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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-09-13

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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
Tribute Of Respect.

Ridgcway Lodge No. 80, a. +. NJ, nt its
regular communication in Juno adopted
tho following preamble and resolutions
WHEREAS, God, tho ono in whom we al
put our trust, and TO whom it becomes us
TO bow in humble submission, has in Ills
eternal wisdom, removed our laIo Worthy
Secretary, Brother WILLIAM CARLISLE,
from his labors here and translated his dis
embodied spirit, rs wo trust, to that spiri-
iual tcmplc not madc with hands eternal in
tho heavens:
Rcsolved. That in the death Of Brother
W. Cnrl;S;c, we Lave lost valuable MON
Der Of our fraternity. Ono who had for
several years discharged tho duties of his
Office with fidelity and zeal, and ono who
adorned The Masonic Order by IL strict OBJ
sorvancc Of that moral code so rigidly in.
sisted upon by all true fellows and brothers
who have preceded him. 80
Resolocd, That we will ever cherish his
memory and initiate his virtues and in or
der that his memory bc pcrpctuatcd among
us and in this lodge, that his nnmc be ino
scribcd on a blank pago of our minute book.
ReSolvcd, That we tender to his bcreavcd
wife and children, our warmcst symnathies,
ut tho same limo believing that what has
beon our loss hns been bis eternal gain.
ReSolrcd, That q copy of this preamble
and these resolutions be sent to his widow.
and published in thc District papcr.
VII. J. W. CAMPBELL, Sec.
aug G-T&Xl
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07

.ly labor for an honest living and for
an education for themselves and for
their children, are more likely to Sc
cure the approving help of both North
and South (that is, the decent and
respectable portion Of both scctions)
than those who now blindly and igno-
rantly rush into discussions for Which
they arc no more qualified than a
child.
The colored people will have the
right to vote for officers of both State
and Federal govcrnmcnt,--a even
Of town and city government, as soon
as the State is restored to the Union,
but they should understand that it is
not call Of an Office" to hold it, for
thcre are duties and responsibilities in
every office for which they arc not yet
qualified. They can find plenty of
friends at home without, like Wesley,
and his party, running off to the Rcpub-
lican Party for friends who will remain
so as long as they receive political
support from them, but who when the
day of sickness or distress or pain
comes, will leave them to rot by the
sidcway rather than extend to them
Il helping hand.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
SeiSing VS. Farming Land.

The Radicals who met in Columbia
would compel landowners to sell their
surplus tracts. This plan is called
'mild confiscation." There is no bot
ter way to compel man to sell his
land, than for tho ono proposing to
buy to show by honest and industri-
Gus labor that he is fit to own land,
and has tho oncrgy to pay for it.
There arc numbers of industrious
colored farmers now at work in this
District who will have no difficulty in
buying land. Nor would thcy enjoy
it If they obtained it in any other way
than by thoir own industry and ocono.
my.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
No Black Mans PARTY,

The Tcw Yorh Iribunc, tho paper
which above all others has contribu-
ted to the emancipation Of the slaves,
says
Those men in The South who arc
working to establish u black MANS
party arc the enemies of this princi-
pic Of equality, and if they carry out
their plans, they will strike Rcpubli-
capism blow far heavier than the
Democracy can deal. They will 20
far to undo the grand reform of which
the war was the instrument. In Viz
ginia, it is feared that the State Re-
publican Convention, to be held
August lst, will be The occasion of II di-
vision in the Republican ranks and
tho creation Of rival parties, black
and white. In Missouri, also, there
arc advcnIurcrs who urge tho colorcd
men to demand representation on the
Presidential Ticket, and in case it is
refused to form n separate organiza.
tion. We do not believe these efforts
will be sustained by the colorcd men,
for they surely know The fatal results
ofsuch an unprinciplcd policy.
-Wo hope r. S. Wesley, who con-
tributes letter in anothcr column,
will find comfort in the above para
graph from one Of the most prominent
Republican papers in the whole Uni
ted States, and that he will read it to
the man he met in the road who was
bent on coming to the 'Boro to offer
himself as q candidate for Congress,
or some other position he was about as
fit to fill as a pig is for preaching.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
ApproDriate Tribute.

