The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-02-15

to submit to the Senate of the United
States an application from Il. l.. NJ.
| Camden OF Phtladeiphia, for military
protection for the employees of an
association ged in'gold mining in
York County, South Carolina, against
tue outragcs Of the so.callcd Ku kiux
hlan, and to invite attention to the
remarks of The General of the army
,hcrcupol.
WIN. " BELKNAP,
Secretary # War.
WAR DEPARTMENT, January28, lS7l.
A Time 10 Laugh.
BeecLcr s'ys: "rherc is time TO
laugh. When it comes, every Chlis-
tian should improve It. Moreover, it
is particularly incumbent on miuis
tiers to set tho flsck good cxamp c
in this respect. A merry heart doeth
good like medicine, and is much
easier to take. The minister has no
right to wear himself out by unneces'
sary friction, when tho oil of gladness
Is dropping upon the pastures from
every side ~ maintain chcerfuluess
even III the face of roal difficulty aud
trouble, is Que grace Of Christianity
and the minister, even beyond 9th er
u.en, should seek for it,"
Whom the elder Napoleon overran
the German States, he Systematically 3
stripped every Que of them of vaiua.
bIcs aud works Of art. Public and
private buildings, from one end of
; P"'ls to the other, we're adorned with
spoils. Lord Castccrca to whom
was assigned the task, estimated the
value Of the booty whlch Napoleon
bore away from ether COMMITTEES to
France ut total Of 9,l26, 6,6a4.5Sl
francs mp to the peace of Caupo For ,
mo. or this sum, exceeding two
hundred millions Of dollars, the bulk
came from Germany ;aud "B,naparte G
preyed upon Europe for fifteen years
alter that" When the Allies cap
tured Pats, many of tho European
rulers made dc munds upon the cti.
IONS for the return Of the statues,
paintings, etc., but the Pari>ians re-
fused to weld them up aud they had
to ho rctak"n by force, the Duke Of
wellington experimenting the re,to-
ration. We have no idea, however.
that King William will follow the
precedent. He has shown that he
Is actuated by far different motives
than those which Influenced tho elder
Napoleon.
The Senatorial Contest in Virginia
for the U. S. Senate seems to be kc.
tween Johnston, the present Senator,
and Maj. W. II. Sutherln. From
this standpoint it appears to us tha.
the latter gentleman is emphatically
the man for the times, n can do more
towa' ds building up ecding old Vir-
glnla than any other man in the State.
Suthellin is thinking man a real
live genius, with head as level and
placid as pond-watcr. He has eaten
a poor mans bread, and knows how
to sympathize with poor men who get
their living b. hard labor. Too fow
OF the representative men Of the age
have ever eaten poor mans dinner
or hoed row in the corn-feld in the
hot sun. "And that's what's the mat.
ter. ."-HiNsboro' (N. c. Recorxler.
SrABbiNG GtRLs.-B Brooklyn has a
startling sensation in the performan-
!es OF some m mjsterious youth, who ha s
been going about the streets after
nightfall stabbing girls with a pen
knife. His modus opera ndi is to dart
out upon them from behind trees,
stoops, and other places, and after
giving them a thrust with his weapon
he suddenly disappears. The police
have made diligent search for him,
but thus far in vain. AS many as a
dozen girls have been stabbed, two of
them dangerously.
a storyis told in Washington AT
the expense ola well.known Senator,
wLo is motor ious for taking two cock.
tails III succession before breakfast
One morning, while the senator was
practising at the metropolitan bar, q
friend putto him the pertinent oucs
tion, "SoOator, why do you take two
cook tailSasa cnstom2 Won't ono tone
you :" The Senator drew himself up
"i will tell you why I take two cock
tails. When have taken one, i,
makes me feel like another man
Well, you SEQ Pun bound by com
mon courtesy to treat another man st
| take a sccond.'
There is beautiful girl living ne a.
Montn cal, who, though she has los
both legs uhovc her knees bas receive
over dozen otfcrsof marriage du,i,
the past year, and refused ,hem ali
One of her lovers is member IF til,
Dominion Parliament. This afflicted
girl speaks seven languages, ant
charms oSorybody who cones nca,
her.
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