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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-10-05

"No. no urge me not" said the
young guardsman. "Let me return
to my poor mother. Sho has need
of all my consolation. l rcnounce
forever my ill-fated attachment.
Heaven, for it's wise purposes, has
chosen to affiict me. Farewell,
baron; 1 thank you for your kind
ness-your generous friendship.
You md Hcloiso will soon learn
that Henri dc Montmorenci is no
moro. After tie noxt battle, if you
seek mo out, you will find me where
the French dead lie thickcst on the
field"
"Noble,heartod fellow !" cried the
baron, when Henri had left him.
'sHe ought to be field marshal"
"MIarshal SAKE requests your im~
mediate presence, baron" said an
aile-dc- camp, presenting himself
with q salute.
| "NIonsieur do Baron" said til
4 commander-in~ chief, when DeClair-
4 villo had obeyed tho summons, II
nave chosen you to carry my de-
4 spatches to the king /; you will find
Yourself honorably mentioned there
in, and I think the favor of royalty
, will reward your merit.
;, \ The baron bowed low az he re-
) cc;ved tho dispatches from the hand
oitho marshal, and was soon ready
l. fol- the Journey, tirst taking hasty
= leave of his daughter, whom he COM
s. mokded to the care of Madame de
y Granville tor rather Mont;notcnci,
9 during his absence.
t In tife duys thereafter, he report
s oil himself to the marshal, and was
( then at liberty to attend to lis pri.
L vate concerns He found Heloise
+ in the company Of Henri and hit
II mother, a,a the gloom depicted OF
# their countennnccs presented sin
G gulur contiast Ito the radiant jo.
IL that sparklea in the eyes and smilee
,. on the lips of the genial and warm
" hearted old soldier. He kissed hi
|, daughter, salutod Madame de Grand
=" Vile, and then, shaking the youns
4 guardsman warmly by the hand
"Good news, Henri I bring yo'
o budget of them. The king In
IL heard of your gallantry, md inquire
into your story"
81 "The memory ofyour father" COZ
afliii,;!e!.d afliiEi,;a!e!d thfs aaron, "hos beer Wind
feited estates are restto5irtesty resto5irteset! a deere re
famlly-; md I bring you, UNI 10 10 ~ y
kings seal, your commissioners fuIi1I
colonel i'll the French Guagds, and
letters patent of nobilityA Count
Henri de Montmorenci !"
Henri and his mother were nearly
overwhelmed by this good news
while Hcloise clung to her fathers
arm for support.
L" No fainting, girl said tho hap
py baron. "That will never 10 for
q soldiers wife. Here, take her,
Count, make her happy-and let us
hear no more Of your volunteering
on the Forlorn Hopes-at least, dur
ing tho honeymoon" e.,
We need not add that the bnron's
injunctions were implicitly obeyed.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-10-05
An Explanation Wanted.

Tho Courier.JouynM wants
Ha,per's Weekly to explain--<out of
it's excess of enlightened c,llture and
broad, Christianized spiwG--where.
in the nomination of Wade Hamp.
ton for Governor of South Carolina
WAS blundcr. It/adds els Waldo
Hampton turn.ooat and thief t?
Is he q blacksuard and mounte.
bank =? Is be an oxtre mist, or dog
matist ? What has no done, what
has he failed to do, which ought to
stigmatize him, making m ofense of
any aspiration of his, making
blunder out of any confidence shown
him by his fellow-citizens It is
hard to got n civil, and still loss fair,
answer of any Republican, however
conspicuous, us Mr. George William
Curtis is for the aftectation of political
virtue. Wade Hampton is now well
on to sixty years of age. Flo was
mover a politician. Before tho war
he was o wealthy planter holding
opinions so conservative, that, in tho
hot Carolina atmosphere, he was
suspected Of ultra Union proclivities.
The war cnme on and lie was q SOL
dior not blot upon his shield
not an unmanly, not an 1mgenerous
act charged to his account. At tho
close of tho war he was the first
notable Southern leador to accept
the situation. He did 30 like wise,
prudent, patriotic citizen. Ever
since, ho has been o. friend and help.
er to tho black people. Never q
politician, never an office-seekor,
always plain spoken, moderate
gentleman--why sEo lid he not be
nominated by the stricken people of
South Carolina for Governor
A mercantile hrin at spirit Lake
have adopted a new method Of doing
business. No books rekept. When
q customer desires credit, he goes to
tho desk and borrows tho money,
for which he gives his note, payable
with interest. He thon buys his
goods and pays for them,
Always bound to ifollow -1suit,..
Your tailor's biz -i-' ~, \
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-10-05
Belief in Witchcraft.

