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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-30

"BEtuTirUL RIvEn." ."-Sabbath day
is the beautiful river in the week of
time. The other days arc all trou
bled streams, whose angry waters arc
disturbed by the cour tlcss crafts that
float upon, thom; but the pure river
Sabbath flows on to eternal rest, chant
ing the sublime music of the silent,
throbbing spheres, and timed by the
pulsations of tho everlasting life.
Beautiful river Sabbath, glide on !!
Bear forth on thy bosom the poor tir.
cd sprit,to the rest which it seeks, and
the weary, watching soul to endless
bliss
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-30

"S'SoN W NViio oon'oh'ioIH IhAeoVioi'os
The following circular has been issu-
cd by General Canby: #s
IT., M, ,,r,,,s
Srco,n AI,,,r,pv D,srn,,r
C,t,nIre,nr "a, 90 ac7
NN''N' ''->' wv ~'' ! oo'.
LC"cufor.J
I. Commondiro O(icors Of Pos,s
mon The nominations Of The Boards Of
Rcpis,rat;on viii annoin, f,r each cl,c.
ton rrccinct or noriny p,acc within
their commands three discreet and dn)v
qualified persons who will bc dcsiopa,r1
"Manaecrs .oC r,jec,;on"- ii, ,nnnn,. !.
mruls inr tho S,n,r nl Snn,h C,r,En,
and '.Jns,,n.,,,., or .n,.,;n,s" mInm
appointed for Nor,h rurolina
II. When suit,bIn n.rsors c,,,o,
o,herw bc o,t,;,nd ,rnn,hnr, ~ ,ho
Boards of Registration win be cliyibIc
tor thu, r,rnosc nS''
H. WA, !, Is ;nrroc,;c,h,o !, e.,
such Offices for any clrc,,on nroc;nct or
polliug place. sucl, clec,ion prrc;nrt o.
pollmS place viii hv or1nr If, ,Lo pos,
Commondcr j., coneol,1,,cl w;,h On
adjoining election nrnc;nc, Or no,,;nn
place for which such ,nnn;n,mo,ts oro
c c.mplcte. Such consolidation vii ,nly
be made amono tho resncrt;vo clnc,;nn
precincts b.lono,no 10 ono rn,;s,yn,;nn
precirct
w. Tho orders onro;,,;,o o(,;oo,o =,
elections will sncc;lv thr rl"c,;Hn nro
ciuct or poll;n~ nl,co NV r,n,l,nr on1
also bv the local n,n, ,,f Ino;,no,;a 49,,
thereof if anv and alsn w;r snoS;I,, ,h"
re rceislratjon nrcciuc. 70 which ia so.,no
bclonns and tho Conn,v nr D;,.rot tn
which the same is made ami erch ~.
der will he forwarded, w;'hnri IJ,u -
these Urodnuor,.rs "
V. Tic officers nnno;n,ol 10 oho,o
provided viii ;n,,.,;,,nl,, ,,,>, ,~,.
appointed .bv Tie orders or ,ho Cons
manding Officers o( Posts nu,l;rv h,
taliiup he ooib nrcsrr;lod - Coo,,on,.,
Orders No. s., current series fran,
these Heaaouarters Form NJ
vi Gomm,nd;ng On;.nrs acp.,
wiH fiji nh voc,nc;ns i, H. ~
Rrgistratrar that NAV occnr sial;n,r y :,
the order therefor the persons to who's,
places such appointment is made, anl
tho cause Of such vacancy; and sucl
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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-30

No REpREsENTATIoN-No TAXES
1t is stated that Hon. Jesse D. Bright
announces that the Kentucky Legisla-
turc will consider the propriety of
passing II law making it penal Of
tenco for any one to attempt to collect
Federal tax within the limits of that
State, until sho is admittcdto repre-
sontation on the floor of Congress.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-30

{ Tho ancicnts, it has beon discovered
wero makers of fire proof safes. 1t is
reported thai a fro and burglar proof
shte, which has been subjected to vol
canc eruption, has been discovered
among the ruins OF Pompeii, its contents
minjurcd. livery much resembles mod,
crn safes. 9a @at
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-30

Sherman is said to be writing a
book about the war, to be published
posthumously.
A good many folks about Winns.
boro wish that bookhad been publish
cd about four years ago. They might
have read it then, but they won't now,
for they don't like his style. .v
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-30

