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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-18

necessary to choice, and neither
candidate having received that num-
ber, q second ballot was enterted into
with the same result. Mr.. Maxwell
thcn changed his vote to Patterson,
which gavo him tho humbor necos-
sary to o choice,
She Senate, at J o'clock, ADJOURN
ed until tomorrow, at III a. M.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The House met at ii A. NJ,
Speaker Lee in the Chair.
The Speaker laid before the House
the reports. of the Clerks of the two
Houses, relative to certain injuries
made by the House as to the con.
tracts nade by them with the differ
cut newspaper in the State fur print.
ing. Received as information.
lee introduced a bill to authorize
Circuit Judges and Judges Of the
Supreme Court to allow foes to attors
neys employed in defending indigent
persons.
Gilmore introduced resolution,
asking Cr mptroller General to sub.
nit, as early as possible, his report.
Adopted.
A bill to amend an Act entitled
can Act to more ctfcctuully provide
for the recording of all conveyance
of real estatc," was amended and ors
dercd to be cngrosscd. Concurrent
resolution relative to the nppoints
ment of committee to investigate
tho financial condition of the State,
was laid Oh the table. a bill to
amend all Act entitled ".An Act to
regulate the pay of members Of tho
General Assembly," passed to third
reading. A bill to repeal an Act en-.
titled San Act to provide for gene
raj license laws" was amended and or.
dcrcd to be cnerossed.
The House then proceeded to the
election of a United States Senator,
with the following result: Patterson,
73 ; Elliott, 27 Scott, 5 scattering,
3. Patterson was then declared duly
elected United States Senator for the
term of six years, from the 4th Of
March, 1878.
The House thon adjourned until to
morrow, at ii y. NJ.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-18
nEsPGgsT'1:s s. vvHnH.uAsls.
An Extraordinary Phenomenon,

We publish the following singular
letter, written to the. editor of the
L.bin6n Sta.'i ,rd, without comment
as to ,be c.Hlanation of the plcnomc.
.uon witnessed nor do we vouch for
the 'accH:acy of his observations. Wo
commend it to tho pcrusal of those
wise IN the mysteries Of physical
science
FlR1svlLLE, MADISON Co., KY.,(
November 80, 1872.
2p7ie Editor oTAe Lebanon STANDARD.
ftis morning, while riding up Sill.
yer croek, about half a mile below
,he depot, l witnessed very singu-
lar meteorological phenomenon. The
Sky above me was clordlcss and the
SUI. about half an hour high, sbonc
with ordinary brilliancy. I had no
t!ccd for half a milo back the occa.
tional falling Of fGlobular masses which
1cscmbled in size and appearance
rohnd snow and there being no wind
Or cloud, thought it singular and
Began to seek an explanation of its
origin.
| could 500 tho globulcs about
twenty feet from tho earth, descend
ing at an anglo of abont.ive degrees
from the east, and noticed their fre
1ucnt explosion at the distancc Of tc,
or fifteen feet from tho ground, tn,
particles scattering in every directio,
llko drop Of wator that had fallo,
upon heated surface. locke,
upon my clothing and found myscl
all spotted over with substance O
biush-whito color, still liuuid, tn,
OF about the consistency of milk
which it well represented, except i
color. 1t cvIporatcd slowly and in
few places only left a solid residue
What was it Z Is it to be cxplainc
upon tho hypothesis that acooun.
Tor rod and grcon snow in certain ro
glons and latitudes ?
Yours,
w. n. TURNER.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-18
"MOnOrable."

Tho New York Commercial Adyer.
tlscr suggests that it ia about time
that little Discrimination should
be exercised in the prefix of tile titlo
"honorable' to men in positions. Mr..
Jefferson was opposed to all such
nandlcs even to the names of Prosi.
dents' but now it is applied not only
to members of Congress, but of State
legislatures, and even to municipal
dignataries. The grievance might bo
borne within if the "honor" of those
who bear tho designation was always
truly represented by the title.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-18
Sen 4 TIE.

