The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-07-31

lhc guests took their seats at pleasure,
each STRIVING to benearest their NTaies-
Tics, who did tho honors Of their table
with an amiability, cordlality, and q
good humor that charmed every
one.
"Tbree domestics only served the din.
ner, at the conclusion of which tho
guests smoked without ceremony some
exquisite scgars made at Havana cxprcs.
~ for the Emperor who himself handed
them round. .
"fhe people by whom he was snr.
rounded were q most dcspicable set,
and, as | should have much to recount
to their disadvantage did l tell all |
know, I will limit myself TO two or
three anecdotes. Example Em.
pcror had on his table revolver dana
seemed with gold, tho handle of which
was Of ivory, and which had disappear
cd one day after series Of audiences at
which the lowest in rank present was a
Mexican general
"The Empress, too, allowed herself
to bo robbed ofa couple Of valuable gold
watches by her own ludcs of honour
and tho same Colonel Lopez who has
just immortallzcd himself at Qucretaro
by betraying his chief volunteered one
day : tho Emperor to steal from his
bureau in less than q couple hours time
any object that might bc pointed out to
h,m, and this without being detected.
as for tho bureau itself Lopez. mace
wager to remove it while the Emperor
was out for his daily walk, and to convey
it to any other apartment that might
be ihlicatcd Lopez was at this time
commandant Of the imperial chateau,
aud Maximilian laughed good deal at
the extent to which Lopcz has since
pushed them.
"At Mexico the Imperial household
was placed on most libcrul footing.
The guard Of The Emperor, known as
the Palatinc Guard, consisted Of forty
halbcrdicrs, clothed in q splendid cos,
tune, and was under the command of
Count de Bcmbcllc, fricuG oc Maxi
milian's almost from his ifancy.
"Thc Emperor wore at all times the
uniform Of Mexican gcncral-blaclt
frock coat and gold cpaulcls and black
trousers tucked into long riding boots
lIc usually wore the Order Of the Gold.
on Fleece round his neck, and latterly
the Ribbon ofIhc Eagle, an order OF his
own creation, together with that styled
OF Merit. When the institution Of this
order was under consideration the En-.
press Charlotte had spirited dispute
with the French Emperor, who objected
10 the same color ribbon as that Of the
Legion Of Honour being adopted
When the argument hal been brought
to an cnd-thc discussion, it should be
remembered, took place through the
medium of a written correspondence
the Emprcss gummcd OH a piece OF pa.
per three leaves Of the flower of the
wild poppy, and wrote beneath them
these words: II adopt for my order
tho tint Of this flower, which was crca-
ted imagine, before the Legion of Hon.
onr.' myself read this sentence quite
recently in curious collection OF Au-
tographs Of The Emprcss Charlotte"
How HENRY WARD BEEcllER CAME
TO WRITE NovET..-Ncarly year
ago, Henry Ward Beccher put forth
certain views that alienatel some who
had boon his warmest friends, and gricy.
cd many more. in a few weeks .here.
alter tho lecture associations put forth
their respective programmes for the ap.
preaching season, when Mr.. Bcccher's
namc appeared upon but two or three
| I<Ff . al Il
even these.
"Thcre you sec Bccchcr has killed
himself; he isn't invited TO lecture any
more" was the sage comment of hun
drcds. Yet never were men moro mis-
taken. The Doctor had moro invita-.
lions to lecture at high prices than he
could find time even to decline, and was
threatened with an action for damages
by at least ono association Which claim
cd to Lave some sort Of engagement
with him. Still, he did not and would
not lecture, simply because Mr.. Robert
Bonner said to him, "Namc tho sum
that you can mako this Winter by rid
ing night and day, through alternate
snowdrfts and mud, to fulfll lecture
S"So"SSoShiCiilSj anu l. VIII QOtlDlC III II
you will stay IN your own comfortable
study and devote your spare hours to
writing mo story for the Nc,o York
LEDGER"
The bargain was struck tho story
written and paid for and that is the
sole and sufficient explanation of Mr..
Bccchcr's failure TO address fifty to a
hundred associations last Winter. He
chose to interest several hundred thou.
sand people at once. thus to earn money
with less fatigue and exposure. -Nc,o
| York Tribune.
WHAT REcTlEIED" MEANs.-C Com
missioner Rollins has recently been
questioned as to the effect Of the word
"rec,licd" when branded on distilled
spirits. lTo decided that when The
word is stamped or branded on vessels
containing distilled spirits, il docs not
mean "tax paid" In fact, it docs not
| mean an ythinO Voouo1o NAV H., co.