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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-02-03
10 From the National Intolligencer.

,r,~o From the National Intolligencer!
The Amnesty Proclamation---Messags o.
.a9, o the President.
n The President transmitted the follow
ing message to tho Senate yesterday
TO the Senate ofhe United States
The resolution adopted on the 5tt
jns:., requesting the President 'to trans
nit to the Senate copy Of any procla
nation Of amnesty made by him since
the last adjournment Of Congress, and
t,lso5to communicate totEe Senate by
%hatiauthority Of law the same was
made" has been received. SO ,7N'
accordingly transmit herewith n
copy oi proclamation dated the 25th o
December last, The authority Of law
by Whiclfitl was made isR set forth IN
thetproclamation;itself, which expressly
affifms, s,hat itfWas iasnedgSbytyirtu o.
thbpo@er and 3ahthorityin me Vest ed
blythe Constitution, and inthe name o.
thessovereign people Of tho United
Statee, nand proclaims and declares "un
conditionally,and without reservation
to all and 'ocvery person who directly
or indirectly participated in the late in,
surrection or rebellion. a full pardon
and amnestyfor ihc offence of treason
against the United States, or of adherine
TO their enemies thereof during the late
OWL war, with restoration Of alf fights
privileges and immnpitics under The
Constitution, and Tie laws which have
been made in pursuance thereof"
,EIBhs Federal Constitution isS under.
atood to be, and is regarded by tho Elk.
ecu'ive. as the siiprems law of the land
The second section of article second so
that instrument provides that the Rresie
dent shall have. power to grant rspsieves
snd pardons for offansesI against the
Un'ted States. except in cases Of i'm
peachment," The proclamation Of tht
25th ultimeis III strict accor Will
the judicial bxpositiohs oftha antllorit,
shus conferred upon tbe Executive, and
as win DO seen by reference to the .ac
companying papers, is in con:ormit,
with the precedent established by Wash
ing'on in 1895, and followed by presi
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-02-03

