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The loyal Georgian., 1866-10-13
GJr Ioyul Gtprgi1n,
AUGUSTA, GA, OCTOBER l3. 1866.

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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-07-04
Foreign News,

NEW York, June 25,.-Tho steamship
Germania arrived from Sout hhampton with
dates to The 18th. Sales Of Cotton on Men.
day. lO0a bales; market firm; prices uu-
changed hrcalsiuiIs iirm; provisions stca
dy; produce quiet aud STEADY.
LoNuoN, June l2.--consol SGIC6SGs
52o's. G53C1G52.
LnFrancc believes thcrumor of an cx-
pccted imperial message and tho issue of u
new loan is nnlounded, aid should NJ. Rohn
be questioned on the polly of the Govern
ment, ho will only rcpcatIhis third of May
declaration. Marshall p'Doncl has cx.
pressed appreheusions thdi SGG will not pass
without Spain having to offend her crritory
The passport system in Austria has been in.
troduccd. The Emperor!ias started for the
headquarters Of the Amy Of the North.
The Austrian Embassad9r has not left Bcr.
lin. The popular indication in Bavaria
against Prussia continues. Effortsnra be-
ing made to induce tho i9ug to change tho
ministry who maintain tlc policy ofdcclar-
ing against the power tlist shalt commence
war. Austria has protested against tho
entry Of tho Prussians inlo lIolsio;n dccar-
ing such to be in vioatini Of the Gastein
convention. Tho Prussiatls have occupied
three important points, aad will inncaiato-
ly occupy three others.
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Davis on AndersOnyiIle.

There was food in the Confcdcracy. but
no means for its collection tho holders hid
ing it after The currency had become dcprc-
cia'cd; and, if collected, then came the diff
fculty.ofits transportation. Their railroads
were oyertaxcd, end tho rolling stock soon
gave out. They could not feed their own
itINps, and prisoners of war in complaint.
some of his people confined in the West and
at bookou, Point had been ncnrIy starved
u. certain times, though he we'll know, or
we'll believed, full prison rations had been
ordered ana paid for in these eases. Herd
men together in dlcncss within an inclo-
sure, their arms taken from them, their
organization lost, without employment for
their time, and you will find il difficult TO
keep them in good health. They were or
dorcd TO receive precisely the same rations
given to the troops guarding them; but dis
honest Commssaries and Provost Marshas
were not coniincdto any people. Doubtless
the prisoners on both sides often suffered
that the officers having cha:go of them
might grow rich but wherever such dis
honesty could bo brought homo, prompt
punishment followed Con. Windor and
Col Norhrop did the best they could, he
believed; but both were poorly obeycd or
sccolacd by thcir suboruinates. TO hold
him responsible fOr such unauthorized pri-
vations was both cruel and absurd lie
issued order after order on the subject,
md, conscious of tho extreme difficulty Of
tcctinS The prisoners malc the most libcr-
al offers for exchange willing to
accept any terms that would release his
people from their burden. Non OK xchangc,
however, was the policy adopted by the
Federal Government =. Just MS Austria, in
her late Campaign against Frederick the
hrcnt, refused to exchange; her calcua-
lion being, that rs hcr population was lvo
times more numerous than Prussia's tho
refusal would be n wisc measure That it.
may have been prudent, though iuhuman,
situated rs the South was, he was not pro-
pared todcny; but protested against being
held res pcnsiblc for evils which no power OF
mis- could avert, and TO escape from which.
0!:no2t amy concessions had been offered.
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they contain many Of The very charac.
tcrs, the Specification of which has been
so much debated. Nor are The contents
OF the Inscription itself less interesting
it Is a decree OF the Egyptian Assembly
OF Priests, dated III lie ninth year Of the
reign Of King Eucrgetcs the First. Tile
priests OF Egypt came together at that
time as the Inscription states. TO cclc.
hrate the birthday Of the monarch.
Ills good deeds are first of all cn,lmcr,
at"d, among them the mcri, OF having
recovered III a military expedition, The
sacred images, carried off in former times
by The Persans. Grra' honors are then
dc creed him as Il reward for his services.
One OF these is feast to be celebrated
IN honor OF the King and Qnccn on the
first day Of the year. The decree finally
closes will. the alluSion to Tho place to
be held by this festival, which complete.
y explains the method 0! reckoning the
months of the old Egyptian year, con.
corning which modern wrilcrshave great.
ly differed. l., is needless to add that
this valuable relic of he past is to be i'm.
imediately made public.
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That 0YcrcNat.