The engine "'i. G.. Palmer" says
tho W"nie, which conveyed tho pas,
scngcr train, yesterday afternoon, up
to Charlotte, was beautifully and ap-
propriatoly decorated in mourning
habilimcnts, tho "tcndcr" and every
available space being drapcd with
black and ornamcntod with whito ro-
settcs. This suggestion was from the
master machinist, and whenever the
"E. G.. Palmer stopped ut the sta
tions on the route, the people could
appreciate tho high respect and cs-
tccm in which the first President is
held by all tho officers and employees
Of tho Charlotte Railroad Company.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
A Letter from Il. S. Wesley.

On Monday wo we're handed let
ter which we were told was sent to
the Editor, and opening and reading
it, wo wcro filled with sadness. The
letter itself is burlesquc upon a
knowledge of tho principles of govern
mont. But VIC have published it to
lot the Intelligent reader SEQ what
"stooping to conquer" will bc pormit-
ted by the Radicals of tho North rath-
or than have their party overthrow.
If tho letter alluded to were from
an intelligent man, it could not np-
pear in those columns except as an ad-
vcrtisomcnt, because tho intention of
it seems wholly to be to rcfuto some
reports against the political character
of the author.
If those who sympathizc with "tho
man who was to bo canalutc for Con
gross will just turn to another col
umn, they will find an article from
tho Ncw York Herald which shows
how much tho Northern people think
OF tho colorcd people attempting to
get into Congress yet.
Those colorcd people who remain
quietly at their work, and Industrious
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07

GREELEY ON CoNFIscATIoN.-Ex-
Attorney General Speeds recent let.
ter to the freedmen of Kentucky, gives
practical advice, in telling them they
must work themselves, and not dc.
pend upon others for advancement.
Those gentlemen who talk about the
confscation of rebel property: and its
distribution among tho negroes, excite
hopes which arc likely to be disap-
pointed. The frecImon must raise
themselves ;thcy must work now, and
not depend upon vague promises of
future aid. AS Mr.. Speed says, there
is little moro that can be done for the
freedmen we have given them all
the rights and privileges we ourselves
possess, and the opportunity is for
them to use. "Cultivate all tho vir-
tues which onnoblc man." says Mr..
Speed ''bo honest, Industrious, So
bcr ;educate yourselves, make money
and learn to keep it; own your own
homes identify yourselves as good
citizons with the communities in
which you may live in all your deal
ings with your follow man do as you
would be done by, and to learn to re-
spcct yourselves that others may re
spcct YOU" 70 this VIC would add
one golden rulc-for one man who be-
comes rich by the confscation of the
property of others, u thousand will re-
main poor. No sensible freedman
who desires independence will hesitate
to work for it.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
LCoMMUNIcATED.1 !
Mr.. Editor

