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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-21

Durable LoooMorIvEs.-Wc not;c.
ed some time since that there was on
exhibition at the Exposition an engine
that had been running on some road in
France for such n great length OF time
TINT tho engines mileage had reached
about ninety thousand miles. This Is ra.
ther extraordinary service, but we arc
informed that engine No. 46, on tho
louisville and Nashville Railroad, Los
been in active service now thirty months.
since last repaired, making ninety thou.
sand miles running, with every promise
That without some serious accident her
mileage Will reach thirty thousand moro
before having to 60 into tho shop.
Inns, 1t seems to us, is an evidence that
American workmanship is deserving Of
gold medals for locomotives, for t is
well known that the wear and tcar on
American railroads is, from tho nature
OF their constructions, much moro rapid
than on continental routcs. - Louisville
Journal.
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Oarlotta Said to Have Been Poisoned in
MeXiCo,

1.-Two can trust lettcr'.from Trieste,
written by a person worthy of her con
lidencc, the suspicion that the Empress
Carlotta had been poisoned before re-
turning to Europe no longer appears to
DO mere hazard. The pracliced eye
ot so able practitioner as DR.. Bulkens
was struck with tho abnormal symp-
toms of the August patient. However
violent and painful may have been the
emotions which tho Empress has cx-
perenccd since her departure from Mex.
co, they could not, according to the
laws of pathology, bo the only cause
OF tho mental oxaltations and moral
prostrations which alternately succeed
each other, and seem to defy the re.
sources of science. II is certain that in
the month Of July, 1866, her Majesty,
alter having embarked at Vera Cruz,
was seized with slccplessncss occa.
stoned by a flow Of blood to tho head,
and which continued during the whole
voyage. Since then symptoms have
been constantly remarked indicating
u profound alteration in the blood,
which from her Majcsty's youth and
robust constitution, cannot possibly be
explained otherwise than by the PERM.
clons action OF a physical ageut. Every.
thing therefore tends to The belief that
some subtle poison had been admins.
tered to tho Empress by the traitors, by
whom the Court at Chapultcpcc was
only too closely surrounded and that
her Majesty, i'll leaving Mexico, carried
with her the germ Of the frightrul mala.
dy which broke out on tho 4th OF Oc-
tohcr following at Rome. In fact few
days after the departure Of the Empress,
certain American journals, probably
initiated into the terrible mystery, pre-
tended that during tho transit from
Mexico to the port Of cmbarkation, her
NIajcs!y had gwen manifest signs Of
mental alienation; that ncws, then pre-
mature. was to be verified few months
later. The Empress herself instructive.
y suspected tho truth; for as soon MS
her mental faculties began to be troub.
led she was bcsct with the idea that
she had been poisoned and he still
remains under the influence Of that con-
Yiclion.
Our correspondent terminates his let
ter by announcing that the royal patient
is going to be submitted to treatment
calculated at the samc time TO calm her
mind and ncutralzc tho effects Of the
alteration Other blood and if, as DR.
Bulkens hopes, this treatment succeeds
q cu!c, slow without doubt, is still PCS
s'blc.- Mcmortal Diplomat'que. July
30M.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-21

RENovATING WoRN Our LAND.-
AZ a recent agricultural meeting in
Boston one of tho speakers remarked
that son tract Of land which was
overrun with woodbox, briars, and
other shrubs, he turned ono hundred
and fifty shoop. At that timo q COW
could not havo lived on tho whole
tract. Tbs sheep wcro kept thcro
several years, and so killed out tho
Wild growth that tho tract now affords
good pasture for Fifteen COWS"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-21

~ MoNsTRoUs SEnrENT.--Thorc
has boon ono of tho largest scrpants
killed ono mile aboY town that evor
was seen in this section Of the country.
TWAS twelve feet in length and twc1-
ty-two inchos in circumference. We
cannot toll what kind it is, but is sun.
pc, d to bo of tho boa-constrictor
brood. His track has bccn seen for
several years before around nm old
pond but the snake was ncyor soon
until tho time it was killed. Mr.. T.
j.. Bronaugh is tho porson who killoI
the serpent. - -Bv11ho M1cpcuaent,
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Mr.. Thaddcns Stevens, tho leader of
.he fad'cals IN Pennsylvania, seeing
the signs of tho times and knowing that
his party's stock is at heavy discount
lately gave expression to his fears in tho
following language:
! tear that wc shall lose Pcnnsylva.
me ma TINS next election I do not Shinle
we nave earnestness enough in The State
TO unite and draw ont tko Republican
strength, whilo tho Republican portion
of ollr lr Legislature has been SO openly,
no,orlously,, and shamefnlly corrupt,
anu q, thatall tho honest pcoplo in the
state are dshcartened and DISGUST.
ed
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Washington News md Gossip,