If DR.. Craven had not wisely published
tho whole official correspondence, the fol.
lowing statement would seem Incredible:
On the 10Th Of OJtobcr last "Mr. Davis
having complained that his clothing was too
thin for tho increasing cod' Of q room in
which there was no fire, Dr. CraSon re-
qucslcd Il "fiiendto procure good heavy
black pilot oYcrcoat" and ''somc flanncls for
thc prisoner"
ing 10 mo innocent. AMI oven iaudablc,
causcu mo great trouble, rs muy bs'sccn by
;he following CORES cspondcnce, finally lcad-
Ms tca peromptory order which altogelhcr
broke off the previously free relations | had
exercised with Mr. Davis"
MI OF ns probably rccollcct the dcloctahlo
Forncy's noble rage about this memorable
oycrcoat. That incompatible wretch was
inliytrutr. President Davis having good
%arnpolotting. When Forncy heard that ~
taHor named ''Owens" was making an over
cont for Mr.. Davis the Chronicle spohted
wttcr for n week. II favored Nh. PAWS
freezing 10 death anl charged ,ha, Tho con:
spiiacy to keep him warm was HE work OF
traitors" It's oonsoling to reflect, how-
ever, that If there is any heat III Orcus,
that Forncy will moi require an oyercoat
when the devil gets fHs owu.
As n matter of course Miles is nn ntien-
tive render of the Chronicle, and Forney's
c!hmor about Ex-presidcnt Davis ovcrcoat
greatly exercised that hnmnne hero.
DR.. Craven states that on the 10Th Of
November last, in consequence Of "certain
comments In tho newspapers upon on over
coat having been ordered for MIR. Davis OF
s. w. Owens, n tailor Of Washington city,
ho received briof official letter from tho
Major; General commanding" {Miles, t.in-
quiring IL any orders had boon giycnby him.
(Crayen) s'for an oyerc6at for Jcifcrson Da-
yisY"
TO this important official interrogatory
Cravon at once replied respectfully thai
"lio did order a,thick eYorcoat, woolc,
drawers and under-shirts for Mr.. Davis
because the prisoner was fccblo in hcaitl
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Washington News.

WAsnINGroN, june 2G.--Thc pre-
else position occupied by the Demo-
cratic members Of Congress in refer.
cncc to tho Union Convention, called
ut Philadelphia, is thus stated: They
are iavorab!y disposed towards such Il
Convention, believing that the repre-
scntation Of the Southern States in Con-
grc$s is not only Il right, but necessary
to the harmony and prosperity of tho
country, They arc willing, therefore,
to cooperate with the Union Convcn-
ton for that purpose. But if it Shall
be perverted from its original and pa
triotic design, for the formation of u
new party, they prefer clinging to
their own. At Atprcscnt the Democrats
seem Inclined to further the move
mont.
Charges affecting tho private char
actcr Of Gen. Fitzpatrick, the Minister
to Chill, arc said to have been pre-
sonted to the State Department. If
true, it will no doubt cause his speedy
return.
1t is thought that the House will ad-
here to its tax of five per cont on cot
tor, which will cause conference
committee. The action of that COM
mittcc will probably be II compromise
on the Senate amendment, which will
fix the tax at two Il half cents.
ID. n. Strothcr, OF West Virginia,
has been confirmed as Consul to Buc-
nos Ayres.
The Secretary Of the Treasury will
redeem all certificates of indebted
ness falling due after August 3lst,
with accrued interest thereon, if pre-
sontcd tor redemption in or before
July.
WASHINGTON, juno 2G.-Thc Freed.
mems Bureau bill passed the Senate
to-day, with an amendment to the
House bill which pcrcmptorily con-
iirmed the negroes in possession of
land under Shorman's order. The
Senate amendment is that tho negroes
shall surrender all the Sea Island
-tAsstsss tsithG owners, cxecnt those sold
for taxes. The bill is to continue in
force three years. 1t goes back to the
House. Congress has passed tho House
biz amcndatory OF the act to organize
Washington territory. 1t makes the
sessions Of the Territorial Legislature
biennial Instead of annual, anL in
crcoses the compensation of mcmbc,s
Ss3 TO So per day. The President has
approved the bill for the dispc.al Of
the public lands fpr homestead TO ac-
tnal settlers III ;;.c States of <tlabama,
y
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Congressional.