At Montbrison, France, not long
ago, the magistrates were called
upon to adjudge somewhat singu~
lar case. Joan~Marie Baron, aged
thirty-seven, well>to-do farmer of
Poncins, had for three or four years
entertained the hallucination that
some of his neighbors, jealous Of his
prosperity, had combined to injuro
him by witchcraft. His COWS fell
sick, his wheat withcrcd, and lie him
self had singular fits of oppression
and despondency at the sight Of the
objectionable persons. Ho consult
ed several doctors, even going to
Lyons for treatment, but as they all
deridcd his story he resolved to put
in practice the remedy suggested by
a. village cronc--namely, to draw
blood from each ono of his persecu-
tors. Accordingly he armed him
solf with number of stout pins
with glass hoads, hid himself near
tile parish church door on process
SION day, when the whole communi>
ty would naturally gather there, and
,llling suddenly upon his victims
planted u pin in each with remarka.
bic vehemence. Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
mud and Miss JeannetGe B ,dieu
complained to the police Of the
assault. Baron declared with IN air
q happiness that ho was guilty;
t}at he bore no D-will to the COM
| Hainants that he had to do what
R had done, and it proved effect,,a',
IS he and his cattle had recovaicd
i}hc:r health. The Judge endeavor-
bl to convince him that no Lad
E,evor been possessed, but the pris~
bner retorted unnnswerably that
Elntil he had assaulted his torment
'P:s he had suffered, whereas from
Fhe very moment that he hid drawn
blood he and his beloved cattle had
Enjoyed perfect health, 80 that infal-
8,bly he must in the first place have
4 een bewitched. He was sentenced
lo fifteen days imprisonment, re-
Giving his punishment gleofully
'a u he said, "that is not 50
\ $nndergo as the price of the
y .Sof ones health and luck"
-------.-.1,n,-.-------L .
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-10-05

