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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
Passing Sentence.

Sixteen Of tho kn Klux prisoners
recently Oh trial in Charlc>ion, mos,
OF whom had p!eadod guilty, were
sentenced as follows
lIrandcr Spencer, convict ed Of con
frrracy, WAS sentenced to ten Years
imprisonment and 81 900 fine.
Wm. Smith, convicted Of the same
offence, ten years Imprisonment and
$1,000 fine.
Pmckncy Caldwell to ten ycars
imprisonment aud 81 900 fine.
julius Howe to four Years impris-
onmcnt and Slo0 liuc.
Alli:on Hayes to four years i'm
prisvnnrit nI'i S,lD0 liuc.
W. Lafayette llumd to thrco wears
lmnrlSonm, mt aud $lOO fine.
Elijah ll"dy to four Years. i'm
pri>onmcnt and S,lO0 fine.
James a. SAndc,s to two years
impri >onmcnt and Slu0 fac.
Felix Dover to th,,c years imrris.
onm"nt and SlO0 fine.
William Ramsey to eight years
imprisonment and $lO0 h,c.
alter Dawson to eight years i'm
priSonmcnt aud S,l0U f,c.
Waiter Moore to eight years i'm.
prisonment and SlU0 fine.
Joseph Lnckry to eight years i'm.
prisonmcnt and Sl0O fuc.
IL. F. Floyd to two months impris.
onmcnt.
Creighton Pope was called UP for
sscntence, but upon statement from
ms counsel, Judgment was suspen.
ded.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
Tho Cincllinuti Platform.

Tho Cincinnati Tcsolutiotis declaEe
equality forlall mch before The law,
the. union Of the% States, aud no ~res
opening Of questions settled by the
thirtccn'h, fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments the removal of disabili-
ties Incurred in the rebellion3 4 .aeuer.,
al amnesty local selfgovornment |;
supremacy of.the, civil over tho mill.
tary authority res pect Of babeas cor.
pus return to tue methods 81
peace to maintain tho hofS66stlthtiofal
Limitation Of power; civil service re :
fo'm single term for the Presid eooys,
a system Of Federal taxation which
shall not unnecessarily interfere with
the Industry Of the people, aud as
there arc honest irreconcilable differ
enccs Of opiuion as to tho merits re.
spectively Of the sy stems o, protection
and OF free trade, that question is re.
mitted to the people in the Congres :
sional districts. Wild cheering. !
And the decision Of Congress there.
on to be wholly free of executive in.
terference or dictation maintenance
of the public credit against repudia.
ton in every form !; speedy return
to specie payments; recognition Of
the services and sacrifices OF the sol.
dIers and sailora against further
grants of lands to railroads or other
corporations in foreign friendship,
dem"ndiug nothing not right, submit.
ing to nothing wrong. [A voice,
",hreo cheers for the second Declara
ton Of Independence" Great cries
for the question, overwhelming The
few who tiled to get the floor to
speak.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
From Wnshington,

WARRINGTON, April 30.-Half
hours's Cabinet--uothing Important.
Secretary Of Interior aud Atturne 8
General are absent.
1t may DO regarded certain, that
consequential dangers will not be
claimed before the Geneva arbitra-
tiun.
WAsHIStrnN, Nay 4 PROM loose
nvetsatlon, tie foliuw;n u,ay be
reRa ded as cluse opp, oximatlon tu
tu'day,'s meeting ut the State d..
part,neht Sehetck has notified his
Government, that England, uuder 10
circumstance, will permit the qnes.
tion uf o,hse se9nehtiai dunuges u b..
rres-uted IL Geneva.
1t is noticed that the Demo it
memb'r- of the ie, eign oomu.it..cs
the H,use ami Ssnate we've nor invi,. d
to the cuitfrrehcr. Pa,tles 10 the
confereLce have lhoit ,uon,hs closed
a back do~u "n the part uf the Ad
"inistrutivn is probationary Ger
tain.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, April 81

