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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-05-11
Science UnAfyimg.

The questions upon which Southern
men will first be listened to by tho
North, arc not political, but industri-
al and scientific questions and by a
sort Of wonderfully wise instinct, they
are the very questions to. which the
decidedly practical genius of the
South is devoting its most earnest at
tcntion. The report upon Southern
Manufacturing, for example, just
made before the Charleston Immigra.
tion Convention, is certain to strike
the Northern mind and make deep
snd lasting Impression. The tariff,
too, say Washington Correspondents,
is looming up into gigantic proper
tions. This is another question upon
which the South is certain to con.
tribute from tho treasury of its
thought, and command national
hearing. Upon all such questions.
which in their ultimate ana lysis, are
scientific questions, all men, the world
over, listen to reason, and to facts and
figures, even when stated by those
they hate. Who loves Beast Butler
down South -? And yet who has not
bocn interested in tho scheme of in.
teinal Revenue he lately sketohed.
and who can deny that it would be
loss Internal than the present une'
quail and unjust and oppressive sys
tenn 7 All which goes to show, thati'
is science, quite as much as morality
that tends to bring together those
, whom war has put asunder. -E
"EmollH naores, nee sinit2esse ttros."
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Rejected Counsel.

Poople often grieve that their bes,
advice is perxersely rejected but we
have learned Is take it calmly, ooolly.
philosophically, and withal, 'tsurkas.
ticnlly." Solomon gave the reason OF
the thing long since, in that instruc.
tive record "Tho poor mans wis.
dom is dcspiscd." If our readers will
Lock around, they will see that crosk-
ers about their counsel being rejected
are poor men, unsuccessful men, men
Of no standing in the com unity
Men who are successful and rich, usu.
ally are puffed up with sense Of
their dignity and influence, and look
down upon poor devils as they regard
others, just as the pet he goat, ip the
fable, from tie top of house.roof
Expressed great cou amrt for s,urv.
ing wolf prov wiling bulo*, who snaTl:
ing,y reminded him that he regarded
the insult ss net coming from him, but
from his position. Be then, iu posi-.
,ion TO counsel. or keep your mouth
shut. At least, look for Indifference
Th:ra is still a Deeper solution Of
the phenomenon, The two most pow.
erful practical principles of human
conduct are imitation sadd' Soptrad;c,
tion. The rich and successful, a mere
minority, are apt TO have their: advice
listened to, by, respon Vi tho nnI5t'
principle of imitation, or a strong de.
sire to be like them. But in nine
cases out Of ten, when advice is given,
that contradiction Of sinners OF which
Scripture makes mention, perverts II
Immediately to its$worst abuse. So
that sound advice is not like the pole
star, the compass and mariners chart
to the sailor, to guide him to . SO.
euro and peaceful haven, but it is
rather like the monumontthat m wisdom,
erects, and the epitaph itprophetioal
ly writes, over The grave OF suicidal
folly. .u., ,,.. .e / : =, :. (,
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A sangle Ticket.

We continue 70 advocate, as hereto.
fore, q single ticket for the ,Legisla.
ture from Fairfield County, OF
course, wc mean, a Republican ticket,
upon which the Conservative Repub..
lican element will also be represent
cd. Should the action of the June
and July Conventions induce us to
change our opinion wc shalt inform
oarreaders. II is full time, however,
for those who intend to 60 into either
Convention, TO prepare tosdo so.rh Our
oolsmns are open TO any oall BY either
party. ~" 'sai 81 shsa Ra6a4iS
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At tho recent meeting Of the Radi.
cal editors of Washington, Mt the
house of Charles Brooks Adams, con.
siderable dissatisfaction was express
ed with the way which things wore
working in the Radical party. The
necessity for tho creation of n third
party seemed to be uppermost in the
minds of these gentlemen, and before
they adjourned they agreed upon the
following points, which are to form the
the basis of the next political cam
paign First. A tariff for revenue
only. Second. Specie payments.
Third modified civil service bill.
1t was claimed that the western green.
back theory Ind seen its best day, and
that strong specie feeling is rapidly
extending over the Western States.
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Senator SAWYER.

The gratitude Of South Carolina :s
due to U. S. Senator Sawyer; first,
for successfully introducing the cx-
ccllcnt public schools of Charleston
before the war f; and secondly, be.
cause, since tho war, though North.
erner by birth and decided Rcpub.
lican, he has done more substan
good to the South than any other citi.
zen living South of the Potomac.
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Grants Weakest Point.

