The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-05-14
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"Wednesday Morning. May IA, l87s
.R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor.
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BY Correspondence solicited f. ON ;Svery
sccl OH Of tho country
ohr columns are open 20 nil Tor n free
hiscnss'on OF amy rriurirlr. theory CO idea,
nut we arc IN m resr"nsiic for the views
or opinions Of CORES >ronhcns
s's t..s,
General Shc.m man.
Teleg:aphic dispatches rcpo that
Ecncrals Sherman aud Hoxard tc,ti-
fed before the hnericnu and British
mixed commission that "Cu:un.bin
was not flied hy order, or ty i: detal
soldiers" Whether Co'ua.b;a was
fired BY drdc: We kn,;w not, but wacn
Cen. Sherman states. iht il MAS MT
destroyed by Federal >o.d;e,>, lie
states deliberately j what he kuuw> tn
be false. before reaching South
Carolra, he received letter f;otu
Gen. llalleck, xprs>ing with ,Gat
Charleston and CuIumbia might i,
some way be burned, to which bo 10.
piled that when he .cutervd either of
these cities, his Fifteenth Corps,
would do the wo,k, and that it never
failed. Thct this Corps never Fa,lsd
we can testify. In every sort Of
a'rocioos ,.liisny, in every form Of
d'"bollcAl incendiarism. in evory spe-
clcs of wanton destruction, in every
unblu>hing robbery, in every ont
rageous irsultto helpless women and
children, in every act which would
have made even il Vandal blush, th @
FIftccnth army Coru& cxcellcd. 1t
seemed that every thief and scoundrel
outside Of his PIutouic Msj4sty's do
m.nions had been hudtllcd together in
ono body; bert On the work Of do
strnction. Aud they had a it lcadcr in
William Tecnmsch Sherman.
And now he denies his act. Al
though his letters are on record, al.
though Gen. Howard admitted tho
fact, although Gen. IIampton's decla-
ration has benn co,roboratcd by the
testimony Of all WAC have. Eccn sum
moncd to bear witness, Cen. Sher.
mnn has tho ,l'rontcry to deny that
his soldiers burned Columbia.
We have, all along, known that
Gen. Sherman is utterly void Of any
instinct Of humarity-,hat he was a
cold heated b: ute-but %c did no
bnlirve that he would deliberately
lie. especially when ho would bc
found out ut il. Bat he has done it,
and that too, deliberately and on
oath. Heretofore Beast Butler has
enjoyed the greatest uo:oriety Of ali
barcfaccd scoundrcls. But his lu,tre
is fading beside the ri>in. star OF
General Sherman. With all due
Difference to the army Of the United
States, We arc constrained to gay that
its General commandirg is the M 8
consummatc liar Of tie aGc.
Tho Committee tf Examination;
The Grand Jury rccomn.c..i that {
commiticc be arpo'Itcd to cSrm;rt
into the books Of the County ,Aiacls
and Judge Mackcy has appoiu,ec
three of the Jurors, MS such commit
tee, wiz autloritj to employ uu cx
pert, and to report in November
This is move in the right direction
and both the Court and jury deserve
oommcDdatiun for their action. Nt
Crust the examination will 60 as fa1
back rs is nccc>aary,s, that the miud.
Of the people w'l be at rest as tt
whether they / ave been swi:dlcd
Ito expenditures for he Co.!n,y have
cc.tainly been exc. bitant. Tlous
a"ds of dollars have been spent, and
yet the pubic buildings, roads, aud
bridges are in IL worse condition thar
ever before. These matters should
be looked into closely. The people
have teen paying money in bfindlJ
long enough. They are determined
to know b. " it has been expended
Heretofore, through the State, Off
cials h"vo not been compelled to exit
bit their books for public inspection
The opportunities allowed for stealing