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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01
Railway Cars OIL Wires.

The wire rope railway has recently
been introduced on an improved plan
:---.-mamly Designed, in this form, to bo
used i'll connection with a marrow
gauge railway or horso road, where
coal or are is moved in small, suuaro
box oars.
The tra cks arc laid to the edge of
tho river or lake TO DO crossed, and,
If the span does not exceed three
hundred feet, q steel scven.cighths
inch rope is stretched over the stream.
1t is passc round largo wooden whcols,
property secured at each end, and so
arranged that, when ono wheel is turn
cd by steam power, the entire ropo
travels like any ordinary baud.
Close beside this, and at just tho
width oil tho cars from it, is placed
another rope, secured in the same
way, and made to moyc with it.
These two ropes PASSOVER strong cup
porting wheels at cach sido of tho
stream, and hang about four feet
above tho end of the rail-
Each car is provided with four
strong iron hooks one on each corner,
and, as they arrive at the stream,
they arc pushed, ono at time, np to
the moving ropes. The hoops on tho
cars fit over the rope, and it's. friction
lifts them from the traol; and trans
ports them over tho stream. On
reaching the other side, the ropes pas .
over the wheels, and the car slides
upon the rails again without injury.
It's momentum sends it along tho
track, and it is easily secured to tho
engine. When tho train has passed
the rope transit, one car at time. it
IS made up and goes on.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01
mo, Is
Political Notes.

Hon. David a. Mum, tho newly
elected member ofCoEgress from tho
Eighth district ofTcnncsscc, has open.
ly declared his intention to vote for
tho repeal Of tho Salary Grab law.
MIR. Num- docs not mean cXrctly what
he says, because that law cannot he
repealed under the provision Of tho
con7titution which declares that tho
Presidents compensation "snall
neither be increased nor diminished
during the period for which he shat,
have been elected" A new law may
be passed fixing the salaries Of tho
members of Congress at 5000 year.
Mr.. Num- was elected in place Of
William ". Vaughan, a salary grab
ber.
:: On the Sd Of October Oregon will
choose member of Congress in place
of Joseph G.. Wilson, deceased. Tho
issue, besides tho general one, ap-
pears to be on endorsing tho actions of
tho new Unitod States Senator, James
llc'ncl Mitchell, alias James Mi'ch.
ell llc!pcl. The democratic candi.
date, James w. Ncsmith, condemns
him, while the republican, Hiram.
Smith, finds him not guilty and hopes
nc will not do SO any more.
The Boston Advertiser keeps peg.
ging away at tho administration. Il
says :---''Thc republican, party of
Massachusetts, may safely bo relied
upon as an administration party as
long as The administration is worthy
Of support, and we wis', it to be is
tlnctly understood that federal cnicr<
holders add no strength TO it as soon
as they lead eff in opposition to Tho
honest wishes and sentiments of the
party.'
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

The Warrrenton (Fa.) Index con-
firms the report that Col. Nlosby re.
cent y wrote letters to the President
and Postmaster General Crcswcll OK.
pIanatory of his position in tho pres
cnt canvass i'll Virginia, stating that
If because of the patronage bestowed
upon him in the distribution Of GER.
tain Offices different course
was expected on lis part il would
ho gratifying to him to have
the said appointments revoked, and
says "that in confirmation of the pre-
sumption that they were satisfactory
to the parties addressed, we state that
when q Radical delegation, headed
by Plat, waited on Postmaster Gen.
eral Creswcll this week and demanded
the removal Of tho appointccs made
through the influence of Mosby, Cres~
we'll refused to comply"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01
A Strange Street Car,

Ihcy arc trying new street car of
novel construction in Cincinnati. It
is the invention ola MIR. Murch. In
stead Of overcoming The rcs3tannc in
drawing by u smooth IRON rail it ia
obviatcd by tho size Of the wheels.
The body Of the car is similar to that
OF the ordiDary street car. 1t. has
but one platform. with stcrs 1T either
side, ahd is no higher than other cars,
the front wheels, six feet in aia ter,
with platform for Tho driver, aro
independent Of the rest of the car,
20 far as can be while coupled TO it,
and turn just as tho front wheels Of
common carriage. The weight Of tho
car with its load, rests chiefly on tho
hind wheels, which tower up nine
feet in diameter. The axles drop in
such a way that the load is far bnIow
the centre Of the wheels, and al dan
ger Of upsetting is avoided. rho
wheels arc CT iron, with long brass
hubs and two rows Of spoAcs. Tho
track Of the front wheels is the same
width as that of common buggy,
while that Of the hind wEoc!s = mucl,
more than the width Of tho car itself.
. .
A Curious Item OF the Financial Crash,
Wo find tho following very susges~
tive ITEM in the Now York SUMS ac.
count Of last Friday'a,procccdings at
the Now York Stock Exchange
a we'll known and influential bro.
ker said "The government has
come to tho rescue Of The fellows who
have gone under. All o( th"m, with
the exception Of Dick Seholl, aro
truly loya! and thet'a why The govern
mont takes care of them. If thc un-
fortunatcs were Democrats or hostile
to Mr.. Grant, do you suppose any
assistance would be rendered them
from that sonrcc Not bit of it,"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01
A RacY Examination.

