The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-11-25
denegst Grant hasI begun repa rkahly
we'll. lIs ,aeso'inipi; alispublic paredes md

NI,Feo
towards peace. Itfs,tho esiRsNishmcn, of
the little pnrtizah fires unlor nnumcrablc
kettles filled wi,lrall kinds Of rancorons
passions, They, were, ready 10 boil oyer.-
Windy Office. hunters were Standing by TO
blow up The flames Ito faiter tho President
elect to triumph over nnd taant advcrsa
rios. lie would mono of it but forbade
any demonstration. IIo wanted to bo let
alone: aud he told those who appeared he.
fore him insihe habilimenls ofwarito rytako
hem of, ana givo.us ''ptace,' All this is
significant, aud most asteeably 80.
by pursuing this policy consistently Gen
cral Grant u'ay Pit down the pnssious Of
he war ana bring about rtacr BY doing
this, and hy keeping his own councils md
| following ,nnt arolioy that will restore ocn
faence aud prosgerty 10 the country, he
viii, Ike jackson at the end of hia first
!erm, fna himself almost without opposi.
! tim. But MI this is not yet md ihero
must he some waiting in hoptftchec,.ed by
! what VIC have scen- Rchmomi Dipafrh1 :
! iIt .:
| THE M!aaouEI ELEurtoNs.- There arc
over so 0)0of the best men in Missouri dis.
iranchiscd by wicked test laws, aud yc, tho
Democrats elect two, If hot thee, members
of Cnhgfcss. F"| I4 f'lF3 E'
! Gen. james Shields over II. I. yan Horn
present member by 588 majority.
Eras'us Wells over W. a. Pile, by 1900
majority ".''
W. +. Swizlcr. who was counted ou from
tho Fourth Congress by party vote in The
House of Representatives lie is now
elected Representative by q small majority
over Geo. W. Anderson, Who was put into
his place which ism gain Of hree NJ, C. 3
in Missouri only.
Negro suffrage is defeated by IN, immense
majority, though Grant carries the State
Qhro"gh dis?rnnchi>cment Of Whitcs) by
%, 600 majority. a1laualH q H.. I'd,
FRoM MrNlco.-N trembling of The earth
was fell on the 4lh md 9th al Inrbidc. four
teen leagues from San Luis Poosi. Many
| inhabitants were frightened nnd left Inun-
la!ions have caused much damage at San
Juan Baptist and Tobasco. Robberies still
continue in Jalisto. The Mexican Congress
had approved The crntract for the Vera
Cruz aud Mexico railway. ,ri,g,4 yEt,
a terrible Wind and rain storm ragged
over the country from October Is TO 19. dos
ing immense damage ard causing suffer ing
mud loss Of life. The city of Alamas in the
State Of Sonorn, With population Of seven
thousand. d.wns destroyed by tho food and
Il tc tnt} 10 T s.t.f
and several other small towns. wcro entire.
| ly demolished. Herds Of cattle were sKett'
away, and orange groves and crops HI sohu
instances totally ruined. The YauttG and
Mazo rivers rose forty feet. @ '''' t''
News from Paraguay is TO tho effect That
the allies have rcccnnoitered the position
held by Lopez, and that il is thought 10 hu
unassnilabo. Adviccs from South Amoris
ca vim the cable report that tho allies had
made nh attack on The position Of Lopez,
and had been rehulscd with heavy loss
The Brazilian roncads had bombarded Au.
gnstinc, but without effect There were ru.
mors of n tevo, against President Sstmicn.
to in The Argentine Confederation. p
The New Yo'k Tribune. Announcing that
"a nmnhcr or sialwart Young Treasury
clerks, has resigned. in anticipation Of the
reduction Of the force in Tho department. -
gives them the following advice "Youne
gentlemen, we: congratulate yop You are
Tree You no longer gronn under tho bur
dels Of oficc. Tho free West awni,s You
Its boundless prairies yearn for your COM
ing with The shovel and the hoe ?! Better
raise dozen good cars Of corn Than twist n
thousand rolls Of red tape {" ra. y
On Tuesday morning General Grant and
Ar. Bonner rode out TO the Fashion Course
to sec Dexter. Tho New, York Sun says:
III was q cold, raw, clustering day, and
tho ground wns frosty but ,unacr. nll these
disadvaniagcans circumstances Dexter trot-
ted amile, as timed by General Grant, in
22l ;lhe first half mile. who Q; be did not
have 10 trot against tho wind. in 1908 s One.
day last week, when Tho weather was more
favorable, he trctted q mile In 2;17, which
is f"ster by some seconds tl,an any other
horse in tho world ever lroticd," - ~
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The New York World, in! estimating the
expenses Of the late eleoiio in that Slate,
says TINT Griswold was assessed $50 100 O
when nominated for Governor, 4 $40 QUO
more for Pennsylvania, and further sums
for New York : making In nli "hundreds Of
thousands of dollars" Tie Union Leaane
Clubs contributed 100000, and Senator
Morgan large sum. The toiaf amount
raised by the Republicans in New York IL
pntat $l,600,0o0 r.'Ss.l g't,afsi6a ;ti@i
,The Chicago Republican says; "A prroorni-
nent official Of tho Union ;payiac rhilroad
Informs Us Tint there Is good reason resasot'f for tle
belief that lhesiwo comphhies.-.no u sivals
out soon 100 70 be ,cooperators--he UpionI and
me central EN- Pacific Railway Companies-l
nave come to mniual agreement as 10 c,'tb 'tbs
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