ASHINGToN, APrl' 81.
SENATE -T"e lI,.>e amendment,
to 'he Texas PacIfu R.ilruad was CON
Cured in and G e, to the President.
The bill au,ho.izing che Southern
Clains Commission to report from
time to time, instead Of on the open.
lug Of each session, met With cou-
siderable opposition, and went over.
~ bill appoiuting Commission to
proceed 10 the Mexican DO, der and
inquire into depredations, passed.
Sawy yer'e bill extending the time
wherein the agricultural colleges may
nvaiI theu.selves of the ben. it G M
Ter, ed by act OF '66, two yeas s, passed
The Senate vote to reconsider tho
vote by which Morri'rs amendment
was defeated Was 30 to %, Colfa 4
voted aye, caused u reconsideration
and the uuondment was adopted.
Yens, Ames, Anthony. Burkip Iva m,
borman, Cameron, Carpenter, Chand
Ter, Cole, Corbett, Grugiu, Fvrey,
Flanagan Frcelsnhuysen, Gilbert,
HamI.n, of Me-, Hamlin of 81. Mar.
tin, Patterson, Pratt, Ramsey, Scott,
Sherman, Winbeas, Wright and the
y Vice President The deficiency bill
then passed.
The amendment adopted, by Colfsx
casting n vote, restricts the Court Of
Claims, III certain respects already
reported.
Free tea and coffee bill passed, to
take effect July first. was 80 amenl ed
that stock in hnudcd warehouses shall
have the duty refuuded--goes to the
l"nSe for Concurrence.
HoUsE.-Tnc bi!i reported by the
committee OH agriculture for planting
forest trees. was defeated, 81 to 50.
The Tariff d,. cnssion vas removed.
Pierces bill makes the refusal of the
privileges to schools hotels, cars
oteamboasN, stages, churches, ceme-
'e'ies, theatres or consents, On &C Quot
of color, or any one advising the "a INC
rlsdemeauor, punishable by fne
ofone thousand dullars and imprison-
ment for ono year, gives the person
refused, &C ion on the care for one
thous* nd dollars--gives juri.diction
to the U"ited State, Courts, like III is.
demeanor- repsals the word "white"
III oil laws and makes the exclusion Of
colored persons misdemeanor, pun.
ishable by u fue Of five Thousand dol.
lars.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
To the State and County Audi
tOrSs


VIII either Of you separately, or all Of
you collectively. condescend to answer
few tax payers the following questions,
lst. Are you the Law. makers, or hre you
appointed 10 execute the laws after they
are made for you:
I'd. Did you ever read the Act Of the
General Assembly Of South Carolina, Gu
titled an Act to provide for general Ii.
cense lawY
3d. Is the fol'owing oortect copy Of the
18th seolion:
''SEc l3. Every person, company or cor.
poration, carryipg on or conducting my oi
the above occupations Ut businesses, ia
hereby required to make return. unde,
the provisions OF this Act. of his or their
respective occupation or business under
oath 10 the Auditorr Of their respective
Counties, 0stretn the first day of AprR ana
the first day of June, 4 u. 1872, and be.
tween the same dates on each and every
succeeding year the, enrter"
4th. Where do you get your authority
10 require persons or Companies 10 make
their returns OIL or before the 30.h VI
April.
9th. Where did you get , our authority
10 order and require parties tnkiny out Ii
censc to tnck Or post them up on ,hcit doc,
or windows?
Your answers 10 the foregoing qnestinn,
will he received with gratitude by many o.
your subjects. IN
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
THH $YkSA)1 1AThaLjn HHnAxu.

a4ds phoes mot b,SStbo the pure aiE
ot hs9sve9S Hs WSs the first man d
any pyrem!nspse.lgssAis party to advd;
, ,oateSdnive{aatSs tSshnestS, and m measures
of conciliatfoa for Tie South. For
four years he has" Boldly denounced
.tbasahieyia arastshag&goysEamenta
established in the Southern States BY
bayonets, and9aAp6psHiyl y astetsedtana
'pFoslaimea'thas Pff'ssssidenralf1toFfer.
epce IN ths affAifsA SbtBer rstates, ana
all attempts to control their elections,
are monstrods usufpation's,, aud gross
violations Of tho letter and spirit of
the Constitution, which guaran te es 70
every State certain inalienable fights
snd prsrogatives. Mr.. Greeley goes
before the country upon this record,
and IN the character Of az honest and
upright statesman, and should be
heartily endorsed by every man who
Gnu look beyond party affiliations for
the, good of the whole people.
The platform Of principles upon
which the Liberal campaign is to be
fought is broad. comprehensive, aud
reformatory. 1t embraces, equality
Of all men before the law--uniou Of
the States, and no re opening of tho
questions and. issues growing out of
tho 18th, l4:h, and 18th amendments
general amnesty, aud removal Of all
disabilities Incurred by reason of par.
ticipation in the rebellion -supre u,a.
oy of civil over military authority
respect for privilege of Habeas Cor.
pus-peaceful methods to maintain
the constitutional Limitation of pow.
er-Civil Service Reform-sinylc
term for the Pres;deuoy-reui,t,ng
tho questions Of free trade aud pro.
lection to tho people in tho Congrcs.
sional Districts, aud the discussion Of
Congress thereon to be wholly free oi
Executive Interference or dictation,
These are the main planks in the
platform, and 70 us personally they
are entirely unobjco; iopabIe. To
every man Of conservative MUD
they carry their own commeuda,ion.
Tho principles laiI down ale wise and
statesmanIlkc, aud will, if sustained
by the people, woik a change in the
present character # the general gov.
ernmcut, both wholesome and beneG.
cial.
We have before us now the capdi
d'tes aud platform of tho Liberal
Republicans, and it rests with Demo.
Gratis to say whether or not they shall
triumph. We arc free t. say that we
pn pnSe giving to tho Liberal cause
our whole support, because in its sue
cess alone eau we discern any hone of
relief for the South from military op.
p'e"sion and carpet.bay thieviug and
corr upton.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08