that platform, and not one single
right enjoyed by tho colored people
to day shall be taken from them.
They shall be the equals, under the
Inv. of any man in South Carolina:
And we further pledge that we will
give better facilities for education
thun they hnvo ever had before.
Loud cheering.] Let me say ono
word more to the colored people, l
was the first man in the State Of
South Carolina, after the war, who
advised tho white people Of South
Carolina to give the right Of voting
to the colored people. J. made the
proposition, ut several PUBLIC meet
incs in Columbia, and I took the
ground that they had been made
citizens and that they should not DO
excluded from the right to vote.
Those aro, indeed, most definite,
strong, impressive and extraordina>
ry words, and must have been
candi,lly meant, or they lleyegr55
would hnvo been spoken and Z
shall, hold Gen. Hampton, on behalf
of my race, before the civilized
world, responsible for them and if
they arc not verified in every par
ticular the moral sentiment of all
Christehdom will be swift and
condcmning witnoss against him.
And not only him, but Mr.. w. d,
Simpson, candidate for Lioutenant-
Governor, and MI others Of his
colleagues who have pledged their
party for equal rights and Justice
before the Jaw to all the people of
both races, shall he held equally re-
sponsiblo for their utterances L
desire in this thai my race shall SEQ
that the verucity, honor and in
tcgrity of tho party haye heen
plightcd to them.
And since the Carolinians of tho
!, white race did not hesitate to take
: me vt my word, and honor me with
y thoir support i'll the gonG1l State
, canvass Of 1871, for Iii
y Governor on the Indopon ,,n-
. publican ticket, in an cifuNr 1ED.
+ deem the State Of inconlpos.
c corruption, l sl'all y, not t.9S BEFORE
9 20 .''No 'ie:il :, ~ vNe,. nn ". W., HERE
= supporting the State mover
:, voting the State Donocrati%
MS put fo:th and ayowc'
T present issue, for the goo
= the people of both races. 81 co.
" this I change no princ;
! adhere aS An American to II =
T1ght Of the common people to rule.
This is n step taken after the
maturest dehberation, us the claims
ofrace arc far above those OF faction
and party and duty to the claims
OF the community, far above the dic~
tation and requirement of factional
and party leaders.
My design was fixed after tho nd -
joullment Of the Republican Con-
vontion recently hold Mt Columbia
and my conclusion only reached
after the Straight-out nominations
at Orangeburg, Thursday last, by
which was proven to my satisfaction
that the policy of the party recogN
nizes both races, MS three colored
men were put in nomination on the
ticket.
In this step, impelled by my own
promptings for the benefit of my race
with that of the white, us when,
buckhng on my sword, I entered
the United States Army, as a field
officer, for the samc object and pur-
pose, have the honor to be, sir,
your most obodient servant,
M. r.. DEIANY.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-10-05

Tho late DR.. r.------, being one OF
no modorators, did not satisfy by
. 10 preaching the Calvinistic por-
ION OF his flock. "Why, SIR" said
hey, ''wo think you dinna toll. ua
nough about ronouncing our own
ishteousness. "Renouncing your
an righteousnessl' Y vociferated the
ston,shed doctor, "I never saw anv
% had to renounce Y J
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-10-05

&C, son, autilorl- l.
ltir forbids my
.ha lsc."
L you shall
ig that dis
on IAN forever"
"a sword, he
i'll ,th the flat
If ly flashed in
, jrix drawing
{ Instantly on.
bat. Both
: ! and while
}city Of ha-
mt, the arm
: by n sense
.llic ring Of
omitted, for
breath, but
eyes glaring.
ccd, and fell
II Of tho com-
ldvillo, seeing
lis advel'sary's q
IN the air, and
apon, prepard
us breast.
:. Prix "yoll
in love and in
thing left me
The field Of bat-
d De Granville
eprived you of
e /; l shall be
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-10-05

Always bound to ifollow-1Buit,.
Your tailor's bip ~
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-10-05
WINNsBOR\|s. c.. TEl

were Sio
Il gene,
under 4
(lny rlaAr
the qua,
"Tllcr
nane Of
"No-,k
house OF
years o..
passed j
ways fear
during.
md nlisert
for the !
foes s-cOns,
and he was
mark me-
| and co'lllii
, what forgN,
! made to Il ID
! convicted.
| "Scntcli
! GAY, SER
! died by the
I'uris !'
| MOuSioW
| ''Iile exc
| Henri ut
| covered his
rennained u
his frame
of grief, wi
with stream
cOlnlnunlC;l
moved his
! head. His
! lpale-tlle
train OF el
convulsed
!. + firm and Ii:
"AIotllel
!, ! llalld," 81
, fO 1n,,oo 4.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-08
A Bigami>t's Career.

