The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-03-25

people, II true to themselves, will tell
bcncfccnlly for ages amongst tho na.
tions Of The world:
A BLOODY REvENGE-A SURVIVOR
O" THE MINNESOTA MASSACRE Kills.
ONE HUNDRED AND EtGnT INDIANS
y young man IS now stopping at the
Key City House by the name OF George
W Potter, whose parents, brothers,,
sisters and relatives were all murdered
AT Redwood, Minnesota, in the great
| Indian massacre OF 1861. lie is the
sole survivor, and was the only one left
10 communicate the mourntul lntcli.
gencr 10 The nearest settlement Bcreft
m one bricl hour OF al that he held dear
on earth, and with the victims of savage
| tcroclty extended in death before hun,
| he tcuk solcmn VOW of vengeance. -
How well he has performed that vow,
the reader may Judge when we state
That III SIX years young Porter has.
alone, and with the assistance Of nothing
but his ;rusty rife sent to the happy
hunting grounds The souls Of one hun.
drcd and eight luliar brave lie car
:ics with him apiece Of cane break
about twelve inches IN length ana
| whenever he killed an Indian he would;
make notch in this One hundred
and eight not:bcs are to be counted on.
the piece Of cane alluded to- the last orc
being cut on Christmas, 1866. Surely
young Porter has been an avcnging Ne.
mesis on Tie footsteps Of thusc who
slaughtered his kindred The Indians
killed embrace representatives from
nearly every tribe on the plains. BY
night and day he has followed them;
through the trackless forests, over desert
wastes, by the mountain side, and in the
lonely glen has he pursued his victims,
until the crack OF tho rifle and lie death
yell proclaimed that aru,hcr rcd skin had
been st;nt 70 his final account, and stated
with blood tEcvcngcance OF The pursuer
Porter has not passed through al these
pcr'lous scenes unscn'hcd lis body
has been rddlcd by eleven bullets, and
slashrd in ;hirty.thrcc places by the
knife. Bat nc has wlhstood all, came
ont victorious, an6 pow exhibits with
pride the trophies Of his prowcss. Truly
his parents and relatives have bceM
deeply, terribly avenged. Dubuque
Times, Marcel 1.
WADE's IMpAnrIALlTy,--IIls EIIot!
nILIrv.- ~ Washington corrcspon-
dent of the New York HcruM details
the following conversation between
himself AID Ben Wade:
"Thcn you don't Intend to resign,
Senator, newspaper reports to tho con-
trary Notwithstanding :"
"Of course don't. You might as
well ask if the State;c e Clio, is going
to rcsfgr. That State sent to the
United States Senate, ard in tho in
tcrcst Of that ! intend to cast my vote
on impeachment"
"ltow long will tic trial last Sen.
atorY'
DWELL, if thc&o follqwsin tho House
confined themselves to the first articles
they preferred, / suppose tho whole
thing would be over in less than four
weeks; but this spreading out Of the
nnt may be the means of prolonging
the case
"lt will all be over in five weeks
suppose Senator y
eyes; | don't thiuk it will take
much more than five weeks.' ;
"And then you take possession Of
the White House ~
Here Mr.. Wade was overcome by
his natural modcsty, and half smiling
and bl"shing, and apparently evolving
in his own mind the prospect Of Hf&'
siding at tho White IlouSc, answered
"Woll, ! suppose so, If tho Senate
decide against Andrew johnson. |
don't want tho position, but if / be-
c.mc entitled to it, havo no objcc-
tion.'