The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-05-14

for us TO know whether they do steal !.
We believe that EairfeItsis the first
County in which a committee Of ;ex.
a"ina,iou has been appointed. Ifaho
other Counties will initiate our exam.
pie ono Of two results will follow-
either money will cease to disappear,
or else some Of the men now in Office
will find themselves with shaved heads
and striped suits breaking stones in
the Penitentiary. We are happy to
stute that We do not thiuk any OF our
County officials have been guilty of
fraud; but if any have, Ne advise
them to leave for pur.s unknown ut
once, rs plenty Of jArors eau be found.
both white and c,lorcd, who wilt glad.
iy g'vo them their dcsor,s. We arc
des'roas OF having tho Ono ton oct.
ted definitely, whether We have Or
have not been swindlcd. The enur.
m"us S:,rniitures for Ctuuty l.t'p,s-
eS dnrlng pas. years, Win 10 hcncG-
o'u! res"I s.. smack strong!y OF fraud
.: iminaI negli4cuce but we eu :
p:"'t cur VI rdict until tn. CON h,fttee
r,rott'. LIT this CON n ittvc rene M.
b>rtiat the wbole Ca.uty is anx,ous.
ly awaiting the result OF their inves-
LEGATIONS, and expects TAli and nx-
haus'ivc report in November next.
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Neurology.
The neurology Of tue past weok has
been remarkable. Perhaps st no
farmer period, have the d,atl,s IF 50
many distinguished men beea record
od in No short space of time.
The FIST on Ito list is that Of Ex-
G"vo1nor Orr lIe had but jus: ell.
tered upon his 1utieh rs Minister t.
hn>si", "h.n he was sLmn,Iurh to APP
pear b.tuIe tho Kipg If Tc,ryrs.
G"rc.nor Orr WIS a man OF signal
ability, and MAS II powcr. not only in
the State, but l., tho Uni:eI States.
At Que time be enjoyed the highest
coniidenco of his fcllow. .ci,izons but
his conduct since the war, alcnAted
from him many Of h,s wa, iiiest
friends. IIo however partially re.
deemed himsclf BY his Int against
the Moses radicals during tho last
campaign.
Chief Justice Chaae Also died last
week. lie is too we'll Known to the
people of the UAi'ed States to require
notice. lie asri>al many years for
tho Presidency, but like Clay, Cui-
houn, Webster, uud several other OF
our greatest men, was doom! I'd Is dis
appointment:
LitorAture and science have al %
been called upon to gricvc the loss of
.fli:ient Sc, wants. News has Just
reached Us that Cupt. Hall, wh6 set
sail i'll the Polaris, in sea, ch of the
North Pole, died ofapoplexy, in No
Sem Der 1871, in the frotou Arctic re-
eion. Much was Expected of this ex-
redition, as every necessary prepara-
tion for success had been made.
Hnt pethapa The county lost n great.
er bc"efactor than either Of the other
three men, in the death of Prof. Nc
Gnf1cy, Of the Virginia University
tle had, for many years. been epgag.
cd in tho cause OF education, and his
excellent Eulectio Headers are famil.
lar to every household in tho land.
Dispatches also report that tho
=, pc of Rome, aud .Oakes Amcs, of
Credit Mobi|ier, arc both expected
to die. Tie Pope is a great and
gdJd ,Aan, and se trust his lif, will
be spared. As for 6akes Arues, we
hope he will have ti.uo allowed him
for repentance.
Ke;l"gg, the usurperof Louisiana,
COM" Lear meeting bis end at the
hands Of an infuriatcd taxpayer
We would also say let him repent
and then, tho so5ncr he leaves this
suL.un,ry sphere tho better for al