The following racy examination of
candidates to the bar is taken from
tho " Wcstcrn Law Journal. The ox-
animation comm cnced with
"Do You smoke Z"
81 do, sir"
"1avo you a. spare cigar %
eyes, cir" (E.&tcnds q short Elk. }
"Now, SIR, what IS tue Tcst duty oil
lawyer? -
.sTo collect fees"
"Right. What is tho second I"
"To increase tho number Of clients
"Whcn docs the position towards
clients change Z"
"N hen making out q bill Of ccsts.'
"Explain."
owe then occupy the antagonistic
position. l become thc plaintiff and
lie becomes tho defendant"
"A suit decided, how do you stand
with the lawyer on the other SIDE :"
":hcek by jowl."
"lfnough, sir. You promise to be-.
come an ornament to your profess ion,
and l wish you success. Now. arc
you aware Of Tho duty you owe nc 2"
"Pcrfoctly."
"Descrihe it,"
alt is to invite you to drink"
"But suppose decline :"
"Candidatc scrtchcs his head.
"Thcrc is no instance of the kind
on record in tho books. | cannot an
swcr the question:" .
"You arc right. Ind the conf
dence with which you mako the as
scrtion shows conclusivcly that you
read the law attentivcly. Let's take
drink, and 7 will sign your ccrtiG-
cato at once 20
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

Fred. Douglass is about Sc years Of
age, stoutly built, nearly six feet in
height, and very erect, a bright cop~
per color, his features prominently
marked, we'll formed head, and his
hair perfectly white. He seemed
to be little feeble, but this, no
doubt, vas owing to the fatigue in
travelling, as his robust frame would
indicate that he had excellent health.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

The toll for carrying wheat from
different points in Minnesota to Mil.
waakie or Chicago has boon raised
from twenty. one to twenty-four cents
IL hushe1, and tho farmers are grum-
bling, rs If three cents was on Object
to them, though salary-grabbcr, John
Logan, says that $500 year isn't
an object to anybody. Tho total
eHaotion from the farmers Of Min.
ncsota by this Increase will amount
to $4,000.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

Ladies ~ delicate health, should
90 TO Colorado. The case Of Mrs.
Prather, of Golden City shows the
wonderful restorative effects of the
climate. She could not sweep her
room when they lived in Ohio but
in less than a year after her arrival
IN tho Territory, she chased her hus-
band a milo and quarter with a
pitcbfvrk.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

Ono of tho highest compliments
ever paid the Southern people, was
that Of the Poet Bryant, when he said
last winter after visit South, that
"whcn Southern statesmen were in
power, We had puro and glorious
government but in their exclusion
from office, crimo and corruption havo
come in like Il flood.' lie is also re-
ported to have said that if slavery was
m evil, it bred the best raco Of ,pen
and women the world ever saw"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

q Fronch countess soizcd philoso-
phor at tho supper table, and, sinking
her voico to whisper, said, "Whilo
they are cutting up tho fowls, and wc
have got five minutes to spare, do
tell mo the history Of the world, for
| want to know it so much"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01
How Ben Buffers Enemies Proved their
YiftnG.

