The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-12-25
81 Louis is again alarmed at The dar CO..

ST. Louis is again alarmed Mt The dar co.
OF becoming an inland town. 4 careiul
examination by the city officials, the other
day, revealed tho fact that the Missouri
River, which discharges into The NIississip
pi some twenty miles above, sends It's VOL
nmH OF water al right angles across with
such force against the Illinois shore as to
have worn it away nearly mile. There is
somo danger of the river making q channel
through tho American bottom, so rs to
leave ST. Louis two miles from The stream.
II is proposed to cover the Illinois shore
with stone, whore the river infrinccs, TO
prevent it from wearing away.
Old Guizot is very hearty eater, drinks
n bottle of clnret for dinner, and walks cvc-
ry afternoon five or six miles. Old AuScr.
The composer, on the contrary, is exceed
ingly temperate, and. drinks nothing b ut
water, but he rides good deal on horse
back. Both Guizot and Aubcr work at
least eight hours day, notwithstanding
their eighty odd years.
Japanese Prince. by advertisement in q
New York paper, warns the people Of this
country against trrsting certain Japanese
officers, now absent without leave, and sun
| posed to be i'll the United States 1t statcs
! that no debts incurred by any Of the follow
ing wanderers will be paid by the Japanese
Government Tarri Motto Nero, Nomura
lchutzkc, rali Uchi Kcnso, Mori Kakutzo.
None Kango, Iiuro Yuso.
Dickens has. realized $4,000 from his
four readings in Boston, and 1t is cstimat d
that during his stay 10 this country his
entire profits will reach $4,000 Hc
devotcs himself clesely to his work, and
has three new papers in preparation, one OF
which is to be published in the Atlantic
| He will read his "Christmas Carol' at Dos
ton on Christians eve, after returning. from
| New York.
"FnozEN Up "--1t is stated That proncr-
| ty 20 the value Of ten millions of dollars is
frozen up, OH the New York Erie Canal
Boats containing over one hundred thou.
sand bushels Of potatoes, seventy thousand
barrels Of apples, and nearly four million
bushels of grain of all kinds, besides a
large quantity Of othor produce, arc frozen
in,
few days since, an old gentleman io
Missouri, where tho droutl has been severe
end who has been hauling water for the
last three months, on being asked by nm
acquaintance "ifhe thosghtit would rain?"
rcpliel,I 81 hope not, for If it does, it vii,
spoil the roads, so cannot haul wator."
q a female suffrage mcoting in Vincland
N. j., resolutions were adopted declaring
that $4,000 women in New Jersey was
entitled to vote, md ii was decided to issue
10000 copies ofa address, and to employ
lecturers TO canvass the State to awaken
tho women to . knowledge and maintenance
Of their rights. ss
We learn from tho Columbia Pho,nin that
in the bill filod by tho South Carolina Rail
r}nd Company, to enjoin tho construction
Of the Golumbiaand and Augusta Railroad.
the Court of Appeals has dooided all points
against tho South Carolina Railroad Com.
pany; so tho work of construction goes on
Without let orhinderanoe. a
Insreply to tho boast OF an Englishman be-
lforo some Canadiad Indians TINT tho sun
never set on the British Dominions, d pro.
yineial aborigine made apt rorly s'Tbat is
beoaus Heaven is afraid to trust English.
plen, in The dark. &!