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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-06-24
TN TW N sS.R OR Q.
Il. MEANS DAVIS, Editor.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, JUNE 81, 1874.
Profanity.

From the Grcenvillc News, a spicy
daily recently established in our SIS
tor town, we clip the following cx.
tract from Judge Cooks charge to
the Grand Jury Of Grennville county :
In speaking Of the profanity on tho
streets, which rendered it nearly i'm.
possible for lady to walk tho streets
of the city, he would state that he
had been approached personally by
the earnest appeals of ladies to pro-
tect them and their children, (by
every means which the law would
sanction.) The court had informa.
ton that on certain block, the
blasphemy was intolcratle, and that
tho city fathers arc amenable to the
Court for tho manner in which they
discharge their duties, The cursing
and swearing on tho streets is so
great that it is distasteful to
promenade tho thoroughfares. The
Marshals and Counoilmcn are 40.
countable for their conduct, aud while
bringing these matters to tho atten-
ton Of the Grond Jury, he had no
animosity towards anybody.
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Radical Reform.

We hayc bcen auxionsly awaiting
further developments in Radical re-.
form. We havo beon hoping for tho
best, hoping that the rank and tllo Of
the party, led by some honest loader,
would repudiato tho whole motley
crew that have been outraging all Il Q
principles of f'honesty aud decency,
and would cndkay6r TO .inaugurate o
reform. We have bseh. endpayorins
to load the taxpayers Of our County
to lay aside prejudluo and to aid In
tho efforts Of honest leaders Of what.
ever color or political oteed: W.
have boen watching the editorials of
the Union HsroW 20 see what course
of policy it, advises. Tho t'nion.
Ue'ald has been edited with ability,
and some of it's warnings to the party
have. beun al that could be wished
Wo are willing, in fact, anxious, to
advocate the election Of any oandi.
date who will persuade us that he
honestly entertains tho views OK
pressed by the Union. Herald. THEFT
sincerity 10 The question. The or5
of wolf has been Eaissd SO oftop, and
is SO easy to raise, that we wish t
know tho man whom the Union Herald
advoeutes, In order thas We may de-
eide whothef or not to pin our faitt
to him: But our contemporary refuse,
to answer the question, on tho scor,
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her I'd, Col. Blacks, next door, and
whom refused admittauoe, took the
house at hong taw with his Wincles.
ter rife reviling Fedeial troops
outrageous!y!' At last an officer
hearing him went to the gate and
told him TO come out aud exchange q
few shots with him. Neagle pleaded
a want Of ammunition, but the gallant
boy in blue offered to lend him
some, This cooled down the dough-
ty Comptroller, and he was taken be-.
fore Mayor Alexander who fined
him $23. Ncaglc gained some
renown in his Moses embroglio,
but ho evidently 'sknows who to
kickn
A grand combination it is said has
leen effected between Scott, Cham.
berlain, Moses, Elliott and Patterson
to soOuro the gubernatorial chair
and the Legislature, and To vail
date the conversion bonds, the scrip
and other dead stock, amounting to
sight or ten millions. If this sue
coeds the tax payer had better look
out. And they will.
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TAX NOTICE,

FNlIE Auditors books wi II be 0pcfi f6r
l. the purpose Of rt6c wing returns,
on and dfIer tho first day or July next,
and remain open until tho twentieth day
of August: rh q .G
Property holders aro required to como
forward and ihnke returns Of all their
property both Rtnl and Personal within
that time: Those failing to do so, will be
assessed by tho Auditor for the amount OF
their last. return with The penalty Of
fifty per CENT. added, .,f 81. ..
For the convenience OF alt cohcernctl
I will attend either III person or BY dopu-
ty at the folio wing places viz ,.."
-Doko, Monday Gilt., july Ys.. a.
hRidgeway, Tuesday and Wednesday, 7th
and 9th. ,{-;,, .t ,,,,.,. -.
lloreb, Friday tbo t3th. - .... '.'
YongaesvillS'' Moaa'aay, fucsday ahd
Wednesday. 18th, l4th:,I and 10th. 49,
Monticello, Monday and Tuesday, 9Th,
ana Uh. ZAP rIi .nqSijis p'#..s4
Feasterville, Thursday and Friday,
9TH, end 10th. And at my ,ofioo In
Winhsboro until tho Books are closed.
-, Auditors Office, D. +. DAVIDSON,
Winnsb6ro, s. C.. cnt ,N9n@ "A. +. g
June I6 r .,
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The School Fund.

