The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-07-19
Tho Troubles in Hamburg,

Tho Troubles in Hamburg.
When we wrote tho article on tho
troubles in Hrmburg which appear
ed in the CHr0nic!e uhti Sentinel
Sunday morning, we had not heard
of the fate of the prisoners, or we
should have condemned IN fitting
phrase their cruel and unnecessary
murder There is some excuse to
lc made for those who, in hot
blood and in The midst of battle,
shot down the men who had killed
their cCmradc. But that com
radc's death had been amply
nnd bloodily avenged. There
is isd cXtenuation Of tho butchery
of unarnied and helpless captives.
In real war such deed would re
ccivc the cXccration Of all civilized
nntionS. How much more should it
he rcpIobatcd when no state of war
exists ; when a fight between two
races has been precipitatcd and
when the victors have gained all for
which they fought. The nature of
deeds changes with the circum-
stances when inspire them, and that
which is justiiiablc in one instance
is wholly mjustitiublc in another.
There was nothing to warrant the
killing OF the four prisoners. Gsn-
crH] Butler, who had been recognized
as The commanders Of the whites,
had not ordered or authorized the
killing. On the contrary, he had,
We arc informed, given instructions
th"t they should be taken to Aiken
and placed in jail. If his orders had
been obcycd the community would
lav" been spared this shameful
Tragedy and the slaycrs have been
saved the commission Of il terrible
crime. 1t may be said that this
militia company in Hamburg inl-
pcrllcd Che peace of the county,
THAT It's existence WIS f,anSht with
danger to the lives and property of
the whites, ana that it WAS absolute
ly necessary it should be disarmcd
and diSbandcd. Admitting tho full
force OF this reasoning, the killing is
not defensiblc. The company had
been attacked, d !moralized and dis,
pclscd. Many Of the guns had been
captured anil many Of its members
malc prisoners. Two of them had
been killed and one Of the lieuten-
ants mortally wounded. Was not
this enough ? What more was to
be accomplished by killing flighten-
cl ana tlefcnsclcss captivcst The
knowledge that some of those killed
were not even members of the com
pany dccpcns the darkness of the
picture.--.i"yusf0 Chronicle und
WHAT Our PRESIDENTS WERE
Observation-Disclosures left M estate
valued ut over $500, 900; John Adams
died moderately we'll off, leaving
about $4,000 Jefferson died SO
poor that if Congress had not pur
chased his library at $4,000 he
would have been palpcr Madison
was frugal, and left about $50, 900 ;
Monroe died so poor that he was
buried ut the expense Of his relatives
John Quincy Adams left about
S55,000 Jackson died worth about
$S0.000 Van Buren, left some
$400,00O. Tt is said he did not draw
his salary while in Office, but ut the
expiration Of his term of service
drew the whole 100000 Polk left
itn estate valued at S150,O90 T,,y-
lor had saved something from his
pay while in the army, and died
worth $15O,00O; Tyler married Il
lady Of wealth Fillmore was nj.
ways frugal, and added to his savings
hy marrying a lady Of wealth, and
was worth about $20O,000 Pierce's
estate was valued ut $4,000 Buch
anaM left S200,000 Lincoln about
$4,000 and johnson $5O,0O0.
GENERAL BUTLER IN CoIUMBrA.-Tht
wild rumors about General Butler
being the lcadcr of II mob, ant
shooting men down without Judge
or jury have turned out, as the sen
siblc part Of the community believed
they would, to be tissue Of infa
nous lies. That gentleman arrived
in Columbia last evening, and will il
due time lay u statement Of the af-
fair, so far as he knows anything
about it, before the people. No
body who knows General Butler
gave any credcncc to tho statements
from tho first, and we are only toe
glad to be able to state that those
who wanted to believe the lies won
be gratiticd after his statement ap-
pears. He dcnounccs the article il
the Ne'rs and Co"yier of YESTERDAY y
as entirely falsc.-C'0l"n'bia Rcgis
ter.
Two suns believing to the Span
ish Armada, which had been under
v-ntpr fN,, G,,n1,o1