The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-12-02

I uSiiSS hlstIte IlauSHCtlOnS ~ oI itne Il MIA +
dclphia Society, the credit Of making
known thesyHlue IF GYPSUM, de, a Erlili-
ger, v 1t has boen believed by some that
twas introduced .by German, farmers,
WHO brought q knowledge Of .is value
| from their, own Go,,htrf,. So faf, Mas
! ills frodi being ,tr!tc that there Mas Just
the san,e uitlicii1iF iif gctlihg these 4 cr.
! man lar,iiefs 10 try II. of TO adopt It
! after lrAl;i Hat Ee1found ih5dealihg with
, them IN the Leg gisla,ure Of the State
Aio,hcf story Is calculated to deprive
Judge Peters OF the credit due to him in
the matter is ',hatltold of Dr.. Franklin
having brongh,,it in,o'no,icc BY making
with it certain words which became
apparentin the rll'rct produced By the
gypsLhi Whafevet /. s,rpwh. WHISTLER
any such Thing wasever done by DR..
| Franklin or not; it is nevertheless owing
tol,ythe persistent and. long-con,inued
efforts Of Judge, Peters through 4, many
years, ip distributing parcels for expert,
mcnt and BY. his correspondence. h ..o,,
| II is impossible to estimate the amo'iut
| Of wealth that has been the result Of
| the use Of this very cheap fertilizer
| Thousands OF thousands of acres nf land
IN Maryland. ,Virginin, Pennsylvania,
| New York and OTHER States have been
redeemed from poverty, and owe their
present Condition Of productivcness to
the .nss Of this fertilizer, through its
effects npon!the growth Of clover Its
Introduction made an epoch in the pro.
gress Of agricultural Improvements a.
marked as that which resulted from the
introduction of: Peruvian guano, and
moro permanent il, its effects. 81
9 How, then, shall we compare such
bcncfactor. as Judge Peters with the
mcn,wl,o would call him a theorist,e and
attectrto be superior to those who read
books and journals and think. there is
something else than hard digging ncccs
| sary5to the best success. In agriculture
i as.in all business the informed and
thinking mind must guide the willing
and praclicel haul. g.4a., ..,..,s. g.'D
| KILLING A MURDERER IN Texas
4 DEspERATE CoNDU6T or THE C0Nvior's
4 WIFE. ---Y este.dav Sheriff W. II. Mur.
rissndW. FHCorlev, of this city, re-
lurhedlrom n cruise after G? l.. Merri-
! man, the man Wild murdered in cold
1 blood, MIR. Nv. Atbq'os son, IN this city;
during tile last summer 1T seems that
! the sheriff had been using his abilities as
! detective in. the, flurL to, work M the
case successfully, aud that about one
wIek ago he obtail:ed satisfactory infor.
nation MS 70 Merriman's place of con.
cealntfnt: The sheriff took with him
Mr.. Corley, only, and proceeded eau.
\ tlouslyto the northwest c c,rner, of Hood
! county, where, after five consecutive
nights trial, they found their man, and
ny good arrangement succeeded in ef-
! feeling his capture, When arrested,
and all hope was lost Of escapc, Merri
man Appealed to his captors ;o blow his
braiiss unt on tue spot; that lie had
i sworn never TO return TO Waco =, iso5n
err Tic sheriff and ghard placed the
'iprisoA ina wagon with lis heroic,
! wife, land the1party moved on towards
d tie town ofMcfalar, IN Bosqhc county
aud had iprotecded 10 within three miles
OF shid TOWN alta point oflhc' road close
to adl,icket, whcm suddenly Merrln,an
, sprang, ont7lromthea wagon. .!!is hands
having been united by lis wife, and
made forfths brush. When lie lelt the
Wagon, tbslil,lc Vile, sthnugi, n .frail
creature, took hold evioltn'ly of the dri.
yer oftle: wagon. and @placcd him hors
| de, combat bur. poor woman, her ,faith-
| f,l. assistance was of 10 avail, for Sheriff
! M9rr,s and two gaaads were close be.
bind. The order TO halt, was not obeyed
'fbys the fugitive, and several shots: 4wcre
fred at him, none Of which tere Known
ITO haze, laksn eject. He was, pursued
iato tie thicket, ,sl'9ts firing in rapid
succession. soon the firing ceased, and
the officer OF Tie law returned. To Tho
wagon and reported to the distressed
wlft lhst der husband lid rsuaped--
tile gallows.' Mtrriman was, blood
thirsty ma,i, and. had lie lived, would
, doabtitssly have cafricd5into execution
liisT determination --ns Voluntarily ex.
pressed TO- ahs sheriff-Eto Kill two other
gentlemen Of our city, Waco 7ssas)
Register, Noc.oli.. f't lih 1e' e1# plrs "a
iiit9 sliHw TTgT5-e. 80 .s~-stT 4Tia ,fat'ii S
y otANRiyAt 6fsy Cu6tiss All GanvBs-
ifesNI,-5-The Galveston Texas Givti-
! 6ta Of tho 4th3instant makes tho fol-
lowing statement: aAlthoagh It may
DO n.attui OF surprise to our srga ders,
, ~ j. nevertheless tfGs that NJ essr.s..
Heidanhc1ier & Co., Of this city, have
5ast received 9 consignment Of coolies
{ direct from China. The we're ship
fed diredt TO this port under ordinu.