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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12
Daring Lenp Of a Thief from fast Train
into q Trestle oa the Savannah and
'. Charleston Railroud.

On Wednesday young lawyer Of
this oity heard that a. debtor had
left the city for Charleston without
having paid number of large bills
among the number one hundred dol
lar lawyer fee. The fugitive, he also
uhderstood, took carriage in this
oity and drove to Montoitb, about
four miles from town on the Central
Ruil Road.
| Accompanied by Constable Louis
Eudrea, ho Immediately started in
pursuit, and watched tho different
stations near this CITY to SEQ whether
tho fugitive would come aboard or
leave the train. But no one was socn
| answering the description Of the MISS
lug man. However, they thought
that it were possible fur the offender
to have gone on preceding train, and
therefore it was determined to follow
bin to Charleston.
After reaching the South Carolina
side Of the river tho pursuers resolved
; to 60 forward into a smoking car, and
for the curiosity of the thing perhaps
.. TO sec if any person were abroad
whom they knew.
On reaching the smoking car, where
all but one wera colored people, our
young lawyer aud his constable friend
were surprised to see tho white man
lcavo tho car quickly by the other
door, aud to leap from the platfor
through trestle bridge, tho train 60
lug at the rate Of nearly twcnty miles
an hour. Below the trestle thero is
on extensive swamp, and it was not
asoortained whother the man struck
tho trestle or sunk in the swamp.
TO mako the matter all tho moro
surprising the Constable was positive
that the individual was not the man
he was utter, and ho was therefore
unable to account for the sudden and
daring leap. However, it was deci-
ded to search the baggage Of the miss.
ing man, but nothing was found to
identify it as tho property of the per-
son Of whom they were in pursuit.
! Yesterday morning the lawyer and
copstable'Ead returned to the city
without having succeeded in their trip
and almost worse than confounded ut
the pc. .formanoe of the unknown man
who had leaped in such desperate
manner from the train. Evidcntly tho
individual kuow tho constable, and
faucied that he was being pursued.
and was about to be arrested. IF such
we're not his motive for tho rash act
tho man was crazy.
Tho constable, however, determined
to olcur away tho mystery, and be.
fore noon yesterday learned that two
Spaniards had been robbed Of b.
tween three and four hundred dollars
. in gteenbaoks of various denomina-
tions.
! He also learned that tho party who
committed the robbery was ut one
time in the employ of n certain firm
now doing business on street,
Wost Of the Planters Hotel, and that
the two Spania' ds had permitted the
offender to sleep in their room, with
the above result.
Up to lust night no one could inform
US whether the fugitive escaped from
the trestle without injury, or whether
ho completely buried himself in the
mud by the force Of the leap from tho
ain.-iSavannah Ga.) Advertiser.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12
jeff. Davis aud The Captured Specie.

Several Virginia buuks have n
claim before the Senate Committee
OIL Claims for about 100000 in
specie which was captured with jeff.
Davis and was turned over to the
Treasury DEPARTING in 1865. In
1866 President Johnson ordered tho
money to be paid to the claimants,
hut on consultation with Secretary
Stanton, General Spinner, the United
States Treasurer refused to obey the
order on the ground that tho money
captured was the property not of
banks but Of the Confederate Govern.
lnent. In response to letter of in.
quiry by the Secretary Of the Treas'
ury, General spinner wrote a letter
adducing proof to show that the
money was tho property Of fthe Con-
federate government, and that tho
claimants have no righful title to it,.
The letters will bo submitted to the
Senate Claims Committee for consid
Grafton. ...
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12
Family industry
Desportes & Williams, Proprietors.]


lassed without speaking, and at the
bAnk he was not only refused pay ment
Of u draft, but threatened With arrest
f'r signing Lis own name in indorsing
1t. Of course little explanation
brought tho various affairs all right,
but It took SO much time to explain,
aud for the confusion on his forehead
to get we'll, that the aforesaid citizen
vows hc will never shave again, as he
considers it habit dangerous to
peace, and cvcn to life.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12
A Man Who will Never Shave AGAIN.

