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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16

painted with lamp black. He says
"Thar amt no sens in noospaper ad-
yertizcu, so long az man is smart
cnuf 2 tend 2 hiz oan bizness, and
kan stand at the doro and boiler the
fcllcrs in."
PHOENIX GUANo.-Four unguanoed
rows yielded forty pounds, and four
guanoed rows l0l--believes it the
best Fertilizer used in his section.
jMERRlwETnER, CO., ga, Deo.4 q, 1869.
Messrs. IVilcon, Gibbs G Co.:
used one ton of, Phonix ,Guano
with the following results; Ileft four
rows by the side Of that which was
guanood, aud from those four ungu-
anocd rows 1 gathered forty pounds
cotton, and from four, Of tho guanocd
rows OH same soil, and cultivated
alike, gathered one hundred and
one pounds. I believo the Pb@nix, is
the best fertilizer that has been rs,d
in this section this year; 1t stood tho
drouth better than any I saw. The
land ! used it en- has been cleared
thirty years-it is light gray soil.
[ used 900 lbs. por acre. Where
used the Guano the crop stood the
drouth better than where there was
none. Respeotfully,iss
j. D. CULPEPPER.
feb l2-lw .,.I
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TabOOang FederaI Politics
next E:alI Absurd.

The Anderson InteUigncer suggests
that wo "tat 90 Federal politics next
fall" Unfortunately tho Radicals
will not agree to THE, nor will the
freedmen regard Federal politics as
secondary. They will vote o State
ticket and q Federal ticket the same
day. We have, then, to elect both
tickets, or lose both. !"
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In the Statos of Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and, we
believe, Georgia, there are very few
acres of public lands. To help poor
and industrious mon in thoso States,
Mr.. Julian, Of Indiana, has submitted
to the House Committee on Public
Lands n proposition to create a Ma
tional Land Commission for these
States, to purchase lands in them and
resell them at cost. All
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16

THE CoLoREp SUCCESSOR or JEFF
DAvIs.-Tho war has exhibited some
dreadful revenges. Nine years ago
Mississippi was represented In the
Senate by jeff Davls, who loft mainly
to assert the right Of white mon to
hold black ones disfranchised and
without rights. Now there comes to
succeed him Revels. oolored man.
whose chief aim seems to be to assert
tho right of black mon to relieve
white rebels of their disfranohisemen
and to take off their bonds. This is
putting GOALS of fre upon ON enemy's
head 7ith soorohing effect. But the
most terrible revenge Of oil falls upon
Sumner. The black man has been his
idol. He has worked for him harder
than tho black slave ever worked for
JEFF Davis. He has set his highest
aim on attaining the Senatorsbip for
one Of the oppressed race. But in
proportion as he loved tho negro he
has hated the whita master. He has
been grinding him hard ever since the
rebellion tripped him. He has, like
Shylock, got chin on the hip" and
would feed fat the ancient grudge he
owes him. But ut this worry junoture
I, comes this negro Senator, whom he
'umner) had, as it were, raised to
the Senatorial seat beside him, and
this negro, Of oil others, brings in n
petition to restore their rights to the
disfranohised rebels and to let Auto
Mo keep his pound Of flesh. 1t is
enough to make even Sumner swear
Mt tho black man, "Out, out, damned
spot !"-Ncw York Herald.
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The recent communications published
in the Coarier detailing an interview on
tho political situation, with public
man, has excited much comment.
Radicals confess that such publications
will Go more to damage the party. and
weaken the colored element than any
other course that caa DO adopted,
They are afraid of any concessions
whatever, especially if made by tho peo.
pie without reference to old party lines
or party nrmes, and they arc only
anxious that the Democracy shall
remain intact under its present organisa.
tion. %.
On the other hand, thoughtful man Of
character and position recognise thp
force of tho policy suggested in tha.
interview, and concede that it 10 only
by adopting some such plan that we
can hope to disintegrats tho Radical
organization, and rescue the State from
it's clutches. The up country speopls
are 30 secure in their strength, however,
that the leaders there are not likely to
move first, but will wait on The expses.
sion Of the sentiment of the lower dis.
tricts. There are already hints Of
preliminary meeting for the purpose OF
stalking over matters. - Courier.
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The HAVANA MAssAcRE.-The four
young mon who were shot at and in.
jured In the streets of Havana on
Monday had been sent thcro by the
firm of Lanman 4 Kemp, of Now
York, for tho purpose of opening a
branch house in that place. They
havc all been in tho employ of the
firm for years, says the New. York
Commercial, and have always bad the
greatest confidence reposed in them.
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feb lin
BOyd's Improved Prolific Cotton

bOSd>S improved PrOllttc Cotton
Seed.
Two or Three Hundred Bushels of the
l. Same as advertised in the HERALD, for
One Dollar per bushel, delivered to any
merchant in Winnsboro, as may be direot-
ed. o. r. BROWN.
feb 8 I'm
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Aaoat Underground "A Fearful Expert
enoe in Nloollet Island Tunnel,

