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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
Indian War.

Another Indian war seems immi-
nent III the Northwest. Tho last
steamer from the Upper Missouri re.
ports that Fort Berthold was attacked
by the Sioux on the. 18th. Spotted
Tail pretends to have untold grievan-
ces to redress, and is out on the war;
path with large band Of braves.
The mail station between Fort Ste
venson and Fort Totten was attacked
few days since, and, despite the
presence of military escort, the
house and mail bags were burned.
This outrage was committed by par.
ty Of Sioux who had received rations
at Fort Thompson q few days before.
Evidently our In lian matters are sad.
ly mismauaged, or it would be hardly
possible for tribes to be fed at gov.
ernment stations at the very time
they are preparing to make war Upon
the whites.-N. Y. Herald.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
True Friendship.
BY FANNIE.

Bright rs The beautiful starlight Of Heaven,
Are the pure links of friendship In kind.
pess unriven,
They are woven by angels garland so fair,
cha?let unfading for pure hearts to wear,
'Tis wreathed in ito beauty by seraphs
alone. w
When two hearts together by msgic arc
thrown,
When Interests united In friendship cxist,
There's a charm in their union that mono
can resist. .uir.
Friendship 4 rst blooms In tho warm heart
Of youth. a" H"
Where il g'ows In its purity, brightness
and truth,
And when age with his granduer shall fur
row the brow,
friendship is bright as the first uttered VOW.
Fen thro' the dark .shadows of sorrow and
woe,
Und,mmcd by the ordeal its sunlight will
fo~,
Twill pierce the rude mantle misfortune
hnth cast.
More dear in the future from the woes Of
the past.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
THE Boy OF The Period.

Everybody has seen the Boy of the
P.riod. His face hangs on tho show
board in front Of the Photographers
He is on exhibition for awhile every
fair evening on the corners Of con
spicuous streets. He is carefully and
exquisitely, dressed, Wears delicate
kids twirls light stick pufs a
fragrant cigar; eyes every young
lady that may chance to pass, and
gives his opinion Of her at once while
her ears are in reach. Having in.
ished his street performance, he
lounges into n billiard saloon, -four.
shes his cue, drinks his drinks, pays
for them with osttntatious parade OF
his indifference to money and then
sallies out in search of home or of
some other place. af
The Boy of the Period is. q great
reader. He is familiar with "Our
best Society,"" "The Days Doipgs,"
and oil the pictorial literature which
draws its embellishments from lew1
imagination. He detests reading of
solid kind as being unworthy the
attention of a modern young gentle
man. His taste is too fue and fanci
full to be regarded with the sulgar
food Of useful knowledge. He CLAN.
ces bis eye now and then over the
leading daily prints, but if he fails
70 find IN thcm some rousing sensa-
tional record of crime, he tosses them
away in disdain. flo has heard Of
the Library, but deems it of no use
to hint may serve plodding block.
heads very well.
The Boy Of the Period is genius.
He is above work and has clerkship;
but be has no intention Of passing his
years In the dull routine Of d prufes-
sion, trade or craft. He is too smart
fur all that. He needs money, for he
has the habit Of spendthrift.
Chance is Protein. Honesty is
straightforward, and has a single eye.
The Boy of the Period worships
chance, and waits duly at her shrine.
At length he sails in; makes n ven
ture. IN some form, and luck, the
deceiver, at first is on one side. Sud-
denly LUCK has tufned against him.
he fights against his luck desperately;
founders into crime; is detected,
arrested, imprisoned and punished
Then the Boy of the Pc. iod gets bis
face into the rogue's gallery, and
himself among the criminal classes.
Such is q brief Outline of the
biography which very nearly describes
tho line of life along which good
many young men are travelling. A
little reflection on their part, might
induce then to choose better and
safer path.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
Pic Mics.

