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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-03-05
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Around Town;
Any person having a bull pHfp they
wish to dispose Of Can fihd buyer at
tho market.
Trial Justice Neil j,ined in tho
holy bands Of wedlock John Hnntef
and Harriet Wa'cot, co!orcd, last Fri.
day.
The southern bound mail train did
not arrive here until =. NJ. Sunday,
owing to the break near Blackstocka.
Yesterday was very disagrccablc,
cold and blustry.
Trial Justice Neil Joined in the
holy bands of wedIock, Tuesday,
Sandy Grimes and Sally Ford. No
kcras.
A small stray hound purp kicked
his last kick on the bridge near the
town pump Tuesday. Strichnino is
supposed to be The cause.
wv" aao ACiueSeea uot 70 hlCh
the puppies around the market as it
"isht i'jure their sale. r.:
Mt. zioa College is in proopering
condition.
Women aacc peddlers are in town.
We are fast approa ching city style.
There HIS been an organ Grinder tn
sec us.
Several bad pavcmcats are under
6 ing repairs.
Some of our legislators have re-
turned from their rsry arduous dusics.
Parties who have Lot paid their
State license had better Sec TO it at
once.
Work has been commenced On The
old "DAvid hlkin'. Building.
Joe Belton, the negro who stole Mr.
Hardin's mules is tho gusst of Sheriff
Duvall for the present.
Me>srs. Street Walkers & TO-, an
old firm Of this place arc doing such
an extensive busincss that they have
been compelled to take in new part
ners.
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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-03-05

TO day Mark Twain is drollcr and
more popular than ever. His lite-
rary as we'll as financial future ap-
pears to be established. Worth some
$4,000 himself his wife has in her
own right property valued at $3.50,
600. If he were in atraightened cir.
cumstances; be could easily cloat
$4,000 J car by lecturing, and 30
1t is useless to waste any fur ther SYM
pathy OH the unfortunate man.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14
Trade Prospects.

The NewYork Bulletin, of Wednesday,
says Of the prospects Of tho autumn
trade:
There is no reason to doubt tina: we
are on tho cve Of more or less active
revival OF general trade. All the pres
ent indications point in that direction.
Even already the city hotels have on
their registers the names Of q :oodiy
array Of country dealers, who after few
days plcasuring at the near watering
places, will be entering the market to
make their purchases for the fal! and
winter; and as the season advances
these will be foliowed'by the more num-
crous class who come to have their ord
crs executed at once and return home rs
speedily As possible. Merchants and
j0bbers, as = rule, report their adviccs
from correspondents and travelling
agents throughout the interior rs favor
able, and fully warranting the anticipa-
ton Of good business to commence
about the end Of the current mont h, and
lasting pretty we'll on through October.
The crops, on the whole, are abundant
and stocks Of general merchandise arc
comparatively low, two conditions in
dispensibic TO healthy trade, and to
those may DO added lower railway
freights.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14
The Last EaXasSelt.

The Washington Stars special CORES.
pondent at Chatterton's Landing, Va,
the scene Of the Wawassctt disaster,
gives an account of the trip from Wash
ington to that point. His report states
that boatmen living on the line of the
river say the screams Of women and
children could BE- heard for miles on
the way up to Chatterion's. Several
bodies Of coiOrcd men and women were
passed, which had been dragged ashore
the night before.
Miss Mcpherson, passenger, dc
scribed the scene on the bRrning boat as
most terrible to witness. The flames
burst out all round and swept aft, driving
the women and children over into the
water. She saw four little children hang.
ing on by their hands to the burning
steamer, and one after another drop in
to the water, the flames driving them off.
The colored people were perfectly
wild, and no remonstrarce on tho part
of the officers was needed. They jump
Cd into the boat, filling it full, and de-
clared it was the colored peoples boat,
refusing all whites admission. When il
went down all were dumped into the
water together, and many others follow.
ed, being pushed overheard.
The flames burst into the main deck,
setting fire to tho clothing OF women
and children, who were hopin. for some
relief, but no one could pass the gang
way for the flames.
One OF the worst features on shore
afterward, was the disposition, among
both white and colored stragglers, 10
plumber and rob the dead. Several in.
stances OF this kind were noticed bu,
could not be prevented by Mr.. McClel
land, who alone was authorized to take
charge of tho valuables found.
Owing to the long extent of shore
many Of the bodies could not be reached
by him till they had been r'fed and the
guilty parties had escaped.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14

