The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-10-24
The Great W est.
A NEW CITY-lNTERESTING FROM n;
MINING COUNTRY. 70;

We clip the following intcreSlinf
items from the Chicago RepuJhcaH:G
The city Of Cairo is rapidly pubbina
the great work of its 'internal imtove
mcnt." The city, as is well KNOWN is
built upon reclaimed iand--a sdrt o
bayou. at the confluence Of The Ohiosand
| Mississippi, surrounded on all sides md
protected from overflow by an extensive
levcr,, while the land inside is ataIRas
twenty feet below the level of its sgar,
rcrs, thus preventing drainage. She
design is to build all the streets to gradc,
something after our Chicagoplan Com
invtcai Avende, Ito principal bissiun BUSINESS
street, has already been completed. and
the contractors will now at once hocin
on Tenth street; also. two feet must be
added to the grade Of tho street between
Ohio lcvcc and Commercial AYGpuc.
Building lots, especially OH the mRr6ved
streets, command high prices, and lnany
buildings Of substantial class are Ching
up, for which, the demand is pressing at
good rents This youngest city ofjIli
nois is making long strides for the SECOND
place in the State. Datmgs its birth
from the completion Of the Illinois Gen.
trail Railroad it. has now a busy popula-
ton Of a: least $4,000. The CONNER.
cial situation is decidedly in its favor.
With direct railroad to ST. Louis, and
another to Vicenncs. and with the cam.
pletion Of the Cairo and Fulton Road
into Arkansas, Cairo will commaDd a
large inland and river trade, for E8hich
no other city offers better facilities.
While St. Louis and Cincinnati afe fro
zen up two or three months in thesyear
navigation southward from Cajfo is
always open.
a Helena (Montana) letter, off,Sep.
tember 10 says: Miuing operations,
stampcdes, and exctcmcn,s are8vcry
brisk. One stampede is going onto the
hcadwaters Of tho Salmon river ,9no,her
to Snake, and others to Wind ,rjser-
the latest and most excited to Greene
river, or rather La Barge river, Tie lat.
ter emptying into the former, y.ghich
empties then INTO tho Colorado. Erom
$50 to silO0 to the pan are reported, to
TO found there, and undoubicdly,b Before
winter SETS i'll earnestly some bigsthing
will have been discovered. Thslack Of
water would make mining in placesIiath.
or slow at present, owing to thesaSA inc;
cd dry a..a loeysvasolt wa So ttsi n.
even that is prevented by bringing IVA.
ter bitches into the gnlches to- wash the
DIRT. One ditch Of lG miles III length,
at an outlay of 100000, is nearly com.
ple'cd, which will bring water into Last
Chance lIclenq) and dry Gulcecs,
Yon may toHw an idea Of Tho mass Of
people here from the fact that this town
is to day as crowded as two months ago,
although from 600O to 5000 men left
for the dilitreE, excilcmcnts, States, or
Pacific coast. either cursng the country,
or gone home loaded with yellow ssrfr,
or going to winter in more congenirt
climate to return next spring. Quartz
mining is going ahead finely, and before
six weeks ahont twelve miles will be in
successful operation in this ncighbor.
hood. Produce is getting plenty and
lower. Gen thousand Mexican sheep
came in last week, and arc seling,at SO
per head by the drovcs Larger herds
arc on the way. Large drovcs OF Cali.
tornia and Mexican atLle arc on the way
here, the II earcst estimate being 10000
head, and by all appearances we won't
starvc to death this winter, having be.
sides about $4,000 sacks of Salt Lake
-four stored in this town alone.
. Rp'I1rr Tho Nuooror &c R,o,;1
who, as we have said on former oc-
casion, is a vory clever and enlightened
gentleman, is expected in tho United
States before great while. Such of
our friends as have Brazil on the brain
should possess their souls in patience
until his Majcsty's advent, when they
may possibly obtain important infor-
nation in regard to that country,
which could not be readily procured
through any other source. While
every one has the undcniable right to
elect for himself in the matter, we arc
,apprehensive that emigration to Brazil,
like emigration from this country to
Mexico, will results in majority of
cases, in disappointment and misery.
'f.. 't 3. i. 80. t'.
The late reform demonstration Mt
Manchester, England, was q "monstcr
mooting" affair. Mr.. Bright made q
very able speech. Ho was severely
personal to Lord Derby with regard to
his political carcer, and assorted that
if.the people Of Old England wore
>'s;;;; 1; ;.;.;.s"u, ignorant, aomoraiized; and
unit to be intrusted with the, fran
chiso, as alleged by tho governing
GLASS, they had become So from the
effeots of an aristocratic, rule which
controlled all tho powers of tho State
for centuries; for the people of the
same stock we're moral, educated, hap.
pyd and exercising the franchise in
New England, undef another form Of
government. r,ssg .ia4s [fys
JAIL DELryERy.---We learn that the Jail il
Chester has been emptied Of some valued
oontents--the prisoners confined having
filed off their shaokles, out aihole through
the wall OF the edifce. and took French
leave. Among those confined, were tht
murderers ofMr. W--:.ser, who are supposed
to bo likewise implicated in the murder o
Mr, Lemnel Lane. We ars +, Informed !, tla