The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-01-21

Examination showed that ball OF
cotton saturated with petroleum an d
wrapped with wire had been place 4
on the floor and oil poured around.
hole was bnrued in the floor. The
house has been tcuantlc>s for twelve
months. Our readers remember that
last winter, two attempts were made
to fire an on; .house on Mrs. Means
premises. There may be some counec-
tlon between. these incendiary acts.
A reward should be offered, and dill
gent search made for the villuin.
0J- The Union Herald of Sunday
contained Il card from Felix Ca, du-
'elli E:q, Of Columlia in relation
TO the Italian Immigrants at present
in that city. IIo states that tLoy
wcro !ccoyed thither under promise
OF high wages, and arc now iu dcs-
titute cond.tiou. This is u disgrace
ful state of affairs. While the pco
pie are not o:blame for the misdccds
of the unpriuciplcd villain who de-
coycd them here and then abandoped
them, (if in fact lhcy wero thus in
duced to come hcrc,) they should i'm
mcdiately y como to the rescue Of these
foor immigrants and furnish them
with homes and work. They arc
mostly MECHANICS and artizans. Any
Information regarding them should
DC addressed to Mr.. Felix Cardarelli
Columbia S. G..
0J Great complaints are made
by our merchants that cotton when
sent to Charleston or New York is
always marked lower grade than
was expected. The reasons of this
is easily given. A few days since
some gentlemen sctting in on ctlicc in
town saw couple OF colored in,
diViduals seated in fence corner,
aud "bettering" two samples Of cot
ton, lu the beams Of the Sun they
carefully removed every mote that
might obstruct the vision of the cot
ton buyer, and when their trash was
ended, a splendid sample gladdcned
their gaze. One of the aforesaid in
dividuals, on beingaskcd if he had
any cotton for sale, AND finding him.
self caught, said hc hadn't, but
young fellow had some and didn't
know anything about selling it and
he was showing him how the thing
%as done. IT, the cotton buyers
send these pickers to Charleston with
samples, they would never have their
cotton cla>sed otherwise than prime.
TIE JunrEs.-The following is
list Of the Grand and Petit Jurics
drawn for the January Term Of the
Court
Graud Jurors-J. r. Sterling,
Squire Hall, o r Thompson, Jno G.
llagood, Henry Anderson, r } Nc
Carlcy, Philip Lskin, John McCorklc
W j Heron, j w McCrcieht, Bcui
TiGwelI, Fred Steele, Frank Nnrha m !,
April Ru.sel, WIN Madison, Alex
McKinsic, George Shelton, Z j II
Jones.
Petit JurorS-W II Tlyrniken,
Noah Rhine, } II Ca;hc,rt, Thom.S
Nelson, l>sac Oneal, } " Barber,
Jno d Harrison, j e n. L;gan, Frank
Elder, II & Davis, Osborn Eura, Jos
Phillips, &c Mclaughlin, G B Me.
GantS, :AquilIa HARRISON, jacob
Barber, J I'm McLnrk;n, r.. T.. Glow.
ncy, Major L BoulAare, Jos H..
Cummings. David Wilin4ham. SIN
"u Davis, March,; Ross, Wm Boyd
" j Crowder, Richard Boul~ar
W B Hutchinson: J W Stp,rnes,
Addison Clarke, Il D Boiiver, JAS Il
Aiken, Alfred Smith, ncnry Harria,
Jacob King, john ID Smart, j A
McCro'ey, Jr.
JoURALIsTIc -Wo see by the
Union, Herald that Mr.. ". II. Nc.
Cav has become associate editor, Of
the Charleston News and Courier,
resident at Columbia. Mr.. NIcCaw
is a gentleman of distinguished tai
ell. and has had much experience as
II newspaper-man. lie has for some
time been the, regular correspondent
of the News and Courier from Co.
lrmbia, and his. letters have been
marked by.a constant and fcarlest
onslaught upon the thieving ring as
Columbia. His services arc quito
an acquisition to the editorial