1t is not generally known in this
vi cini'y, and the newspaper men have
not yes got the item, that William
W. Eastman, the proprietor Of the
Gel obrated Nicollet Island Tunnel !;
David y. s. acomb, q noted lawyer
here and George Eastman, younger
brother Of William, had a narrow
escape from death a few weeks ago
while exploring tho ruins Of this sub
proceeded in boat by padding about
five hundred feet from tho entrance.
The awful darkness Of the place was
appalling to the stoutest hoart, the
rays of tho lantern shrunk within
themselves, and the oavernous reaches
re-echoed deep, metallic resonance
to tho tones Of the voice. The elder
Eastman drove tho canoe slowly on
ward through the darkness, past sunk.
on rocks and logs, Soacomb and George
steadying the frail vessel and guard
ing the lantern. Suddenly chaos
seemed to have boen euthroned the
water in tho tunnel rose and fell as If
the rook strata below was uphoaving {;
the most informal crash and booming
echoes stunned the ear and brain |;
portions of tho rock above woro fall
ing! Whole yards of solid lime rock
dropped bodily around the boat, and
into the awful gulf of roaring waters
drove the frail vessel, to be thrown
up again toward the yawning gaping
rook-roof by the swelling wave. Why
the boat was not smashed is mira
Gle. With fragment of rock and
earth it still Aoated, and still offered
the bold spirits within it chances for
life. Up and down tho long, and to
them interminablo, longth Of tunnel
ran tho crashing eohoes Of new-falling
rock, and the rock sides Of the exca-
walton. II can never be told how the
party ever survived the trem end Gus
gauntlet of that terrible experience
and gained tho entrance with their
shattered boat. Pale, drenohed with
water, and soiled with mud, bruised
and out by rocks and sandstone, more
dead than alive, they dragged them.
selves, weary and worn, to the sun
light Of the upper world, and thanked
God for MI His meroics. None will
wonder that it was agreed that moth
Ding should be said concerning the dis.
aster, especially in their families, and,
as I said, it 10 only lately tho OCCUR
rence became known to few. But
of this remarkable chopping of the
rock roof Of this tunnel, and its effect
on the enterprise, will write us in
anothei letter. Minneapolis tAfinn.)
Coz. Chicogo Republican.
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Am AlI-contro,Aing principIe.

