The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-06-15
Repetition Of Last Years Outrage.

lho mean spirit OF naulcal Spltt
inaugurated on Decoration Day last yea
against the graves Of the Confederate
dead, when United States marines wer,
stationed around them to prevent til,
floral decorations Of the same, was
revived yesterday at tho Arlington
decoration even in more offensiv.
manner. There are eighteen Confeder
ate officers and Confederate soldiers bu
ried there, whose resting places were con
spicously. marked yesterday by severa
pas.eboard signs in large letters of "Con
federats Graves" One or two ladies
and gentleman, not needing tho war
ming seemingly conveyed in thess paste
board decorations, ventured to place
their floral tributes on the mounds o.
! earth that covered these rebel dead, but
| no sooner had they done so than tlleil
flowers were snatched therefrom by a
committee Of that political organization
known as the Grand Army Of the Re.
public, and they were warned no. to
repeat the act by these petty officials.
s'There has been no order issued
against it," eaid the gentleman who had
placed the flowers there, "and I claim
the right to put my own flowers on those
graves"
"You shan't be allowed to do it, sir"
WAS the fierce reply.
"There is a correspondent of the
World here, and / shall see that this
outrage gets into print i'll that paper"
1--WE don't care q damn for the
World it's rebel paper, anyhow, "
was the answer to this.
The ladies and gentleman were then
threatened with arrest for an alleged
attempt to create a disturbance, and
thereupon withdrew. 1t is due to say
that some of the moro decent Union
sol iiers deprecated this unseemly ex.
hibition.
One Southern lady, dressed in deep
mourning, while passing a grave on The
head board Of which was inscribed the
name Of her son, over the word in
glaring letters 'rebel," quietly left n
crown OF roses on the green sod, and
was passing Of, when the harsh voice
Of one OF the committee gentlemen or.
dered her to take it away again or he
would throw it among the crowd. The
lady burst into tears. but WAS council
vd 70 uaey,--JSsw 1Or& Warld, 3lst
&M.
"Roor Hoo OR DIE."-The N. Y
Herald, in an article advocating Chi
nese immigration to the South, and it's
encouragement by Southern people,
concludes as follows:
Heuce we advise our Southern friends
not 70 be dismayed because few thou.
sand almond eyed, pig tailed sons Of J oss
are coming among them to do their
hard work. Bid them como - "come IN
their beauty, those marvels Of duty
welcome them to your Southern cotton
fields, to your rice marshes, to your
household labor; and then you may
eventually scare lazy Sambo into some.
thing like an idea that he has either to
root hog, or die."
And since we are speaking of the
Chinese, let us present to our readers
Genl. Jordan's opinion of them as sol
diers:
In the Cuban army there is no sep
aration between white and black, but
the negroes and Chinese fight in tho
same ranks with the other combatants.
The Chinese, says Gen. Jordan, are
strong, muscular men, and fight splen-
didly. He describes them as the most
furious devils he eyer saw, and on one
occasion he witnessed a Chinamau
knock four Spaniards in the head with
his musket. The General says he ia
now a great advocate of negro soldiers,
and " hen he goes back means TO take
with hlm if possible some old negro war.
riors and use them as seigeants, to set
a good example to the others, and to
excite military pride and spirit among
the Cuban negroes.
A OHURcn Built WITH MoRrAR
MADE OF WlNE.--The Rev. DR..
Prime, the venerable editor of the New
York Observer, who has been famous
traveller; and has seen some things
which few mortals have behrld, tells
the following strange story, lwhicl,
would seem almost incredible If told by
d less reliable man {: 7"t> 1e
II was in a region IN Spain where
~sae is more abundant, sometimes, than
wster. Wine, good wine, better wine
than 10 IN common use in America, ia
sometimes used in great quantities IN.
stead Of water TO mix mortar with, for
building. A church was pointed cut to
me that was built with wine-made
mortar, because they had great quantities
on hand for which they had no sale,
and it was cheaper TO use It than to
haul water long way to the building
site. But there was little intempefance
in that region" III
CAPITAL PUNIsHMENr.--The pro.
position made in Berlin to abolish capi
tai punishment except for murder com
mi,.ed in cool malice has much. in its
favor, and it ia pretty clear that If we