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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-03
a Murder Committed Thirty Ycars% Ago

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| The Lewisburg Journal contains
the fol lowing, a, ............... -
No doubt many Of our, readers vii
remember s,rpmor which vNs ioscT,
Sulation SONG thirty yenGspqgo,AtLa
a man travelling Oh horseback through
Psnn's Valley, Narrows had bee,
foully dealt with, Tho rumor was
based upon the fact TINT the body o
horse was found some twenty rods
from the pike, ~hiob had appa rontl y
,beep knocked down with acudgel aud
| killed. The horse was found sevcra |
days after ho}was killed hySsome boy.
who were out cunning. Other cir
oumstanccs connected with the uffu; !
e.. sgspsed a great dealof Excitement il,
tAe 1eighkeo9rhooa. } 9h ~ gsY yvYsw !.
I. SWithhE fhellast Sfew lays 9rumor
has it that certain man who moved
e the West from the upper lend of
tue county many ycirs since bad
lately died and had c1nfssscd at hi,
dying hodr that he was one IF tho
party who had committed the Peun's
Valley Narrows murder, some thirty
years ago, and had implicated three
others. That they had pla, cd cards
with the man they afterwar ds kilad)
ut n tavern this side Of the NarroSs,
and there disco, ored that he bad a
large amount ofmoney, being drovcr
from Berks county that they at once
laid plan to kill and rob him that
they followed him through tho Mar,
rows to Fthe place near where the
horee was found, and killed him sand
tho horse, and buried his body under
tho horse. After the horse was dis.
covered they moved the ma1's body
ind sank it in the mill dam, aud
when tho matter was talked Of and
tho. citizens determined to let tho
water out Of the dam, he and other
parties implicated Jet out the water
the previous night and took tho body
and carried it several miles aw.y to.
wards Brush Valley Narrows and
buried it, and were the li.st on the
ground the following morning to help
search. -., ... -
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-03
The MuSS at Raleigh.

Gov. Tod appointed Directors for
the Asylum and pcuitentiary. The
Directors appointed by the Legisla.
ture will not give way. The Govern
or refuses to allow the Legislative
Board t., have money to carry on The
Institution. They are REPRESENTED
by the Sentinel to be in a 'deplorablo
condition and q serious revolt against
the guards Of the Pehitentiary By the
negro convicts has already taken
place, in which one negro was killed
and two wounded, - S,uthern Hume.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-03

, The imported imitation leaves
which ornament the fashionable bon.
nets of the day are manufactured BY
the chemical use OF certain deadly
poisons, to accomplish which young
girls and children are mostly employ
ed. These Deeessitous nnd doomed
9; eatures are almost ture to loose
their sight if lo"g occupied in tho
fearful business. and not anfrequently y
die suddenly from the poisonous con.
tact. ,'<' : - rr"'.E !
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-03
A BEAUTIFUL Idea.

1t cannot b that. curth is mans
only abiding place. 1t cannot be
that our life is a bubble, cast up, BY
the ocean Of eternity to float for a mo.
ment on its waves aud then siuk into
nothingness. Elsc, why is it that the
glorious aspirations, which lesp' like
angels from the tornple of our hoarts,
are forever wandering about uusatis.
lied Why is it that the rainbow
mud the cloud come over a. with a
beauty thut is not Of earth, and then
pass off and leave us to muse upon
their faded .loveliness 7 Why il it
that the stars which hold their fosti-
va IS around the midnight throne, are
set so, r.above tho gras p of our LIMIT
cd faculties, forever smocking us' with
their unspproachablet glory7 And,
haalIy, why is it that the bright forms
OF human beautyare present cd tn our
view but for u moment aud then
tnkon from us, leaving the Thousand
streams, Of affection to fow, back 70
Alpino. torrents, auT ON our hearts :?
! we are born fora higher destiny than
that Of cart h.; there is realm where
the rainbow mover fades where the
stars will spread out before Us like
tho islets that slu IN Der in tho 9 oooan,
and where the beautiful being *that
here pass before us like shadows will
stay III our presence forever ! . nt'
--.~,~
A corresponding Of the London
Times, writing concerning the changes
that have, ensucd In Rome in coDss.
; quence Of the transfer to tliat city Of
the Italian Government, says that one
misses the numbering carr iages Of .he
Cardinals and their dcinuro. blnck
horses, but they are replaced ID NUN :.
beraud outward show by the e1uipa..
ges of 'ihcomers from Flofeuce.f' The
clerical element in che population ID
manifestly smaller, hlthoagh, one still
freqneutly meets those strings 81
young church men, IN long gowns and
queer brimed hats, Some all red, somnt
black, and others entirely 10 whito,
which have always been a" featurep 81
tho iRomnn' Directs "s a'..''"& 11.""
| --sr2&Ls. ~ .Ssl-- "a = = a9bgvS
Why dent the'husbands Of the, wo
l ~ L. E.sa-a ~
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-03

