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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-08-13
A Standard Currency.

The question Of a standard cur
rcucy throughout the world il ia Il
fair way Of being solved. Recent
news from South America, confirmed
by dispatches from Washing ton, is to
the effect that 10 less than eight or
ten Of the different govern ncnts Of
that part Of the continent have ap.
pliad to the United States to have
silver coin manufactured at our mint
Of our fstandard dollar, half-dollar.
dime, half-dimc and Gnartcr-dollar
pieces, and gold coin OF our quarter
and half cagl;, eagle and double
c1glc denominations, with, Of cour&c,
their own distinctive designs, but Of
the same values Of our own coin. 50
as to be interchangeable. Con~rcss
will be asked next winter to ra%a y
law authorizing this coinage. which IL
successful, will soon make the coin Of
this half Of the glolc of one value,
and do more to produce an intcrnn-
tional money system than all the
French theories and financial writer,
could bring about in q century.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-08-13


The press Of Germany, under the
Bismarck regime, is in sorry plight,
which is only tolerablc in vicw of tho
hoped for early going ont Of power Of
that celebrated man. The position
of a responsible editor of a Prussian
newspaper has become so dangerous
that somo ignorent and hardy fellow,
to whom imperial bread and water
would bc no great privation, is paid
to act as dummy and stand the pen
altics. The Deulschc Frcic Xcitung,
of Berlin, has announced that its re.
fpoDsiblo dirootor is licensed street
porter No. lO7. No. lO7, while act.
ing as responsible editor Of tho Frcie
Hcitung, continues his occupation Of
carrying boxes and messages, unless
when interrupted BY sunpIous to
court.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-08-13
BALL ON THE TApIs.

Wo are in a reasonable state Of
excitement over the coming dance,
our irreligious heels are very unruly,
and from their continuous tapping
evince an anxiety for tho front. There
arc to be extra trains from old Fort
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-08-13
SarHatoGsa.

We. copy tho following extracts
from the Saratoga correspondence Of
the News and Courier.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07
The Credit MObilier.

Ames' testimony on the 22d. fortified ar it
was by transcripts from his books. created
more sensation than any incident of Congress
sional investigation for many years. II left
Mr.. Colfsx in the same position az Senator
Patterson except that there was no final set
Element. Both Garfield and Kelley took the
shares. and Ames carried them and let the div
idends pay for the investment Both received
first dividends in bonds which Ames sold. and
applied OF their purchase, and both received
the balance due from the second cash dividend
1929. in a check on the Sergeaut-st-Arns. He
never had any talk with either about the trans
action being one Of borrowed money until
since the investigation began. Garfield called
on him and requested him to consider it
az borrowed. Ames testified that he de-
posted $4,000 with the Sergeant-at-Arms,
which he had drawn a. dividends on
the stock he was carrying for
the various gentlemen interested,
and that he paid them by such checks as have
already been described. and the books of the
Sergeant-st-Anns would show they had been
paid and charged TO him. He testified that the
evidence of Speaker Blaine, Senator Wilson,
Representatives Dawes, Scofed. and Hng-
ham agreed with his books and his recollec-
tions. The evidence Of James +. Wilson was
also entirely correct His evidence and that of
Mr.. Allison agreed except on one point. Mr..
Ames did not remember that M. Allison had
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07

