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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
Fire In Now York.

The Fifth Avenue Hotel caught
fro. in the laundry loss $4b, 900,
One woman Has burned fatally and
two seriously. Great excitement
among the guosta. .....,.... ..,.
LATER.--The fire burned tho cook
loft, occupied by tho laundry women
aud domestics. Sixtean bodies vera
found burntd beyond recognition.
The bodies wore found neaf the only
window Of thu room, ~hiSh was
barred. The only meahs of escaps
was the stairway, whiSh #as in flames.
Tho victims had to Wait for death:
It is hoped maiiy died while asleop.
Twenty-Five bodies wore recovered up
to 2 O'Clock. The fire originated in
the ELEVATOR loading to the laundry.
None Of the guests are reported H.
jurcd. Loss by flro and waser psoba-
bly, over 100000. The smoks was
su1ocatiag. The wator drenehcd the
floors. The halls wore filled with
baggage aud clothes. The seventy
or eighty servants who escaped lost
everything. Fully one.fourth Of the
furniture, valued at 100000, was
ruined.
Eleven bodies are at tho uaofHus
from tho Fifth Avenue tIutei. Only
two have been recognized. All givS
signs of terrible suffering. Mary
t1eaney, ono Of tho servants At the
hotel, is at Bellevue Hospital, having
boen injured by falling through fro
escApo. She states that when tho
alarm Of fire was givon, she ran aud
knockcd at nearly all the doors of tho
other seryahts, and burst upoh two
of thou. She thun tried to got down
stairs, but the smoke and flames
drove hcr baok, when, with Mary
Turney and Bridget Curtis, she broka
open sky light and got on the roof,
remaining thefo till the fremen res.
cucd thcm. 1t is itow thought that
only elevcn girls porished. Mr..
driswold, ono Of ptopristors, emphati.
oally denios delay In sounding tho.
alarm. Upon discovering the dre,
three servants were despatched TO
wake tho girls, and prompt measures
wero takon to alarm the guests. ~, =
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
A Neat Hit.

Two well.known clurgymcn worc
conversing when one startled the
other by abruptly asking
"Brothcr G., is it possible that you
chew tobacco ~
"t must cobfess I do," the other
quietly replied.
"Thcn I would quit it, SIR" the old
geftlett,an enetget,cally continued.
''1t's very unclerical practice, ond,
| must say, very uncleanly one.
Tobacco Why, sir even a hog
would not chew it ~
"Fatber Co." responded bis amused
listener, edo you chew tobacco T.
81 No, sir I" he answered, grufll y
with much indignation.
"Then, pray, Which Is most liks
the hog, you or |"
The old doctors fat side, shook
with laughter, as he said
oval, 1 have been fairly caught
this time."
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
Grim Old Joke,

That was frightful juke perpotra-
ted by Governor Moses, of South Caro-.
lima, In his inaugural address at Cos
lumbia few days Sincd, wien he ex.
pressed surprise that emigrants turn
their faces from South Carolina and
capital shripks back from that lovely
Commonwealth. The trouble is that
the cmlgrunts and capitalists know
the length of Francis Us. arms and
the Incredible depth of his pockets.
They have read the history of this
uice young man from the day when he
raised tho FIST Confederate flag on
the ramparts of Sumter to the poriod
whom he "raised the wind" to the
great discomfort Of tho impoverished
taxpayers of south Catolina. Capi.
tai "Bhrinks" back from the Palm otto
State because the public funds
shrink" so fearfully In the iron grasp
of her delightful young Governor
H'N Star.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
Our Now Senator.

Affairs arc unsavory IN South Caro-.
liua, whore Mr.. j. i. Patterson, .
thrifty, unscrupulous Pennsyly auiau,
has boon olooted to the Senate by tho
Legislature. He came to grief at
once, being arrested for bribery and
corruption. Temporarily released
from custody, he was rearrcf >ed, and
ia yet to be triud. This SC .ndalous
chaptor in South Carolina politics
will not surprise anybody who has
paid any attention to affairs in that
State. AS between Ex-Governor
SCOTT and Patterson, tho latter would
be choice Of evils. But both ara
understood to have regarded the dots
test for tho senatorship p az one of cash
only. 1t may bo difficult to prove
bribery in Pattcrson's case, though
thero is little doubt that the moral
evidence against him is conolualvo.
Mr.. Elliott, tho colored candidate,
seems to have out no figure I'D tho
canvass. His strength has boon sup.
poBta to DO morely and unknown
quantity which was marketable.~--
N. J. Tribune. .,.i
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
FOPneY'S Last Shot at Cameron.

