The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-14


was not canahl- Of making law she
was too ignorant 10 sufIr from it.
INDIAN OUTRA"EsIS DAcDrAu TER.
Ir"RY-PARTY OF SOLDIERS DEFEAT
ED BY THE .-AvAGEs-l INDIANS PRE.
PAIRING FOR A SPRING CAMpAlaN.-A
letter received here from the acting In.
d'an agent at the Yanc1on agency, Da
co'ah Territory, by the actual agent of
that station, w!.o is now in this city on
official business, gives all account OF
some recent "lllrages there by hostile
Indians upon white settlers and soldiers.
According t." tins letter fifteen Indians
came to the Yanc'on agency with a
nl'lahle story. begging Tor food to eat
and Tor ammunition to enable them to
procure game. They were supplied
wi'l what they asked for and left
Instead OF cond uctin ng them
selves qnirtl after this kindly treat.
mtnL the Indians went INTO The e'housr O.
settler near by, demanded food and
clo'hing and commenced firing of their
guns and "n.raging the peuple Of the
house. After se,zing all they could
carry of in This dwelling they crossed
the Missouri rivrrto Nebraska, entered
the huu' of a German settler and re-
peated the "ntrages they had committee d
at I'll" other side. They then rccrosscd
the river into Daco,ah Territory, and
meeting some soldiers attacked them,
killing three and pnlling the rest to
r"n:. rhe soldiers abandoned their
arms and fed in confusion. The Indians,
during their drpr,da,ions, declared they
Intended soon 10 hold council of the
Sioux Indians n. Fort Pierce, for the pnr.
pose Of arranging plans Tor clearing ont
AL the soldiers and white settlers in their
conntry.--N. Y. Herald.
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WHAT LANDS SHALL WE DRAIN?-
Tie question Immediately ri.ps, when a
farmer thinks Of draining, which of nv
fields shall drain first ? and he gener
ally answers it by selecting The worst.
In IA. I, writers on til" subject Of drain.
ing almost always recommend that It
hr first applied to such fields "a are mos,
. in need "fit-tl,at is, to utterly worth
less swamps and very wet brush pas.
lures. Though, at frat sight, tho ad
vice seems to b" good; Oh farther con
slderation, it will be seen that there are
some gnod reasons why these fields are
not the ones whose early draining Will
/: result in the greatest early profit. The
draining of n worthless swamp is an nc
QUESTION "f more lard, M extension ol
! tn" actual limits of the farm; and IL i'm
! plies II greater amount Of work to he
done in cultivation and harvesting, more
capital to he invested in Implements and
labor. and additiona, acres to be manur.
cd. The crop resn|ting from lts re.
emma'lon must pay tn" charges Of into
est, labor, live stock, and manure, be-
fore it can yield M any actual profit
and probably during the first ten years
after the reclnim'ng Of such land, when
We come 10 consider the extent to which
other land mmst be neglected for the
saka at II, there will not be much clear
profit resulting.
Probably The land which it will pay
The farmer best to drain is the beat land
on his whole farm, if this needs draining
A. all.
! WEAKENING ON GRANT.--The New
York HeraM ia in the doldrums. -
Speaking Of the President. General ano
tie Senate, it. says:
"Hc has poll zeal army At his back
large enough to get him ont OF this will
drrnees, 'f he has the brains to handle
the force offered to him. The prospect.
are, that will, these, lie may wrpsL the
msnrped power from ,fr Senate Sioulc
he E,l to avail himsejf Of this opporlu
nhy and give the Senate raore vantage
ground, they will conquer, and the mex
four years will give us political changes
sucll as we have shown ourselves pow.
erless to resist" ana q
Hitherto, the Herald has been co
pious in it's praise Of Grants bsains ant
;stra,egY The above extract locke lilst
Edoubt, hesitation and despair. '"2a-.'i'' 7
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