Am AlI-cOntro2Aing PrinclpIe.
The Southern Prees has lived to
discover that John G. Calhoun was in
error, when he hold, against Daniel
Webster, that divided sovereignty
was morally impossible, and that the
States were sovereign, or the Federal
Government was sovereign, and there
was no possibility of both being SOW
ereigu. The editor Of Carolina's
tribute to Calhoun is one who has dis
covered this error of "Carolina's fa-
vorite son." Since it is a matter of
tho utmost Importance, we return to
1t. Are the States sovereign ? Sow
ereign, we mean, in any respect
For wo do not intend to mince mat
ters. Now, for the unreconstruoted
that can never be reconstructed, such
as Messrs. Rhott and Stephens VIC are
behind no one in affectionate venera-
ton. Thank God, that human nature
is capable of producing such martyrs
to ineradioable conviction. But we
young mon, born whom the world is
changing, must form our convictions
for ourselves, and the most important
Question to an American at present, is
just the one we have put-Are the
States dc Jacto, in any respect, sover-
eign Z Is not the Federal power Su.
premc I We wish our readers to an.
swor for themselves.
Men arc the moro instruments of
thoir ideas, beliefs and convictions.
Tho results tof party organization are
mover determined merely by what the
party desire or propose, but by what
they acknowledge and believe. If the
war has swept away every vestige of
State Sovereignty, and if the great
mass of our people believe this, those
who belong to past faith, being
practically impotent, however much
We may love and respect them, then,
this new principle, fact, or truth, of
the absolute supremacy Of the Union,
is certain to condition tho character of
tthe now party which the country now
needs, to do away with the partisan
denominations of tho Radicals. The
new party is obliged to be- national,
republican and conservative, even il
itt takes tho old name, Dem ocratio.
'
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J. Tho Macon Telegraph cnlls ppon
the discharged Government employees
and those persons who are advestisina
for situations in the Now York papers,
TO come South if they want work, and
plenty of it. 1t"Tf you wnnt situations,
here they arc by the thousands"
o. A good deal Of excitement Is re.
ported on the other side Of the Allan.
tic on accodnt Of q rumor That On an.
nexation league exists in New York,
made up of mon who are determined
TO have Canada ! and the British
Provinces AZ all ha3ards. ."iH 'hH
Tho emancipation of the serfs OF
Russia, it is stated, will become entire
and complete on February 10th, 1870.
From that date, they will not bo
bound down to reside in their com.
munes, but will be permitted to ssstle
at will in any part Of Russia. .,2@
Tas F,FrEEurrmn AMsrpssssr Con-,
rLETE,-rhe Georgia Legislature, has
ratified the fifteenth amendments.
This, completes the list Of States me-
csssary to make she fifteenth amend-
ment 2 part Of the oonstitntion.
Z. The Petersburg tIndes announces a
grand scheme for tho regeneration of
Nisginia-~-that everybody shall 70 TO
work. Npf,. q, tA% aF Atg$a go s
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IT'u"tIN N' 80 RtJ 800 93TiI oa1
q gi ss6qasla 10 a'aSH5 .alj - II
i;t,No2 i,s3ss sia.,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16

AN AssassiE KILLED.--The Nh.
riana (Fla.) Courier, Of the 9th Jan.
uary, Gays: .r',~' IE'a'
Calvin Rogers, the midnight aesas.
Sin who murdered Miss Maggie Mo.
Clellan on the night Of the first OF
October last In this place was arrested
at the residence of Andrew Watson,
oolored, last night, and in attempting
to break arrest was killed by che
constable and posse. .H pEi . wp
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-20
Iterastingby the curious mixture ,in about

interestingly the curious mixture tin about
equal numbers) of French and Germans.
The SANITARY Commission rushes to the
front--cotf.e, beer, bread, neal, and cheese
are given alike to friend and foe, though
one OF the 'red crosses told me when
there was not enough TO 60 around tae
Germans We're fed first, and the '1rog
eaters" were left to starve
WOUNDED HEROES
The first "hero" that | spoke with had
left his right arm before Sedan, He was
Jolly, and saiu he only regretted that it
had not been the left, for in that case he
could go again and "ehisel many French
man with his good sabre" The next was
a severely wounded officer Of PrnsSian in
fantry regiment who said he led the
charge upon tho mitrailleuse at Worth
and, ''of the two hundred men in his COM
pany who followed him up the slope of the
bill not above fifty lived TO STAY the French
fanatics who stuck to their guns, and fired
10 the teeth of the foe. Wounded heads
wounded limbs--the old, old scenes of
suffering which rob war q pretty nearly
all its charms by their long and weary
hours of woe and groans kept us at the
depot until the bugle from the distant
"Caserne" sounded "Reveille," and then
we sought the nearest hotel to Sleep and
perhaps 10 dream Of distant Virginia aud
the red fields OF the "War of Preservation. "
STUDENT.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-20

CoLrMBus. Ga, has a chicken which
commenced Growing like growing chan
tioleer the first day after it was Matched.
HAPPY Hollow, Missouri, is suffering
from combined attack Of sky-rockets and
forty rod whiskey, ltneeds cleansing
From the number who come to this
country 30 be educated, princes must be
as plenty in Japan as they are scarce Just
now, in France
EVERY revolution of the wheel OF time
brushes to death the hopes of good men
aud the schemes of bad ones,
\ POLITE young man in New York re-
q1ested married lady to elope with him
Size referred HIM to her husband, who
broke his nose.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-20

