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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

How to Freeze Zoe Cream in Short Time.
AS of general interest to certain
class of our readers, we insert tho fol.
lowing rccipo for freezing ico cream,
and will add that several who have
tried it. pronounce it emo humbug":
elbow few housckeepers are there
who have learned the art of freezing
ioe-oream. We have known many
persons who would work and sweat
and blow for even hours over free
ger Of cream, when, by following few
simple directions, the work couldSb be
accomplished IL a fow minutes. In
the frst plaoo the ice must be broken
into worry small pieces none of them
being larger than q hiokory-nut.
Place your freezer in tub which is
smaller at che bottom than at the top.
Begin by putting in a layer of ice,
say two inches deep, then cover it
with ono inch Of fine salt, then two
inches of ioe and one of salt until tho
top is reached. Now pour in your
cream, cover the freezer with coarse
woolen cloth, and turn it backwards
and forwards. quite vigorously for o
few minutes; then with long kuifo
out the frozen Dream from the sides,
then cover up, give IL a few more
turns cut the cream away agains<5hsd
continue until it is frosen to suit.
Remember that tho ater must not bc
taken from the tub only to prevent it's
overaowing the freezer, and always
keep it filed with the loo and salt.n
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

Terrible Shooting Affair in EdgeAeld.
The Augusta Chronicle, of tn 9th
publishes the following account of o
terrible affair which occurred in
Edgeield on the day previous:
GAS our readers arc all aware of
the nature of the affair out Of which
the difficulty between the Addison
family and Mr.. d. Cresswell arose wa
will not allude to it in this connection,
but merely give the history of the re.
cent tragedy rs given to us by our
informant. On last Wednesday after.
noon MIR. d. Crcsswell and an Older
brother, Mr.. Charles Cresswell, loft
this city in q buggy to return to their
homes, near 96, South Carolina. Late
on the evening of that day the two
brothers reached Edgefeld Court
House and stopped all night at the
village tavern. On yesterday morn
ing, between 8 and 8 o'olcok,s the
Cresswells again started on their Jour
ney, taking in the buggy with them a
sixteen shooting Winchester rifle as il
anticipating trouble. They had not
baon gone long when some cone came into
the town and said the two mon had
been murdered. A party Immediate.
ly went out to ascertain il the ,rumor
was correct. A mile and a half from
Edgefeld, on the road to 96, the
bodies Of the Cresswells were fnuna
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

" The following is a quaipt mix.
tore ofspecifo information and senti.
mont. ad xioo iea ii!8 Qhlo ad4 3
Here n ] lis svob bsbess % .assa ss Dis,, /.
Who ~, died Of agonixipg Cts G 1fa
AZ Ish9y 2, were I'VE, p,geod TO hge with we,
'9 sdoqq took ssa them hs9sGt9l lilye l witl Hep.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

GErrYsBuRG BATTLE, FIELD. - A
letter has been sent to the Federal
and Confederate Generals, in pussu.
anoe of the resolution some time sipoe
adopted by tho Gettysburg Battle
Field Memorial Association, inviting
them to meet at Gettysburg, August
Ssd "to perpetuate the ;k;sts:y es she
battle in It's ample TRUTH sY 4
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11
Important to Farmers.

Important to Farmers.
The August number of tho Carroll
ma Farmer is before us, with an unu-
snally interesting table of contents.
Tho success ofthis truly home enter
prise o>has been SO encouraging that the
proprietor announces his intention of
converting it into forty column
eisht-page Agricultural and Family
Weekly, at the close Of tho present
volume (Nov. lst), giving twice as
much agricultural matter, per month,
as at present, besides large quantity
of choice family reading. and the
general news of tho dny. The sub
scription price will be only $500,
making it ono of the cheapest Jour
nails of its GLASS in the country. Ad-
dress to VIM. B. Bernard, Editor and
Proprietor, Wilmington, N. G.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

A YOU'VE LADY BURNED TO DEAru.
A young married lady named Bella
Crawford, residing in Chicago, on
Wednesday morning, while pouring
oil from a kerosene can, was burned
SO badly by the explosion of the can
that she expired on the evening fol.
lowing from the effects of the Injuries
received. The flames caught in her
clothing, when the frightened woman
ran screaming into an adjoining yard,
and attempted to quench the flames
which enveloped her at the hydrant.
Her efforts were Intellectual; but some
neighbors were attracted to the SPOT.
and one of them succeeded in smother.
ing the fire with q blanket, but not
until the unfortunate woman had been
fatally burned. She was taken back
into the house, and lingering in great
pain for several hours, whom she OK.
pired. Deceased was only twenty
years old, and had been married but
short time.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

