The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-24

become an expensive luxury. In
case OF assault and battery, which has
just been tried ut tho present sitting
OF the Court, wo understand that six.
ty witnesses were bound over on tho
part of tho State. The lowest. .amo cunt
due any witness in this case that wo
have hoard of is nineteen and the
highest twenty-five dollars; 80 tho
expenses of the case may safely bo
estimated at one thousand dollars.
When tho taxpayers of the county
remember that they are responsible to
witnesses on the part of the State, thoy
will certainly feol same interest in tho
matter; for few cases of this sort
would soon put the taxes up to fig
uro were every taxpayer in tho coun.
ty would have a fine chance of feeling
tho effeots Of justice. Magistrates
should not forget that in tho mouths
OF two or three witnesses NIL things
shall be established that half dog
Oh are as good as hundred, and that
thousand cannot make bad case
just. While it is the duty of mag
istrate to be careful in securing the
means to justice, it is Q lually his duty
not to run the Taxpayers to an unne-
cessary expense. BY 30 doing he will,
to some extent, apply remedy. Tho
true remedy, however, we think is
! in the old system Of not paying wit
nessos on the part of the State. It
is the duty of every man to aid tho
State in maintaining its poace and
dignity, for the life of the individual
and tho welfare of the community de-
pend upon the protection extended,
: and it is but small return he makes
when he aids the solicitor with infor-
nation to effect this object. But un.
der tho powers that be we have no
hope of change for the bettor, for
the higher tho taxes the better arc
they pleased /; and We, therefore, ap-
poal to the magistrates, when binding
witnesses in case, not to give to it
an unnecessary number, for such
! course is certainly great injustice to
the tax-payers.-Laurensutll Herald.
"A MARRIAGE ANDA FUNERAL SER
VICE AT THE SAME TfmE.-Tho Rev.
Timlow,, of East Cambridge, says tho
Newberryport (Mass.) Herald, was
called upon on the 9th inst, to por
form double service and of directly
opposite nature. 1t was that of q
marriage and funeral in the same
, family and ut the same hour. The
mother had died, and just before her
death requested her daughter to have
her contemplated marriage oonsum.
mated as soon after her death as prac-
ticable. It 80 happened that oonve-
nienoe and other thingB pointed to the
hour of the funeral service. And 80
it occurred that, by the side of the
mothers coffin, the daughter was mar
ried. Thore was the weeping father,
with the sacred marriage tic just bro
ken, and there was the daughter lust
forming the tie, and with emotions
that can hardly be imagined. Just
after the marriage ceremony Mr.. Tim
low proceeded with the burial servi.
oes. 1t was season of great solemn
ty, and yet must have impressed all
the spectators as very strange.
The greatest cooperative enterprise
yet projected in this country is the
Sutro tunnel. More than $50O,OOO,-
600 is supposed to be hidden in
most unluckily constructed mountain
in Nevada, the previous veins running
through the centre of the mass rather
than along tho convenient slopos.
Already the mines have been sunk to
such a depth that they cannot bo
pumped out or ventilated exoopt Mt
too great cost. Mining ingenuity pro-
posed a tunnel into the mountain, cut
ting the veins, draining the mines, and
: laying open the whole deposit. Con.
gress was asked for loan to aid in
tho work, but refused. and Mr.. Sutro
was in measure forced into the CO.
! operative scheme, which is already ad-
/ vanced to some extent. Three thous.
! and labcring men are asked to pay in
| an average Of ten dollars each month,
to be applied to the construction of
the tunnel, and secured by ownership
(, in tho mines. Tho money, of course,
oomeB back to the minors in tho shape
Of wages, with tho prospect Of o rich
interest when the silver deposits are
reached. The plan seoms to have
struck the infancy Of the Nevada mi
ners, and many are responding to tho
call for thirty.three cents day, and
becoming prospective owners Of what
ia believed to bethe greatest silver
mine on tho continent.
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LEGIsLATIvE REpoRT AGAINST THE
4 FIPTgENTH AMEnDMENT.-~ Nashville
Nov. l5.--In the House to day the
Committee on Federal Relations re-
ported In favor Of the rejection Of tho
fifteenth amendment to the federal
constitution. The report was made
the special order for tomorrow.
The Conference Committee on tho
Convention bill agreed 70 compromise,