We propose devoting q few words
to public schools aud the school fund.
Amid all tho rascality of the Radical
government, tho act founding the free
school system stands forth, in itself,
as bright spot in all tho darkness of
tho political history oftho State sinco
reconstruction. Were that system
put into successful operationit would
be an honor to any party. But it
has been heret oforo made only the
vehicle Of corruption and an excuse
for stealing money. ...
During the administration Of that
arch.villain, Niles G.. Parker, the
school fund vas almost entirely stolen.
Thousands of dollars worth of pay
certificates III Fairfield alone attest
the thioving Of this official. When
Cardczo came into office last year he
sent to this county tho amount due;
but after having authorized tho Coun.
ty Treasurer to devote a portion of il
to old certificates, he refused to give
him credit for it and to send an equal
amount to be expended for the curre,.'
year. Believing, however, that Car.
d"zo would do what was right, VIC ad.
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Editorial Notes.

The Union Herald congrattilates
itself that though the New York
Times is calling Noses all manner of
names, it cannot dignity him With
the arpollation bestowed On Colfax
the Christian Statesman. We are
not 80 sure Of that. The Hebrews
have repudiatea him, and ho may be
compelled to fall back on his
Christian relationship. Moses is
like Colfax, only moro so. Colfax
stole stock and then lectured before
tho Young Mems Christian Assdola:
ton. Moses stole stock and everything
else ho could lay his hands on and
then stole sermon ON feligiouoan'
delivered it. Moses comes up:
der the category denominaNd pious
frauds. ... .....L -q+ ..,,.
n. Ex-Comptrol!er I'll General 10 Nea-
gle hos been playing the deuce in
Columbia. His speculations in Blue
RidgeI scrip has swallowed up his
illgotten fortune,t and Neaglea being
much in need Of the iwherewithall
has taken to the flowing bowl
A few days since in Columbia he got
on rampage, beat his wife and ran
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itoMhtUSIcATED.1 !
A Faroical age.

A1fs AItttOF
Some time ago "your correspor-
don't" was waited on by "doughty"
officer on bay horse and informed
chat bo must work the road-Thurs-
day, Friday and Saturday of the en-
suing week, under pain of severe
punishment in case of failure. Your
correspondent was very huay (and by
the way everybody is generally too
busy to attend to matters of public
interest) 20 he hired n, shbitute at
one dollar er day and felt relieved,
Thursday advanced pretty much as
Usual, and all went tH in good style
until about eltyen O'Clock whon the
substitute returned, and with cool
and bland smile demanded his dola,}
lie had accomplished three days
work in exactly as many hours. How
The work was done you can imagine.
Apropos-~c will mention tha,
during Il recent term of circuit court,
Judge Makey presiding, case was
tried namely, County Commissioners
ys. c. G, & A. II. r. employees, for re-
fusing to obey summons to work on
tho public roads. The case was al.
lowed to 60 to the Jury without
argument either pro, or COP, the
Judge simply making few state.
ments-the jury in a hurrial mahner
decided against the County Commis-
sioners, that is the jury decided that
employees of railroads are not liable
to work on public roads.
Now Mr.. Editor a rail road tho
it is called public highway, is as
mlch q private institution as q
National Bank, or any other oorpo
ration, aud tho embankments, und
excavations of a rail road, and the
necessary dredging do more to OBJ
struct and damage the wagon road
running parallel with it, than all the
travel that is done on it, and it is the
opinion of "your correspondent" tha.
if the commissioners would try the
matter over, and cause their attorney
to instruct the jury by argument-
the decision would be reversed.
T. Y, p. 3,
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Eliza Goihgs is up TO The spirit oftho times
and progress of thcngc IN washing. She
uses The Eclipse Stthm Washer" and
"Eureka Wrnger," by which she washes
in tho best style anu pleascs her patrons.
Tho Eclipse Washer does not scrub,
wear nor tear The clothes nor break Off
BUTTONS; She is prepared to wash for
all Who ihay call hp6h her.
References DR.. T. T. Robertson, Capt.
DANES Beatty, $. Wolfc Esq, Col. J. II:
june
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A fo&.houhd from Lord Beacon-
fields kennels was sold for only $40
at Minneapolis; Nlinn., few days
ago. The purchaser bought mad.
stone with the rest of his m oney.
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Persons having prejudice against
Philadelphians will be pleased to
read that "tbe funny youth who
points unloaded pistula at people ar
rived In Philadelphia last week.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-06-24
Gen. Butler Receives 4 Twenty Tbousana
Dollar Fec.