Advantages are claimed for new
explosive material called haloxylin,
on the ground that sit ncithor ignitcs
by percussion nor friction. How is
tho explosion obtained?'
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-30

INTERESTING no PLANrrns-A
of tbotlsth nrbI;sLn. I,i. .'
i /, J,nn. or ruIIr;o,anh;,> W: ~:
State. concorn;,c tho ;mnrdr, !" .;,1 ~
of now onrn oai,,i ~, I1'''n ~ ~, '''o
,rh;tn ,n,o n;n. ,"o o"'o'
fax nm aorn'I | 49, y" ''' ln'i-
of onrnnr l31 L,sI,,, I" ~ p"s,'o's
NJ , D"er'''o " 'he 'crE.
y,S tLrna thn l.; o"'' WI s."'N S,
~ a,,'nnn ,u w.; ;,, n'Incs'' 'I' seven 'o'l
e mai imo % ,om WI" snoa,W '"'e' 80 s'''",l S'uo's
nroTnen'i nnrn w." '"?yis pL o,' Il s'alh , Una,
itronm rD' ,,;Jl;n J" @ h"o ss",k s,, 's l,rs' ana
"v'I' S''''"s more 'oouer 'hah any
~ ;,s,.aI. Nv ';o' I: I:M 'ne COD III every
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-30

" Read Professor JAS. Ruflin, D..
DIS, Letter to a gentleman in this
town. He writes from Liberia, in
Africa. Ruflin used to be rood bow.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-30

A pine lumber raft, from the Wis
oonsin pineries, foated down the Mis-
sissippi, the other day, covering three
acres of surface. 4 7'fa IHs a ii.
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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-30

An intelligent correspondent writes
to US with reference to the annoyance
of horscsan cattle by ilics, that the ap-
p|ication of any kind of oil to the por-
.tions of tho body which arc too far off
from the tail to be switched about,
will keep all kinds Of flies from troub-
ling these animals. He states that
he has used this remedy for many
years, and has never known it to fail.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-30

lar AND FEATHERs. The Savan-
nah papers contain long accounts of the
tarring and fea,hcring ola Conservative
darkcy by Radicals Of his own colour
With the trnc spirit of their party, how.
ever, in the midst OF this outburst of
political passion, they still lad an eye to
business, and robbed their victim of Ills
money and clothes. The villains have
been arrested and he d to bail in the
sum Of $500 each.
T1lercuyV.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-04-20
Action! ActiOn!!

Let the friends throughout the county, of
reconstruction of the government on the
solid basis of impartial, manhood suffrage,
see to it, that the colored men have every
facility to inform themselves on the great
political topics of the day, and the questions
which they are destined to act so importan,
a part in permanently settling. Urge OF.
ganization on the colorcd people, and the
appointment of men whom they can confide
in, to fully and properly represent them in
the political movement that is now being
inaugurated in Maryland, in the name o.
justice and universal liberty, and for the
purpose Of wrestling from the control O
traitors, the destinics oftha common wealth
traitors who are sinking it deeper and deep
or in debt, and overwhelming it with dis
grace by placing the State in antagonism tc
the Federal Government, and the Rcpubli
Can spirit and principles of the age.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-04-20
The Conflict.

We present the resolutions of the Repub'
lican State Central Committee, passed at
their meeting on Wednesday last, in Baiti.
more, to our readers in this issue, and hope
that every Republican will act at once on
the suggestions ofthe committee. The con.
hict Of arms having passed resulting in the
triumph of the principles of republican
liberty to every citizen in the United States,
it behooves all loyal men to guard the fruits
of that triumph till they be fairly secured
from danger of being destroyed by the con-
spiracy of rebels which is insugurated in
this State, through the perfdy Of Sgann,
! and Johnson. Every man without distinc-
ton Of race or color is called upon to move,
and move speedily in the cause of his most
sacred rights The ten rebel States Of the
| South are moving in the mighty cause OF
| impartial suffrage and universal freedom
Shall Maryland lay behind? Shall she not
do now as cher sister States Of the South
decide? This was the watch word of the
rebels when those ''sister States" moved
! in the cause of bondage. Now when they
! are advancing in the cause of freedom, the
Republican party adopt the motto, and de.
clare that Maryland shall follow her south.
ern sisters in the work of regeneration and
! universal manhood suffrage. Let the color.
ed people be up and doing. Let them not
shrink from this new duty and new obliga
ton that is devolving upon them. Let them
! fight one more battle in the cause Of free
dom at the peaceful ballot box, as bravely,
as inielligently, as successfully, as they did
on the tented field for their and the nations
emancipation from the thraldom Of slave
oligarchy, and then we may hope to see the
State rescued from her present ignoble po-
siton in antogonism to the Federal Govern
ment, in which her present rebel rulers have
placed her.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-04-20
Negro Suffrage.

