The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-12-02
A Legend.
100 HANG YOURSE f."

ot,e son and the servants Of his house.
hold. The old man had tr.d hard to
raise up his son in the way ho should
60, but such wero his companions and
their habits that he fell into vicious
ways, and long before hr arrived at
mans estate, exhibited, not only to lis
old father bit II evefy one else who
knew him, such on cXtravagans ahd
wastelul disposition, and such love Of
strong drink that the old man trembled
for tho you,h when thinking how soon it
would be that he would hayc no true
Earthly friend and adviser. The old NAH,
alter cogitating long timo us to how lie
would he his son to get along III the
world when his old father was dead and
gone, secretly sold n great amount Of his
estate, concerning which his son knew
Eothing for he had never paid any at
tention 10 his fathers matters, OF toufse,
so Long as lo had money enough to
spend in drunkenness aud dcbauchery
among his assoclatcr--and converted
this greater part Of Lis estate into gold,
and in far distant part Of the lanl
erected a hut; there he fastrntd The
gold on q rope near the uprtr end Of it.
insloe the Init, IN stiGli 4 inanner tint
but little additional weight would break
it, and placed on the lower en-, pla-
card, witch read, "hang YOURSELF" or
all this he told an old friend; alid further
told him that when his son had spent al!
his present substance, and had sunk to
the lowest depths OF poverty and dcgra.
tion. wien he had found tha, his So
called friends iii ProsPefIty &efe bit as
butterflies that come out only when the
sun shines 10 tell him to g. 10 this
place he had provided for him, and there
he would find an end to all his cares
Then the old man died; leavlhg his sou
sole heir Of all his wealth, and Ms the
father had expected, only short time
Ind passed wleR The son was a squatil
beggar in the streets, having passed
down through all tho grades that lie
Getwtei What Is called "uparrlendom"
and tho last OF creation" Having
been, long ago, spnrncd iron, the doors
of his whilom friends and having drank,
as his fathers friend believed, from the
deepest cup OF misery, he was informed
of tile place his fathers last behest bade
him to, and thll,er he bent his foot
slers: Arriving at lie door Of tile hut,
he applied to the rusty lock the key he
had been furnished with. opened the
door, and there, dangling before him,
hung tho rope. with the placard staring
hin, in the face, "Hane yourself" In
his despair he applanded Ills wise faith
er's advice, fastened the moose about his
neck, and stepped em trap door below
it, With his weight, aud the weight of
+ the gold above, tho rope broke, ard fall
ing only a very short distance, the gold
came sliowering down around him. He
soon recovered hlmself, aud gathered it
up, and afterwards built fine rcsllence
n, ar the hut and turned his attention to
agricultural pursuits, and became a
worthy citizen. or coirse, when the
sun Of prosperity shone out upoE him
again, his "butterfy" friends came wing
ing aronnd him, bnt hs self imposed
alversties had taught him lessen not
soon to be forgotten. and to each Of
them, as they came, ho SAID, "do hang
yourself. - nc.
GEN. WADE HAMPTON. The Mem.
pills ledger, Of Saturday last, speaks
thus ofthat gallant Carolnian. who pass.
cd Though tla; city en- route to his Mis-
sissippi plantation, .,ao UI
Gen. Wade, Hadipton, The con,n,ander
Of the, Virginia cavalry, under the world
renowned hero, Gen, Robert, e. Lee,
arilved in our city last night, en- route
with his family to Washington county,
Miss, to visit lis plantation for short
while. No man III this country. is more
entitled to the hospitality Of the brave
and generous people Of the South than
Gen. Wade Hampton. IF til, cause Of
Southern rights for which he offered
himself did not succeed. il was tidf,a ot
his fault, for no man IN the Confederate q
armies commanded with more ability
than did Cen Wade Hampton. RE.
with handful of patriots. assisted III
keeping back four years tho lords o;
Norl!,ern vandals that overran our
conntry---nfter every means lad been
8t.xhans:rl nn'levcrylhing done III The
power Of human invention To prevent I'd
dire q ,,calaiisiiy, Conspicuous among
tho heroes ofA!iat dark hour was sern
the bright star Of Gen. Wade Hampton,
who's. past deeds shall be cherished in
tho hearts Of a grateful pcopI. 40 long as
ths descendants Of Southern ances,ry
shall lleok win pride mon the hiopd.
sia@,cd fi,tds, ,ol charlottesville, .Culd
Harbor s,d the Wilderness.
I EsTMaTE OF ExpENDiTUREs ron
fiiEsNExr tFisoAL q YgAa ~ Tie &estia
mates ofexpehditures of the Secretary
ofotkei Treasury for',he next fiscal year,
ending ttnne 30, t8f0, will be from fdt.,
ty,toa fifty mlliuHa less than tlrey were
ior the present fiscal year. nnless the
In,liaa @kr. should hecone naeYa fasni..
dable ittahs lie Indicated ut present..
Iiastl ysarithe estimates for the ex psnses
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