|
The Senate met | \, NJ, Prcsi.
dent Gienves in the Chair.
Swalls introduced bill TO amend
an Act entitled "An to amcnd sun.
dry scc.iIus of ,ho code of pro-
cedure, relating to the Circuit
Cuurts.'
Keith introduced bill concerning
the pay of County Treasureys.
Hope offered the following pre-.
amblo and resolution, which was laid
over
Whereas it has become customary,
II not authorized by statute law, that
consicstants fora scat in tho Lcgisla.
turo both draw their full pay from
the beginning Of tho session till a
ilnal decision in the case there
fore,
Resolved By the Senate, the House
concur'ing, That tho defeated con-
stetants receive no pay out Of the
Treasury.
Whittemorc submitted favorable re-.
ports of the judiciary Committee on
u bill to repeal sections 4, 6 and 7, of
Chapter LXXXlII, of the several
statutes of South Carolina; laid over.
Also, on a concurrent resolution in.
quiring into The operations of the
sinking fund commission which was
Immediately considered and agreed o.
Also, unfavorable on a bill to author
ize Probate Judges to perform all
the duties as performed by Commits
sioners in Equity, as defined on the
list of January, 1869 ; laid over.
The Senate proceeded to tho con.
sideration of the general orders.
Bulls to amend an Act entitled can
ACT to establish and maintain u sys.
tenn of FREQ common schools for tho
State of South Carolina" was passed:
to repeal Chapter CXXV of the
General Statutes was referred to
judiciary Committee concurrent
resolution to provide for an invcsti-
cation in reference to tho alleged
fraudulent issue of pay certificates, was
referred to Finance Committee bill
to empower Supreme Court to frame
Issues and direct tho same to be
tried in Circuit Court, in certain eases
was referred to judiciary Committee.
The Senate then proceeded to tho
election of q United States Senator.
Mcssrs. j. j. Patterson, r. Il. SCOTT,
r. b, Elliott and S. y. Pointer were
nominated, which resulted as follows
Patterson, lG; Elliot, S; Scott, 3 ,
scattering, >. Seventeen votes being
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-18
Market Reports,

Nkw YonK, December i4.-Cot-
ton opened and closed quiet-uplands
l9t , Orleans 208; sales ! l,557 bales.
Gold l2a.
CHARLESTON, December l4.-Cots
ton t. steady-middIing lsf, receipts
2,088 bales sales 100 bales.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. l4.-iGvcning-
Cotton opened quiet and steady and
closed unchanged--uplands log; Or.
leans l03 sales l2,0Of, bales.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-18
A Heart Rendins Casualty Two EStima
bic Indies Roasted.

An attentive correspondent has
Gent us tho following affecting descrip.
ton of q narrowing casually, which
occurred at Graham's, S. c.:
"-A torriblo and fatal accident 90.
CURED in this neighborhood rocontly.
Flrs. II. II. Martin and daughter.
t'X'eon years old--wero burned 10
death undor the following narrowing
circumstances: Miss Martin was in the
store room attending to domestic af.
fairs, 'and in passing or standing by tho
ho", her dross ignited, and she became
dreadfully frightened and ran to tho
adjoining room to her mother. Tho
latter in attempting to oxtinguish the
flames, took fire hersclc, and the con.
sequence was oyery vcstigo of her
clothing was burnt off, and both lit.
eral y roasted. No person was about
the house at tho time Of tho accident,
except crippled son, who could givo
no aid. Tho accident occurred on
tho 29th ult., about eleven or twclvc
O'Clock. Mrs. NJ. survived until
about ten o'clock in tho EVENING
when sho brcathpd her last. Miss Mis,
Martin lived until one o'clock p. NJ
and diod. Both were very cstimoblc
ladies. Mrs. Martin leaves a hus.
band and four sons to mourn tho un.
timely end Of wife, mother and
sister,"
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sum approximating what was paid an
nually prior to the war, when every
item Of expenses was fully paid, ins
oluding interest upon the bonded
debt, and yet. money left over in the
Treasury every year.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-18
WIM &BORO.
Wednesday Morning, Dec. l8, 1872.
II. ROSS ROBERTSON, Editor.

pa" correspondence solicited from evory
section Of the country.
Our columns arc open TO MI for free
discussion Of any principle, theory or idcn,
butwc nrc in no why responsible for the views
or opinions Of correspondents.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-18
Inc --Sehurs and Thnrnlah C0frcspdn.
denCc,

The Sun says "Tbo recent oor-
respondonce between Senators Sohurz
and Thurman rcnews their assent to
the doctrine of tho Cincinnati plat
form, and forms future programme
CT the opposition. AS Senator Schurz
SAID IN recent conversation, "This is
our line, and if we shall have no
party roof over our heads, wo shall
camp out on it and await events.''
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-18
Proceedings of fthe Legislature.
SENATE,