A Chicago court has decided TINT
express companies have the right to
forward letters accompanying coSsien!
I ifnsrts n in onstaniped envelopes. =
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SALE OF a LARGE PLANTING INTER
EST IN SUMTER DlsrRlCF.-Th Sumter
News, says:
We are informed that two English
gentlemen, Messrs. John B. Rogers and
John Owens, have purchased from Mr..
Il. &. Richardson the Bloomhlll planta-
tion, about 1000 acres. Bloomhill is a
few miles from Manchester, on the Wa.
teree River. 1t is place of consdera.
bic historical interest. During The revo
ton it was owned by Gen. VIM. Rich
ardson, and was the headquarters of
Gen. Greene, also, at different periods,
of Gems. Cornwallis and Rawdon. "A
body of tories was attacked by patriots
at Shank's Creek, in the neighborhood.
During the recent war it was at this
place that the flag o! truce reached Gen.
Potter, and terminated hostilties, lust
in time to save another useless battle.
We regret to see these fine possess
sions passing out Of The hands OF cur
own people. But when they must 90
we are pleased to know that they are
purchased by substantial men, who will
probably haye the will and energy to
turn them to good account.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

THE Test OATm NOT TO DE Re-
oUIRED IN VIRGINIA. 1t seems to be
pretty generally understood here now
that President Grant will not permit
his Cabinet to practically nullify the
results of the late Virginia election
by exacting the obnoxious test oath. -
! am informed that the President is
fully resolved to abide by the popu.
lar verdict, and that, too, against the
advice of some Of his constitutional
advisers, who are we'll known to be Of
GI dGiIa!metrioally the opposite opinion.
This information is strengthened by
an article in the Richmond Enou;yer
of this morning, which says: awe
have it in q Jnost direct manner that
tho test oath will not be exacted o..
The, words are italioized and seem 20
~ Y Herald. s.s, - 1a'',7 7'@ =
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

The Savannah Republican ridicules
the idea of presenting Jefferson Davis
with pitiful ten acres and splen.
did mansion as permanent home.
"lf tho Southern people," it says,
"wish to honor their old chief and
make him and his family comfortable,
let them present him with large
and we'll improved estate, on which he
can live in style befitting his charao-
ter and dignity, and ut the same time
lay up something for those who are to
come after him. He deserves prin-
cipality, and quarter million is not
too much for that purpose" s-
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

SIZE OF FARMS. conclusion to
which our observation on this sub.
ject has lcd US, may be thus stated
/. ln grain growing the farm
should be Of a size to justify the pur-
chase of all the best implements 100
acres is not enough for this. The
most profitable farms are several hun.
dred acres in area.
2. Grass farms cf from 100 to 200
acres are profitable, but there are not
the Same reasons for a largo area in
grazing farms as in grain growing.
3. In small fruit culture and in
trucking the doctrine ssten acres
enough is not fallacy.
4. No man has any reason to plume
himself on wide stretch of exhaust.
ed soil. The only true pride of acres
is fc;t by him who leaves his patrimo.
ny, whether ten acres or thousand,
deeper in soil, freer of weeds and
stones, better supplied with tho food
of all the important plants, stocked
with more animals and better blood
than he found it.
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Local Items.

G% Extra copies of the;NEws can
be obtained at this ofioe, on the days
of publication Price only Ave cents
per copy.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

REMEDY FOR THE TURNIr FIY.--S.
Edward Todd, in the Working Farm
er, proposes to rid the turnip crop of
this pest by. the use Of ashes. He
says:
AS soon as the young plants can be
seen, let slight sprlnkling of wood
ashes be sifted over the rows 1t will
not injure the housewives seive that is
not used to sift Indian meal. Ashes
cannot be applied satisfactorily with the
hand. The aim should not be simply
to cover tho minute leaves sufficient to
prevent their being devoured by the
turnip fly. When ashes are applied by
hand without sieve, which should be
held close to the ground, careless .ope-
rators are very liable to throw it on so
bount!fully as to smother The tender
plants.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