AIR. Editor:
Tho platform adopted by the convention
of the Union Republican party in Columbia
on the 10Th instant, to great degree, COM
posed of persons who recently settled in the
State, and not at all identified in interest
with our people, is calculated to arouse the
heretofore dormant energies of our citizcns
and bring thcm into action before it is too
lato.
Before suggesting n remedy which will
thwart the evident purposes Of tho cxtrc
mists Of that convention, assume as q
fixed fact, that the Congressional plan OF
reconstruction will DO carried out, and il is
without the compass of any political organ.
ization to prevent it. 1t is impossible that
any party can be successful in South Caro-
linn which does not start out with tho idoo
TINT, all men should bo equal in all re.
spccts, legally and politically. Tho Demo.
cratic party boing poworless, it is idlo tc
Look to it for relief. President johnson, in
his cagemoss to grasp all power and by aid
from the Southern States secure his contin
n"nce in Office, has missed his aim, nnt
merely occupies chair which without hi:
carcass, would WELD as much influence il,
tho government. There is, therefore, nj
hclp to DO expected from this quarter.
!. At tho first glanco over tho Coumbis
platform, II would appear that ono of th,
plaDks in it pointed to q division of thu
lands; this idea was meant to be conveyed
in ordcr to secure tho votes Of tho poore,
classes (whito ard colored) in tho State
But, littlo reflection upon The resolutio,
as a ,ehols, considered with the fact that al
amendment was proposed to tho same by {
Charleston delegate which pointed TO tht
taxation of oil lands over o certain numbe,
Of acres, By tho acre, and excluding Ger.
tain number Of aorcs from taxation, and
tho invitation TO immigrato TO sottlc in The
State, is conclusive evidence, that the blow
is meantto strike tho agricultural interest.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
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a Bill passed Congress nt its lntc session
to make. .oolored mon eligible to otic, and
Jurors in Washington Tho President
pocketed the Bill, and hence il failed TO bo.
come law. Wc have not observed tint n
single Radical organ has launched its
thnndcrs at tho Pre- ,cnt's head for this
omission. The message yctoinr tho Sun.
Elemental Reconstruction Bill though OK
pressed in language Of moderation and
respect to Congress, drew down upon him a
hurricane Of inveotivc and donuncia,on,
hut his failure to return tho Bill giving of
nee to colored mon in Washington has not
scared tho temper Of tho most irritable
kadical. This is only ono of the many
Signs OF the times that tho dominant party.
While concerncd about the votos of colorcd
liio'''} }s also concerned lest they should hold
o'lco' ono at thcir leading newspapers
advocates AT the North, which, however.
ohiy advocates mon or measures whom tbcv
arc IN the ascendant, speaks oftho contin.
gency of colorcd men being admitted n
Congrcss as q startling ginnovation upon Tho
order of things" and approhends "phat tho
result will bo general reaction against
81 Republican party in tho Northern Stntes
t9r{Y$e know that lhoro isa stronger wall Of
|tptS prejudice against tho negro IN tho
@aft1tthan exists in the South. This pro-
J0dIeo elected Buchanan in 1866, and would
ayc-eleo'ed Douglas or Brcckinrdgo in
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
Tho Union Republican Platform.

In the News Of Tuesday last ap-
pcarcd the Platform Of the Union Re-
publican Party Of South Carolina.
The Convention which adopted said
platform was an irresponsible gather.
ing of some few persons from twenty
one out Of thirty Districts in South
Carolina.
Among the representatives there
were 7 Northern white mon, 7 South
crn white men, 6 Northern negroes,
and 45 Southern negroes one
CD naturalizcd white. Total whites
Is. Total negroes 81. Grand total
GG. The Southern element, numcr-
icallv, prevailed, while the Northern
element, practically, carried every
thing before it.
Now let us sec what they did car
ry.
In The first section the word eloy-
al' spoils the whole of it.
The second section demands litcra-
ry and educational equality.
The third section calls for equal
chances, in the giving Of contracts, TO
all classes.
The fourth section is not so bad, If
trictiy construed.
The fifth section demands some.
thing that may mean more than the
words imply.
The sixth section is just and pro-
per.
The seventh section calls only for
what is donc, and has long been done,
in almost every othcr State.
The resolutions under this section
show some regard to tho ability and
experience which should characterize
the Judiciary department Of Govern
mcnt.
The eighth section sets forth what
has long been practiscd in this State
tho care BY the public of paupcrs.
The ninth section commits tho Re-
publican Party Of this State, absolute
ly, to the policy, as we'll as tho injus-
ticc Of Congress.
The tenth calls for tho abrogation
Of tho cotton tax.
The eleventh congratulatcs cycry-
body that slavery no longer exists.
The wclvth section meets with our
contempt. We dcsriso anything so
insidious}y Radical, SO hatofully auh-
honorable. Il,
The thirteenth is in Keeping with
the twclyth.
One word in regard to this plat
form. If the policy and bad princi-
plos set forth in this document bo tho
Keynote to tho music up to which We
have to dance in South Carolina, we
would prefer the rule of Sioklcs, an
Ord, Sheridan, Pope, or Scho-
field, al nfnitum.
We think tho delegate, Burton, made
no mistake, when ho said tho platform
adopted would injurc tho party here
both North and South. Wc hope ,hcil
own platform will destroy them as ral
MS political power is concerned.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
A Conservative Republican PARTY.