A miss Of seventeen summers sume
up her experience of pic.nios in the
language given below. She is right.
If to broil, aud to bake, and to but
ter; to bottle, to slice, and to pack ;
to get off before you are ready, and
before you arc read y come back if
taking scat on a pie dish, and
losing your meat in the grass, and
having bugs drop in the pudding, and
snails take bath in your glass; if
toads and bees hop on your sandwich,
and beetles inspecting your bread,
when brambles and thorns catch your
feet, and worms pclt down on your
head; if scattering in every direction
to seek for foliage and cover, and fibd
you have been ontstripped by some
Sarah Jane and her lover; if, iu
gathering up all the fragments Of such
an Arcadian feast, sou can't tell
whether twas most like entertainment
for man OF beast; if that kind of
thing is e"j 'yment, in longer or
'horter measure, and you're simple
enough to believe it so, why then help
yourself to the pleasure; but for me
q speak froth experiouce) the subject
[ have pursued. The only reply will
be found in the Scriptures, "I pray
you to hold fhe excused"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
4 Georgia Tragedy.

From the Albany News We learl
that on Tuesday last a most horrible
tragedy and murder occurred on Nj
B. H. Hilps Mud Creek" plantation
in that county, in which Mr.. Rush
the manager, and Paul Butler, d
freedman. working on the place, were
the parties, and both killed. On last
Monday there was difficulty between
the parties, in which the negro cursed
the white man, and tho lattor struck
him. On Tuesday morning, when the
negroes were on their way to the field,
some of them came up with Paul
Butler, who had his gun on his shoul
der. He informed them that it was
his intention to kill Mr.. Rush as sooI
as ho came ouc TO the field. Hi
friends argued the matter with him
aud begged him to put his gun away
aud 60 to work. He refused to be
governed BY their advice, and persist
Q l in his murderous purpose, swore he
would kill Mr.. II. at FIRST sight. All
bands then went to work except Paul,
his brother BeD, his relative, Ben
Wade and his friend, Moses Holt
the latter three being accounted for
at that time. Paul stationed hims el (
short distance from the faborcrs.-
MIR. Rush rode up, and Paul advanced
towards him, and addressed him with:
"G-d d-n you, you shot at me yes
terday for nothing, aud I'm ready
to shoot with you," whcreupon, Mr..
Rush replied: "Don't come any near
er me. stand back" Paul then said ,
"You stand back" Mr.. r. then at
tempted to draw his pistol, and while
in the act, Paul lcvelIed his gun and
fired, placing forty-eight deadly mis-
sizes in the breast, abdomen. neck and
head Of his victim-killing him in
stantly. Paul then ran to his mule,
tied in the woods hard by, mounted
it, with gun 10 hand, and made OF
towards the "Hobbs Place." another
one of Mr.. [lill's plantations, followed
by the three missing negroes, Ben
Butler, Ben Wade and Moses Holt.
and perhaps some others.
At gate opening into the Iobbs
plantation they found the dead body
of Paul lying on one side of the gate
and the gun on the other. The top
Of his head was blown off and his
face burned with powdcr-showing
unmistakably that he had come to his
death by the accidental discharge of
the remaining barrel while going
through the gate on the mule.
The testimony satisfied the jury
that Ben Butler, Ben Wade and
Moses Holt were accessories, and
Deputy Sheriff Brown beirg presen,
with posse, proceeded at once to ar.
rest all three of them, and they are
now in Jail awaiting examination.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
Oakley Hall in Effigy.

Oakley Hall was hung in effgy in
Brooklyn Friday morning. The fin.
gers of the man Of straw clsnchod the
following letter:
!. To the coroner Of Kings coutty l
am Oakley Hall Of New York city,
sqnelched by jack (Hoffman) the
giaut killer. These are my last re.
N Iins, and thiA is my last liserary eff
f,rt. GO 20 jin Arno1d and Burr,
although it is She middle of July. |
have betrayed the liberties of free
people in trying to be Protestant
Catholic ; and have gone back on my
dad il trying to be gu American.
Lrishmap. have had too much
Oakley Hall.ueihatfoh aih.t Q. X.
any more I feel like some banquet
Hall deserted, or, as that blarsted
Times man would say, it's Hall up
with me on the limb Of tree. am
tne first American 10 Violate the con.
stituticfi Of my Country by religious
persecution, and a bright specimen Of
demugogues who pander to the worst
population in this world.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
Internal Revenue Tai on Cotton.

