The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-01-26
Treason Ina New YOrk.-dsen.
Lee AppiAudcd VOciaerOus.

Ay.
Neto Torh. January Ill went
tho other nght to the Grand Opera
ltpuse with oonc western fliends, who
wished 10 entertain themselves with
the medley | may say with tho very
poor modle1) of performances that
have lately nbren1g carried on there by
Lingard aud PAUL One of tho items
Of 'thaISariod Programme Of the even
>, ing Was tho appearance on the stage
! sof n puInber3 of characteristic figures
, ,fepresca tilg The notable men Of the
day-such rs Fisk, Greeley, Grant,
Loe aud perhaps half d dozen Others.
The figures walked toagthe fofe-:
ground from behind a curtain, appear
ing IN suoh succession, ono at q time.
Most of them exoited but feeble in
tcrest in, the audience, and called
forth oply . little laughter. When
sth tho e,f figure Of Grant appeared, how.
ever, clad in military costume and
smoking o cigar, there were some signs
of waking up, in tho house, and I
.should, say that about ono fourth Of
tho audience applauded and another
quarter Kissed, while fully one-half
( Of the whole. body took no part with
either side, but maintained their or
dinary stillucsj. +.
-, Immediately after the counterfeit
presentment Of General Grant. had
disappeared, the figure of General
Lee, grave, stately, and white-headed
stood in tho foreground, aud instantly
the house rang with long continued
applause that seemed to como from
the whole body of spectators. There
were doubtless, persons present who did
not join in tho acolamations; but GER
tainly one would rarely SEQ or hoar a
more vigorous demonstration in any
theatre than was madc on this occa-
sion upon the appearance of the south
orn rebel leader.
= | do not attempt to account for
Incidents, which al Q now, and always
have been, frequent enough in Now
York. But I was glad that General
Butler and Senator Sumner were not
in the audience, for they would doubt
less have fastened back to Washing
ton and concocted bill for putting
New York under military govern
mont.
1NADEoUATE WAGES AND SrARvA.
{ TloN The New York Times ofTues
day contains this paragraph:
Mrs. y. makes vests at eighteen
cents apiece for a Wholesale house. She
can earn 50 month by working four.
teen hours a day, including Snndays.
She phys SO month for h"r attic, and
has two small children to support She
has eaten meat once ony-and then it
was given to her--since Thanksgiving
Day. Another case Kate A., ':fnish
err OF fine shirts, makes about $2 a
week working hard for it. She has a
grandmother 10 support, and has often
lived for weeks oil bread and water in
order to afford tho old woman little
broth every day The Star, which rs
enabled to describe these cases from the
diary of u lady who has visited them,
gives a still more painful instance Of the
hardships caused by scarcity of employ.
ment or Inadequate wages" '%s
And yet there was not a slave wo.
man il; ;hs South prior to tho war who
had not meat daily, and who was not
lo'lged and clothed comfortable. Sla,
q very is dead; but the philanthropisi,
who came'to war against the institution
lived amongst such narrowing scenes as
those described by the New York Times.
@,t LOSING GhoUND. Tho New York
World Gays tic debnlc OH tile question
for the admission of Virginia, and the
passage ly The House Of Bingham + / bill,
shows that the extreme Radicals aro
losing their control over their party,
and chat tho carpet. bag element ~
Congress is as uncertain in its allegiance
to SUMNER and Butler as are the South
erns negroes. The admission of Vir.
g'ma without conditions will be a pre-
cedent which those who will desire to
make fresh exactions from other South.
ern Statos prior to tReir admission will
be conpelledsto heed The indications
that the Radical party'is slipping from
the control Of the extremists WHO have
hitherto, held the reins are becoming
too frequent oflate to escape notice, and
it is not probable that the Sumner
clique, it defeated by the final passae q
OF The Virginia bin, will regain the des.
potio power which it has eo arbitrarily
welded. 3 3aS ''IHrN Ea1 '&.'9 9 ,a1H .
eas{ ---r--rr~-fssS sSs-. esp-.s,.---~--- st.fy45 $
a recent utterance OF the celebrated
French surgeon, NJ. Nelatop, has. caus
cd q great sensation in the. medical
world, and is likely to produce q re,
markable scMsm in tho professions
Some months ago we had occasion to
notice statement Of M. Claude BERNARD,
Who prefaced one of his lectures by
decla f ring B .hs: x ssss2cc;"e ssec;:
did not exist and that,we must yluok to
q experimental physiology (asrhe enphem,
,ls!lcally termssylyisectloo) to furnish us
with foundation for all future science.
III. Nelaton now goes even further than