G"xaway B. lamai's suit against
thoG for confiscatcd cotton,
in which Gen. B. II. Butler obtAi,,ed
a judgment for $579,00O, is we'll
known. Lamar was cotton sparulu.
tor. and in his first litigation, en-
ployed Mr.. jasper r. Herbert Of.
New York, to manage the suit,
promising tt $20,0eO fec fhe obtain
cd n judg mcnt in a large amount.
Herbert retained Gen. Butler.
In the final i'snc Of the caro- last
June the S579, 900 Judgment was OBJ
taincd and the money paid to Bu,ler,
who deducted tho SEQ, 600" fe. and
rcnittcd tho remainder to Lamar.
Herbert ashcd for fair share of the
$40, 900 but Gen Butler refused to
divide. Herbert then sued MIR.
Lamar for the $4,000. yesterday
Nlessrs. Ward Jones and. .Whitehoad,
for MIR. Horbcrt, applied to Judge
Tappen, of Brooklyn, for commits.
sion to 60 to Washington to ob.ain
tho testimony of Gen. Butler. Mr..
Harry Withers, DR., opposed, ;;inas:
much as Mas >nchusctts was the home
Of the General, and added that Mr..
Bntler was in New York every two
weeks, and lis testimony could be
taken there. Judge Tappen denied
tho application, bat gave permission
to the counsel to appIay for n COM
mission to Gcn. Butler. home, un.
less he could BIO captured in New
York with two weeks.
a General in Brooklyn, who scrv-
ed d.under Butler in tho Army of the
q ulf, said that; Iiathar's cetton was
seized on Buffers orders, wnd,: when
Lamar's counsel heard Of it .ho. was
sharp enough to cut off all valid de-:
Tense by employing. the General :;
that Butler was sharp enough co.. win
the suit without..a defense, and sonoe
won was sharp enough to keep the
$20,o00 Lamor WAS willing to pay
for it,-N. \, Sun.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-06-24

Autographs of George Washington
are selling in PhiIad elphia at ST
apiece. Tha manufacturers are
about introducing some improved ma.
ohinery, end when that it is in they
can be had ut forty cents a dozen.
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S;uth Carolina Viowed through North.
ern Speos,


