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MARRIED..


In Riiciori, Nay u, by Rev. j. Sc,cus, Mr.. Charles
How api Mis- Augusta stiss, both 81 Bitdefocl.
In HdLesci, May 20, BY Jss,b n Cox. NJ. Almcn
C Hutchinson ami Ms GeOrgh Anderson, bch q Bidde.
ford
In pldtieiori May =, by Jacob X. co,c. Esa, Rocco
q. DOna and Miss Marietta D. c0omhs, Lth VI pliae-
Ard. .r..... .....y o.. ....s A.
In wsss .ton May D. u the residence d the brides
pAreuts by Rev. n Nansoa, Oenrre n Lbhey a rutanJ.
anil Nis julia A, daughter VI Oliver lSw, NJ.
In Lmins,oo, Nay u, WIN. c. PIlsIdy asd MAy n.
frost
In Cape Elizabeth, May 81 ny Rev. Dr. Shaker, Chas
W. Cummings and Miss Amelia Z, ilanuaiori, both q
c.. .sI . ..i.. .H
In nrsirton. May II, David Ballard anil Mas nira }.
Lord, both OF Brhistco-
In BstiEsa. May %, George shane anil Mis- Rosiila
G. Dinghy, ssh q bsiAstoo.
I'm kittrry May ~, by Rev. joel Wilson, Mr. John
Lsnrisy q Yak ani Mis- Lnie u Rtiigreu q klitsry
Tn n<,usoalh, n. H.. Nay %, Mr.. Henry U. Shau d
Ddghlon, Mas. anil Mis- LOusA, daughter q p<nnlns
wnsa, Eq 80. ar.. 81 E.... .--.-.- D.. =.
4. ws,srssryssh. Nay ~ By ksv. II u: sswte..s
Mr.. JsAa Piekara, u Ausssa, and Mo Addis NJ Ls's'
Of Marlborough. .'r,EiH' I,fas O.. -..' ~
In pv,rr. N. n, 18th uh BY Rev. A. walker. chas
rnonpsoa and Miss Nary ,. Meadef. Aso, M. Geo. U
sneIi and Nh Haasah Nkfrss. - JFl'i
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Bankruptcy Notices.
--<~------
I'm Dankruptcy.

In Bankruptcy. -....
TJNIIIS IL to give notice, That on the twenty
i eighth day of May, A. d. 1868, Warrant IN
bankruptcy Was issued against the estate OF Ma.
thansi Sawyer OF llollis In the County Of York and
State OF slaine,who has bceu adjudsed q bankrupt,
debts and delivery Of any property belonging
to such Bankrupt, 10 him, or for his use, and the
transfer Of any property by him are forbidden
by law that n meeting OF the creditors OF
the said Bankrupt. to prove their debts, and TO
choose one or more AFsignces OF his estate, vii he
held ut Court Of nkruptcy,to DO holden ut Bid.
the sixth day Of July, A. ID. 1868, at ten o'clock,
A. A., At City Rooms
2wj.i U. s. Marshal Is Messenger. Dist Of Maine.
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s.Out oY Sorta.V

scout or Sorts.o 2 |.t.t 4
Take DIR. so. RICHARDSON'S SHERRY WINE
BITrERs,-the most medicinal In tho market rs.
abllshed In IsS. .'' Bmi2
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.r,sh,oa Cattle Nlarke,--Juns ,.
coRRScrxD Twice A wsEE

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Prksa q NSks, R<s-ysta sit q - Is, nrst qsA
nv SD 50 % 70 o.; sood quality tie Is 20 ID - hrd
quality sil5 40 u p
M,Lh Cow. AMI csivcs-sSs, 50, es, rs TO 100.
Ysrthc s9m 30, tso ysn ode go . -, three
rear CHS Sts % no
wss,sra r.i s.Ds-Li'e, nooe dresrd, Isle
10. ,-,on
csis.si. ca.N. Y. Spring r,s., u . lie W
Pv,crs q shs~p anil Lsmts-ln lots, 3: w, 90, W
each sxtrA, "a - 81 70 - ~ " % nom 70 sfe ID
sptins Lainha ~ - % q ooo.
veal CHlv~->-S3 al - -
ptlcrs of IIdcs, raliov and stins-Iitless sI We
skins Sc 2 n Lamb skin~ SO a &c each
C,.s.idcsioa % CATH and sherp-N. B-best. extra
AMI d,,t oa>llsy insuiss scthas est The esl hrr al
oven. sroai and third paAiiy Includes Oxen, and Wo
AMI thres year cd Ste~rs-
sAssp-syrs inslsics sssts, and wheu nose q n'u'-
" yual.ty are thowu CT Of the ~
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a Posiiirs Cure for SerofuIa
In all la nm nic,iJ f,r,u.

