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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
Air.Line Railroad.

We have just heard, from a gen
tlcman connected with this road, that
the track has boon laid to Catawba
River, q distance Of nine miles from
Charlotte, and that all the bridges
between this point and Charlotte have
been framed ready to be put up, ex.
cept the Pacolott bridge. Tho ma
sonry and grading, too, are nearly
completed.
We are also Informed that instruc-
tions have been given to build tenn
porary track from tho Spartunburg
and Union Railroad depot to connect
with tho Airline Road, in order that
the track-laying may begin ut an
early day on this end of tho line
From this it would seem that VIC are
soon to hear the sound of the whistl 3
on this great continental highway
Carolina Spartan. . .....
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
Disastrous Fire in Marion.

The Crescent says: Ga Tuesday
morning the fine dwelling house of
MIR. Samuel NJ. Stevenson was discov.
cred to be on fire. The inmates of
the house were sitting in the house
unconscious OF their danger and
great misfortune until SER
want ran in and informed them
that the roof of the building was
wrapped in flames. With but tw O
hands on the place, of course, nothing
could be done to check the devouring
element. In few hours lie dwelling
kitchen and smokchouse, and all out.
buildings, except the carriage house
on the west side Of the public road
were in ashes. Tho furniture was
saved, but slightly damaged, and with
but very little loss ; but, notwithstnd-
ing this, Mr.. Stevcnson's loss caunot
be less than $500. 1t is not known
how tho fire originated, but the gone
raj supposition is that the roof was
isnited by spark from the chimney.
There appears to be but the one opin-
ion, that this terrible calamity was
accidental.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
Negroes lmmigrating Westward

Every train of oars from the East
brings negroes to the West and South.
Their destination is the low country
of the Mississippi and Arkansas. The
colored population curiously gravit to
towards the black landslide cotton
sugar and rice fields. They abandon
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee
and Kentucky and HE awav to locali-
ties in which thoir raoe may be so
olally and politically dominant. Ma
tural laws will finally anuul those of
Congress, the spirit and purpose of all
which arc embodied in Summers pend.
ing civil rights bill. BY process.
ses which congressional legislation
may never control the segreaa-
tion of races is Effected, and there
was basis of sound philosophy ia
the proposition Of tho Mississippi Con.
gfessional carbet -buggeri who d. cam.
cd vaguely Of the creation by laws OF
another Africa in America; Why
not have peace with England and
Spain and appropriate NJ xioo to pur.
poses Of perfect African bea!i.uLe p
- Memphis Appeal.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
4 French Disustef-Terrlble Railroad Ac:
tidCnt Near Nice.

On January Gath the omnibus trair
for Graese lett Nice at $50 punctu
ally, and proceeded safely to within
about one kilometre Of Antibes; whe1
on coming near the bridge over The
Brague, the epgipe.drivef perceived
through the mist that lalnps had beer
lighted as longer signals but it #a'
too late--the train was in full speed
aud there was no possibility Of stopp.
ing it before tile bridge was reached
though the fireman aud engine driver
remained at their posts and used every
means in their power.
The bridge over the prague IN cas-.
uros los feet in length, having span OF
three archie, aud piers on either side.
Tho swelling of the torrent by six
days of incessant rain had flooded
the ground near the bridge, 80 when
tho tide rose to highwater mark the
bridge was submerged. At tho turn
Of the tide the current was 90 great
that the central arches and the pier
on tho Nice side of the river were
carried away-in fact, the whole of
the bridge except the pier near An
tibes.
Toward this dreadful chasm the
ill-fated Nice train came dashing
along at fearful rate. The engine,
tender, a luggage car, and two Of tn
carriages, leaping down the precipice
into the roaring torrent with an awful
momentum, left the rest of the tram
upon the bank, of tho carriages held
by the coupliug:chain hanging over
the abyss. Of the carriages which
fell over, only one was seen floating
out to sea, with an unhappy woman
therein calling for succor, which could
not reach her. The rest were crushed
to atoms or covered by the waters at
the bottom of the rnviue.
The engine has never since been
seen. Twelve persons perished upon
the spot, among whom are the engine
driver and the fireman. The body of
the former is still to be seen floating
in the Braguc, pierced through the
chest by an iron bar. The coud actor
escaped miraculously by jumping
from the luggage car as it fell into
the chasm also, Nine. Cnti and NJ
Lausscl were extracted from the sus.
pended carriage. SlDiss Times
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
Ashes for Sweet Potatoes.

