The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-04-08
Vioe.Prcsident Wilson reoei,

upon his visitors. Tho Cabinet off.
GERS were called upon, as also,
Morton, Carpenter, Boutwell,, Pratt,
Logan, Fenton, Bayard. Blaine, Dawes,
Beck and many others. Tho CORES.
pondcnt of the News and Courier in
formsus that tho delegates arc met
everywhere with sympathy, and their
statements are uDqucstioned. Even
cur own representatives arc infected
with tho coutug;on Of virtuous indisna-
tioh, and agree heartily that fhere
should Ge reform, but they don't agree
as to the reformcr. they seem to-prc-
fer D. II. Chamberlain, formerly of tho
Kimptou Fuauciul Board. We will
give further details in the words of
the Nows and Courier Correspondent.
1T will doubtless surprise most of
your readers to hear that among the
pleasantcst OF tho many interviews
Which the delegates have had here
with public men were those with Zen.
VIM. Tecumsch Sherman and Cen.
Benjamin L. Butler. Sherman was
in II particularly good humor when
visited, aud indu! gcd freely in jokes
and "reminiscences IF SulIlvan's
Island in tho oldtn tune. There
were several of the delegates With
whom lie had formerly been acquaiut.
cd, and as ho stood pleasantly chat
ting with them it was hard to real
ize that tho Hero of Columbia was
before us. Ben Butler was very
cordial, said that he knew thing . We're
very bad in South CuroIiuu, and
promised that when the memorial
comes before the judiciary committee
of the House it "should have a fair
showing" '(rhis may mean great
dea,! or mean nothing at all.( lie
sid that whenever he tried to do
any thing for the South, some busy
body III that part Gf tho country
would olthwith mail hin, scrap Of
! newspaper, telling what somebody or
other ut II @ South had said about
him. Ho was beginning to think
that 1t ado"M &c a G0'od Thing for TIE
country i thrcc Of Iow If the Kep,tb.
Hcan editors o/'Mc South 1ocrc hanged.
He actually could not cross the floor
Of tho House Of Representatives to
talk with Young, of Georgia, without
people rcmark,ng that "Bu.ler is
getting, to intimate with the id
rcbcis." The conversation turned on
the prospect Of getting the black
voters Interested in Reform, when one
of the delegates dcspondingly assured
the general that he had made twenty
three speeches in tho Reform canvass
to meetings Of his fellow-citizens
Evory speech had boon ro;eivcd with
Socitcrous demonstrations Of applause
and sympatby'; but when tho poll,
werc opened not five Reform niggcrs
could be found anywhere. An
slyly replied tho Essex statc5man, 81
SEQ how II il. 1t was all because 20,
gentlemen will iusiat OH spelling uig.
ger with two e.. The visit was not
time lost, by any means. Butler j:
q power hero, aud | thinh he viii d,
what he can for ns, always provided
that it dccs not claslH in any way
with tho interests ot Is. Il. B.
Jhc Hon. W. D. Porter ,o-nigh
received from Atlanta, through G zen
Gordon, handsomely engro,sed cop,
of the resolutions Of sympathy will
tho cause Of our taxpayers, recent,
adopted by tho Georgia Legisla
turc. n.
From all this, i've trust that thu
downtroddcn people Of the South ma,
receive at least strong poral suppoi
from the North.
Congress could also give us ina.evi
al aid if it would. But since tn,
damage has been done, It's conscienc,
has hccomc very tender:
Tho taxpayers of our State hold NJ
their hands in an earliest appeal fu
aid. They will bless him who aid
thom, whoever. he be. Gen. Shcr
man or Beast Butler could carry tn,
conservative vote, if ho preyiotAl,
helped us.
! .--
a Venomous Toad; anl IN Angry creSi
dent.
The cause Of the surprising out.
burst of rctulanco of which thu
President was guilty, OF tho OCCASION
of his interview with the Taxpayers
has been explained. 1t appears that
Honest John Patterson, who disgracos
the Senatorial chair from South Caro-
lima, had an interview with Grant
just before the taxpayers make their
call upon that dignitary. Like some
venomous toad hc sqattcd at the
Presidents oar, kissing falscliood afte,
falsehood, and bc>iimiug With his
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