The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-05-10


place in the picture" WAS it ffe-
sumod that ho could rospondkto such
asentimept, ash .dkmct withtso much
applause,s$%in(prompta," $hen$othor
gentlemen had been notified at least n
week previous to prepare for the COM
bat? If be c,ull tbink so, in all can
dor. he wonld esteem it the highest
compliment of the occasion, and
won Il certainly IN: Ike the clort to graf
ify his friends However,. ~ ""nt st
the abundance Of tho heart (wine) the
mouth spoaketh." he imagined from
what had already been said, it was
time to cry "llold, Enough" As the
Committeeha assigned him a Con:
slicuous position with our worthy
! In,endant on the isht, and Briga
+. dier on he lett, he would open with
the first Voluuteer toast =
"rhe Hook and Ladder Co. - May
they "run their machine" successfully,
through the jomney Of life, with their
arcs >harpcucd against the shafts of
udvcrsity their duchets filed with
the good things of earth; Hooking
nothing but what honestly belongs TO
them, aud Gnally reaching the topmost
i round Of the iadder Of fortune and
of fame,
By Vice President Bacot.--"Thc
Committee Of arrangements. Many,
man thanks to them for their hand
come collation." Responded to by I.
Ros, R,bcit$o Esq.
BY Vice President BAcot 1.-THE
Board Of Trade. A want long felt 10
our community, under the manages
mcnt Of the cn,erprising President
recently called to preside over it, it
must and will be Il success" Respond
to by G. II. McMastcr E,q., in some
appropriate remarks upon the true
fuuctiun Of Commerce as an agent Of
civilization and progress
President Cl"wuey proposed, "Our
venerable guest on the left, Mr. Isaac
NJ. Dwi ht." Mr. y. rose in g,eat
astonishmcnt, and protested that.
"You can scarce OK pcct one of MY age
To speak in public on the stngc,"
and that after the address they had
heard f,om Demo, themes (poiurng to
j B. McC.n.S) and Cicero (hountipg
to MIR. Is. Il. StuarD he could add bu:
little of his own. Bat he begged nS
contribution towards rcviving the
spirit of better days. to recall the
time, when Gaiilari presided in the
United States Senate and Lowndar
Chevcs and Calhoun we're Chair
of ,hc the must important Committee
If the II use Of Rcpre>c Mr..
ID. thcu offered the following scnti
ment:
Wvman--">'he walks in beauty. Oh
Wuman. Thou movcst alone the
oaks Of the muuntaius fall-thc noun.
ta,ns themselves discharge with years
the Gee u sink, aud grows agaln-
ba: th"" art f'rGvcr the same, rei,,;e
ing in the t.i. h,, cs~ "f ,ly cour>e."
Mr. Jnm>s w Law then prouusru
"lh, clergy If " inn>hor" :nn, ,url a>-
srd Tor is puri'y aud tnlrnt ST.,
VI. ever be favored .vjth snch able
champions "i rnE TRUfm. +:
IL Y. " iii. X. Etin, rhell responded
Mr.. b, Il. Stuart gave "K r>haw 5
Brigade" the unf,ltcring Vangu I'd
ul tn hcr'ic Confederate II .St-Re
>pondrd t"h, q N: Br ,tton who pro.
II unrcd kerSh.w'S Command lbs
oi g'm cocks led by game cock
aud aid that it had teen rsmulk ked o
:, them that however stragei ling they
, ni4ht appear at other times, TIC,
wuie alw"ys pr"a"n, shea the lorg
, sull VS. cal;cd. Gcnc,rl Brutton
III tn gaze
sThcSec nj South Carolina 1nfar:
try nunthtly eprrsentcd here tonight
Cart. VI. NJ. Dwight SAID that he
was st "hou, oleave, bn; that whe,
:, the ".d Second WAS called, he must BE-
there. That he had served FOR one year
, In It, ranks 's private, aud then
=, for the ,emaiul,r OF the war is an Of.
-, ficcr on The stiff: Without disrar-
, aecment to other commands, the cd
Second was the noolest regiment th 1T
had made it, track in Virginia.
Mr.. B r. Stuart gave "The Carpet.
bag Negro E. nds." May the May Con
veu,iun kindIe conhag' a,ion that
: will consume them to ashes and All.
! thvma be upon tho member Of tbr
> WimI>buro Hook and Ladder Compa
. hy that would put the, fire out. Mi
II. W. Wrddhard, one Of the dcls>
gates from Fairfield, responded, amids,
:. appl"so, by saying, that he should
carry down Il boz Of Lncifcr matches
;, for the express purpose.
Mr.. ". y. Aiken gave The motto OF
our. glorious State, "Dum .Spiro Spc
=, 10 .Spey. a consolation under scrvil,
: embarrassment, yet "dnimis omLus
7uc, pdrah, will sccnre our tights .un
F. der any emergency"
y Mr.. r. 4. Ellison, Sir, also gave ,
! toast sThe Hook and Ladder Compa.
= ny of Wins >boro. Figilant defcnd
els OF the property Of the Town o
Winnsboro they will be equal,
virilrut IN ,iLdino .La;. g.