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The CHAMPION SwINDLER.-Perbans ,l,a
most audacious swindler since Caeliostro !.
the Bigamist, Wheeler, alias "Cunnineham y
whose latest exploit, achieved even while he
was lying in prison, charged with heinous
crime, was the fooling of all the New York
journals with bogus confession concerning
the Rogers murder, published about two
weeks ago. He has been brought to trial for
bigamy and sentenced to Sing Sing for five
wears. Before leaving court, he layished his
farewells affsctionately among the officials,
and took occasion 10 say that after his release
he would marry wife fer every month of
his confinement. Some of the events of his
career are given in the Tribune:
At one time he appeared at the house of
Mr.. John Banta in New Jersey and said he
had brought from California a fortune of
100000 for an adopted daughter of Mr..
Banta. The papers were of course in his
own possession. A daughter of his host at
traeted the attention of the wealthy .Calitor-
man, and he made ia hasty proposition of
marriage. which the young lady, impressed
with his apparent wealth, as hastily accepted.
Before the engagement had grown to ma
turity, lhowever, Wheeler. disappeared, carry
ing with him watch, considerable amount of
money and some clothing belonging to Mr.. b,
1t was ascertained after his sudden departure
that he had also victimized one or two neigh
boring farmers with whom he had bargained
for the purchase of land Soon after he ap-
peared at TarrytOwn, representing that he
had purchased fam in that vicinity. He
had paid $1,000, he said, upon the property,
and had made his journey up the river for
the purpose of viewing his new possessions
before completing the purchase. He visited
the neighboriDg farmers with great freedom
and condescensien, examining their stock
and making arrangements for extensive pur-
chases. Among the gentlemen at whose
houses he was guest, was Mr.. Weimer,
well-to-do farmer, for whose daughter, Wheel
er, or Cunningham, as he was now called,
manifested decided partialty. A proposi-
ton for marriage was made and accepted,
and the pair were soon united in wedlock.-
On the day following the marriage, Cum
ningham left to come to New York to COM
plete his purchase of the farm, promising to
return shortly to his new wife, when they
would at once enter into possession of his
property. BE went up the river to Pough-
keepsie, taking stage from that place to the
interior, searching fer opportunities for in
vestment. In the stage his fellow-trayeler
was Miss Louisa Amegh, to whom he
proposed marriage before their journey was
ended. He was accepted, and he returned to
her home a few days afterward and made her
his wife. The fame of his wealth had been
circulated with great rapidity among the
young lady's friends, and Cunningham took
occasion to make the most of the credit which
it gave him, by purchasing freely all manner
of household articles and clothing, without
paying for anything. He obtained by some
means advances of money upon them, and
having secured all possible pecuniary benefit,
he left without notice to his wife or creditors.
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FOR SALE.

subscriber wishing to go west, offers his stock
;,! 9l groceries for sale. chance for those
ht hshg 70 go into the business Is also one OF the
ness. ioA OouA'Ay AAS~uee '
NH T, Masner information, inquire at the store
,orssdoI, %nu Oh Deering's Bridge, westbrook, Me.
~" O. H. FABYAN.
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BiIJiGfd Tables for. N0Ie.

EfoR SALE-Eight good Billiard Tables-three
L., - nearly new. Can be seen at Mechanics Hail.
n II De ssd very low II applied for soon. For tur-
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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-16

that to comrYclcrd ono truth, in.
'aiT, IA ncnnre, HcgNaiEtnNcc
II. is ru..."snta aad analogies, with
all truth, is a most wonderful and III ost
bcniliccnt contrivancc Of Deity, and
proves that He made tho world for
man, and man for the world.
But what time must be devoted to
such special study 7 Why, not only
your spare time, but also an hour or
two every morning early, before you
60 forth to your labor. This habit
will give you vigor Of thought and q
freshness Of fancy, that will interest
all about you, and do moro to encour-
ago study and educate your family.
than a thousand sermons, or fifty
school l-tcachcrs.
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Beautiful Lines,