examinations under the civil service rules 70 candi
dates for ecrk.hipa, etc An amendment 10 thes
Bankrupt act passed, eXempting from indg
inents against the bankrupt effects Of Whatever
property WAS exempt from execution by STATE law
ia force in 1871 The bin abolishing the franking
privilege, az amended by the Senate, was adopted.
aud viii take effect on the LIT Of July.
Tuesday, Jan. 23.-SEHATE. motion 20
appoint committee 10 investigate the charges CIR
culatod against tho Yicc-President in connections
with the Credit Mobilior, which offered al his
rcques was lost, only oue SENATOR the mover, iOi-
ing IN the affirmative. The House amendment 10
the bill providing for representation OF the United
) atcs AT the Vienna Exposition was concurrcd IN.
The bill q pay japan for grounds IN that coun-
try occupied by our Government for hospital pur-
pOses was passed 81. Tie amendment 90 the Legis-
aiiye Appropriation bill, providing that no judy
Of tho Court O. Claims shall be pad except to
persons whose loyalty is proved, was agreed TO.
Shernan's amendment raising tho sa.aiies OF AZ
sistant Secretary, Solicitor, Register and Super,is
ing Architect Of the Treasury Department, Assistant
Secretary Of the Interior, the Comniissiouers ot
Patents Of Indian Affair.", OF Commerce, OF Agri-
culture, Of Pensions, and Of the General Land
Office, Auditor of the Treasury and Assistant Post
master-(ienoral, and of the Superintendent of the
Money Order Department aud Foreign Mails, -
5000 each per year, VIA adopted An amendmeg,
10 raise the salaries OF Congressman to 81 900 waN
tabled
HoUsE.-rhe session was mainly occupied in de-
bate the bin for the admission of Colorado, which
did not come TO a vote.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07
Finding Longitude at Sea.

n very elementary acquaintance with
nautical instruments enables seamCn 10
determine the latitude of q vessel. But
ascertaining longitude so as 60 he moral
ly certain OF the exact position of the
ship III relation to Its distance from any
particular port, island, mountain, or
dangerous rock III the ocean, requires a
very accurate knowledge of the motions
of the earth in the vast orbit traversed
III It's circuit round the sun.
When it is noon at one place, it is ex-
actly ] o'clock IN the afternoon some
where else, at another, and at anoth-
er. Time, therefore, is constantly differ
ing every moment, reckoning from aIAy
point on the earth The reason why it
SO happens is because this world runs
sixty miles every four minutes, which is
fifteen miles minute, one mile in four
seconds, and quarter of mile III one
second-the tick Of n watoh-apparently
towards or from the sun, going east or
west
With such facts a navigator competent
to direct IL vessel across n trackless ocean
must be familiar Without making
miniature treatise defining degree, the
value of chronomcter. or perplexing
the mind of nprofessional readers with
how longitude is ascertained east or west
from Greenwich, or any other national
meridian, the object contemplated i'll
this paragraph is to impress them with
the order and undertaking revolutions of
the heavenly bodies, which enable man
to steer off into the wide waste of mighty
seas, confident i'll the resources of science
TO find his way in safety to any section
of tle hahitable o1oho
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07

substantially the same terms as to the proceed
ing Syndicate
The House of Representatives has directed
the Poland Credit Mobilier Committee to M
auire what members of Congress have been
interested in the Dubuque and Sioux CITY rail-
road. and in the Central Pacific railroad, each
of which received subsidies from the Govern
ment.
II il rumored that yice-president Colfax
will bring suit against Cakes Ames Tor per-
!sary. IT..
The House Committee 6n Appropriations
has acreedto allow near a. 600, 600 for the con-
tinuation of tho CoGit-House and Fos'oI0V'
work in New York, s2,000,OOO Tor thS' at
Chicago. and Il 900 900 for that at Ut ouis.
Secretary Deano has arrived at tbc capital,
much improved in health
A Washington dispatch saya: caucus of
Southern Senators and members has agreed,
after a long and not very harmonious consulta-
ton. to unite in asking President Grant to take
Senator Pool. of North Carolina, into his Cabi-
net to represent the South.
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of
]. c. Bancroft Davis to be Assistant Secretary
Of State. vice Charles Hale, resigned.
President Grant is reported to have declared
that he expects no other change in his Cabinet
than the resignation of Secretary Boutwell,
Senator Sumner is still quite feeble. His
physician visits him twice day, and injects
morphine into his arm to enable him to sleep.
Three large trunks full of documents are
part of the baggage brought to Washington
by the members of the McEnery Returning
Board. summond there to testify i'll the case OF
the contrasting Senators from Louisiana.
The House has passed the bill relieving John
II. Regain, of Texas (eX-Confederate Postnas-
ter-GeneraD, of his political disabilities.
Postmaster-G General Creswell has decided to
revoke his double-postage order, provided the
Attorney General will sustain him.
The bill just passed Congress abolshing the
franking privilege makes a clean sweep of the
whole system after June next. Members are
not even allowed any stamps, as III England,
for official correspondence.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07
Sea.Sickncss Abolished.

