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

HI'o "canse no sNppoHs lhe Congrrs-
sional plan Of reconstruction wHh all the
denominations that such poli,irar mis-.
cr~an's rs Thad. Stevens Ben. Butler,
and their accomplices. con!l mauag' to
rmhniv in it. = louisville Courier
Journal. .s ' >,
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THE FRENcn PREss ON TUE WAR
PnLIoY OF TIE GovEaHMENr. The
0p'Aion National Of Paris. Of tho 2fss
mt comn,en,s IA follows on tho calm,
up OF the lU0. 900 mrn for the army:
The rep"rt Of III. d'Andelatre con.
tains numerous pointed and just cri,i-
cIsms. and the presence of an episra y,
mn.r bo detected against the policy, or
rather the absence OF policy, that re-
d,ices France TO the necessity OF placing
herself on The defensive. And still the rc.
port concludes hy proposing to grant MI
that the government demands. Per-
haps i. is but a trint oflhc l-it, by which
to challenge the Ministers for pxplana.
tions What does Tho government. re-.
qnlrf,, and what dJes it intend? Where
are we being led to for, unfortunately,
We nre being led; we are being dispos
ea "f. our money. the blood of our sons
is heing disposed of. withon: our being
cnnsnl,r6l Are we being led towards
peace or on to war2 If towards peace,
why then these rninons arn,aments ? II
on 10 war. against whom will it be al.
rtetrd, ard for what reason is il entered
upon? What can be this fresh Mpxi.
can expedition that is being prepared
tor us without even any warning being
given In which v,c.nrg Of Mentana
or III which catastrophe Of Qnerelaro are
ne beng invited to participate ?
THE STRIHE OF THE Preston Cor.
TON OPERATIVES. The London Star,
OF the Esd nlt., has the following about
'he strike of The cotton hands:
Wi,h the continuance of the lamenta. a.
hle slrlk" Of the cotton operatives a.
Preston the excitement in the district
increases. On Sunday a meeting OF
| sixty seven delegates from surrounding
districts was held Tor the purpose OF
considering HE advisahiliIy Of contlnu.
ing he strike. Their del rberarions last.
ed six hours, during which it was elici>
tea that the operatives generally svmpa-
'hzcd with the Preston hands in their
RESISTANCE 10 the proposed reduction Of
~ per cent. Resolutions were passrd
promising support 10 them during the
Arngeh, and IT, was agreed that no paid
delegates should be employed while il
lasted. It. is said That from seven 10
ten sh'IIlngs per head has been apDorIion-
e" nom local nn,pn funds for those on
s'rkr in the spinning aud weaving de-
Partmen's. The Manchester Eram, ne,
SAYS it is distinctly stated that The hulk
o; lh" masters are, and have been for
Sometime. losing money. In nbont
three weeks, unless some concession be
made by lhe operatives, nearly 10000
"f them will be thrown out Of work -
the aggregate number oil operatives in
Preston Is ahamt $4,000.
DELMAR's STATISTICS OF THE CEN
sus OF 1868. When Mr.. D.lmar was
Director ofthr Bureau OF Statistics he
originated rlan for taking the census.
through the assessors Of internal rpve--
nue.. The Census" for 1868 under that
that arrangement is completed as far as
II likely to be. Where there are no
returns from assessors the drfcences
have hppr supplied bv estimates. The
presrn. Deputy Special Commissioners
OF Customs has stopped the work. not
seeming to attach mnch importance to
it, and ls in no way responsible for the
rrsntts. The recapltulat'on of,he ropu.
latiun OF the Un ted Safes and Tprr;io-
ries Tor The year 1868, as mads, up
through the mAaus above stated, is as
follows: White population of the
States. 33.29l,o ,oSl colored, 4,639, s62
total, 37,930,9O3. The total with
The population Of the District of CoInm--
bia AVID The Territories Is 3s,422, ,095.-
The reported population Of California
includes indians and Chinese, Maine in.
endes 500 Indians, Michigan includes
abont 1000 ln,lians, Oregon inclndps
1870 Indians and 2,436 Chinese, and
Rhode Island also includes q lew IN
dlaNs.
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