sq@o to pe the moutb.pieoes Of the
Dahoor4Mo party, aaa pretend to
giyo> it ths right sort tof advice, and
administer rebukes when in their ex
traordinary wisdom they believe it
necessary. Pomeroy's Democrat, the
Register, and the Chicago
Timee, have of late taken it upon
themselves to speak for che Dotnoofa
oy, aud indicate line of policy to be
followed in the coming. Presidential
can campaign: We deny the right of any
Democratic journal to claim to be the
organ of the party. Its action can
only be determined upon in popular
convention, and It Is unwarrantable
presumption 10 q Democratic editor to
onuneiate such and. such doctrines as
the platform Of the party, until au .
thoiized by a general convention of
its representatives.
1t is we'll known that the Democra.
acy are much divided upon tho ques.
tion of straight-oue Democratic
nomination for President, and good
sense demands that all public expires.
sious Of individual opinion bo sup
pressed until the National Convention
assemblies. The party is just ut this
time surrounded by peculiar circum-
stances, and should bo guided by more
tban ordinary prudence. We are dis.
posed to repudiate any would-be or
gan that is endcavoriug to fyrco q
certain line Of policy upon the party,
and place it in f,lse position before
the country. There is nndoubtedly | y
strength ia "pae>ivi,m" for tho pres
ent. Weare satisfied that our Lead
ers arc arranging future plans that
will work for tho good Of the party,
and the whole people, aud we are
content to abide their final dec siyp,
Let Democratic papers maintain u
digni6ad silence as to policy and re-
serve their strength until tho time for
prpmpt action arrives. This is our
pI Iosramme.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
The Full Senate.

When tho United States Senate.
on Wednesday, decided to admit Gen.
hansom as o member OF that BODY
from North Carolina, Mr.. Thurman
remarked that, for tho first lime since
1861, all the States arc fully rcpre.
sonted in Congress. Now that this
much of justice has been done, tardily
nad ungtrciously, however, tho New
York Evening Post says cit would
be we'll to take another step towards
reconciliation and peace. The rule of
the bayonet has been gradually
giving way to law, although with ap-
parent reluctance. At most. tho
prescription OF the Southern leaders
Tor political offouces cannot continue
through another administration. Il
would be an admirable sequel to this
act completing the representation Of
the Southern States, for Congress to
ADOPT an Act sweeping away all disa.
bilities. Uni,e,s.l mnesty is ono Of
tho demands Of the hour"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08

hugely ty the crowd; and replied in q
brief manner, proving most asshtedly that
brevity ~as The soul Of wit with him. His
speech caused tremendous excitement and
merriment. Thus ended o pleasant little
affair, which We pronounce decided sue.
cess.
In conclusion, we would only add, that
the citizens Of that vicinity should con-
gtstplate themselves upon having procured
the services of such COMPETENT and 40.
complished teachers. Loug may they
wave, and live to sec the return Of many
such joyous days.
Josh GIBBS.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
THE FAIRFIELD HEALRD.
Published Evory Wednesday at
WlNNSBORO, s. c.,
DESPORTES t. WILLIAMS.
TERNS-IN ADVANCE
Another Murder m Robson.