The New York Times never does
things half way. AS tho organ of
tho administration it has BEEN both
able and vindictivo. But it seems
that family quarrel has sprung up
between it rnd the Great Father Mt
Washington. and In consequence it
has been. telling some unpleasant
truths to the party. 1t is rumored
that new administration papor will
be begun in New York, and that tho
Times will take it's place with the
Herald, Tribune and other indepen.
dent journals. Be this as it may, the
Times has a correspondent now in
South Carolina, unearthing the va
rious crimes of tho rotten State gov
ernment. Two letters have boon
published. The Times Comments
upon tho last ono as follows,
"If there is any foroo in the orin.
ion Of the Republican party through
out the North to check such an out.
rage it should be brought to bear as
promptly and as vigorously as possi-
BILE. If the men who control the
Republican organization in South
Carolina are blind to the offence
they are committing against their
own State and their fellow citizens,
it is not likely that they will pay a
great deal Of attention to. the protest
Of tho people of the North, but they
are not wholly independent of public
opinion, aud n gencral expression of
condemnation may awaken them to
somo consequences Of their wicked
folly : that : they will not : care : to face
How do our Northern Republican
friends like to be associated, though
never 80 remotely, with 80 thorough
going and contemplate a scoundrel
as this 7 DO they think IL can
properly bo regarded rs no concern
Of ours and theirs that tho Kepubli.
can party in South Carolina has made
him Governor once, and is asked ia
do so again We shall probably be
told by the Democrats that tho only
way to avoid association with Mos os
10 to leave the party bo processes to
belong to. We do not sec that. On
the contrary, q much better way, i,
seems to US, would be to drive Nose,
out and all who sre like him, or who
support him. We do not suppose j,
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his gang directly. But :isdifeotly
We hsye already 'reoclied them.
They aro SCARED at tho exposure
which we have made of their crimes.
We fud cvea their own "ofgans"
warning them that they MUST turn
ovor new leaf. When once these
men understand that the @RepuA lioan
party will not permit tbom to subject
n ontire State TO pillage, they will
become alarmed, and desist from
further spolistious. Moses is seeking
reelection, and wo hope he will ba
defeated. Wo advise tl,o Ropubli-
cabs in South Carolina to turn him
out and elect ON honest rman~ 1T is,
their only chance Of putting them
selves right before the people of the
North. If they neglect thls advice,
they will lird that they arc sowing
sorrow for themselves in tho future |
They wilt"get no suopo!S; .Gs 4, en-
conrngemcnt from this parrt i'f the
country. Twecdism is Tweedism
wherever 1T may be Toond :; and, for
our own parts, We shall leave jour.
nails like the New York Herald to
defend tive wash. our hands Of it
ultogcther.-Nsw York Times. !
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In Maino, teoehtiy, bS the advice
of a clairvoyapt, a body was exhumed
and reburiea With the face downward
as n metrs of staying the ravagcs Of
consumption in the corpss's family.
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star: spapgled Republican party. This
Is lamo excuse. 1t is the business
of d leading Journal to suggest at
least two or three names to the peo.
ple, It might at least say who are
not fit for the place. If it breaches
reform, and, at the SANS time, says
that Moses will not do because he is
an unparalleled villain, and tba
Scott, Chamberlain and Packer will
not do because they are identified
with the bond stesling> and that El.
liott will not do because Ire left his
oeut in Congress, and 9ybbied against
Scott y Impeachment, aud took pny
Tor IT. t(fen We might believe the pro
eestatavns Of the Union He4u7,l, and
mlgat trvlicve that it has in it's eyo
an honest candidate, euen ,oithin 1fs
o'0" Po'Fg zines. But it is ominously
S'lent npite Of the fact that all the
chances AFRO in favor Of Quo Of the
above mentivued lights # ralicalism.
Lately too, s|.e Uuion-l lIersli has
been falling into the old rut of ubus-
ing Democrats and talking of the
glorious party wrapped in tho star
spangled baLner, with fifty thousand
majority, and about electiug n can
dadate without receiving any Demo
aratN assistance and all suoh fan.
farronadn. We'are fast losing faith in
its protest ations. We arc sorry for this
for we did hope that some good
might come out of Nuzaroth.
asis Fad spectacle to contemplate
that 10 party @. ninety thousand
votes, po honc.t maA has any con-
siderable influence, that the high
places arc divided among thieves,
ard that the whole State is ruined that
a few ahieving, unnrincipled Wilt ans
may reve1 in ingettcu plundcr.
1t is sad spectacle, too, that the
United States, whi'ch has been the on.
~ successful republic in the world =,
sad 'whicl once was model nation. is
now fallen no low that its domi.
nant party will suffer sach outragcs
to bu daily inflicted upon liberty
aud property, merely for the sake of
catching few thousand votes to
enable it to sqnandor public revenue.
No wonder that the Da,ions of the
old world hesitate to try self-govern-
meht, when such radical reform is
going on in America, "the land of the
free and the Brave."...
Can there be no lifting of tho
political cloud in this state2 Are
there no Republicans, bold, and hon
est and influential enough, to effect
at least a partial reform Z DO not
force ho"ost mon nlwaysto oppose the
Republican party. Thousands would
5oin'the party, as its professed princi.
pies are good, were it not that six
years Of radical rulo havo rendered
the name 30 revolving that but few
Gan. bavcE TIC hardihood to bear it,.
Give US an honest administration in
yosr oton lj"'+y lines If you wish. We
care not whence it comes SO that
we are no. longer robbed and in.
suited. e" -
:. 1a----~s . ss---.-.--.-
81 Nth QaroIina OioSuad throntsl, NaA2h
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Queen Victoria is reported to be
following established precedehts in
The relation Of mother-li law.
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IN the Goth Of November purchased
~ the interest of a. f. Gooding in tho
Winnsboro Livery Stable. All horse hiro,
buggy hire, and horse feed will be CASH.
This rnlo will be strictly adhered TO- +
Will always keep on hand good snddle and
buggy horses, also carriages and buggies
for hire, The patronage Of the public -
respectfully solicited. "
dec l6-3m ~. nd W
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Gs&. a. Nv mites.
June 20
MILL IM ESRY.

Stop IL MS you arc passing at D. LAU-
UERDALEo
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-01-31
congressman Five and Twenty Years
Ago.