Ono Of the richest things that ever
transpired in politics was developed
at the Radical Convention in Massa-
chuseits.
On the sub:committcc Consisting
OF throc( appointed to draft the rcso.
lutions was Mr.. Hoar, the Radical
Congressman from Worcester, who,
though lie did not vote in Congress
for the back pay, yet did not return
said grab after Lc had cot it.
This committee reported tho scrics
Of resolutions substantially as drafted
by Mr.. Ho"r aud subsequently adopt,
ed by tho Convention.
Its observed thst the resolution
relating to tho so-callel "salary
grab" is SO carefully worded as to
entirely exclude tho writer Of tho
resolution from any censure or con-
dcmnation. The Boston Traveller
'thiEpkS this is every judiciots on the
part Of Mr.. Hoar."
When this resolution was presented
to tho committee, the following
amendment WAS offered and debated
at length by alr. uoor nnd others:
HtsoFrcd, That the Repub}ioan par.
ty of Massachusetts desires to include
in its condemnation of the lato in
crease Of Congressional salaries 81.
those who received the money, as we'll
as those who voted for the measure.
This amendment was adopted BY
najority Of one vote, Mr.. lloar voting
against it. 1t was subsequently re-
considered and tabled by one vote,
that Of the Hon. Mr.. Eoar I'hus it
appears that the only way in which
Mr. Hoar, who received his prcnor.
tion OF the grab, avoids a resolution Of
condemnation is by imodcstly giving
the casting vote to defeat it.
Verify, Massachusetts, is we'll repre-.
scnted in Congress.--Eiom The Hwt-
for0 Tio'cs.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01
Sherman swoars he did not burr

Sherman swoars he did not burn
Columbia. IIo told this monstrous
lie IN the beginning, and unfortunate.
ly for tho honor of humanity, ho
sticks to 1T. We fear the old barn.
burner is "like one, who having un-
TO truth, by telling of it, made such
a sinner of his memory" that he
"crcdits bis own lio." Bnt there Is
consolation in the future for those
whom ho basoly SANDERS: for tho
scripture says "tlo mouth Of them
that speak lica shali bo stopped"
This will occur when Sherman shall
havo been gathered homo to tho bo.
som of his fathr-"tho father Of
lies"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

Tho State bonds held by tho Andes
Insurance Company, and advertised
for sale by Comptroller Hoge, we're
disposed of at auction by Mcssrs. d..
G. Peixotto g. Sons, yesterday, and
brought eleren and d .iay cents-$ll,.
SO for $l0O.-Phnnic.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01
SpIritUaIiSm.

|. Prof. Baldwin appeared last even.
Ing before o largo AMI attentive audi
encc assembled to witness his eaUosc
Of Spirituaiism.
Col. Rib, Mr.. We1klav and Mr..
Helnebers were made u special com
mittoe en- knots, rores and general
good faith of performance.
The Professor then proceeded to
carry out II series OF tests aud mani
tcstations, calculated to mystify the
minds Of his spectators. The com.
Hittcc thcn ticd the han4s and feet
Of the Professor and bis assistant, the
doorS wero closed, and almost immc-
diate] ]y music on thaguitar ;,nd tam
BOURNE was heard bells rang, mystc.
rious r3rs were heard, and fngcrs
were seen ut the apcrturcs of the
cabinet. The doors of the cabinet
were thrown open, and there sat the
Professor and his assistant securely
tied to their chairs.
Mr.. Weakly then took seat in tho
cabinet with the mediums, they be-.
Ing bound, when some ejstartling ,noiscs,
ghostly apparitions and the pamc in
t"rnal music proceeded from that
hauu:cd box, as ii it were very den
of Eob!ins. The doots having been
opened, Mr.. Wcaiiley stopped forth.
very much relieved to find that he
was once more on terra firma.
Tie Professor and his assistant
proceeded with number manifesto.
tiohE, after the manner Of loru Eic
spiritualisp, proving that he was as
good an c*pc,t ia dark undertakings
AZ any Of tho mediums.
And now for "trickS that arc vain"
or these tbs Profos or concluded to os-
p)$e. liz very briefly, bu. satisfac.
torily exploded all the above spirit
deeds aui many other so called su per-
natural manifestations besides. The
Professor enacted and satisfactorily
explained Fosters "mental tests
AMI blood. writing," "<late writiugr
and the dalE "soanses," showing os-
pcciallY how thc ladies manage to
ner!or;n these last wonders SO easily.
Writings on tho wall" was nc"t
weighed il the balance and found
wanting. The professor told how,
at New Orleans, he ma1o u piano
float around through space, discours.
ing sweet melodies.
lie knows how to explain in
very humorous, attractive manner,
rap. i"c, h&n',~c @IIag electrical phe-
nomena and other sturendous falccs
hat hur i :. I
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

A witness, n describing certain
events, said 'Tnc person | saw at
the head of tho s,'irs was man with
one eye named Jacob wilkins"
"NYhat was the .amc Of his other
eye ?" spitcfully asked the opposing
counsel. The winess was disgustcd
at the loyity Of t!e audience.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

Loyc induced q louisville girl
to throw tobaccoin hor fathers eyes
so that her lovcrmight have timo to
get her into his wagon for elopomcnt
purposes.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

a. fro at Broonficld, Penn, which
destroyed pape mill, occasioning q
loss of $75, 900, lad it's origin in spon-
tancOuef sion.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