Says tho Hon. John W. in his Pross
Of Wednesday:
There arc some men 80 dead TO
patriotism aud Indifferent to con.
cienoe as to make politics n
business Of pocuniary profit, and to
prostitute all public service to this
base ond. Of course, suoh narrow.
minded and smal1.hearted pcrsobs ele.
vato party above all considerations OF
honor and dooency. The United
States Sehate yesterday, at the mo-
tion of ono man, was compelled to
refuse to adjourn ont of respect to
Mr.. Greeley, and even to liston to an
eulogy of him. And this individual
was one not worthy to loosen the
latcheth Of tho dead mans shoes.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
Murdered for his Money.

Aaron Wood, eighty years Of age
who lived In tho eastern part Of tho
town of Acton, Mass, was found mur.
dored last Saturday morning in his
dwelling. Ho was reported % hav.
ing much money, and theft wes .un.
doubtodly the object q the murder.
He was really very poor, though stas
peoted by aome people rof boarding
money. His murderers, oodld have
obtained nothing. Suspicion points
to two French Catladians; %ho we're
roosntIy employed on the railrosd 90
the murderers. .- .l.,..,( ,tli
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
Italian Brimads.

For several days~~the New York
press has has been much exercised d
over the arrival of some Fifteen hun.
dfed Italians, said toG bio genuine
brisands sent over toe got rid Of
them.
ssThc Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secreta
ry of State, has been rppcalod to to
stop this sort of thing.
The following is a description of
these fellows by the Anew York
World
The scene presented lasthi.ht in the
rotunda of the Castle Garden, half
lighted with gas, with groups of
Italians closel y clustered. around the
stoves, was rather a remarkable one.
Outside the circle Of those who squat.
ted on the floor were the tall forms of
few Of those men haiifag from Ma
plcs envcloped in the ample folds Of a
dark cloak lined with red kloth, aud
which at ence recalled to the oulook-
ers the daring brigands. These men,
though poorly clad, have thV dcmeanor
of q desperate, and strctteu back and
forwards, at intervals. occasionally
dropping ia word or two in the low
conversation that was going on. They
all smoked 10 Z pipes aud seemed al.
together different class 5of men from
those who sat on the floor. They
were altogether differently attircd.
Some Of them wore long Stockings of
blue or green in, erspcrsed with yellow,
aud pants that cans half way to the
knee. They seem to be reduced to
great poverty, yet show that proud
bearing which is supposed to charac-
terize the Neapolltan brigand. Un"
der the cloak each of them carried
dirk.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
Society and Fashion.

Velvet Is more IGorn by fashiona..
bic youhg ladies on the streets this
wihtor than it has cvor bccn before:
Church weddings have lately come
TO be such occasions for vulgar dis
play that tho best people have drop.
ped them altogether in Now York,
and get married at homo. ),
Brides in good society now.a:dayu
avoid mott striotlS tho Traditional
gray and brown travelling suits for.
,nerly in vogue, and dress as uncon.
epicuously as possible, so that "all
creation needn't know wo'vo just been
married." ..'..
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
The Presidents Southern Policy.

The hopes which were entertained
that the President would pursue
just, if not a liboral, policy towards
the South are fast fading before ster,
aud unmistakable faota. In Louis
lana he has signi6od his intention t,
sustain tho rump ind rowdy body
that has assembled under tho name Of
Legislature, aud in Alabama his
preferbDoes are equally rs decided
and cdually as misdiroctbd. a sham
compromise has been suggestcd to
the legal Legislature of the latter
State by tho Attorney Qenoral, which,
if agreed upon, would result in giving
the State up entirely to tho carpet.
bag crew Of plundcrers, and which he
knows will DO rejected. Upon this
rejection it seoms pretty clear that
tho Rump will DO recognized by tho
Federal Government and backed by
the bayonots Of its soldiers. Both
States aro thus to be given over to
their most rcmorseless and meroilcss
enemies. All hope Of escape is cut of,
and clemenoy on the part of the Ad~
ministration is not to bo looked for
The situation is extremely pitiable,
but tho people Of tho United States
have become SO accustomed to wall.
ings ffom the afflicted South that
they no longer hood or hoar them.
They have beeomo as ga twiooctold
tale vckipg tho car Of a dfowsy than,"
and 1t will not be until bayonets arc Tx.
cd at the throat Of the North as we'll as
of the South that 'ho great mass Of
the people will fully ,uali4o the peril
10 which their institutions are exposed
We arc not alarmists but no
thoughtful person oan deny that these
are portentous events that arc daily
tiranspiring before our oyos,-- Courier
Journal.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25