General Grants weakest point as n
public man, is not that no worships
rioh mon and accepts presents from,
them, which even Stanton refused to
do nor that ho deliberately deoeiv.
ed President Johnson, in the Stanton
johnson imbroglio, in order to make
use Of johnson, willie Jvhuson imag-
ined that he was making use of Grant.
Those are serious matters, but ii
Grant would prove q wise ruler, they
wonld be forgiven, if not forgotten
by oil. But his weakest point is,
that he Is an avowed Plotcctioniss, an
obstructienist, that is, Of the progress
Ct Tho people, and has joined rotten
ring of bondholders and monopolists
in a struggle with the material wants
and interests of the people, and
against tho scientific intellect Of the
civilized world. But Grant may change.
We think ho- WILL, no soon as tho
South and West' show their power
plainly. He isa Western, man, the
General Of the sWestern B army, md
more Of . Conservative Republican
eve,, now, than ofca Radical. He is,a
practical man who kespa Ais eyes
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TIE Fruit Urop.

The following letter from Mr.. J. G.
Derby, the proprietor of tue celebra.
ted Derby Fruit5Fnrm, near A iken,
South Carolina, will be read With in.
terest: "e,..,.rei''
Editors Of the Charleston Courier:
DEAR Sins :--In reply TO your So
licitation for information concerning
Aiken, with special reference to tho
fruit crop, I beg to say that I have
not had time TO visit. my neighborss
and ascortain from them the condition
and prospect Of their crops. I should
judge, however, from current remarks
on the subject that the average crop
is about the same with other fruit
growers as with myself. The heavy
freeze about tho middle of February,
and again about tho middle of March,
when the mercury fell to 20 degrees,
destroyed the largest portion Of the
peach crop, which at those periods
were in full bloom. I judge from a
cursory investigation that the product
Of the Derby Farm for peaches will
amount to about onc.fifth of full
Drop. The peaches that escaped con-
sists Of the Early rillation, Early
York; Enrly Crawford, Amelia Rare.
ripe, Chineso-Cling and Honey peach
varieties. These now look in a very
healthy condition, rs do tho Necta-
rines, which will be full crop if they
escape the ourculis. Apples and
Pears will be full crop, as they are
now probably out Of any further dan
ger from frost. The same with the
Grapes, which promise from our large
vineyard most bountiful yield. We
begin to pick Strawberries this week
and hope to have enough to be able
to make the prices so reasonable, that
that all can indulge, in the luxury of
this fine fruit. Although not ger.
main to the subject it may interest
some Of your readers TO- Know that
the cotton planters in this vacinity
have finished planting, tho increase
being about one third moro than last
year. Aiken has long been known,
rs you are we'll aware, for it's health
giving qualities, but never, until with
in a few years, as ootton-growing
region. A neighbor of mine raised d
bale to the acre last year, and this
can easily he done with proper ap.
plication of the right kind Of fertili-
zers. More corn and fodder has been
planted this year thanol last. s,;1 i
The annual influx of visitors from,
the North eliminates about the middle
of May. There hns been d larger
crowd than usual here this winter,
and with the increasing hotel accom-
modations, to be ready for the next
season, it is to be hoped that there
will be no more room for complaint
on that SCORE. Yours truly,
! 9'i @a,E j. C.mDERBY. %
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From svynahingt0m.

WAsHiNoToa, IMsy 7.-.No session
of either House. Eorney testifes
that the "soasy, ressissa from Ball,
lock. was for printing jobs, pamphlets,
speeches, &c. p F,'aHrnt = .sa' r7R
The Mozart Democratic Union.
Democratic Union, Young Democracy
md German Central Committee mot
at Masonic Hall, for tho purpose Of
effecting q basis Of agreement On
which to act in nominating candidates
for the coming campaign. Thomas
A. Ledwith was chosen Chairman.-
"A committee of fvo from eGch or
ganization was appointed TO agree upon
County ticket. It was further re-
solved: that the combined organization
should support no Tammnny nominee.
The Committee Of Twenty will meet
on Monday afternoon, to nominate
The United States Government has
purchased General Halstead's tor pedo
boat, built during the war at Mystic,
Conn, and lately lying at Newark,
N. j. The original cost was $780,.
900. Its weight is twenty-five tons.
Ten men are sufficient to man it. 49,.
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Aaioorrespondeftt~ t~of tho sCount,s