The following dispatch was received
Aug. IL, from the Indian country !:
The Downing Ross party have beaten
the reformcrs, but Bell has obtained let
ter written by Ross and Jones show
ing infdclity and great trerchcry TO the
principles OF the party. Tho fall-bloods
are indignant and aroused, aud Ross
and Jones must 60 to the brush TO
save their lives. am informed that u
death sentence has been passed by GER
tam Indians upon Col. BOudinOt, James
Bell and others, Of the progressive and
reform party. There is no question but
that anarchy and crime are largely on:the
increase, and that many Of tho best
men in the Territory begin to believe
their only safety lies in strong central
form Of government under protection Of
the United States.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14
Party Reform.

1t seems altogether probable that ono
of the ncxt:,reat political movements in
this. country, growing partly out OF the
organization Of the farmers, will be an
effort to hurl from power all men who
used public offices for personal aggran-
discment, and to abolish those practices
which arise from the too generally &C.
cepted idea that to the victor belong the
spoils. The absence Of the productive
classes from active participation in pO-
litical matters has opened the way for u
class of men but little better than va
grants to get into Office, the class known
as ward politicians. They arc always on
the alert, always active, always ready tor
any chance that may be presented, per-
sistent in their demands for recognition;
and, making politics u profession, are
rarely honest or capable. They have
not often attained positions OF great
prominence or Importance, but they
have acquired such local influence that
nobody else can attain the higher posi-
tons without paving tribute to them,
and adopting in some measure their pol
icies and maxims; and thus they have
corrupted our politics TO m extent far
beyond their own personal influence.
They belon. to no one party, bat to all
parties, and all parties are equally under
their domination. Their success 10 the
result of their osn activity and the qui-
etude of the masses; for when the Poo
pie arc aroused they have 70 disappear.
The farmers, mechanics, laboring men,
and ali other producing classes, are nov
aroused to their interests; corruption in
high place has attracted attention TO the
baneiul influences Of these pArtisans and
their practices; and the demand that
both alike be abolished has been made,
and is backed by enough votes to enforce
IL
The farmers, particularly, see that
men who make politics aprofession, and
who live by Office getting and ONCE ped
ding, arc easiest bought by monied
moncpoIies; and that uscn who have TO
a.. Nv tie support 0; this class, IN order
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14

The New York World. argues in favor
Of an increased rate Of speed over Amer,
lean railroads, and cites the cases of sew.
eral Eoglish railroads to show that our
lines are yet far behind: hand in tho mat
ter Of rapid journeying. Forty mile,
an hour is the speed at which Irish mail
trains travel daily, stoppagcs included,
between London and Dublin, thus ena.
bling passengers to make the journey Of
272 miles Of rail and So Of sea in Ill
hours. On the English Great Western
railway the rate Of speed 10 even higher,
while on the Brighton line the express
train goes 50miIes an hour.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14

A general belief prevails among Wash
ingtOn newspaper writer's that our ov-
ernment will again be placed in antago-
nism to Great Britain regading the qIcs.
tons growing ont Of the Gordon-GordoE
case. This, however, is mistake for
the simple reason that the matter has
not and probably will not, assume sufii-
cient importance to warrant its formal
diplomatic discussion. II is now consid-
cred certain that an equitable and amic-
able settlement will be reached through
means of informal correspondents aud
mutual explanations. At least, such is the
opinion Of prominent Government ofic-
ia!s.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14