oiary, reported favorably on q bill tt
remedy and supply the loss of public
records, and to perpetuate testi mouy
in regard to deeds, mortgages and
other papers lost by fire at Abbeville
with amendments.
| Mccullough, from Committee or
Agriculture, reported unfavorably or
bills, to nmcnd an Act entitled sAr
ACT for The protection and preserva'
tion of useful animals y to amend on
Act entitled "An Act to secure ad.
vanccs for agricultural purposes, u
passed September 20, 1866.
Vanderpool Introduced II bill to
provide for tae appointment of con-
stables by ooroncfs.
Turner introduced bills to repeal
the charter Of the joint Stock Com.
phny of the State.
Crittehdth inttoduyed a resolution
that hereafter no bills, on which the
report of the committee to Which it
was referred, is upfavorAble, shall be
printed, except by order of the House,
which was adopted.
j. P. Moore introduced bill to
authorize and cmpowet- Judges of
Probate to grant orders of injunc-
ton.
R. Nj. Smith introduced bill to
repeal an Act relating to tho bonds
Of the State"
Cannon introduced the following
preamble and resolution, which were
ordered to lie over for consideration ::
Whereas Trial Justicco' courts are
productive of much expense, and
often Of unnecessary litigation, as now
practicea In some Counties and
wh"rcas, it is, believed that the pay al
lowed, by law, to urors and witnesses
i'll said courts, tends not only to in.
crease litigation and heavy expenses,
but often is adverse to the ends of
justice; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Judiciary Com.
mitteo be Instructed to inquire as to
the expediency Of repeating or modify.
ing the law authorisitg said pay, aud
that they report by bill or other
wise.
The epacting clauses of the follow.
ing bills were stricken out; To abolish
the Office of County Auditor, and de-
volve the duties on the County
Treasurer to authorize Circuit
Judges and the Judge Of the Inferior
Court Of the County of Charleston
to grant fees to counsel assigned to
defend indigent persons charged with
offences in said courts to alter and
amend Section 3 of Chapter 81 of the
General Statutes Of the State to en-
able ooroners to dete,t murderers and
other criminals to regulate the sales
of lands sold by order Of court.
n joint resolution to mako appro.
priation for expenses of printing,
ordered by the General Assembly
during the regular sessions of l870-'
II and l87l-'72, was read the sec
ond time, ull the Conservatives vo-
ting against it.
A concurrent resolution, that the
printing Of the General Assembly be
let out by contract, was referred to
the Committee on Printing.
at 8 O'Clock p. M.,ss the House
adjourned until to morrow ut IL
Nj.
Continuctlo on Setond Pugc.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
important 10 cellon Merfhants,

We learn THAT tho Post ster.G G on
erql, who has boon consulted on tho
subject, has decided that the practice
which has existed amohg oottori mer.
chants of writing tho qualities Of their
cotton samples sent through the mail,
with the address, is n violation of the
law. 1t ia admissible, however, to
denominate The grade on the outside
of the package by figures. The de-
oision will be published in the De.
cembci number Of the Post Offlco Ga.
zetto, which will be issded about tho
lst proxim0. .. ....
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
Our New Senator.

