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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
The Labor Question.

In confirmation Of some statements
and illusions previously made by u.s.
we here furnish an extract, the Gig
nifioauco of which as to facts and re-.
suits deserves to be noted by all who
have eyes for the South. It is
from tho Norfolk WeSkly tiTgtnfan
We have fre4uchtly called the atten,
tion of our farming friends to the grea,
movement of laborer6 which. is now
going on, aud under which the Dor.
der States are rapidly losing valuable
part of the population. And here to.
day we copy from the Memphis Ap.
peal statement which ought to com
pei the thoughtful consideration of
our Legislature. Our ootemporary
says:
"Every train of oars from the Nlst
brings negroes to tho West and South.
Their destination ip tho low country
of the Mississippi and ARKANSAS.
The colored popul ,tion ouriously grayi.
tate towards the black lands-the
cotton, sugar and rico fields. They
abandon Virginia, North Cdrolina,
Tennessee and Kentucky, and HE
away to localities in which their race
may be socially and politically domi-
nant. Natural laws will finally annul
those of Congress, the spirit and
purpose of all which are embodied in
Summers pending Civil Rights bill.
BY processes which Congressional
Legislation may never control the
segregation Of race is effected, and
there was basis Of sound philosophy
in tho proposition of the Mississi ppi
Congressional capet-bagger, who
dreamed vaguely OF the creation by
law of another Africa on America"
There is no doubt thGt this move
mont grows broader and deeper every
day. It is controlled by :ncxorable
laws, and, as we cannot conteract
these, why not make some rational
endeaver to secure white people from
the old world
To the States above named being
partially abandoned, may DO added
the upper and rolling sectionS of
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
and parts of Mississippi, which are
adapted to "whitc" farming, horticul-
ture, pnd manufacturing, in all their
varieties.
TO what may belthe political results
from "thc segregation Of race" alIud-
ed to by the Memphis Avalanche,
from the huddling of the negroes into
distinct communities at the South, we
will not here advert. But In an in
dustrial view it is our duty to mark
their design and effort to colonize
themselves upon, and to monopolize
the alluvial and warmer portions of
he Southern States.
1t may be generally assumed that
when the negro cmigrant goes out, the
white immigrant will 60 in.
The portions of the South being
thus depopulated of their old clacs Of
laborcrs, present a most inviting field
to Immigrants and settlers of superior
qualifications and race. There lands
arc cheap, yet good, farms ready for
occupation, society matured and kind
and labor Highly. Y. South.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
The Earthquake in California.

| A dispatch from Genoa, Nevada,
says q gentleman from Inyo c1unty,,
GAL, where the Earthquake Tuesday
iaorbing pentted, repotts that Camp
lndepehdcnce is in complete ruins.
The courthouse is destroyed, and
not single adobe, or brick building
iss standing from Bishop creek to In.
dependence. Fears are entertained
of camps further south in the Sierras
Mrs: West, residing near Iudepen-
dcnce, was scri ieusly injured and her
child Eilled. Stage passengers r..
port several assures miles IN length,
apd fifty to two hundred feet wide
aha twenty feet docp, opened along
the base of the Sierra Nevada near
Big Pine camp and other places in
the vicinity:
Large springs have stopped running
and others have broken out. Heavy
6uow.slides occurred in the Sierras,
and large rocks rolled down the
mountain side, blocking UP tho stage
road. The shock lasted at intervals
from 2:20 to $50 a. NJ. At Aurora,
Nevada, 20 damage was done. AT
Belmont, Nevada, only mill.maohine
was thrown down. That section
abounds in evidences of, recent vol
oanio action; but no such earthquake
has before visited this place within
the memory Of the indians.
Many people at Iudepond encc wore
hurt, but no lives were lost. The
shoSk Wss!probably hoaviest south east.
ward toward Arizona; in tho desert
country, which was hardly any popu.
lation.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
The Girl Of Tie Period at {ii|e PidliG;; Ppiii;

