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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-17
THE
FAIRFIELD HERALD

IS PUBLISIED WEEKLY ny
DESPORTES. WILLIAMS g. co
Term..-Tus HERALD Is published Week
ly in the Town Of winnsboro, Mt $500 In.
pdrsabiy IN ddrance.
Gsy'- All transient advertisements to bo
paid in advance. -a- 3rt"
Obituary Notices and Tributes Sl.00 per
Rquare
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-17

Rioh gold mines have been discoy.
cred 10 Sonoras Mexioo. sSaS
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-17

A curious discovery, kept secret for
fourteen years, has just comet light
at Ravcnha. Tho worRmon engaged
digging canal near the present
railroad station, in 1854, found q
skeleton, with o breastplato Of fine
gold, turiod faco downward. The
precious piece OF armor.. which weigh.
:od'six pounds, wis brokcn up and shc
pieces secretly sold tojewollors.; Two
large pieces, which appoart to hayo
bcou the shoulder-bands, and arc coy
orcd with chasing and obanci, have
bs6Agiven' up By 't!is jsaellari in IA
ciiss,,g but the remainder IS iprobdbIy
ioststsft. Is 'knewn that Theodorio
buried othe body Of Odoncer, af-
tor, bis, murder, at Rayopna, face
downward and ths Italian ANTIGUA
rians sdpposo that etlis gold barn6ssis
.reailSskatSf che ffstEtiag afgtaiy,
Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-06
PICTURE GALLERY,

IL Main, opposite Bank Street, st. Adams,
W., up Stairs) Open all hours of the day,
Sundays eXcepted) All the latest styles of pic
lures made at this Gallery Albums and Pie
ure Frames, Storcoscopic and card Pictures of
Vermont Scenery, all at low prices Cali early
and often L. &. RICHARDSON,
49,. Proprietor.
Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-06
TRAINS CONNECT AS FOLLOWS:

En- At Burlington with Boats on Lake CHAM
plain and Vermont Central and Vermont and
Canada Railroads. for Montpelier, st. Adams,
Rouse's Point, Montreal, Ogdensbnrgh, and the
and New York, Saratoga Springs, Schenectady,
and the West. At Bellows Falls with trains ON
Cheshire Railroad for Fitchburgh, Worcester
Lowell, and Boston. With Vt. Valley Railroad
for Bratteboro, Springfield, Hartford, New Ha-
ven, aud New York-and with Sullivan Railroad
for Windsor, White River junction, Wells River
st. Johnsbury, Newport, Littloton, and the
White Mountains.
Passengers for the West will find this cheap
pleasant, and expeditions route.
FOR TICKETS, and all necessary information
enquire at the Offices on the line
W.T.. GEO. \. MERRILL Supt.
Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-06
Vermont Daily Transcript,
PUBLISHED EACH EVENING.

PUBLIsIIED EAUII ENENTN"'
,fc. IN Ba,nes Bock Ldke ST., 81. IlJd"S, w.
~. 7. DAVIS, Proprietor and Edjfor.
Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-06
MOVING NORTH AND WEST

Leave Brattleboro' at ! 700 a. M, 4:45 900 p.
III. Arrive at Bellows Falls at 12:O0 =. M, and
$40 and $50 p IN.
Leave bellows Falls at 12.35 p. M, j45 p. N.
1000 p. IN. Arrive at Rutland at $40 p. M,
900 p. IN. 1926 Il. m.
Leave Rutland at 600 A. M, 1.20 p. m. 800
p. III. 80 a. m. Arrive at Burlington at 9:45 a.
H.. 4:25 D. M. and G.15 p. m. 4. 10 Il.
Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-06
WELDEN SPRING WATER

Water from Weldon SPRING st. Adams, Yer
mont, which has proved highly eiiicacious in
Scrofula, Cancer, and all diseases of the skin,
and also for Dyspepsia. Kidney and Liver Com
plants, General Debility, &c., &c. is now for
sale, at wholesale and retail, at 219 Washington
ing an analysis of the Water with certificates
from physicians and others, testifying to its
beneficial effects in numerous cases where it has
been tried
Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-06
nUTLAND AND BURLINGTON AND VT
IN VALLEY RAILROAD.