What n commentary upon the I'm.
provement of the South. y ns ever
such thing ns the Imprisonment of
r mnh for bribery, just elected Uni"
ted senator heard Of in South Caro-.
lima or any other Stutc before tho
war7 Aud how is .it.tAat tbs "thrif.
ty and inscriptions Pcnnsylvauian'
shall be made u representatives of
the proud State Of South Carolina
while her own capable and triod and
honest sons are banishcd into private
life and deniud all participation In
thuit government Dcpond upon it
that facts like theeo must damn the
government through whose misrulo
they have existence. 80 Richmond Dis.
patch.
Patterson Is generally known In
South Carolina as "IIonest John"
For any one in that State nowadays
to have sobri1uct including tho
word "Honest" is to mean that he is
one Of the chiefs of tho disrcputablcs,
aud so the country can easily see
what sort Of man has been elected
to this high Office by the once proud
State of South Carolina. Patterson
is man Of great 4hrcwdness, one Of
the chiefs, if not tho gcncral-in.o chief,
of lobby as morally rotton as
Greene street. He has mado large
Sums of money: His namo Is con-
nectcd with sonic of tho thost gigantic
Of tho Infamous railroad and other
swindlos Of tho wrotchod South Caro-.
lima Legislature. John j. Patterson
with the dignities Of tho United States
Senate tpdn hitt, is the fitting Dap
stone of the monument reared by
those mocking testers Of the South
Carolina Legislature to be memory of
dead public virtuc.-Nsw York Tele.
grln,.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
Cheap Democracy!

Tie Charleston News says: "The
State tax III Democratic Georgia is
two.ffths Of ono per csut. In Radi-
cal South Carolina it is ono and half
por cent. Where Georgian pays
forty cents, South Carolinian pays
one dollar and half. But whGn 80
goL rid Of deficiency taxes, we may got
down to ono per cont, unless the pay.
mant Of interest rcoomm ences and
runs tho tax buck to tho trcscnt Lowell
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
4 Successful Hunt.

A party of eight or ninc amateur
sportsmen from Aiken, s. c., set out
in the oarly part of last week for a
hunt in the eastern portion Of the
State. They returned Monday, and
reported that they had splendid luck.
In one days hunt, the party killed
ono hundred and twenty-five squirrels,
and twenty-five ducks, besides a large
quantity Of smaller game. Seventeen
fine deer we're killed during the
weeks hunt. Pretty successful hunt.
ing, that, for smateurs.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
FT
GleaninGS.

Puliman sleeping cars are now bs.
ing provided with safes, iwhesoiS
travellers oan deposit their valusblesj
One Of the ,pfoptistors Of Q gaming
house at Baden, Baden hes won oSeT
$4,000, ,000 Id The last fifteen yseYs.
Thirty barrels Of blackberry vine
broGght d. .Gatrall county, KentuSky,,
msn $l,575. The vino was made az
odd timos last swimmer. ~ = Oh
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25

The Federal Jury gavo Hon. 10.
siah Turner, editor Of the Raleigh,
NO., Sentinel, $4,000 damage in bis
suit against Kirk and Bergen for falao
imprisonm ent aud bad treatment. .' 81.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
TOftl SCOTS lieutenant.

The Washington correspondent Of
the Baltimore Sun takes the same
view as the News of the nature of the
influences which procured tho election
of Mr.. j. }. Patterson, to the Uni-
ted States Senate. He says, more.
over, that Mr.. Patterson, "as is we'll
known, Is in intimate relations with
certain powerful interests which,
radiatihg from tho great State of
Pennsylvania, have influenced not
only State Legislatures, but Congress
itself, and which to-day has foot
hold in majority Of the Southern
! States" This is no news in South
Carolina. The Boutherh Security
Company and Tom Scott need d few
more Cohgfessmet.--Ch Char. NeDs.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25

Tho population of the Globe is
usual y estimated at l,000,000,000.
A now and careful estinate, based
on the very latest returns has just
been published at Gotha by two com.
petent Ger man statistioians, vho cal
oulate the present number Of the
earth's inhabitants at l,W7s 900, 900
Of souls. 4. N.#n ".s o..
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25

Bishop Quintsrd and Con. J. B.
Hood addressed tho SURVIVORS, Asso.
oiation Of South Carolina, in Char :
lesion, last Thursday evening. The
house w9s filed.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25

Responses to prayers and sermotis
may be good, il they come in at the
right place. Not SO, however, came
in responses, recently, to minister
in ON American church. He had
come down from the pulpit to invite
q stranger IN one of tho pews to preaoh
for him, but was unsuccessful.
"Brethren," said he, II invited brother
S. to preach, but he declines p
ssThapk Godp roared out a man
from the middle Of the church. h.~-Eo.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25

II is said that Henry A. Wise boasts
that h. has never boon interviewed.
He and our distinguished friend, John
Smith, then, are alopo in the samo
boat. ,' '''' '-'' =
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25
SENhTE.