!, Row, At GRAsIrEvILLE, 8. C.-Within
ono mile Of Granitoville, S, g., on Saturday
night last, q most reprehensiblo and dis
graceful assault WAS made upon on assem- ;
blage of persons who. were engaged in So
cial festivities n For some. unexplained
cause, several unknown persons conceived
lhe, evil purpose Of breaking up tho party,
the most direct manner of,doing which they
believed to be in, shooting the musician. -
This they accomplished severely wonnding,
in the bowcls,,a a Mr. Dinkins, who 1was act.
ing yiolipists for the occasion. Not content
with this flemish, 7aot,i they commenced an
indjscriminate firing into the assemblage,
during WHICH, ihsy shot "lpdy& in the thigh,
and inflicted q wound In The shoulder! Of Is
one armed man named Prescott. Ono Of
the assaihnts, is said ITO have received, n
wound in ono Of his legs, although not suf.
foient TO result in his oapthro, rs yet. 70 id
:, Il augusta Press.
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THE NEXT CRor.--Cotton. is royal nrti
Gle in the worlds commerce: at present, it
| commands royal price. We deem it pro i.
per 10 throw out suggeetion upon the next
crop. From all wo can learn, more than
| cror our planters have in view to plant cot
| ton almost exclusively. II is dangerous
experiment Every planter should, at
least, have in view 10 raise his own bread
stutfs. The scarcity Of corn and bacon en-
hNnccs the price Of labor. Labor, for tho
last twelve months, has advanced at least
20 per cent. in value. The negro is disap-
pcaring, nobody knows whore, and white
labor does not, as yet, take his place. Tho
whito man will pause bcforo ho comos, as a
iaborcr, to country not we'll supplied with
beef and grain. Even at the present price
Of negro labor, the xhite laborcr would not
be willing to compete. II labor is to con-
tinue scarce, and tho price Of labor TO ad .
vance steadily BY the inoreacc Of the eur.
, face in cotton, it is doubtful if The planter
will bc remuncratcd, sufficiently, by the
probable advance in the price Of The great
staple. In oil probability, the price of the
bulk Of the present crop is tho maximum
the staple Yill attain. The single article Of
bacon now cxhaus,s, toa large extent, the
wages Of tho colored laborcr and the profits
Of the employer.
These matters should bo we'll considered
in connection with pitching another crop.
II should not be forgotten, too, that the cat
orpfllcr, for two years, hns been developing
na IL terrible destroyer Of the plant. In
1868, this worm was :wo weeks in ad-
vance Of his advent III 1867. If, in 1869,
he is ten days earlier than last year, the
crop in this region would c dead failure.
LaurensriHe Utfald
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A firm in ii,e city of Now Turk, vino have
lost recently some $1,000 through the dis
Honesty Of their book.kecpcr, have sued tho
party who recommended to them the book
kcepS. as 3 man Of good character, Scr The
recovery Of The money.
The warliko preparations in Prussia, in
terrnptod since the commen cement Of Octo
Der, havo been actively taken In hand -.
Correspondence from Warsaw mentions tInt
oil the soldiers on furlomgh have becn re-
called, and two hundred roublos bounty are
given to oil the discharged men who Yc-en-
list. s.2
Tho 7ri6une has nm atfaok on tho Rev.
Samuel Osgood, D. D. IL says thnt whom
he came to the old ch,froh Of Tho Messiah,
in Broadway, n young parson, no fetched
with him from college a lot Of sophomorical
sermons, which now lio in mouldy grhvos.
while their ghosts seem to haunt tho place
inthe shape of tawdry, ginger bread decor
stions. Fie, for shame.
The Georgia correspondents Of tho Now
York Times says: "The cotton crop is good
! the relations between, whi,os and The nc
groes friendly, tho former paying promptly
or alb their contracts for work, and tho lat
tor being satisfied will, tho rcs,slt Of their
labor. In no part Of tho world. says the
correspondent, 'is the corresponding olast
Of laborcrs as prosperous. in material
sense, as these negroes :" f.'.
rhe Nashville Banner. publishes extracts
| from let,or from Amos a. Lawrence. o.
Massachusetts, In which that cmin mi New
Englsnd manufacturer extols the adyau-
tagos Of the South, particularly Tennessee
for carrying on cotton onmsnufsotnriug. Mr.
Lawrenoe takes a practical viow Of the sub.
feet, and urgos tho working Of smaller farme
and the employment Of extra capitalin man.
nfacturing and mining. &, 4sHao9 d
p General Grant is now running the gaunt.
| let in the way Of receiving political commit
tees and delegations, and with all his reti.
cenoe he manages to make every interview
"vt?y plehshnt," and satisfy ali parties tha,
Ae ID fof gratifying their rsspeoiiye wishes
Both parties from Virginia were highly Rra
tifed with General Grants assurances
while his intimations to the opposing dele
gations from Mississippi ere considered
henonurag'ng"
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The Palsan Man Milliner.

A Paris letter, dated the 2lst ultimo
says:
A scandal of the hour is the entertain.
ment given by Worth, tho man-millner. al
his chateau in Suresnes, a village over
looking the Bois do Bouloguo 1t did moi
F, arise from the insolcnt luxury cfhis cha
teau. This is unbearable to many per.
! CONS.
The chateau consists Of five buildings,
each added seemingly to the other as the
masters wealth increased. The extensive
grounds have almost as many capricious
excuses for spending money as Stowe, the
Duke Of Buckinghnm's estate. There arc
terraces, summer-houses, bridges, pagodas,
filled with bronzes, poroelains, old armor
| for summer. houses or pngodas, statues and
| vases for bridges and terraces
! The tables of the house are covered with
the most expensive cashmere shawls. The
arms Of the chairs arc covered with the
cosiliest laccs. The scandal consists in his
inviting the very same ladies invited 10
Compiegne, and in their accepting his invi-
tation. They burst not do otherwise.
Had they refused he would have refused
to receive their orders, and for fashionas
be lady TO 60 into society unattended by
Worth would be mortfying enough TO drive
her to suicide. I do not hint fear of his
asking payment Of bills had anything to do
with the alacrity with which his invitations
were accepted. But people with rctentive
memories will recall the embarrassment
with which fashionable society was thrown
five or six years since upon the announce.
ment of Worth's retirement from trade, and
his successors intention 10 DO paid oil bills
or bring suit on them. There were $780,
600 or $500, 900 duo him.
Princess dc Mettcnich owed, 80 the scan4
dalous chronicle sad. 100000, and even
quiet Princess Clotilde appeared on the
books rs debtor 10 the amount of $40, 900.
L suspect Worth was cmboldenod TO this
step by the success of his tea during the
winter. lie has in o private drawing room,
next to tho trying .on-room, tea served every
afternoon and evening. IIo invites mono to
enter but the most ari ,tocratio customers
This is an honor easily sought
AT his chateau he has been inviting these
princesses and marchionessos to tea at four
o'clock =. NJ, (the new fashion, He re-
ceivcd them wearing flexible boots reaching
TO the knee, broad belt around his waist,
gloves with cuffs long as n dragoon's, and a
flexible hat under his arm. In his vesti.
bule were six footmcn dressed as Chass eurs.
The tsa was served from silver urns in
Sevres porcelain cups. 1 believe Worth is
an Englishman. Is 1t not odd nm English.
man should be the arbiter of fashion in
Paris ..,,,,....,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-02-03