Fourteen years ago a young man came
to this city from Poughkeepsie, and
formed the acquaintance of an estimable
young lady, who still resides here, and
whom he married They rented a house,
which the wife furnished In the course
of year the wife was taken i'll, and
while she was thus helpless the husband
sold her furniture, pocketed the proceeds,
ran away, and joined the army. Subse-
quently, he married Cincinnati lady
lie deserted his second wife and removed
to another town in Ohio. Here he met
the sixteen year old daughter of the Judge
OF the Court OF Common Pleas, and won
her affections. They were married and
went to Columbus on their wedding trip,
where they met "A State Senator, who
showed them the principal places of in
terest, including the Penitentiary. While
at the Penitentiary, the bigamist examined
particular cell, and tacetiously remarked
to the Warden; when come here,
want you 10 give me this cell" Four
months from that date he was sentenced to
five years in the Penitentiary, and the
Warden considerably assigned him to the
identical cell he had himself selected. -
Troy On y Times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-08
DOMESTIC.

terrific storm passed over the town Of
ST. Charles, Mo, on the afternoon Of The
eth, striking the nor .hern part of the city
and travelling in a southerly direction down
Main aud Second streets, sweeping every.
thing before H. 1t only lasted about five
minutes, but IN that time a large number Of
buildings were wrecked James Gasuey, en-
plosed at the s,works, and his little son,
were instantly Killed, aud several other per
sons were injured. The storm extended to.
ward Portage, sweeping residences, farm
buildings aud fences away, 1t was thought
the damage TO property would reach nearly
or quite Sl5o,oo0.
The steamer Mary Belle, the largest
steamer on the Mississippi, WAS burned 10
the waters edge st VickSburg, on the 25tA.
Five or six thousand bales of cotton and q
large quantity Of seed aud sundrieS, together
with sll The passengers baggage, We're lost,
No lives lost aNd no person injured.
The Secretary Of the United states Treas
ury has directed the retirement Of S52p, rs in
United States notes, being eighty per cent Of
the new National Bauk currency issued dur
iog this month. This VIII leave outstanding
the fegal-trnder circulation, until further
orders, $S1u, 94S,3q9.
The Court.ot Claims at Washington rem
dercd decision on the 2sth.ult ii regard TO
the famous Chorpenniug claim, sustaining a
demurrer 70 the assertion that the reference Of
this claim by Congtess TO the Postmaster
General, and his decision that between $780,
oo0 and $4,000 were due To claimant. con.
stitutes an award binding on the Govern.
ncut An appeal win be taken to the su.
prcme Court,
New York women are trying 10 induce the
employers in that city 10 pay their ~orkmen
on Mondays Instead OF Saturdays, with the
hope Of thus lessening Saturday night and
Sunday drunkenness.
Gibson County, Ind, was visited by ter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-08

| Godlove s. Orth, the American Minister to
| Austria, has signifed his acceptance OF the
Republican nomination for Governor OF In
/ diana.
| The wholesale grocery house Of Allen,
Keith & Co., Of Chicago, has suspended.
| The liabilities are stated at S175, 900, and the
| Tribune Of the 10th ult. rays there was good
reason to hope that the firm will be enabled
| to continue business, or that, in any event,
all debts viii be paid at the rate OF 100 cents
| on the dollar.
| Mr.. II. c. Bowen was before the adjourned
| business meeting of Plymouth Church, on
| the evening OF the LIST, and stated, in reply to
demands that he give the facts which led
| him TO believe in the guilt of Mr.. Beecher,
| that he would not give names and dates ex-
| cept to a select committee OF three, pledged
| to secrecy as to the names he would give,
Mr. Beecher objected to secrecy, saying he
| (Beecher) had no reason for it. A motion
was passed that the parties be present, with
counsel or friends, as was also motion that
Mr.. Bowen have one lawyer or more
before the committee, Mr. Beecher OBJ
| jecting to the motion. A report OF
the Examining Committee, charging
| dr. Bowen with SANDER, etc, was adopted,
and committee OF three were authorized to
summon Mr. Bowen before them and report.
Mr.. Bowen was then requested to retire with
the committee of three, and declined. The
Examining Committee then reported series
| Of charges OF unehristian conduct, ETC.,
against Mr. Bowen, and the matter was re.
ferraH n " w hYts T
Pratt, Z. A. Lecomb and Samuel Belcher to
report on the evening of the 4th, various des-
| ultory motions to expel Mr.. Bowen being
| voted down..
| Great excitement was caused in Washing
ton on the ID by an exposure Of corruption
| involving Secretary f-War Belknap. 1t
| seems Mr.. Marsh, of New York, had
| testified before the Committee on Expend-
lures in the War Department, that he had
| paid Mrs Belknap $4,000 for post trader
snip, and 5000 yearly since. Mrs. Belknap
| confessed the truth of the accusation, saying
| she alone was to blame, as her husband
knew nothing about it. The Secretary
| also admitted the truth of the story, and said
| he desired TO assume all the responsibility,
and not have it put on his wife. He then
| rendered his resignationito the President, and
/ it was accepted
SECRETARY Robson, OF the Navy Depart
ment, was, on the %, detailed to take charge
of the War Department until successor to
| Gen. Bdknap should be appointed.
| A Warrington dispatch of the I'd states
that LeviP Luckey had resigned as private
| secretarypf the President, and had accepted
responsible position in the Interior De-
| partment I
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-08
PERSON Al.