Maryland has population OF 6S7 900 IN
habitants, Of whom $4,000 or over one
fourth are colored, and are in consequence
deprived of the right of suffrage. Is this
right and Just? Everywhere South Of the
Potomac the negro is voter, and why
should he not be in Maryland? Can a single
reason, not founded in ignorance or proju.
dice, be adduced to show why he should not
have the right Of suffrage? We know Of
none. When slavery was recognized and
protected by the laws of the land there were
plausible grounds perhaps for keeping the
negro from the ballot box; but they no
longer exist. Since the abolition Of slavery
in the United States, all persons born in the
United States, all persons born or naturaliz,
| ed therein and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof are citizens, without respect to col
or, and are entitled to all the rights, privi-
leges and immunities Of citizens. And when
men talk of the government of u State being
republican in form, while over one.fourth of
the citizens thereof have no voice in the
formation Of that government, the talseness
of the statement becomes too apparent to
need refutation-it bears the lie unmasked
upon its face. We say thereforc-and we
do not drag in the inequality of her repre-
sentation as the basis of our assertion-that
the government of Maryland is anything
else than republican in form. Had the Bor-
der State policy of that pure, but too lenient,
patriot Abraham Lincoln been sterner and
juster, Maryland instead of being governed
by Copperheads and Rebels would be to day
under the same rule as the other Southern
States, and every negro within her borders
would be enfranchised and every Rebel dis.
franchised. But although our loyal people
have suffered greyously from the mistaken
Border State policy" Of our lamented
President, it is not too late TO correct the
errors of the past; and we call upon Con-
gress to act, and too act promptly. 1t is
their solemn duty to provide way by which
the Constitution of Maryland and of all
the States shall be rendered republican in
form, and the rights and privileges of every
citizen secured and guaranteed to him
not discuss at present, but it seems to us the
easiest, shortest and most efficient method
would be for Congress to pass bill similar
to that introduced by Senator Wilson, pro.
viding that there shall be no denial of the
elective franchise to any male citizen of the
United States, by any State on account Of
race, color or former condition. This we
think covers the whole ground and effect.
ually settles the suffrage question. And
since it has got to come to this eventually,
why not have the matter disposed of at
once? That the negro will vote in Mary
land in November, 1865, is just as certain as
that the sun rises and sets, and we demand
for him the right of suffrage in November
or ,Aa present year. If Congress will meet
in July ana pass law enfranchising all the
loyal citizens of the United States, Mary.
land will be speedily redeemed from Rebel
misrule. .....s.... ......
In tho meantime we must help ourselves
and work earnestly, hopefully, prayerfully,
for negro suffrage in Maryland.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-04-20
tCommunicated,i
Meeting of the COlOred People
in ElktOn.

On Monday evening quite large and en-.
thusiastio meeting ives held in the colored
peoples church. The object of the meeting
was to hew out plan by which the building
OF school'house could be accomplished. -
The meeting was addressed by W. J. Jones,
Esq. Mr.. Jones spoke for nearly three.
quarters of an hour. His remarks were of
the most practical character-and we think
will be remembered, and acted upon by the
colored people. THE next speaker was Rev.
John Brice, (cord,) of Baltimore. He
spoke in an earnest manner, urging the PEG.
pie to heed the counsel of Mr.. Jones and
Immediately build the school.house. Mr.,
Brice is very hopeful, and thinks he will vote
in Maryland in six months time. He thinks
when the colored men Of this State are called
upon to vote, they will vote as they fought,
Gratitude and interest will bind them to the
Radical party. The meeting had good Of
feet upon the minds of the celored people,
Mr.. Jones gave them to understand that
their title to the building would be an undis.
patablc one, and that they had white friends
willing and ready to aid them in the under.
taking. We think the building will be nut
up.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-04-20
ttonhnunicat'
big Elk Public School.

