The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-07-18

:" 100 ''"'"S, 'Vi RiopeTIy was
stolen and her sons were slain. In the
midst ofprofound peace she saw mad.
dcned crew of poor deludod creatures
vomlted forth upon her shores, and yet
~ what single instance did she depart
from the stiict principles of Justice, Of
humanity, and good government No
'm,hfory commission" thero-no tink
ling OF little bclls--no calcium lights TO
blast the optic nerve or clapping into
casemates III order to slowly kill-no
rant, no hnmbug, no torture, no murder
there. The people would not have stood
It. They would have seen in any such
deed vcrging toward tyranny, and
would havo pulled down its authors as
their fathers Topped off 'hc head Of King
Charles and put tho Rump Parhament
to rout. All That stout and sturdy Eng.
lsh heart. The Frenehman may pralu
OF glory and the Spaniard wrap himself
in pride and the hot Italian trust the
point Of honor but tho stern English.
man takes Principle for his guide and
has lived for two hundred years the
lfeest human being that walks tho globe.
There is no examining tyranny down his
throat by open force. There is no fost.
ing it upon lis heart by cunning snares.
The Minister who should commit Lon.
don Strect.boy to the Tower were lucky
10 escape tho gallowa, aud tho Judge
| who should dare 10 wink at the lcast
nsmpaion ofpowcr would have, like
JctfrIcs, his robe torn to ribbons on his
coward back A military commission"
iorsoo,h. Why, Gov. Wall, who fogg.
ed IL British soldier in India, was, fifteen
years after, indicted and hanged for that
murderous offence hanged by the neck,
though lie had twice the brains and seen
ten times the service Of a dozen Of our
bri9adiers.
And yet We, so pros,itutcd is our
spirit, deem ourselves the better Of this
proud people and actually make it. our
boast that we are "ioyu" to usnrpations
that British beggar would spit at.
Not London cockncy, not Canadian
Canuck, not a Nova Scotan Bluc.noac,
but is irvcr 10 day than the braggart cit,
Zen Of these United States. And he
deserves it. lie goes for pr,nciplc and
casts cxpcdiency to the four winds, and
principle holds him aud his liberties as
safe as the land locked harbor holds the
weary slip.
| SODA w ATEE-lis IllsroRr - We
will venture to say, observes the Lynch.
burg (Na.) Noes, that very lew Of our
readers who frequent the soda fountains
| know the manner IN which this lclccta.
III" summer beverage IS made. Sod,
water is simply pure water impregnatcd
with carbonlc acid gas. 1t is known b.
its slightly cxh'lrrallns qualities and
It's bubLing and scintilaiou. The water
to be imprcgnalcd with gas is placed in
Il strong vessel, usually made OF iron or
copper, called fountain. Tho gas,
after being passed through water to pu.
riy It, Is conducted to the fountain, and,
after sufficient agitation in contact with
the gas, ut high pressure, the water
becomes imprrgna'cl, and is then known
as soda water Tho first experiments
were made BY Ncnal in France, in
1850, and published in l776; by prcst-
ly, IN 1898; and. later by Bergman,
Black, Won Hcimot and others. Tho
frsl mandatory in the world was Us
tablshcd at Geneva, by Goss, an apolhc
cary OF that city, whose annual sales
amounted to 1000 bottles of "Eau do
Sclts." IN 1900, his partner Mr.. Paul,
founded an establishment in Paris, where
were compounded not only the principle
mineral waters in Franco, but even
those Of foreign countries. From this
| time onward laboratories multiplied all
over Europe, and tho manufacture OF
simple aSratcd water is now conducted
on SO large scale III all civilized co,ln,
tries that very large amount Of imvcn
Tive talent has been successfully employ
cd in improving tho necessary apparat
us.