The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-08-15

The |c"Janc says cdiiOrally
lhcrc Is NOT an honest or Intelligent ciii-
zen. nj all acquainted with the characters
nni antccetcnis of the main instigators Of
the revolutionary aud larry plot, which
produced the trrr.Hlc scenes OF yesterday
WHO does not know that the real aud con.
trolling motives o: those reckless and un.
Nrincipcl men WAS TO regain offices aud pa.
tonnage wnicN they had lost since the close
"f,hc war. AMI by means Of which they had
raiset themselves +. 90, poverty md ohrcuri.
~ ~ comparative wran and partisan no
to'icly 1t should not be ina incd for
moment that they were Of the class Of hon
est fanatics, sincere believers in any Of the
doctrines or IDEAS advocated by them that
they had ever manifested any honest sym.
pathy nr concern for the freedmen. The
lew IN our city who have some claims to
consistency and sincerity in such ideas aud
feelings, had no part in this Schcmc The
iGiilng actors wcr men vino, before the
war; were OF utter insignicance, and would
never have emerged therctrom in any peace
fpl, respectable con,munity. Many of them
were rcnegadcs from the Confcdc, ate cause.
| During tho excitement of the war, they
managed to get the most lucrative offices
Of The State and city, and The. Convention
! OF 1861 was prolific source of profit to
them. The Shcrilaiity OF New Orleans the
State Auditor, the Clerk of the Second Dis
trict Court one of the most lucrative of
h.Gs in the State--Public Printer, Register
of Votes, etc, hnd nll been appropriated by
the parties who, having H""u displaced from
these offices OH the return Of peace dis
placed hy their own Union friends -immc
diately became very much dissatisfied with
tho progress Of affairs, and have ever since
kept npan in 'cssant agitation about the
violence Of the rebels and the wrongs of the
poor negro. Tho violence and wrongs
which really troubled them were their OK
clusion from Office and their return to their
normal state of meritcl obscurity.
This whole Convention revival scheme
was got up by these men 1t had not the
support OF 500 white men in tho city or
Stac. unfortunately, however, the glib and
h!rocriiicnl demagognes succeeded in max.
ing II number of the poor, dcluded, unso.
phisiicacd freedmen believe that they were
their friends, and that i; was in their behalf
anu defence that this plot was concci- cd
and VAS 10 be carried out
And this is the true history Of the origin
and purpose Of this whole ncinrious plot to
ovcrrun the Government Of The State, and
which has brought upon n city which, at the
Il 10 Of ils "iieinaton, was perfectly peace.
ful, quiet and law abiding, the horrors of
of martial law.
WoMAN's WlLI..-Dip the Atlantic
ocean dry with teaspoon; twist your
heel into the TOO Of your boot; make
roSlmascrs pcform their promises, and
subscribers pay the printer; send up
fishing hooks with balloons and fish for
s'arS; when the rain comes down like
The cataract Of Niagara, remember
where you left your umbrella choke
musoni,o With brickbat: in short,
prove all things hitherto considered i'm
nosslblc, but never attempt to coax a
woman TO say she 'U,U when she has
made up her mind to say she aOont.
How long n horse can live without
food is decided by experiments recently
madeiin France 1t was ascrria,n"d,
by cruel means that horse Will live
for twenty-five days without solid food,
merely drinking water. nc may live
seventeen without eating food or drink
ting lie can only live FIVE days when
solid Iool without drinking.
After taking sold aimcni for he space
of ten days, hnt with an insu(licirnt
quantity of drink tbs stomach is worn
uui. The above facts show The impor
lance Of water in the suStrnance of The
horse, a horse which bad been dc.
rrived Of wafer for three davs, drank
eleven gallons in The space Of three min.
ltcs.
Dr.. (urric (hot by name and hot by
natnrc), when asked by particularly
woman to tell her tho pre-.
,isc meaning of the word idea" about
which she had been reading in some
work, but conld not under.
stand il at last angrily exclaimed, "Idea
madam, is the feminine Of idiot, and
means o sho.iool."