The Internal Revenue Tux on cot.
ton, it is stated, wrS formerly levied
upon the gross wsight, although in
many of the Southern Districts libe-
raj discount was often made Of tare.
This practice, however, was resisted
by The cotton merchants, who claimed
that tho act Of Congress imposed a
tax upon cotton aud not upon the bur.
lap covers cotton baeging, iron ties,
and ropes, used to protect the bales.
Suit was therefore brought against the
Government Collector to- recover tho
excess of the tax, and decision, it is
stated, has been made by tho Courts
that the tax can only be collected on
the net weight of the cotton. The
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
has therefore recently written letter.
stating that the not of June 80, 1864,
as ameadedsby the naot~ sof. March . 3,
1865, does not include ropo and bagy
ging 10 the weight Of the unmanu-
featured cotton, and that where taxes
have been assessed and paid ON the
gross weight of cotton without any
allowance for tare, an amount equal
to four per cent. of the gross weight
OF each bale will be allowed and paid
to claifhants on full proof that no such
allowance was made for tare at the
time of the assessment and payment
of the tax. All claims for refunding
must be presented before August q,
1871, or within two years after the
date of the payment of the tax com.
planned Of.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
Remarkable lntldent--A Whole Family
Buried Within q Week.

A remarkable series Of deaths by
which mother and three children
were buried, occurred on Plum street,
last week. The mother, q widow la
dy, named Williams, was buried in
the same grave with two Of the chill.
dren, while the third and last buried
yesterday was laid by her side.
What is chiefly remarkable in this in
stance is that they are carried Of
under no epidemic, but died under
ordinary MISUNDERSTANDING
Courier. r
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
7The Port Royal Rail Road.

We understand that Appleton &
Co., the New York publishers, have
negotiated for the purchase Of a lead.
ing interest in this road, and that the
necessary papers were to have been
duly signed las week. Mr. Hil;et
will be placed in charge Of the enter.
pvise rs President ard the road push.
ed forward to an early completion.
We are glad that the matter has been
at last earnestly taken i. hand by
competent parties. The name of the
firm is suficiens guarantee that the
work will be carried Oh with energy.
- As9usts Chronicle.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
4 Devil Fish Run eK with q Citizen Of
Savannah.

The prshks Of the devil fish are be-
coming frequent of late. The Savan.
nsh Advertiser, Of Saturday, says
Zone Of those, horrible looking crea.
lures of the deep, better known as tho
devil fish, whose appearance in the
wuters Of the coast are somewhat un.
'rsquent, has been di,ting uishiug
himself lately by endeavoring to-
spirit away one Of our old residents.
Day before yesterday Major .Bouaud,
who has many friebds ia this city was
fishing iu Warsaw Sound, noar Cab.
bagc Island, his boat being anchored .
By some means or other, devil fish
becaee entangled in the anchor rope
and started of at a .api4 rate of speed
towing the boat after him, with the
occupants IN no very pleasant frame of
mind. The situation bseanre 30 de.
oidedly unpleasant, that it was
thought best to- curt this rope and let
the fish 60 fsney free. This was 40.
eordingy done, much to- tho relief Of
the fshermes, and the creature took
its way in peace" Ipa
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02

A few days since, funny scene oc.
CURED in front Of this Office.
A United States soldier and negro
who had both evidently been imbib
ing something stronger than the cool
water from the town pump, were in
friendly converse. Before parting
they hugged each other in a warm
embrace. In tho ecstaoy Of his de-
light the negro gave the soldier a
hearty kiss whereupon the latter,
exclaimiug, "No ID pager shall
kiss ne-that's too much social equali.
ty," gave the fnrmor n hearty punch
10 the face with his f,t, and 90 they
parted - Sumter Nevs.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
hBrder at LeeyviIfe.

John SiBgletary, tho postmaster at
Leenville, op the North. eastern Rail-
yosd, WAS killed in that village, on
Monday night, by some unknown
parties. He took the passenger train
at Gourdin's Station, aud on arriving
at Leesville got out to 20 home. Bo.
tween the depot and his seeidsnoe he
Was fred upon, and when assistance
reached him, be wac found lying on
the ground quite dead. The assail-
ants succeeded IN making theiy essa pc
and Boshing has been found out 81
far which would lead TO their deteo.
tion.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
The New Blue Law,