Mr.. Henry Bessemer, in letter to the
London Times, remarks 81 am re-
loiced to say that the very able men who
direct the affairs of the Bessemer Saloon
Steamboat Company have lost no time
since it's formation in issuing their con-
tracts TO ship-builders and engineers, so
that we may in ten months from this
time hope to see the horrors of the
middle passage removed forever. In
its place an agreeable hour and quar-
ter's trip will break the monotony of a
railway journey between the capitals of
England and France. To this end. so
devoutly TO be wished, / am looking for
ward with unbounded confidence. and
with that intense pleasure which the
great realization of great aim in life
alone can inspire.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07
Washington.

The House Banking and Currency COMMITTEE
have decided to report bill relieving national
banks from the operation of the local usury
laws.
The Commissioner. Of Internal Revenue has
decided that imitation wines of home manufac-
ture are exempt from taxation.
The Senate has voted, two to one, to abolish
the ranking privilege after July /. The fol-
lowing is the vote Yeds-Alcorn, Anthony,
Boreman, Casserly. Chandler. Cole, Conkling,
Cragin, Ferry (Ct.), Ferry (AIich.), Flanagan,
Hamlin, Harlan, Hitchcock, Howe, Johnson,
Kelly Lewis, Pratt, Ramsey, Sawyer Schurz,
Scott. Sherman, Sprague, Stewart, Stockton,
Thurman, West, Wilson, Window and Wright
80. Nays-Ames, Bsyard, Buckingham, Car
penter Corbett, Ednunds, Frelinghuysen, Gill
bert. Hill, Machen, Norwood, Pool, Robert
Hon. Spencer, Stevenson and Tipton-16
The Sloop bill has passed the Senate, with an
amendment raising the number of vessels to
ten, a. it stood originally.
Colorado, through her delegate, il still
vigorously knocking at the doors Of Congress
for admission to the Union.
The President has signed the hill incorporat-
ing the LOOMS Aerial Telegraph Company.
The Senate has refused to Increase the eal-
AIRY Of Congresemen to $4,000 year.
Secretary Boutwell, has fob the remaining
500, 600 600 Of the per cent. bonds to a Syn
dictate Of American and foreign bankers on
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07
The South.

Gen. Gordon has been elected United States
Senator from Georgia. The vote stood ::
Gordon, 10; Alexander II. Stcphens Sc ; eX-
Attorney Akerman, II.
Alexander H. Stephens has been nominated
TO Congress in Georgia, and accepted. The
Governor will order the election soon.
Kentucky il agitating the project of remoy-
ing her State capital from Frankfort TO Louis
Vile.
The people of Georgia, Alabama, Florida
and other Southern States are seriously
alarmed at the tide of emigration which has
set in from those States to Texas In Texas
the computation il that the arrivals of settlers
from other States are equal to 5000 per day
this is during the present season, but III tho
spring greater number is expected.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07

The following tables, compiled from
the forthcoming census report, exhibit
the birthplace of the entire population
OF the United States, native and foreign
born. The first table shows the nuInber-
of persons i'll the country born IN each
of the States and Territories, including
whites, colored persons, Indians, and
Chinese:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07
The West.