A Southern correspondent of the
New York World, after discussing the
aspect of the immigration movement
to this section, adds "The native in.
crease of tho South now demands a
word. The land is overrun with bs.
bies. Down tho Mississippi, out in
the Southwest, up through the cotton
belt, the little creatures swarm. To
see 30 many of them at every turn
strikes one somewhat ouriously after
the exp periences Of some other parts
OF the country. Talk Of immigration
This is o kind Of untalked-of immi.
grafton that beats them all.n
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

A considerable snow squsll visited
Page county, Virginia, 3 few days
ego. .@'7'' II o {
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

Advertise .! Advertise d.
Oh, advertise, ye inerohaniso Of Fair
field, it has many fortunes made, and
brought many an obscure, and dcspond.
ing man, to riches, famo and trade.
Many man, whose carriage rolls in
splendor past your door, owes ell he
has to this ono fact, ho advertised his
store. We cannot tell what We can
do, until our sign is ont, and overy-
body is made aware Of what wo are
about. So our advice is-advertise
Don't meath the busllol hide bring
out your light before tho world, and
let the bushel slide. asn4 10. ,ar
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

EXPOSITION OF TEXTILE FABRIcs.-
Cincinnati, August "A great expo
sition of textile fabrics, ore, cd th,s
morning in two adjacent storerooms for
three stories in Sin,ons magnificent new
block. They are filed With goods
The variety Of articles is great and the
quality very fine. Business men, in
spectlng them, confess that hitherto
they had been ignorant Of the extent
and perfection OF the woolen mannfac-.
hnres in tho West. Entries have been
made by actual manufacturers, with very
few exceptions.
Three thousand articles now entered
will be on exhibition tomorrow. About
5000 persons visited The rooms yester--
day. Chicago, Detroit, New York,
New Orleans AMI other cities have COR
respondents, lt f t%h
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

THE LAW OF ADVERTISING. In
New York, The other dag, the law of
advertising was well elncidaled. The
publisher Of a daily paper sued the
STANDARD Life Insurance Company in
the Supreme Court, before Judge Filth.
ian. for bill Of $773 on account Of ad.
veriising. The company resisted paw
m"nt on the ground ,hn, they had ai,-
thoriznd bnt on insertion. There was
no proof, however, Of this There was
no order to that effect on the bill, and
the company did not attempt TO deny
that trey saw the advertisement con-
tinning in the paper and failed to coun-
termand it. When nn advertisement is
received in publication Office without
the number of Insertions marked upon.
or the cost Of the insertion naid for at
the time. the publisher can know moth.
ing Of the wish Of the advertiser re-
sprclmg the number of insertions dcsir-
ed, as he can do nothing .nnel advised
by him whose business It is to attend to
the matter, he can charge for every in
serlon given the advertisement until
ordered out.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

Eight hundrsd Chinans,, are on.
gagged on the branch. OF the, Ohio and
Mississippi RAILROAD saN S'6sa 1'T7T
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Handsome Compliments to a Southern
Enterprise, '''."

Handsome Compliments to q Southern
Enterprise.
Tho press of the North, irrespective
ofpolitioal sympathy, are unanimous
in their praise of "The XIX Centu.
ry. 1t Is said that tho Magaaino is
tho peer of any journal published in
America, and, possesses features novel
aud attractive to oil readers. Among
others, the Philadelphia Age observes
that "its literary morit is striking"
and Appleton's Journal remarks that
"its editorials remind one of the Old
kniokerbockor Gossip in its best
days" No Southern father or moth
or should be without it. August
number for. sale at this Office.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11

Escape of Talbot. a2
". 3. Talbot, ono Of tho party who
murdered Randolph, last fall, escaped
from the Penitentiary on Friday last.
Wc are att loss to conjecture how a
man can escape from tho State prison,
when,the fence around it is lined with
sentinels, and two sentinels on each
tier of cells. Wonder if SCOTT, Stol.
brand q Co., give dead head passes :
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11
A WnIyr OF ExuLrAr,oy.-Our