ME. EWING The condition of the roads
during the Winter and early Spring inter
fered very materially with the duty of visit.
| ing the schools of the county, and deprived
! me of much gratifi cation, in that direction,
Tor those visits are always to me seasons
OF great interest
During the last week, however, after the
adjournment Of the Spring term of the
Court, was enabled to visit number of
| the schools IN my own district, one of which
deserves special notice. When, on Friday,
the 12th inst, about @ clock, Pm, en-
| tered school No. 10, of this district, known
| as the Big Elk or Taylor School, formerly
taught by Miss Nora Henderson, but for the
| last two terms under the charge of Miss Elite
| a. k,rk, was surprised and gratified to ind
| large number of the citizens of the neigh
o6orhood, parents, guardians, patrons and
| friends OF the school, assembled to witness
an exhibition and examination projected BY
Miss Kirk, the teacher, at the earnest request
of her pupils.
| have always been gratified, in visiting
this school, not only because of the number
OF pupils attending it, the excellent order of
| the school, the interest the children take in
their studies, the progress they have made
| IN them-and the readiness and correctness
! with which they respond to questions pro.
pouhAcu W lueui III tne QlUerent branches,
showing very clearly tho character and eff
cheney Of their teacher blu. particularly
because of the manifest interest the citizens
, OF that section of the county take in their
| school; an example which it would be we'll
tor some of the other school districts to EN-.
ulate.
Daring tho administration of Miss Nora
Henderson, the patrons of this school, by
voluntary contribution, supplied it with a
set of Pelton's Outline Maps, of large size,
in the uso of which the pupils have acquired
q knowledge Of geography, and prompt.
tude in reciting which few, if any, schools
| in the county can equal.
The exhibition and examination, on the
| occasion referred to, was truly gratifying and
encouraging to the parents and friends of
the school, and highly credtable to the pu.
pills and their talented and popular teacher
Miss Kirk. The exercises were interspers.
| ed with excellent music in which some Of
the pupils participated, assisted by Mr..
Henry kmball, Jr., on the melodeon, and
other young gentlemen of the neghborhoed,
who kindly contributed to this delightful
part of the exercises.
In future visits to the different districts, it
may be my duty to take special notice of
| schools. This reference to the Big Elk
School seemed to be matter of Simple
justice to deserving teacher and her inter.
esting charge. f. A. ELLIS,
President County School Board.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-04-20
Correspondence Of The Cecil Wing.
9Th D;st Apr;l TX 1eey

AoHo"lAGo, oth Dist, April 10, 1867.
Mr.. EDIroR:-Tho river is in fine RAFTING
order. Over 200 RATS have passed down te
Port, and l understand that there are some
thing over 1000 ready for running on the
West Branch. There have been about zoe
lying at Marietta. The lumbermen are no,
buying yet, on account of priees-so | am
told The log men are driving logs; they
will soon have the river clear Of drift logs,
Mr. Murphy, a Pilot, formerly member
of Battery b., LIST Md.,) met with a serious
accident in snnbbing a ratt-his leg was
caught in the rope just below the knee. draw.
ing it against tree with sufficient force to
break the rope-an inch and q half one
mangling his leg in a dreadful manner.
Our election passed off in very ORDERLY
manner. Owing to the salutary law, allow.
ing no liquor sold on that day, did not see
drunken man.
Our farmers are very busy getting in their
oats and blowing for corn.
The contractors of Central Railroad broke
ground last week on the farm of McCul.
Tough Il Co., at Rowlandsvile, so we will
have railroad in our district after all. Z.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-04-20

RADICAL MIssoURI.-As an evidence Of
the immense emigration setting iato this
State, there were entered in the land Office
at Springfield, Missouri, on the first, second
and fourth days of this month, AZ, $50 acres
OF land, a2,56 acres being entered under
the homestead act, the remainder with apri.
cultural college scrip and land warrants.
This is sharp contrast to Rebel Mary.
land, where emigration must soon tend from
in place Of toward, if the present state of
affairs are permitted to last.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-04-20
PORT DEPOSIT ITEMS.
REPORTED FOR THE CECIL WING,
PoRT DEPOSIT, April II, 1867.