The Poet Of the Breakfast Table
gives this vivid desert ptlqn Of the
manner in which girl of tie period
makes ready to play, and plays ler
grand piano :"1t was a. ..young Woman,
with as MANY white founces round
her as the planet Saturn has rings,
that did it. Sue gave. thS m tisio bt6pi
q twirl OF two and huffed down On to
it like d whirl of soap suds in hand
basin. Then she pushed up her cuffs
s~if she was going TO fight for the
champions belt. Thch she worked
her wrists and ha ands: to lfmbcf 'em,
I svppose, and spread out her Hngers
till thcy looked as though they Kould
pretty much cover tho key board,
from the growing end to the little
squoaky one. fbci1 these two hahds
Of hers made jump 1t tie ,Eeys as
if they wcro couple Of ,tifers
coming down on flock of black and
white sheep: and the piano gave q
great howl as if its tail had been, tod
ON. Dead stop-so still you could hear
your hair growing. Then atother
jump, and another howl, as if tie
piano had two tails and you had trod
on both of 'em at once, and a clatter
and scramble and string Of jumps, up
and down, back and forward; ole
hand over the other. like d stampede
of rats and mice moro than like any.
thing cali music"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
Married on the Fly.

The Indianapolis News says : A.
run ray Evansville couple were mar
ried near Da glue Station on tho full
run tho othor day. They had. step
ped off to have the ceremony perform
ed. The train began to move befo, 8
tho justice had time TO- conclude, and
all three started on tho run, tho kus.
band and wife mounting the train,
and the justice bawling after them,
81 pronounce you man and wife, and
may tho Lord have meroy,' or worda
to that effect. N
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
The Importance of advertising is

=
The Importance of advertising is
undisnuted and universally admitted. :,
The extent to which it is carried
proves, fbey6nd doubt, IL usefulpesa
and advantages. Tbe;man who adysr.
tise6 once is sure to do SO again, and
from each odtlay in this direction .hS
reap5 more and greater advansages,
It op6ns tho, most direot;rohA to Sab.
cess, and ofor5 equal ind cements to
all parties A, glance bt any sof .49t
! papers viii show al, ofce they faSty fiSs
thosS WHO avaif4 @tAShselaea Host oi
this system are fron y tho highs&S rank
lin bp,ssiineaasa vein alife,Rpa this R9sitiiop, they
aTfe ini q great nmeespgraea gaa to ~ steady
exercise Of tho course ve hays peaiIptt' aiIptt
led out.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
0, S. c., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1872
Was Morgan a Killed.
Thousands believe that Moron,

Thorsands believe that Morgan was
not killed For o&pgsing thp SECRETS of
Masonry others believe that Il, did
not EXPOSE secrets and thousands be.
lievethat he WIS killed. THO whole pro
ceeding was shrouded i9 mystery
He, it h ,,sh ID; Was confined in a
Canandaihua Jail for stealing i, shirt,
and subsequently, taken out and put
in sleigh, and BY relays wis harrried
was found iq i lake; he had bis
throat out. Mrs. Morgan was seeiit
for. She hunted FOR a, private iiiark
n;th on The t;o, body whiaH M she SYusId aist3n
mark, and declared it was not the
body of her husband: NJ. H, wqs a
lawyer, and engaged in the abduction
of Morgan, aud told a. friend, ih
presence Of d son; then about twelve
gears of age, that Morgan was not
killed, but put on board of British
man of war: That son is now in this
oity, from whom We learn tho follow
ing PARTICULARS : :, } In ls4S Mr.. H.
says We won't to Hobartown; In Van
Dismen's Land, there be met an old
friend WHO asked him about Morgan.
He told him what he knew about him
and the man, laughing, said Nor
gan is living here l will introduce
you to hiR.", They went to the office
Of the ,Hobaftown. Adscrtiser and
there found him. Attsr some cop4er;
sation and comparing reoollsotions of
tho region Of couatfy In New York,
where 1t wan suppuaed Morgan was
killed, he related tile particulars of
his capture; end Stated that ho wab
put on board of q british mar. irii-.o1f:.%%ar
and kept there for four years, when
he WAS landed on Van Dieman's Land
and had been there ever elnce., He
asked him why he did not go back.
Morgan replied, "I cannot; if Would:
l cannot get permit, and if I could
60 back, would either be killed or
be denounced as an, imp6ster. Tie
was in good eitSpaIm!stnnoes pI and part
cisco Examiner, MarGa 22.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
Important TO Soap Men.