j. w. T0SSoR, OF Parkersburg West Virginia,
writes ~ liz. Anslsrs, July =, lisa, fellowst
II had - TsnHiny ulcers when I commenced Ia
Mag your Iodine Water. and sm nov entirely
cured OF scrofala"
DIR. Ansiers' iodine water
j. pare solution Of Iodine, r,tAost q ssirsnf Uhs
most potrsrfsi V,taitsing tgssf and R,sisyatirs
ksosn) Circulars free. ] . DiNSMORE. Propri.
stor. %, Dsy strect, New York. Soia By oil drux
gists as 20 4w2i
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DIR. AnsIers' iodine Water
The Great New England Remedy.
DR. J. W. POLAND'5
White Dive rnr,

Cures SIRE Throat, CoLis Coughs Dr,hsrts, Bronchs
spittiug " Blood, and Pulmonary Al ctens generally. II
ID q unavailable re'poiy Tor Kidney Complaints. .
This meiiene Is free from anything dssfsrious, plea
tn he TASTE SAFE, yea and effective Ia s action.
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Unsolicited Testimony.
MESSRS SETH w. FOWLE d SON;

MESSRS. SETH W. FOwLE & SON,
GENTLEMEN III feel In duty called upon reiss-
fUiiy to give my testimony In favor of nR. WIS.
TARS BALsAM OF WILD CHERRY. I was Ia
ken sick last October with o lung complaint, nc.
cempanicd with very serious cough. and amer
having been treated q number OF weeks by the
best ply sicians, they gave me over as an lncura-
bic case Of CONSUMPTION, and for about weeks
my friends expected thai mlAht do any day,
having entirely despaired 'of my recovery: AZ
this time read the advertisements and certificates
OF the WILD CHERRY BALSAM, and was Induced
TO try Il myself. I have taken Ave bott'et, and
ffom the commencement I have been gradually
recovering. My cough has now entirely ceased
I have reyained my flesh and strength, and am
feeling quite we'll. I attribute the cure TO DR..
wlSTtNS BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY, rs
have taken no other medicine since I commenced
taking that. Very respectfully youu,
MILA a. SMITH.
Prepared by SETH W. rOULE 4 SON, Is Ire
mont Street. Boston, and for sale by druggists gen.
orally,
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GemeraI advertisements
,o,, m,..,on.r, Notice.

WHEREAS, the sstato Of Andre. L. hSee,
w i.to Al RrrvIok In the County Vi York, hss
been rsprs,ented insoivsnt, and the unSer,,snsn
have been daily. appointed Comnissionsm 70 TO
eeivs. examine Aud report upon eaims W sle
Noe ths,efoss, Ws do appoint the Siut Msan .
days sf July, september and October ns ~ sn,sms
at2 ocleck p. N and the once orc. .. ieston I
South Berwick In saId County, ~ The amss Ia
&C, YHAT0N,
- ERNEALLY,
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REAL ESTATE ron SALE.

A GOOD TWO Stony HOUSE. win Z.
. s1ss aS 4. s s sssss z .ss
The Gouss eoniains niss rScgs, and y Ven 10.
l,hsa shroug5Sst ne Stable = q I 30 I'd xood
A, Eoed we'll q nsyS-nlilnE. wstss Dear the
house. AMI brick cIstsrn capable OF coutaiaing
NON s; 2, e s 81, ,
= rood garden ADD tuyl bssrins ttsss, oea rlp1s,
pears and plnms. togsthst WITH = hics lot II DIR
, f.as and EasssssrHs' Is.hs Aad mar raod ny7s
!T I,a r...aa.Als. a:
Fer further artisaiars ipsairs q Frank bshnt.
ri psxt house, 81 a. .u.tt. "A 49,, Il a..
Saco, May, 1858. sN*9eocesu
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UNITED STATEs DtsTwicr couRr. ?
y XTRiCT OF MAINE. In the matter Of

~ Vim Limoges, j bankrupt n bankruptcy.
This Is ID give notice that IL IL ordefed by the
Court, that q second meeting OF the Creditors Of
said bankrupt. will be held ~ The Office Of James
d. Fessendeh liegister In bankruptcy. IN said Dis.
trct at CITY Rooms Dlddsford, % The sixth day OF
July A. ID. 1865, at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ. for tho pur-
poso named In the twenty -ssventh section OF tho
bankrupt Act OF Congress, approved March ~,
1867 and that third meeting ofsaid Creditors viii
no held at the samo place and on the ssme day,
NJ twelve O'Clock d. for yho ,purposo named
intbe twenty eighth eectioH Of sad Act - -
saeo. Juno 4. 1868. 2wj4
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Bonds Patent Step Ladders.