Beautiful Lines.
We print few lines from Byron
to-day: "Tis sweet" And below
is Miltcn, from ,Ohom Byron borrowed
perhaps, on the samo subject:
"swcet is the breath of morn. her rising
sweet,
With charm Of earliest birds pleasant the
sun,
When first on this delightful land ho spreads
His orient beams, Oh herd, tree, fruit, and
flower,
Clustering with dew ; fragrant tho fertile
earth
After soft showers nnd sweet the coming
OH
OF grateful evening mild thon Silent night,
With this her solemn bird, and this fnir
moon,
And these the gems of heaven, her plarry
train:
But neither breath of morn, when she as
ocrds
With charm of earliest birds nor rising
On this delightful land nor herb, fruit,
flower.
Clustering with dew nor fragrance after
showers;
Nor grateful evening mild nor silent night,
With this her solemn bird nor walk by
moon
Or glitiering starlight, without thoe is
sweet"
Par. Lost, BK. w.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-16

a WAR CLoUp IN THE EAsr.-The
Emperor Napoleon III. of France is
in difficulty with the Emperor T'Oung
Chi of China. 1t is not merely o diff
tioulty, but q serious matter, which
may bring about war between tho
representatives Of the youngest of the
royal dynasties of Europe and the
youthful imperialist who wears the
most ancient crown in Asia. A short
time since the Count dc Rochechou-
art, French Ambassador in Pekin, was
insulted by personal castigation, be-
ing slapped in the face by a
Chinese Mannarin of high rank in
the palace, and, we believe, in the
very presence of the Chinese monarch,
The Frenchman struck his flag imme-
diately and reported the case to Paris.
From Hong Kong we are informed
under date of the ll,h of May, that
the French and other "envoys'' serv-
ing there had notified the Chinese
government that the Emperor would
be allowed only three days from that
date to mako an apology to France =
We are net told, however, what the
consequences will be should he refuse
Probably war. Europe is jealous of
tho rapid advance of American inter.
ests in China, uneasy as to the issue
of our diplomacy in Pekin. as we'll as
heavy loser by the revolution which
has taken place in the current Of trade
from tho East to our shores, and which
will flow to us in high tide since the
Pacific Railroad has been complete ed
Europe will, if opportunity be given,
fight again for the maintenance Of her
interests in China and in the present
instance it may be regarded as omin-
GUS of coming war that the cable dis.
patch says the "Frenoh and other on
voys" notified the Chinese. Are we
to sec coalition, Franco and England
leading, for the sustentation of Eu-
ropcan monopoly in China1 IF so we
must prevent its fruition.-N. Y.
Herald.
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The Fairfield PygmieS,

-" - ''i''ANA' y {, ihi>o'
We arc not surprised that the
statement Of the existence, within q
fow miles of Winnsboro, Of micro
scopic race of human beings, similar
to the community lately discovered at
Mobile, has puzzled the unbclicying.
We have been asked if wo meant it
We reply, that to doubt the fact, is to
question the Judgment of rcspocta-
bic planter and the vcracity of ne
gro woman, and since our fighting
editor, Captain Mako.it-good, a gen
tlcman six feet four inches high, in
socks, and Of two hundred and eighty
pounds in weight, is as present absent
in Arkansas, VIC prefer not to vcnturo
to dony assertions that have been
made in a most positive manner.
Ett'iorioly We cannot doubt on tho
subject, a. 'cast during the absence Of
Captain Make it-gool.
by some il has been supposed, that
We were "litting at u set Of loufcrs
about town here, that arc all the time
putting their hands in sugar barrels
and helping themselves" Wo did
not know that so respectable commu-
nifty rs ours had ary such loafcrs in
It's midst, and in the absence of Cap
cain Makc-it-gool, VIC cannot cvcn
now believe it,--cxccpt so far, Of
course, as wo arc obliged not to dis
credit tho gentleman who asserts that
there is. If there be my such class
in the community, we can only say,
''Full many shaft at random sont,
Finds mnik the archer never meant"
We lave said above that wo cannot
doubt, c1itorially, tho existence of
microscopic men amongst us. Now
just suppose that VIC leave out the
testimony of q respectable planter and
OF most vcracious ncgroo mauma,
ANd Wow th" matter in tho abstract
VII" { " douut it : If you doubt it,
reader, just examine and search your
own house carefully, and you may
find the rcry lille man much nearer
than you have hitherto supposed.
Indeed, such an authority ns Martin
Luther asserts, that "EvERY man car
rics 4 popc in his heart" And we,
following in the footsteps of tho illus
trious Martin, unhcsitatingly assert,
that very many of our acquaintance
carry microscopic man in that very
Identical spot. Our crccd does not
stumble ut tho fact Of tho existence of
very minute human beings. Like
the races discovered lately in Mobile
and near Winnsboro, these little mon
steal like fury. They commence by
stealing all charity, and cad by steal
ing all common sense and leave tho
bipcd cnrcassos in which they have
taken up their abode, incapable of
feeling q liberal sentiment or of cx-
pressing an unbiased opinion. Search
your own house reader, for micro
scopic man may be living there.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-16
A Bedbug Antidote.