A. worthy citizen of Evansville,
Md, undertook to tim his beard
short time since, and by n slip of the
scissors spoiled the cut. He trimmed
little noe, aud still mure, but it
would look lapsided so he went to
tue barber aud got shaved for the first
time iu twelve years. He was very
busy, aud the business detained him
in his Office until late hour Of the
night, aud when he went hume lie
found that his family had retired.
This Was not un unusual occurrence,
so lie silently entered by means of
pass key, sought his new room, and
undressed without lighting the gas.
He had hardly got iuto bed when bis
wife astonished him by utteriDg a
loud and prolonged scream. liz was
very much alarmed for her, and fear
ed she had lost her reason. He im-
plored her to tell him what was the
matter.
At the sound Of his voice, she sorca m.
cd-"Oh Edward, come quick aud
save me.''
81 am here, dear, snid he, but she
only screamed the louder at his
words.
He sprang out of bed, and had just
struck u light, when his brother. in.
law, muscular six-footer, rushed
ioto the room and fired q revolver at
his head. Luckily it missed, bnt his
fist did not, for in a minute a pale.
faced man, with long white robe,
staggered under a blow that doubled
the size Of his organ Of comparison.
"My God % exclaimed the hus.
band, care you all Crazy Z"
"lSles' my heart !" exclaimed the
muScrlar brothe'-in~law, elf it uin't
Ned him,elf! Why, what on earth
tempted you to get yourself UP in
thur stylc -
"What style 7" asked tho mnsh-
abused Husband, us he rubbed the
growing Jumps on his forehead.
"Why. when did you shave :"
It was ull clear to him then. His
wifs hid put up her hand in the dark,
and meeting the shaved face Of q
man, took her husband for an intrud-
er. She recognized his voice ut first,
but the second time he spoke ber ter.
ror was too great, and she tainted.
When her brother in-law rushed in he
saw thin faced man, with a slightly
bald head, in long white robe, and
in his rage at the supposed outrage,
fred at him, missed, and then knock
ed him down with bis fist. Fortua
nately, his VOICE aayed the husbaud
from second shot. His wife reoov-
cred from her faint only to faint
again, at the recognition Of her
husbands. shaven face and the pistol
shot. n
Hs foally got.to bed, and slept very
we'll until morning, when .stthe Gaby,''
a child of about two years Of age, ap-
preached the bed, as he had been used
to do, and frightened at the sight of q
stranger, ran screaming, from the
room. Tripping on the carpet, the
poor child received q; severe bump on
It's little b cad. "a oa,oala. g.
Matters were finally straIg hten cd
at home, but on the street his friends
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12

A very formidable bolt to Greeley
from the Republican party Of Caiifor,
MIA has occurred 10 San Francisco.
The Chronicle gives q long list Of
prominent men engaged in the move.
mont, and Frank NJ. Pixly declared
OF q moeting Of the Liberals that In
three months thero would be 10000
Dames on tho roll. lie said "Wo
have 10000 voters In tho State, and
We ihtsnd TO poll them oil Cor
Greeley except the 1000 who sre 10
ofioe." -.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12
The Germans Of New York IN Favor OF
Greeley.

A Western journal publishes tho
announcement from Now York that
the Germans Of this city ore against
Greeley. That is an error, ss results
will show. There are indeed, great
exertions made in the interest Of
Grant to turn the Germans against
Greeley, but hitherto without effect.
The German Republicans arc almost
unanimous for Greeley, and tho Ger.
man Democrats wish that the Balti.
moro Uonyeh.ion would nominate him.
All the sins of the Stats Zeituny and
other Administration journals will be
Of no avail. The Germans are fof
the Philosopher Of Chappaqua. .-New
Yorker Uemokrdl. '''' = >.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12

An exchange ahnbunces as an ap...
propriate t6ast over glass Of the
ardent, "Hese's what makes us wear
old olothes." That's the most sensi-
Bile toast we have heard for some time
Its o temperance lecture ID seven
words. ~.''| '.'' '@2
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12

Tho Savannah Republican says
Governor Scott has ,mado d requisi.
tion on the Governor Of Georgia for
Wiekham, who it will be remember.
ed murdered Burke on board tho
steamer Nick King, while proceeding
to Bluftton On o pio mic. -
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12

There is woman In Boston who
has stolen in the course of long and
eveh,ful life, one thousand aud one
umbrellas: The ono thousand and
oneth one was taken on tho evening
Of her eightieth birthday, but unfor.
tutIatety her uncomfortable practice
was detected, and she 10 in'oheI Of Bos.
ton's moral prisons. .,t ,,".
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12
The People in Advance of the Politicians