DRt6GIsfs' LIauoRs New York
World has purchased liquors from mum
Der Of well known druggists of that city
and caused them TO be subjected to chem
teal analysis. TIE following reports Of tho
result will tell the whole story:
Sample NJ. s, Of old port winc wns OBJ
tanned from the store Of Alex ,nder Hud-
nut, druggists. In the Vcrcld building. The
volume percentage Of alchoho1 was below
tho genuine average Brazil-wood was
present rs coloring matter, tanniS acid
was present, there WAS al odor of dyestuirs
and distillation left purple deposit. AS q
madc Wine;
Specimen No. 2, Of brandy, was obtain
ed from tho pharmacy Of e. Groll, cast
Tenth street, near Avenue b. It was but
little below proof, Ind mn odor Of burnt su
ger, and left small brownish yellow dcpo-
SIT. The presence Of burnt sugar would
indicate an initiation brandy"
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so ,sN2' T From tho Banner Of the South.
THE PROsTRATE SOUTH TO THE
1"oh q RADICAL NORTH.
By PAUL II. HAYSE.

Mid tho tumult, the hurry. the madness
OF the strifes that convulsc you to-day
s Mid tho echoes Of frantical gladness i
That tho BLUE is still higher Ger th
GRAY--, !''
Arc ye deaf to the tempest which sunders
The last ties that bind us to faith, ,,.
Arc deaf to the roll Of the thunders
~ l'Forerunning tho blnckness Of death7
'Tistrue that they bear but distant
tt Faint menace from lands Of despair;
Where the Spirit once proudly resistant,
Hath sighed lie last gasp on tho air;
But q, Fdte mutters low in that warning,
And the South-winds are laden will
DOOM; A'"'' 'i'
Aye! crush tho wild omen with soorning
3 Aye! dance on tho verge of your tomb!
Ye have swathcd us with cloud,palls of sor
- rows, t''"
Your breath was The breath Of Simoons-
Ye have stolen MI light from our morrows,
And wi,hcred our freshest heart blooms
But the Hates your blind fury hath planted
The dragons teeth sown in your ire, r
AS. from heat Of IIelrs furrows enchanted
Grow warm, and burst upward in fire
Armed wnrrior.dcmons of ravage,
~ Unquelled by aspell or on nrt, ~
Fierce, monstrous. untamnhly savage,
And thirstiug for blood from the heart
!YoUn hearts thatiarc ruddy and swollen,
, Not ours, so drained and 50 cold =,
With no food hut those memories olden
9E or ntale that long since hath been told.
Do ye think TO escape. 0 my mast crs,- =?
Do yc say, Ills dream ofsick thought,
Anjght mare Of phantasmal disasters
To remain all unfcarcd and urwrought
o fools, and 0 ! blinded ye see not
How swiftly ifnte's cohorts unite,
o fools. aud o blind |! 20 oan flee not
That wrath in its might
Not drop of the life blood Of heroes
BY your hircling Vnndnls laid low,
But shall poison tho sleep Of tho Nerocs
Who caused the red torrents TO flow;
Not pang of our wives and our ughtcrs,
|Qr,slnin, or oil maddcned with doles,
But Shall pierce thro' hot visions OF slaueh.
To tMNsiepth of your agonized souls
Soon, sSghyc shnll compass the anguish
War st'Xisage bent near you, must bring,
The va1ie fears thnt shoulder and langttish,
Thekeen pains that harrow and sting;
by hyeur thresholds blanohed, sorrowful
t''' faces, Na" "'
u On your mnrts the guant figures of care,
Deep wailings in desolatc places,
'y Winged wild Ger the pail and the bier!
With terrible woe that comes only i<or
When Hope has been stranged in gore.
When distraught, and dcspairing and lone
'"a ~ t#h 'r."'ot ~ y fn9nt
You stand on a blood-deluged shore,
With the last friend Of Liberty perished,
With the last ohanoe Of ransom undone,
And the fair face of Freedom, unchershed
Lying manglcd and stark in the suns
With tho knowledge this fearful undoing
your hand and yours only hath wrought,
Till the blackness Of darkness nud rnin
Shall fall like n rnndness on Thought;
And you faint, and sink down in dumb Ian.
guor1 iofff7"I s,-.:H'"'
Appalled,, and accursed by your Past,
For the flames Of Gods infinite anger
Have aenrched you. and scathed you at
last '''' t'
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-02-03