b. Womsn'a irigbssi pYsssifA I'd ttie'
Cannihal NIslapdss / There Tho mometi
not topryy, ssb.e oss their avn husbapds,
bae b bfido sometimSs eheps onoi har
w6inan'sE husbaBdp sS' tie ;wseadiu,le 8
dinasr.e 's,"aarasfB< sd 7"' so9 "a
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-03

ssiss or 'oisbt foFeigo diplomats at
Washington orc married to American
wives.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-03

"A rO,acl'ioo hns been Invented, fI,r K / r. II
Chicago for making typh by"aa cold
pressure process'l9out IF copper. II
is said that copper type made ty'tbit
pgoqess lassss len tipsh asylopgas oast
tyPS. q. aAianAsnsa hna dr..
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-03
Conveying Power over TELEGRAPH Poles.

The large establishment of James
Richmond, at Dyckporr, New York,
the we'll known maker Of grain clean
ers, is driven by water from the
was!e of the Eric Canal. Mr.. Il.
also supplies considerable amount uf
power to o her Adjustments, some OF
which are over half nile from his
water wheels. This he does by me ms
OF endless wire caoles, carried on
telegraph poles, to neiyhhc ring facto.
rics and mils. a very simple ar
rargement Of cogs ena blcs any number
of endless wire cables to run to GEN.
tral points in the city, and thence in
all directions. In thi, say, the print.
ing p,cs*es Of the journal, the Times
and the Union are run IL, II small cost
per annum. Mr.. Richmond also furni.
shes power to whip factory, n Cabinet
shop, glass factory. $500 feet away,
a shit factory, 1000 feet in the op.
postc direction, u foundry and ma.
chine shop. lie has some valuable
patents in connection with this distri.
button Of power, aud has lately fitted
up IL series Of distributing wires at
Fulton, in O5wego county. . "
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-03

What soup would oapnibals profor
The broth Of boy.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-03


An lrlshman was up before. a
criminal court on the charge of hav.
ing in his possession forged notes,
knowing them to DO counterfeit. ssDo
You know your rights y said The Judge.
"Not SO we'll as I know my wrongs
said he; "for we havn't been such
intimate acqu,ihtances Of late,
"WeI, you have tho right to chal.
lenge the twelve men who will be
called upon to try. you,", said the
Judge. '"Pon. me sowl, thin," said
the prisoner, '"Pm not going to, exori
else it. That's,a nice job you'd be
afther givin' me this mornin,' to
challenge and fight them too--ono
dowo and another come on, I sup
pose" ..,...1'. - s....'ar, J.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-03

At an Inquest upon the body of a
young girl in Burlington, Vermont,
the evidence p oved conclusive that
she came to her death by cotil,g ar.
senic to boautify her complexion, she
had been in the habit IF eati ng cloves,
pickles, chalk, &C., for the Same pur-
pose, and having s:cn in ncwspa per
that some ladies' in the old c,,,uu-
try ate arsenic to Wilton their skin,
she took some Of the poison for the
purpose, and with fatal results, 40.
a"Xive rEmpereur.' is as startling
acry 10 Paris as "Viye la Repub.
lique" would havo been eighteeh
mouths ago. Yet citizens were SUR
prised to hear the former repeated q
few evenings since under the very
nose Of police inspector. After" 4
vigilant search on the huuse.tops, Tie
offender was found to ho, ali rs;apoi
parrots" hD#ih y.ts|H. 'T7fH se~"'
/, s,asai9a ---y.--rs. s .ss-Y.4---.ey 10 50 :
The Washington Steam Fire I'm
CINE Company. of, Wilmington, D,.I.,
, which rajd q yisit,to, Cha rleston Is oh, 0
mont hs since, recently .f,rwardeJ to
the Fire Department Of that Icity eight
! beautiful !fireman's tfnmps, J, vafugdat
= fuo hnodrnA a. ,flsvs - w = 81 - q !
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07
A Place for LOng.Livers.