The Senate met at l2 Nj. Presi-
don't dleaves IN the Chair.
Lee mado reports from Committee
on Roads, Bridges and Ferries, as to
certain petitions for the ;openiug of
roads in Laurens and Union Counties,
Laid over.
Whittemore submitted report
from the judiciary Committee, re.
commenting that tho Attorney
General Call to his assistance two at
tornoys, at $40 per day two solici-
tors, at Sc per day aud two clerks
at $6 per day which, after con.
siderable discussion, was amended,
on motion OF Duncan, by allowing $6
per day to attorneys.
Cardozo, from the Engrossing Com.
mittee, reported as duly engrossed
bill to amend IN Act entitled "An
Act to establish and maiutain sys.
tenn of free common schools"
Whittemoro introduced q bill to
empower tho Supreme Court to frame,
issue and direct trials in tho Circuit
Courts in certain cases.
Smalls introduced concurrent res
olution to appoint a committee to in
quire into the fraudulent issuing of
pay certificates, with power to send
for persons and papers. Laid over.
$. j. Lee introduced Joint reso.
luton to meet in joint assembly ON
Friday, tho 18th of December, for
the election of u Judge for the Fifth
Circuit, in Place Of Judge Melton,
resigned.
Bills coding certain property in
Darlington to the Uuited States for Il
national cemetery requiring bond
from County Commissioners before
entering upon the duties of their
Office, and joint resolutions authoriz.
ing the Governor to employ an arm
cd force for the reservation of the
peace, were read the third time and
passed bills to repeal Section l2,
of Chapter CltJ OF ar Act entitled
can Act for revising and consoliia.
ting the general statutes of the State, >
approved February 10, 1872; to fix
time for holding Circuit Courts in
Sixth Circnit to change the name OF
Almira McNary Srccrs to .A.lmiru
McNary Richie, and for other purpo.
SOS, wcio referred to the Judiciary
Com mittcc.
The Senate, at 9 o'c!o"k, Il adjourned
uutli to-morro" al Ii \. NJ.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
rho house met ut IL NJ, Spvahcr
Lec in the Chair.
CAIN introduced iJiut rcso'u ion
authorizing County Commissioner. to
Iltvy special tax.
! john Wilson introduced bin
to Regulate the pay Of County rrcuaur.
ers
Holmes introduced rcSu,tinn to
request the GoTernor to furai,h the
llouse the information who. her the ac.
count OF tho Flnanoiai Agent of the
State In the city Of New York has
been settled or not. Laid oyer.
Aessage NJ. Of his Exce!Iency
the Governor was read and received
as Information.
! ~ bill authorizing end directing
tho Comptroller, General and Count y
Commissioners to levy certain taxes,
after very exciting debate, was post,
poned until Wednesday.
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The Charlotte Democrat is authoriz.
ca to say that the statement of the
Washington correspondent of tho
Now York Herald that the Conn
troller Of Currency had reported the
First National Bank of Charlotte for
usury, and asked Congress to intruct
h'm to institute proceedings to for.
'clt the charter OF the bank, il en-
Il c|J fa,.c.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-18
SENATE.


