The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-06-21
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An Eyo Witnoss's Account of Corn
walliH Surrcnuer
From tho Fredericksburg News.

wallis' Surrender.
From tho Fredericksburg News.
Not long since: being ut York.
town, Va, ] fell into discourse with
very old negro man.. who was
quite communicating. As nearly as
can rerall the words, his narrative
was MS follows :: ...|..,
,r.N Nl see General Washington Yes.
Sati why, | WAS here all de time
Sec dc British? See Co,nwnlis ?
10 be ,,rSho'--want | here, rioht
horo-.nIl No time Suttenly. I seen
en- ALL Now, J tell you, nlassa II
sec General Washington. :. and he
was II %cttin on his hoss an catin
OF peach ; Cornwnlhs he como out
down toward de creek, md he start
to ran, but General Washington no
see him directly, an he started urtor
INN, an General Washington he
didn't want to take no ADVANTAGE
OF him. SO he run wnll-A-i,p' ,prctty
SOON s}n. catch .Nornwolli4. m he
catch him by 'de mock, AVID ,.Rav:
You damn *roundrll, [ got, You |!
xAMt. .CprnwnlliS, he turn round, an
hh'dGd;'Mr. General Washington
has, hoard, an General Washington,
he jess took it and cut his hcnd Of!
Soc'it to DO s'ho' j kee it, was
NSht. here, al do time, >NIassa'.
40" lgwine help Src it j Jess as L
tell yon,-Gcncral WashinGston Was
scttin on his hoHs, IN catin of u
pcach-----'
But it is not necessary for me, ito
repeat the old mans story as often
MS he did Suffice it to gay that he
never varied in any particular
thus furnishing one of the best
"'"|"f" Of verncity and accuracy
Washington gossip says that the
MEgrSt game Of carols ever playcl
III this country took place recently
III that city,, Two politicians of nj
tlonal >rerntation, II member. of IL
great banking hn,,sc in London and
John Chamberlain. the well known
f'Wimhi;. sat down ton quiet game Of
draw i'll one of our leading hotels,
The play grew heavy as time passed,
and tic interest came SO intense
that The, sitting lasted: thirty six
hours, at tn" close of which Cham
b"rlain waS winter to the amount
of S1I0.OOO.
A Washington letter says: elk,
Doorliccpcr Fitzhugh still refuses to
bo rnooncilcl or to make any con,.-
prnmisc with his lnto .poGticul
f,icn<'syt He says that within II week
nc Will 1ivo publicity To- some mai:
tcrs TINT will htartlc the country.
Hc declines to sny exactly what the
nature Of his evidence is, but init,
mates br"ndly that when lie does
speak some Democratic members
will need leaves Of absence for tho
rest of the session.
TnE SLAVE TRADE IN BnAzr!.--Rcv.
Emanuel Van Orslcn called upon Sir
Edward Thornton and stated that
the "Nellic Martins," Of tho Star
Bull lnc of steamers, running be.
tween New York and Rio dc J;,nciro,
nnd belonging to an English com
pany though StylrI. the "Untcd
states Steamship Company" arrived
IN Rio dc. Janciro, ,"D the, 1*t Of
AlIrch laat,' carrying clrvan slaves,
ito be delivered. The, British
Minister promised to inquire into
the matter and report TO his govern
mCnt.
At II meeting OF the Wholesale
butchers of San Francisco, it was
resolved that nll meats delivered on
and nftc,' June 22, shurlh bc pail
for il! gold coin, on or before Thurs
day Of the following 4Meck. :or no
moro mcat would be Supplied to rc-
Milcr> TOO much silver is the
Cause.
There is no reason why ice slo,,ld
be ut any other than moderate prices
this S,mimGr. for there. nrc about
hrhdred mnd seventy five ,thonsnnl
Tons stored on the bnnks Of thh
Kcnncbcc River remaining msold
-: ~, - q !
Relic huntcrs at Mount Vernon
arc SO Ingenious and INSCRIPTIONS
tlnlt the managers have been com
PEELED to l,nt wire screens over most
of the articles, and 10 close somo Of
the rooms altogether. .-
: - q '----i'.--. .-1ss-.-i- --,----- 80 . =
Some friends demonstrated with
Clarke, the actor, about his profanity
and quoted the Scripturni Injunction:
"Swear, not ut all." T don't, y, said
Clarke II swear only at those who
offend me. -: ="
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There ,.arc plcnty.'of prcccdcnta
Tor IL continuance o( the BclknaD
case The impeachment trial of
Warren Hastings lasted only eleven
years.
Any rean using p'ofan,: JnnSroso
within ting, hearing OF lie occupants
Of any private rcsidGrcc in Texas is
liable to u fine of $500.
A goQ|rmand once said: .:"To on
JOY Il stuffed. turkey, ,tliorouehly,,
there shoulh,hc only t~o prcsont-,