A Bedbug Antidote.
A lady who has tried this simple
method of cxtirpating tho rcpulsivc
bcdbug, is kind enough to give pub
lie profession of faith in its efficacy
through the columns of a newspaper:
eff any of your readers uccd a suro
remedy for bcdbugs, they can havo
mine, and cleanse the house of this
troublesome vormin without expense.
They have only to wash with salt wa
ter, filling the cracks were they fire.
qucnt with salt, and you may look in
vain for them. Salt seems inimical to
bedbugs, and they will not trail thro'
it. think it preferable to all oint-
mcnts, and tho buyer requires no
certificates as to its gonuinencss."
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mourns at the grave of the Lost Cause
and which keeps alive it's memories.
1t is eminently Catholic and South
crn in its tone, but just and charita-
bic to all. Father Ryan, its Editor
in.Chief, is brilliant and fearless
writer. He has proven himself an
able defender of Rcltgi" ct Patria-
the motto Of his papor, which is rap
idly gaining in public favor and grow
ing in circulation throughout tho
whole country. The subscription is
$3 per annum. Specimen copies
sent free. Address L. r. Blomc a.
Co., publishers, Augusta, Ga.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-16
COMMUNICATED,

llr. Editor:
Why do the Town Council of Wins.
boro permit COWS and other animals to
run at large within the corporate linn
its and refuse to let even pig play
scavcnger on the strects2 Is there q
Lady in town, who has not been COM
pclled to leave, at some time, the
pavement on account of tho COWS that
arc everywhere met with ? It seems
to somc of us, that hogs do not soil
the streets so much as the COWS and
other animals that have permission to
occupy streets and pavoments. In
struct your Policeman to either let
hogs and pigs run on the streets, or
take up all the COWS, horses and colts
that are running loose about town.
And obligo
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-16
Demorest's Young America"

Young America Is one of the most
popular of juvenile publications {;
there is freshness to it that we find
IN no other, and a variety that salts
lies even tho desire of children for
novelty. Half tho good things to bo
found in other childron's periodicals
have been derived from this, which
seems lnexhaustiblo in its suggestions.
Ono OF tho very best features is the
interest it excitesin In children, by al
lowing them to appear as corresponds
ents in its columns. It is woll worth
the small sum asked for it, of $l.5o
per annum, with aprominm. Pub
lishod at 8ss Broadway, N. Y.
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The Nineteenth Century"