IN VALLEY RAILROAD.
ON and after Dec ID, 1867, trains vii, ruT
as follows, viz:
MOVING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leave Burlington at $50 Il. m, 80 p. m. $3.50
9;l5 r. IN. Arrive at Kutland at IL % II. M, i:lt
p. III. 500 II. III. $50 a. m.
Leave Rutland at 400 a. m, 1900 IN. Arrive
Bellows Falls at 7:40 and 2:2O p. M, Il 1925 a.
III.
Leave Bellows Falls at $50 a. M, 2:2j p. M.
$3.50 N. Arrive at Bratt.cbOro' at $50 a. M,
400 d. m. i27 A. IN.
Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-06

VERMONT CENTRAL AND SULLIVAN
Y RAILROADS.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commcncine Nov. 80. 1868.
CommcncinR Nov. 80. 1885,
TRAINS GOING SOUTH ANr EAST

TRAINS GOING SOUTH ANr EAST
Leave st. Adams at G.2)a. m, 1900 noon,
and 720 y. III.
Mail Train leaves st Adams at 6:2o ain, and
connects at Burlington with Rutland Road, at
White River Junction and Bellows Falls with
trains for Boston, Worcester, Springfield, and
with trains on passumpsic il H., arrives at Now
York at l0;l5 pm.
Day Express leaves Montreal AT $40 a m, St.
Johns at 1000 n. m, Ogdensburgh at 100 p M,
lodge at Malone leave 7:l5 am. Rouses iolnt
lO:ij a. m, for Boston, &C., arriving IN boston,
via. Lowell at 1890 y. IN.
Night Express leaves Ogdcnsburgh at 1l:30 II.
M. Montreal at $3.50 r. m, Rouse Point at 5'ic
p. m, st. Johns at 1850 r. M, arriving at Boston
at $40 Il. M, connecting at Bellows Falls with
Cheshire Road for Boston and Worcester and
with Vermont Valley Railroad for Springfield, &C.,
and arriving in NewYork at 1890 p m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
| cave st. Adams for Mon,real at Gl0 T. m,
and G:j5 p. IN. For Rouses Point, OgdensburSh
and the West at G:Oj a. M, and 2;i5 and d.5o
p.
bay Express leaves Boston via. Lowell 500 n,
~. for Burlington, st. Adams, Montreal Og-
densburgh and West.
Mail Train leaves Boston VIA Lowell, at 100
a. m, via Lawrence and Fitchburg at $50 Il. m,
Springfield at 1915 m, for burlington, and
st. Adams.
Accommodation Train leaves Northhcld t
1:lj Il. ~, for burlington, Rutland, st. Adams,
ROusc's Point.
Night Express leaves Bellows Falls at 10. 10 p,
H.. receiving passengers from Vermont Valley
Railroad, leaving New York at 1916 p. M, and
from Cheshire Railroad, leaving Boston at $50
o. M. connecting at White River junction with
train leaving Boston at 800 p. m, for Burling
ton, Rouses Point. Montreal and Ogdcnsburgh
connecting with Grand Trunk Trains for the
West.
Sleeping ears are attached to both the night
Express trains running between st. Albans an(
BOSTON, and st. Adams and Springfield.
Through tickets for Chicago and the West fol-
sale at the principal stations.
q. MERRILL, Sup.
NJ AlIanS Nov 30 1868
Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-06

LOCAL ERIISENENTS.


. EsIREs atmiration To be admired, they
J must possess Beauty and Intelligence
Most every one has intelligence, and
Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-06
.oRTnnHS RAILROAD.
WINTER ARRANGEMEN r-IS0S-9.

On and after Dec, 1868, Passenger Trains will
run as follows:
UPWARD TRAINS.
Day Express Train leaves Concord at *10.35 a.
M, for White River Junction, connecting with
trains for Montpelier, Burlington, Rouse's Point,
Montreal, &c, and with Ogdensburgh and Grand
Trunk Railroads, for the West.
Accommodation Train leaves Concord at *10.4
a M, for White River Junction, connecting with
train for Wells River, st. Johnsbury, Barton, New
port Willoughby and Magog Lakes Stanstead,
Bath, Littleton, and Lancaster; also, with trains
for Montpelier, Burlington St. Adams, Rouse's
Point, Montreal, Ogdensburgh, and the West.
Bristol Train leaves Concord ut 1927 p m for
Franklin and Bristol.
Evening Express Train leaves Concord at $40
p. M, for White River junction, connecting with
trains for Montpelier, Burlington, St. Adams,
Rouses Point, Montreal, Ogdensburgh and the
West.
*Or on arrival of trains from Boston, Worcester,
Portsmouth, Portland. &c.
DOWNWARD TRAINS.
Morning Express Train leaves White River
Junction for Concord at 1.2J a. m, on arrival
of train from OgdensburSh and Montreal On
Mondays at Gas instead of 1.2O
Bristol Train leaves Bristol for Concord at
! 80 a. M, and Franklin at 9.05 a. m.
Mail Train leaves White River junction for
Concord AT l2.2O p. M, or on arrival OF trains
over the Vermont Central, Passumpsic, and
White Mountains Railroads.
Day Express Train leaves White River juno
Montreal and Ogdensburgh, Brattleboro', Keene
Bellows Falls, Windsor &c, connecting at Con-
cord with train for Manchester, Nashua, Lowell
and Boston.
! These trains connect at Concord with trains
for Manchester Lawrence, Portsmouth, Port
land, Nashua, Worcester, New York, Lowell, and
Boston. ONSLOW STEARNS, Agent.
Concord. n. II. Dec. /. 1868 wifi.
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L. s. GOODWIN.