A Japan letter says that on the 2,st ult.,
1000 men, mostly farmers, armed with
bamboo spears, assisted by others armed
with swords, attacked tho government
castle Of Lukuska, set fire to the bull.
dings, destroyed all official books and
papers, and killed six officers. Four
are said to have died by their own hands
as they saw the rebels overpoweriag
them. Only three officers escaped
and fed to Loga, sixty miles above
Nogaski. The telegraph limo from No
gaski, to kokukum, which passes through
Likuz, the overland mail road, was
blockaded, SO that information ia OBJ
tanned slowly. A report has reached No
gasaki that the houses of oil the people in
Halati and the country around who
would not join the insurgents have
been burned the dwellings Of rich men
and the bankers been robbed. The
insurgents are said TO number at least
$4,000. The cause ofthe revolt is that
the government has required the taxes
of the farmers to be paid in money in.
stead of produce, togeathcr with the
probable failure Of tho rice crop.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14

The New York Tribune has published
the following: Mr.. Wholly, member
of the British parliament, who arrived
here to obtain testimony favorable to
tho Tichbornc client, told Tribune
reporter last evening that a man ap-
pearcd in England about three weeks
ago who pretended TO be steward ON
board vessel which pecked up a boa,
from the wreck Ofthc Bella, containing
new claimant. Wholly terms him As
the man who gave evidence of speaking
the truth, and corroboratcd important
testimony already given in tho trial.
He thought it advisable to come over
and see If he could not fad corrOborative
proof. lie mad prosecuted his inquiri es
to some extent already with fair success.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14
fnE FARMERS REAL ENEMIES.

Tho reforms sought after through the
farmers movement cannot be secured
BY husbandmen keeping up the
magic elbow touch with exiled po,It'
ical hacks, who have taken such sud.
den liking to hay -secd and brown jeans
And these sudden would-be reforners
are not confined to towns. The farmers
should beware of uncducated, unthink-
ing, noisy agitators. They arc not the
men to exalt the condition of the plough
man, no moro than the ignorant pettifog.
ger 10 the proper individual to add dignity
TO the profession of the law. Ignorance
is fast losing standing room among the
tillers of the soil, and intelligence and
high order of culture are finding q
congenial reception with them. Indeed,
it is necessary, in this age Of great activ'
ity, while all other vacations are calling
to their aid the discoveries of science,
and employing in the advocacy of their
interests the best and most cultivated
minds Of the period, for the farmers to
intrust their interests to men not only
in sympathy with them, but who have
the capacity and courage to stand up and
defend them. They should beware Of
ignorant agitators among their own
number, and of the political exiles, who
are looking for something to turn up
favorable to them. These are tho two
rocks between which thcprcsent farmers
movement is most in danger. Tho best
of pilotage lis demanded here. The
movement will accomplish power Of
good in the land, ifthe proper men arc
at the helm; it will be shipwrecked on
the trial trip, if bad mon are in charge.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14

An Illinois farmer is .'on his ear" and
recently made speech in the course OF
which he denounced the corruption and
frauds of the present political parties,
and prophesied that day would come,
if there was no other remedy LETT, il the
farmers were swindlcd and hood winked
rs they had been, that they and their
boys, and thousands of other farmers
and their boys would have to ride some
of these Williams out Of the state capitals
on rails, and tha, many tree on broad
America would bear human fruit. lie
thought remedy could be found, but If
a remedy could not be found anarchy
and bloodshed might follow.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14

4. B. Taylor, editor of tho wyandotte
Gazette, was arrested the other day on
the charge Of defamins the character Of
Stephen A. Cobb, one of our present
Conrressmen. The libelous articles
which Mr.. Taylor published, contained
the following charges: lst That Mr..
Cobb was implicated in lobbying
through the back pay bill. I'd, That
Cobb's commission in the army was
that of captain in an unorganized lndl'
ann regiment, in connection with which
no managed to draw several months
pay without doing duty; that he was at
forwards commissariat for about eish-
teen months, during which time he rob-
bed the government Of. about nineteen
thousand dollars. Sd, That as attorney
for John Spcer, he attempted to bride
Csp.. Matthews, one Of the jurors. 4tb,
That in the last congressional campaign
he showed himself to be drunken, vul-
gar man, to whom ladies could not lis
ten, and at Augusta they were compelled
10 leave the place where he was speak
ing. Tho suit was brought up last Mon
day before the justice. Mr.. Taylor
waived an examination and was bound
ovor in the sum of $500, to appear at the
District Court of Wyandottc county, in
October.
Cobb's card, concerning the alleged
libelous allegations, was published in the
Kansas City Journal of Commerce IN
Tuesdays daily. The card is full OF
pompous and cgotistc remarks con-
corning himself, which arc very disgust
ing to the reader. Whether Taylor was
right or wrong, Cobb's dissertation is
the thinnest thing we have yet:.sccn. In
fact, by this as we'll as other acts, he ha.
shown himself to be the thinncst and
sh.llowest member of our congrcssiona
delegation. He has the al" worse thar
Andy johnson.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14
Some Of our friends who have been