Ben Perley Poore, i'll his Boston cor
respondcnce, thus alludes to the above
topic Five-and-twenty years ago
there were seldom over tive-and-twenty
congressman who brought their wives
during the session. Up to that time the
Senators and Representatives usually
lived here in what they called "mess-
es.' From half a dozen to fifteen con-
genial spirits would take rooms at some
boarding house, with the understand
ing that no one else was to be admitted,
and the party thus formed a family cir
Gle. In many of these " messes' no
ladies' were tolerated, while in others
the chief attraction was the wife of
some Senator or Representative, who
was virtually the queen of the estab-
lishment. Was it to be wondered at
that so many Congressman used to pass
their evenings in fighting the tiger" at
some of the comfortable gaming hells
on the avenue, or in carousals at the
gorgeously fittcd-up establishments
near by. Washington city was then a
very immoral city, and many fine in.
tellect failed to preserve the owner
from temptation.
Nowadays matters have changed.
There are to-day in Washington forty
five Senators out of seventy-two, and
one hundred and six Representatives
out of two hundred and thirty five, who
are accompanied by their wives; and
these one hundred and fifty-one wives
of Congressman exercise a potent lntlu.
encc. Gambling, drunkenness, and
other vices which it is not necessary to
name here, once so common among
Senators and Representatives, are not
now openly practiced, if practiced at
all, by any of them. About forty Con-
gressmen keep house. and are benefited
by the social influences of home, while
| the others board at hotels or boarding
houses where agreeable circles are
formed. Eighteen Senators and twen-
ty-four Representatives have also here
with them daughters who go into so
ciety others are accompanied by fe'
male relations or friends, and thirty
have with them children too young tc
go ont. SO the successors of men who
used to pass their evenings at fare
bank or poker table, escort their daugh
ters % balls, er remain at home an(
frolic with their children. All this is (
decided change for the better.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-01-31

A conceited actor, who was by no
means favorite with the public, was
sitting one evening in cafe, when the
waiter informed him that there was a
gentleman outside who wished to see
him. Forthwith the actor stepped into
the street, only to find himself i'll the
presence of noted wag and invotcrate
practical joker, with whom he was, by
the way, familiarly acquainted.
"Well 2" said the actor, inquiringly.
"Well ?" echoed the other, coolly.
"Did you call me - asked the come
dian, somewhat puzzled.
II did" was the response.
"What may have been your motivc?'
the other went on to say.
"To encourage you,' answered the
practical Joker "f for at the theater
don't remember that you were even
called out"
AN Essex street lady, sitting in he,
parlor and engaged in dreamy contem'
plation of the moustache of the young
gentleman who was to escort her and
her sister to the festival, was suddenly
awakened by an ominous whisper in Q
juvenile voice at the door d" You've got
AIMS teeth, an she wants 'em. "-Dan
bury NeaOs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-01-31
Senatorial GOSSin.

The WASHINGTON cOrrpSDOnIent of
the DoiIv Gy0Dhic writes Mai Rem
Perlev Poore has issued proof copies of
the Valuable Congressional DIRECTORY
he complies as "Cierk of the Printing
Records" Like it's iolly editor. #
grows in bulk and yalue wear by wear.
Some of the statistics TO he cleaned
from it's pages would interest the
arithmetic man" of the World as well
as the general reader Taking the Sem
ate for illustration. and one finds that
there is one Senator Simon Cameron
over "a wears of age and one. Dorsey,
of Arkansas. lust turned 81. The next
Youngest is Conover, of Florida
carpet-barpers. Is there any proba-
bility of the old proverb proving true
| "Whom the gods love die younp a-for.
of course. the gods must. in American
eyes, love those who are elected to the
United States Senate. Precocity runs
in the new South. Spencer, of Alabama,
is but 81 ; Patterson, of South Carolina,
does not give his age, but looks about
35. There are. besides those named.
two Senators whose ages are So; two of
40 wears 4: two of ~ three of 43: four
of IA one of As ; six of AS wears: one
of AZ three of 40 years three of so ::
two Of 81 the same of So one of 81 !:
four of So +: the same of 56 two of 81 !:
three of 5S years three of 90: one of
81 one each, 81. 63. 64, So, and SO
years of age The latter is the venera-
BILE and urbane Gov, Bucckingham. of
Connecticut. There are two elderly
Senators who seem anxious to
conceal their ages. One is Gen. Logan.
from whom Poore has never been able
to wax thai secret. Logan must be
over so, but he seems to have found the
secret fountain of Ponce de Leon. and
never appears to grow a day older. The
other elderly gentleman who doesn'tlik ke
to consult the register of his birth is
Gilbert, of Florida. The united age of
the seventv-two Senators now in the
Chamber is over 3 600 years-beinp
without counting Gilbert Logan. and
Patterson. whose ages are not given.
2 97O wears in the aooreoate Adding
$50 for the three gentlemen named. the
total will be 3 100 or an average of AZ
wears and months for each. As will
be seen. by far the largest number are
in the yerv prime of life-fifty-two of
the whole humber being between 40 and
go years of age.
The natiyities of Senators are TINS
indicated PENNSYLVANIA claims eight
Senators, including those who repre-
sent the State. New York has six Sen