The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-02-17


madness and frenzy Other distress,
threatened to reveal secret. The
works had scarcely left her lips when
the man struck her with tho dagger
held in my hand. She said he had
taken it from her few moments, and
was toying with it when the woman
came up.
sWhen tho blow was struck she
said, Tho woman realed and fell into
the river. | saw her as she sunk be-
meath the water, and her white face
upturncd in agony yet haunts me with
| its horror. | screamed and fled. 1t
was the most terrible sight 1 ever wit
ncsscd.'
The woman told her story truthful
ly could not doubt. But, as L sup
posed, the man was gone. lie was
never heard of afterwards; and this
little memory is all that is left of the
wrecked and ruined woman who died
beneath the flood O. Pic.
The Washington correspondent Of
'hc Springfield (Mass) Republican
(Rad. has recently .aken an inside
look at the capital" Here is The re-
suit:
Vikings are in a terrible shape Ecrc.
Forty or fifty Congrrssmcn going out
Tor good next year, and only anxious to
80 ont''wi.h full pockets. The lobby is
here with u million Of dollars, which is
being paid out with perfect rcckcssncss.
All the subsidy schemes arc in combina
ton and notlilng in earth or heaven but
| Ulysses $. Grant could save the coun-
try from robbery 10 the extent Of two
hundred millions between now and
March,"
MIR. Dawes, an eminent Radical NJ.
Z declares that more money was stolen
the first year OF IIincoln's administration
than sulliccd to run the Government
machine through Buchanan's entire
term. Even bis arithmetic is too limit.
ed TO disclose the extent Of subsequent
rogncry.
Dom Pia't, now correspondent Of
the Cincinnati Comn,c,ciui said il,
1867:
'lFrom tie hour of Mr.. L;ncoln's FIRST
inaugural up to that Of his death, th.
Micrcs wcTc oil IN ?picc Honest men
stood aGhast at the impunty with WI.irl
stealing went on. \ cries Of shame
and outrage seemed unavaling. All
opposition WAS driven away. Thieves
were turned ouL to be succeeded by
thieves, and colossal fortunes were made
in an hour"
Mr.. Jcnckcs, who is Radical enough
TO vote against the repeal of the tenure
ol-oltice act ~ favor Of Cen Grant has
given his opinion to the world that ono
hundred millions OF dollars arc annually
stolen From the Goycrnmcnt by loyal
thieves in Office.
Last year, there was n debate in the
il"ne" "f l'"nr"sAn,ntivns nv ,hn onh;nc,
Of revenue collections. Here is pun
gent report Of the same from the author
itativo Congressional Globe:
"Mr. Schcnci (Rad.) )-I would moi
give sixncncc for all laws, if you arc
to 90 on collcc.ing The revenue with tn,
President, Secretary Of the Treasury
the Commissioner and tho Senate, all t.
be consulted, and in the. meantime moth
ing to be done but slcaling-I steal
you stea! they steal; we all steal l.
such seems to be the conjuga.ion Of til,
, verb with which We arc engaged at lhi
time. y ::
"ME. 7 lo Grad )--I think instead O
onc-lilh being IN the hands Of thieves
that precisely the reverse is the truth
that onn-LiIth, perhaps. are honest mcn
and four lilhs are thieves"
"A singular and, if report speak
true, very valuable discovery has JUS
been made at Cincinnati. It seem
that man upset his kerosene lantor,
! into his moal-bin, and he notice,
! afterwards that his hogs atc the dam
aged fodder with avidity. This CAV,
him an idea, and by experiment h,
found that five weeks feeding will
the kerosene mixture made one of hi
: hogs 50 fat that it could scarcely stand
> The animal was then tried into lorf
with the following result: Whom COO
= tho lard did not CONCEAL, but tho addi
ton OF certain amount of potash re
solved the contents of tho Kettle int,
three distinct substances tho first ;
light, transparent oil, better tina,
Kerosene or sperm oil tho second {
jolly-liko substance, which turned t,
soap; and last, a small residum Of
insolublo muscle. "John Smithn is
, the name of tho reported experimcn.
ter.
. y BEAUTIFUL TItoUanr.-Dickcn
wrote:
There Is snothing beautiful and 200,
that dies and is forgotten. An infant
) {! pranling child, dying in its cradle, vii
l've again in the better thoughts Of thos,
who love it, play its part though it.
body DC burned TO ashes or drowned IN
, tnc deepest sea. There is not an anso
added to the hosts Of heaven but docs
, Its blessed work on earth in those that
love i. here. w
Dead OH, if the good deeds of human
creatures could be traced to their source
how beauti' 'nl would even death appear
iof much charity, mercy, purified aflec-
t'on would be seen to have their growth
IN dusty graves.