The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-09

PEDEsvRIANIsM ExTRA-A ONE-LEG
GED REBEL WALKS FROM VERA CRuz
TO MEMrnis.--Mr. Henry DcMathcr,
formerly II captain in the Confederate
army, under General Sterling Prioe,
went to Mexico after the surrender
of the Southern army, and being of IL
French descent, as his name indicates,
took up arms with Maximilian.
While in the Confederate States
army ho received four gun-shot
wounds, but they did not injurc him
to any great extent. After joining
tho Imperial army he received two
more, one Of which was in the ankle
joint, disabling him for life and fore.
ing him to uso crutch. Mr.. Dc.
Nathor, at tho time Of tho greatest.
trouble in and about Vera Cruz, ,,ssI
cilcd to return to Memphis, but being
without means it would have been
utterly impossible for less courager
Gus man to have succccdcd.A TO Wilt
and to do were same thing with him.
Taking his crutch he started on foot,
and in just l45 days this energetic
man, with his many battle scars, ar
rived in the Bluff City, taving made
in that time 3,l90 miles, being a little
ovcran average Of 20 miles per day;
Isevcnty>four hours OF this time he was
on one cf those extensive plains SO nu-
mcrous in Texas, without either food
or water. Mr. DeNIathcr is certainly
entitled to wear the belt. Memphis
Lcdgcr, l7M.
THINK OF TT lis it possible that
some Of our people will ncvor learn
the true economy Of patronizing homo
industry r
Suppose a case, by way of illustra-
ton :: Hcrcis an academy or semina-
Iry to DO inauenratcd, which is to bo
sustained mainly by home patronage.
,Ihe iirst thing tho proprietor does is
to acn2 t" New York to have his cir
lch,era Q. catalogues printed. IL Thrro
i@re aH ajlcnt pri tine establishments
il th" H"H,h, bnt, they charge ten per
cent n'otc for the sam job, and hcncc
+ tha eii%#pcr !narkcts Of the North cot
the WORK One line of recommcnla.
ton ina country paper which will go
win:fag its way over hill -gSsl valley,
lro the cottage Of the humbleS'cl bHasant
aswell as the mansion of the rich,
would be worth more to that seminary
than the entire price Of a dozen such,
jobs ofprinting.
This illustration could be carried
out almost indefinitely, and it would
be seen that large number of our
pcoplearo doing every thing in their
power to broak down home industry
and enterprise; and these same per.
sons are often lamonting tho want of
thrift and energy among our citizensl
MASSACHUSETTS Ada1N. Lon yes eTxtIov
We had something to note conccrninn tbo
progress of reaction in Massachusetts Tbn
Following from the Worcester Gazete, nm
extreme Radical sheet, is a significant ad
dendum: 81 1t@'eg
"When," says that paper, owe nsk for
cheaper bread our leaders strive 10 amuse
us with glowing pictures of negro equality:
when wo ask for moral, equal and lust sys.
tenn OF taxation we arc handed treotiao
setting forth the blessings which are TO
ceme TO mankind through universal sufrrape
thrust upon the cotton pickers of tho Caro-. :"
mas wnen wo suggcat that our deranaed
currency IS driving us at railroad speed 10
Individual and national bankruptcy, the mir
IS filled viii. alarming rumors, and tho cha 4
dow OF impeachmcnt is made to plav tho q
part of the red blanket In the sports Of the
Spanish arena"