The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-04-26

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The General jumped to his feet be-.
fore there could he any manifestation
of applause and said sNo, no (; my
present Office is worth more than the
Presidency. Mine is life estate,
while that of the President is only
for four years.
The retort was received with
cheers, and the General sat down we'll
satisfied with his honors.
The South Carolina Dead ut Gettysburg.
Mrs. NJ. A. Snowdon, accompanied
by several other ladies from this city,
delegates from the Ladies' Memorial
Association of this a;.Y, arrived al
Baltimore, on Saturday last, on their
way to Gettysburg, Pa, for the pur.
pose of making final arrangements for
the removal to this State Of
the remains of all South Carolinians
who foil in the memorable battle at
that place. Mrs. Snowden and her
patriotic party. accompanied by seve-
raj ladies of Baltimore, expected to
leave that city yesterday (Tuesday)
for Gettysburg - Charleston Courier.
The admirable speech, delivered
in the House of Representatives on
the 4th of April, by Hon. S. 8. Cox,
of New York, on the Ku Klux bill,
has the following text from Mirabeau
on the frontispiece
"Too often are bayonets the only
remedy applied to the convulsion Of
oppression. But bayonets never rc-
establish but the peace of terror, the
silence of dcspotism. All the peo-
pie are not furious herd which must
be kept in chains. Always quiet and
moderate when truly free, they are
violent and unruly under those gov
ernments where they ere syatcma.i.
cally debased, in order to have pre-
text to dcspisc them"
IT it were necessary 10 cite case to
show how advertising pays, VIC might
mention how last week this paper allu-
ded to the income Of A. T. Stewart
amounting 10 the sum of 50 90 per min
ute. In less than 81 hours half dozen
men called at his establishment to bor-
row his income for few minntcs. He
was down town at tho time, or he might
have granted their request.-N. Y.
Dem ocrat.
A deacon in one Of our city churches,
a few days since took TO task lady,
memb,r Of the congregation. who re-
sides some distance in lhc country. for
attending evening services more regulars
Iy, and inquired into the why's and
wherefores OF the seeming negligence.
"Well," said the lady, sthe truth is l am
so busy, and live go far away, that 1t
is ali | can possibly do to get time to 70
to tho theatre" =
The Barnwell Journal says: A
colored youth named Pompey, from
the upper portion of the county, and
who ran away from home several days
since, and was in the vicinity of
Blackville for a day or two, was run
over by freight train about mile
below that place on Monday last, his
head being completely severed from
his body.
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A lease recently recorded at Lowell
Mass, givos tho use of certain premi.
sea for "the term of her natural life,"
and further down exaots a pledge
from tho lessee, that she will "quis
and deliver up tho said premises
peaceably and quietly at the end Of
the term"
Western lover says of bis parting
from his adored one "IIer last
words fell, like great rocks, into the
sea of my sorrows, and splashed the
briny water into my eyes.' m3
Emperor William concluded a
speech at Berlin, in the following
words ."Being an old man, /
merely lay the foundation Of an en-.
pire which my successor must com
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