l.. s. GOODWIN
DEAR SIR: ] cheerfuly comply with your re-
quest to give my candid opinion of the merits
of the Weldon Spring Water. For some years
have suffered much from Dyspepsia, and hav-
ing exhausted patent medicines and the pre-
scriptons of many physicians, was advised to
try the Weldon Spring Water | found by tax
ing glass of the water before meals it acts as
tonic and general regulator of the system, and
enables me to eat any kind of food without in
convenience. The only Evidence / can give of
my appreciation of its virtues is recommends
ton to every one suffering from Dyspepsia to
try it.
Yours truly, FRANK b. DIXON.
QUINCY, M>ss. Oct g. 1868.
E. :. GOODWIN, Esq.
DEAR SIR My wife has used your Weldon
Spring Water, and has received great benefit
from it. Before she used it she had a bad
cough, and had bled from the stomach or lungs.
The cough has entirely disappeared and she is
as well, or better, than she has been for ten
years.
Very respectfully your old servant
JOHN L. WILEY.
Proprietor Of Hancock House. Quincy.
&c Letters from many other persons can be
seen at the office.
E. s. GOODWIN, Agent,
1i0tf 2lS Washington Street, Boston,
Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-06

From Francis b. Dixon, Esq, Counselor at
Law and Average Adjuster, Boston,l
II MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.
Boston, October 3, 1868.
Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-06
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.
pS SIntn Strpnt RnStnn- Oct z 1863

MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.
Is State Street, Boston, Oct. 7. 1865
E. s. GOODWIN, Esq, Agent Weldon Spring
Water.
DEAR SIR / write to acknowledge the bene-
fit | have received from the Welden Spring
Water have been troubled with Disease of
the Kidneys for many years. l have consulted
some of the best physicians in the country and
received no relief. Some few months since
was recommended to try the Weldon Spring
Water. | had not taken it long before 1
surprised to see how much good it had done me.
Since then always keep it in my room and sell
dom drink any other water, knowing eventually
it will cure me. AS l am anxious that others
should be benefited by my experience, cheer
fully recommend 1t to all suffering with the
same disease. Respectfully.
j. j. MAY.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-28

which lasted several hours, surrendered
Internationally on the nth Their leaders
had disappeared, but were believed 10 DC
secreted in the city or vicinity. Inc ses-
sion of the Cortes was suspended on the
18th Arrests continued to be made OF
leading Republicans in Madrid,
A London telegram of the 18th states
that Lord Derby, who had been Ill Tor
several days, was gradually sinking and
could not live many days.
The loss of life at the Valencia fight was
very slight The surrender is reported to
have had tranquihzlng effect on the
country, and official reports state that only
a few of the remnants of dispersed bands
were roaming through the provinces
Three steamers reached C.pa on the
18th with reinforcements for the Spanish
army
A Madrid telegram of the 10Th says the
government regarded the Republican in
surrection as at an end, although precau-
tions to guard against any new outbreaks
were continued, The New York Tribune
has advices to the effect that the Captain
General of Cuba lately sent an urgent de-
mand to the Madrid Government for two
millions of dollars, but he was informed
in reply that the Spanish treasury was
emptv, and that hereafter Spain would fur
nish troops, but Cuba must furnish
money.
The Canadian authorities had a report
on the 18th that the Fenians had char
tered and equipped gunboat to lombard
and burn Canadian towns on the upper
lakes. Accordingly they had placed a
| gunboat in readiness for action in those
waters, manned with Toronto tield-bat-
terry.
A special Madrid dispatch on the 2Oth
saws the insurrectionary movement inside
the city of Valencia had been recon-
menced by the revolutionists. When the
Government troops proceeded to enter
the town after the capitulation, the sol
ders were received, on marching into
the place, with volley of musketry, and
the fire being returned, hostilities were re
newed. The fighting continued at The
latest moment Three thousand more
troops had been ordered to Cuba to assis
in quelling the instruction, The Repub
lican leader, Soloochea, was killed on thu
10TH
The Canadians were making heavy pre-
parations on the Goth for the reception 0
the expected Fenian invasion.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-28