g GuEENBAcKs ExEmrr rRoH SrArs
'TAxArIoN. LIN the Supreme Court on
Monday Chief Justice Chsse read tho
opinion ofthe Court in the New York
bank case, deciding, that certificates Of
indebtedness for three per cent. cer-
ti6cates and United States notes, or
greenbaoks, arc exenpt from State
taxation.
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=, .
TIE NATAL DAY OF ROBERT Burns. On
the 25th of January, 1863, Robert Burns,
whose poetry has become household word
wherever the English language is spoken,
was born" II Is common for the Societies
Of st. Andrew, wherever they cxist-and
where two or three representatives of tho
Land2o'Cakes are gathered together, there
is one in the midst Of them to celebrate
this day in festive manner but we have
heard of no such intention on the part of the
Society in this city. In New York the day
VIII be observed With more than usual fes-
tivity. @,4 .r.r '.n n..o>G,.
1T is amusing" says Chambers, sto
learn That Bnrns, when just emerging from
obscurty, jootflarly anticipated that his
birthday would como TO be noted among
other remarkable events. in letter TO his
early patron, Gavin Hamilton, in 1885, he
says: 'For my own affairs, am in fnir
why of becoming as eminent as Thomas A.
Kempis or John Bunyan; and you may
expect henceforth to see my birthday in.
soribcd among the wonderful events, in the
Poor Robin and Aberdeen A!manaoks, along
with Black Monday and the Battle of Both
we'll Bridge"
Z This day one hundred and ten years ago
burns was born into the world, while
around his peasant fathers cot, by tho
Bridge of Doom, the elements rage furiously
and the mighty tempest howled
"Upon stormy winter night
"Scotland's bright star first rose In sight /;
Beaming upon MS wild sky,
h AS ever TO prophetic eye i a:.,.
i. Proclaimed that nature had on hand
Some work TO glorify the land.
Within q lonely cot Of clay,
Tkat night:HER GREAP CREATION DAY I" =
,,zs rgD'oa a. kSapannah News.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-02-03

'AnRAwsAs.-lrho Little Rock Gazstss Gays
that there are in the lower Houso..of the Ar.
kansas Legislature 88 members, Of whom 80
are Radioals, and a Democrat. Thore arc
81, 800 voters in the State, Of whom 10000
are whites, "a, 600 pogroes, and 1900 .isats
chel.toattars," being O white majority Of
1880 YBtsuoh hos keea the rasoality Of
Of the Radicals, and eaoh have been tho
frauds and imrositions prsotioed upon tho
people. that the Legislature 10 almost Who'll.
" Radical
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ioo,ooo CantclopcS.
10000 Watcrmclons q