WAsuINGTcN, June 25-In The Senate
Pollard offered resolution nstructing
tic Committee on public buildings and
grounds TO inquire whether tract OF land
Ut about $50 acres adjoining or very near
the City OF Washington can bo obtained nt
u reasonable price Tor public park and u
site Tor ~ Presidential Mansion. Adopted.
The tax bill WAS then discussed ana passed.
Morrill, of Vermont from the Committee on
Ways and Means reported the tariff bill
which was ordered 10 he printed and made
the special order Tor Thursday next. a
resolution was adopted increasing the salt-
rics Of certain classes of employees OF the
House twenty-five per cent. Tho House
roi,ilcd 10 cntcrtain The Introduction OF Il
resolution calling on the President TO inform
the House what steps If any, had baen taken
To i:icrposc lac good Offices OF Tic United
States Goycrnment with Great Britain in
behalf OF lie Fcnians recently captured in
Canada. Thv tariff bin iDtroducci to day
is the longest ever reported and its consid-
Grafton i'll ,hc House IS likely to last tho
whole week a. .hcre nrc many points which
will occasion discussion. Considerable ad-
diiiouS have boon made . lie free list, but
not toa great extent.
ENienslvg changes ha hcen made in
leaving specific Instead Of ldvnorcm duties
\
aud Of mucii more nIoincnt han Tie present
tariff. The dUiy on coffee and tea 10 mn
changed, on cigars two dollars and fifty
cents per pound and ttror cen!. advaiorem.
The duiy Oh coal is reduced from one dol
lar and twenty five cents per ton 10 ilf'y
cents per ton. The duty OH al kinds OF
iron Will be increased from one quarter | y
one cont per pound. Iron pegs nine dol
lars per ION: railroad iron which now pays
10 cents per lU0raiscd TO ono dollar. Iron
bars one and ono quarter cent; the duty on
steel Of all Kinds Will be doubled, OH paris
white ono ard enc half cents per pound I;
the duty on papers has not been changed but
tho internal rovenuc Tax has becn taken off
tho dutios on cheap payers. None arc very
largely increased both on tho specific and
advalorcmtax, Thcprincipalfght over III in
the House will be on the iron and steel,
lumber md coal causes. AS % general
thing the wool growers and manu- acturors
sccm TO be satisfied with their clause Of tho
bill Pcnnsylyanian protcctonists arc
highly dissatisfied notwithstanding tho duty
OH iron is largely increased,
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nd the winds of tho coast cold and pierre

and the winds of The coast cold and pierre
6 -
Upon this reply Miles chcwcd tho cud Of
both sweet and bitter reflection for the space
of eight days, and Oh tho 18th Of November,
hurled ond official order at Craven to
the effect shnt lin future you give no orders
for Jefferson Davis without first commul.ica-
ting with these Head Districts, and also
that i'll future your conversations with j ei-
fcrson Davis must be confined strictly to
professional matters" 'illead District"
Miles thcn closed his angry order with the
following reference to the 'momcnt Gus
overco0p': ''You will also report the price
paid for Jefferson Davis overcoat and by
| whom paid !" TO this note Craven replied
that he did "not know the cost of the over
coat--had not received the bill, but would
send it to General Miles when received"
few days afterwards the noble Miles,
burning with patriotic impaticncc, again
wrote to Craven asking '.if the oycrcoat fur
nished to the prisoner had been paid for ?"
TO this letter Craven responded "that par.
ties unknown had paid for the oycrcoat
without his approval, knowledge or con
scnt." Thus ended the famous "ovcrc0at
correspondence" which terminated the hu.
name and pleasant intercourse Of the illus.
rious prisoner and his kind physician. and
we alludc TO it cditorally, as the picture
which is elsewhere Grawn Of Mics, would
be imperfect if this characteristic CORES.
Pondtncc was omitted. - i'iciMoiiR Iyme$
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DANGERS OF FAMISr.-rhn

