The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-03-25
BrcyitiCS.

In Utah q criminal condemned to
death may choose whether ho will be
shot or hanged.
The first patent granted in Amcri>
ca was to S. hopkins, in AGO,
making pot and pearl ashes.
Count Walleck, the painter who
has just attained the gsoat ago Of
los, resides in Paris, and is still in
excellent hca lth.
Henry W. Longfcllow, Edward J..
Pierce. and Frarcis V. BAlch arc the
executors Of Senator Summers will.
"Wby do you usc paint 7" asked n
vio'inist of his daughcr. ."For. the
same reason that you use roSin,
papa" GLOW is that7" "Why to help
mo draw my beau"
J. Rector's daughter Ito Sunday
/ school scholar)-"Oh, you havo an
elder brother; we'll, how old is ho z"
School boy--"Dunno, Miss, but be
has just started o sweaiing."
It is said that rho publishers OF
Wcbstor'a nnl Worccster's great
English dictionaries, will pay five
dollars to any one discovering Il
typographica error in either of those
colossal works. e.,
a Fckin, Illinois, woman was asked
by the preacher if her husband feared
the tho Lord. She replied: "Fcnr
him Bless you, he is so feared Of
Him that ho never goes ont Sunday
without taking his gun along with
him."
Striped shoes, it is said, will he
"thc thing" in the spring; made in
satin. to match the light tints of
dresses the straps cut very narrow
and extending not only over the in.
step, but upon the ankles. Some are
finishcd with small pearl buttons.
a gathering Of allthc nnti,Rutlcr
Radical leaders in Massachusetts has
been called at tho Hub to consult on
chow best to tquclch the BEAST"
The brethren arc on tho anxioua
bench Of this issue, and each ono Of
them has bell for the cat, if h, can
only get it on-but that's the point.
Dick Holland, of Cincinnati, had an
impulse Of generosity in coming homo
fFom tho New Orleans carnival, and
gave up his sleeping car berth to an
invalid. The fact that during tho
night an engine in the rear ran into
the train aud mnng!ed tho invalid,
has made Dick sclf-dcnying for lifo.
The Caso of the Rev. DR.. Portcous,
whose license to oilciatc as an Epis
copnl minister in the dioccses Of
New York and Long Island has re-"
Gently been revoked by tho bisi ops,
,A"tter and 1ittlc;ohn, il exciting
wide attention among the churchmcn.
DR.. Porteous arrived in this country
from London about two months since,
and soon after applied to Bishop
Potter for license to preach, exhibit.
ing to the bishop his orders and Il
letter from tho arch-leacon of tho
Diocese OF Down and Connor, Ireland
and ono from a brother Of tho lato
pine minister Of Canada. The
b. shop furnished him with tho ,,o-
quircd letter of COMMUNICATION to
preach in his diocese, and Tic irl-
mcnsc congregations that list encd to
DR.. pcrteo2s whenever lie preached
attcstcd his rapidly. growing POPULAR
ity. :. subsequently,, after having
preached in ysome Of the chorchcs of
non Epiecopu. persuasion, - Biahop
Potter informed him that hereafter
he MUST consider his license revoked.
DR.. .Porteous replied that he vas not
awacc Of ANY action reAeoting on the
Episcopal Church, to which Bishop
Potter answered that DR.. Portcous
bad been guilty Of delivering comic
lecture and preaching ia non.Bpsco
| pal pulpits, Thus violating thoir or
!ders and also saying he could not
renew his license until Dr.. Portcous
could produce full and explicit
letter from the bishop. Subsequent
| ly II verbal message was sent to DR..
'Portcous by Bishop Littlejohn, to
which DR.. Porteous replied, denying
| inc charScS that nc had threatened
to leave and join either tho Presby-
torian or Cuu,mins'a new acct; aud
holding that occupying other. phlPits
was no offence, and generally dcfcnd
ing himself Bishop Littl.j i'm fin
ally formally revoked, DR.. Portcous's
license to ofhciate as an Episcopal
minister. DE-. Porttous states that
he neither makes nor seeks criticism
Of the acts Of either bishop. Ne is a
comparative stranger here, ard ho
thinks it may be right to tho friends
| who have 80 kindly treated him to
know that he has done nothing to for
felt their esteem. x-.a.
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In d rocont lecture on "Liquids, ;"
at tho Royal Institution, Prof.
Tyndall mentioned that he had learn.