The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, January 01, 1868, Image 2
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To-Day is New Year's Day !
Iteader, stop aid thiink. The s tea
dy tramp of Time has ushered you to
the verge of another year. The Past
isgone with its hurden of aIl that
]mnakm3esi life pl emit or miserable.
TIhe Ftutre is of couirse laden. in im
agination, with at least, a thousand
good hop i. Ihtt that future is as yet
uintried. It is trte,
"There is a tiIde ilt nM tmttet uilaim, Whic
takenl
At its fliol, lenil o 10 1-t- 1111P or to fine,"
butl thii1 llool- ide it is lot the goo.I
biessing of all 1o takei in tuime. !lence
fortine and fame are not inl -tore for
all of, s. "1A gootI ci'ntsiena void
Of offetnce toward (Gomd and ut,"iis for
the Iest. Con(im titi. ulth that, is
;;reat gainl.
That all our. reaelekr.0 may realize
e'veni a fair prop)rtion of thleir most
agreable altticipa( itns, is the iwisli of
()uIrl heart.
Tio (hltitro of Uott n for 1808.
As the preliminaries of mothor an.
Titil indtistrial experiineit is a)out to
com tenre, will it be if any avail to
advise those Vho are to ie tihe gtu
"i'mis of the resources oif 0111 soil ?
Farmers of F-airield, Imtlany of you
aire now straitened inl youtr financial
ati ters, simplY henause you depend
(A too mutcitth oil tie price of Cottln.
You thotught last. .an nuary you woIId
get a fair and profitable remuieration
for your staplo. Last Jtinary, cot
ion sold for at least ti e times as
tmuch as it does now. Scores of your
nitumlber pawned their cotton crops to
pay for the meat and bread that
would be necessary to keep their farms
in operation utitil now. But, alas !
now you find that meat and bread ad
vanced to you, on the basis of your
crop, cannot be paid for except at a
great sarifice.
Now these are pate fatets, and
facts that are felt. The advice we
give therefore, is-be niot deceived by
any spasmtod ic rise in the price of' cot
toll wicho may take place about uext
March and April, or event before that,
time. It will tall be a .Jack-o lanitern,
it wvill only lead ytou (if heeded) into
thto qfuatgmiro of disapptoitment.
'.lhen do not give way to its deceit
'utl light. lBut pitcht the crop, first for
the filling and p)ackintg of the cornt
cribs and( smitoke-houses, and then (1e
vote the remaining area rind labor to
thto prodttction of cotton.
Do not forget that, under tho pres
cttt system of labor, Asia, Africa aind
SouthI Amot'ica can compete too sue
cosafutlly with thme South for our
section nlOW to dopend altogether upon
the cotton crop.
Ohristmae has Passed.
WVoll, we have passed thtoutgh an
another December Jubiloc. WVe h ad
fire-crackers ais long as thtey could be
bought. The boys seemed to elnjoy
ithe term well. Bitt the colored peo
ple, andm we say it without fear of con
tradiution, oven from1 thtomselves, did
ntot seem htappiy and joyful, as in days
of t"aildt Lang Syne." There was
that wanut ot' 1ilincvs and mnexpressibly
hatppy coun~tenance thlat was wont to
gh1ratojs tbc rac. n.., atit., al
tively. Now. however, the facts of
life are changed. The cares and re.
sponsibilitics of citizenship have been
forood upon him. Deceivers came in
and elated them with falso hopes.
Now they find that food, clothes and
medicine are realities to be met with
the sweat of their own brows ; labor,
-and honest, hard, constant labor, at
that, is the only hope. And it is due
to the colored people to say that
many of them have recognized the sit
uation. And before another Christ
mnas comes, if wise counsels prevail in
the country, all will have settled down
in the conviction that "honesty is the
best policy."
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The seventh anniversary of the seco
sion ol South Carolina--December 20,
1867-was celebrated by tih colored
firemen of Charleslon, who have select.
it as their anniversary. Four compa.
nies in full uniform--all that are left of
tho tenl compaies existing before the
war-participated.
TI.e 10ic. Jefferson Davis sailed from
Baltimore in the tieamer Cuba, on
'T'liirsday last, for New Orleans. The
&'un, noticing his departire, says:
"A. large concourse of persons assem
bled on Brown's wharf to witness the
departure of the ship, many. no donut,
having )eenii d rawl thitier by a desire
to see Mr. Davis, albhoigh the fact of
hie intended departure by the steamer
had beenl kept, 11 ( uiet as possible.
About a quarter of an hour prev ions to
the time of departure. Mr. and Mrs.