TIE WAR OFFICE TRoUBLE.-MR. STAN
TON SUSPENDED GENERAL. GRANT
APPOINTED TEMPoRARILY--OFF
CoRRESpOND ONDENCE-PUBLIC INTEREST
IN TIE EAFFAlR-CorToN CLAIMS, &C.
WASHINGTON, August l2.-Thc fol
lowing is copy in full OF tho cores.
pondcncc between the President, Mr..
Stanton and Gen. Grant:
ExEoUTtvE MANSION,
NAsIIINdroN, D. @, Aug. IL 1867.
Sir: by virtue of the power and
authority vested n me as President by
the Constitution aud laws Of the United
States. you arc hereby suspended from
Office rs Secretary of War, ami will
cease to exercise any aud all functions
pertaining TO the same. You will at
once transfer TO General Ulysses S.
Grant, who has This day been auihorlz.
cd and empowered to act as Secretary
OF War, al intcri0', all records, books,
papers and other public property now
III your custody and charge.
Very respectfully, yours,
ANDRE\V JOHNSON.
10 Ne UonoraL1c h'l,cin IN stan.
ton, |Vu&t"gton, ID. c.
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n REMARKABLE INvENTIoN.-All
tho processes for preserving the bodies
Of the dead now in use arc likely to bo
superseded by newly Invented burial
case, by means Of which Tho remains OF
deceased person may be kept unchang.
ed Tor an Indefinite period. Tho value
OF this discovery has been fully tested
at tho Bel'vuc Hospital, whore under
lhe direction Of Professor Dorcmus, a
corpse already commencing to tecom.
pose was placed in one of these cases
where it remained unchanged for forty
days. AT tho expiration of chat time It
was exposed to the air, and up to tho
present period (thirty days from .ho date
OF exposnrc) tho body has been thor.
onsh'y preserved from decomposition,
no nc, smell being perooptiblc.-N y
Times, ST..
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BEARS IN TIE TEnRrroRIEs.-Th
Gooldsboro IN. c. Star learns from
farmer i'll Carterct that, on going in
to his corn field few mornings since,
ne was greeted by five black bears,
helping themselves to the young corn.
Being alone, with no gun. lie conclud
ed that quiet retreat was prudent.
On publishing which statement, tho
Wilmington Journal says: :
"This might havo been expected
when North Carolina bocamo Tori
torp, Bill Arp to tho contrary not
withstanding. sas,s
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Selected Poetry.
PEEPING THROUGH THE BLINDS.

In plaoc Of books, or work, or play, -
Some ladies spend the live long duy
In scanning every passcrby,
Aud many wonder they discry
Thcy find among tho Iuotlcy crowd
That some aro gay and some arc proud;
That some arc short and somo are tall,
They get thoir information, oil
BY peeping through the blindsl
You walk tho streets (at common pace,,
You catch the outlines Of n face.
The face seems strangc-again you look
Dear sirl she knows you like book!
She knows tho color Of your hair,
The very stylo Of clothes you wear;
She knows your business, I'll be bound,
And oil your friends tho country round,
By popping through tho blinds
She Knows tho Smiths across tho way,
And what they dino on evcry day;
And thinkssthnt NATL Ia Jane
Is growing very proud and vain.
She knows tho Browns ut Number Four,
Just opposite hor worry door, ,
Folks quite rs poor rs thcy can be,
For don't they sit and sew, while sho
Is popping through the blindsl
Dear ladies if you don't succeed
In gaining knowledge that you need,
Thon at your window take your seat,
And gaze into tho busy street;
Full soon you'll read your ncighbors we'll,
Aud can their tastes and habits toll,
And know their business TO Il,
Much bettor than your own you sec,
Bp pccping through tho blinds!
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Scientific and Useful.