The Rev. +, c. Langley, while preaching in
the Mission Church, corner Of Nassau and
Oakland streets, Brooklyn, y, Y, on the e7th
fell dead IN his puluit, Of heart disease.
A motion for new Trial has been entered
by the counsel Of Mr.. William Mckee, under
conviction for ccmplieity in the ST. Louis
whisky frauds. The application for a rehear-
ing is based upon an allegation that one Of
the jurors in the case gave expression, pre-
vious 10 the trial, 10 his belief in the guilt o!
the accused. The decision Of the court will
probably be rendered about The Goth OF
March.
Gen. Babcock and Levi Z. Luckey resumed
their respective duties al the Executive Man
sion in Washington, on the 18th nit.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-08
POLITICAL.

The Vance, Railroad bill passed by the
Wisconsin legislature has been signed by
the Governor pd is now law.
The LOUISIANA House of Representatives
on the 2sth ult. ADOPTED a resolution for the
appointment Of asommittee to present to the
Senate articles OF impeachme against Gov.
Kellogg. Such committee wa. appointed and
waited upon the Stnate. The attorney for
the Governor presented to the Senate, sitting
as Court OF Impeachment, an order to
the effect that the House proceed
ings were contrary to law, and the
action taken was in violation of the
Wheeler COMPROMISE, and that the acts of
the Governor wero fully known to every
member Of the Senate, and known to them
not to be criminal or unlawful, etc. An or
der of acquittal was finally adopted by the
Court, by vote of TWEEN ty'tive to nine
The Connecticut Republican State Conven-
ton was held at Hartford, on the 29th ult.,
and the following State ticket was nominal
ed: For Goyerno,, Henry G. Robinson
Lteutenant-Goyefnor, Frederick j. Kings
land; Secretary of State, Francis A. Walker
Treasurer, Jeremiah Onley; Comptroller,
Eli Curtis. The platform adopted de.
cares that the Republican party is pledged
to make greenbatks as good as gold to
the holders, and approves of tie Resumption
aet as new expression of such pledge and
determination. ltexpresses the belief that
1t is the unwrittel law Of the land which
declares it uuwisefor the Chief Magistrate
to hold his office leyond two terms, and We
accept the declaration Of President Grant, in
harmony with thislaw, as but another claim
to our admiration md gratitude.n
The Rhode Island Republican State Con.
vention viii be he'll on the 23d inst, and that
Of New Jers on tie nth Of May
The Louisiana Eouse of Representatives,
on the ist, adoptel a series of articles i'm.
peaching GOV. Kellogg of high crimes and
misdemeanors, it icing claimed that the ac
ton of the Senate o, the 18th ult. was Illegal.
null and void, A rport of the action Of the
Senate was made to the House with the
statement that suci action w,s final on the
part Of the Senate as TO the impeachment
question.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-08

