The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-11-18

| "".V naH Will Ills 5nlllaly IN hand,
while they bore aloN n pole on which
there was a dead rooster hanging by his
feet.
| AS they walked they continually
cried, 'the roosters' dead that erowed 80
Justify th,s morning" The crowd re.
manned at Pillsbury's house for some
time and then moved of, and ''trampoos.
ed" the city in various directions, with
the pole and dead rooster wagging to
and fro. We wonder whose rooster
that was, and if tho news Of its sad fate
has yet reached his late owners.
Some Of tho colored element yester. :.
day certainly did not Sustain anything
like d Quiet reputation they took oc.
casion on the most trivial circumstances
to got up 4 rumpus.
On the corner of Meeting and Queen.
streets, fight occurred which was of
brlaf duration, but bid fair at one time to
] assume undue proportions.
a lew sensible ones present ca|med.
matters, and gave some seAsohabie ad.
vice that restored order. FfH
A white man by the name Of Duncan
Cameron was slightly cut in the Head by
coloied man in Meeting.s,reet, yes!er.
day, He was carried to the detective
Office. and h,s wound attended to by DR..
| r. Lebbv, Jr.
The colored element we're rife for re.
volt yesterday, and took on occasion the
| slightest pretext to brandish their clubs
! and draw their knives,-. Charleston
| Mercury.
GEN. GRANTS VIEws OF fifE RE-.
PUBLICAN, PLATFoKM.--A, statement
made by gentleman III whom may be
placed implicit reliance, and who enjoys
excellent opportunities 10 etiable him to
speak intel'igcntly on the subicct may.
give some indication Of Gen. Gran,'s
position in relation to the Republlcati
party. He states that after the General
was nominated he sat for a long time
carefully reading and ponder,ng upon
the platform adopted by the Convention )
| that he finally EXPRESSED 70 Ills confden.
tal friends that he did not like il, and
was in great doubt whether he would
accept the nomination on tlIat ttatf6rtt.
This coming to the ears of certain lead:
ers OF the party, they hastened to call
upon the General, who stated to them
hia objections to tho platform. This it,.
telligence was received with no it'll.
CONSERVATION by his visitors, who feared
that Grant entertained the intention OF
declining the nomlnation. They at once
opened upon him with every conceiva.
be argument they could bring forward
70 induce him to accept, one Of which
arguments was that the platform need
not be regarded by him Iii so serious a
hsitA~tt WAS simply All enunciation of
the general PRINCIPLES Of the party, nee.
essary only to make up tile ,ss,,es of the
campaign. They urged him to accept a,
ell events, and to say nothing more about
the platform. Many other arguments
OF a similar character wore Used, it is
said, which gave Grant to unders.and
that they wanted him to accept the nomi.
nation ifeven it had to be on platform
OF his own adoption - Wqshington telc.
gran, in NeO York Herald.
\ aJ'u{} y -t----..s % S,-ll--------t sgss
Tx ON CorroN T0 BIZ HkyIYhb-A A
WARNING TO j LAETERs. The follow.
ing passage occurs in speech delivered
by acting Vice. President Wade, of
Ohio, at Cincinnati on the 10th ultln,o
1t plainly foreshs lows, the revival Of
the cotton tax, which operated so dfs.
nsttotisly t!poh all .classes. and injurious.
y Upon all pursuits, in the SSo::!: Il:
I l1866-'67: st4} AaS
4 You remember we pnt a tan .tipon
cotton, the only thing under Gods kea.
ven by which we could get anything
out of the rebels, they having rendered
it necessafy that wa sfrould incur this
1 great debt ii defence Of the Government
land they howled about the tax on
cotton, and the Whole Democracy Of the
North, out Of Congress and In Con.
i gress, ffade sucli an ontcry against ii;
s..ss.. shs :h.sT :!.s Induced ssei hesdea R4nnhli.
cans to fepealit. The year before We, we
BOT abn,t twentyseight millions out Of
/ that cotton. tax, and il Canfe OUT OF tho
livery men, Of all Others that should give
some OF their substance 10 pay off that
accursed debt that wo were forced to
incnf. Bit We threw of that tax and
this year did not getons cent oft. I
would not agree 70 it,: II VASE mag
nanimity that rdcgenerated into weak.
ness. We otSllt to have made them
pay II and this year we might have got
$40, 900, 900 instead Of a$3S; 00D, 600.
j and let the Democrats howl ~ n
Nov, iris not this too bad Z
l. ,sttg{ ,3 --y7-T-T-sss - . s a. !
]. 1t has boon discovered why che %.
tober eleotions went against tllS De-
moeyaoy. Miss ssrongninde cd Antho.
! lny has found ont oil about it. Her
paper, tiie Revolution says vi.
i lf Miss Anthony had besn admitted,
Ino doubt UHass1 would have been
nominsted, and uslssvsrsal 4 suffrage
made plank In the pIesforu. as tho
Ercsalt Of the braye, tsa6, words she
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