The Internal Revenue Office has,
decided that when manufacturers Of
soap claim for their manufactures
medical or cosmetic properties, and
advertise suoh, manufactures as pos,
sessipg the yirtuos referred TO, the,
same will be s1tject to the iax which
the revenue laws impose upon patsnt,
mediciues ard eoahpa atioS ,mahufss3
tured and offered for salS % puob,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10

So far as pan be learned, thero are
between l30 and l4o German papers
printed in this country, and, for the
information Of Journals that delight to
feVile Mr.. Schurz's influence with his
people, it is made known that ak Of
tbese German papers support Gen.
Grant and eonsidering that their edi.
| tore hold Government offioes, perhaps
they, could not be Yessbnab)y expect
sd 70 az otherwise. '"" .'"'
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10

Tho local cditor of the jacksonville
Journal wrote the. other day an itom
to the effect that "winter was linger.
ing in the lap of spring." but the
managing editor "out it ont" He
said the idea was good enough, and
original, and all that sort Of thing, but
It would not do TO publish, because
the high moral tone Of tho papor had
to be maintained in town full Of
seminary girls.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
Another COlOred Convention

There seems to be IN element of dis
cord in the ranks OF the oolored bco-
pie TINT Has on mdre than one occa-
sion orept out In their Conventions,
but which I apprehend exists rather
among the shrewd fellows %ho have
managed to bestow themselves in
office, than in the rank and file Of
the people. This exhibited itself iii
b singular degree In the convention,
which was held here yesterday for the
purpose of eleoting delegates to the
Natiohal Colored Peoples Conven.
tion to be held in New Orleans on the
I'd of April.
What mLy be the objects of tie
proposed Cohvehtioh, it Is difficult to
say,, as the oolofed people are to day
In the enjoyment of more rights, civil
and political; than many Of the white
men of the South. At any rate the
people seem to take no great interest
In the matter, and from what TIA lis. .
Pired yesterday it 10 more than
probable that the Convention Is MERE.
ly political dodge gotten up by q
Tow politicians fot the purpose of fur
thering their own individual ends:
About ono'thitd of the State
WAS REPRESENTED,
end when tho call of delegates was
made % atis#eted to their names, and
those we're all, or very nearly all,
politicians of the Byas and Mobley
stamp.
The Convention was called to order
by Lieutenant Governor A. +. Ram
sier, who explained the object of the
Con]entio6; and tead the call for the
dame.
/. The, Convention assembled in the
State House. In taking the chair,
Ieutenant- Governor Ransier, who
was also the. President of the South
6fn States Colored Convention, which
met here last year, made short
spee6h IN which he said
He believed that the action Of the
Convention Of New Orleans could re-
Suit in nothing but good to all classes,
and particularly to the colored race.
Thore were he said important inter-
ests relative to national affAirs chat
fhuSt be considered therS and acted
Upon, which were now wrapt UP in
the general political turmoil, and
these matters should be considered
IN temperate ana diepassionate
manner, as much as was depending
upon the result. of the action cf the
Convention, These views should gov
ern hore, and it should bo borne 10
mind that the nation knew the colored
people were here, and that it, would
know when they met in New Orleans ;
know the position the eol9red people
were in, and that they had grievances
to complain Of, and which should be
redreSsed: 3, .5sl.) =. G1a.,, ..t
What these grievances we're he
failed TO state, and it is probable
that it would be somewhat difficult
fact to ascertain them!
ks soon ms the Convention was
permanently organized by the choice
of a.. j. Ransier for President and
W. j. MoKinlay for ohsirman, -.
.~, THE ,cc5boyEN rooT ..r
began to show itself, and first .olass
legislative debate sprang up, in which
Jsmison, Byas, Mobley, and one OF
two others Of the late Legislative
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
Arrested.

SINCE om ,last issue the folio wing
citizens Of tbis county have been ar
rested and Go mmitted to jail by the
United States, authoritios y. c..
Cornwell,' W. A CorHwell, g. G. Oros.
BY, Curtis J Jamieson, o. Hardwick,
ana John Dallas. Mr.. Crosby was
M'D6 MoRda J My. T. Walker, who
Sosaffestsd aha Bailed IA Eolumlia a
foSysa %SsFs ! 4 jago, s e|s r. 5%sssfestsa y g ana
lgas9d & 3lfn II S {eil oh Tqspdas he was was
ThSre aqpS' dino psispnsrs nov i'd
jail.-- Gester Repoyter. Eo' 9 = j..
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
Ro ebHsw
Remembrance.