Our contemporary, the Ph@nie in
commenting upon the Radical Rcpub-
lican platform adopted in Columbia,
suggests tho organization of another
party to hold Convention of native
Carolinians who arc disposed to ac
copt tho terms Of reconstruction sub
mittcd by Congress.
The suggestion is worry proper one,
and if properly carried out, it may
lead to somo good results. AS the
time is short, whatever action is taken
in the premises ought to be soon.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
Agency Notice,

MY agency for Messrs. AUBREY & co.
III Of Baltimore, having this day tcrm.
nhtod by'mutnal consent, and Mr.. DAVID
Il. FLENNlKEN having been appointed in
my stcad, / take pleasure in accommodating
this gentleman to my former patrons.
My engagements with plant ors will bc fiji.
Cd by Mr. Flennikcn ut the same stand,
No.12 Hotel Range.
aug af2x2 PIERRE B ACOT.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
Local Items.
The District Court

Inc District Court
Convened on Monday, Ills Hon.
Judge Robertson, presiding. Some
cases of petit larceny were disposed Of.
i being Sale Day, hy rcqHc$t Of tho
Sheriff Judge Robertson, adjourned
tho Court from quarter past ~
O'Clock until |, while in the meantime
the los were Effected.
There is largo attendance of both
white and colorol citizens, and The bu-
sincss of the wccl; before Court seems
likely to engage their interest thro'-
out, The Court will meet at 9tkSa
morning and adjourn at 3 O'Clock =
which will be Tao order If mceting
every day.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07

ArLLY STYLED.-Admiral Semmcs,
through the Memphis Bulletin, thus
states the case
"Supposo that in one or moro Of the
Southern States il wore possible to
vote down q Convention Gu bono
In less than week after tho meeting
of the next Congress the Military Re-
construction Acts would be so amond-
cd as to disfraneh elise other classes suf-
ficicntly numerous to give the prcpon-
dcranco to the negro vote, and in loss
than sixty days from the modification
Of the Acts the srcbcllious" States
which had refused to organize would
pass, like the others, under negro rule
Docs tho FrccmaH's Journal doubt the
disposition Of Congress to do this and
has it any reason to doubt that the
Northern people would sustain the
Congress ? These arc the reasons
which have influenced so many South
crn men 10 submit to tho ungracious
and ungcncrous terms which have
been imposed upon thcm. by excr-
tion thorc is bare possibility ofsaY.
ing thcmsclvcs-wthout cxcrtion eve
rything is lost.''
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
Regis stration.

Wo arc informed that registration
will commence in this State en- tho
10Th inst, that is next Thursday
wcok.
1t will bo at time when the press
of agricultural work will DO over, and
ovcry citizen should SEQ to it that he
docs rogister if he BIO allowed.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
Our District Prospects.

The past ten days has changed in n
great measure the aspect Of thugs, as
we'll as the hopes Of Inc citizons of this
District. Refreshing rains have visit
cd us, and there is now quite pre-
vailing opinion that a sufficient crop
for tho support Of the District will be
realized.
Wo hope such expectations will not
be disappointed. This community
sorcly feels, and for some time past
las foit tic sad results Of the short
crop Of 1866. Thousands and tens of
thousands of dollars which would to-
day be circulating in our midst, aro
far away in tho North where they
were sent to buy bread and meat for
our people. We hope for better
things this year.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07

1860 had tho Charleston Convention con-
sentcd to unite OH either. We may ex-
pcct then, when the blacks assume the
political balance Of power often recon-
struoteI Southern States, and send up
their black representative to Congress-.
that there will bo n revolutionary reaction
against them among tho whites Of the North
which will upset the Republican party"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07

Tho editor of an exchange says he
has no sweetheart now--hc's married,
Toby says ho knows of another editor
who has no, sweetheart now-she's
married.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07

At one Of the fashionable Churchos
in Pittsficld, Mass, strangers arc
seated according to dress. If Gle
gantly dressed they arc shown up the
broad aisle near tho pulpit; if we'll
dressed they will secure u sitting
about half way up the broad aisle if
ordinarily dressed ttey arc disposed
Of in some one of tho side pcws undor
tho gallery, and as near tho doors as
possible. Verify eto tho poor tho
Gospel is preaohcd," but at dis
tance. ~ h ~
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
New Advortis

