The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-10

excitement, and numerous meeting.
have been held. Planters favor the
importation of Chinese. Commercial
and laboriag classes urge the encourage
plent OF European immigration. All
agree that fresh supply Of labor is alb
solutely necessary for the agricultural
interests of the country.
The American Minister had enter
tanned .he King, his Ministers, the con-
snlar corps, and officers of tho French
war steamer Magivr, ut = dinner ut the
American Club Homr.
Epidemic fever prevailed on ne ia.
land of East Main, and tho deaths were
numerous. ..
The Baron de. Croz", whose death
the French journals have lately an.
no'inc"d. wa. tho person who, so,ne ten
y"nrt since, addressed n memorial 10 the
t'"p", strongly urging tlle rr.,nra,io Of
he Coliseum. M Y d"as snn," replied
Plus TX, have seen your memorial,
aud thank You for it,; but do vou not
Know that there are two kinds nf van
dHIism, the ore nf destruction, tho other
uI restoration 3? Never has the Coliseum
been more beau,iial than IN the moy;pe
contrast tf The srlendor Of ito past and
the msgniiccncc Of lis ruins. To restore
them would, II seems to me, 10 an ar,is
tic sacrilege. and would aunihilate tho
work OF agcs, only to produce poor
and colorlrss counterfeit. Think no
more OF it, caro- mio." And tbr Baron
thought no more Of il.
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To THE WOMEN OF Ricru.ASD Dis
TRicT.-lt is proposed to form during
the time Of the Fair, State Monum-n.
tai Assoc'ation, the Object of which
beng the erection by the women Of
South Carolina, Of a monument to the
memory Of those South Carolinians who
have persisted III tho defence Of the Con.
t'deracv. The women Of Richlani Dis.
trict ar" earnestly requested to take the
initiative in the filrlhvrance of this oh
Jcct, and to MEET on Thursday, Novem-
Der 4, at the Washington Street Chap
el, at 4, o'clock p. NJ. Strangers visit
ing the city aud Interested in Ills matter
are cordially invited 10 attend Gen.
Hampton will address tho meeting -
Phonir,
IHE CoNFEDERATk DEAD Tho la
dies Of Columbia assembled at The
Methodist Church yesterday afternoon.
to form State Association for the
erection of monnnent to the Confcd-
crate dead. Mrs. George Howe was
appointed Secretary. The Rev. VIM.
Mar''n opened Tie meeting with prayer.
Gen. Hampton was then presented to
the meeting, who, at some length, in
very happy and appropriate terms, stat
cl tho objects Of the meeting. Mrs.
Darby moved that committee nf six
ladies be appointed to draft cons,i,u-
lion and by laws for tho Association.
which committee was instructed to re-
port t" an adjourned meeting, to be-
feld during the week Of the FAIR, at
which time the Society will he fully
organised by adopting a constitution
and e:ccting permanent officers. The
meeting then adionruvd, to meet AN
above STATED, Of which notice will br
given -Pheenir.
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+ "SURylvoRs' Observation-Disclosures
LAND DlsrRIoT. who have serv
ed in the Confederate army or navy 10
the close OF the war, or have honorably
resigned or been discharged therefrom.
aud any who, though not men,bcrs oil
tho army or navy, have, nevertheless,
the merit OF having served and hcarI
and hand for the Confederate cause. nrr
invited TO hold meeting Mt the Hull Of
he lnlrpen 'cn, Fire Company, at 7
o'clock, p. m, OIL Saturday the 9Th INST
To form the Survivors Association Of
Richland District, !" which Shall have for
It's primary purposes, perpstna,ion OF
truth, Justice 10 the memory of the dead, |
and charitable MD to helpless survivors,
as to tho widows and orphans of those
VINO fell in Tie discharge Of their duty |
- i,aHa ,"ateHia.
AN EXPERT ON THE ONoNDAaA
GIANT.---Profesaor Hall, Stn,e Gcolo-
gsi, has viewed the Onondaga statue.
aud what lie says Of It, thongh guarded
as tho cautious uttcrancc Of a man Of
science, somewhat revives the intercst
IN the gypsum wonder, lie determines
lhat.it is no fossil. but a scultured figure.
But he evidently does not assent that
there is any impostnre or cheat in it's
discovery, and regards it as really a
thing of some antiquity. His mention
ing it inithe same breath with the Cen
trail American sculptures seems to point
to belief t;at'it nntcdates tho advent
OF the white man, and this point could
.be determined by any person versed IN
the peculiar character Of american an
tiqaitioe.--.N. r.tUeralN. aEn
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~ OUTRAGS UPON THE AnERIoAN
FLAG IN AsuNCIbN. - General McMa
hon, late United States Minister to
Paraguay, who hus just reached this
port in the steamer Berlin, LEFT .llsI