In caucuses held on the night OF the
18th the Walker members of the Virginia
Legislature nominated John +. Lewis and
John w. Johnston, and the Wells party
nominated L. II. Chandler and DR.. Alex.
Sharp for United States Senator'S from
that State.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Kentucky
met at Louisville on the 18th. About 90
delegates were present.
In the Tennessee Senate on the 18th a
series Of resolutions were passed in refer
ence to the public debt of the State, and
resolving that "all available revenues and
resources Of the State should be faithfully
appropriated to the payment of the inter
est on our bonded debt and the security of
the principal at maturity"
The United States Marshall boarded the
Cuba at Wilmington, N. c., on the 10th,
and demanded her surrender. Commo
dore Higgins refused to surrender except
to an officer of the Navy, and upon an
order from the President, whereupon
Lieut.. Com. Pierson, of the Frolc, board
ed her and showed written order from
the President. Com. Higgins then sur
rendered himself prisoner of war to the
United States Navy
A vote for United States Senator in the
Tennessee Legislature on the 10Th resulted
! in 43 for Johnson; 20 for Etheridge; and
80 for other candidates.
The election for United States Senators
in the Virginia Legislature on.thc 18th re-
suited in the choice Of Lieut.. Gov Lewis,
for the long term, and Judge John W.
Johnston, Of Washington county, for the
short term.
The Virginia Legislature adjourned on
| the 20th to meet on the second Tuesday
after Congress shall have admitted the
/ State into the Union.
/ Two ballots were taken for United
States Senator in the Tennessee Legisla-
ture on the Goth. The last ballot stood
Johnson, Al Etheridge, 20; Cooper, 5
living, 4 ; Peyton, 6; Fletcher, II; Milton
Brown, 2. Two members absent. Neces
sary to choice, 3D.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Journal says
complete arrangements have been made
for paying ali the interest on the State
debt which falls due OF, the 1st of Novem
| ber
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-28

with all its "dips, spurs and angles, varia-
tions and sinuosities." | have worked
there at all the different trades and profess
sions known to the catalogue have
been everything, from newspaper editor
down to cow-catcher on a locomotive,
and am encouraged to believe that, if
there had been few more occupations to
experiment on, might have made a daz.
cling success at last, and found out What
mysterious design Providence had in view
in creatingm me.
But YOU perceive that, although | am
not pioneer, have had sufllclently va
repated time of it to enable me to talk
pioneer like native, and feel like Forty
miner. Therefore, | cordially welcome you
to your old remembered homes and your
long deserted firesides, and close this screed
with the sincere hope that your visit here
will be happy one and unembittered by
the sorrowful surprises that absence and
lapse of years are wont to prepare for
wanderers surprises which come in the
form of old friends missed from their
places; silence where lamillar voices
should be; the young grown old; change
and decay everywhere home delusion
and disappointment; strangers at the
hearthstone; sorrow where gladness was;
tears for laughter; the melancholy
pomp of death where the grace of life had
been,
With all good wishes for the returned
pIodigals, and regrets that | cannot par.
take Of small piece of the iatted calf
(rare and no gravy, | am yours cordially.
MARK TWAIN.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-28
The south.

The President, General Sherman, Sec
retary of the Interior, Postmaster General,
and a number of other officials, were in
attendance upon the Maryland State Fair
at Frederick, ON the l4th
Rev. DIR. Henry Niles Pierce has been
elected Missionary Bishop OF Arkansas
and the Indian Territory by the House OF
Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal
Church.
In the Commercial demonstration ut
Louisville on the llth the procession is es-
tmated to have been seven miles in length,
and was three hours and quarter in pass
inc given point, There were Hundreds
of vehicles in lile representing the various
manufacturing and mercantile interests OF
the cities around the Falls of the Ohio.
In recent case in the United States
District Court of Baltimore, which has
been appealed to the Supreme Court, it
was shown that three National banks of
Baltimore have been lending as high as
eighty per cent of their capital for specu.
4 lative purposes,
The President and party visited the
Antietam battlefield on the 18th.
The Arkansas Liberal Republican State
Convention adjourned on the 10Th, A
liberal platform was adopted, endorsing
universal Suffrage and general reform, the
present State Government and its action
The Louisville Commercial Convention
adjourned sine dit on the 10th,
The Louisiana State Seminary, near Al
eNandria, was destroyed by fire on the
night of the 1ith Loss .6out $4,000
The library, apparatus and most of the
furniture were saved.
4. H Stephens, Of Georgia, writes tha
he is IN very poor health, and never eN
pects to leave home again.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-28

