The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-01-18
The New Empire,

he following IS tho text OF the ad-
dress to be- presented by dcphtation OF
the North German Parliament to King
William, at Versailles. 1t was adopt.a
ed by l9l years against nays, (Social
Democrats
Mosr ILLUsrRlOus AND MIaHrY
KING | Mosr Gracious MASTER i
AZ the call OF your majesty tho people
has rallied arohhd itsleader, and heroic.
ally, defends on foreign soil the father.
land which had been wantonly cha1-
lenged. The war demands immcasura.
bile sacrifices, but the deep grief 1T the
loss "f her brave boys does not Shake
tie determined resolufi on OF the nation
vino will not lay aside her arms I'LL
peace Is assured bv SC cnre and itrt,ri.
projected frontier against the recurring
attacks OF her jealous uriahhor. Thanks
I" 'he victories TO which your Majesty
has led the armies Of Grrmnny IL ,ir
faith al companionShip nt arms. the M
non looks forward 10 an enduring uni =.
The North German Parliament, IN
unison with til" Princru Of Germany,
approaches with the prayer that vour
Majesty will drign TO consccratc the
work and uniHcation by accepting NE
Imperial Crown Of Germany. The
Tru'oc'c crown "n the head Of your
Majesty will inangnratr, for the rc-cs.
tab!ished Emplrc Of the German nation
an era "f power, Of peace, Of wrll-br,ng,
and OF liberty, Secured under the prolrc-
ton oflhe laws The falhrriand thanks
it's leader and the glorious army, Mt the
head ofwhich your Majesty sill dwells
on glorious baule-irlds. The devotion
aud The deeds nfissons will be re.
mpmber"d forever. May il soon b.
vonchSaied that the Emperor, crowned
with glory, shall restore peace to the
nation. United Germany has proved
'fsril mighty and victorious in war,
under the leadership or ;,a supreme
commander The united German Fin.
pire will be mighty and p,acc.loving
under its Emperor.
:. Your royal Mnj"s,y's most humble
aud most faithfully ohrlipnt.
THE RElCiisTAa Of THE NoRrIt GER,
MAN BrND.
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SINGULAR STArEMENT.-Thc New
York Tribune saws: "Cus,om in
China allows criminal under sentence
.ot denlh - buy u substitute. MANY of
the persons executed for the Tien rsin
massacre were not tn" ghil'y men at III.
The mandarians arrested few OF the
mean"r criminals carefully allowed all
the lest to escape, and filled mp The list
OF victims with substitutes who were
quite re"dy to suffer d,cari,a,ion in
consideration Of 500 tarls apiece. Per.
haPs more correct way Of putting IT.
wonld be to say that these useful gem
tlemen were hired OF their respective
families, at 80 ,ruch Tor the dav, and re.
turned after their heads had been cut
Oft 10 he dccentiy buried. ThrT had
The satisfaction Of knowing that they
could provide much more librrafty for
their wives and ch,lhrcn IN this way
than any otEer, and by their vicarlons
statement save the Government great
deal ofdreadfnl bother.
DEATH OF A SoNo WRirEm,-.Tse
death Is announced in England Of
Stephen Glover, whor for over GUAR
ter of century, has been very p"pu-
lar os a composer Of graceful s,ngS,
which have been heard in almost { 4e,y
pallor both in Great Britain and in
this country. "Why do sun.mer
roses fade ~ "rhe Monks If ola,,
and 81 love tho merry, merry s.n-
shine," are among his best known
compositions. shortly after the ap-
pearance oE Mr.. Dickens "Davia
Copperfeld," Mr.. Glover gave 10 the
world the beautiful duet, "What are
the Wild waves saving 2" in Which
the Florence and Paul Of the novel
are supposed to be the singers. This
duet, at once easy and melodious,
had an immense popularity, whieh it
retains to this day. Mr.. Glover.
VIII" died in London, on 1,h ultimo,
had reached his fifty. eighth ear.
>.e.e-
HkNf to- Own PoLIeHMEN
Hammond, the newly elected Mayor
OF Atlanta, is evidently finn believ.
er in She practice Of neral suasion by
the police. The following extract
Is taken from passage in his inaugu-
raj address on the duties Of police !,
"lf a man is seen to stagger on the
streets instead of arresting him and
degrading him by carrying him to
the cal alaboosc, approach him kindly
and influence him, if possible, to 20
to his residence or hotel, and in ali
suoh cases act good faith the past of a
brother, md SO conduct yourself to.
wards those who fall into your hands
either from folly Or cfimo, that citi.
zens and strangers will feel that their
highest proeeceion is tho presence of
lNcREAsE or THE EpIscopai.
CMUReH.-The Church journal says
This week we begin the year 1871 with