The Nineteenth Century"
The first number of this magazine
is upon our table. 1t is neatly got
ten up, by NIcssrs. Walker, Evans &
Cogswell, who invariably do first class
work, they being practical printers.
We have glanced over this work and
feel satisfied, without shadow of a
reasonable doubt, that it is we'll CAL
culated to please all of our Southern
readers. We give below the table of
contents:
"The Blockade Runner Of the Con.
fedcracy Looking Back The Tai
mud ; Tho Story Of the Bud y: Ny
Friends Revenge, n truo story of East
India Mutiny; Tho North and the
South About Noses The pleasures
ofa Garden; The Death of heImaidcn;
Shoulder to Shoulder "reminiscences
of Confederate Camps and Fields, by
"Personne" Bells A chapter on
Immigration; An evening with
Spiritualist; The old Lawyers Story;
Editorial worship; Agricultural De-
partment; Ola Podrida Depart
ment of Science, and Art and Discov-
cry Dishes and Spoons something
for Ladies' Passes En- Passant at
Books, Publishers and Authors "Im-
provemonts' of the XIX Century
Odds and Ends for tho public at
large
The above work is published at
Charleston, by T. G.. DeFontaine, at
$3'5O-pcr annum, single numbers So
cents in advance.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-16

G~ A young man who recently fell
in love with beautiful young lady,
says that when he learned that she
reciprocatcd his passion, ho felt as
though he was sitting on tho top of a
meeting house, and every shingle was
a Jcwsharp.
We wonder if the above was the ex-
perionce of our old friend and COM
radc, who led to the altar lovely
bride few evenings since. Eh?
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-16
Falsetto Vo ce.

DE-. Marcet, of the Brompton Con-
sumption Hospital, has been looking
down tho throats Of the Tyrolese
singers who have lately been warb-
ling at st. James Hall, the object of
the inspection being to ascertain tho
physiological conditions which pro.
duco the beautiful falsotto notes for
which the Swiss artists are celebrated. :.
The observations were made by means
of laryngoscope, little instrument,
whereof tho principal member is a
little mirror placed at the back of the
patients mouth. 1t is pretty general.
ly known that tho human vocal appa.
ratus consists of u pair of membranes,
situated horizontally in the throat,
and just touching at their edges. A
drumhead, with slit across it, may
convey a popular idea of them. In
the act of singing tho lips of these
cords, as they arc called, are brought
into contact, and they approach each
other throughout their whole length
and remain parallel. When they arc
set in vibration, by the passage of tho
air throughout them, under these tho
ordinary conditions, full chest-note Q
is emitted; but if they do not meet in
their entire length, either posteri, +
or an anterior portion of them re-
naming apart, the sound is no longer
full, but feeble and shrill; tho note
emitted is what tho stringcd instru-
mcnt player calls u harmonic, and
what the singer calls falsctto, or
head note. The violiniSt who would
bring out harmonic so touches n
string that, instead of making it
vibrate as whole, he divides it into
segmcnts, each Of which vibrates by
itself, and emits the note due to its
short length, instead of that which the
full length of the string would yield.
The same sort of thing appears to be
done by the falsetto singer; the adept
can at will shorten his, vocal cord so
as to pass INSTANTLY from any note to
its hnrmonic. The muscular, process
by which this transition is effected is
not clearly nude out, so that it can
not be determined whether all singers
are alike gifted with powers of head
singing equal to tho Tyroleso, or
whether Alpine melody grew out of
peculiar capabilities of Alpine throats.
- Once a AI0nih.
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Attention Fairfield Bachelors !

ALCenJlOn falfnolu Bachelors !
There arc sad sights in this world;
says an exchange a city sacked and
burnt-a battlefield after great
slaughter.-a ship burning at sca-a
family pining in starvation-a jug Of
molasses wrecked upon the ground.
All bad, it is true. But to us, the
sadost sight of all is an old bachelor
wearing toward the end of his journey
of life, his great duties undonc.
Miserable creature just look at him !;
his shirt buttons oif-his pants torn
not relative to drop tear, close his
oyos in death, or to loave his money
to-nobody, in fact, to care for him
"shunaed by saint and sinner"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-16