The official count of the returns OF the
Vermont election gives z, L. Washburn,
for Governor, 2O,353 majority in total OF
4s,3S0 votes, and John A. Page, for Treas
urer, 30, j2t in total of 1880.
The Governor of New York State has
fixed the 18th of November AS IL day of
thanksgiving and prayer.
The Vermont Legislature organized on
the 10Th, and G. w Grandy was elected
Speaker Of the House.
The official returns from all but three
counties in Pennsylvania give Gcary n
majority of l,S49
Several bishops and priests have sailed
from New York for Rome to attend the
Ecumenical Council
Ex-Governor Ritter, Of Pennsylvania,
died ON the 10th, in his Goth year.
Father Hyacnthe arrived in New York
CITY ON the 18th. A delegation of clergy
men called upon him and rendered him
their pulpits, but he declined them. He
will visit Boston, Philadelphia, Washing
ton, and the Western cities, and expects to
remain in the United States about three
months
John p. Knowles has been appointed
Judge of the United States District Court
for the Rhode Island District.
A call has been issued in New York IN
vitng State organizations in behalf OF
womans suffrage to be represented in
delegate convention at Cleveland, Ohio
November 81 and % The call is signec
by VIM. Lloyd Garrison George William
Curtis, Henry Ward Beccher, Gerrlt
smith, Lucy Stone, Antoinctte Brown
Mary A. Liyemore, Grace Greenwood
and eighty others, representing nearly
every State.
Messrs Fisk and Gould have been cite,
before the grand jury in New York e
give testimony in relation to the reccn
gold speculation,
Father lIyacinthe has authorized tn
New York Ti9bpHc to say that he is still
Roman Catholic, but not in accord wit
the ultramontane spirit and doctrines c
Rome
The American Bible Union commence
It's twenty nth annual meeting in New
York on the Goth. The Treasuror's re
port shows disbursements to the extent {
S6l.7t51l, and receipts Of $5s,S6s 50.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-28
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Washington News.

The Navy and War Departments have
united in the adoption Of uniform system
of signals, to be used in their branches OF
service
General Belknap, the new Secretary OF
War telerraphed his formal acceptance
on the 14th. He would enter upon the
duties of the Office in about two weeks.
The argument in the Yergcr case IN Inc
Supreme Court at Washington was com
mepooi on the 10Th, by Attorney General
Hoar, and answered by Mr.. j. M. Car
Isle. ur.,..
Colonel w. II. Selleck, of Wisconsin,
has been appointed Consular Agent at
Bradford England, rice Geo M. Towles.
Customs receipts from October / to DC
tober 0, inclusive, were S4,679,7O6.
The monthly report from the Bureau OF
Statistics, for the month of july shows
the value of exports to have been $780,
432,s35, and the imports for the same
month $37,GO4,S 1886. The total tonnage OF
vessels engaged in foreign trade during
the month was, entered, l,O20,704 tons;
cleared, LOIS, 094 tons.
Receipts of fractional currency for the
week e ding October 10, 81, l32,7oO; snip
ments SITS, roo; amount destroyed, $685.
700
1t was reported on the 10th that Presl-
dent Grant and Secretary Boutwell, both
deny that any financial proposition from
the Rothschilds had been submitted 10
this Government.
The following appointments OF post
masters have been made Frederick d..
Turner, at Carson City, Nevada, rice B. T..
Small, suspended; James d. Wood, Cen
tral CITY, Col, Uice Samuel A. Buell., sus-
pended Peter Grub, at Kenton, Ohio,
vice August Freger, suspended.
The amount of money transmitted by
the postal money order system during the
past year is over $l6,0O0,00O, and during
the fiscal year ending June last, is $46,
600, 900, requiring 100000 orders.
The Second Auditor has finished the
statistics for his annual report which
shows the amount paid for bounty and
back pay of deceased soldiers to be 1872,
1902 COG 80, which has no reference to
amounts paid discharged soldiers.
There are said to be at this time STA
100000 in gold in the vaults of the Ma
tional Treasury larger sum than has
been on hand for many years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-28

Method of Preparing Eggs. The io,'
lowing is pronounced an appetizlng disn
for the tea-tablc or for a lunch Boz ths
eggs hard. When they are cold, take o.
the shells divide the eggs lengthwise II
halves, take out the yolks, crumble then
in bowl, adding salt, pepper, mustard, :
little parsley, chopped fine, and il'a a'i
olive OIL. When all are well minglc1, ~
the hollows in the whites of the eggs WIN
the mixture and serye,in halves.