Last week, while Messrs. Vandiver and
lamar were riding, their horse became
frightened, near DIR. Bromwell's, and ran
off. Mr.. lamar sprsng, and Mr.. Vandiyer
was thrown, out both escaped with a few
bruises. The carriage was badly damaged
On Friday, April 18th, the first board
| RATS OF the present season arrived. Now
there are about thirty.iive sawed, and two
| hundred and fifty timber, RATS down, with
others constantly coming in. The foaters
| are busy and have despatched several floats
| to the vicinity OF Chesapeake city--there to
be prepared to pass through the canal for
the more eastern waters.
On Tuesday, Mr.. John r. Gwinn left
us for New Orleans, to take position in the
Quartermaster's Department, under General
G. G. Sawtelle, who, in 1851, had charge of
the depot, at Pepyville. He is now Chief
Q. NJ. under General Sheridan. Mr.. Gwinn
was with the General during the war, and
bis re.engagement speaks well for the faith.
full manner in which he performed his duties
during our country's trial.
A crowd of our citizens of every {" age,
sex and condition." color included, patiently
awaited to verify the myth Of rumor that
4kBr DkS- elephant was to swim the river
from Lapidum. Just before midnight the
Alice" brought the huge beast and
dromedary, and landed them Oh the wharf.
Although the swim did not transpire, the
folks saw $500 lbs. of flesh, &C., all wrap.
ped up in one hide-snd retired content.
Mr.. A. S. Fletcher who had charge of
the Port Deposit Branch, goes to Rowlands.
vile, on the 1st prox., with other employees,
to commence work on the Phil. & Bait. Cen.
trail between Rising Sun and the Susque.
hanna. This movement gives promise of
the completion of that part Of the woak the
present year. rosy .s ...4 .. .
The late rain has pleased our farmers,
who had been growing about dry blowing
All Of them are busy, and none, for scarcely
any cause, will leave their plowsharo in
the mold" '''1-' -'-
About o'clock tonight there was an
alarm Of FIRE, occasioned by the accidental
burning of chimney in one, story house,
occupied by an Irish family, and said to
have been lately purchased by the Columbia
R. R. Co. 1t was extinguishcd without
damage. A.. -4-- .l.E
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-04-20

The ODD FELLOWS LODGE, in Elhton
will hold Thanksgiving services in the Meth
odist Church, on Friday evening the 26,l
inst.
This day being the 4sth anniversary of the
institution of Odd Fellowship in America
has been set apart by the Grand Lodge o.
the United States as day of Thanksgiving
and Prayer for the blessing of God in pro
tecting the Order throughout the war, il
spite of the efforts Of some Southerners te
dissolve it. The exercises will commence al
u o'clock, and will consist of prayer, sing
ing by the choir and addresses. The public
are invited.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-04-20

Town ELECTIoN.-On Monday last, the
North casters held their annual town cleo.
ton, in which the battle for and against
the licensing Of liquor selling within the
limits of the corporation was fought over
again with the old fashioned result, or rath
er to the loss Of the liquor party. The vote
stood for license IL, against license 20
Notwithstanding this, strenuous efforts were
made last winter in our Legislature to re.
peal the prohibitory law of the town, which
come very near being ehectua. Whisky
being one of the most powerful leavers in
Copperhead politics it was natural that those
whose elections were assisted by the power.
full influence Of King Alcohol should seek to
be friendly to his Majesty.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-04-20
Notice to Creators.

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, that the subscriber
] OF Cecil county has obtained from the Orphans
Court OF said county letters OF Administration On the
personal estate Of
WILSON SIDWErL,
late OF said county deceased. All persons having
claims against the said doceaseJ are hereby warned
authenticated
On Oh before the 18Th day of March. 1893;
they may Otherwise, BY law, 10 excluded from all
benefit Of said estate All persons indebted to said
estate requested make Immediate payment to
the subscriber. Given under my hand this 10th
day OF April, lsG7. RACHEL STDWFLI
Administrator of Wilson Sidwcll deceased.
Iest-cHaLKlgr b. CUTLER, Register.
April 90, lst--Gw
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-04-20
The result of the election in this cor

The result OF the election in this coun.
ty on the 10th inst, was majority for a
convention of 81, and two ffths of the vot .
not out. Had the vote opposed to coz.
veution been fnlly polled it would have been
largely against it, and this would have been
the result, doutless in the State. But owing,
we contend to mistaken theory on the
part of large number Of Republicans, they
absented themselves from the polls, while
others opposing the whole programme of
the rebel party, voted with that party for
convention. '.