The money value of these wsse no loss
Than $l,O43,2OO, excluding the receipts
from the sale Of apples, pears. plums, chor.
r'es' &c., which would probably amount tc
twenty-five thousand dollars more. I, is
stated that pains wcro taken to make the
report both full aud correct; but the es,i
molc is still thought to bo considerable
lower than the true figures.
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dents Adams in 1900, Madison in 1915,
and Lincoln in 1863, and by the pres
'ent Executive in 1865, 1857, and
1868. .aIa.j
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Z . H.
The "Adgcr Building" at tho corner Of
Market and King streets, in. Charleston, is
to be converted into theatre by o Northern
capitalist. .4.. ,4+,. iaJr..,
a hog was killed In Marion county, Inst
week, which, when dressed, weighed 6Ol
pounds
Columbia aud Augusta Railroad ock sold
in Charleston last week at So per share, =
Tho par value is &26. ,.tl l,,I.,
ideas" says Volaire, "aro liko boards
Men only get them when thoy grow up, and
women mover have any,"
A;oapitnlist Of Washington, D. c., wishes
TO purchase fifty thousand ncres Of pine
land on or near the line Of the WILMINGTON
and Weldon Railroad. The intention is tc
establish trucking and fruit farms ST." y"
Toads are sold in Paris OF The rate Of fft;
cents dozen. This animal is used for ths
protection Of vineyards and gardens hom
The rayages Of insoots that escape the put!
suit Of birds. .E'jIao! ,I708 ~ a9w gEG,
Alluding to tbo bitter fsud between Ken.
ton and Morgan. tho Herald says. "Wt
have here Q split in the Republican oamp
over which the New York Democracy ma,
rub their hands and ohpckle with some so
usfaotipn astha Inviting prospect Of better
tbipga 70 donis.19t13 WeH 30 ea9sitia
Afa.hss in Nsw' orloans hs. been award
ed $l5, 600 damages agsinbs Tho easfcllt6l
Railroad for cutting oR bssh legs o. his lit
tile aoa. The tsrribly-natilatsd little fol
Alnx- Has sxhibllaa u aopst.
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[Terms--- 90 per Annum, In Advance.

THE INAUGURATION NCEREMoNIEs--LETTEn
FROM rnE PRESIDENT ELgcr. THE general
committee for tho management of the un-
official inaugural ceremonies diligently
endeHyored to procure suitable building,
and also carefully considered the subject of
erecting one Of sufficient capacity for the
occasion, but finding the former impossible
and the latter impracticable. applied to the
Congress- of the United States for tho use
Of the rotunda of the old Hall Of Reprosen-
tatives md such adjoining portion Of the
tapitolas might DO required for that pur.
poae. The unanimoue consent Of the House
was given, but the proposition was uuex.
pcctedly defeated in the Senate. Pending
tho motion to reconsider, the following let
ter was received from tho President elect
Sy the secretary Of the committee:
HEApQuATERa
Army OF THE UNITED STATEe,
WAsHIsaToN, D. G., January goth, 1869,
Thomas Il. 7Mliock, Esq, Secretary, &c:
DEAR SIR Notwithstanding that the com.
mittee of which you arc secretary meet this
evening, for the purpose of arranging for
the Inaugural Ball, venture TO drop you
line, to say that if any choice is left o me-
do not wish to disarrange any plans made
by my friends in the matter of ceremonies
attending tho Inauguration, but in this
matter IL will be agreeable to me if your
committee should agree that the bali is
unnecessary.
With great respect your obediont Scr
want, U. s GRANT.
General.
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EXCITEMENT AMONG CoTroN CLAIMANTS.
A corresp ondent Of tho Now York Herald
writing from Washington on Wednesday
last, says: =
Judge Hale, the special counsel for the
Treasury Department in tho cotton casGS
before tho Court of Claims, to-day offered
an objection to certain testimony, which
has created quito sensation here, and
which will, sustained, deeply affect real
owners of banking houses in New York, who
arc the real owners of much Of the cotton
for which payment is claimed. The objee.
ton is to Tire testimony Of parties who sold
as we'll ns TO that of those who bought cots
ton daring the war, when such testimony is
offered to prove ownership at tho time of
seizure by Simon Draper and other agents
of the Treasury Department Should this
objection be sustained by :ho Court, some
four millions of dollars worth of claims
will be ruled ont Of Court, as proof of sale
and purchase by buyer and seller Is, in
almost every case, The only proof Of ownet-
ship that claimants counsel have TO pro-
duce. Duncan, Sherman & Co., and other
New York houses, originally represented in
these cases ny Clarence Seward, and Mr..
Eyarts, now Attorney. General, would be
largo losers, 1t is said, as they have atvanc-
ed much money on these claims.
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augusta ConStitutiona,ist.


FRUir AND VEoETA The Pomoloci
col Society Of Norfolk has published
statement OF the quantity of fruits and vcgc
tables raised on tho truck farms around iha
city, and sent to the Northern markets
This statement shows that there was shin
ped in the season:
l,oOo, QUO baskets Of Strawberries.
$4,000 barrels Of Potatoes.
10000 barrels Peas.
10000 barrels of Snap Beans.
06o,ooo heads of Cabbage.
10000 barrels of Cucumbcrs.
100000 boxes Of Tomatoes.
5000 barrels Of Squashca.
1900 barrels of Beets.
10000 bushels of Rndishes.
l00, 900 Cantclopea