A correspondent in the Southern
CultiVator says:
II notice the Question is aske
which is the best fertilizer or manure
for sweet potatoes. From the expe
rienco have had, in MATURING the
sweet potato, must say that rotted
ashes, when properly pat on, have
precedence over all others hav We had
any experience with. t'he plan that
l adopted was to open deep furrow
with scooter plow, and put in n plen.
ty of ashes. Bed out on the ashes.
and sure crop may be realized On
tle poorest soil. Cow.petmipg is
good-so are cotton seed aid etablo
manure but, after experimenting
with the ashes, they will ull be aban.
doned, provided, ashes can bo had.
experimental on as poor soil as had,
and the result as as fine crop of
potatoes as ever saw on any kind Of
land. Rotted ashes are good for cot.
ton also, and almost any kind of vege.
tation. I am convinced there ia OF q
better fertilizer made on any planta-
tion than rott3d ashes. So every one
will find it greatly to his interest to
take special care of it,"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
The North Carolina Outlaws.

Henry Berry Lowrey and his gan,
f outlaws entered the town Of Lum
bsrton sometime during Friday nigh
and committed the boldest and one O
the most successful robboriey eve,
known in this State.
The gang, it seems, first broke into
Mr.. Newberry's carriage manufactory
! whore they supplied themselves will
such tools as they needed. They
then visited the stables of Mr.. A. w,
Fuller, whore thoy secured horse and
dray, and thus prepared, proceeded to
the store of Mr.. A. Fl. Mcleod, from
whence heavy iron safe was taken
and placed an, the dray. They next
visited the alIeriffs office in tho court.
house, from whence his iron safe was
also taken and placed with the othor.
Thoy then started from the town with
their plunder, but as the sheriA's safe
was found yesterday morning lying in
tho street., about ono hundred and
fifty yards from his Office, 1t is suppos
ed thatit dropped off and wac abandon
ed Early Saturday h5rnlng, as soon
as the loss was discovered, tho sheriff
being absSnt, his deputy, Mr.. Alex.
Mcmillan, summoned posse Of men
and started in pursuit. 1T point
about three miles from the town thcy
came up with the gang, but being too
weak to effect their capture a messen.
ger was sent back for reinforcements.
a large number of men imm ediately
Volunteered, and proceeded at once
to the scene, but the robbers had
effected their retreat, carrying off
with them the money, but leaving the
safe and a portion of tho papers be-
hind. Those, with tho horse and draw
were taken back to the town, when it
was discovered that the safe had been
forced open with sledge hammers and
cold ohisels, with which the gang had
provided themselves at Mr.. Ncwbcr.
ry's establishment. The loss is vcry
heavy, and consists of $4,000 iu
money; taken from Mr.. McLood's safe
Q lot of goods and d riumbcr of valua-
bic private papers from the sheriff's
office; which were destroyed. Nearly
oil the money stolen were of deposits,
whiohi as ther6 is no bdnk in Lumber.
ton, had been placed in the safe by
different parties for safokeeping; 30
sides, some $1,000 worth Of morolau.
diSe Mas taken from the store, none
OF which was recovered. The town
has been in tremendous state of cx
oitement, which had abatod but very
little when our informant wrote u.s.
Wtlmington Journal.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
Another University Of the Eouth.

The Methodists Of Tennessee have
inaugurated scheme for the ostab-
lishment of University upon pretty
much the plan of that proposed by tho
Episcopalians before the war and but
partially carried out; owing to the
srodbles and impoverishment of the
country, and tho death Of its two
ablest advocates and promoters, Bish :
ops Polk md Elliott. A meeting of
the Board Of Trustees was held at
Nashville tho other day, OF which the
following officers were chaser
President, Hon. E. n. Fast Sec
rotary, the Rov. Dr.. y. 9. Kelley
Treasurer, the Rev. Dr.. A. J.. p
Greeni all Of Nashville. Thore wa.
also appointed an Executive Com,
mittee, consisting of Judge East, Dr.
Kelley, jDt. Green, Hon. +. j
Morgan, Colonel Jordan Stokes, Ma
jor David Il. Reynolds, and tho Rev
Dr.. Robert A. Young. The onter,
prise, whioh Is one Of no iuconsidera,
bic magnitude, is now fairly aAoat
and our Methodist friends foel coua.
dent of it's success.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
Tho pOpe and Rome.

