The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-05-26

| profits. With this understanding the
daughter Of his old love was conRrm-
ed. 'Et |s.." .@ .T
Conll anything be more tender, touch
ing aud beautiful than this ? Tie vene.
rable Jesse is an oasis in a desert. He
is ,hc greenest thing to be found in the
dry waters Of politics. Let us be thank
ful. however, that he was not n Don
Juan, and bad few loves. D. P.
Confederate Dea Unearthed- Twenty
f~'''t Acres Of Human Bones.
The Richmond Disputch says
"Whlle our ladies' are mounling and
decorating the graves in O.twood, and
| while the massive stone monument TO
the memory Of those who lie in Holly
wood is gradually approaching compile.
ton, 1t is distressing to lear Of the neg
lect OF the bones OF thtsc who are buried
where they fell-on the hillsides and in
the valleys In other parts OF The State.
The report, that reacllus Of the sacri.
ligious conduct of many Virginia far
mers are so shocking that we hesitate
to give them credcrce. although our
duty as Journalists requires us to lay
them before our readers. A few weeks
ago we published an account OF The state
Of affairs at Fort Harrison, which snbsc.
qucnt investigation proved too true
Now comes n most narrowing story from
Malvern Hill, where SO many OF our best
and bravcst with their last drops of
blood sealed their devotion to the South.
ern cause. On the Noi,hwes. side of,hc
fort n most terrible scene presents itself.
Thousands Of Confederate soldiers have
been buried where they fell, twenty
acres or more have just been plowed up
by the owner Of the field, and the
plonghshare turned to the surface all
the skeletons Over the whole tract
the boues are strewn IN profuson, and
grinning skulls stare The visitors in the
face on every hand, When the farmer
was questioned he SAID the lend was
now the richest he haa, and, in justi6ca.
ton Of Of the sacreligi5us act, stated hat
che, didn't put EN- there, nohow.' The
writer learned afterwnrd that the bones
had been taken away by tho cart load
and sold TO fertilizing mills in, Richmond.
Two humane, men, too poor to do, any
thing else, came one day while we wcle
there and attempted to hurn some of tho
bones to prevent the wrechcs from
carting them of. ~ y .t,.,a ,.t,
Recalling the events that have trans
p'red at the capital s'ncc the grand cele.
mony Of The Inauguration, it is imposs-
ble to refer to single official act OF The
President that has received the warm,
emphatic, unanimous endorsement of
the men Of either body Of Congress
while, OH the other hand, it is equally
difficult to discover that anv act of Con.
gress has excited feelings Of ordinary
qualification in the mind Of the Execn-
tive.
Trace, for example, the extraordinary
course OF Congress upon the Tenure o.
Oihce bill note with what alacrity 1t
was repealed by the House and the pro.
tracted tenacity with which il was adj
hered TO in the Senate; the care with
which Senators attcsted their confidence
IN the President and their inconsistent
refusal to confide to him Tie power tha,
had always been enjoycd with single
exception, by his predecessors the per
s'stenca Of the Senate in adhcring to
modified. form of restriction and the
yielding Of the House against its first
unanimous decision. Follow those facts
back to the starting point, and we find
the germ ofpresept distrnst and future
dissensiohs
Congress demonstrated its want OF
confidence in The President by a ref,s-
alto rcpea a law passed for the oatcnsi-
bic purpose ofprevonling corruption and
to meet temporary emergency. The
President declined to consult Congress
in the choice Of his Cabinet and other
important officials. Each has chosen it's
own course and kept it.
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It is'stated that SIR Henry Bulwer
Will soon speak in Parliament upon the
subject OF the Alabama treaty. He uh.
derstands the condition and tendencies Of
Amerfcanpolitics, having been Minister
hers and practical observer of the
working Of our institutions. His own
views III regard to our aggressive tom
per and policy are not dissirr liar to
those of Nj. Roebuck, at the commence.
ment of onr civil or sectional strife.-
Sir Henry Bulwer made pnhlch HE earn.
est desire and hope that. for the sake Of
the peace Of the world, the Government
ofthe UMon would be broken up, and
the country divided into separate do
rnfn'ons! He believed. as Mr.. Hocbnck
did and does, that America, excited,
wonld would become formidable and
troublesome to all European Powers
an obstacle to peace and an opprobrium
TO Chrlstendom. He has never sigrii-