H'""oi''"' VI II '4''aSuit II =
While tho Good Tcmplar lodge
was in session at Mill Ran, Saturday
night, an explosion ofrowder occurred
beneath the floor Of the school housc
in which the organization met, with
sufficient force to tip over tho tables
aud lamps, while tie fire burst
throuE h tho creviycs in t!e ti4or and
f!Ici tue house with sitting smoke.
A further examination by Galtic!,
revealed thn fact that tho hnii.';-s
had been lifted enough to allow the
foundation to be pushed out Of place.
a powder can that would holi about
twenty-five pounds was fourd under
the house, torn to pieces. The floor
being O double one it was strong
enough to withstand The shock even
to slightly lifting the house and push
ing out the wall--tl,us enabling The
powder to cxrend its farce literally,
and th"arting the e?idont intcntion
to blow up fifteen or twenty men and
women - Obscrrcr.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

Tho war of stho sewing maohipc.
will soon reopen, to show, of course;
that they all got tho first prize +
Vienna.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

The Supreme Court has decided
that Masters in Equity are not liable
for investments made in Confederate
securities updar tho sanction Of the
court.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

When Horace Greeley visited
Yosemite. he picked up in the trail Il
horseshoe and hung it on tho knot Of
an oak tree for whoever might choose
to use it. No one took it, and in timo
The knot grew over the horseshoe, and
recently the portion of tho tree con-
taining it was cut out and sent to San
Francisco az mcmcnto Of Mr.. Gree.
lcy's economy.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

Full off cial returns of tho recent
election in Kentucky show Demo-.
cratic majority Of 92,3G4.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01
Getting Divorces.

The husband can divorce his wife
at pleasure and leave her the charge
Of u,aintainimg their children, in the
island Of Corca. If she proves un-
faithful he can put her to death.
The first wife may DC divorced in
Sian, but 10; sold, as The others may
30. She then may claim the first,
third and Hith child, and the alter.
nate children are yielded to tho Lus-
band.
When a man desires a divorce in
the Arctic regions, he leaves tic
house in anger, and does not return
in several days. The wife nu,,cr-
stands --.tho hint, packs up her clothes
and leaves.
f tho parties choose to separate
in China, they break pair OF chop,
sticks or copper coin in tho presence
Of Witnesses, by which action tho
nnioA is dissolved. Tho husband
must restore to the wife the property
belonging to her prior to marriage.
The Radicals in Trca1!s.
There is, says tho St. Louis Re-
publican, trouble among the Radicals
which, while i lords amusement to
outsiders, is death to the RAIDS.
Thurman has spiked Morton's guns in
Ohio; the Anti Grabbers of Iowa
have cracked John a. T,oean's buglc
the "Respcctability"' of Hltssac'n
sets have dismhntled the whole Long
Branch fertilization by rejecting the
chosen pet Of that establishment B"p.
Butler Brother Harlan Is invited to
remain far away froh the West ;
Matt. Carpenter is noundnring in the
muddy pool of social and political
disrcpute and how tomo tho Rcpub~
lic"h newspapers of Iowa and de-
mand that Senator Gordon Wright
of that State rise TO explain what he
did with his share Of the "aalary
swag," before lo VIII be permitted 20
open his mouth in bohalf Of the
nominees Of the party. Truly the
situation is becoming interesting.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

An Omaha girl introduced ro-
mantle mode OF suicide. She stuffed
her lovers letters down her throat
until sho suflocated.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01

The people Of the great State Of
New York arc, in turn, having colcr-
cd school troubles, the natural results
of so~callcd "civil rights bill' pass
cd by the last Republican State leg
islaturc. In Poughkecpsic, two col.
orcd girls having succeeded in obtain.
ing bench among the white scholars,
many of these have left, and their
parents are quite indignant and ox.
cited over their success while in
Brooklyn it is the colored people
who arc agitated, wanting, by virtue
Of the: "bill," to stand upon foot
ing OF perfect equality with tho
whites for admission to any and all
schools Of that hourishiDg suburb Of
the great metropolis. There, how
ever, the great majority of the whites
insist upon separate schools FOR color
cd children, or continuation Of the
present system. Thus, according to
the New York Herald, antagonisms
on account Of color arc revived upon
Northern soil in their worst forms
Nv "Viot0o puppy VIII P'oOhDly
have to succumb, for antogonism in
heir worst forms cannot do them any.
thing else but harm In brooklyn, New
York or elsewhere.
Tho Polalis reached latitutc a2
deg. lG min. This was tho nearest
point to the North Pole ever cached
by civilized man. Far up in these
Polar soitudcs stands a ruho wooden
monument to Captain Hall, tho in.
trcpid commander Of tho lost Po.
laria. This is n grand monument
that will stand for ages a record Of his
daring and challenge to all the
daring Polar explorers of tho world.
Pity that he could not have reached
the pole, and fallen where tho foot
of man has never trod, and where
tho sun could have lit up his glacial
tomb, forever, and forever
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01