Prof. Austin Phelps advocates closer
union OF CongregationalistS and Presby-
terians. tie proposes thar in the frontier
Western states the law of majorities shall
determine whether Il church shall be Con-
gregational or Presbyterian, and that the
mutual transfer OF ministers between Con.
gregationai and Presbyterian pulpits shall
be encouraged. As past instances of such
transfers, he states that all the pastors OF
the Old Brick Church, of New York, save
one, were trained in Andover Seminary
that all the present professors of the
Union Theological Seminary, with one
exception, are OF Congregational origin,
and that three of them were once Congre
gatlonal pastors.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-08
CONGRESSIONAL,

In the Senate, m the 18th, the bill re-
ported by the FjuAnc Committee on the sd 10
amend the acts OF Jus II, 1870. and Jan. a. 1871.
20 authorize the Tcfudus OF the National debt.
was pasSe6--ys4s. - mays, A-NeSsr- CockreIl.
Ea3eg NcCgtery, Npoua'd and Robertson yot-
ing IN the negative, he Military Academy bill
Was debated. Adjourned 10 the s~th 500 A reDort
was made in the Houe from the Conference Com
mttee on the D,srtct of Columbia 8 65 fond
bull. auG, after dcbat is further consideration
WAS postponed for one week A number If pr
waite balls We're paS>tt The Committee on For.
eiyu Affairs reported back the correspondence
furnished thar committee by the State prparf.
mUut N reference q the connection Of Cen
SchencS, The Americu Minister 20 England. with
the EmmS Mime and the NechAdo clsim, with a
statement that the alton O.! he Executive De
parlWtut oi The Ls0nrumcut appears to have
been limited 20 recommendation, in tels-
graphic dispatch 10 Cen. >cheuck. dated the 2sth
% <ofemhc-, isTi that he should retire
irom The directory Of he Emma Mine Company
which recommendation Gen. Schenck appears 10
have acted upon, ailc the lapse Of a week. a.
though the fact did nj appear TO have been com.
implicated to tie pre- uuJll the l-th OF January
following. In regard }he Methado claim. Gen
Stheuck appeared 20 ave taken no action in he
matter.
The credentials Mr.. sharon, Senator
eject from Nevada, wce presented In the Sen
ate, on the 2sla alt, al be wAs sworn in Peti.
tons were presented .d referret-ffon, tue Com
niittee Of The NattorA omeR's Suffrage Asso-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-08

rble wind aud rain-storm on the night OF
the 9th ult. Orchards were demolished,
large oak trees upro oted and blown in every
direction. The greatest damage occurred in
Princeton, the county seat. The cyclone
swept through the town, carrying houses,
barns, churches and everything before it.
Upward OF fifty houses were blown
away, and the roofs carried, in some
instances, to the distance OF miles.
The loss to property in the town is
over 100000. No lives were lost, but several
persons were injured. The loss in the coun-
ty will probably reach S250,0oO.
A Minneapolis tMinn) dispatch Of the Goth
ult. says advices just received from the
Black Hills, dated Feb. 10, report hillside
diggings which pay from seven to eighteen
cents to the pan, the diggings previously re-
ported being gulch diggings. None of the
creeks in the hills had been prospected to
the bed brock owing to the deep water.
Several promising quartz leads were also re-
ported.
The United States Supreme Court has re.
Gently decided that the eastern terminus Of
the Union Pacific Railroad is on the Iowa
shore, at Council Bluffs, and that the
Omaha bridge is part of the road, and
must be operated in connection with the
whole line.
Nardi Gras festivities were the order Of the
day In several Southern cities on the 10Th ult.
The celebration at Memphis, Tenn, was OF a
very elaborate character IA in the after
noon the streets OF the city were so crowded
that it was almost impossible for the police
to clear them for the street pageant.
The following is the public debt statement
March |.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-08

The leading manufacturing industries
OF New Jersey have all experienced the
effects, more or less, of the stringency of
the lines, but none Of them have become
SO thoroughly crippled as that of glass and
glassware making. This important
branch OF manufacturing is at this time
undergoing an extraordinary period of
depression.