The IRIsH CHURCH BuLL.-A meet
ing of conservative peers was held in
London on the 9th inst, to determine
what course should be pursued in re.
gard to tho bill for the disestablish.
ment of the Irish Church.
Lord Cairns urged that opposition
be made to the bill on its second re ad
ing, and that it be finally rejected. lie
said that the leaders of the party did
not wish to dictate, and were anxious
that the judgment of each peer should
remain unfettered. He felt that, as
tho county had never pronounced on
the present bill, as the feeling of the
House of Lords was SO opposed to it,
the most polite, oonsistens and best
course to pursue under the circumstan.
ces would be to repudiato the mea-
sure.
Lord Salisbury deprecated the
course recommended by Lord Cairns.
The agitation which would follow the
rejection of the bill would be most
disastrons to the country, and would
do nothing to save tho Irish Church.
1t would be better to accept the bill
and modify it in committee than to
renew ill feeling and excitement.
Lord Carnaervon supported the re-
Communications of Lord Salisbury
llo urged the Chamber of Peers, n, "
that it was able, to make terms for the
Irish Church. They might not have
an opportunity hereafter.
Lord Derby was in favor of tho re.
lection of the bill, oontending that
personal fears should deter no one
from doing right
The majority of the Lords present
approved of the views of Lord Derby,
and it was agreed that the second
reading Of the bill should be opposed
1t is estimated that there will be
majority of eighty against the Irish
Church bill on its second reading in
the House of Lords.
An immense public meeting of per
sons opposed to the Irish Church bill
has been held in Londondary, Ireland
Nearlo $4,000 were present. A pro.
test against the bill was adopted, and
will be sent to the House of Lords.
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We met with several of our country
friends yesterday who had come to
town, to attend tho Concert, but un-
fortunately wore disappointed, think
ing that itwould take place on tho 9th
instead of the 10th. Several gentle
men came from Ridgcway. We asked
thcm to remain as it. would be q great
treat; thcy replied that :;ti,cy could
not stay away from business, and that
they would havo known better had it
been advertised" A merchant saws
that his store was crowded with ladies
from the country, "drossod to kill"
(using his own words,) yesterday, in.
tending to go to the Concert, but had
to return to their homes disappointed,
order to put their horses in the
plow.
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English Operatives JOINING to America

English Operatives Coming to America.
The London correspondent of the
Financial Chronicle, writing under
date of the 10Th ult., says :
1t is stated that nearly loo spinners
and winders, with their wives and
families have left Preston for the
United States since the strike COM
menoed, and that eight more families
will leave next week. In Blackburn,
similar measures are being taken with
the same object. Subscription are
being largely collected among tho
power loom weavers, and preparations
are now making to send off as many of
them as possible, upwards of 1000
having already expressed their desire
to leave this country. About 20 of
these operatives will leave Blackburn
during the present month. Tho spin
nors In that town have voted $500
from the funds of their Union, and
the ordinary weekly levy per mem.
Der has been doubled, for the sole
purpose OF augmenting tho emigration
fund. Tho levy will take place i'm
mediatoly after the Whitsuntide holi.
days. Arrangements have been made
TOR sending upwards of sixty
members of the society, and more will
be dispatched rs the funds come in.
Some families loft for the United
States short time ago, and on Tues,
day last another batch took thc;:
departure. In DArwen there are 49,,
65o looms, and it has been agreed to
to raise an emigration fund by low
OF Id. per loom, per week, to realize
636 Sso9d., which would be sufficient
to send five persons off per week,
"giving them sGl0 each to start them
across the Atlantic" At the delegate
meeting of weavers held in Prest on,
on Sunday, several representatives of
districts in East Lancashire gave it as
their opinion, and the general opinion
of their constituents, that the only
solution Of the present difficulties in
the cotton trade was emigration, as
tending to diminish the present sup
ply of labor.
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The W Gather.

The Weather.
The warm weather, since our last
report, has placed the farmers all in
good spirits again, and rs thoro has
been rain, tho crops generally are do
ing as we'll as could be expected i.
The wheat crop now being harvested is
unusually good, but the area sown was
not SO large as last year.