The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-10-07

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three weeks ago, bound, il is thought, on q
peddling tour along the coast. It may
| have been that ho hadasbout his person
quite Q sum of money, for which he may
have been murdered. The affair il yet
in doubt II may, perhaps, be cleared up
in few days, either by confirmation Of
suspicious rthe discovery of The missing
man Wilmington Star.
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INDIANA.--Senator Hendricks, tho orator
and salesman ofIndiana, has stirred up The
"hoosicrs" wonderfully Barbecues, mass.
meetings, pole.raisings, and poccssions arc
going on all over tho State. Everything
and everybody is sblazc with Democratic
ZEAL Wonolice aspecinl dispatch TO tho
Cmcnnnti Eaqptre,, mn account of ;, tremen=
duous Democratic meeting at Warsaw, on
thesUh INST. Fifteen thousand persons
we're in the procession, and upon the
grounds, listening tothe greatest speech
ever delivered to the laboring men of tho
Nortk Vest lic is Tho most popular lnau
perhaps, in the State, and with his great
/ eloquence. and ability is sweeping NIL Jc .
fore him. The same dispatch concludes
At one o'clock MI. H. commenced his
speech, and for three hoars held tho vast
tkrong of people spell bound by the power
ofhis Argument and cloqnoncc. Billy vii,
linms, the Radicnl Congressman from that
District, was present at the commencement
Q! !!c speech with five horses aud q coach
and silver harness, such as bond
holders only cnn turn out, but could not
stand fire. The people are hurrahing and
shouting for Hendricks. Seymour and Blair
and equal taxation. Tho masses are mo- .
! ing. Count Indiana for Democracy by 90
900. ~ ~ ss
MIR. Hendricks goes 10 Valparaiso TO-.
might, Mt which plaoc preparations have
been made for holding another rousing
meeting to morrow. 1 =
THE Iron Crown or LoMnAnDY. This
golden circlct, containing an inner rig
: made Of the iron nails with which tradition
alleges our Saviour was fastened to the
cross has been carefully preserved for ncar-
~ Twelve centuries in the town of Monza.
All the Lombard Kings, ana tlosn who SUBJ
scqucnily called themselves Kings of Italy
wore crowned with this diadcm. In 1859,
Austria took it with grcat.pomp 20 Maptua,
and thence, for the grcatersecWity, to Vicn-
ma. After the campaign of 1866, General
Mcncbrca, now President of tho Council of
the Kingdom of Italy, went, in vrtuc of
the treaty of peace, to take possession Of
the precious object, and carried il TO Turin,
to King Victor Emarue!. Early in Do
cemtcr Of that year, General Solaroli hand
ed it over, by order Of the King of Italy,
to the Chapter Of Monza. The foreign
Journals, just received, announce that, for
the first time during the last ten years, and
in tho Cathedral Of San Giovanni, the fest;
val of Tho Holy Nail, which ornaments the
Iron Grown, was celebrated from Scptem.
Der 9th to September 9th, ut The city oc
Mcnza. The crown itself is popularity call-
cd il sacro chiodo-, the holy nail.
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIoNs.--We publish
this morning the text ofthc bill "to pro.
vide for tho election OF the officers oftho
corporatcd cities and towns in the State Of
OF South Carolina" which became law
on Saturday. Uhdcr this bill, an election
will DC held on Tuesday, tho tenth day
| INovcmbcr-onc week after tho Presidential
clcction-in all Incorporated cities and towns
in this State for the election of all officers
lproYided for by the charters Of the said cities
| and towns, a,s
The elections will be conducted by tho
managers of elections appointed under tho
act already passed The polling places
will DO open for tho recording OF oil quelif-
cd electors for three days next preceding
the dny'ofcl'ction. The qualification OF a
voteri is residence Of one year in tho State
and of sixty days III the town, city or village
The polls will be open from seven a. NJ. 10
five ?. NJ. Each ward in this city sholl
constitute at least one polling precinct.
The officers elected shall DC inducted into
office on The Monday succeeding their elcc-
lion, and will enter ut once upon tho dis.
charge of their duties. They will hold Of
fec up to regular time fixed by charter for
The election Of the same, and for one full
term thcreaftcr--- Charleston Nt,os q
| ------s $3.50 Ss-------- y Il US
| The vclocipedc, the new molo of propul-
sion, which is crcating SO great % stir in
Paris, is described as follows "The body
is something like that of hobby horse,
with saddle for tho rider. 1t runs Oh two
wheels, ono in front Of the other Tho mo-
| tive power is the feet oflho rider, which
! give motion 10 q crank that works on ono of
tho wheels, while with the other ho steers
tho machine. These wheels arc not very
broad, for great breadth is not required.
| Allittle care hns TO etaken on starting.
and tlcn the machine travels along very
upright Tho reason why itdocs not topplo
over on ono side is the samc that keeps
hoop from falliDg-thc tendency to cant over
on one side being counteraotcd by tho
stronger tendency of q rapidly moving body
TO perseyore in, tho straight line, Any
deviation, from The upright position Of 4
wheel while inmotion would be acoompan-
oil by a curvature insits course, and this is
prevented by That stronger tendency to-,
words q straight line, the great law OF oil
moving bodies. There has nlso been anoth-
err discovery Of d method of swift travel
ing by water called d watcriyelocipede sIt
oonsists of'a pair Of sharp, shallow boats, !,