DEATH OF FITzHUGH LUDLOW In the
death OF FItzhugh Ludlow, at Geneva, in
Switzerland, at the early age Of thirty three,
journalism and periodical literature Of the
United States have lost brilliant writer.
Mr. Ludlow was, while he retained good
health, an Industrious resdy and lively
Hterqtar. He vas frequent contributor
to the columns OF the Evening Post, and
also wrote macn for Harper Magazine in
he way Of short stories, q department Of
letter. in which Poe, Ftz James O'Bnen
and Theodore Winthrop -all numbered
among the early dead achieved SO decided
q success His last work, "rhe Heart Of
tue Continent emoodying the results Of a
tour of observation to Utah and the Kogty
Mountains, is one OF tho best books yet
written 0. The great West Two former
volumes, "Ihe Hasheesh Eater" and "Ihe
Opium Hsbit, excited considerable in
.erest, as having been founded only too
evidently upon On actual personal expert
cnce " y Post, 5h.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-20

THE BEsT AND ORIGINAL IU1. OF Iron
Phosphorus aud Cahsaya, suowu 9 CtswelA
Mack & Cor Ferro pll-photste3 Ei.y. o,
Oalisaya Bark Tho Iron restores c0.os TO
the blood, the Phosphorus reuevs waste o.
nerve tissue and the Oalisaya gives natural,
healthfuI tone 70 the digestTa organs, there
6g curing Dyspepsia III ts various forms,
Waketunsss, General Debility and Deprss-
sion o. Spri5s Manufactured only by CAS-.
WE'LL, HAZARD g. 90 uccessurs to Csa.
sell, sack L Co.,. Ao8 York sold Dy all
UruEgiste,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-20

We HAVE ased Juyea 5lratg ns veasa
manufactured al Chicago, and 3 makes tLe
bgkt bread
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-20

LAcnFpE HorEL, Chicago, S2ug per day,
In0He 5p1o- corner Madison snI Gs'gl SIS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-20

/ True success results from true mort.
Halls Vegetable Sc'ian Hair Eenawer is
/ placed before the public, resting solely on
!. IL. own merits. IT. uccssa Is ar.aly iuAls-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-20

STEEL needles first came into England
from Spin ard Germany They 8eIe first
manuia ured in london y German, IN
1906.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-20

Late at night, tired, hungry, and Ia The
mids. Of 70 drizzling rain, we steame luto
tbe depot at Wsimtr, and were greeted
with the cheering intelligence that we
mnst wait five hours for various trains Of
wounded and prisoners to pass We con.
ciuded TO make q day Of it, and visit the
"haunts Of the poets meanwhile NotWith'
standing the lateness Of the hour and de-
tqstable weather, not only the depot but AL
no the enclosed space for nearly sixteenth
If 4 mile vas filed with M eager expect
ant crowd of men, women end children,
soldiers. labortrs, and loafers \ by
stan6sr told meabout the same number OF
individuals had greeted the arrived
Of every squad Of wounded since
tbe breaking out Of the war, and
seemed never tired Of the amusement,
or as john termed il, they "made o bust
ness N it," We have not long to wait; the
s;gnal bell strikes, and in five minutes q
lang train steams into the mass OF waiting
humanity. and we have once more before
ua that never tiIesama spectacle q man
cror,a5 Id fighting Fj.n his brother man,
md I'm .hts .as uee rendered oil the mo1a
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-20

right, They will gladly sacrifice several
thousands of their conntrymen in order to
hiii IS many more OF ours. Whether lt
will amount to anything or hot they never
as INTO considefation.n
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07

the hre-eaters OF the Soutn' iney
threatened to drop him II ne ala not
yield to their demands.
To advocate disnnlon IS 70 gam the
favor OF thus administration lthat OF
Pierce). Ihe last ioreiSn appointment
was an editor IRON Moolie 70 Mexico
whose last editorial was IN iaVor OF qls-
union. Those disnnion dogs, vulgar iei-
lows, got the appointments. one nv wrote
that nasty, Stinklng letter from lurln.
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The Mothers of stage Heroism.

