The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-02
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right to a fiugor in this pie
myself, and 1 propose to have some
thing to- do WITH it'll, understand |
very we'll the allusion Of the gentle
niah from MaBsach sets Mra Butler)
to the "acting chairman of the Com
rmittce on Reconstruction;" Il under.
stand very, we'll ahis, attepptg; to crack
his whip.oter this way, and I have i
word or two to say upon that subject.
DO not allow myself to, be instruct
ed III Republicanisn by tho gentle
man from Massachusetts at all. IIay-
ing been i Republic IN for tM enty, Eve
years, when the gentleman from Mas
sH,chusetts. was chasing fugitive sla, cs
81. over the State Of Massachusetts,,
(grcat laughter and ,applause,) having
attended tho Chicago j., convention in
1860, doing all | could for the nomi-
nation of Republican President. at
att me when the gentleman from Mas
sachusctts was in the Charleston con-
yteptlon voting for JEFF. Davis, (rcncw
ed laughtor';) having voted the Rcpub-
llcanI icket i'll 1860, when tho gentle.
man from Ma sachusctts was voting for
Brcckinridgc Of Kentuck 5; having from
first to last voted for every measure
Of. reconstrnction, every measure for
A the emancipation of til, slaye, every
measure for the enforc4 Eient Of equal
lights befo,e the lawn the United
States. | am not tobe taught my duty
/ as a Q Republican by the gentleman
ilonl Massac husetts this time. know
/ that the gentleman, with lis, cxtraor.
. dmary facility for getting from one
side to tho, other, when Lis allies de-
serted him in 1851 came over, and |
know that his conversion was SO sud
den that it shamed That of St. Paul.
| (Laughtcr.) The light which dawned
around hip, its focal blaze and which
illuminated his understanding, oh it
shamcs and darkcus the light that
gathered around the head of St. Paul.
(Lapghtcr.) know, too, that the
| gentleman is somewhat like Peter
when he deserted his master; his de-
scr,ion was SO recent that he was
obliged to curse and swear to make
the people believe that,it was genuine.
(Laughter.) And SO the gentleman
from Massachusetts, is obliged to be
exceedingly radical in order to make
the people Of the United States be-
lieve that his conversion is genuine -
(Laughtcr.)
Tie BLUE RIDGE RAIL RoAD. 1t
is now we'll understood that a better
route can be found for this road than
the old one. The new routc common
ces near the depot, Mt this place, md
intersccts with the original line cigh-
teen miles west of this poi1t BY
this arrangement, the Stumphouse
tunnels and the two intermediate ones
can bc avoided. Two miles in dis
tance can be saved BY the change, and |
the 'cnst of the new route ovor the |
completion cf tho old one is about |
the same. nus".' "%f ir '.Hi |
We rcjpicc in being able to make
this statement by authority. 1t winiI
destroy the p.ciudice engcndcred'I
against this enterprise on account ofI
the assumed impract;cability of boz
ing through the S:umphousc tunnel.
l5esldcs we have assurances from more
quarters than one, that the road willI
be completed at an early day.
. Locally the proposed change ofI
route will throw the track in or near
town and with it Il change of depot
Aco~ee Courier
a locomotive scared NIassachu
settS horse to such. an extent that he
boltod overheard into pond among
the cakes Of ice. A Boston philan-
throplst, passing that way, strnve to
cxtricate the reckless beast, and tum-
blcd in himself; several bystandcrs
formed line stretching to the brink
OF the ice, Effected Il connection with
the struggling youth and undertook to
drag him out, hut his weight proved
too much for their aggregate friction,
and tho whole party slid of and disap
peared beneath the flowing wave
The horse, at this period of the melee,
put his foot in the pocket of the be.
nevolcnt Bostonian, completely carry
ing away the rcccpticlc, and adding
to the CONSERVATION which ruled the
scene. AS soon as the bystanders
could control themselves they formed
longer and stronger line, and the en-
tire party was safely rescued, the
horse silently and eomposedly bring
ing up the rear. .''n ~
CUnA The fact that for one year
and half the island patriots have, with
poor weapons, maintained themselves
against force Of regulars and volun.
tccrs little lcss'lhali 100, 600 strong at
on" time will suffice to meet The charge
that they lack ,hero'sm - Grec1ey..T
IL How ahoptuhosr. rebels who Eur
years mal9taincG themselves agains,
armies numbering in the aggregate
Twenty hnndrca thousand men ?-Rich
mon DiSpatch