The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-10-23
The Destruction OF Our Office.

At 70 minutes past IL o'clock on
Thursday night, loud report was
heard throughout our city violently
shaking doors, windows ana hous
es, and starting our citizcnI
from their sleep. Tho alarm bel,
was rung, and the cry Of fire was
heard in the different streets. twas
soon asccrtuiped that the press room
Of the Sentinel was in ruins. The en-.
tire bnildiug was blown up aud q
part of the roof of the adj living build
ing used by the hauhs, was torn off
| windows were broken ont stands
we're crushed, cases empticd aud much
other damage done. In the building
used for Job Oficc, paper of pow
der containing two or three pounds,
with burning fuse, was discovered
before any damage was douc. More
or less damage was done to other
rooms. The power press, ore OF
Hoes steam presses, is almost total
wreck. It's costs was 81 500.
Wo do not feel to- day like dwelling
upon an outrage that cvcy wcil-mean
ing, considerate mind must dcspis,
and condemn. The creatures that
performed the deed we're simply ba &c
and devilish. This is not the first a,
tcmpt that has been made to damage
the Sentinel. Lust winter the forms
were knocked into pic at night. On'y
some three months ago some scounhrc.
broke part Of the press with ham-
mer, nec"sstating al expenditure of
some S40O to repair it, and causing
no little trouble otherwise. And
now malisnancy and diabolism have
succeeded IN laying in ruins a part Of
our office aud intl,cting serious injury
upon us. IT. shows that the spirit
OF Guy Fawks still lives, and that
neither property, nor life, nor liberty.
are Safe in laud where high officials
are corrupt and villainy goes SO often
unwhippcd Of justice.
The freedom Of the press has been
violently assailed. For generations
an unfettered press has bccn the
"Tyrnnts foe tie chrmpion OF The free"
Its fate has been to excite the fears
of the oppre>sor and to provoke the
hatred of the base. An unsuccessful
eh,rt was made Thursday night to
throttle the pre- ss--to prcven. the cx-
preston Of honest views az we'll as
the denunciation of crime. The vii
lians thought, whilst seriously injur.
ing us pecuniari!y that by destroying
our office they would prevent the pub
lication Of paper whose only crime
has been that amid dangers aud
threats it has continued unremitting
IN its efforts to expose vcna) officials
and public plundercrs, and has re.
manned the stcadfast tyiend Of the
people Of North Carolina, ulously
watching over and guarding their true
IntereSts.
But We arc not yet conquered.
What ever losSes we may have sus-
tanned will not prevent the Sentinel
from continuing to be the ally Of just
government and the unlaltering f. lend
of the people, and from making its
regular visits to the firc.si1es and
homes where it has 30 long been Il
welcome visitor. appear to day
in half sheet necessarily, but hope
soon to circulate in epr usual form.
neither curtailcd in dimensions nor
dannted in spirit.
: Thc Engine house Of the Kescnc
Fire Company, nhich stauds only a
few feet from the press room that was
blown up, was considerably damaged.
Mueh OF shs glass was broken out,
the walls were BADLY cracked, and a
door was torn from its hinges. The
engineer was fortunately out Of his
room, or he would bavc been seriously
injurcd, ~ every pane os glass in tho
wind ow, bc>id which his bed stood :,
was broken outy and some bricks were
tArawn in upou the bed.
The Sentinel Office is nearly in the
centre Of Raleigh, opposite the main
hotel, the Marlborough House, very
near the court house, the court now
being in session. Whether any dis
cover ics will be made that will lead
to the arrest Of the scoundrcls remains
to be seen.
We return our sincere thanks to
Mcssrs. Stone & UZ"ll, rroprietors
Of the News, to Capt. s. r. Williams,
the political editor, to Mcsars. Ed
wards & Brough,own, job printers,
and to oIhc's, for tho tender Of kind
services to us during our DISTRESS
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