BY letter received by gentle.
mon Of this city yesterday, which was
coHlirmed By posscnge,y on the Will.
mipgton, Charlotte and Rutherford
Railroad. yesterday afternoon, we
have the sad intclli gence Of the death
of Col. +. NJ. Wisbart, Of Robeson
county, who was murdered by the
the outlaws on Thursday morning.
We give the particulars of this bloody
tragedy us far rs they have come to
hand. 1t seems that tho outlaws sent
u message to Col. WiShart in the
early part Of last week, eudeavoring
to make an appointment to meet him
on Tuesday, tut for souc cause or
other he declined to acccde to their
reqcsst. They subqueutly met him at
Moss neck aud =. qucs;cd private
io1c.vicw with hin, behind certain
building there, which le granted, on
condition that he should IL cct Andrew
Strong alone, aud that Stephen Lows
rey should keep ut distance. Hn
was informed by Andrew Srong
that he had the other outlaws
were tired of their present mode Of
lifo and were desirous Of agreeing
upon some terms of surrender. Vita
this object in view, they wished to
meet him tCol. Wishart) privately
md freely and fully discuss tho mat
ter. Finally, at parting, S,rcng init.
mated that they should scnl for him
in q few days and urged him, when
requested to meet thrm, 10 obey the
summons.
Thursday morning Capt. Wistart
received another message from the
outlaws, stating that they had arrang
cd for tho proposed interview to take
place that morning at n point about
thrcn quarters of Il smile from Loba-
non church. in response to this re quest
he left Shoe Heel Immediately, going
rs it afterwards proved into tho jaws
of death. Thursday evening his
body was found ut tho spot where the
interview was proposed to tako place,
which, by the way, is near the point
where Stephen Davis was killed
Ills wounds we're four in number
ono in the head two in the body and
one III tho lcg-and from their ap-
pcarancc it would seem that ho aud
tho outlaws were III close quarters,
probably engaged in conversation,
when the coward!y, trcachcrous licnds
seized their advantage and made IL
Simultaneous aud murdcrous ,ss.ult
upon their brave chiva!rous, but as the
event has proved, too coniiding anita
gonist.
Poor Wishart! His sudden and
untimcly death will be sincerely re.
GREETED by large circle OF friends in
Robeson and adjoining counties but
who will avenge HIN lie leaves wife
and three children who reside at
Shoe Heel, where tho unfortunate
husband and father was engaged in
merchandizinH.- IIilaingtou Sfuy.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
Market Reports.

New YoRx, May 4.-Cotton quiet
and unchanged ;-upIands o3a Or.
leans 24s sales 444 bales. Gold
l34.
LlvERPooL. May 4.-Evening---
Cotton opened quiet aud clio osed dull.
-urlands ll5 ; Orleans il8 saIes
1000 bales.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
The KU Klslx DsSfrfCt,

We give below an article from the
Charleston News in regard to the cf
feet 'f Grants military occupation OF
certain Counties in the State, partic.
nlarly tho county of Laurens. The
wrongs Inflicted upon our people and
the suffering entailed upon them are
briefly enumerated. We lay the mr.
ticle before our readers without fur,h-
er comment, than remrkirg that the
State Of things depicted is a sad com.
'Eontary upon the boasted civilization
OF the American Republic
"Very few persons have any dc6n.
lte idea Of the extent of the injury iu-
ttlcted upon the og' icultural aud com
mcrcial interests by the Wholesale ar
rests which have been made in the
upper Counties of tho State. The
people heartily condemn the outrage 8
which such men as the witnesses have
committed ; but they know that iuno.
oence is no shield, aud they fee from
South Carolina to avoid the incarce.
ration which may be their fate q ven-
al or half-crazed colored man chooses
to make an accusation against them
as necessary consequence the culti-
walton Of the soil is suspended, the
merchants return their goods to the
firms from whom they were bought,
aud the people Of the Dine counties
live in a condition Of uneasiness which
had no parallel during the fierce
years OF war. 1n the email County of
L"urens, by actual count, .fve hundred
ploughs lie idle in the fields. That
County alone luoscs the cultivation
Of ten Moasand acres IF land o. the
result OF tho savage orsecution which
one General Government has carried
on. ANY practical farmer, in the
North or West, can calculate for him
self how much damsge is done ths
county Wy suoh suspension of labor
in the spring Of the Year. Nay ! the
colored laborers, who arc thrown ou,
of employment, feel aoutcly the
wrong Of which they are, in their dc.
gree the victims. No ono in South
Carolina pretends to justify the
crime or excuse bideous outrages ;
but nothing has been unearthed to
Justify the Intervention of the United
States authorities, or to warrant them
IN delivering up thousands Of Ameri
can citizens to tho tender mercies of
spies aud paid Performers"
sO-called Organs of apcmocra.
cy.
1t is amusing to note tho audaoity
with which oortain newspapers, in the
different sections Of tho Union, as.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08