3 A&Ioofrespondent~ Of tho 5 Country
Gentleman Gays that tomatoes want
water almost as much % ducks, but as
the vine Is hardy and will stand al
inoss ahy amount Of heat and dfoaght,'
few supply the water it demands. I'D
order TO make tomatoes fipeni aniokly,,
they should bo aatefed at siSast o65s
adsy. Thostnvsnibg is tho best tin,s
90 saatar thSso. aIsf 3&is { s-slt4a' q
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true people Of tho South "dwell lin
the land, for verify they shall be fed.'
When that full tide of prosperity and
grandeur sets in, who will remember
the affections and sorrows of these
days7 Who will remember, except
with q smile, the blind malice
which will have put, in the negro
vote, powerful weapon into the
hands Of proud and chivalrio peo.
pie? Where, then, will be the pygmy
political spawn of to day7 Sbrunk
and shrivelled MS scroll. And the
lofty Southern ponius which rrodnc d
Madison, and Pinckney, and Wash
ingtop, and JEFF rs II, and Hamilton,
and Calhoun, will rise superior to
passion, and in lo,g line of distin-
gulshed soldiers and Statesmen will
once more serve tho entire country,
and enlighten and bless the civilized
world"
So said the beautiful and swcet.
voiced Apollo, and vanished into thin
air from our sight.
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The Paoifo Railroad. a
The PhiladolphisSAes of a6th inst,

Observes y: 81 yS8#
In the discussion of the, proposition
in the Senate so, as TO amend the char
ter of the North Pacific Rail Road
Company as to make up deficiencies
jDl the origipalygrant Of land, Senator
Howard we'll remarked:
"The American, people ( demand
three. Pacific Rail Roads--oue at, the
North, one through tho centre and
another at the Southern part Of the
United States; and these Rail Roads
they will have, whateyer&snayabe tho
feeling of the Union Pacifig.- however
its friend sand servitors may be-, moved
by envy in regard to what has been
called a competing line."
And in this connection the Wash.
iugton correspondent Of the Same pa
per writes:
The import of the sub Committee
Of the Pacific Rail Road Committee
on the Bill Incorporating the South.
ern Trans. Continental Railway Com
pany, concludes as follows:
The question, therefore, Of the
right Of a rail road company to ac-
quire lands from the State Of Texas,
must be decided without reference ia
the present State Constitution. We
entertain not tho least doubt of the
power of the Legislature to enter into
nm agreement with a corporation tc
grant to them lands in aid of the
construction Of a rail road, to be oar.
RED out through the instrumcntalitJ
Of the State Land Office, under pro.
per provisions Of law, but from The
examination We have given the sub.
jsct. We are forced to tho conclusion
that the Memphis, FL Paso and Paoi.
fic, sometimes called the Trans. Cont
mental Rail Road Company, by reason
70 their neglect to perform the work
required Of them, have lost the right
to demand any moro lands from Tex.
| as. ~
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A SMosT ADMIRABLE HIr--In
Senstor, Baysrd's recent speech, on tho
admission Of Gen. Ames, he got Off
the following, which is most admirable
tion:, ts,.y.,,, 'l't,.
"But, air, there was ono element u, Of
human character that the Senator
overlooked, He, forgot che, force Of
habit---habit that can, almost, change.
the stamp Of nature. The habit OF
indulgence in party feeling will grow,
upon . man ora set Of mon so strong,
Ily, that involuntarily, gratnitously,
without any inducement worthy Of t6e
name, still tho habit will be INDUCED.
There js 90 instance Of that force of,
habit whioh occurred to me ut tie.
time Of the honorable Senator's sp.,
peal: related BY Mr.. Henry Fielding
IN his history of . very illustrious
man, Jonathan Wild, the, Great.I and
the Count La Ruse, Twill; read .aa an
illustration of tho tendency I ,refor' to.
These two friends, Jonathan Wild and
Count Ia Russ, sat down to cards, q
circumstance which T should not have
mentioned but for The sake 81 oheAry-.
ing the prodigious force Of habit for
though the Count knew II he won over
SO much Of Mr.. Wild, he should noe
receive q chilling yet, he GOULD. mob,
refrain from packing, the ,oArds |; nor
could Wild keep bis hands out of Ri84
friends pockets, though he knerwar
there 's' : was nothing in them ~ '","'4"
aWHAr NExr 7--.G As Nsaoss WA4sa.s
---The Petersburg (Va.) CossisY in.'
forrns US that number Of Rantlsme,,
assembled on Mo-day evening Iask Il
Jarratt's Hotel TO witness TIE = tlusnat
Ing OF gas manufactured from water.
naptha,1 iron s. fllings end sulphuriu
sacid. The gas was made, ia iess than'
two minutes, snd when 1t burned VITA
o clear steady fame, olioitihg tho iad.
'niration Of every osie present. 1af' 1s7t
The principle Involved HI 4. .Ybal
patent ID that The taaohias AZ
automatic, and the genagstiotf '69 tKsH
gas ceases wh6nsit IL turned of. I'll
"a claimed BY the Inventor aaI
patsntee tlat pure Hydro CsrSoni 1Aas
can bes MANN ufassarod 81 Tess than hslfs
tho price now ohsrssd fos coal gas. =
Ss...oN SF'-A s-s, -4-A.z8 8TYES az
aVhearathains Of Pat Clebusne,e g ti,at
famous Irish Confederate Gonesals gs.A
celved funeral q honosss ,ia Memphis.
Iennessee, on Thussfay. The Fire
department, the Irish societies. the
sEenians, saaa the sax- Gsnfssisrntaaee
asssss twrasd sstt 4 sss.jmongs siss pso.s
il,nsasas siapsls sn fhb pso1SesioA
were aoasrsbn Davis, ox.sa6sssns Isass
Yisana GensYai pilfoa,. .-'l,1
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NeNYR IfeRMa.'