Some Of our friends who have been
active in the denuncixtion of this
railroad enterprise have received moro
than their share Of abuse; being called
"shysters," working for political ends,
etc. Thus, some Of Us are accused OF
saying too much, and some too little.
We do not desire to impugn the motives
of those who have become so deeply in
terested in this subject as to commit
some indiscretions. Thoy are acting Tor
what they think the bes. interests Of the
county. We have been moderate be-
cause We thought It the better course Of
action. We hope our complaining
fricnds. will not be too hasty in their
coaclusions. Mr.. CItler has always
looked upon this paper as opposed to
him, and expects no sympathy from this
quarter. We have said nothing we
would retract nor could We add any
thing to what We have said.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14
DISPATCHED NEWS.


Spain is itching again, and Spaniard'
are happy.
A heavy FIRE at Portland, Nc, on Sat
urday. Nearly 81, 100000 loss.
A postal treaty has been signed be
tween this government and Japan.
The Kansas Catholic Benevolent soci
ety met at Leavenworth on tho eth.
VIM. Boucher, of New York, killed
his wife to satisfy his pride and damn
his soul.
John Lathrop Motley, the American
historian, is suffering from a stroke Of
apoplcxy.
Forty to fifty lives we're lost by tho
burning Of the steamer Wawassett on
the Potomac river, Friday last.
The annual horse races of the Kansas
State Agricultural Society will be held
September 22d and 26th inclusive. Side
show room will be given for agricultural
display.
Tho Cherokee Indians are initiating
Louisiana in deciding elections. Ross
was elected; Independents and Down
ings were mad and got out their guns
No bloodshed yet.
Shawnee county will soon vote on a
proposition to ard the extension of the
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Missouri Pacific from Lawrence to To-
peka, thus giving them q competing east
crn connection.
The Atlantic & Pacific and Texas Pa
ciic railroads have been consolidated in
the interests Of the Pennsylvania Cen.
trail, and q speedy extension of the join,
road to the Pacific will follow,
Three whites discovered colorcd man
sleeping near his work, near Brighton,
Tenn, and, to have some fun, poured
a bottle of turpentine on his clothes and
set them on fire. He burned to death,
and the white fiends are being hunted
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14
DEnoCRACY vs.. ruE SlnELEss.

Another Democratic convention hal
assembled in Ohio and has made stric
party nominations. The haranguing o.
Ewing, Brinkerhoff, and others, at tn.
Columbus convention of the 30th ult.
about the death and burial of the Demo
cratic and Liberal organizations, and
the immediate necessity for tho forma
ton Of a new ono under a new name
was UNDECIDED by the disciples of Allen
G. Thurman and his ilk, who think that
the old fashioned diet of Democratic
principles is good enough for present re.
lief: These old-line physicians attrib
ute many Of tho ailments which have
been fastened to their expiring party, to
tho too free use of Liberal food, and to
that miserable quackery, which I'D.
ministercd last year to the reluctant and
gagging patient vile dose of Greeley
in bolus of Republican principles
Thus it was decreed by the chiefs of the
Democracy that no morc experiments
should be made, except within tho de-
fenses Of their party. A pretty predic-
amsat the "nsw departurists" arc left
in! They thought they could forestalI
the Democrats by the nomin atoms Of the
soth uiumo, after having assumed new
party name. But their old allies would
not bite st this bait. One ridiculous and
fssrfaVy disastrous campaign was suite
lent for them. They preferred TO suf
fer the ills 70 which they had become &C.
customed within their own organisation
TO risking another Hessian all'a1,e
Thus, the bansling without name, ie
left to "paddlc its own canoe" With a
descent decidedly doubtful it will soon
pass into oblivion. With it COOS tina,
briet fraud, Liberalism, which its proph-
els thought was to work such wonders
ia tho cause OF Reform.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14