ITO VSSts
man named Kidder was recently killed near
Epworth. Iowa, by the falling of a tree.
Uriah Howe, one of the first settlers OF
Manstee, Mich was recently frozen to death.
Later intelligence from the scene of battle
with the Modoc Indians, III California, states
that Il whites we're killed and % wounded.
The troops were obliged to leave their dead on
the field.
The well-known druggist. p. c. Samson, one
of the oldest and most prominent citizens OF
Dubuque, Iowa, died recently after lingering
illness, of consumption.
John Crowder, one of the pioneers of Du-
buque county, Iowa, was found dead in field
near his home, whore he had gone to cut wood
He died from old age.
Six persons were drowned at Evansville Ind,
recently. while attempting to cross the Ohio
river in skitT.
Hammond, the reyyalist is converting the
Bloomington, H., sinners.
The Grand Army of the Republic meeting.
nj Dayton, last week was elimly attended
4 disease similar to the epizootic afilicts the
Detroit horses.
The epizootic il rayaging the Pacific coast
The Modoc Indians flushed with their re-
cent victory, threaten a raid Oh the white set
Elements.
The Lake County (Tnd.) Intirmary was burn
ed last week. Two insane women were de-
yourcd by the flames.
1t il stated that some / 100 suits are about
to be entered against the Missouri Pacific and
Atlantic and Pacific railroads of Missouri, for
unjust discrimination in freight charges
These suits involve over million of dollars.
Laura d. Fair ectured at Sacramento. the
other night. in a lager-beer saloon, having been
unable to obtain any public hall. Her subject
was, Evolves in the Fold" Finding nobody
paid TO enter the collar, she ordered the door
thrown open for free lecture. The place was
Immediately filed. She then went on the plat
form and delivered the lecture.
The Mayor of Detroit has been fined $500
by the Recorder for violating the smallpox
ordinance.
Capt. Jack, the Modoc Chief, recently at
tackled Col. Demands camp, and was repulsed.
The white settlers are greatly apprchensiye
of raids by the sayages, and many families are
leaving.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07
oF 80 N.rrye-noRN AMrEIcANs.

OF which 2S, 0J5, $50 are whites, 1870
3Gi colored 51S Chinese, and q, 595 In
dians-the Inter only including the civ
ihzed Indians who do not belong to
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07
NEWS SUM m AIRY.
The East.

The nalers and feeders in tho Pittsburgh
nail mills are on general strike.
The SANTANA Bay Company held meeting at
New York, the other day, and ratified the con-
tract made with the San Domingo Government.
The following officers were elected for the en-
suing year; A. b. Stockwell, President; Paul
N. Sponord, yice-President; Henry Clews,
Treasurer; Il. II. Hazard, Secretary. The
company intend purchasing or building three
steamers besides the Tybee which will run
regularly between New York and SANTANA Bay
establishing weekly communication.
Sanderson, lawyer, has sued the Brooklyn
Union for $50, 600 worth of libel.
A New York dispatch of the 22d says 1t was
a painful scene when the sisters, Mrs. Wood
hull and Tennie c. Claflin, and Col. Blood were
for the fourth or fifth time taken to court to-
day to plead to the indictment for the same
libel, this time for repetition of it. Strong
minded women and weak-minded men were
conspicuous by their absence, and the prison.
ers, already under heavy bail, could not furnish
new BAIL and were let out on parole
The Hon. VIM. Cassidy, editor of the Albany
Erer,iaq Argus, and one of the famous Albany
Regency, is dead.
The Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention
has decided that the State elections shall be
held on the Tuesday following the first Monday
in November, and city and township elections
OH the third Tuesday in February.
Three persons were swept from bridge
over the Little Delaware river near Hampden
Del. and drowned, during the freshet.
The smallpox il rapidly decreasing in Bos-
ton.
The Cashier of the National Granite State
Bank. at Exeter, ~ H., has absconded, leay-
ing defalcation Of $780, 900.
Pennsylvania will give 100000, and the
city of Philadelphia $500, O00 to aid the Cen
tauniaI causp
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07
Total foreign-born population $50.