A WHlsr OF ExuLrATIoN.-Our
smoking cditor-for it would seem
that every daily paper, however we'll
regulated, is doomed to have one
smoker on its editorial staff-our smo.
king editor has been shut up in meas.
ureless contentment since Saturday
last. The day which brought thrill.
ling recollections of our lives, our. for.
tunos and our sacred honor being
the Fourth of July, as herea bouts OBJ.
served-brought with it also Yacht
Club Pipe from the great house of
Lorillard, in New York City, por
U. 3. Express, address to the fumiga-
ting journalist aforementioned, and
by him welcomed with double loaded
transports of joy. Lorillard Is the
Napoleon--nay, the Grant, of the to-
baoco business !; and this pipe, even
the Reverend George Trask would be
compelled to admit, is an immaculate
beauty.
The smoking editor is ordinarily at
tho bottom of the heap. The other
editors outnumbor him and arc down
on him. They mould the policy of tho
policy of the paper aud compel him to
clip from bis exchanges articles
breathing a deadly hostility to tho
tiavorous weed, which he does with
helpless submission, gazing tearfully
through cloud of to ,aoco smoke at
the self.convictipg extracts. But on
an occasion like the present, he wildly
throws oft the yoke of their dominion,
flashes his lucifer in their very faces,
and burns Incense to the bencfcent
Lorillard. Against all rcmonstranco
he closos his resolute lips upon his
amber mouth-pieoe, and his only re.
sponse is silent but significant Whit,
as he consigns those paragraphs to tho
copy-box, and oalmly y abides the issue.
Springfield Daily Republic, July 8,
1863.
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The Attit lde Of Virginia.

InSregard to the restoration of Vir.
EgIniaSto the Union, the New York ri
1une editorially says: @
I'VE cannot say what Congress may
do in the premises, and have not assum
ed to speak in its behalf. But this we
can say right heartily, that we hope
Congress will promptly and joyfully en-
courage Virginia 20 resume, under her
organization just effected. that place in
the national councils which she should
never have relinqnished. The late vote
OF her people was the fullest ever Civ
en-; there was perfect order and quiet at
lhrrpolls, andono one was excluded who
was entitled to cast a ballot. Her free
republican constitution. with all PRO
scriptions and disfranchisemcnis stricken
out. has been ratified by the largest ma /.
j"ri'y ever given for any constitution of
any State; and we should esteem it n
grave public misfortune that such an
overture should be repealed.
"Then yon would have the members
elect to The new Legislature admitted to
their seats without taking tho iron clad
oath 2"
Most certainly: This has hern allow.
"l IN other States why not IN Virginia !?
Every one should take tho oath of fdeli.
ty to the government and constitution,
but not he required TO swear tha, he
nencr gavo aid or comfort TO the rebellion.
1t seems to us q strained construction OF
existing laws which require this. There
is nothing to. be gained by shutting out
ot the new Legislature ,wo.score or so
otthe foremost men Of the State. while
we could not fail to lose by it the moral
effect of, their voting TO ratify the fE-
te"n'h amendment. We need their
votes for !hs more than they need the
seats to WHICH they have been elect
ed"
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Land We Love-"

Land We Love-"
For August, is received. For sub.
scription address Turnbull & Mur-
dock, Sd Lexington Stroet, Baltimore,
Md. Terms $500 in advance.
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Caught. ~
The horse-thief who stole Mr..
Dent's horse and wagon, near Colum.
bia was arrested yesterday, .noar Lib
erty Hill. by Richard Hogan, and
lodged in the Jail at this place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-27
PROBABLE HOMICIDE.
AN OFFICER SHOT BY BoWERY SALOON
KEEPER,

