The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-03-02

" WIN oiSSts1 ehu WY "uCu uio-
proportioned to the duties performed
| by cuoh class will be seen by refer
ence to the following table:
SALARY
Gen. W. II. Sherman, $l8,78O
Lieut.. Gen. p. II. Sheridan, 1884
Maj. Gen. II. ". Hallack, 9.863
Secretary of War Belknap, 5000
Chief Justice Chase, $500
Woo =, ,esidcnt Colfax, 5000
| Sherman receives nearly three times
as much AZ Judge Chase, while the
pos i;ion Of the latter and the duties
performed by him require the worry
! highest order Of talent and long and
patient labor and much responsibility.
We can see no reason why the pay
of military officer in time of peace
should DO higher than that of impor-
tant civil positions. Congress should
apply the knife Of rctrcnchment here
| ut once.
A Washington dispatch of Friday,
to the New York Tribune, says /:
"Secertary Boutwell, was ut the oapi.
tai to-day, and on being questioned
by q leading member Of the Ways
and Means Committee whether he
favored tho thirty million reduction
OF internal taxes, which was formally
agreed to by the committee yesterday,
lie stated most emphatically that he
was opposed to such reduction at the
present time. Flo maintained that
it was very important that portion of
the debt should be funded before
any reduction was made. He had no
doubt that if tho funding bill reported
BY Senator Sherman was passed at an
! early day, he wonld be able to fund
five or six hundred millions WITHIN tho
present year. Money was abundant
in all European capitals, waiting in
vestmcnt, and he had no doubt that
several hundred millions would speed.
: lily be taken. He hoped, therefore,
that the committee would press this
measure as soon as it reached the
House. That until five or six hundred
millions of the debt were funded he
did not think it advisable to reduce
the revenue. He said the President
had never Indicated to him that he
desired any reduction of the taxes, or
the Funding bill postponed until
next year." falf" 3'ia2s., ana
! INVENTIONS IN THE SOUTHERN
STATES The Commissioner of Pa.
tents, in his last annual report, says
that during tho pact year 46 patents
were granted to- citiz ms Of, Alabama. 4.
II to those Of Arkansas, 5 to Florida,
68 to Georgia, sc to Louisiana, SO to
mississippi ID to North Carolina, "a
to South Carolina, Go TO Tennessee, id
to Texas, 80 to Virginia and 81 te
West Virginia. In the class of agri.
culture the examiner reports that .'iu
1859 the number Of applications from
the South, as compared with those
from the North, was less than two
and q half per ,ceut of the whole
number. In 1860 tho number of ap.
plications from the South was increas. s.
ed to over twenty-three per cent Of
all tho cases in my Glass; .
| MoDEL FARms.-A bill was intro.
duced in the Legislature to-day which
seems, at least, to, violate provision
| of tho Constitution for it is impcssi.
bic to tell from ito title the object 70,
which it was gotten up. The title is
"a Bill to authorize County Commits
sioners of each aud every count &c
purchase a farm, to be cultivated un.
der thier supervision aud direction
as o model farm Of their respective
oounties." Section l authorizes sucl
County Commissioners to purchas,
farms of blank acres to be cultivated
under their immediate care and super
vision. z Section 2 is rather IRE
levant,i and provides that tho wug
es to be paid for labor on such farm,
shall ,be tbs standard and uniform
prices for labor within the State
J which shall be as follows: Full hands
$l4 per month; half hands, $3.50
with the following rations three
pounds bacon, one quart molasses, on,
gill salt, and one3 peck of meal Pc
week. BY Section three, eight hour
constitute a days work. in wbich .
full hand shall be required to perform
certain amount of labor of diiTeren
kinds as set for,h in that section. Sec
tion four provides that all contract
with lahorers shall be made in accord
ance with the provisions of this Act
Sections FIVE and six impose penaltie
J for violation Of contract.--S. G. Re
publican, l6h. x !,
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| PERSECUTION OF THE IsRAELlTEs u
; THE DANUBMN PRINcIpAITrEs. - Mon
sieur .Cremieux supplies, January ii
to the Journal do Paris, long aut
nainful account of the cruel trcatmen
, Of tho sJews in Romainia. Som,
J shocking suffsrings have been inSict
don these people in consequence O
o recent circular issued by the Minis
ter Of Interior, ordering the expulsion
Of all jews from the rural districts