dent Gleaves In the Chair.
Whittemorc introduced bill to
fix the time Of holding The April term
OF tho Supreme Court.
Owens in.rrduccd bin to make
approrri. tons for tie payment Of
half the salary and milorsn Of the
General Assembly and salaries of the
subordiu,tc oiEccrs and employees
ard tic expenses incidental thrreto.
deter PRESENTED the petition Of
the Charleston, Marine and Floating
Dry Dock Company, praying rene val
Of charter.
At p o'clock p. NJ the Senate
adjourned until to morrow ut II
y. NJ.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House met at / ~. NJ. Speak.
CT Lee in the Chair.
j. +. Green, from the Committcc
on Privileges and Elections, reported
favuraOiy on IL Senate bill to amend
an Act en'ltied can Act to provide
for the election Of the officers of incor-
poratcd cities and to~ns in this
State" Laid over.
Senate sent to the House a rcso-
luton relating TO the pay Of contcs-
tantS for seats in the General Assem-
bly,. Concurrcd in aud returned to
the Senate.
Ellison introduced bill to rcn.e.
dy and supply tho loss Of publ,
records, and to pcrpetuatc testimony
in regard to deeds, mortgages, sct.
Elements. and other papers lost by
fire at Abbcville Court House.
SmallS introduced II bill to repeal
the charter of RautowpS Bridge, and
for other purposes.
Meetza in;rodncek a bill to fix the
:'mc OF holding the april term of
the Supreme Court.
Tho join. assembly mot to hear
tho returns Of the Senatorial election.
Tho journals Of both Houses we're
read, and The President Of the Senate
announced j. j. Patterson as duly
elected United States Senator, from
the 4th of March next. The
joint assembly then dissolved.
". II. Wallace introduced a bill
to amend an Act entitled "4An Act to
secure advances for agricultural pur-
poses"
Bowley introduced q bill to amend
the 329:h Section Of the 9th Chapter
of Oh Act entitled can Act to revise,
simplify and abridgo the rules, prac.
tice and pleadings of the courts of this
State"
Rice introduced the following roso-
luton, which was considered aud
adopted
Resolved by the House of Repro.
tatlves, the Senate concurring, That
the Attorney. Gcncrul be, and no is
hereby, intructcd closely and Quickly
to search if any money has been rails.
ed on tho credit of the State without
due authority Of law, by any State
Official; if any money of the State has
been drawn from its treasury not in
pursuance of appropriations made by
law, and if any monoy of the State
has been emhezzled on its receipts
and expenditures not accounted for, as
Article 0, Section 3, Of the State
requires, and if the A.
torney'Gcneral finds sufficient proof
asa'lst any person thus having often.
ded, that he have him or them immo.
diately arrested and prosecuted to
conviction, if possible; and if the AZ
torney-Gcneral finds it necessary to
use Tn" authority Of the State in tho
the premises, that it is hereby con-
'erred upon him to send for persons
'n1 papers.
"A bill to prevent County Commis-
'ioncrs from being interested III con.
:racts given out by them, or in pub.
10 work performed under thalr snnnr.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
R0bbing Peter to Pay Paul

Under the pretense of fostering home
industries, our tariff lays such heavy
duties on the raw materials of ship
building, that ship-building itself has
been taxed out of existence. The evil
dent way to revive it is to remove the
enormous duties that have caused its
decline. Instead of doing this, Secre-
tary Robson proposes to give the own
ers of ship-yards bounty equal to the
tax they would pay on English iron and
wood, on condition that they use Amer
lean products. If the raw materials
were put on the free list, the ship-build-
ers would get them cheaper, because
they would not be limited to a few
American monopolies, and the govern
ment-that is, the people-would save
a vast amount of money. The tax is
so heavy that it amounts to prohibition,
SO that no revenue is now derived from
this source, and it is gravely proposed to
mulct the Treasury for heavy bounty.
As early as 1851, the Parliament of
Great Britain passed law which was
openly entitled Gan act to restrict Co
lonial commerce. The spirit of that
act fingers still in the theory that has
been SO cunningly baptized as the
=" American system" 1t has systemati-
cally slain our merchant marine, and
any temporary expedient, such as Sec
rotary Robson recommends, can at
most but galvanize the corpse into
momentary appearance of life.-Chica9o
Tribune.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
Cupid on CrutcheS.

One hundred and forty years were the
united ages of a couple married at the
residence of M. Lambert, in Yates City,
last Tuesday evening. The bridegroom
was from Mclean county; by name,
- Burvell; age, Y. The bride, a
Yates City girl; age, 6S; by name,
Elizabeth Smell. There is, too, spice
of romance in this true tale. The aged
couple have loved for more than thirty
years. When in the prime of life-hs
in the forties, she in the thirties-they
met and loved, but young loves dream
had rough awakening, and they were
drifted wide apart. He married, but
not the woman of his heart. She was
also united to another than the man of
her choice. Since then Mrs. Smell has
been twice married, twice widow and
Mr.. Burwell has also for some years
been widowed. A few weeks ago the
lady, visiting some friends at Blooming
ton, met her old lover, when Cupid's
wing famed a latent spark of the old
fame until it burned as brightly as of
old. Mrs. Smell returned to her home
to make preparations for her wedding,
and on Tuesday evening the Rev. Mr..
Couch celebrated the union of these
two loyal hearts. Judge Hanneman, of
Knoxville, vouched to the County Clerk
that Mr.. Burwell was of full age, and
while this is being penned the happy
couple are on their way to the bride
groom's farm neutrality-suspicious. (IH.)
Transcript.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
A New SWindIe.