DANGERS OF FAMlNE.-'rhe news
from AL parts OF The South, give sad
news Of the crops i'll their sections; fail
urrs OF the wheat, cotton and corn crops
are reported from every quarter. In
Alabama and Georgia, lrs,i,u;iun Pre-
walls to an alarming extent, and in no
State IN the Spu;h can rhc people more
than sustain themselves; what then is
to oc the consequence the coming Win.
ter? Famine starcs the country in the
face. The people have no money; the
only resource Of the Souh, the cotton
crop, IS almost total failure Louisi.
anna and Mississippi have suffered great.
ly blythe high water and the conse.
Iucnt damage to ocrops, whic in other
States the crops have suffered material
y from the continuous wet weather.
The South, therefore, will be dependent
upon the Morthem States for provisions
But there IS now every indication that
tho grain yield in the North will not
reach one half crop Cor the present
season, and Sat prices will conscoucnl-
ly DC high. In view of such circum
stances every article of food should be
carefully husbandcd, every resource Dc.
vcloped, and the greatest economy prac.
ticed. From present Indications it
would seem that great suffering must
,hlsuG tho cO"ilng ~ ..IlVvr mrs.. y
Richmond E,caaatncr.
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a. LINCOLN

TIE PROBABLE RMLEAsM OF JErsER
SON DAvts.-A correspondent writing
from Fortress Monroe under date 10Th,
declares the following Of tho much agi.
tatcl question Of Mr.. Davis release, and
the facilities he is at present ALLOW.
ed in the fort:
The various statements in regard to
the probable release or parole Of Jcllcr-
son Davis, ana tic much agtalcd qucs.
ton as to his health, arc fast ccasng to
be ~ matter of discussion in ti,is se:iion
of the country. With the freedom o. the
fort granted him, and the consequent
relaxation Of the vigilance over his
movements kept by the military anthor.
itics, ceases all the anxiety OF an antici.
pated release or escape, and travellers Or
visitors sojourning temporarily Oh lhc
Point would scarcely be aware Of tho
imprisonment here Of Jefferson Davis
wcro it not for tho system Of prohibit.
ing passes to other officers and employ.
ecs Of the Government TO enter the loi.
lrcSs.
In the handsomely fted up casctuont
set apart by General Miles for their nc
comodat,on, Mr.. and Mr3 Davis md
family live far more comfortably tliall
any Of tie officers Of tie gmri53n, and
as they are not stinled By their MINER.
ous friends, and The provisions made b.
the Government are ail the varionalux.
nrics OF the season, their residence by
the sea sideis by no means as unpleasant
as many seem to suppose.
Tho author Of ssIIahit and MTenn fe-
lated 3an anecdote$of All oldrfashioned
naval captain who committed the off,
fsnce Of dancing Without gloyca lie
had stood up to 80 through a4 country
dance with q very fnelady, Wl,U @as
shocked to observe that his hugo
hands were not coyer9l according 10,
etiquette.
aCaptain," said his fair partnsr,.
"you arc perhaps not aware that yop.
have otgotyouraloyes ont q
"Oh, noyor mind, madam," answer
cd tho commander, ssncgor mind, I
can wash them when VIC are tdono.o'
A. Il. Stewart has purchased Kel.
llogg's Princess after tie Bath, !" said,to
bo a marvel of coloring, for tho nice l.ts
] ltlc.sumo! $4,000
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News Items.

WAsnlNGToN, JUNO d27.-Y csterday,
for the first time dujing tho session,
the Middle States and Wcstcr. men,
bcrs of the House co-opcratod as
against New Englar3l intcrcsts--tlse
latter were defeated fin their efforts to
secure the Northern t'aci6c Railroad
route, the majority 3lopting what is
termed tho central. quito. This bill
allows The Union Pafic Company TO
change their route s as to so by Den
vcr City and Colorado.
New YoRw, June }7.--Thc steamer
Moro Castle brings \ avana advices to
the 23d. E$t/uto S. IS the Mexican
Empire depends up3n the success Of
the departments of 9ar and tho treas
ury, in establishing " national army 4;
but whilst the EmpAc has neither
men nor money, its u alation is preca-
rious and endangered. In Mexico,
Pucbla and Qucretarf the Emperor
has ordered draft.
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all hair.in Eve minutes, just by rub
bing It's brains over the flesh side,
holding it for Il few minutes before the
fire, and thea rubbing it briskly in
the hands.
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TI | II
Historical Sketches Of Fairfield District,
4 O.. Y
BY D. u. M'cRmlGlIT.