AN OFFICER SHOT BY A B0WERY SALOON
KEEPER.
At about 1 a. m. yesterday PatrOlman Law
renee Mcdonald of the Sixth Precinct. while in full uni
FORM entered the low basement saloon No. 23 Bowery
kept by Dedrich Mahnken In company with the female
occupants Of the place, Mcdonald drank several times
and eventually all Of the party became or less un
der the influence Of liquor. Mcdonald made overtures
to one OF the females which rejected by her. He
persisted and according to the statement Of Mahnken
when the latter demonstrated with him for his conduct
Mcdonald drew pistal, and pointed 1t at the head OF
Mahnken, declaring that he interfered lie would Dow
his brains out Mcdonald then started to 60 toward on e
on seeing the threatening condition OF sna IS
4 pso Ga fred at Rm the ball entering
the left side passing INTO ihe abdominal region; NC
self in the saloon Of friend, at No. l25 BoweIy inc
wounded officer managed to TeaSn no rncp "y c
Donald told the officer what had occurred, and said he
was so seriously wounded he did not believe he could
OBren and Officer Arnold and others OF the Fourteenth
Precinct Police coming to his assistance the wounded
officer was taken to tile springst Police Station Police
Surgeon Denver was summoned from Police Head
quarters. He probed the wound, but could nnd
no trace OF the ball Believing the wound TO be very
dangerous one he ordered officer Mcdonald
removed to Bellevue Hospital About g. M a friend o,
informed sergt Davenport that Mahnken was anxious
TO deliver himself up An officer was sent Win the man.
and taken the House The wife OF mahnken
and the Two a a S 'pg 1 p Custody and held as wit
Yesterday afternoon Coroner Keenan, proceeueu
TO Bellevue Hospital aud took the antemortem state
ment OF Mcdonald whom he found in very low state
The following is his statement:
This betren and was on my way up me BoEe RON
the Sixth Precinct station House near Tony Pastors wennio beer
saloon kep bV De1ch MAhnken bad four glasses OF
lagerbeer by the prsut he ut
drinking the beer he and asked for
asked him what authority be had 10 sell beer ct that hour and
told bin would srres, him for selling t on saying So he looked AZ me
time and then drew revolver FROM bis pockets on seeing The
pistol toward the street door, and had got up one or
and shot Sideways and be
the left side; getting 10 the street cried ont Murder
Of the Sixteenth Precinct Police came TO my assist
removed the hOspia the man now present
recognize Is being the one who shot
The fury rendered verdict against Mahnken, and he
was committed to the Tombs by Coroner Keenan, TO await
the result Of McDonad's wound. Mcdonald IS naive
of this CITY aged % years is unmarried and resided with
his parents in Onehundred enth.st, between Third
and FOurthaves. lie appointed the police force
on the 18th August last and has done duty since then
in the Sixth Precinct. Mahnken aged 81 years, and
native of Germany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-27
RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT OF TIE wEsr-roYA.

RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT OF THE wEsT-IOWA.
To the EDITOR Of The Tribune.
SIR: Nothing has contributed so materially
to the rapid growth OF the far Western States as the rail-
roads which have brought the fertile praires into COM
muncaton with the markets whose necessity has been
the opportunity OF the settlers in the Mississippi Valley
Illinois had population Of 40 and Missouri OF
60 in 1860 the increase had been nearly 100 per cent
IN the latter state and than that in the former
and since the latter date the extension OF railroads
produced rapid growth than IN the preceding
decade There other Of our Western eminent do
mains" which destined to show even more marked
results from these railway enterprises Iowa. for in
stance, had in 1850 population Of but 192,214 Within
the ten succeeding years. RS railroads IN adjoining States
and TO a limited extent within her own borders
had given to her rich valleys and
prairies, the increase in population per cent
Five lines Of railroads have been constructed or are in
progress the State in east and west direction
and the estimated population in 1869 is OOO The area
Of the State Is about the same that Of Illinois; willie
the production OF wheat and oats In Iowa. 1863 ex
cceded that OF Illinois in 1900 before the development OF
the latter State by railroads This but fact among
many, showing the advantages offered by the Hawkeye
State, and it's capacity for future development The
state contains 55O45 square miles, acres
The entire State is fertile almost beyond comparison or
computation. There is practically, waste land what
ever, there not being one In ten that ia not
ready for the plOw The surface Is so beautifully undu
ating to inquire ample drainage and render maarous
diseases unknown All the crops Of the temperate
grown IN prOfusOn and without the aid Of
In 1867 but 43i7S under Of which
3j0l7 acres produced 669 93S bushels corn, 65520
bushels wheat aud 15S6I.49I bushels oats. AS but
this small fraction OF tho vast area OF the State
has yet been brought under cultivation, II Is
apparent that this production Is but hint
OF what will yet DO garnered from Iowa farms The
brightness Of this picture augmented by the further
important fact that the State has no debt and tho
assessed value OF It's property nearly O0 The
railway and agricultural interests OF the West are de-
pendent each upon the other The railroads settle the
country and IN turn derive their business and
the settlers Tie bulk OF Western population Is and
must Tor years continue to be, agricultural Nearly all
the agricultural productions for export TO Eastern,
Southern, or foreign markets. Thus every farmer is
direct contributor 70 the traffic Of the nearest railroad
None OF the Iowa railroads have been completed two
yearB, and 1t Is therefore impossible 10 give any state
ent OF their progressive earnings The Iowa division OF
the Chicago and North Western road earned last year.
over $1,000 per mile An indication OF what the roads Of
this State may DO expected " earn may be had from the