4VIG, IUIVI Bu-bpfL pupuIluon. 900 IT
In the above table the islands of the
Indian Ocean, except Madagascar, are
included in India, the Ionian Isles in
Greece, Corsica in France, Eliza and
Sardinia in Italy, the Belearic Islands
in Spain, and the Channel Islands in
ENGLAND
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07

Miss LEWIS, the American (coloreD
sculptress in Rome, has two $4,000
orders from English aristocrats.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-06

Our Canadian neighbors are very much ex-
ercised over the scandal which has connected
the Ministry with the improper use of money
in elections and the alleged receiving Of
brides. Some indications of the feverish state
of pdblle feeling is shown In the circulation
Of a report that Sir John A. Macdonald, the
Prime Minister, had attempted to commit
suicide. The rnmor seems utterly Incredible.
A new and damaging witness for the Minis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-06
gnorr 10 Advertisements.

AMu, ENENrs-TAiryi P0ae-eth column
RAxKfNe Avn kgNANCI Af,--SepenM Pd0c-fst column
RoARD AND RooMs--Third Page-4th column.
BUsINEss NOTICEs-Fourfh Pdge-lst column.
CHANCES FOR BUSINESS MEN-Second Pdpe-4th column
Coal. ETC.- Third IG9e-6th column.
CoRPoR ALTON NOTICss-SaTfh Pa0e-5th column.
DKNrfsTRY--Third pdqc-Ath column.
DIVIDEND NOTICEs--Sepcnh P0Qe-6th column.
Day GoODs-TArd Pd0c-6th column.
ExCURsIoNs-Third Page-6th column
EISANCIAL-S erenM Page 5th and 9Th columns
FuRNTrJRE-Third Pd9e-3d column.
HELr WANTED, MALES-Third Idge-5th column a,
HORSES, CARRIAGES, HARNESS, Sc'-IhTd I"So-'u
column. NIL
AorEIs-S Second Paqe-6th column EUROPRAs-IhTd
Pagc-lst aud 81 columns. 49,, ,.
HOUSES AND FARMS WANrED-Sec0nd fGye-o'n ooi"h'
INSTRUCTION PG0e-3d. Ash, and STA Columns
LOAN OFFICEs-SiTih Pdge-5th column =.
LONDON ADvERTIsEMENTs-fhTd Fd9e-ist ana ]u
columns. -, an, ..,,o
MARHK AND SLATE MANTELs-SccoTd 0e-i9h column
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS-Ftfth Page column -
MIsCEILANEOUS-Lt9h fage-oth cOIuinh' ooSV'" IVY
MrsTc,f iSsTRuNESTs-Third Page-6th column.
NEW PUHIcAT IONs--Strth PGOe-2d and sd columns
PROPOS AIs-SecOHd Pdge-Sd column. -,
REAL ESTATE For SALE, CIrrSccoo ieDeon ap ~ Uou
' coIumns: RROOKLYS--Second Pd0e-5th column; NEW,
JERsEY-SecOnd PdGe-6th column COUNTRY oeooha
pq0e-5th column; AT AUCrION-SccOnd fdgc-oth
column. TO EVCH tNGE-SecOHd Puqe-3th column.
SALEs M AUCTION-Seeond Pd0e-4th column.
SAVINGS BANKs- SepeaM Pdge-6tb column =
SIrrAuONs WANTED NALEs-Third Pdge-4th and Blu
columns: FENMEs-Thtrd Poge-5th column.
SPkCIAI NOrICEs-Fifh fGge-Sth column.
sTENMROATs AND RAIRo ADsThird Pdge-lst. 20 ana 50
columns Second Page-6th column
STEAMERS, OCEAN-Seeond Pdge-tth column
SUMMER REIREATs-Third Page-4th column
TEACHERs-SiTth Pdge-5th column.
TIIR TURF THIRD PG0e-6th column. 80 -.
LET, BROOKLYN PROPERTY Sec0na fd0e-oth coiuh"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-06
BOLTING.