Attakapas is noted for the large num-
Der of old people to be found within
her borders, many of whom reach the
age of ninety or one hundred years. 1t
is seldom, however, that person meets
so many old people as are TO be found
upon the plantation of Messrs. Char
pentier and Como, just below Patter-
sonville. While we visited there, re-
Gently, Mr.. Carpenter pointed to an
old gentleman, who came lettering
along with a large stick of wood upon
his shoulder, and we were surprised to
learn that he was ninetytwo years of
age, and astonished to hear that it was
only recently that he performed the
feat of walking from there TO Vermil-
ionville and back, a distance of nearly
$50 miles. His name is Joseph Collin,
a Frenchman ty birth, and he has re-
tired upon a tract of land in that vicin-
ity for about thirty years-so long, in
fact, that in his dotage he concluded
that it belonged to him, although
planter had kindly suffered him to re.
main there for charitys sake. For
time he was sheltered only by wagon,
which he had converted into a kind of
Inc llllS
down, he removed to a cabin near Mr..
Charpentier' residence. Being very in
dustrious he still manages TO make his
own livelihood.
The second curiosity there is an old
African negro, who is about one hun
dred and five years of age. His wife is
about eighty-fve years of age, and Mr..
Carpenter bought both of them, prior
to the war, for $500, as they begged him
to do so, that they might have home.
Beside this old negro couple, he
showed us an old negro preacher, who
must be seventy or eighty years of age,
whose mother still lived on that place,
being over one hundred years OF age.
There is another African woman there,
also, whom he believes TO be upward Of
one hundred years of age, and several
others who would be considered old
people in any other country than this.
Mr.. Carpenter is both kind to and
proud of the affection of these old peo
pie for him, and they, like most of his
former servants, will probably die on
his place. Iberia La.) Sugar Bo,0i
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07
The Supplemental Treaty.

After an executive session Of the Sen.
ate, on Saturday, lasting nine hours,
and marked at times by a heated and
spirited criticism of the policy of
abandoning the consequential claims
under the treaty of Washington, the
Senate finally voted, by ~ to 9, to adj
wise the President 10 negotiate the sup.
Elemental article to abandon indirect
damages, and to agree for the future that
neither Great Britain nor the United
States should be liable for the same in
case one is belligerent and the other a
neutral. The article thus ratified by
more than two-thirds vote is not in the
language submitted by Earl Granville,
but substantially in the nature of sub.
stitute reportsd by the Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Relations.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07

"Confound it, never knew anything
like that That man, Harold, whoever
be was, came in mysteriously and spir.
tied away the two women along with
him !"
say, Rossmore, how if our sugges-
ton OF this evening should have turned
out prediction2 Have we had ghosts
in our railway trains ?'
Both laughed-both were incredu-
lous; and the train rushed into the
crowded, busting, blazing station at
Live pool. Our friends spoke to the
guard of the train, who was much
amazed at first TO hear of the disap-
pearance of the three passengers but
he seemed TO think that, in the case Of
so audacious lover as Harold Rivers,
anything was possible-and then there
was the momentary stoppage in the
tunnel.
So the barristers made no further in
quiries, but took il for granted that all
was right somehow, and went to their
hotel.
They heard the end of the story,
however, even before they returned to
London, for they met Harold Rivers
and his young wife in Liverpool ten
days after. The pair had just returned
from Scotland, where they were mar.
ried. They had, of course, written at
once to Alice's mother, announcing
their marriage, and they were in good
hope that she would soon accept the
situation. They could afford to wait a
little, for they were married and
happy, and Harold had made up his
mind that he wouli not go the West
Indies
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07
Rapid Travel.

The latest invention comes from Della
ware. A man down there, having heard
that the earth revolves at the rate of
900 miles an hour, has arranged a
plan of going up in balloon and re-
manning stationary while the earth is
permitted to slide away beneath. He
thinks that by this means he can reach
California in a couple of hours, merely
by shooting up from Wilmington in a
balloon, and then dropping down again
as soon as the Rocky Mountains are OBJ
served to 60 past. He has the whole
thing arranged now in perfect order
the balloon and the place to start from,
and so forth-so that the scheme can
not possibly fail, and all he wants, to
make things complete, is something to
tie the balloon to, in order to hold it
still while up in the air
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07
Textile Skill OF Georgia Woman.
From the Angnsta CD Chronicle.