ltis reported in German paper.
The Vaterland, that in recent con-
versation with some Roman Catholic
visitors, Count Andrasay, tho Austrian
prime minister, suggested that there
was no place now for the Pope but
Romo; that it was the position ard
tho policy Of Austria to maintain her
present friendly relations with Italy,
and that che knew of no Catholic
power, not excepting Austria, which
was in aposition to offer an asylum to
tho Pope" r'.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28

boutyellow jacket plastors andhorncts
pests, and honey bees, and abomina-
bic bumble bees, aud hot ashes and
hell fires If I bad been dumped
heels.over. into tho furnace OF the
Tennessee Iron Works, I would have
froze to death in five minutes. I was
on the bed, under the bed, walking
first upon my heels and then upon
my toes and champing tho bit, and
ohawins ono leg of my pants, till it
looked like dilapidated dish.rag.
had enough rebellion in me to
have started three small republics.
My wife and children were pounding
and screaming Mt the door trying 80
get in but l couldn't find the door,
for the room was flying around like a
spinning jenny. was foaming at the
mouth like fifteen cases Of hydropho.
bia, and calling alternately for water
and fire.
The next morning there was less one
case of itch in the so.called, anyhow.
l pealcd off all over like an onion. 1
shed enough scales that night to have
set up a New England Fishery.
My hide drew up till it was with
The greatest difficulty could get my
feet to the floor for more than week.
Indeed, all my friends say that my
skin has been too short ever since.
In less than twcnty-four hours
after I was able to get about, one
steam doctor had timely notice, sign.
ed, sealed and delivered by order of
the chief Of the ku klux khan to em-
CRATE. He is now martyr in some
county of Ohio on account of his s'po-
lltical opinion," and has once repre-
sented his district in Congress.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
Never Plough Soil when Il is TOO Wet.

|
The Northwestern Farm er in
timely urt:els under this captain
ttu' sensib'y talks
"We h.ve often urged the alton
tion Of tho farmers to this subject a.
one Of great Importance. Any trav
cller among our farming districts oar
.ee largo tracts Of lands that have
been ploughea when vet and unfi,
to be worked, by oib,rving large
heaYy clods Of earth, when, in the hot
season, become like q heated brick,
burning all the roots Of grain or other
products ncat to it. Besides this
evil no seed can togytato and grow
we'll upon soil un6ultivated, tior can
that soil give back as mtoh nGtti,ion
as if ploughed when in right oondi.
tion; and upoh warm And sunny
day, when light and warmth can
penetrate into tho soil, aud thus great
ly benefit il.
eve are oonfdont that farmers lose
forty per cent. Of their crop by mat
tention to this matter. BY a little
care at the proper time to plough, by
examing the soil, and seleotiiig g6od
sunny days, the soil will send up it's
voice in halo of dew.drop clouds that
will wreathc the ploughman with it's
approval of his good sense"
The figure with which our grave
contemporary closes its suggestion
seems little mixed. How "t6o soil
will send up its voice in halo of
dewdrop clouds that will wreatho the
plohghman with its approval Of his
good sense" is question which
we would be pleased to refer
to the poets, who are permitted q
license in language and mystification
IN a thetaphcr which it is woll for
common prose-writers to neither at-
tempt toiimmitate nor explain.
But that ploughing when water is
standing, OF when the ground is very
wet, is an injury to the crop that is to
be grown III such soil there is no ques-
tion.
The best farmer in tho circle of Dur
acquaintance always waits till his
land is quite dry before putting in
the plough at oil; attd his theory Is TO
make the soil as fine rs possible by
FREQUENT harrowipgs on the very day
it is ttirned ur to the suit, and, if pos.
sible, sos1 or plant the sted before
u drop of rain settles the l6osetied
earth.-UesrM and Homie.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
Interesting Relies.