Davis drove on the wharf in the private
carriage of a friend, and as they alight
ed there were some demonstrations and
cheers by the crowd. Mr. Davis. how
ever, procceded quietly on board, VIere
a nmiber of personal friends gathered
to bid him adieu. As the slop graceful
ly moved from tie dock, I r. Davis
stood on the quarter deck, with head
uncovered, and acknowledgefdby bowing,
the friendly personal I mami iFestationis
which lie had Imut. Mr. Davis appear
ed to be in good health and elasti
spi rits. During the stay of himself and
wife iln Baltimore, they.~ were the guests
of Charles hloward, Esq , where thev
quiely sojourned~ in the enjoymilenlt o'f
social intercourse with porsonal friends.
It would he queer enotngh if. instead
(if cotton, guano shoul be, king.. A t
all events, the Charleston paperl0s spea~k
in glowing terms of the enormous sap.
ply of a fertilizing material discovered
in Sooth Carolina. A s to quali ty, it
"conltainls from sixty to seventy-five per
cent, of pure phosphafte," and is "more
valuable thban the Peruvian guano,"
which brings ninety dollars the ton. As
to quantity, the deposis '-extend for
miles" along the A shley River, "cover
many square miles,' and inay. "producee
$1 u,000,'00." As to aecessibility, (111
bed at least, is only a few miles from
Charleston, and will give to that city),
says one pa per."a large export ing trade,
and create a business tfmat will speedily
restore her fortmer prestige." The Kingv
is dead-long live the King ! No soon
er is poor King Cotton dethroned than
King Guano reignls in his stead. In
stead of cotton lords we shall probably
haIve a guano aristocaey that will pro.
lbly outvie what is catlel the -'codfish
artistocracy" of some Eastern States.
T wo Indians, D~eerfoot and Smoke,
are to run against time, fifteen miles,
on the Nashville, Tenn., race course,
for a stake of $300. D~eerfoot, it is
said, was at one time runner to. the
Prince of W'ales. in. Englnnd1
of R'presentatives :
An official copy of the eer issued
by Major-General Witieif 4 S. Ilan
cook, commander of the Ff!2 Milita
ry District, dated Uead1 iairters in
New Orleans, La., on the 28th (ay of
November, has reached me tlhrough
the regular channels of the Waril
Departmont.. and 1 herewith conlno
nicate it' to Congress for such action
as -ay seem to be proper in view of
all tho circumstances.
It will be pereoived that. Gencral
Hancock annoutoes that ho will make
the law the rule of his conduct ; that
he will uphold the courts and other
civil authorities in the performance
of their proper duties ; and that he
will use his military power oinly 1o
preserve the peace al1 enforce tile
law. He declares very explicitly that
the sacred right of the trial by jury
and the privilege of the writ of habcas
rorpus shall not be crushed out or trod
den under foot. He goes further,and,
in one comprehensivo sentetice, asserts
that the principles of American liber
ty are still tile ilhieritance of this peo.
ple, and ever should be.
When a groat soldier, with restrict
ed power in his 1111nds to oppress his
fellow-men, voluntarily foregoes the
chance of gratitying his selfish anhi
tion, an:d devotes himilself to the (1uty
of building up the liberties and
strellgthelling the laws of his country,
he represents all ex:anple of the high
CSt plblic virIitue that Iliumall nature
is capable of platisilg. The strong
est claimi of' Washi ngton to b. "first
ill War, first ill peace, ald first, ill the
hearts u f his countrymen," is founded
on tile great fact that in all his illus
triols careri he scrupulously abstain
ed from violating the logal and con
stititi onal rights 'A' Iis fellow-citi
z(e1s. WIlen he urrenered hi's Uom -
Iisionl to Congress, th Presilent of
that body spoke his Iighest. pra ise ill
saying thatbe had "ahways Iegarded
tile rights of the civil au thloril ies
through all dangaers and disasters."
Wil-levier po)wer above the law court
ed his acceptl nce, he Calmly put tile
temptation aside. By such lagnlani
Imous nets of forbear-lle he Wonl the
univ e lrsal miration of inikinl, and
left a 11e1111V Which Iias no rival inl the
history of tile world.
I am farfroll saying tilat eieral
lancock i the only Alier of the
American army who is influenced by
tile exalliple of Washingtoni. Doubt
less tiusiais ofthem11 are faitifuliy
devoted to the principles for whicl
tile m1en of the Revolutioll Illid down
their lives. lt the distingu nished
honor belongs to him of being the first
olicel ill high colllald soliuth of tile
P'otoaillc, since0 the close of tile civ il
War, Who has givel litt eralice of these
noble Seltiielnts ill tile form of a mili
tary order.
I respeciffly suggest to Congiress
that some puliblic recognition of' Gene
rol1 H an1cock's pa"triotiecondnlet is (iul(,
it' not to himl), to tim friotnds of ilw
and jlstice throughout the c0ounitry.
Of sulch an act as Ii.S, at sichl a t ime,
it, is but. fit that the digntity should be
vinldica ted anid the vil'tue rolaimed,
so tit its vailue as aln11 examl1ple Ima
Ilot be lost to the latin
ANDReAV .oINSON.