Tie Washington correspondent Of
the Cincinnati Commercial writes,
Sept. 10Th &c. G. Sammis (color.
cd) Who sailed from New York for
E%ropc on Saturday last to assume
tho Office of United States Consul at
Stuttgardt, loft behind him IN this
city, several unpaid board bills, and
annmber Of protested notos or prom
i'es to pay. Sammis was appointed
on the RECOMMENDATION Of one of the
Florida Senators, Of which State he
was resident. He is very light
mulatto, Gnd was sent abroad to
satisfy the domands of colorcd people
for recognition and tho appointment
of ono Of thoir raco to foreign of
fito." \ German consul was romov.
ed to make room for this representa-.
tive Republican.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-23

N0TICE.-A + A. M-Tbs .i1tv..svsn,h e.
4 n1al eommunieation Of the NJ W. Grand Lode
o. 4 4 +. A. ~, Of the State Of Delaware, Will Ss
held IN tns Masonic Hall. in the city Of WHINING
ton, on FRIDAY, the 9th day Of June, 1873, Al II
CLOCK. q; M J. P. ALMOND
mayAo-5taWtm Secretary Grand Lodge.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-23
Crime.

VIM. HIrsch, q soldier Of the garrison Of
Fortress Monroe, was murdered about mile
from the fort on Saturday night A. man
named Davis, has been arrested on suspicion
GieOrge Fields, cOlored, felOniOusly assaulted
a German girl, named Lizzie Koch, near Au.
gusta, No, on Saturday He was arrested
and taken 70 Augusta, where he was lynehed
by mob
Tue house Of Mr.. O'DOlpell, near Sidney,
Nebraska, was robbed on Friday night Dy .
negro and white man, who shot and danger
OuslV wounded Mrs. O'DOnnoll. A party Of
citizens pursued and killed the robbers.
A Kansas City despatch reports . consplFa-
ev 10 rob the Peoples Bank OF Chlllc0the, Me-,
BY Smith RamD0, 80 wealthy but nOtoriously
bad character" He had planned, with some
confedeFatas, 10 selze the cashier, and hold
him as hostage and compel bis wife TO OpeI
the bank vaults. The plan was discovered
and when Ramb0 went to the cashiers house
late on Friday nlght, he was met By party O
citizens, ''and after short paEleY vas riddles
Wilh bullets ana Rillod.'E Two 81 his eOafed
crates were lodGsd n jan.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-23


DIED AT FLoREEcE.-WILLtAM BISdHAX
CLYlEER, late a wealthy and influential citizen Of
WellsabOro, Ti0gA county, Pa, and brother
in-iaw Of the Hon. Hester. Daniel, Edward. and
William II. ClymeF, Of this city and county died
at Florence, Italy, of apOpiexy, on the 18th OF
May last Mr. OiymeF, has resided in Europe,
with his family, for tho last four years. Some six
weeks ago q cable telegram was received by his
relatives this city, informing them Of his serious
illness, WhereupOn the Hon. Hsister Ciymer i'm
mediately set sail tol Europe, in answer TO the
melancholy summons. He arrived at SOuthamp-
ton on the third OF June. vent from thence to
London, and by way Of Dover and Calais to Paris,
where he received the sad intelligence Of his
br0ther-in-lAW's death a. stated. The deceased
was grandson Of George Clymer, member Of
the First Continental Congress and one OF the
signers of the Declaration OF Independence. He
was q third eonsn OF the Clymer brothers OF this
city, as well as q brotheT-in-laW, by marriage.
NJ. Z. was related to the Bingham family, in
PhilAdelphia, and was for many years tAs agent,
and up TO his death one OF the trustees ct that
estate. He was large owner OF land, In north
western Pennsylvenla which have lately become
very valuable on account Of the discovery OF rich
oil deposits He leaves . Wife, and four children
Who are being educated at Dusseldorf and Wsis
Baden. Hoi Hiostsr ClyEer was at last accounts
ut Veyay, in SWitzerland, whether he had re-
paired 70 meet his sister, and will EetnEn home
about the lat Of August. The body OF William
b. Clymer will probably be brought TO Reading
and entered In Charles Evans CemseFy. Read
ing Tines.