~ night telegraph operator on the
line OF the Burlington aud Missouri
kAiIroud, who is obliged to report
each passing train, insuros b,s being
awake at such times by stretching a a
cord acroes tho tYaok. The engine
comes s'along, snaps the cord, and a
coal.>cu'tle in tho office falls with n
rattle that wakes him up.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08

Carlyle thinks aflliot;ous arc our
true purlfyers: GThe eternal stars
shlne out as soon as it is dark
enough p: - .....'"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08

immigration from Italy to this ooun.
try is increasing.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08

1t is awful thing to die rich. And
more 50, not to.
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sO~cssl1ed Organs of anc m ocra.

1t IS amusing to note tho audaoity
with which oortain newspapers, in the
different sections Of tho Union, as.
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need.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-09-05
SIGNIFICANT SIGNS.

At the late election in North Carolina
we gained one Member of Congress. and
seven thousand on the vote of 1870,
which was the last election for state
officers. Thus the Greeleyites caught
Tar tar in the Tar State" genuine
'side winder," that sets their unstable
fabric lettering, and it will continue to
totter until it falls a crumbling on the
5th of November next.
Garry the News to Horace !"
Hon. Stanley Matthews, the chairman
of the Cincinnati Convention, has for
mally repudlated the nominations of that
body. He addressed large meeting at
Clifton Hall, Cincinnati, on Friday eve
ming of last week, and announced his in
tention to vote and work for Grant. In
the course of his speech he reviewed at
length the political situation, and said
no rational expectation of reform could
be founded on the success of the Demo-
cratic party in the disguise Of Geeeley
and Brown.
Garry the News to Horace"
There are just now many significant in-
dications In tho South. Besides gaining
In North Carolina, and carrying that
Stately we gain at every other point. In
A4dSCsI CuuCoSCc VIC nave swept the COu0
ties with surprising tide. Still more sig
niGcant are the results in Kentucky. In
Louisville, the chief city of that State, the
regular Greeley-Democratic ticket, sup
ported by the Courier Journal and all
the GreeleyDemocratic organs, has been
defeated. This result is doubtlers due
to the votes of Democrats who refuse to
join the coalition, and who, in this cleo
ton voted with the Republicans The
same results are seen in Lexington and
other localities of the state.
Garry the News to Horace"
New Hampshire, Connecticut, Oregon
and North Carolina-every State which
has held an election thus far this wear
has given a Republican Majority. The
campaigns in all of them were fought
on national issues and on national issues
as they are now pre- scented. We not on
ly carried these. but three Of them were
redeemed from the Democracy and in
the other the Republican majority was
increased. Thus while the Democracy
boast. the Republican party shows tan
glble results. In the East, in the West
and in the South, it has shown increased
strength The signs cannot be mistaken
Garry the News to Horace"
"lf any one attempts 20 haul down
the American flag, shoot him on the
spot. The man who thrilled this coun-
try with these patriotic words lin time
of war, has just spoken 10 equally en-
phatic terms at the outset af our Presi-
dental struggle.
GARRY THE NEWS TO HOR-
ACE. "-Mendsha Press.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-09-05
w anted a Response.

Old Judge w, of--.in the Oh
Dominion, is character He was fire
quently lawyer. legislator, Judge. anC
leading politician among the old -time.
Wings. of blessed memory, but. alas
like them. his glory has departed, anc
like many others of his confreres has
gone where the woodbine twineth."
Notwithstanding the loss of property
and too free use of apple jack, he main.
tanned the dignity of exjud2e, dressed
well, carried a gold-headed cane, and
when he had taken more than his usua
allowance of the favorite beverage was
very plous, at such times always attend
ing church, and sitting near the stand
as erectly as circumstances would admit
responding ferveutly.
On enc occasion a Baptist brother was
holding forth with energy and JUNCTION or
the evils of the times. and in one of hi:
| fights exclaimed:
SHOW me Drunkardl''
The Judge, rising to his feet, and un
steady balancing himself on bis cane
said very solemnly:
Here am, sir, here I am
The elder, though good deal non
plussed by the unexpected response
managed to go on with his discourse, ano
soon warming to his work again, called
out:
'Show me hypocrite Show me 8
| hpyocrite Show me hypociite -
Judge w. again arose, and reaching
forward across a seat which interviewed
touched Deacon B. on the shoulder with
his cane, and said:
Deacon B.. why don't you respond
sir? Why don you respond did wher
they called on me.