New Advertisements. q
Equitable l.ifo Insurance Society,
John p. Matthews, Agent.
Cash ! Cash! Corn, Bacon, Flour,
&C., John p. Matthews.
Carriages and Harness, Thos. Jor-
dan.
Agency Notice, Pierre Bacot.
Sugars, Candles, &C., Thompson,
Withcr3 d Woodw
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07

DisoUsTEp. Governor Throckmor-
ton, they say, in view of tho unccr.
taiuty Of human affairs under militia
ry government, directed recent com
nto F'IIis Excollonoy, B. Il.
Flanders, or any other man, Govern
or Of Louisiana" 2a a'w .ti,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07

They arc racing carrier pigeons be-
tween Cologne and Brussels. The
fastest time made is ll0 miles in
three hours. &.D
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07

Flour Falling.
Now wheat -four sold from wagons
on our streets yesterday at $G.00pc
hundred
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
Notice.

T FORBID any ono from TRADING with
l. my wife, SALLY TIIORNE, for will
not be responsible for my contracts that
she viii make. LUIS THORNE.
mug 7-x2& "Eil
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07

TO prepare the seed before sowing.
take dish that is large enough to hold
all tho seed that is intended to be
sown, and turn on enough of now mill;
to cover tho seed let it soak six hours
thon drain it dry tako sulphur, and
put on good quantity, mixing il
thoroughly before sowing; tho milk
causes tho sulphur to adhere to tho
seed, and as the seed vcgctatcs, the
power of the sulphur so imprcgnatc:
tho young plant, that the turnip fly
will not molcst its growth.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07

TIE TROUBLE AMONG THE M0RMoNs
The present trouble among the Sail
Lake Mormons are traceable to the ole
feeling between the descendants Of Jcc
Smith, the first prophet ofthe sect and
Brigham Young, the existing High
Priest. Joseph Smith, Jr.. son Of tho
founder Of Mormonism, and at present
identified with the "Wcstcrn Mormons,
ID The loador of tho rovolt against Brig.
ham, and he has been joined ~ HYDE,
Lyman and Pratt, Of the "twclvc apos.
Ties" 1t is worthy Of note that those
who adhere to Smith regard the pre-
tended revelations of Brigham Young
in favour of polygamy, "blood atone.
ment" and other innovations as wicked
impostnrcs. His movcment>against the
great Mormon oligarch may, therefore,
brIng about the desired sou,lon Of tho
troublesome question Of ?olygamy.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
The Weather Crops.

The Weather Crops
On Saturday this immediate sec
tion was visited 10y refreshing show-
CT Of rain, which was duplicated on
Monday. There are still some see
tions Of our District burning up with
tho drought.
1t is supposed that tho earliest
planted corn is about made by this
time.
Major Woodward showed us lately
ali car Of nearly maturcd corn of the
yellow variety which with little sun
ming would be ready for grinding.
He had several acres of tho same
kind.
Tho Captain, VIC learn, is nearly
through with his "Stcam Thrashcr,"
and We hope he will give US detailed
report of the wheat crop for Fairfield.
A Trcatt.
This Office is obliged to Mr.. r. Emmett
Ellison for II treat of watermelon
which he knows SO we'll how to raise.
The famous Ellison mclon can be
found at tho Post Office, Mr.. A. Nor
,,ison being his agent for the sale of it.
New Corn.
Mr.. j. W. Powell, living on the
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07

BosToN Still ENGAGED IN SLAVE
TREDE:-The following item appears III
the Albany Journa:
A gentleman near Columbia, s. c..
prominent leader during the wars pur
chased few weeks ago, in Cuba, where
he has q plantation, one Of his formc,
slaves, who had been landcd and sold by
Boston shippers.
AS long as there is a negro to kilna,
and market to sell him in, pious am
philanthrophic Boston ship owners, vii
be found ready to coin money out of hi.
flesh and blood.