The People In Advance of the Politicians.
1t is but natural that tho profo >scd
politician should he slow and cuutious
in changing his po ition as to ques-
tions Of party aud policy. The dash
ing politician, who loves to be sensa.
tional, and aspires to notoriety, often
changes from no higher motive than to
exhibit certain fashy talent, aud to
attract attention to novelties of opin-
ion and action. Tho ardent cgotist
may do the same thing from mere
restlessness ut following prudent,
pudding leaders in beaten track
and prefers to have following of his
own, if it be but n corpural's guard
to being lost sight Of in the crowd.
The active Drained theorist may do
the same, because his restless miud is
ever dissatisfied with things as they
are viewed by the ordinary thinker.
But the average politician lovcs
political iuauehce, and ha"ing uc9uir.
cd little, nurses it carefully us so
much capital stock, and will not risk
it by taking positions in advance of
public sentiment. He is more iu-
olined to hold back aud watch ,he
popular curreut aud then fall in with
it.
But sometimes these would be lead
ere, hut real tii:L mers, find them
selves bchi"d the pcpullr sentiment.
They are too SLOW for that instructive
gucitJ, "hc CHI moves the masses in
ag'eat emergency. AID almust al.
Why's mo'cs thcm in The right Girtc
tivn.
1t seems al pureht that a this c,isis
the popular sentiment IF tie Suuth is
in adv"hco uf it's politicians. The
people have been grooming and fret.
iug uDder bad government until they
arc aruus d to determination to
bave change. They do not fear
change f,r the worse. Almost any
change they think will he for the bet.
ter. Hence they tearlessly scizo on
the opportunity offered by the Ciuciu,
natl nomination to get id Of Graut and
ms military satr"ps, and corrupt p,'
liSica vii c-workers. They are ready
to take up Greeley as better man
than G'aut, aud IN the man most
likely to defeat Grant. They are
not afraid of the victory, if achieved
being turned against them. But they
have profound appreciation of u
four years MGR domination of the
preseDt arbitrary dynasty.
Politicians may desire to wait till
tho Baltimore Convention meets be-
fore taking position but. the pe"ple
have already made up their minds,
and they will iusist upon their wishes
being carried out. That convention
will not be a convention of popular
leaders, who will undertake to die
tate opiniuus and action for the peo-
ple. 1t will necessarily be a body
who will willingly or unwilling, bend
to the popular will aud ratify its
decree. Augusta Constitutionalist.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12
A BRILLIANT LYRIC.

The following lyric is from the
brilliant pen Of Dr.. Frank o. Tick
nor, Of Columbus. 1t is vivid with
the flash Of sabres and the claDg Of
arms:
"OUR LEFT"-MANASSAS,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12

, About two hundred coal beavers in
Chicago are on a strike. The efforts
Of the employers to compromise the
matter having failed, the places Of
tho strikers havo been supplied with
Other men.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12

Five Of tho Indian tribes in Ala.
bama are civilized, temperate, intelli.
gent and ipious. They have popu.
lation Of ffty.6ve thousand souls, Of
y5om ton per cont. arc converted
Christians.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12
THE
FAIRFIELD HERALD

IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY ny
DESPOEsTEs g. WILLIAMS.
Term. -THs HERALD Is published Week
in tho Town Of Winnsboro, at $500 in
varinbky in aduonce.
D2S- all transient advertisements to be
paid in advance.
Obituary Notices and Tributes 81 90 per
square.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12

AS an example Of tho proud poetic
distinction Richmond may Justly
claim, the following IS given as a spe.
cimen Of our native genius :! j.
The boy stood on the burning deck,
His. ratno Was Enooh Ardeh ,".' -.
HSS 'waSv6d' aioft bis Greeley hat.
Ahd "wSht for" Dolly Vsfden.
- -1AlL-liAvGe- eS-ii4Al-a4J 1a,n
Tho largest orchard, in the world IL
in Otlifornia.n IL con taiaa A98 aoyes,
and .ovoy $4,000 froit trees
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12

A. Canton, ILL.,, dame owns Dasnb
Bible 275 eummers.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12

AS poetry seoms to be tho order Of
the day., pleaas publish tho following; ;
A boy stood on tho Custom House,
His name was Jacob Plant,
He viewed aloft his Greeley, bsss
And shonted, "nown wibh Gtapt "
IA Riekrtowd boss.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-06-12

Chicago ii shout 10 orgabi5e aissci.
ment To- Be, noaAlea afos fths Nsw
York Seventh, @ =
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21
---0 tA~-
Ladies Searched for Struggled Goods.

