The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-02-03

Tho Washington correspondent of the
Savannah Republican says the Prcsi-
dent has decided to pardon DR.. Mudd,
one OF tho conspirators (so.callcd)
convicted by military commission Of
being concerned iu tho plot to assassi-
nato Mr.. Lincoln. The pardon will,
it is said bo granted in response to
the petition of largo number of citi-
zcns who believe Mudd to be entirely
innocent.
The United States House Of Representa-.
tives havo adopted the following: "Resolved
That in tho present condition of the nat ion.
al finances no further subsidies ought TO be
given by Congress, either in bonds or mon
ey, to railroad or other corporations, or TO
promote local enterprises but the whole re.
sources Of the country ought to be applied
to The pressing necessities Of tho public
| service in such a manner as will relieve the
people from the burden Of taxation.
Last week Mr.. Edmund Irving sold n
tract of land containing ton acres, and lying
somo fifteen miles from Lynchburg, Va,
near tho Salem turnpike, to Mr. John
Irvine foI two thousand dollars in cash =
The land 20 sold has no special wator facili.
lies Or mnc.al wealth, but is meadow
land of splendid fertility, and was sold at
the high price stated for no other considcra.
ion except its capacity Of production
Lynchburg News.
Gen. Grant was met coming out Of
his headquarters looking as indifferent
as IT he were not oppressed with the
cares of nation. A friend saluted
him, Good morning, General" 'Good
morning" General, you don't look as
if you were President of the United
States" II am not"
Ex-Sccretary Stanton authorizes tho
denial of the sensational story con-
cerning an alleged issue of an order
for the supercedure Of General Grant
before Vicksburg By General Banks.
He says he never issued such an order,
and he does not believe that anybody
else did.
Tcnness is shipping to Ohio cot
ton seed meal to be used as food for
cattle. It will make butter so sticky
that the man who eats it will never be
ablo to open his mouth afterwards
without pulling out both rows of teeth
in the effort.
MARLDopo' CouRr.-Judge Rut-
land. is holding court in Marlboro this
week, where he finds heavy docket,
though it is not pr obablc that great
amount of business will be read Y for
trial.-Dcmocrat.
bn'English paper contains the f ol.owin |
epitaph and advertisement
Beneath this stone, in hopes Of Zion,
Doth lay the landlord Of the Lion,
His son keeps on the business STILL
Resigned unto the Heavenly will"
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has revoked his decision, published few
weeks since, that oil building associations
orc liable TO pay special and income tax
as bankers.
The New ORLEANS PloAYuNE.-
The "Ptc' has entered apon its thirty
third year. We trust it may live a
thousand. 1t stands in rJnt rank Of
journalism, and is All honor to the craft.
Berkshire girl walked fourteen miles
through thea snow the other day to
marry young man who couldn't como to
her house for fear of n ix-shooter which
the stern parent carried.
Spanish spies arc complained of in New
York, who watch the movements OF Spanish
suspected of sympathy with the
insurgents.
The regular freight trains betwce
Raleigh and Goldsboro on the North
Carolina Railroad have been discon
tinued.
I'll he Germans, in Charleston, proposed to
erect n theatre and concert hall at the corn.
or of Meeting and George streets, to cost
$20,OU0.
The expedition in search of gold in
Cocas Island has returned unsuccess-
full, and disgustcd.
Three children named Thorn were burn.
cd te death, in The Eastern District Of New
York, on the morning of the 2lst.
The Charleston Courier says "about five
hundred writs and processes were logged
with the Sheriff Inst Saturday.
A war is probable between Saliva
dor and Honduras.