The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-03-06
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fce-blest.
Congressional eloquenco-Jo,oi ,co,vi
aUo,o I
! New Hampshire has 100000 in
vested in schooi-houses.
Artomus Ward is dangerously sick
at Southa ampton. Recovery improba-
bic.
Guribaldi's son has gono to Gambia
to help the Cretans against tho TurAap
There arc $500 students in the va
rious Now England colleges this
year
The President has proclaimed Ne
braska one of the States of tho Union.
A letter writer from Naples "drahk
in the whole sweep of tho bay"
The Havre from Arago has arrived
at Boston with sixteen thousand dol
lars, subscribed for the destitute Of
tho South.
Intense anxiety prevails relative to
the Presidents message. a long
Cabinet consultation was hold which
resulted in various alterations causing
great delay. The Executive attaches
immense Importance to the document.
; The tax bill was resumed, and the
vote removing the cotton tax was lost
by tie vote. The Senate finally
fixed the tax at two cents.
The appropriation for tho White
House was rejected.
An amendment arpropriating fifty
thousand dollars to the Liberia pro-
position, was withheld until white
men are allowed to vote in Liberia.
1t created considerable mirth. The
whole matter was postponed.
A purson once prcfaced his sermon
with "NIy friends, let us say few
words before we begin" This is
about equal to the man who took u
short nap before he went to sleep.
An occasional contribution for The
Portland sufferers is still received and
acknowledged. The latest statement
makes the grand total $5Gl ,99G-a
noble contribution.
judah p. Benjamin., late Confederate
Secretary Of State, has Just created a
great sensation in London Ly II brilliant
spec III in one OF the courts.
The ITon Andrew Hunter elected
| United States Senator from Arkansas,
declines Oh the ground that cannot &C,
ccpt without injury to the church of
which he is a member.
There arc in the city Of New York
10000 drinking places, or ono for every
hnndrel Of the population in Cleveland
ll2 one for every thirty three families
in St. Louis 1896, or one Ior every
ninety seven of the population.
The Louisville Cou,ier announces
that Gene, al n. B. Forrest is now pre-.
pairing, and will soon have ready for
the press, a book to be entitled "Thc
Memoirs of Forests Cavalry"
Dean Trench, in "Tho Study of
Words" says Tariff is derived from
TariFa, the name of tho Fortress or
rock Of Gil rultar, where the Moors,
during their domination in Spain,
were used TO levy a tax upon all ships
passing through the Straits.
Naturalsts have remarked that tho
squirrel is continually chatting to his
fclllow-sqr irre's in the woods. This,
VIC have every reason to suppose, aris-
es from the animals love of gossip,
as he is notoriously one of the great
est tail-bcarcrs.
The Presidents veto of tho Colora-
do bill was considered. The bill was
passed, notwithstanding tho voto, by
a vote Of 20 yeas to 10 nays. Tho
nays arc Nlcssrs. Bnckalcw, Cowan,
Davis, Dixon, Doclittlc, 1idmunds,
kesscndcn, Foster, Grimes, Harris,
Hendrix, johnson, McDougall, Nor
gan, Ncsmith, Norton, Patterson, and
Salisbury.
A Confederate soldier named Brooks
was taken prisoner some three yeals ago
and while IN an Indiana prison, Whitfield
ont n model Of cotton press. IIo
claims that with The help OF a good gin,
he can pack bale Of cotton, weighing
i've hundred AID twenty-five pounds in
two hours.
Tic following item appears in Dub
I'm newspaper I'D ed, January 7, at
Milford, Mayo County, Ireland, Peggy
Walsh, aged l24 years, servant in tho
family of Miller OF Milford since 1857.
January 5, Mrs Elizabeth. Mckinney
OF Colerainc, Antrim County, lO7."
| California can send her wheat and
barley more than twelve thousand milcs
by water to New York and Philatlrl.
pl'la,. and compete with tho producers
who send it one thousand miles by rail.
road. a cargo Of wheat wlnch rc"niIy
arrived in Philadelphia from San Fran.
cisco, realized profit Of s75,0OO.-
California has gold currency.
THE New CoNGREss. - When it as.