M zAlDRH.
A pensive star,
IN ssft and eilvery radiahce beaming,
On tranquil waters in tho twilight sleep
ing,
A snowy sail upon the vision cleaning,
And earth her solem nightly visions keep.
ing.
An island lone,
Upon the lakelcts star gcmiiied bosom
slumb'ripg,
Its wave.washed shore tho 6rescent mo n
revealing,
And fow'rets with theif fragrance, zephyrs
cumb'ring,
While distant convent bells were softly
pealing.
A mossy dell,
And maiden fair with golden ringlets flow
ing.
An eager tread--.a dark .hrowed youth
was kneeling,
His midnight o Ses with tsndsf love were
:. glowing,
While her blue orbs were glist'ning With
deep feeling.
4 secret flight,
Az astral laHlps were lighted ii the tloum.
ing,
And tuuefui whippoorwills we're softly
singing,
The maiden With her lover true was roam.
ing,
To whetS the old ohIrch. bells wefe
bliiheiy rihgirg.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
THE CLovEN FOOT

began to show ITSELF and first.olass
legislative debate sprang up, in which
Jsmison, Byas, Mobley, and one or
two others Of the late legislative
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-02-23
Terrible Suffering I'm Iowa.

A Sioux City dispatch of the 7th says
A. NJ. Wilcox, who has returned from
Plymouth county, Iowa, says that three
homesteaders, living in that county,
started with a team for the Broken
Kettle" for wood. They were overtaken
by the storm on the memorable Satur.
day morning, when two of the men dug
their way into big snowdrift, and re-
NAMED there, while the other man pro.
ceeded on his way with the team. The
men in the snowdrift remained there q
day and half before they dared to ven
ture out, but suffered no material injury
by their long imprisonment The man
who kept on his way, together with the
horses, was found day or two since
frozen to death near Sittin's, some fifteen
miles above this city. AS far as is known
positively, eight persons were frozen to
death during this storm, within radius
of fifteen miles above here. The loss in
stock within the same limits has been
immense, and will probably reach from
500 to 600 head Of horses and cattle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-02-23
Where the Gold Goes.

In the reign of Darius gold was thir-
teen times more valuable, weight for
weight, than silver. In the time of
Plato it was twelve times more valuable.
In that of Julius Caesar gold was only
nine times more valuable, owing, per
haps, to the enormous quantities of
gold seized by him in his wars. 1t is
natural question to ask what becomes of
all the gold and silver. A paper read
before the Polytechnic Association by
DR.. Stevens, recently, is calculated to
meet this inquiry. He says that of our
gold product fully fifteen per cent. is
melted down for manufacture thirty
FIVE per cent. goes to Europe; twenty
five per cent. to Cuba; fifteen per cent.
to Brazil and five per cent. direct to
Japan, China and the Indies, leaving
but five per cent. for circulation in this
country OF that which goes to Cuba,
the West Indies and Brazil, fully fifty
per cent. finds its way to Europe, where,
after deducting large percentage used
in manufacturing, fourfifths of the re.
mainder is exported to India. Here the
transit of the precious metal is at an
end. Here the supply, however vast, is
absorbed and never returns to the civil
lied world. The Orientals consume but
little, while their productions have ever
been in demand among the Western
nations. AS mere recipients, these ma
tions have acquired the desire of accu.
mutation and boarding, fashion COM
mon alike to all classes among the
Egyptians, Chinese and Persians. A
French economist says, in his opinion,
the former nation alone can hide away
S20,0O0,000 of gold and silver annually.
The passion of princes, it is not sur
prising that the same spirit is shared by
their subjects, and it is in this prcdelic-
ton that we discover the solution of the
problem as to the ultimate disposition
of the precious metals. This absorption
by the Eastern nations has been unin
terruptedly going on since the most re-
mote historical period. According to
Pliny, as much as slOO,0OO,0O0 in gold
was, in his day, annually exported to
the East. The balance of trade in favor
of those nations is now given as $780,.
100000
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-02-23

