter is worth more
than two loads applied at any other sea-
son.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

>. dsNEnAL GUsTAvus W. SMrTn.-In s;cf,
tor rom Chattanooga to the editor of Tho
memphis Aralanche, General Smith denies
.nat hc wrote tho criticism Of The Dalton
'c"mpaisn m recently published, and says
Dut, SINCE my nnmo has been publicly
S.. Ho,thec.ea WIN II, feel not only at liberty,
oon oua constrained to say that in my Judgment,
oU'aTvors'es oua a, OF me character provoked by,
Mna "nu aainGss certain to spring from, pubioa
''ons VI lhis sort, arc at present ill.timed;
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

Yhe celebrated cruiser, Sumter, which
was so long the dread Of tho American
navy, has arrived at Hull. She is
about to trade from Hull to the cont.
nent, alter undergoing certain altcra.
tons to fiji her for the conveyance Of
cattle.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

TIE AUTHOR OF TIE ''ElARr OF a
THOUSAND STRINGS. The papers arc
announcing the death OF n young Gin.
cinnatian-a poet and an artistic
whom is attributed the authorship Of the
"IIarp Of n Thousand Strings" We
have reason to know lie was not the au
thor OF that famous burlcsque. The
sermon was never actually delivered, Of
course, but something similar to it was
heard by a young lawyerof Woodville,
Mississippi, who repeated it in aeon.
vcrsation with Methodist minister,
who then resided at Clinton, in this
State, and now resides in the parish of
Morchousc. lie had no idea of its get.
Ting into print; bnt the clerical gentle
man, who Is a great humorst-a man
OF fine sense, OF uncxceptionablc cllarac.
ter, and than whom no one is more re.
spcclcd by those who know HIM wrote
ii out, making some additions to it, and
it was shown among friends. until final.
ly ltgot into print. Once started, 1t
went The rounds. Probably no produc.
ton was ever so extensively published
by the press of the United States. Ma.
ny limitations Of it appeared, and the
Cincinnatian may have been the author
of one of them but none equallcd the
original in absurdily and rich humor.
The author has written many other
humorous things, most OF which have
rover got.into print, for he is not ambi-
tlous 0! that sort of fame. But, We re-
peat, that he is preacher oflhc Mclho.
dist church, now residing in Morchouso,
a Christian gentleman, and a man Of
a high order ofintcllcct.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

Accounts from Tho counties ofLown.
dos, Dallas Greene, Marcngo, Wilcox
and Perry, in Alabama, represent that
u, inc cotton crop is ravagod bycaterpillars.
INC factors OF Mobile have received
orders from planters to withdraw their
cotton flom sale, in consequence,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12
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A special dispatch to the Tribune
from Arkansas says that "last week four
Union men accepted challenge from
four late Rebels to fight duel with ri.
fles, distance one hundred yards. An
being sharp.shooters. each ball took ef.
lccts three being killed outright. and the.
other five more or less wounded"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

GEN. BUTLER-zThe La Crosse
Democrat throws the following large
sized d'1ch Mt the hero OF Big Bethel:
Ben. Butler the National Spoon
Stealer and silver Ware Thief will bo
in Milwaukee this week, on tour OF
inspection connected with the Soldiers
National Asylums. Ben. will doubt,
less bring along his Itaiic eyes and pur.
lolning disposition, for which reason
children of tender years should be kept
within doors and valuable portable pro.
perty locked up.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

Several bodies of Confederate SOL.
dlers' killed in the Valley, passed
through Staunton last week. It was,
touching to notice that every coffin had
a wreath of flowers on it, the tribute OF
tho iair and gentle womch of the Valley
to the bravo and honored dead Vai>
Icy Vtndtcator..
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12


a WAR ON WoMAN.--During the
war, the Roman Catholic Sisters of
Charity iu.thc Border States minis
tered to the comfort Of Confederate
and Union soldiers alikc---whcthcr in
hospital or camp Their Christian
education and training prohibited
them from making any distinction.
Now the radicals out in Missouri
have placed under arrest some of
these Sisters for not taking an oath
substantially affirming that they have
never given aid and comfort to an enc
my-in other words, that they never
gavca u cup of cold water to a dying
Southern soldier; that thoy never
cooled his fcvcrcd brow, never wrote
u letter for him to friend or relative
far away never said prayer for him
on his dying bcd--noycr, in short, did
any act Of Christian kindness to fol-
low mortal in extreme distress. Of
course, the nuns spurnod that oath,
and have given bonds to appear and
answer Ut tho next Circuit Court of
Cape Girardcau. AS the radiual
seem to have pretty much the control
OF judges and jury all, in unhappy
Missouri, it would not be at all sur
prising if the sisters should be
found guilty, and dealt with accord.
mgly. KS Methodist, Episcopal, Bap-
tist and Presbyterian Ministers have
been sent to Jail, why should Sisters of
Charity escape =?