The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-12-09

moro g0yefnmcntS EaClouSS are w w
served ont tonegroos WHO have been
fed sinoo the war. Il is reported that
there are ten thousand Of the wards
of the government in the Metropolis
who would hare starved IL they had
not been fed by the Bureau. ,..s-s,.,,.
just SO. Tho services of the poor
negroes will not. sbe Ipgsin required
until 1879. In the meantime let
them retire to the country, hire
themselves to their former mnstors,
eschew the city life thoy have been
leading, acquire habits. of economy,
lay by their small earnings, aud in
1872 they 9may have learned who are
really their best friends WI. Joa,-
nal Ni 2'e % t
SPECIE PAYMENTS. - The Washing
ton correspondent oi The Bal,imore Gu.
Settcc says: St, 4, 40, sjgff III 81,
4, There. is powerful combination now
forming in his city, headed by Jay
Cooke, for The purpose Of sect,rng an
early resumption Of specie paymcprs.--
The combination is snid to rn,brace
largo number Of The nblest men in the
Repnbhcan ranks, who repndiate the
proposition Ex-senator sherman 10 pre-
pare for resumption two years hence.
They express the determination to have
specI' payments at q much enrj;er d.v,
and tho purpose is TO- press for M irnme.
diatc resumption. A leading politician
here, who processes to be in tho combi-
na'iun, says that he scheme is fully Ell
dorsed by Gen. Grant. who will throw
tho whole weight of bis influence IN its
favor, and who will take an, active part
III securing lts success, tj,, E,,l ,r.,s
A New PLAN FOR PRovfDiNu ron
THE NEGnoEs. "A Mr.. Evans, mem.
Dor of the Wheeling Legislature from
Monroe county, has offered in that
body tho following resolution.
"That our senators in the senate Of
tho United States be instructed, and
our representatives in said Congress
be requested, to procure the passage Of
nm act ny Congress TO give Of the pub.
lilo lands Of the United States living
between the thirticth and thirty-scv.
enth degrees of north latitude, and
the ninety eightl, aad one hundred
and fourteenth degrees of longitude
west from Greenwich, together With
such other MD rs shall induce the re-
movul thereto of the freedmen and
the othcr persons o. African descent
within the United States" ~ al*iS
The Gauss IMMlaRANrs.--We are
officially informed that General John
Wagencr, Superintendent Of the Im-
migration Burcnu, has made arrange.
mcnts to settle In this State all of the
immigrants who came on the bark
Gauas, if they are willing to remain.
tie has secured places for some with
good wages, and for others land free
OF charge, provided they will settle
ten families together. A very genor,
al desire is expressed by the people of
the city and State to retain those inn
migrants, and the only thing needed
now to complete the arrangement is
transportation to tho places where
employment has been obtained for
them.--Charleston Ne,os. s.'J
Mn. b. A. PoLLARD,-Thc Now
York San Says: ,-., ~.l.
."For some days before tho sad fate
Of his brother, Mr.. e. A. Pollard felt
depressed, uneasy, and lonesome. "A
gloom came over his spirits which
could not bo accounted for nor do
scribed. Il seemed like the premoni-
tory foreboding of some unhappy too-
currence. He has ,baen heard to re-
mark that he had a. tendency toward
Presentiments, and yonrs ago, when
his father died, the certainty Of the
event was impressed upon his mind
the night before.'' s'4s..I,~ ..'r
A company has been formed, with
the sanction of the Argentine Govern
ment, to export live cattle to Europe
from Bnenos Ayres. For this new
enterprise seven large steamers art to
DO built in England, fitted to carry
twelve hundred head of cattle each, to
distill eight thousand gallons Of sen
water every day., snd to accomplish
the voyage from tho River Platte to
England in twenty five days. ht"f,t'p
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DEATH OF A, ,CoNFEDER ATE GENER.
Al Brigadler General NJ q. Evans
dlod very suddenly Monday morning,
at Midway, Bullock County, Alabama.
where helwns engaged in teaching. He
was native Of South Carolina, a grad.
ate OF West Point. anda comn,- nder of
the Confederate troops at tue battle of
Leesbnrg. naa sa39G, d !, iersgs
GOVERNMENT GrLD TO DE SoLp IN
oT. LOUIS For the relief Of merchants
~ y, Louis, whom representations
that they have. difficulty, in, procuring
gold for the payment Of import duties
the Secretary ofthe Treasury has an.
,hor'zed the assistant treasurer. Of the
United tied, States AT ST. Louis 10 sell, until
further orders. not exceeding $4,000 of