The resolution of the Iowa Republican Con-
yention last June, declaring it to be the duty
of all good citizens to refuse support to bad
or incompetent nominees OF the party, has
thrown some of the Administration newspa-
pers into alarm. This they tell us, will only
encourage unjustifiable boiling" If pri-
yate citizen is to have the privilege of review
ing the Judgment of the nominating cOnyen-
ton, there is an end of all party discipline,
and half the occupation of Postmasters, Col
lectors, and Federal Marshals is taken
away. The despotism of the convention
is the strength of the vile and
corrupt elements in every party. Any man
who has studied public affairs can point out
in his own State or city score or SO OF IN
veterate Ofice-hoders utterly useless and I'M
principled vagabonds, who are returned to
places of trust and profit term after term, al
though they could never get dozen votes In
fair canvass of their merits. 1t is the des-
potism of the caucus which supports these
men. They could not purchase the people !;
but they know how to control the conven-
tions, and then we are told that it is "unjus-
"tifablen to desert the regular party nom
inees.
THE TRIBUNE has always upheld the sacred
right of boiling and scratching. We have no
idea of voting for person unfit to hold OIL
fee. Just because an assemblage Of other per-
sons. MANY of them unfit to give advice, tell
us that we ought to do so. To make the con-
vention an infallble guide, and raise its
nominations to the dignity of a syllabus, is to
offer premium to rascality, and to insure
that every party organization, no matter how
patriotic its origin and elevated its principles,
shall speedily become as rotten as the old
Democratic Ring of New-YOrk or the flourish
ing Republican Rings of Philadelphia and
Washington. We shall never have good nomi-
nations until we admit the right OF every
voter to scrutinize the action of his represent
atives in the convention, and refuse to ratify
that action when it seems to him dishQ9-
est and unwise. This is going to be a
good year for bolts and split tickets. In
every quarter there is great and growing
dissatisfaction with political leaders, and
conviction that the existing organizations have
nearly outlived their usefulness. The ties of
party fealty have been almost universally
weakened. On neither side is there the tenn
per that submits to arbitrary dictati0n; and
we presume that in great many cases the
regular nominees will be very uncere-
moniously treated by their own party. 1t is
certainly much more important for us to
choose good honest men to office this Fall
than to perpetuate either the Republican or
the Democratic party in the present condition
of those two political factions; and if scratch
ing bad candidates is going to ruin them, the
sooner they go to the dogs the better.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-06
New.2lork Daily Gribmate.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1873.

sTbe British Parliament was proroGued by a speech
from the queen. The German officer who seized
the vantc Cartagena, is to be deprived Of his COM
mand.
Col Drake Of New-Jsrsey has been sentenced to be
seprtlnanded- == Vice-President Wilson's health
cites apprehonsioDs =- Virginia Republicans are
seeking Administration aid. === There a cabinet
session yesterday. 80 Mcclellan admits robbing the
mails. 60 The Cherokee nation has held general
election. Yesterdays winners at Saratoga were
Battle Ak, strachnO and Duffy; at Buffalo, Mambrino
Gift and Nettie
II Ia rumored that suits will be brought by stock
tobbcrs 20 put the Erie Railway into bankruptcy.
Standard Oh Works at Hunters Point were burned,
Involving a loss Of 100000. The Board OF Health
declined annul the contract with the NewYork Rem
tering Company. =-= David Murphy's death sentence
was committed 70 imprisonment for life. 80 West
SIDE merchants held indignation meeting TO protest
against the alleged permit abuses. - Mr. Van Mort,
IN reply TO the Controller, claims that money is
wasted street improvements. 80 Camp-meetings
were opened at Sing Sing and at Merriek, L. l. =s
Gold-ll5i. ll5i, u5s. Thermometer-72o, sag, TAO.