The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-11-11


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a CONFEDERATE SoLDIER.--T Poters-
burg laae1, of Wednesday says ssIhere
arrived iu this city yesterday, from Rich
mond, ayouth ebout18 years of age, in
broken health and shattered constitution,
represents himself rs having been Con.
federato soldier, and only released from
Fort Delaware some six months ago. His
name is Richard Gillipsie-he enlisted from
Alabama. was captured at the battlo Of
Sbiloh-and since that time, (six year
ago. had been under confinement at the
North. The cause of his long detention
was his ill-hGnlih, which kept him in rhc
hospital at Fort Delaware. When ho left
the hospital he says there still remained
huhocr OF Confederate soldiers (invalids)
| there, one OF whom was from Petersburg, but
whose name he could not remember. Since
his release this young man has been wan.
defing about The country, sometimes travel.
ing OF the railroads aud OH foot and has
frequently been laid up with sickness, en-
deavorng to :caci, bis family. lie does not
| know whether his nearest relatives nrc oIivo
| or not, ami he feels confident that his Cnmi i.
| ~ thinks him dead. lie is now scokiup hN
way to Charleston, where he had relatives,
and where hcthinks onc of his brothers is 1iy.
! lug lie is wreck OF man, and ycslcr.
day at the Jail, where Accommodations were
furnished him, he had n severe hcmorrbare
Of The lungs.
Gentlemen have interested themselves in
his behalf, and will cndcayor TO make M a
purse for him this morning, get ticket On
the Southern Rai'road, and send him on his
| way rejoicing. We trust they may be sue.
ccssfnl, and that he may obtain free trans
portntion oil the way to Charleston
a novel work is now going on in one Of
the rooms of the Treasury Department II
VIII be remembered TINT nearly two years
ago the Adams Express Company lost q
safe containing $204, 900, by the burning
OF the steamer Joseph Carter, OH the Misss.
sippi river. The wrcckers recovered the
safc some months since, and received ono.
third Of the par value of its contents for
thoir services. The Express Company then
forwarded il TO the Treasury Department
and General Spinner ARRANGED 10 have tho
contents examined, identified and arranged
for redemption, the Express Company pay
ing oil expenses. 10 this end three of the
most accomplished and expert lady clerks
OF tho Department have been detailed for
the examination. 1t is work recurring
rare skill and wonderful patiahoo. Tho
contents were composed of legal tenders,
fractional currency and national bank
notes, all more or less charrcd and burned,
some 10 perfect cindcr yet these ladies
identify notes and pieces Of notes which are
dovcid of any trace of their original imprint,
save the indcntation left upon The surface of
the paper Ivy The press, brought again into
rehct by the action Of fire and water. Tho
work of examination has been in progress
about ono month and 100000 have been
'anhtlhca IL will take nearly six months
to complete it,, Enchangc. .N',
BANKRUPTCY OF THE BANK OF NoRru
c.neh.X. Y "a dispatch 10 tho Now York
Herald hoA Raleigh, N. e.; November Sd,
says
"Thc old Bank Of North Carolina has
been driven into bankruptcy by creditors in
New York, who demanded par yaiuo for
notcs neid against the bank and bought
since TIC close of the war. This has been
accomplished by a New York ring, %li6h,
oy attachment, took up every dollar the
oanE Sont 70 New York with q view TO re.
bank arc about $500 600, mainly noics, Ia
assets will pay sixty cents on lie dollar
Property owned by this bank, consisting Of
| rosin helds abd bottom, Was seized by Gov
efnor Holden when h, was appointed pros
Vsional governor and sold to defray OK.
pchscs OF the provisional government
honce one df the causes why ihc bank Ins
been thrown into bankruptcy ls'{
Tie Department of agriculture has issued
areportof The condition of tho crops in o..
tooor. which says the full promise of the
early summer hns not been realized in tho
wheat harvest. The inereaso is scarcely
more Than three per cent, aud that is OBJ.
tanned mainly front tho Pacific coast. The
decrease in production Is chiefly in Maine,
Nov Hampshire, Massachusetts, Conneet;.
cut, New Jersey, North Carolina, South On.
r0iina, Georsin, Alabama AND Texas.
| -, - %ttg ~ .--e, Nt .rs
The Ilnnlons hive intfoo,ddccd tho pari.
slhn novelty OF volocipcdcs upon the Amor
lehn stage. Not tho least exciting Of ihoir
performances upon thc boards at tho Chest
m nat strSct Theatre Philadelphia, is spirit
| ed race, in which thcso daring aorobnts az.
| hiioit theft skill in managing these two,
wheeled propcllers
Inc Now Orleans Crescent of the 2lti ul,
limo says; "a friend of Ours, recently re.
turned from n trim throuob 81 i,Lo,j,; Is.
ish' tells IS Tint lie toto ihirty.fouuirt miles
through tho parish, and in that tine 10 did
not SEQ q woman or child. On asking tbe
reason reason Of this, he was informed tlai the
negroes IN The parish had assumed so lSTaS,..
oning on attitude TINT for. their own safetS
me aefenceless portion of tho populaIios.
had been senta tho city" 9,|'''