IT is a fact probably better known TO
the Custom House officials than to out
siders, that at least every tenth woman
smurgled goods. The goods may be tea,
coffee, socks, thread, ribbons, or some,
thing else Of no great value, but the in
tent to sInrggle is there, and the success
in bringing over a small lot Is nearly
always an inducement for the smuggler
to try the game on a larger scale. Men
may do smuggling clothing now n
then, but it is the female sex which car
ries the burden Of guilt. The Custom
House officials at the ferry-dock in this
city are as vigilant as officers can be, but
what chances have they against monster
hoop.skirts and gigantic bustles? They
cannot stop to peep under shawls, exam
inc pockets, look into baby carts and hold
a crowd on q boat, and SO they must con
tinue their work with the hnowi' age that
goods are being Struggled, Pa that only
one grand and sudden heal Of their nets
can trap the guilty and .righten the limo
cent, so that they shall never dare to
pursue the business.
The net was drawn yesterday. The
officers commenced about 2 O'Clock, walk
ing fifteen or twenty women up stairs
into the customs rooms and handing them
over to a woman to be searched. Every
boat load which landed for about three
hours was treated in the same manner
that is, all the female portion. Some were
indignant and appealed to theirhusbands,
who vainly appealed to the customs Off
GERS. Others wanted to faint away, but
after looking at the planks and the dust
concluded not to, Others wept, laughed
or turned pale, but none Of them were
permitted to escape. During the after.
noon about one hundred and fifty women
were confronted by Uncle sam, and the
old man had q good deal Of fun and
made some wonderful discoveries,
For instance, a modest little woman,
who was in a great hurry 10 90 home 10
her sick child, pulled out a few pins. and
ten Yards Of English flannel fell 10 the
floor. Atall woman, with tears in her
ewes. who asserted that she would sooner
chop her head Of than 10 think Of smugg.
ling, unfastened q pound Of tea from her
skeleton. and asserted that it must have
been placed there by some designing per.
cor. Another one Indignantly denied
! ''the right If search, but after remaining
7 a prisoner for an hour or two told the
searchcr to take It and % 70 grass, y
throwing q package Of ribbons and faces
on the floor. 4 lot Of calico was found
on another. some velvet on another, and
at least ten per cent. Of the whole number
were found 10 be engaged in smuggling.
The officials were satisfied with coatlscat'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21
The business of Children.

CUtLpREN as well as adults should have
occupation. ldlencas is al abomination
at any period Of life from the cradle to
the grave, "For Satan finds some mis-.
chief still for idle hands to do" Nature
knows nothing Of oilers. II children are
aatpral why should they be idiers :
Now the business Of children is 10
gron. This may be q new theory, a
startling innovation, a revolutionary sen
timeAt, but we think il is trae. As we
look over the world re find thatehjidren
generally arc put 10 ail other businesses
except growing. They are permitted to
grow If they can, but compelled TO do
{ 'erything else. The growing is sec
ondary and incideuta, when it should be
primary and fundamental Children are
confined six hours a day in the school
room under the delusion that they are be
ing educated. They may indeed learn TO
repeat words and talk phrases. But all
the ideas they get at the expense Of bod.
lily development are useless or worse.
They may recite all the books, from Alpha
70 Omega, and yet be know ~nothings for
alb practical purposes. Cultiyatiug the
mind at the expense Of the body was
never done and never will be. All at
tempts In that direction only dwarf and
eufeeble both. -l@4ence ~ Haiti.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21


The health Of Chief Justice Chase is
improving.
The handsomest man Mt Petaluma,
Cal, is an editor!
-Philip Philips. the singing pilgrim,
is in Manchester, England. >
John Doe has married Miss Marie
Roe in Detroit. Mich.
CLf,oon ,odoo If Naso,,o 1aa haon
formed a. 0rcenn Ci,v 0reTor
- t., ao
-
~! - - "
INNS r'eaIi' nts Foia nef SIaeUo "
nlriaih u d f~Iiiaoeipi'a taas lof
S4'VVo. . ,ha,
times notooh i5elheit ~ - "pou'
" io'"0 "i '''''o" y '"' 1"N" :" W.
man, a.,
y. y, l)elancey, clerk IN tle naVaii
service, at hlttery, Me, lately dead, had
no hands, but he wrote rapidly, holding
the pen between his wrists.
The wife of Rev, Peter Cartwright
survives him. She wa his companion
and wife for sixty-three years Of his min
]istcrial life.
Ralph Waldo Emerson sailed from
New York, a few DAYS ago, accompanied
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21