Through tho courtesy of messrs.
David e. WE'LL, Market street, wo
have had the pleasure of examining
two relics of the Golden time" in the
shape of newspapers. One is n very
diminutive sheet, dated at Boston,
Monday, April sth, l72S, being per-
haps one Of the Oldest newspapers in
existence in this country, having been
published Id years ago. 1t is called
the New England Weekly Journal,
was issued by S. Kneeland & r.
Green, cat the Printing House in
Queen Street" Among the advertise.
ments is the following:
GA very likely negro girl, about l3
or fourteen years of age speaks good
English, has been in.the country some
years, to be sold Inquire of tho
Printer hereof"
We also find the following
GA very likely negro woman who
can do household work, and is fit for
either Town or Country Service,
about 81 years of age, to be sold. In
quirc of the Printer hereof"
And this was in Boston, from
whence, years afterwards, were ,burl.
cd so many fiery phillipics against the
South for dealing in human proper.
ty. Bnt this was after the poor
slaves had all been sold South and
the shrcwd PuritaDs had pocket
the money.
The other paper is of more mod
ern date, having been issued in New
York on Friday, November 7th,
1888, and styled The New York
Morning Post. 1t was published
semi"weckly. Both the papers are
perfectly legiblo.- Wilmington Star.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
Planned Oysters.

For hundred oysters, put q quar-
ter of pound of butter into q largo
milk pan, slicing it up thin, so that it
will melt readily but not brown add
half tho oysters whirl the pan
around constantly, and as soon as they
are pumped take odt the oysters
carefully, 30 MS not to run tho fork
through the sweet bread of the oyss
ster. Add the other half of the Ii.
quor cook in the same way, and
serve on buttered toast on a toasting
hot platter.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
Good for This Day Only.

A lady travelling on tho Grand
Trunk Railroad in New York, stopped
over on tho way, and when she pro.
posed to resume her journey was put
of the cars upon her refusal to pay
again, because hor ticket read "good
for this train and the day received
not good to stop over" She sued the
company and recovered costs and 5000
damages. No matter what may be
printed upon a railroad t:',haot, 1t il
good in law for the whole distance
paid for, on any day tho purchaser
selects to use it.--PlatntiGN. j. Con-
stiuHonalist. ... s.E-
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
IhBratitndE.

1t is an old saying that if you do q
man nineteen favors, and for nny roa.
son decline to do him the twentieth,
he will forget tho nineteen requests
that YOU have granted, and onl y re-
mcmber the one that you have refused
and for that refusal he will hate
you evor aftcrward.
And this is true Of some men it is
true of men Of mean and narrow ma
lures but it is not true Of all. It is
as natural for noble soul TO cherish
a lively recollection of kindness ro-
ceived, as it is to breathe. And
while we are often shocked to SEQ acts
Of friendship towards othors, which
have cost us good deal of time and
OF labor, entirely overlooked and for.
gotten, we not unfrequently, on the
other hand, are surprised by tho
grateful reciproeation of some favor
long sifce rendered and the very
performance Of which had passed from
our own recollection, Until reminded
of it by the recipient.
We have also regarded gratitude as
feeling which is hardly susceptible
ef being taught to any one. A lec.'
ture on gratitude, to whomsocvcr nd.
dressed, instead of awakening that
emotion, is very apt to ongendet a
feeling Of indignation and hatred.
People never like to be told to be
grateful. And it is of no uso to tell
them. If it is not nature of others, it
can never be taught such apprccia.
ton.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
The WY Amnesty is Defeated.

1t is announced that the Radicals
in tho Senate have resolved to defeat
evefy amnesty bill as thev did the
last, by taching to. it Nr. Summers
bill, making prejudice against the
negro criminal oftensc. The ihius-
tico of this course is only equalled by
its hypocracy. Mr.. Summers bill is
one that tho Radical party do not
want to pass. They Jan pass it any.
moulcht. They passed it as an amend:
mont the other day by tho casting vote
of Colfax; hut when it was THUS made
part of tho amnesty bill it foil with
that bill for want Of a two.thirds vote.
Thus the Radical majority deprive tho
negro of what they ely arb his rights;
by not passing Summers bill b. a
majority vote, but merely putting it
into an amnesty bill, which thus load.
ed is sure to fail for want of a two.
thirds vote. This trickery affords d
cheap display of zeal for the negro,
and willingness to pass an amnesty
bill. Yet both are spurious, as any
ono may see who will consider the
facts we have mentioned. Thore
never was 4 time at which the passage
IF liberal athhesty bill would be
moro appropriate than now. It
Would fortify this country with true
restoration of the Union, and make us
twice as formldabl c to foreign powers:
But tho passage of an amnesty bill
recommended by President Grant in
his message to.thiS very Congress is de-
feated by his own party in it, and by
paltry trick.-Ags:
Luther was the first to tettcivo
that christian schools were an abso,
Lutte necessity. In n celebrated paper
addressed to the municipal councillors
of the empire in 1924, he demanded
the establishment of schools in all tho
villages Of Germany. 10 tolerate ig.
noranoc was, in tho energetic language
of tho reformer, to make common
cause with the devil. The father of
a family who abandoned his children
to ignorance was oonslmmate rascal;
Addressing the German authorities,
he said
"Magistrates, remember that God
formally commands you to instruct
children. This divine commandment
parents ba7e transgressed by indo-
lcncej by lach Of Intelligence, and be
cause Of overwork:
"The duty devolvts Upon you, mag
istratesj to call fathers to their duty.
and TO prevent the return of these
evils which NO suffor to day. Give
attention to your children. Many
parents arc like ostrichos, content to
have laid an egg, but caring for it no
longer.
"Now, that which constitutes the
prosperity of city is not its treasures,
its strong walls, it's beautiful man.
sions, and its brilliant decorations. :.
Tho real wealth of a city, it's safety
and its force is an abundance Of citi.
zcns, Instructed; honest, and cultiva,
ted. fin our days we rarely meet
such citizens, whose fdult Is it, If
not yours, magiatrates, who, havo al
lowed our youth to grow up like
neglected shrubbory in the forest. 2
"lgnornnce is more dangerous for
people than the armies Of an enemy"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
Summers War on tho Administration.

