The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-04-08
Cheering Words from England.

LONDON, March l2.-Thoro are
many people here who are watching
with great interest the struggle
Which is going on in South Caroliau
between the Taxpayers and tax eaters
l-bctween the honest men and
the thieves. 1t has not been very
easy to obtain full information Of the
progress of this struggle. The New
York papprs tell US but little about it.
Private letters seldom furnish us
many facts or details and had it not
been for the accounts which wo fud
in your journal, we should BE- left in
comparative ignorance. Ny own
copies of the News and Courier for
the last few days have been in great
demand, SO keen was tho anxiety
among bankers and others here to
read the accounts Of the proceedings
Of the Taxpayers' Convention at
Columbia. l am glad to be charged
with the duty of conveying to the
taxpayers of Carolina, through you,
message which may bo said to express
the feelings IF very large aud in.
huential C ass Of fnanciul ,.ahd com.
mercial men in London. The mes.
sage, in effect, is this: "Do not de.
spair of your future. It is imporsi
bio that you can fail in your gtte mpt
10 regain the control of your own uf
fairs. Whei, you once do regain this
control, you will retain it without
ditlisulty and under your admins.
tration the fearful calamities Of the
last few years will be redresscd. If
you should then want money, yru
can have it, in any amount and on any
terms. Sentiment aside-wo should
he only too glad to give to the South
Carolina WHICH VIZ used to know any.
thing She asked for :; while, to the
pseudo South Carolina Of to-day, We
would not lend penny on any terms.
G..
Correspondent NcUs and Couricr.1
On Friday afternoon Judge Car
penter pronounced sentence upon the
persons preViousl y convicted Of crime.
1he Court room was crowded to .ex:-
cess, aud the scene was fearfully
solemn.
The four negro men convicted Of
murder were brought in together and
seated in Il row. These men are
named Henry Kilcreaso, Tom Pad.
gett, Patrick West, John Mitchell.
kilcrcase is apparently a middle.
aged titan ; the others would seem to
range from 20 to 80. Each one, be.
ing called upon by the Sheriff, stood
and received his sentence, which was
delivered with all the usual formali.
ties, and preceded in each case by
an eurnest exhortation from tho
Judge. -,
' Mother one Of thecriminals evinc.
ed before, during or after the sen.
tcnce, the slightest trace Of emotion
excitement or fear---no more than il
they had hecn offered a chew of to-
h"cco. This, we suppose, arose from
their absolute certainty that Gov.
Moses would pardon them. Kilcseasc
is to be hanged onthc 22nd of May ;
Padgett, on,the 29th May West on
the 9th Of June and Mitchell, on
the Sd of July. The executions arr
to DC in the Jail yard. Each one of
these men committed very horrible
murder. The juries that found thom
gu ilty were composed almost entirely
of-men Of their own race and color
EagcfcM ADVERTISER.
Gen. Santa ,Auna has arrived ct the
Mexican capital and paid a visit to
President Lerlo. lie intends to re.
side ut Tacubayn, seven miles from
Mexico. His, fortune having been
reduced to alhiost nothing, the ex-
president proposes to petition Con.
gFees for grant, petision, or the res.
toration of, some of his private prop.
erty, which was scqucstered by the
State.
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The Richmond (K ~ Register
says: eff all the returned Confcd-
crates should do as we'll US Geusral
John B. Hood toward rcpopuluting
tho .desolated South il would he but
short time until the places of those
who were killed and those who died
of disease during tho war would bo
filled by new generation. From a
private source we learn that Gen.
Hood has been married just Fl ve years,
and that he is now. THO happy father
of seven, children. Consj dcring his
bad luck during many ofSthe scenes
OF the late war, we arc inclined to
think that the long lane taken turn,
aud that Providence has smiled on
at last."
The manufacture and salo Of phos.
phorus matches will be prohibited in
Deumark after. 1875. The re ason for
this proceeding is tho largo number
of suicides in which pho. phorus is
the poison used, and the large per-
oontage of fires caused by ordinary
friction matches. Only ouch matche 0
as require friction on prepared sur.
face will be permitted.
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