PbATs GIAss.-Thc wonderful progress
which the manufacture of glass has made
IN Pittsburgh is u very good Indication of
tio superior advantages Of this locality for
tho business. Plato glass is, we believe,
Tho only hrauch which has not yet been
attempted. It's manufacture Is distinct
business, for which Pittsburgh, as an un-
riod field, seems to lie waiting for some
enterprising capitalist or company, to en-
gage successfully upon its cultivation. In
'lincs past, plate glass was luxury enjoy
cd only by Tho wealthy in their parlor mir
rors. 1t now finds not only an immensely
increased demand for This purpose, but
hundred others. II is hardly possible for
a we'll arranged store or city building Of any
kind to be constructed without tho use Of
plate glass, either in show windows, sky
lights, transparent noorg, doors or roofs
and there aro but few stores or public
buildings in the West which might not in
some part have been made more convenient
ny its use. In France and ENGLAND many
bindings arc now erected entirely OF GLASS
anu iron. Some of their later splendid
railway stations are entirely rooted and
ana sided with plate glass, and arc beyond
comrarason superior 20 any others in the
world FOR beauty and sui,abcncSs 10 tho
purpose for which they arc used. The de-
mand i'll America for this purpose alone will
soon be enormous. Some Of The English
manuiactorics Of plate glass arc very cxtcn.
sivc. One near London clvcrs sovcn or
eight acres of land, and employs over five
hundred operatives. The manufacture was
started about hundred years ago, and was
encouraged by the government, both by
duties on tho foreign article, and by the
payment in cash for cNch plato of homo
product. At thc present time The manuiNc-
turc of plate glass in England is carried on
IN very successful competition with that of
France Its rival in tho business. We
know OF no good reason why Pittsburgh
may not become the chicf American centre
| Of this important branch Of manufacture,
| and have written thus much to call the at.
tcntion Of capitalists to tho subject. ct.-PUts.
Con.
| TIE NuTnInrHr or BrER. R.--Pcople who
drink their ale and bccr are very fond of
| telling how much nu!rimcnt they G,riyc
from them Because they ere manufnctur
cd from grain, may have The idea that tho
concentrated YTtucs Of the grain arc in ihc
drinks. This is an entire failacy. Proccs
| sor Lcibi;, one OF thc most eminent chem
ISIS i'll the world, assures US that ,iGO
quarts Of the best bavaria beer contains
| exactly The nourishmcnt Of two. and n
half pound loaf OF bread This beer is very
similar to The famous English Allsopn's,
and our more popular American hccr. The
TACT is, tho nutritious portion Of the grain is
| rooted out before beer can hc made and if
| tho tcrmcni alton Of the beer has been com.
pictc, Professor Lyon playlar declares that
no nourisbmcnt whaIcvcr remains in tho
fcrmcntcl liquor; and, rs the English
1Hiance Ncrs says, "No chemist now dis
rutcs this assertion for, except in flavor
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q letter from Trieste, in tho 1Kam1er.
CT, OF Vienna, says the accounts given
by travellers coming from Montenegro
about tho cholera are frightful. In a
district OF Tho Herzegovina, in a popu-
latlon Of thirty.two thousand souls,
eighteen hnndredcases hayo appeared.
Everybody is aying from tho cbatagion,
ana a, tho dead bodies arc lcft as q Prey e e
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CouNTERrEIr.-- Spurious green.
backs, Of tho denomination Of o.
were put in circulation in Now York
City on Thursday. The bills arc
marked March 10, 1869, and arc yorv
fair countcrfoits in every respect, sayo
mat tho words Omitted States" have
somewhat blurred appearance.
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70 Ike President.
Executive MANSION,

WAsuINdToN, D. t., Aug II, 1867.
iS~: Tho Hon. Elwin NJ. Stanton
having been this day suspended as Sec
rotary Of War, vou arc hereby author
Izrd and empowered to act as Secretary
OF War, od im0im, AMI will at once
enter upon the discharge Of the duties OF
that Office.
The Secretary Of War has been
instructed to transfer to you all records,
books, papers and o;hcr public property
now IN his custody and charge.
Very respectfully yours,
ANDREW JOHNSON.
General ULyseca S. Grant, TNahtnq-
ton, ID. g.
The reply Of Mr., Stanton was re
ccivc! about | o'clock, and General
Grant called in The meantime and con.
lcrrcd with Mr.. Johnson, and then will,
Mr.. Stanton, and took formal possession
OF the War Department.. Mr.. Stanton
remained IN the building during the day
quietly transacting business.
~ 10 NV lNt tilHI Jnc resident has
tclrgraphcd General Stcadman TO como
hero to take the position Of Secretary.
OF War, nor has he selected y successor
to Nlr. Stanton, but it is quite likely ho
may tender the position to dis,in-
gnlshcd Now England Ex-Governor.
There was no excitement apparent in
the department., for very few therein
know what had lranpircl. Upon the
streets, however, when the matter be.
came known, tho interest cvinccd by
all parties about this important event
rose to considerable degree Of excite
mGnt.
The Court Of Claims today, decided
that there is no appeal on tho part OF
tho government in tho Cotton cases
recently decided. Tho court hold that
ny act OF Congress The proceeds Of sales
OF abandoned Cotton arc distributablc
finally and without appeal by decree Of
that court. which is specially authorized
to take testimony and adjudgo upon the
facts whether claimants arc cn.i,lol to
funds, and in this way only can the
money be distributed.
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DEAtH OF AN 0LD Rgs1DBsr.--Jno, g
Duo, Esq, who for many years carried on
The tinsmithing business in this ci,y, md
wasat one time an alderman, died at his
residence, IN Columbia, yesterday mornine,
at O'Clock. - RhWnix, I'm. 90
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PRESS ONWARD.