The Connecticut Senate has passed
bill which renders null and void all
business dealings for liquors enables
the purchaser even Of glass Of whis-
key to recover back Che ten cents be
pays for it !-declares null and void
all sales, transfers, contracts, quit
claims, mortgages, attachihehtss and
liens, made in consideration (part ,.or
wh,le) Of the sale Of any spirituous
liquor ) makes null and void all ioases
Of premises if liquor is sold Oh them !;
Furnishes by Gne of one hundred
dollars or month in jill, or both,
the sats of liquor to any minor under
eighteen years of age; makes the per.
son who sells res ponsble for all
damages dono by drunken men, and
permit' any tax. payer to sue such sci.
ler Whenever the drinker abuses his
family. O.her stringent provisions
follow.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02

La Cecilia, one the Of Generals Of
the Paris Commune, died by his own
hand. His manner of com hitting
suicide was highly dramatic. Whom,
on the oath Of May, he saw that tho
cause of the COMMUNE was lost, he
took refuge. with a large nursber Of
his soldiers. in Fort Vincennes On
the 29th Of May he was walking up
and down one Of the court.yards OF
the fort. Oue of his aids.de scamp
went up TO him and asked if there
was anything new. IA Cecilia drew
out pistol, putting it to his temple,
and saying, "Aye--this P' blew out
his brains. He was only tbiyty.seven
years old. Els wife was killed OF q
bsrrioade.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
Driven Insane by Dreams.

It has been found necessary to take
to an asylum Detroit lady, who has
been made insane by dream. Her
husband and one Of her sons some.
time since were drowned at sea, and
recently she dreamed that her son,
who is sailor, had been drowned.
In her dream she saw him fall from
the mast in gale in the sea, and
awoke with such a shrek of terror as
to arouse the inmates Of the house.
She slept no more that night, but
rocked to aud fro, moaning that
civilian was surely drowned, she
knew he was." The next day her
relatives endeavored to Danish her
impress on, and almost succeeded in
convincing her that her boy was not
only safe, but would soon be home,
but that night the dream was repeat
ed, and this time the mother seemed
to follow her boy aloft, and to fall
with him from the yard, again giving
q shrek that brohght the house. hold
into the bedroom, they finding her OH
the floor in ct. Since then she has
been like one stunned by news of
sone awful calamity. She spends her
time rocking to and fro iN chair,
eating only whom forced, and con.
stantlS muttering the words, "My
poor Willie is gone, too" Every
effort to cheer her up kas bean futile
and able physicians have attended her
Hithunt &c 60 ~ NJ ial ina q onre.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
Georgia Scenes.

Old Stanwix tells thc following
Georgia story, and vouches for its
truthfulness
About thirty three and q third
years ago, there dwelt in one Of tho
rural districts Of Georgia, an old cod-
ger by the name Of Butt Cut Taylor,
who had formerly enjoyed the honors
and emolumcnts pertaining to the
Office Of Justice Of Peace, the duties
of which uffice be discharged with &C.
knowlcdged "aoility" and dignity I;
and 80 far as his neighbors wcr, oapa
Bile Of judging, he appeared to be
very honest man. He had however
acquired the h h.bit Of "trum plug up"
accounts against the estates of those
of his neighbo.s who we're go unfortu.
nate as to shuttle of their mortal
coils" within the bounds of his baili
wick. He had carried the practice
to such an extent as to arouse a sus-
picion in the minds Of some of his
meddlesome neighbors, chat there
might be something dead' somewhere
in tho "seat Of his"-6 financial opera
tions. Bob Crogan, who lived in the
neighborhood. aud "run" tho post
Office ut the cross roads, being some
thing If wag, and having an idea
that tho 'Squire's honesty should be
quoted below par, concluded, with
the connivanoe and assistance of
few comrades, to "unearth the sly old
fo1, and expose his rascalities. Ao.
cordipgly Bob pretended to die, was
regularly shrouded and laid out on
the cooling board in the most -approv-
ed fashion, and sorrowing friends pro.
oeeded to spread the news Of his
demise, which soon reached the ears
OF old Butt Cut. He lost no time in
repairing to the house Of mourning,
carrying with him "full aud com.
plete assortment" Of first class condo.
lence and sympathy, for gratuitous
distribution among tho msmbers Of
the bereaved family, and the many
borrowing friends Of the supposed dc.
csaaed, who were presont when he ar
rived. After ne. had relieved bis
heart Of his burden Of healing words,
and had succeeded in a tolerable ef-
fort Mt crying, and was about to leave
the soene. he teuderly spoke as fol-
lows ..s
"Ah, poor Bob I'm sorry he died.
he was good feiler, and alIus Iik
ed him. When me and him went to
the race ss Augusta--now nigh :;Sto
two years ago-I loaned him hun
dred doilnrs to Bet onto i bay mare,
and no lost and never paid me a cent
ofthss money from that day TO this.
Pee: fel!cw, be forge. !: I reckon, but
ito an honest debt OF course l can
get It out Of his estate, and"
Bute.Cut didu't finish the sentence
for just at this point Bob, tho corpse,
slowly raised up in his shroud, and
stretched out his arms toward the
old rogue, as if to clutch him, yell
cd ,Ht.
"You are an iufssnsl old liar, and
jf--'' f.....a
The din and roar drowned the rest,
and old Butt Cut didn't wait to see
or hear anything more, but
with tho hurried exclamstios, "god.
dlemity," be shos through the door,
hurried to his ho,ue, "packed bis
traps" and not only left the neigh.
borbood but tbe State Of Georgia,
forever.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
j lie Ridge Rail Road Transferred 10
Northern Capitalists.