A FEW good men can find constant employ
u men, bs addressing box 100, Hddefcrd. 3oa
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DIED.

Ns,c.s q de.lAi, pos exceeding dskssSas
,ree, abo,e tAl number. q regular advertising rAses
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In nankr,,ptU.

In hankruptcys
THIS is to give notice, That on the twenty
i ninth day ot May, A. d. 1885, Warrant In Bank.
rupy issued against the estate Of samuel Clark, 81
idsfori In the County of York and State Of Maine,
Who has bccH sAjndr~i Bankrupt, % his own petition
,hsl ths payucn of any dsbs sa dsvery of any prop
x,hs tn"sSr any prorss,ySs mn az srs.ides 81
hw; that meeting a the critors Of the said Bankrupt,
70 prove their dess and % ehoe O. more Assgoces
Il his estate win be held ut Court of Bankrscy, 10
he hcAea ~ Bhtnroct, ssfRay. n Fspssdq Rsrisier,
On I'm sxth day q JAY, a. D. $50, a. 10 Mock 4. H.,
al City Rooms -
?wst U. 8 Marshal ~ Messengrr, Dist Of Maine.
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In bankruptcy.
In Dankruptcy.

DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, IS. The
poiptmsnt IS Assignee Of lhs estate Of Eli<idge q
fappan cfdilnxnton, ID tho county Of Bel nap,
and Stts % New Hampshire, wttnln said Dtarict
who has been adjudg ed . sDsukrupt, upon
his own Petition by the District Court al said
District. JOHN X. wO0DMAN. Assignee.
2tl
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There being no Equestrian establishment In all
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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-02-26

\ MnALo%IAHE SEcEssioNlsr. Tho
New York correspondent of the Phila.
dclphia Lc1ger, says, in letter dated
the 30lh ut:
There is quite stir in political circles
over letter which Commodore Van,
d"rlIIt has Just addressed to Mr. A. r.
Stewart. giving notice that he (Tandrr-
bllt) had withdrawn from The Cooper
institute movcmcn. which had for its
object the nomination OF General Grant
to the Presidency. The reason assign-
cd for this nncxnectcd DETECTION is the
course the General saw G' to -dnpt in
regard III Tho reinstatement of Mr. Stan.
ton III he Wac Department. The let.
ter is very sharp, ana there ia a loud call
upon Mr.. Stewart to make it public
Commodore Eanl"rbi(t's friends init.
mate that tho communication was in.
tended for print, and that il the gem
tlrman TO whom it was idrcssrd does
not permit it to be made public, he
may send copy Of it to tho ncwspa.
pcrs.
The importance of this withdrawal
consists IN the fact that the Commodorc
Is ono Of the wrallhicst men New York,
anu tha, he publicly drclarod. not long
since, that ho was prepared to spend
hall OF his fortune to help to make Gene
raj Grant President
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Secretary of War at tntotm, The Prcs-
dent gave Il version of The conversation
alluded TO already. In this statement
it was asserted, that in both convcrsa-
tions ! had agreed to hold on TO the
office OF Secretary Of War until dlsplac-
ed by the courts: or resign, 50 as TO
place the President where he would
have been had ! never accented The
office. After hearing the President
through, stated our conversation subs
stanliaIly as given in this letter, will
add that my conversation before the
Cabinet embraced other matter not
pertinent here, and is therefore left
out.
| in no wise admitted the correctness
OF the Presidents statements of our con.
versa!ions, though to soften the evident
contradiction Of my statement gave, /
said (allnding 10 onr first conversation
on the suhjcct) the President might have
understood me the way he said, namely,
that had promised io resign, if did
not resist the reinstatement. made no
such promise.
| have the honor to be, very rcspcct-
tully, your obedicnt servant;
u. ). GRANT, General
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s Lg.' '. blEADQUARTERS,
ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,
NVAsItINGToN. Jan Of 1863

~ Ivy ASltlNGTON, oan. a, lSOS.
His Ercchcncy 4. Johnson, President Of
the United Statcs:
+. SIN: i have the honour, very rcs-
!poctfnlly, to request to have in wri-
ting tho order which the President
gave me verbally on Sunday, the 10th
instant ito disregard the orders of the
Hon. Il. NJ. Stanton, as Secretary of
War, until i knew, from tho Presi-
dent himself, that they wore his or
dcrs.
/ have the honor to be, very res.
pectfully, your obedicnt servant,
- ~ u. 8. GRANT, General.
The following is the endorsement
on the above note:
AS requested in this cosnmuniea-
tion, General Grant is instructed in
writing, not to obey any order from
the Wnr Department., assumed to be
issued by thu direction of the Presi-
ident uuless such order is known by
the General Commanding the armies
of the UGitod States to havo been .au-
,horiSoa by the Executive.
,GUEhi$ ANDREW Johnson.
January 20, 1863.
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Irr lSiFt
HEADQUARTERS,

ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,
,ya WAsppiiNie'rfoS, gDiC,, Jan. 2s, 1868.
Ills E1ce1len6y a. Johnson, President Of
the United iStates /. - %j
Sin: On the <24th instant, re-.
quosted you to give mo in writing the
Instructions which you had previously
given mo verbally not to obey any or.
dor from the Hon. Il. NJ. Stanton, Sec.
rotary ofWar, unless I knew that it
came from yourself. In this written
request received a message that has
loft doubt in ny mind Of your intcn.
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II | E
Selected Poetry.
COMING.

COMING.
Winds nc still--howcrs sleep;
Cease your carols, birds of air;
As the sun majestic crecps,
Meath the caves, scrcnely fair,
With the morn she's coming.
Quiet keep, O fields of grain!
And ye moss. embroidered dells,
Lest your rustic and refrain
Fright her, rs the zephyr tells
With the morn she's coming.
What hush hns fallen, 10!
And day cnshroudcd lies,
Mngnifcenlly ly-soft and slow
Comes the watch star, forth, and cries
With the morn she's coming.
But q sweetcr token. fnr,
Flutters in my heart 10 say,
Ere Cclcste's glittering car
Shall have relied far on its way
With the morn she's coming.
All the charms Of air and flower
Melt away-my world | hold
Next my heart, nor wait the hour
That the pleasant stnrligh told
.s With The morn she's coming
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GRANTS BREACH OF FAITH.

The Speaker laid before the House
a communication from the War De-
partment, enclosing the following doc
umcnts:
MAR DEPARTMENT, Feb. 4, 1868.
SIR: In answer to the resolution of
the House of Representatives. of the
9Th rltimo. transmit herewith COPIES
furnished me by General Grant of the
correspondence between Him and the
President, relating to the Secretary of
War, and which he reports to be all
Che correspondence he has had with
the President on the subject.
have had no correspondence with
the President since the 18th Of
August last. After the action of tho
Senate on his alleged reason for my
suspension from the Office of Secretary
of War, L resumed the duties of that
office, as required by the act of Con-
gress, and have continued to discharge
them without any personal or written
communication with the President.
No orders have been issued from this
department in the name of the Presi-
dent with my knowledge, and have
received no orders from him.
The correspondence sent herewith
embraces all tho correspondence
known to me OH tho subject referred
to ir the resolution of the House Of
Representatives..
4 have the honour to be, sir, with
great respect, your obcdicnt servant,
EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker Of the
uouse of Representatives.
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mo-. 3G
Tho Land We Love,