soon. Upon receipt of the news in the Eng
lish House of Commons eulogies were pro-
nounced by Mr.. Gladstone and Disraeli, and
by the Duke of Argyle in the House Of
Lords, referring in terms of the highest
praise to the great public services of the do
ceased...... Caleb Cushing, j. bancroft Davis,
William M. Evarts, and M. r. Waite have
arrived in Paris, and are in close consulta-
in regard to the business before the Geneva
Beard of Arbitration......Pr Prayers were offered
on Sunday in all the churches at Sheffield
for the prevention of war between England
and the United States......M Rouher, for
merly Minister of State under Napoleon, has
been elected to the French Assembly from
the Island Of Corsica.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-02-23
Murdered ut a Ball.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. l2.-John Kennen, a
railroad engineer, in company with a
friend named Wilson, visited a ball
given by the German Workingmen' 8
Association at Carondolet last night, and
while there made some jocular re-
mark about the language being spoken,
whereupon three Germans assaulted
him, threw him down stairs from the
fonrth to the third story, dragged him
in senseless condition to the balcony,
and hurled him to the stone pavement
below, killing him instantly. Wilson
was also beaten, but escaped down rear
stairway. Fred Hickman and Jacob
Schlagel were arrested. The coroner's
jury rendered verdict that Kennen
came to his death by being thrown from
the balcony by Jacob Schlagel, and that
Fred. Hickman was accessory, and aid
ed in the act. They are confined in the
calaboose.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-02-23
Tough Story from the Hub.

One of Boston's wealthy men was APP
preached the other day by real estate
operator, who wanted to buy three
acres of marsh land owned by him out
in the direction of Brookline. He re.
piled that he had forgotten he owned
any land in that section, but he would
look over his papers and see about it:
An examination of his papers showed
that he did own such a parcel OF land,
the original cost of which to him was
$500. The real estate operator at the
next interview intimated that he
couldn't afford to pay over $4,000 Tor
the land. "Isn't that rather low ~
asked the owner. Gall can pay"
said the other. "You may take it,
said the capitalist, and the land was
transferred at price one hundred
times as much as it originally cost.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-02-23

S. P. LOWE, a clerk in the Boston Post
Office, is a defaulter to the amount OF
$4,000. He has turned over to the
Postmaster property amounting to about
$4,000. Sixty unopened letters were
found upon him. His salary was 5000 a
year. He tho ught it was too low.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-02-23

THE warehouses in Central Illinois arc
literally bursting with the weight of
corn stored within them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-02-23

A oNE-ARMED man is the lightning
compositer Of Boonsboro, Iowa.
, 1872-10-05
As

raIue' and indeed more indispensable, for we must not
forget mat the amount of humuS may be, as | believe
i nave oeiore SAID, too great, 1. g., greater than can be
acted upon by fresh air, dispIacing the atmosphere Of
caroonIc acid with which it has surrounded itself untii
assistance be gwen to the operation by the addition of
i'hle' whose action has ben before pointed out. I
need not OF course observe, that the addition of lime
20 souls already Astounding in that material must be su-
pe'huous' IL VIII be more 10 the point to draw atten-
10" 0 me TACT, that crops ripen earlier upon land that
mas Oeeh lImed. Sin arabic lands" says Johnston.
large doSes OF lime are admissible, both because the
s", '"Tough WhIch the roots penetrate. must necessari-
oe utePeF than That of pasture lands, and because
me tendency to sink beyond the reach of the roots ia
se"eraLy counteracted by the frequent turning up of
~ earih by the plough. Where vegetable. matter
aoonnds, much lime may be u%sefully added, and on stiff
gay '"ndS' after draining, its good effect is most re-
"''N"oIe' On hight lands, chiefly because there is
nel'her moisture nor vegetable matter present in equal
qu""tl,y' very large applications of lime are not SO
L need hardly mention, that mari owes its val
u"oie properties TO lime, which is mixed in various
proportions from D to IS per cent. with elav. I am
convinced mat we do not sufficiently use this material,
eitner IN ITS unburned or burned state. / have before
lnt'Ind'eu mat lime acts upon the insoluble compounds
% aIunlina which abound in clay soils, 10 a very peculi-
al al manner, rendering them soluble, as we'll as the aka
sHlcates which afford such important food to
plants. L stated, however, that though these facts are
well ascertained, and are classed amongst some nc The
most interesting and valuable discoveries of modern
chemistry, yet that they are too purely scientific to he
successfully explained in such a popular form of wri-
tng as that In which this Essay is couched.. This,
however, does not make the results the less valuable
: Vs6e 1Iebig's Chemistry Of Agriculture. y. 1a3. and john
Ston's Lectures, PIP. 3O1 and GOA.