Railroad circles have been busy
and somewhat lively for week past,
and several important meetings Of
railroad men have been held. We
learn that the upshot of the matter is
that there has been effected a sale of
the States stock in the Blue Ridge
R1ilroad, and that the same has been
transferred to an association composed
Of Influential citizens and Northern
capitalists, aud that there now is
prospect Of something being done 10
complete this important enterprise,
which will do SO much towards devel-
oping tho resources of the State, and
"hl'h will open way to the rich
country beyond the mountains.
We learn that re survey Of tho
road has already been ordered, with q
view of adopting the narrow guage
system, now being SO generally dis
cussed throughout the country, and
already commenced upon tho Tennes.
see; and which has also bcon demon.
strated beyond doubt, in Europe, to
effect great saving in expenses, with
equal facilities for all demands OF
trade and commerce. Col. Union.
An exchange states that careful ex-
perimcnts on over hundred SUBJECTS
have shown that persons cannot be-
chloroformed when asleep. They will
awaken and resist, as in the usual APP
plication, and it cannot be admins.
torcd without tho aid OF one or two
persons. The supposition 30 preva-
lent that persons can be chloroformed
without knowing it, whether asleep or
awake, is the sheerost nonsense.
There have been reports of persons
chloroformed and robbed while in the
oars. Such reports are wholly absurd.
1t is estimated chat about six miles
of railroad will be built in Now Fog
land each day for the next two
N months.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
How Samb6 Is FaaddfHs GHs,

We have the remarkable official
staten ent from Columbus, Ga.y bear
ing recent date; that ottt Of popus
>!ation Of six thousand whites and
three thousand blacks tho buriak for
three months were-~White adults,
thirteen black adults, eighteen !,
white children, twelve black chill.
drepj thirty-six. The proportion of
deaths, taking into consideration the
number of white non-residents buried,
is nine whites and forty -eigbts blacks.
The proportion Of deaths to respective
numbers, it will lie seen, is one white
70 ten and two thirds blacks. At
this rate, in thirty-three va from
the promulgation Of the emancipation
proclamation Mr.. Sambo will have
followed Mr.. 10 IN. Y. Herald.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02

Wi1ner Mclean, y real estate de al.
sy st Manassas, Virginia, owned The
fsrni on which the first battle Of tho
late war vas fought ID Bulb Rap, sSa
and that upon wbiok sEe} Iass wss eSihG!
tested at Appornstox.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
WANTED. LOOK HERE,

Profitable employment furnished every
man willing to Work in his own ueighbo1L
hood; (no lazy persons wanted J Proafs
o, er 200 per cent. Encloso 81 for SAM
Pics srd particulars. SsEss rapid. JONES
& METZGAR, Pittsburgh, Pa. jly 26
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-02
A man stopped at a hotel at Pike's

A man stopped at hotel at Pixies
Peak, and on settling his bill the
landlord charged him 81 day for
Eve days. "Didn't you make mis-
takeW asked the guest CO." said
tho landlord. "You did," retorted
the wiry.looking fellow "you thought
you got, all the money I had, but
You're mistaken. I've got whole
purse full in another pocket "