The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-01-26

thus 1t will appear from what we have
written, that if third party is need.
ed to reform the country and establish
its liberties and its prosperity, it is
not the party recommended by the
NEws.-PhGnir.
A GlGANr1C MILITARY ExrER1-
MENr-THE MARCH TO INDIA: The
Russian Government is making very
important experiment. The Oxus
now flows into the Sea of Aral. 1t
onco flowed in tho Caspian, its old bed
being still visible enough to be fea-
turo in maps. If it could be brought
back, the Russians would have an un-
broken and impregnable water com
munication from the Baltic to the
heart of Khiva, and with further i'm
provements to Balkh would, in fact,
be able to ship stores at Cronstadt
for Central Asia, and send them with.
out land carriage. The addition to
their power would be enormous; for
instance, they could send ten thousand
riflemen almost to Afghanistan by
water, and without any sound audible
to the West, and their engineers think
it can be secured. An energetic Off
Ger, with ! 800 men, is already on the
south bank Of III G.; r;a", the ma
tives arc r'r r',.'i i n;!y, [that is,
we suppose, quie;,) ana the Russian
Goyernmen has the means, through
it penal regiments, of employing fore
cd labor on q great scale.
We shall hear great deal moro of
this engineering enterprise London
Spectator, jan. |.
NJ. Victor Noir, lately killed by
Prince Bonapartc, it is said, is in
reality of Hebrew descent, his real
name being Solomon. He was quite
young man, being only twenty-two,
but had already achieved an excellent
reputation as journalist. lie was
not man of means, but on tho con-
trary was quite poor. In person he
was Of fin", rather large and cons
manding figure, noble and intellectual
cast of countenance, and we'll known
in Paris rs gentl lcman and man of
honor. A peculiar though melancholy
interest is attached to his death by
the fact that in eight days he was to
have married Mdllc. Aubcnas, young
and beautiful girl of but sixteen years
of ago, with dowry of $4,000 francs
Tho Richmond Dispatch says 'sthe
conflict over Virginia has dono two
good things. 1t has killed Mr.. Sum
ncr, and it has put the ball and chain
upon Porter so effectually that they
will be worn by him for the remain
der of his life. Till now his infamy
has been that of an obscure man, con-
fined to narrow limits. Having been
gibbeted in both Houses of Congress,
he has been awarded the national con.
tempt and disgust, and doomed to
general obloquy by an irrcvocable
sentence. The devil will only deplore
that ne was not man of more impor-
tance. While he is hardly worth tho
national contempt, evil spirits will
find little in him to make triumph
Of"
There is good story told of An.
ooiih 1eothScliu, never puDllSHeO De-
fore. 1t appears that when the banker
grew old and the Christmas holidays
rolled round, his servants and retain
ers camc up for the Christmas pres
ents. The old man replied, "Begone;
what is Christmas to mo - And
when Purim, tho feast of Esther, came,
they would visit him again, knowing
that to be the time for Israelites to
give presents, and they asked him for
their Purim gifts. His answer was
prompt: "Begone what is Purim to
you?"
ELEoTIoN IN MIDDLETowN, Conn.
At our city election yesterday the
Democrats elected candidate for May
or and largo majority of the City
Council for tho first time since 1861.
They also elected their candidate for
Sheriff, Assessor, Collector, and all
but one of tho Constables. Samuel
Babcock, for Mayor, had 65 majority.
Congreve in one Of his comedies
peaks of q lady who "has got that
vcrlasting rotation Of tongue that
cho hath M chonnn With 3har lint