The use of a mother to q popular
actress is obvious. Who can so urgently
and indefatigably besiege a manager
With applications for the privileges and
perquisites which every actress desires2
Who can so well guard the tender flower
from too close 6bservation2 Who can
so well watch in the dressing-room while
the performer is on the stage2 And who
can so well discourse on the artistic mer-
Its and general popularity of an actress
as the ma Of that actress? The first
time | went behind the scenes at the
phgnix was in the morning. Unused
to the place, 7 stopped at the greenroom
door, wondering II that wag ghere the
rehearsal was, and if there / should find
the manager, with whom ! had business
20 transact Four ladies, elderly, dingy,
and of ssyere aspect, we're wildly gesticu-
lating. supposed il yas scene from
the new piece, and stood observing them.
How impressive" Thought ], " is this
devotion to art These women, absorbed
in their chaFacteFsy forget the existence
Of the outside world, aud do not notice
my presence, absorbed as they are in the
ideal.
1t was at this moment that the door
keeper touched me, and said:
"The manager is this way at rehear-
sal, -.
Why said J. il some surprise,
" isn't this rehearsal7f
"No, sir, said the doorkeeper, with a
smile.
"who are fhsse ladies2" / asked Il
thought surely they were acting; they
seemed so earnest
The doorkeeper grinned. "Them,
said he, =" is mas Of different ladies in
the oomEany, and they are going on
about their daughters, They almea
always does when they gets together" d"
1t was then, for the first time, that |
realized how much a mother was to be
dramatic performer. The life Of the
stage is terribly full Of temptation, and
quite ss likely TO destroy feminine mod
esty and reserve as course &C fashior-
able society 1irtafions.-0ld and Nelr,
for NOrember.
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Legend of Table Rock.

About half mile from Golden City
Colorado, is the celebrated Table Rock
seven hundred feet above the level of Clear
Creek, that runs through the city. Five
hundred and fifty feet from the base oi
this foot-hill is a sort of terrace, oil
step" from which to the summit is
about one hundred and fifty feet of per
pendicular rock. On our late visit tc
the mountains, we learned from old
mountaineers the following legendary
account os tragedy enacted on Table
Rock years ago, by the Ute Indians, who
then inhabited the locality on which
Golden City is situated.
The Ute tribe was carrying on wal
with other mountain Indians, and some
where in the celebrated Ute Pass a
bloody battle was fought by the hostile
redskins. During the conflict the Utes
captured seventeen of their combatants,
who were taken to this famous rock to be
disposed OF. After the usual savage cere-
monies, war dances and yells, the unfor-
tunate prisoners were arranged along the
brink of this precipice, and at a given
signal were hurled off and dashed to
pieces on the jagged rocks one hundred
and fifty feet below.
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strong Character.

Strength Of character consists of two
things-poYer Of will and power Of self
restraint It requires two things, there
fore, for its existenee-strong feelings
and strong command over them. Now,
il is here we make a great mistake we
mistake strong teelingG for strong char
acter. A man who bears all before him,
before whose frown domestics tremble,
and whose bursts Of fury make the chill
dren of the household quake-because
he has his will obeyed, and his own way
in All things-we call him strong man.
Tbs trh.h IS, that is the weak man; it is
his passions that are strong-he, mas
tered by them, is weak. You must
measure the strength Of man by the
power Of the feelings he subdues, not by
the power Of those which subdue him.
And hence composure is very often the
highest result Of strength. Did We never
see a man receive a fagrant insult, and
only grow . little nala and then reply
quietlyf That Is man spiritually
strong. Or did we never see man in
anguish stand, as If carved out Of solid
rock, mastering himself2 Or one bear
ing a hopeless daily trial remain silent,
and never tell the world what cankered
BIS home peace1 That strength. lie
VINO win strong passions. remains
ehaste; he who, keenly sensitive, with
manly powers Of indignation in him, can
be provoked and yet restrain himselfand
forgive-these are strong men, the spirit
ual heroes.
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4--o--p-----
Causes of sudden Death.

Very few of the sudden deaths which
are said to arise from diseases of the
heart y do really arise from that cause
To ascertain the real origin of sudden
deaths, experiments have been tried in
Europe and reported to a scientific con
g-ess held at Strasburg. Sixty-six cases
Of sudden death were made the subject
of thorough post-mortem examination
in these cases only two were found who
died from disease of the heart Nine out
of sixty-six cases had died of apoplexy
while there were forty-six cases of con
gestion of the lungs-that is, the lungs
were so full of blood that they could not
work, there not being room enough for a
sufficient quantity of air to enter to sup
port life. The causes that produce con
gestion of the lungs are cold feet, tight
clothing, oastiVe bowels sitting still
chilled after being warmed with labor or
a rapid walk, going too suddenly from a
close, heated room into the cold air, es-
pecially after speaking, and sudden de-
pressing news operating on the blood.
The causes of sudden death being known,
an avoidance of them may serve to
lengthen many valuable lives which
would othetwise be lost under the verdict
of "heart complaint