One of Edgeheld's skillful daughters,
Mrs. Z. II Chamberlain, of the Dark
Corner section, recently sent to the
advertiser men (only for inspection, of
course) balmoral skirt, woven by her
self, or under her eye, which is described
as marvel of skill and beauty. The
body of the skirt is woven Of rabbit
hair mot dyed producing pretty drab
and is wonderfully thick, soft and
fine while the bordering, broad and of
the most brilliant colors, is entirely of
wool. The bordering is woven double !;
the rabbit hair part single. And the
manner in which the double and single
weaving are made to meet would excite
the admiration of a Lyons velvet
weaver Mrs. c. has long been eminent
in this line
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07
4 Remarkable Spring.

A correspondent of the Savannah
Ca Republican writes as follows of the
wonderful Wakulla spring in Florida
lone Of the greatest natural curiosities
in the South is the Wakulla spring,
which is the source Of beautiful river
of the same name. The spring is be.
tween 400 and 500 feet in diameter, and
on a bright and calm day, TO pass over
il in a boat, you feel as though you
were suspended in mid air, the water
being so limpid and transparent. At
the depth OF leo feet dime can be as
distinctly seen as though it were at your
feet. On gazing into the depths of this
wonderful spring it shows all the pris.
matte hues of the rainbow, and near its
bottom can be seen fish of different va.
rieties, crabs, terrapins, and now and
then an alligator"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07
The Josh Billings Papers.
From the New York Weekly.
TUE BAT.

THk BAT.
The bat il winged mouse.
They live very retired during the day,
but at mite they come out for frolik.
They Hi very mulch snsartin, and
ack as tho they had taken leetle too
mulch gin.
They look out NV their face like
young owl, and will bite like snappln
turtle.
What they are good for / kant tell,
and | don't believe they can tell
neither.
They don't seem TO be bird, beast
nor inseck, but kind of live hash made
out ov all three.
If there want any bats in the world /
don't suppose the earth would refuse
tew revolve on its axis, once in a while,
just for fun.
But when we KUN TO think that thare
amt on the face of the earth even one
bat too much, and that there hain't bin
since the daze of Adam, a single surplus
nuskeeter's egg laid by acksident, we
kan form sum kind Of an idee how little
we kno, and what poor job we should
make ov it running the mashenery Of
kreashun.
Man is a phool enneyhow, and the
best ov the joke IL he don't seem to kno
it.
bet dollars they fill it better than we
do ours.
THE HAWK.
Bats live on flies, and hawks live on
bats, but who lives on the hawks | kan
tell.
Billed hawk may be very good new
er heard enney body say it wasn't, but
don't hope shall ever be called upon
to decide it.
lew save life would eat billed hawk.
but If 1t tastes as think it does, /
wouldn't ask for second plate ov it.
The hawk is karniverous fowl, and
a chickeniverous one, too, every good
chance he can get.
! hav seen them shut up their wings
and drop doun out ov the sky like de-
stroying angel, and pick up young
goslin in each hand, and sore aloftagain
pretty quick.
They bid their nests out of the re oh
ov civilization, so that no missionary
can git TO them, unless he can klimb
well.
Powder and double B shot IL the only
thing that will civilize a hawk clear
through, so that he viii stay so, and it
takes a big charge of this, too.
have fired double barreled gun in
to them, loaded with fine shot, and it
had the same exhilarating effekt upon
them that four quarts oV oats would
have on an old boss. IL made them
more lively for a few minutes.
| hev seen ded hawks, but never
shed any tears over them.
| don't suppose that even hen hawks
are made in vain but have wondered
if just enuff of them to preserve an as
sortment wouldn't answer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07
At the Gate.

When the winged red Of the sunset
Has faded out of the day.
And the stars are lighting their taperr
Among the shadows gray.
/ wait and watch and listen.
Leaning upon the gate.
And | turn away with n weary heart.
For oh my love is late.
There are steps that hasten homeward
Adown the echoiHg street,
But | cannot hear among them
The sound of my darling's feet.
There are voices cheerily ringing
In tones of manly pride.
But | wait in vain for the music
Of his greeting az my side
All mel | had not patience
With an hours brief delay.
How could | live In the darkness
That wraps some souls alwayI
III I had not one to watch for
As | linger AT the gate.
To pay with kiss my Gliding
As | murmur. Love, so late"
How then would the light have faded.
And my starless life grown dim
There il something pleasant after all
In watching here tor him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07
Three Things.