JACKSON, Mss, May 7.--The Sen.
ate confirmed to tbe Supreme Bench !
SimrelI, Priton & Torbell. Bills for
mixed schools and equal rights in
taverns were defeated. t
New YoRK, May7.@--The laundry
aud kitchen of the, Southern Hotel
were burned last night. The gucsss
fled to the streets in their night
clothes. The damage to tho laundry
and kitchen was about $1,000. Many
Southerners were there. There wero
many laughable incidents. a ,dh
! Passengers from San Francisco On
Thursday, the 2sth ult., at 8 a. m. :,
arrived in New York city vt 7 o'clock,
on. the morning Of the 9th, in. six daya
and twenty-three hours, the quickest
time yet made across tho continent.
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PRoDuu1 OF ONE Cow.-I send you
the proceeds of my COW for the two
seasons past. She dropped her cali
April IL, 1868. In tho month OF
June she gave an average of 46 lbs.
Of milk per day the greatest n mount
in one day 40 lbs. the smallest 43
l2 l6 the amount Of butter made
after deduoting i2-i6 lbs. of milk
daily, fer family use, was 81 2.l6
lbs. =; average number of lbs. Of milk
to reduce ono of butter was % l2.l6 ;
amount of butter made in the year
was 344 lbss, which, valued at 39ao.
per b., price received for that sold,
$l35.s8 ; calf raised, valued at SIS;
milk and cream used in family, SIS ;
milk for pigs, $lO; agricultural
premium, $40. Amount, $l85.s81
In 1860 tho cow dropped her calf,
March 24tb. I send proceeds for
l09 months: Amount Of butter
made, 400 lbs; average price for
that s,ld, $50. per ID, or Sl4O; calf
raised, valued at $l5 ;,milk and cream
used in family, $l5 milk for pigs,
$l0. Total, $3.50. aa a,is y-n'
My COW is keptrin pasture in. sum.
mer. If pasture, gets short, I feed
once day with green corn grown for
the purpose in winter, corn fodder,
with one feed of beets; or, in absence
OF beets, one feed of corn meal of
about ! quarts.-Andrew Conc, East
bloomfield, Ont. Co., N. Y. ,sgna37,,a
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The following communication forms
nm appropriate conclusion to this ar
ticle, and explains itself:
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel, Au.
gusta, Ga: The following resolu-
tions were adopted by the oolorcd
citizens Of Augusta, at their ratifica-
tion yesterday, which you will please
publish
ResolecA That ne hail the contri.
buttons of money made, by numbers
of white fellow citizens, to tho cele.
bration Of to-day, as harbiuger OF
good feeling to exist in the era Of
peace now dawning upon us.
Rcsotred, That we tender our sin.
cere thanks to Mayor Allen and tho
city authorities for tho assistance
rendered u.s. Edwin BELcHER,
Chairman.
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The RADICAL FALr. CAMpAIeN.---A
cali is about To DO issued for u caucus
ofithe Republicun, Senator'S and M IN.
bers of Congress, to take into considl
Grafton tho necessity ofGa central Or
ganizatiou to make due preparation
tor the fall campaign, especially in
the Southern States, and to discuss
what!issues shall be presented to the
country &c: :he Fosty.sssona Congress.
The Radicals are alarmed ut informa-
tion from the South leading to,the
telief that the Conservatives may
elect majority to the next House,
and hence this proposed grand con-
ference. s.trl Eagl h.f1Aass ~,
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Market ReP0rta.

