The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-21

4 - VIZ iiNoi o"luR 10 the recent rains
and thaw, has Of late been very high,
tho proposed feat created quite an
excitement. At the appointed time
large oohcourse Of people assembled
n,:both sides Of the liver to witness
the deariDg exploit, aud Marston soon
aftorstarted from the main bod uof
ice,s about twenty rods from the dam,
ina small wherryss steering With a
common paddle. The current soon
took the boat, aud ho was rropell. d
through the water with considerable
speed until be, arrived at tho edge of
the dam, when be was shot over with
fearful velocity. Aa tho boat went
over, 2Marston ,fnug himself: nearly on
his face, clinging to.the sides, and lin
that position both man and boat dis.
appeared in the boiling surgo below,
but almost instantaneously reappear-
ed, and rode safely out in the stream
amid the cheers Of the crowd"
/ tHARp, on THESENATE.-Ip response
to q speech from serenading party
IN, Washington on Tuesday night
Senator senate Spraguo said many good and
many hard things. Among the latter
this: '.'...' e
.""Your House Of Representatives,
your Executive, the Judiciary, are
to-day influenced, aud in effect con-
trolled, by the Senate--and the Sen.
ate itself is under the coutrol of ono
'dsea-poyer-a'nd and every agency to
the machinery of the Government is
80 contracted, SO, narrow, that the
interests and aspirations Of the peo-
find no proper won't, Eut are stiaed,
corrupted, and destroyed. The great
trouble is, the, would-b leaders Of
the people are dwarfed into mere
partisan adventurcrs."
A FLYING MAcmrnE.-The veloci-
pede has q rival, an officer in the army
in Egypt having lately invented fly-
ing machine. by which d strong man
can soar, like an eagle, to the clouds.
1t consists of two immense wings made
of isinglass, moved bv two ropes Sc.
cured to tho heels. The man wishing
to fly starts to run on level ground
and after running a few yards finds
himself carried into the air, and has
only to keep up the running motion
indefinitely to be an accomplished
nyist. It is said to be a perfect sue
cess. The inventor fell and vas near-
ly killed the first attempt, but it wus
not a good day for flying. 20
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TRAGEDY NEAR Mathews BLUFF.
The Savannah Republican, of Tues
day, says GA negro constable was
killed near Matthew's Bluff on FRIDAY
last by white man named Hicks -,
the negro having fred at Mr.. Hicks
first, wounding him in the face and
both hands. The negro had a warrant
to arrest Hicks, some difficulty OCCUR
red between them, and hence the ira
gedy. We were unable to learn fur
ther Particulars of the affair.""
HAPPY TENNESSEE The Knoxville
Whig states that difficulty occurred
at Clinton, Tennessee, recently, in
which a number Of gentlemen partici-
pated, and which ended in M. v.
Boren shooting Wash Van. The ball
entered his breast, glanoing around
his body and coming out at his side,
without seriously injuring him, no
bones nor arteries being broken--only
q flesh wound. The probable cause of
the fraoas was the too free use of bad
whiskey. .@la v.,tpyp5 v'l1~ {
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ANOTHER V1croRY FOR BuTLER.-
a I short time since, as General Butler
was riding il. the Pennsylvania Ave:
nue. cars, q lady who was leaving the
oar remarked as she passed him,
""Look out for your spoons.'' The
General promptly followed her, and
ascertained that she was employed
in tho Treasury. She has now ob-'
tanned permanent leave Of absence,
and the General has had her place
filled by colored woman Wash.
Ger Esw E'sw iIrork Tribune, Apyil 'ls.
IkpIcTEp ron tWiIgcIHcaRaA.r1rr..-W VII Iraa .1r
understand thaS at the present session
Of The, circuit court for Caroline coun-
ty, ,Md..,"sthe grand Jury Indicted .
woman for witohoraft, The witch is
. negress, and the trial will no doubt
be an interesting one. We had sup-
posed that the days Of witohorsft had
passed away, ip this country, never to
return, but the action of a. Caroline
grand jury, II seems, has revived
them ne s. ,TThhse. world 7moSyess backwerds,