The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-13
About 10 Spring.

The telegram in our yesterdays
paper showed that tho tiger Of tho gov.
ernment was prupuriug to spring at
South Carolina. That poor State -
the object of the sympathy and COM
miseration of every intelligent and
copsiderate porsoh-a monument OF
misgovernment and persecution--ls to
be struck Mt to inspire the "wholesomo
alarm" spoken Of by the Radicals
throughout the south That is, to Gil The
southern public mind with dlsmny and
restrain the southern people from oppu
sition to the war party now in pow.
er.
Martial law IL to be declared in
certain districts. What do those
who declared that the kuklux law
gave no such powor to tho President
say to that Tho chairman of the
Committee to Investigate "Soathern
Outrages" suggests to the President
the propriety of this measure. lie
underestimate what is authorised BY
tho kuklux law, and so does General
Grant, not that ho is lawyer, but
that he knows what powers ho asked
Congress to give bin, and that was
one Of them.
Poor South Carolina Her case
cannot be made nuuh worse. She
would be glad to DO remanded to the
territorial condition and Cong, ess
has much right to remand her to this
condition as it had to pass the kuklux
law under which the President pro-
poses how to act. The territorial
government would be infinitely pref
ersble to the rule Of barbarism. 1t is
far mure nccc.s sary that that wretch
ed State should be put under Terri.
torial government than it was that
the district of Columbia should be.
The '1tadical party In Congress dis.
covered that with tho ntgro power in
that District there could he no peace
nor rest without change of govern
ment, and they did not hesitate to
make tho ohanye. but South Caro-
lima is not to receive tho benefit of
any considcrate measure Of R.dioal-
ISM. She is reserved for penalties
and punish - to be. exposed
daily in her humiliation aud tJ re-
ceive her allotted s,ripes-to show the
power OF the victor and to strike ter
ror through the land. ..>.....
Well, this relentless war party
cannot rule always-nor, let us all
devoutly trust, will it be permitted
to rule the country more than for
a brief poriod. For tho sake of the
country and humanity. its days should
be soon ended.-Ieichmond Dispatch.
The PestilcnCc Fly in Canada.
Following on the Colorado beetle,
the next infliction to note in the order
of insect life is the appearance Of the
"pestilence fy." The arrival of this
insect, which is rarely or never seen
in ordinary years, is believed to be
the forcrunner Of pestilence, and it is
said that it was the last noticed in
great numbers in this latitude prcvi-
Gus to the breaking out of the cholera
in 1854. Tho insect, specimens Of
which have been exhibited to us by a
citizen who credits tho supposition
above cited, is little less 10 size
than the common house fly. 1t is
jet black on the back and wings, the
latter being round and short, the bel
ly and under side of the wings arc
striped with yellow, while tho legs
are yellow, tipped black near the
feet. 1t is certainly an odd lookin 9
insect, and one which we do not re-.
momber having seen before, It is
found mingling with the com mon flies,
aud as it is represented to be quite
common at present, those who are
curious to examine tho new conner
will have little difficulty in capturing
specimens. AS regards the, supposi-
tion, or otherwise theory, that tho ap.
pearance Of this fly is an indicative of
a pcstilential season, We are not
prepared to express an opinion. At
all events wc shall give way to no
alarming apprchensions until wo have
some assurance from the flies them
selves on the subject. Hamilton &C.
W. Spcctusof.. :.
Raising the Bodies Of Drowned Persons
In the caso Of recent accidental
drowning. in the Hac&ensack rlvor, N ;.
D., several persons made attempts to
recover the body, but without SUCCESS.
n French Canadian, named Busche,
then, undertook the job, and is report.
ed to have proceeded after tho follow
, ing scientific manner. Having cup.
piled himself with some. glass gallon
Jars and quantity Of uuslacked
lime, he went in q boat to whore the
man wos socn to 60 down. One OF
the jars was filled half full of lime,
then filed up with water and tightly
corkcd. 1t was thcn' dropped into the
water and soon after exploded at the
bottom Of the rivor witha loud report.
After the third trial, each time in n
diiferentpla the body arose to the