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

out to receive me-. a delegation of Con-
! feaeratc soldiers met mo about milr
from tlie town and escorted me in. A bout
seventy.iive scldiors altogether entertain
! ed esin n most hoSpitable manner.
i While i'll nWmnsboro, Twas called TO The
bedside.ofsatC Captain, once in the Con,
'iederate. army. lIefwas suffering from
The effects ofinjunes received daring the
war, and was very near his end. He
had sent Tor me, as northern man, to
express The thoughts which lay nearest
his heart. He spoke ofthc war, and the
desolation which it lad wrought, of the
passion and hatred it had engendcrrd
aud he expressed the Belief that The
northern people could not be aware of
the truo feelings ol'thc Sonth,Hotherwisc
they could not pursue their present poli,
IcY ol resentment and distrtst. Ills
whole existence seemed embittcred by.
the sad condition Of the country. Ia
then thanked tic for my efforts to tlispel
Tho ialse impre ssions prevailing in the
minds Of the northern people, and honed
that [ would be successful. The graft
i'ca,'on Of that dying mar more than re.
paid inc Tor all the trouble whichT had
tndergone-tlle separation from nv
family, for the long weary marches
+! which | had made through rain and
mud it repaid me for all the dangers
whlc, was constantly passing through,
and Tor tho scenes OF suffering and dis
lress which presented themselves daily
before my eyes. j left him. knowing
that he must soon go TO another world.
But felt sure that h. was an honest,
upright man, and had the best interests
OF the country Mt heart i badc him
goodbye IN sadness The newsof his
deathreached mo soon after, and the in,
tclligence was not unexpected. He has
gone to botter world, where ali true
men finally go. I do not believe ,hat
in The presence Of the Father OF the Uni.
verse, in Heaven above, the northern
hero and The southern hero are still war.
ring with each other. No, their shirts
arc as peaceful and calm MS their bones
which lie side by side onltle battle field
And asSthe grass grows green over their
graves, in evenness and beauty. SO their
souls IN tho realms above pour forth
harrmopions praise, without discord,
without haired, IN tic perpetual concord
oea Heaven I. i; 3 sia a d
sgSS4xsssoCIDEST ON ri HE fjOuTiI sIi iARobISa
RAlLRoAD.--An accident occurred yes
teerday morning at o'clock, to the up
Columbia No.l freight train. near the
tour mile boald. The train was asrunning
IN regular schedule time, when tho con.
ductors car jumped or the hindmos.
truck, and that end fell on the track and
was draggedon the road. The conlnc.
tor, Mr. f.. O'Itourke, and his two train
men jumped ont Of the car. The truck
following, ran upon Mr.. David Fcrrcll,
oneot the men, cutting his right leg
nearly off below the knee. M. Fcmcl
was brought to The city, and Dr.. Kin
loch amputated the leg just above the
the knee,jolnt. Mr. Ferrill is !. an up
right and industrious man, and was
previous to tho lete war, freight con
dnctor onStllc road. He served during
the whole war in'the Confederate army,
and Mt the close OF hostilities returned to
the 'ailroad. There being at that time
nc. conductors place vacant, he took
position as a tram hand. He was a
young unmarried mar, well thought of
by his employers, and lie had already
been selected as tbs. eondnctor,of new
irainiwhich was: being formed, when he
met with the unfortunate accident above
described - Charleston NeWs.
The Radical party wore. iubilant
over tho Vermont anil Maine cleo
tions a word Of comfort and encour-
agement to our friends. The New
Englanp States have immense capital
invested in fmanufactories and tho
fisheries They are protected byst the
Radical party, to the injury Of eyery m
agricultural and every other interest
iii tue South1an West. Under those
ruinous projections laws they ltaye
grown! rich and powerful, and stleirsiti.
terests control Now England They
we'll know WhenSt he Democratic party
gets into poWer, as they will, their uti-
iuatS tariff t4la8ss will BE repealed. !.
Fearing this, is,they3hase 'broughtto boar
all tho capital Of New England to in
fnsnce tyotee, and theyahaYe succeed
ed. ia the middle nnd Western
States tl,ors is 4 storm opposition to
these unjust tariff toppre essiions. When
I The great States of22NeWS York Penn.
4 sylYania,s Ohio, Indiana, md tho
!, Statcs west Of them, whose interests
E9ro agricultural and commercial,
come to vote We shall 800 tho people
Of. these States array ttejnsoll sss i'll t,il
their power, determined to- sweep
from the statuto. books those unjust
and oppressive laws, and hnrl from
4 power tho Radieal K party who have
Ipassed and uphold them. ii 1tfcaip,lii: Is
ldvalaaehes tssj
Another railway aeroas tho Alps,
4 besides that BY way OF Mount Cefiis,
viii soon g be itl operation The third
section Of the road by way of Simplon
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