The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-05-22
From The LouisviNc JourNat.
a Romantic Incident Of tho Var.

a Romantic Incident Of tho War,
Never Shall we forget tho scene we wit.
messed few days SINCE whom it was our
good fortune TO place in the hands Of u
family dispatch from q son--whom they
had long mourncd as dcad--snyiDg, "I will
DO with you tomorrow Early in 1862
when tho read hand Of war was thrusting
| thousands of our once happy people from
lhcir quiet homes to become wanderers and
iugitives i'll strange land and among
| strangers, young man enlisted in tho re-
gimcnt i'll Which we were serving from the
vicinity of Cumberland Gap. lie was an
exemplary soldier, aud soon gained the cs
teen oil his comrades and confidence Of his
| officers
But just after the short, but terrible battle
of Cross Lanes, Western Virginia, was
| louSh', an unfortunate occurrence, impli-
caling him III crimc, of which subsequent
events have shown him to have been limo.
cent brought him before court martial,
ana he was sentenced to be shot. Ills pre-
| Vlous good character induced the officers of
his regiment and the commanding general
to petition tho President to commute his
sentence to imprisonment, which petition
was granted, and he accordingly sent on To
wel-known island prison, between tho
coast of Florida and Cuba
llis family, who had been driven from
their homes, were then residents of our
city, and tho intelligence Of his incarccra
| tlon almost crazcd his devoted mother and
sisters. But their confdcncc in his truth.
honor aud goodness Of heart never faltcred.
| lhey felt hc was innocent and looked hone
| iully Tor the revelations of "tOmorrow" to
prove ii. ln few months, however, it
was announced in the mortality report
| OF the prison that he had died. After re-
DCQtguly wrifipu hiu
contradiction of the report, and gave him
up with resignation that only such circum-
stances can 2Ouchsaic to q sentative mother
| "Down her checks flowed the round drops
And rs wc see the sun shine thro' Il shower,
SO looked her bcautcous eyes,
Casting forth light and tears together"
| year passed, and the family moved to
thcfntcrior Of the State. But what mighty
revolutions docs year bring forth. Cir.
cuEstanccs transpircd which proved be-
yond doubt that our enormously reported
dead comrndc was innocent Of the crime for
| which he had been Imprisoned, and he was
promptly released. Being withou; money
he stopped in Northern city to work.
writing to his former home for his mother,
anu then advertising in several Of our State
papers, but to no avail The only inforn,n
ton he could get Of her whereabouts was
that she Was living ''Somcwhcrc in Ken.
tucRy. ne c"me to The State and locating
III an adjoining village, continued his cxcr-
, tions TO hna his mothers family, whom lie
had reason to believe were in destitute cir
c"mstnnccs wherever they were. :! x
NOW comes the finale. IN attempted out
rage on young lady in Eastern Kentucky,
| lew weeks since. an account Of which was
published i'll the 1orMii. came under tho
ho'iec VI our itlchd, an" the almost victim
ol ing hcnoish assault, on Investigation,
was iouha to he his sister We were then
OH business IN that part of the State, and
received the before mentioned dispatch, and
pi"ceu IL IN INC iandS OF the mother. She
rH"" INC ii''ie message, started, looked clo-
ser ana icnd convn,Sivcly, and ucmb!ing!y
ooKea in'o our eyes, seemingly searching
.nc "eP.ns o, our SOUL sank upon her knees
anu w'th up'urhed face, exclaimed in Ian.
g"aSc ihat Will ever rcvcrbcratc on our
ora'n: "f"'hcr' thank thee for to.mor-
TO"
Morr OF Uynrpwoon's Cu,r,,r ro,
dcrwcod'a indecent "charce" or ,b,t rra
IA i.""ie ''"o"'~e.t :. "".'o.
nc charSc OF Judge Underwood to the
HrHhn nry III Nichlnond, on Monday, is
without p"ra.icl. With its whining cant
81 mariyraom, i's bitter curses Of the foul
mo"'heu abuse CT Richmond, with its pa
gan and myihologloal ideas Of Haccus,
Mhmmon ana Mars, ITS Illusions 10 the
avn, ana a'he'sti' past OF Richmond, and
one 'pnilihhs OF everlasting granite that
STOOD unharmcd amid the great conAagra,ion:
WIN its sptuttcrinG poclical quotations ;
WIN lis ecstA'ic applause OF thc leader and
l"'hcr OF successive Congress- acknowledge
M cu 10 DC so w''h n de'rrcncc which neither
Csay, FOX, INC iit's, nor even Cicero had
eScs known win all its angry and ridiCu.
lous rhetoric this charge is the strangcst
mixture OF drivci and furious nonsense
ever olsgraceu the bench. In getting him
sell up amhitio"s'y' to act well his part,
Judge Onaerwo"h must have had confused
noti9n OF taking FOR models Jcifrcys, Par.
son nro"niow ana hoosrt Shallow, Esquire,
JuS'icc o' the reacc, ana toram and Custa-
lorum' ana huto'Cornm, too. None but
some OF ohnkespe"rc 4uccrcst origina!
charaotets' II revived today could utter
such iarago OF rant and fustian as this
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THE STREET CAR QUESTION IN New YonK.
So much ado has been made OF late about
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