The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-07-05

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old man left the court in triumph,
and with his hired hand, proceeded
forthwith to the ordinary's Office,
where a license was procured The
judge gave the court q short recess
and united the happy pair in the
bonds Of matrimony.
f.! Since that event, Mr.. Lippc haa
changed his views on educational
matters.
A Few Terrible Counts Against the
Republican Party.
The Hon. George T.. Hoar, Re-
publican molnber OF Congress, closed
his speech OH the Belknap impeach-
mcnt, as follows
My own public life has heon q
brief and insignificant one, extending
little beyond the duration of single
! term of Senatorial office, but in that
brief period ! have seen five judges
of high court of;thc United States
driven from office by threats of i'm
parchment for upton or mall
administration. I have heard the
taunt from friendliest lips. that when
the United States presented herself
in the East to take part with the
civilized world in generous competi
| ton III the arts of life, the only pro-
duct in which she surpassed all 9th i,
ers beyond question was her corrup
tion. l have seen in the State, in
the Union, foremost in power and
wealth, four Judges of her courts
impeached for corruption and the
political administration of her chief
; city become Il by-wortl throughout
the world, l have seen tie Chair"
man of the Committee on Military
Affairs III the House, now distin-
guiShed member Of this court, rise
i'll his place and demand the expul
sion Of four Of his associates for
making sale Of their official privi
lego Of selecting the youths to be
educated at our great military school.
When the grcatc; railroad of the
world, binding together the CONT
nent and uniting the two groat seas
which wash our shoros. was finished,
l have seen our national triumph
turned to bitterness n II d
shame by the unanimous reports of
three committees of Congress-, two
Of the House and ono here, that
every step of shat mighty enterprise
had been taken in fraud. I have
heard i'll highest places the shameless
doctrine avowcd by men, grown old
in public Office that the true way by
which power should be gained in u
republic is to bribc the people with
! the offices created for their service,
and the true end for which it should
be- used when gained is the promotion
Of selfish ambition and the gratitica-
tion of personal revenge. had
heard that suspicion haunts the foot
steps of the trusted companions Of
the President. These things have
passed into history"
SALE OF AN HrsronIc V1oLrN.-Mr
r. d. Hlwley, of this city, has re
Gently purchased the remarkable
violin known to- connoissers as the
King Joseph handsomest
and most perfect specimen known
Of the violins of Joseph Guarncrius:
This violin was the gen. Of the cele-
brated Plowtlen collection, in Eng
land, which became dispersed by
sale upon the death of Mr.. Plowden,
and has been for the past e,gl9t years
in the possession of Mr.. John p.
Waters, of Brooklyn, Now York,
from whom Mr. Hnwlcy bought it
upon private terms. Upon the tes--
timopy Of Vicuxtemps, the eminent
violinist, who is so. we'll acquainted
with it's merits, the "King Joseph
IFS not only in perfect cofAfition,
but hns the richest and most power
ful tore known to violin critics. 1t
is of the same pattern as the Paga-
minis "Buarnerius," which has been
kept since Pngnnini's denth in the
m,,seum ut denoa, Italy NJ Yionx
temps, who has played upon botl
Instruments, says that tho "Kine
Joseph" has the finest tone Of the
two a circumstance which may III
;. attributable to the fact that the Pa
/ Eganani violin has not beon played
upon since his death, except upo,
very rare occasions, when it ha
been permitted as special favor t,
} distinguished artists. The "Ilinf
Joseph" was sold in England fo
.f7O0' sterling-tho highest pric
1 ever known to have been paid for
G. violin.--HorJord (Conn,) Times.