The Republican of Springfield, Mass,
calls attention to new swindie that is
being practiced on farmers in that
vicinity. The swindler makes tempt
ing offer for the farm, causes stories to
circulate of his wealth and solidity, and
proposes to take deed of the real
estate, conditioned for the payment of
the full amount of the purchase, in
Guiding personal property, possession of
the real estate to be given at a future
day, and the first note payable, also, at
future day. The deed and notes are
executed. A bill of sale of all the stock,
personal property, etc., is made out to
him, and, as the purchase money is in
Guided in the note secured by the con-
ditional deed, it is receipted and de-
livered. The personal property is inn
mediately or soon after claimed either
by, or sold to, or attached by third
party, San innocent purchaser in good
faith" of course, and removed. In one
case bill of sale covered property to
the value of over 1000.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
A Prudent Husband.

For presence OF mind and prudence
of conduct, Mr.. Byrne, of Brooklyn,
has probably few equals. On Tuesday
last, on entering his house, he found
Mrs. Byrne hanging by the neck-do-
mestic difficulties, combined with gin,
having induced her to seek solace in
suicide. The impulsive man who should
find his wife in such peculiar circum
stances would naturally hasten to cut
her down. Not SO the cool and pru-
dent Byrne. He calmly felt her pulse
and otherwise assured himself that she
was quite dead, and then leisurely
called in his neighbors to witness the
spectacle. When asked why he did
not cut her down at once, he replied
that he did not care to incur the sus
picion of having choked her, but felt
that no possible suspicion could attach
to him were his neighbors to find her
still hanging. Evidently Mr.. Byrne
sets high value upon his character,
and we need not expect to find him en-
tangled in any difficulties which pru-
dence and forethought car avert.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
A South Wind Longing.

Here is something timely and de-
licious from Warmers " Backlog Stud
ies," in the forthcoming April number
of Scribner'S:
Perhaps the influence of the four
great winds on character is only fan
cied one but it is evident on tempera-
ment, which is not altogether a matter
of temperature, although the good old
deacon used to say, in his humble, sim
pie way, that his third wife was a very
good woman, but her temperature was
very different from that of the other
two" The north wind is full of cour-
age, and puts stamina and endurance
into a man, and it probably would into
woman too if there were a series of
resolutions passed to that effect. The
west wind is hopeful; it has promise and
adventure in it, and is, except to At
lantic voyagers America bound, the best
wind that ever blew. The east wind is
peevishness; it is mental rheumatism
and grumbling, and curls one up in the
chimney ever smokes, it smokes when
the wind sits in that quarter. The
south wind is full of longing and un-
rest, of effeminate suggestions, of luxu-
rious ease, and perhaps we might
say of modern poetry,-at any rate,
modern poetry needs change of air. l
a \ not sure but the south is the most
powerful of the winds, because of its
sweet persuasiveness. Nothing SO stirs
the blood in spring, when it comes
up out of the tropical latitude it
makes men I" longen to gon on pilgrim
ages"
[ did intend to insert here a little
poem las it is quite proper to do in an
essay on the south wind, composed by
The Young Lady Staying with Us, be-
ginning
Out of drifting southern cloud
My soul heard the night-bird cry
but it never got any further than this.
The young lady said it was exceedingly
difficult to write the next two lines, be-
cause not only rhyme but meaning had
to be procured. And this is true; any
body can write first lines, and that is
probably the reason we have so many
poems which seems to have been begun
in just this way, that is, with south
wind-longing without any thought in it,
and it is very fortunate when there
is not wind enough to finish them. This
emotional poem, if l may SO call it, was
begun after Herbert went away. liked
it, and thought it was what is called
suggestive = although I did not I'M
derstand it, especially what the night
bird was; and am afraid hurt the
Young Lady's feelings by asking her if
she meant Herbert by the "night-bird, +"
"a very absurd suggestion about two
unsentimental people. Shesaid, @ Non
sense y but she afterwards told The
Mistress that there were emotions that
one could never put into words without
the danger of being ridiculous; pro-
found truth. And yet should not like
to say that there is not tender lone
someness in love that can get comfort
out of night-bird in cloud, if there
be such thing. Analysis is the death
of sentiment.