night; Elson and three other men took
to the smaller; while or the other drifted
away a native boy, Paul Elson's servant,
of whom, hitherto, in the midst of all
his terrible toll the brave pilot had never
once lost sight. "He kept near him; he
tended him MS a mother would tend her
child; he gave him our last supply of
drinkable water" The vessel had sunk
on the 29th of July; it was now the Cd of
August. The raft was drifting under a
raging tropical sun; for three days there
had been no food, no water; worse than
this, the frail support itself began to
break up, and, swimming about in the
heavy surf, Paul Elson became much ex-
hausted. The end, of course, could not
be far OIL. First one of the men was
washed away, then another, until Elson
himself and the Scotchman who tells the
story were the sole survivors. "Pilot,"
said $50 the narrative runs-"we
must fight it through "Oh, Fraser!'
answered he, Il cant hold out any longer;
Then a heavy sea broke upon us and
knocked him off; found it impossible TO
hang on, and vas forced to let him GO
And so the story ends. The body Of
Pilot Elson, worn out by his incesssant
labors, floats away into the great deep,
there to be until the sea shall give up its
dead. For hour after hour he had labor
ed and toiled, wasting himself and his
strength in the effort to suCcor those
whom he had under his charge. A nun
bred times over he forgot to think of him
self; he broke his great heart in al obstin-
ate effort to save not himself, bat the
others. All night he swan around the
raft, tightening a rope here, wedglng in a
spar there; when the native boy was de-
lirious he handed him the last drop of
water; when hope grew desperate his
CHEEKY voice brought back fresh life and
strength to the desolate; and at last
when all his strength IS gone, when those
stout limbs were cold and numband we'll
nigh dead, and faintness, brought on by
the deluling salt spray and the dreadful
binding sun, has set Uneven then the
brave man dies as he ought to have died
ending nobly. 81 told him" says
Fraser, "that if he couldn't hold on !
would lash him. He then made some eX.
clamation about his poor wife, and said, 4
will try to standit; but a huge wave, rear
ing its hundred foaming crests against
the skies, washes Paul Elson of-his
body to the deep, and his soul to his
God,"-L0adoa Ddiy Telegraph.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21
"Say Amen to That, Brother"

In the south of New Jersey, some
years ago, there Travelled over some OF the
hardest counties, a good, faithful, hard
working brother, named James Moore,
or Jimmy Moore, rs he was familliarly
called. He was devoted to the itineratc.
4 true, loyal Methodist, plain, pointed
and sharp in all his proachings and ox.
hortations.
He had been laboring a year on one Of
his circuits, and before leaving for his
field he gave his people. who dearly loved
him, his farewell sermon.
AT the close he said My dear breth-
rem, this is my last address to you. | am
going from you, and you may never hear
the voice of James Moore again
"Amen!' came loudly from the seat be.
fore him.
He looked at the mar with n little sur.
prise, but, thinking ii was only a mistake,
went IN.
"My days on earth will soon be mum
bered. am an old man, aud you may
not only never hear the voice Of James
Moore, but never see his face again"
amen was shouted from the same
seat, more vigorously than before.
There vas no mistaking the design
now. The preacher looked at the nan
he knew him to be a hard, grinding man
-stingy and mean to the poor.
He continued his address; MAY the
Lord bless all of you who have honored
Him with your substance, who have been
kind to the poor, and"
Pausing and looking the intruder
straight in the eyes, and pointing to him
with his finger:
MAY His curse rest on those who have
cheated the Lord and ground the poor
under their heels. Say amen to that,
brother"
The shot told. He was not interrupted
again.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21

SOS from Kansas, s54, 625, 500 from Ken,
lucky, S24, Isl, 905 from Louisiana, S79,-
497, sci from Maine, $40, 500, 6S from
Maryland, s553,9 l2.5 SOS from Massachu-
sets, Sis, 1874, $40 from Michigan, S23,.
40, 700 from Minnesota, IS, 1874, 75S from
Mississippi, 5000, 219 APO from Missouri,
50 49i, 81 from Montana, SIS. 1873. SIP from
Nebraska, SIS. so, $50 from Nevada, ST..
OBS, 249 from New Hampshire, $3.50, 2S7,-
782 from New Jersey, $l,4S9, SOS from
New Mexico, $1S5, 1914. 65l from New
York, 81, 921 ,327 from North Carolina,
$3.50, 1l3, Gt0 from Ohio, $6,s77 3sI from
Oregon, S712, 1884 from Pennsylvania,
Sill, 4lS,354 from Rhode Island, $685.
1913 from South Carolina, $34, 362, 626
from Tennessee, sl1, SIT, 3o2 from Texas,
81, 343,019 from Utah, $50, 1S4 COG from
Vermont, S3S 36i, 392 from Virginia, ST.
S5l ,052 from Washington Territory, $24..
l1S,05l from West Virginia, $71,2l4,326
from Wisconsin, $765, A24 from Wyo.
ming