New, 7YoRK, May Z, q P. NJ
Cotton firmer with sales Of $500
bales, ,uplahdsi i' 2s I; Orleans 23a.
Gold l4h!Fg4tsg o5 a7srt 4ad noIfoJ -
''cnAnLEsToN, May 7.-co.tonp in
demand middling 2l4 sales 800
bales ; receipts 500. '..'' '1''
LIvERppoI., May 7.-Cottoa steady,
auR,ards . up, lo5; Orleans ~ salee
5000 bales. I,, " :.
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Forgery Head CLERK Treasury Depart.
ment in L mbo.-

Yesterday, one Of the most cunning
" devised, villainous and daring
schemes Of rascalty was disclosed.
W. w. Sampson, head clerk Of the
State Treasury Department. and one
Captain Mctcalf, late Of the United
States army, and who figured cxtcn.
sivcly IN South Carolina at The close Of
the war as commandant Of the Post
at Abb"ville, Beaufort, and other parts
OF the State, are the guilty parties, as
g, far discovered. The facts Of the
case, rs We lenrr them, are as follows !:
The State. in 1859, issued bonds
payable in five years, to the amount Of
$4,000, in aid OF the Blue Ridge
Railroad. The bonds were taken by
the Blne Ridge Railroad Company at
par. to be uscd'Ly them in the construc
lion Of their road A number of these
bonds. which had not beer used, were
stolen by raiding party of Fede,al
soldiers, which passed through Pendle.
ton, s. c., about the close OF the war.
In 1896, two years after said bonds
became due, The Legislature passed an
act authorizing the foundation Of past
due bonds and the coupons thereon
Under this net it was ascelta,ncd. in
1857, by the President OF the Blue
Ridge Railroad, Gen j. W. Harrison
that the identical bonds stolen IN
Pcudleton had been funded, having
probably been sold 10 some innocert
parties at the North but a large
amount Of the coupons wrrnono pre-
scnted to be funded. Having free ac.
cess TO the books, Sampson was enabled
to find ont precisely what coupons were
missing and proceeding upon this
Knowledge, he and Motcalf concoctcd a
sweet little plan Of appropriating some
$42, 900 and il successful. there is no
telling to what extent they may have
carried their thievish propensi,ics.
Sampson, as clerk OF the Treasury
sends on genuine coupon to u printing
house in Auburn, N. Y, whero Mc,cali
now lives, aud orders fac s'miles
etruck of, to the amount Of $4,000
Tbs genuine coupon being merely
s'ereo.yped was easily connlerfci,cd ;
but the printing house in Auburn gus
p"St'"E soui"tiilpR ~ ue anltss, reported
the matter to the detectives IN New
York city, ami thcy to Constable Hub.
bard here. Plans for their detection
were at once set on foot, letters were
intercepted, largo batch OF tho forged
coupons seized while in transitu be-
tween Sampson and Metcalf and yea
terdav, having obtained such unQnes.
t'onab" evidence OF The guilt OF the
parties, Hubbard arrested Sampson here,
and nt tho same time Mrtcali was ar.
rested IN Auburn. Sampson is now in
Jail, and bail to The amount of $25, 600
being required Tor his release, will pro-
badly remain there till the time Of trial.
We have it from good authority that
the ln,matIons are that more persons in
and about the capital than w. w.
Sampson arc implicated in his crime.
"God save the State p Southern
Guardian.
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Pass HIM ARouxp.-.O Our exchanges
"a this and neighboring States will
oblige us by inserting tho annexed
description of man calling himself
William =. Harris, hailing from Ma
ryland, in the vicinity of Frederic
City, and who has been guilty of OBJ
tanning money under false ptetences
in tho community. lie is an accom-
plished imposter, and wc would guard
the public against him: Said Harris
is about fifty year Of age, five foot
ten or eleven inches high, weighs
about 2l5 pounds, fair complexion,
and blue eyes. He has small red
molo under his left eye, and small
round scar on his loft temple. Whom
excited ho has peculiar motion of
tho head. as is slightly palsicd, and
this is also observable in his hands
under similar circumstances. lie has
the appearance of frank, honest
character, and is we'll calculated to
deceive the publie in any capacity
anderson Inteiligeneer.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-05-11

MEANS oPaBEAuTY.-v-I have como
to the conclusion, ifa man, or woman,
either. wishes to realize the full power
of pereonal beauty, it must be by
oherishing noble hopes and epurposes !;
by having something to do, and some-
thing toalivo for, which is worthy Of
humanity, and which, by, expanding
tho capacities of the soul, gives ex.
pansion and symmetry to the body
which contains it.--Professor Uphan,.
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pointed Democrats to ,office. His as.
sistaut is a we'll known Democratic
politician of Atlanta. The Republi-
can party has been betrayed"