The Senate met a ii A. NJ, Presi.
dent Gleaves in tho Chair.
MIR. Ovens, from the Committee on
FINANCE, submitted q favorable re.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25

shakespeare is engaged in tho wood
and coal busin ess st Oakland, Cal. -
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-12-25

Lady hotel clerks arc being intro.
duced in Vermont.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-20
Diseased ~IndiGestIea.

OLB0a9B0 AH V G.
II chronic indigestion aGected the stomach
only It might be moro easily borne; but It gives
rise, inevitably, to many other diseases Affect.
ing tho liver, the nerves, the bowels and the
brain. Biliousness, nervous tremors, constipa.
ton, headache and terrible mental disturbances
are among It's usual Accomplishments. In fact
every organ. every nbre Of tho franc symps.
thire with the debilitsted and diseased stomach.
What IL needed in such . easel Clearly an a.
tsratiye and ~invigorant; and among medicines
on NAT class Hostctter's Stomach Bitters 10. be.
yond ali comparison or estimate. the best. Mere
pur0atiyes only deprive the system OF the little
strength that disease has left It. salivants have
the same effect. Tho whole internal organism
has gone wrong, and can only be put right and
kent right By q medicine In which the tonic and
stimulating elements predominste. but arc
oualined and modified BY anti.oilioul apenents
aud blood.purfying components. Now, thu
truth 10 (and the medical faculty - wei = the
public know the fact, that Hoststtef's Bitter
contain every ingredient requisite for the eurt
OF dyspepsia and al the ailments OF body and
mind which Il involves. This has been proved
IN 30 many Thousands OF instances that II seems
almost idle to repeat the statement.
Tho great tonic rallies exhausted nature nom
whatever cause enfeebled, and permanently 70:
cruIts the yixor OF the nerves, the muscles ant
the brain. It's effects upon the brain 10 70 give
strength TO the will and precision TO the jud2
ment. and to Danish dependency and that In
trinity Of purpose which generally accompanied
bodily weakness.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-20


mary Bleenss vs. The 0satIslasd
schome-Ths Guabsas Mehiean-A
RereeIsas shark-Assessment sn
Tahse Water stsek-Arrival-Mex-
lean MISUNDERSTANDING, etc.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 2o-2r p. NJ
w. H.. v. Cronise has compromised
his case with Joseph Mcdonald by pay
ing him $40 per share for 100 shares
Of Excelsior, which he holds short
through Schmidt, the broker, and the
case Is out Of Court.
The case Of Mcdonald against
Noyes, for offering White Pine Excel
sior instead of Excelsior, Cope Dis
trict, when he found himself cornered
and the counter suit, still remains un-
settled.
Tho result of the Republican pri-
mary election yesterday, was the NOM
nation of forty-four delegates by the
Citizens Committee, independent Of
tho Ward clubs elected, and twenty.
two nominees Of the Ward clubs ran
In opposition to the Citizens ticket,
but all pledged against the Goat Island
scheme.
1t is reported that the United States
gunboat Mohican, which Is badly out
Of repair. is to be sent East for repairs.
A Newfoundland dog, valued at
$3.50, belonging to Chas. R~icharding,
was gobbled by a shark at Long
Bridge on Mission Bay, yesterday.
Tho Lake Tahoe Water Company
levied an assessment Of q per share,
for immediate operations.
Arrived this morning, the steamer
Olympia, from Guaymas and La Paz,
with Lieutenant Governor Pacheco and
other passengers. She did not touch
at Mazatlan, not knowing whether the
the port was In the possession Of the
Fedarals or not. On the 9TH instant
800 troops LEFT Guaymas on the bark
knight Templar for PLATO, Colorado,
to reinforce Pesquira, in Slnaloa.
Outside, coming In, ship Indian EN-
pire, from M~arseilles, November oath,
with merchandise to z. Dubedat q Co.
The weather Is clear and warm.
Gold, 1llL. Greenbacks, 90AgOlR.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-20

r., ,,hsbitants OF Gold Hill have now learned
tat there 10 no reason existing why they snouia
any more continue to take their watches want
ing repairs 10 Virginia City. ]. CAnlssh -
permanently established N Gola NJ ~ 4 nnhi,e
NJ doss NOT depend D employed workmsn,
but sttsnds to orders himself; therciors tne
eiti,snS on cold Hi and Silver City requiring
= ursctieal Watehmaker, for the repairing o.
thsIr watches and clocks, Will please giSe IT
CSxiN0n trial. P~