Young man, be Up ard doing,
Wiring from tho world q namci
Did idloness and sloath depart,
Climb up tho hill Of famo,
Resolved to be n hero,
In what you undertake
30 first nnd foremost in tho throng,
Active and wido awake.
Forgot tho past, press onward,
The present is your own;
Resolve, each ovoning's sunset,
Shall find your duties done.
TITS only by cndcavor,
by storm and earnest will,
You can succeed In climbing
Fame's stoep and rugged hill.
Yet with n manly purpose,
and mind That knows not fail,
No barrier onn intcrposc,
But such rs you can scale.
Care not for SCOTS or idle jccrs,
All nattcry dispisc,
"Excolsior," your motto DO
Onward and upward rise.
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IHE CoNTuMActoUS STANToN.-Thc
National Mtcl2igcnccr says:
elf the present Secretary Of War
were governed, in his official or social
intercourse, by any of the instincts
which have characterized gentlemen
who have heretofore hold positions of
like distinction, wo should have hoped
the examples presented in tho resig-
nations of Secretary Harlan and Post
master General Dcnison would not
have been lost upon him. But if VIC
apply to him tho rules which prevail
among gentlemen, VIC must despair of
his appreciation of the examples set
by those two distinguished public
men, who scomcd to occupy tho uno-
quivocal position'of hostility to the
executive which has rendered him the
recognized agent of tho Radical cabal
during the incumbcncy by Mr.. John
son of tho Presidential chair.
"Convinccd from our KNOWLEDGE of
tho temper and purpose of this lccch
of Official power that nothing less
than absolute ojoctmcnt from his po-
sition will induce him to retire from
tho department no has controlled, VIC
arc sure that it will require q Prosi-
dental request for his absence from
tho Cabinet councils, whore he can
not but havo boon an unwclcomc yisi-
tor for several months past. Such
request would bo gratifying to every
true lovotNdf his country throughout
tho land"
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7, -
ftHTiIEE DETAILS OF THE AUGUSTA
ANn 0AvANNAlt RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
MI hGcnan, The Express Messcn.
ger on board me Il.latcd train, has fur
h,sl,ca us inc following additional details
o' m ms sad accident;
be'hg an eye witness OF The occi-
'e'I on INC ~ " ,. IL. H., on tho
morning OF inc lzth INST, deem it but
l"S''cc 70 all connected with tho train
20 S'o inc m'h''tc lacts OF the sad af-
''r: IT,, 49,,
i"E .ra'h lr't Hl''Inn on regular time,
',oeeeo'"S slowly ana cautiously =
u."w.n% =, nrenNs down aAd stopping
lhc lra'n at an suspicious places. The
r'SSa'eer,7 hr' CaShen~-was particular
~ careful from Green's Cut to Mclean,
hc s,onncd Tho ,r,;, 70 o~an; r,".
hr,,aa Lo,o ru ~ e'",n ~ cAas''llo sma'l
distance was audible all on tbo train
and Mr.. Cashcn remarked tLot no frar'
cd "Dicknson's min dam w,s oonnr
His fears were (carsu,lv rca);zcJ nr !,
less than three minutes its In,bnlcnt
waters were rolling over the hfclcas
bodies of himself and two comrades IN
doath. Tt appears LAat trestlc had
been built mt this point. in or,;cinotion
of break in tho dam but tho water
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dom Of Belshazzar passed away.