When The Chcrkocc and Catawba
Indians made the hills and valleys of
Fairfield their hunting grounds, there
was game of various kinds Chief
among the objects Of their pursuit was
the buffalo which spread over what arc
now bleak and barren grounds in
herds. The Chcro,;oc; called tho buf-
falo yanusu, sthc very Great bull" or
the "Bull Of God" From the hair of
this animal the women manufactured
kind Of cloth Of great comfort and
durability
In 1850 Mr., Graves, an old
man, crossed the Watcroo at Graves
Ford and formed settlement !, tho
present territory uf Fairfield. One
Reuben Harrison was one of The par
ty: and as 'hc old man Graves had dis.
covered tracks Of buffalo in The paths
leading up from The river into the
woods, Harrison and some oilers IL
the pioneer party sailed forth in
search OF game, and were not loua in
securing three fat bulalocs. These
were cumicd to camp, and skinned and
cut up, and the pieces nut mnn lors
to coo! during the nirht. but ns
wolves abouudod in the deem dense
forests, and cot a scent of the meat
spread out. they too came in far snoil.
and by the morning u great deal of
The game hat; Disappeared. Pearson, ,
in his manuscript. tells Of one Mr..
,lixeilL to, ,tba age Of ono
hundred and ten years, anas,who re-
lated that he had often soon, at one
time, three thousand buila!oes on the
Long Meadows of Little River
lIavc any of tho readers of the
HERALD ever heard of any fossil re-
mains being found in that section OF
the District q :.
! It is difficult Cor lis now torcalizc
that we dwell where the buffalo was
hunted by the wild Indian Of the for
est and that the only weapon used
were the bow and the spear. And all
this hunting too was done a-ioot.
Those pointed nints which arc scatter
cd horc and there over our hills, and
which arc occasionally found TO this
day, could tale unfold had they the
gift of speech. Doubtless many of
us have picked up one which had
more than once been driven into tho
lifc-blood of some fleet or fierce dcni-
zen of the dark forest. They were
used to point the arrow, but the ar
rows have all moulded into dust and
left only the impcrishable flint. How
the Indian reduced such hard stone to
the desirable shape, passes our COM
prehcnsion.
) But the nimbic deer added to the
list of game i'll the primitive lays of
this District. Herds OF sixty br sew
enty head were visible all over the
country, and SO numerous did the first
settlers in this section report them,
that they could DC seen at any time
from their huts. The licks were fa-
voritc resorts for both buffalo and
deer. These licks' arc not entirely
forgotten yet. There is one not far
from Winnsboro, towards the east,
nearthc head waters OF Indian creek
branch OF little Natereo creek, and
on land now owned by Mr.. Jno Wylic.
The existence of the lick somewhere
IN that Immediate quarter gavcriSo TO
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President IincOln's Last Telegraph.

We give below Mr.. T4incolns last
telegraph. is only Important rs show
ing tiat he considered himself TO possess
lull powers to reconstruct tie Union
There is no hesitation or doubt on his
part as to his authority to make what
tcrms he plea: :cd with the South:
OFFICE u. S. MuIrAHY l'El.HGRAru,
WAR DErAHrMENr.
w AsulNGroN, April Ii, 1865.
I&Vor- Go@crul 'Ycil:s2, Ricl.2@I HW.
aiaiU.
have jas. secu Jnls, CampJclrs
letter to you ol The ILh. IIe assumes,
asappcars TO me, that | have called The
insnrgcnt Legislature Of Virginia 10
gclhcr as the righlfuI Legislatuc OF The
State, to settle all difficulties with the
United States. ] have done no such
thing. I spoke Of them not MS Locis.
laturr, but rs 'rhc gentlemen who have
acted as the Legislature of Virginia in
i'll support Of the rebellion" | did this
on purpose to cXcludo tic assumption
chat was recognizing them as rIghtful
body. deal with them rs men having
power &c JNttD 10 40 Il Snec!Hc tning, 10
W.T.: 10 W'riIit''. s;.u-1:- .:I.:sss s.ssr-,.
end other support from resistance to thc
General Government" for which, in the
paper handed by Judge Campbell, l
promised specific equivalent to wit:
a remission to the people Of Tie State,
except IN certain cases. the conlisca,ion
of their property meant this and no
more. lnasmuch, however, as Judge
Campbell misconstrucs this, and is still
pressing for an armisticc contrary to the
explicit statement of the paper gave
him, and particularly as General Grant
has since captured tho Virginia troops,
So that giving a consideration for their
wihGrawHllsno longer applicable. let
my letter to yon and the paper to Judge
Campbell both be withdraw or counter.
mandrl, and I'D be notified Of it, Do
not allow them 10 assemble Tut If any
have come, ALLOW them safe return TO
their homes.
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A. Stewart has purchased Kel.
logg's princess after Tie Bath, saidito
BIO a marvel Of coloring, for. tho nice hts
ue.aumo! &25,000 .fa