/
| Tho Washington correspondent OF
tho Baltimore Sun, in a recent letter
siya:
The resumption Of tho debate on
Mr.. Summers proposed iuvestiga.
tion intb the sale of arms by this gov
ernmeht to that of France attruoted
another large attendance of specie .ors
to-day in tho Senate chamber. Mr..
Morton occupied tie greater part of
the debate in q speech in which he
sought to orc, {, The, imp ossion that
Messrs. Schurzf and Bumner had inau.
gurated this motem ent solely from
political hostility to the President.
and that the only foundation for it
was sound and fury; which would end
In nothing.
Ho dealt largely in gencralities,
but did not seem to answer the oharg.
es that officers Of the government had
knowingly sold these arms to France
in violation of our neutral obligations
and that certain pafties had profted
imm ensely by tho transa ction. Those
are, after all, the whole points of tho
inveotigation, which Mr., Sumner feels
abundantly able to prove by the owl
dence: Mrs Morton's attempt to
drive these Senators into the Demo-
cratic party and his warming that all
roads out ofthe Republican party led
into the Democratic ranks, did not
disturb them in the least, though it
was put to thom in pretty aggros-
sive manner by the special champinp
of the President on3 the floor of ,hs
Sehate: Not content with this, he
specially warned Mr. Schurz that he
did not carry the German vote of the
country in his pocket, aud insinueted
that he did not believe he could con
troll it in opposition to the tc election
Of the present admin istration. Mr..
Schurz did not reply to tho ca,dra!gn
portions of MIR. Morton's speech. It
came out in the debotc that the gov
ernment had also sold arms to the
Germans during the Franco German
war. An amendment was submitted
by Mr.. ConklinR in the course of the
day, which is intepded to involve Mr..
Sumner in n proposed investigation
by tho committee to learn if any Uni:
ted States officiul has communicated
information on this matter TO the
French authorities. Mr.. Harlin SUBJ
stantially charged this yesterday upon
Mr.. Sumner.
Mr.. Upton said'G enefal Grant Gan
not be elected unless he is separated
from his confidential advisers and
friends on this floor. He read from
tho Omaha Tribune that the three
particular friends of tho President
in the Senate, were doing more to de-
feat his nomination than all the op-
position in the country to him put
together. He then quoted from Re-
publican papers, and said this trio Of
Senators, the Presidents epocial
friends, attempted to exercise a des-
potic tyranny over their political as
sociates. He went on to review Mt
much length the course of the admin.
istration Senators since 1869, when
they began, he maintained, to dra-
goon their Independent colleagues, in
which they had been sustained by the
President. He proclaimed himself
an Independent Republican, and not
to be dictated to by any caucus or
any man. He gave notice to the
Senator from Indiana, that if it was
proposed to inaugurate political dc.
bates in this chamber, he .(Mr. T.)
should take his part in it. "'..+' =
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28

What is the use Of waiting to join .
society for tbe encouragement Of
plainness IN dtess i? Every woman
who drefses in o simple; tasteful,
economical elegant way is whole
society In herself, and helps to create
fashion which it will be credit for
all women to follow,