ooW Vi pelshaHzar passed away.
The people of tho loyal States,
through their servants in Congress-, the
Executive Department, tho army
and and tho navy, after many
blundors and fearful disasters, finally,
with Grant and his able subordinate
Generals, shattered the rebel Confcdcr-
acy into u mass o(ruins, in that terrific
campaign which opened tho gates of
Richmond to Abraham Lincoln. Thus
tho rebel States and their people fell
completely subject to the discretion of
the Government which they had so
ierccly rejected, denied, defcd and re-
sisted. With anything predominant in
tho shape OF wisdom or patriotism in
tho White House after tho death o
Lincoln, or with anything in the Con.
gress Of tho ensuing December rising
above the base calculations Of party,
the restoration OF those rebel States
would have been simple and easy. But
while Lincoln's successor from the out.
set proved n vain, conceitcd, Ignorant,
obstinate, sclf.willcd and aspiring back
woods domagoguc, he camo into COLI
sion with equally conceitod, sclt~willcd
and stupid dcmagogucs in both Houses
of Congress and in both parties. The
ignorance, the noisy violence, the vul.
garity the presumption and tho trickcrics
which for The last two years have thus
marked tho conflict between The prcsi.
dent and Congress and between tic
Republicans and Democrats, have been
disgrace(ul, expensive and dcmoralizing
to all concerned and continually tend.
ing from bad to worse. They have
been on the scale Of the petty plots and
countclplots Of tho rings Of cpolsmcn
grog-shop political managers OF our New
Y York Corporation elections.
Where can VIC look for rescue? The
remaining Northern rump Of the Old
Democratic party from its odious record
Of tho war has given free a rein TO the
Radicals, and they arc marching on
without resistance. President johnson
has become moro an object Of contempt
and dcrision with both parties than was
John Tyler in his worst estate. In this
condition Of things " Southern negro
political balance of power, covering len
States, ls looming up before us in bold
relief. Is this TO be tho settlement p,
twill be- unlcss that controlling pubic
sentiment Of .ho North which carried
President and Congress through tho
ordeal OF the rebellion shall ntcrposc in
this work Of reconstruction. Wo be.
licvo that public opinion can be so cx,
pressed in our coming fall elections as
to be felt in Congress, an,! wo believe
that popular movement, regardless
OF existing parties or party managers,
in tho namo Of General Grant, will meet
tho case. Grant for tho succession. and
aud q new Congress under Grant to
settle this work Of reconstruction, IS the
programme upon which counter rovo-
luton against Radical cxccsses in tho
South may be carried through to de-
clslvc victory. 1t will be better to
wait two years or ten years longer for
Southern restoration than to push it
through on tho basis Of n controlling
Southern negro balance ofpowcr :
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Mhegro woman in Nashville recontlypaye
birth to child whito all over, but viii, pink
eyes Ike white rabbit. Both parents nrc
PACK. The GRANDMOTHER Of the child had
indications Of the Albina,
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Work FOR WET DAT--By
EARMER.-"Barn yard to shovel up,
and manure to haul to next falls
wheat ground.
"Go over and fix up all fences.
"Barn doors, yard gates, etc., to
mend.
"Drains and wash wator outlets to
be attended to.
"Mowing machine to be put in or
der; also horse rake and hay tcndor.
"Grcaso wagons mend harness and
bags; wash carriages.
"Cut and haul wood and clean out
tho collar; whitowash, etc.
ellen house to clean out and COM
post for corn to makc.n
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
ASIGlNGr0N CRY, Aug l2, lSG7.

~ -
Sir: Your note Of this date has been
received, informing nc that, by virtue
OF tho power and authority vested in
you, as President, by the constitution
and laws OF The United States, I am
suspended from Office MS Secretary Of
War, and will cease TO exercise any and,
all functions pertaining to the same, and
also directing nc at once to transfer TO
General Ulysses s. Grant, who has This
day been authorized and empowered to
act MS Secretary of War, al interim, all
records, books, papers and other public
property now in my custody and
charge.
Under sens" Of public duty I am
compelled to deny your right, under
the Constitution and laws Of the United
States without the advice and consent
ol the Senate, AMI without legal cause,
to suspend mo from Office as Secretary
OF War, or Tie exercise Of any or all
functions pertaining to the same, or
without such advice and consent Ia
compel me TO transfer to any person the
records, books, papers and other public
property IN my custody rs Secretary oil
War; but masmuch as the General
commanding the armies OF Ike United
states has been appointed Secretary Of
War, "E Micrjn,, aul has notified me
That he has accepted the appointment,
have no alternative but to submit,
under protest, to superior force.
Very respectfully yours Sc.
EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Scc'y OF War.
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An old lady living on ono of tho
telegraph lines leading from Louis
vile, in the carly day of tclcgraphing,
observed some workmcn digging a a
hole near her door, and inquired What
it was for.
"Io put post for tho telegraph"
Wild with furry and alright, sho
seized hor bonnet and ran off to her
next ncighbor with tho news.
"H hat do you think :" she cxclaim-
GU IN oreathless haste they're scttin'
up 'aot ousscd paragraph right agin
cant spank child or scold hand, or
chat with ncighbor, but that plaguy
tImg'll be babbling it all over tho
creation. [ won't stand it! I,n
move right away whero there ain,t
mono of thcm onnatcral fixins |"