We cI'crrtuly transfer to our col,
un.ns the following complimentary allu.
SION t. 'hc "LnnI We Lor,n and its
editor, Major General d. II. }IIll. Gen.
il'iI'S exposure OF Pollard's wicked
attempt 10 inlurc and lefamo him was
thorough and exclusive. Tho article
we give appeared in the S.ntncl on tho
Border a Democratic journal published
IN the very tar West - Ra'cigh Caro',;.
H(uN.
General d. II. Irill editor of "7He
I.""t We Lor',' has, IN the February
number OF his able and Interesting peri.
Ydlc',, very successfully ventilated tho
wor!y and rr"tcn'iors charlatan, r.. A.
Pollard, who assumes to be the Southern
historian of the war. lIc exposes tho
m"ndacItr, untarncss and unreiahiity
OF this verbose and wordy writer. But
the duty that General Hill assumed for
himself was scarcely necessary Tho
people North and South have already
come to recognize Pollard rs vain.
pr'y"d'2cd, unpsincipicd and illibcral
writer. Ito never saw a field Of battle,
ana yet prctcnds to criticize the leading
Generals who were actively engaged
throughout the struggle. lio was u
second rate common scold in the columns
OF tnc Richmond Eruntn"y during tho
war. Then he engaged himself IN gross
and v:o!cnt abuse Of President Davis
and the leaders of the Confcdcracy.
Recognized by no one rs worthy of
attention, he imagined himself slight
ed individual, and has attempted TO
hIackcn the fam" OF dead aLd living
heroes. lie is n pes'in,nl newspaper
vira&o, ana tho manufacturer Of calso
books
The define" OF General Till against
''c aspirations of such a man il not
needed. The whole South priced the
great and gool North Carolina soldier
as one of It's chief jewels. The entire
nation regards linn with honor and os.
t""m. l'rom ,kc victory Of the warat
Big Bethel, in May, 1861. ia i,s. close
III gloom and sorrow Gen u IT, Hill
was ever Il foremost soldier in the fire.
front OF battle. His character has long
been established, and his memory will
w Hhcr'Sned oy poSttr'tY after the name
at Pollard and siml,r fellows is con.
S'snrd TO Just oblivion.
The story Of the "I,ost Dispatch"
10 which Tprcial reference is made, and
from the inimatons and attacks con-
corning which Tic General so success.
M''% v'nlicitrs himself and corps, 10 nnt
Il new one TO ~. 1t MAS fora time
currently reported, hut every true man
secuted i, a" wEohy unworthy Of ere,
dcncc. Had every man al tho South
himself with the w,sh IN and
the Gallanlry Of Hill. and not sknlkci
cowardly, rs did Pollard and his tribe.
there would have been no Lost Cause"
and the world would never have Suffered
the ln!lc'ion Of such books rs Pollard
las givcn.
In conclusion, wc would call the spe.
clal attention Of our readers TO un article
IN the February number OF '1hc Lonh
We Lore,' General llill's able maea
zine, entitled, "l'hc Lost Dispatch," :"
which Is n complete rciutalon ot Pol.
lard's slandcra
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What rcvclancy General Shcrmnn's visit I,
me on Monday had with the purpose o.
which you were then to have called an
at loss to perceive. as he certainly did nos
inform me whether YOU had determined T.
retain possession Of ihc office, or to n iror,:
me an opportunity TO appoint a successor il,
advance Of any attempted reinstatement o.
Mr.. Stanton.
This account ofwhat passed between II.
at the Cabinet meeting on ihh li,h instant
widely differs from that contained in you
communication, for il shows that instead Of
having ''statcd our conversations rs given
! in the letter." which hns made this rcply
necessary, you admitted that my recital OF
them was entirely accurate. Sincerely
anxious, however, to he corrcct in my state
ncnts. have 10 day read this narration OF
what occurred on the 18th instant to The
members of the Cabinet who were then
present They, without exception, agree
in its accuracy
II is only necessary TO add, that Oh Wod
n"sday morning, the 18th, you called on me
in company with Licutcnant General Shrr
man. After some preliminary conversation.
YOU remarked that an article in the Nniion-
W htciit2caccr OF that date did YOU mach
injustice. replied that I had not read
The Mtcdycncer of that morning lou ,hcn
first told me that it was your intention 10
urge Mr. Stanton To resign his office
After you had withdrawn, curcrullly
read tn" article OF which you had spoken.
AMI found that its statements of the under.
Standing between us was substantially cor.
rect On the lTth caused il to tc read to
four of the five members Of the cabinet who
were present at our conference on the ll,h,
and they concurrca in the general accuracy
OF ITS statements respecting our conversation
upon that occasion.
IN reply TO your cOmmunicat ton | have
deemed il proper, in ordcrto prevent fur.
thor Misunderstanding. to make this simple
recital of facts.
Very respectfully. yours,
ANDREW l"uNSoy.
General U 5. GRANT, Commanding uritcd
States Armies.
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llEA DQUARTERS,
ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,
w ASlIiNGTDN Ian 70 1SGS

-
WASH NGTnN, Jan 30 1865.
Ills Erccllcncy 4. Johnson, P,cadeM Of
tie United .St,tcs:
SIR: L have the honor TO acknowl-
edge the return Of my note of the 2lrh
INST, with your Endorsement thereon,
that am not to obey any order from
the War Department., assumed to be
issued by The direction Of The President,
unless such order is known by me to
have been authorized bv the Executive ::
and, in reply thereto, to say tina, | am
informed by the Secretary of War that
he has not received from tie Executive
any order or instructions Uniting or i'm.
pairing his authority TO issue orders to
the army, rs has heretofore been his
practice under the law, and the customs
OF the Department.. While this author.
ity to the War Department is not coun.
tnrmandcd it will be satisfactory cvl-
dcncc to me that any orders issued from
the War Department by dirrction'of the
President are authorized by the Exccu-
tive.
have the honor to be, very respect.
fully, your obcdicnt servant,
u. $. GRANT, General.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-02-26

A man in Staunton has inyented a,
,bar-lock. Turning the key thtews q.
bar behind the door.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-02-26

The report started by Mrs. lin
coins friends that she is insane is un
true. 1t arose from the fact thai she
was living i'll u Chicago boarding.
house.