Three things to love: courage, gen
tleness, and affection. Three things 10
admire intellect, dignity, and graceful
ness. Three things to hate cruelty,
arrogance, and ingratitude. Three
things to delight in beauty, frankness,
and freedom, Three things to wish for;
health, friends, and contented spirit.
Three things to like: cordiality, good
humor, and che erfulness. Three things
to avoid idleness. loquacity, and fir.
pant testing. Three things to cultivate:
good books, good friends, and good
humor. Three things to contend for:
honor, country, and friends. Three
things to govern temper, tongue, and
conduct. Three things to think about
life, death, and eternity.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07

The question at country tea-party
turning on the improperly Of mixing
up the cake with a pinch OF snuff in
the fingers, lad remarked that he had
seen his mother do it, and never drop a
bit of snuff. Why, my son, said the
lady, "how can you lie SOL" 9 Well,
MOTHER" he replied, maybe you did
drop lust q little
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07

Eve was the only woman who never
threatened to 60 and live with mamma.
And Adam was the only man who never
tantalized his wife about "the way
mother used to cook"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07

PRISONER, why did you follow this
man, and beat and kick him so shame
fully p " am sorry your Honor
was little drunk, and thought it was
my wife
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07
Wild Fowl Obstructing Railroad Train.
From the Des Moines (Iowa) Register.

FROM the Des MONIES Iowa. Register.
A singular case Of railway obstruction,
and one for which no remedy is pro.
vided for by the statutes, occurred
few evenings since on the Valley Rail
road in Greene county. Conductor
Livingston's train, when about three
miles this side of Grand junction, in
passing through some low country and
near pond, ran into an immense flock
of swan, brandt, geese and other wild
fowl. The birds were just about to
alight on the track as the train drew
near. Their number was so great that
the sky was completely filed with them,
and those above pressing down on the
lower strata, forced them TO alight on
the car tops. The engine, tender, and
cars were covered with fowls, and some
even chung to the COW catcher. One
stately swan had a wing injured in the
crush, and found resting place on the
headlight, from whence he was taken
by the engineer. The bird, however,
managed to escape when near Perry,
and jumping irem the tender where he
had been tied, disappeared in the grass.
The raid continued several minutes,
quite a number of the aerial army
bring run over by TIE train, and some
half dozen being captured by pasaen.
gers and employees. AS soon as the
birds on top of the flock began to
realize the situation, they scared away,
followed by the entire covey. Livings.
ton said it was the biggest crowd of
dead heads that ever tried TO board his
train.
IT is predicted that Lake Erie, now
the pathway of a mighty commerce,
will in time dry up and become the
home of a teeming population. Careful
surveys have shown that, while Lake
Michigan has an average depth of 800
feet, Lake Superior Of 900 feet, and
Lake Ontario of 500 feet, Lake Erie
has an average depth of only 40 feet,
which is said TO be constantly decreas.
ing. The bottom of the lake is
quite level, and composed of soft clay.
This clay is constantly accommodating,
from sediment carried down by tribu-
tary streams. The south shore is com
posed of easily disintegrating blue,
gray and Give shoals and gray sand
stone. The western and northern coasts
are made up Of limestone of the Helder-
beg group, which quickly yields to the
action of the waves. Consequently both
shores are constantly contributing TO
fill up the bed of the lake. The work
is not rapid, but il is said to be as GER
tain as fate.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-02
EXPOSITION Hall,

The opening night of the new hall in the
Exposition building was brilliant in every
respect. The hall has been 50 many times
described in this paper that there is little
else to be said of it, other than it was bril-
liantly lighted, and that the promenade
concert, coupled with polite special invita-
tions, attracted a large number of ladies
and gentlemen there, some, of whom lin
gered about the enchanted scene till mid
night,
The hall is the most spacious and elegant
in the South, and will be in frequent de-
mand for lectures, concerts, balls and po-
litical meetings. Centrally situated, well
ventilated, light and airy, Exposition Hall
will be opened nearly every evening
throughout the season. Youth and beauty,
age and intelligence, were there last night,
and all enjoyed themselves heartily at what
was practically the first social reunion of
the season