The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-12-08
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her gunboats in our harbor will be
found of absorbing interest. 1t ap.
pears TINT the Spanish Minister at
Washington has at last made formal
demand for their release, which the
President found it impossible under
the circumstances to comply with.
The object of the sudden visit Of
Judge Piorrepont to tho capital is
now explained, and the seizure of the
gunbOats under libels fled BY the gov.
ernment the result of it. Tie ,nost
important feature, and the one oa.cu-
lated to attract universal attention in
this country an we'll an i'll Europe, is
tho fact that one of he grounds Of
seizure preferred by tho government
is that these ve>s. Is are t. be el by
a "foreign State" (Spain) sto cruise
and commit liostiliiies against the
citizens and property Of "cclony or
people"-the colony or people Of Gu
ba--with which the United States are
atpeace. This being urged by the
legal representative vf the COVE rn
ment, and under the direction Of tho
administration, is 6tly called a "uun-
81 recognition" Of the Cubans as bel
ligerents, for in it lies embodied tho
idea that, for the purposes oe our neu-
trality lave, Spain and the people Of
Cuba are two distinot comlnnni ics,
and that mother must trample upon
the rights of the other while ouio, ing
the hospitality Of the United States.
What will Spain d. about it
---o.S So
A Cry UNDEM ARREsr.-The way
of those who are indebted to bond
holders is hard. 1t has proved SO in
this State, where whole boards Of su-
pervisors have lAtely been arrested and
brought before the court for not ordor
ing assessments to pay off bonds; ond
in ono or two cases mayors and alder
men have been either arrested or
threatened with it. Aud now the
fever is spreading. Our neighborlng
oity of Galena just now finds herself
in the grasp Of some importune Gre
ditors of this kind, and is 8 s..G.,iIg
the penalty. It would s en- that
judgment had been rendered against
the city: and paymont is now trying
to be enforced. Bat the plan pro-
posed by the City Council for 50 doing
was not satisfactory, and tho result
was thata United States deputy mar
shal camo over from Chicago ycster-
day and arrested Mayor Brand aud
five aldermen on summary proress.-
He took them to Chicago on last even
ing's train, there to appear and an
swer before tho Fedc.a oJurt. .-Du-
buqae Herald.
THE TUMBLE OF PRIcEs.-The
Northern papers argue that the end
of high prices is approaching. This
year the grain and other produce Of
tho West have been sold for unsatis.
factory prices, and it is stated that
"tho farmer is now selling his wheat
in currency for lowor price than he
got in gold before tho war, while he
has bought his land, hired his labor
and purchased his supplies OH an in
flated greenbaclk basis" The South,
however, holds it's own. Cotton and
sugar for many years at least must
command high prices, and while
wages may dcolinc il tic North and
West, they should steadily rise in the
cotton growing States. Tho time is
approaching whom every lAborer, white
or colored, will be able to live com
fortably, educate his children and lay
by something aeainst hard times. Aud
If, by combination, the working elias :
es can hasten the coming of tho hap
py day by singlo hour, 30 much the
better for US all7- Wilmingion Star.
The IMPRESSION ABROAD With
respect to Gov. Scotia proclamation
in relation to nff,irs In Sumter, the
Now York Republic says:
"What is this reference of Gov.
Scott to the possibility of resort to
the same summary process other
than an encouragement to rctaliatory
and vindictive measures in the ad-
ministration Of government in that
State 7 We declare unhcsitatinply
that this is an outrage against society,
oven surprising tho doeds Of which
tho Governor profeseos suoh abhor-
rence." w.
The Republic is IN independent
journal, published in New York, and
ono Of acknowledged ability and fair
ness.
|tEfs7t}i s-------~-.A<>s s<s---+-4&--ss, s -
General Howard shows that the
entire coast of the Bureau since its
organization hns bren but $l3,029,-
BIG. lie recommends that the bounty
and educational divisions be continn-
cd, and that tho work thoy are now
d ling be transferred to o,hor depart.
ments ifethe Bureau is olos ID, and
concludes by asserting that the law Of
self-preservation vii justify Congress
IN establishing general system of
FREQ schools throughout the South, ,,if
the States themselves do not furnish