Senator Morton has addressed notes
to his associates Of the committee on
privileges and elections, appointing a
full meeting of that committee in New
York on the first of October, for:the con-
sideration of the proposed amendment
to the constitution to effect . change in
the mode Of clecting President and Vice
President Of tho United States. 1t is in
tended to give the sessions of the com
mittee in New York public character,
and several leading constitutional law
yers and writers on this special subject
will be invited to address the committee.
Such movement will meet with gener-
al approval. The present method of
choosing these high officials, isnot exactly
in accordance with pure representative
system. The representative" business
is nearly played out by the time the vote
has squcezed through tho electoral col
lege A new method should also be settled
upon for the election of U. S. Senators.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14

A dispatch from Elm creek, Ncb-
states that on Tu csday morning party
Of 80 Pawnee Indians were surprised
and attacked by largo body of Sioux
A bloody fight ensucd, resulting in the
defeat Of the Pawnees, who lost about
one hundred prisoners, comprising some
of the best men Of the tribe, and most
of their. horses, arms and game. They
were pursued twenty-five or thirty
miles, and only escaped when night
camc on
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14
ACur,a,s Letter.

General Spinner has addressed the
following letter to The cashier Of y New
England bank, datSd tho 7th inst:
Sir: Your letter 81 tie lss was rsoeiv-
Cd yesterday by the Adams, Express
Company. There cane enclosed, as
therein stated, two United Statss legal
tender notes, one Of the denomination Of
$500, the other 500. Both these notes
are entirely new, having never even
been folded, and arc perfectly clean, be-
ing without spot or speck. For some
bad purpose, probablya fraudulent ono,
with a view to raising other United
States notes of smaller denomination to
the value of these, more than onc-tenth
of each has been scissored out with q
clean cut. Under the old regulations
Of the Trcasurerv Department that ex-
tended back for moro than ten years,
these notes could have been redeemed
for only nine-tenths of their face value.
Sixty dollars would under the old rules
have been deducted for the mutiIation
Of these bills. Unfortunately for the
government, the rules have been lately
modified, 80 that this penalty cannot be
enforced. Under this moro than gen.
orous modification you desire to have
returned to you new United States notes
Of like denomination at the expense
of the United States. The charge to the
government by express company tor
their transportation both ways would
be one dollar and twenty cents. For
the dog daysI consider this request Dc
cidedly cool. First you or your ellen,
willfully cut new notes, and then you
ask the government to replace them with
other new unmutilated notes, to be in
their turn, for aught know, mutilated
and returned with . like request fol-
other notes. But to pay the expense OF
and run the risk of transportation both
ways-this to my mind, is piling it or
pretty steep, You not only burn a man
with a red hot poker, but you ask the
burned one to l'ay FIR heating the poker
If you will turn to the thirty-clghth sec
ton of the national banking law, you
will find that if any person had treated
two Of your bank notes in tho way these
two United States notes have been used
you could recover BY action in any court
having jurisdiction fifty dollars for each
Of the mutations. "What is sauce for
the goose is sauce for the gander.
Ought not the perpetrators Of these mu
tiIalions be made to respond in like
manner? Under the circumstances il
has been concluded that these notes be
retained until the pieces that were cut
off them shall be returned to the Office
and until the ZIP rntf: abdul ut or NAL
icious mutilatiOn shall have been satisfac.
torily explained to tho department.
Very respectfully yours,
G.. #. STEINER,
Treasurer of United States.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-14
The M,nitob;an affair is creating som

The Manitobian affair is creating some
excitement in diplomatic circles. The
President has given tho authorities OF
Minnesota to understand that unless the
matter is disposed Of within reason.
able time, a demand in unmistakable
terms will be made on the British gov.
eminent, and 1t will be followed by fur.
Their action.