WXashington', D). C., Deccemnber 18,
1867.
leans1, lhe wveek, the( gren: we o f \Vea-1i
v'er 1:sI. A' niloux, which im oheicited so
mutlCh learninig and abihily ite tower
and4. thte Slutiprme Court, hats finaillyi
settled by the latter tribulnal. Ti'o judlg
men~lt or the courlt ibeJlw ini fa vio' ol
\ Vver was c'onlfirmed'(. The'I u
involved we~re, whe'ther a pairty, who
hasp giveni a mlorig: go fort a1 hoan madelil
:1(in I Cfeerat note 101, coijuld resist the
enlfor'cement. or a mnortgalge, when he had1(
used I he nlotes inl quelsti.n to r'elease a
CourtL dec~ied I tat he couIld not avail
imself oif such a plea after accepting
anld ulsin~g th Ino'es as t hey had been
ulsed. Tie j'ligmuenti was therefore in
fatvor' of the moi0 tgatge.
A si.Ev.--SiX llontts ago, Ashley
was a great hlero. Now, h10 is tihe
scabbiest of diogs. is parlt y paperls
dhismliss himl with sick sttmallIls. lHe
els out thalt he is ai "loyal muan."
Thailt term is falst losing .its p~otene(y,
an~d, sin~ce its journ'hey down Soulth, the
v'ery Yan~kees hlave tur'ned fr'om it
like a case of leproesy.-AWuusta CJon
A cotemnporary trutly remarks thait
nIotwlithstanldmig tile incereaso of temupor
11n1C Sncit' C ~O oit tiennunu ig..
last, says the Charlotte Bulltk , an
conut of a terrible affray i Yorkville,
S. C., and throulh tho kindness of a
friend we.aro enabled to lay before our
readers the full particulars, as elicited
before the Coroner'sejury. There lioe
beenl conflicting rutnors on our streets
about this sad affair, and w%. reveited
one or two versions of it, N lich we rdid
not. feel justified in li ) hlaing. The
following can be relied on. Our cor
respondit. writing under date of the
26th, says:
"A i event has just occurred which
has cast a gloom over the holiday fes
tivities in Yorkville. The ladies of the
Presbyterian chureh got. up a Christmas
tree and party in R- S. Moores hal, for
the lbeieflt of tie Sinday schioul. Dur.
ing its progress some things Were
thrown back and forward from the win
(low and thI, street, which after the dis
persion of the crowd, led to a quarrel
and a street fight, which ended in the
deatlh of one young man and severely
stabbing of another. Mr. Thos. Smith
had his throat, et., so that he died in a
fu v minutes. Wm. Snyder was swab
bei n several phices. and is in a criti.
(*al situation. As)ou may be int'erost
rd to kiiow iore of the aiir, I give
Yon some of the part eilars, as elicited
diu rint lie Coroner's inp'',st, which
octIpijed dtiiig neal the x1he dav
yesterda.v It. ;eems that a piece of
wood thrown from the window, struck
hoth Sinith and Snyder, whichi irrita ted
Lt.em-ailso that stonies and other things
thrown into the winidow of the room
where tiln paty was being held, irri
tat ing the. yong miri en in lie hall Somie
of the laiter went down to see into the
miat ter anduhai:irsh words were uised.
A fer the disperision of tha party, Smith
and nyrer with several others, waited
fur MI r. ). Jone, who was said to have
id iiisilihing towards the c ut side
crowvd, and demanded that lie should re
tract what he said, whieb he would not
(io. They thrn attacked him and knock.
ed 111imi down, and then st.ruck him. Ie
recove*.rl and retreated a liulo, and
drew hisi lu1 e. They still mado ai
him, aind thei seiiL! colntilued for only
a few mom t. whlen both Smiih and
Snyder exelaimed that, they were cut,
anil ran to Dr Jackson's room, where
Smith died in a few oiAients. his throat
bheiing Ct. in a most frightful man.
ier
"Nine of the parties were intoxica
ted, and the whole a fnhir was the wok
of in ni aomenti. EJvery onie regrets the
matter, nii sympathizes with ihe fami
lieS ol the tilree young men, they being
characterized ias steady and orderly
bovs."
A Fox Srony.-In Bergen county
they have the foi ving : "Mrs. N--,
of Closter, hearing a noise shortly aifter
mii'hinighit a few Iights since, as of
thieves at. her fat.tening coops, rose
quietly and went, to investigate, taking
care to be provided with menans of giv
ing alarm or of defending herself if
ineessary. To her suirprise she discov
irei a fox surrounded by bi t imuti!ated
victims to the. number of a half dozeit
or more. Taking aim with her pistol
a1nil firmg. master Reynard gnawed the
(lust, atid was sooni despatched. It
proved to be an old frox of Iediuim size,
and inl exIcelleIt condition. H-1er ieigh
hors have laughecd at M rs. N-- foir
relying so nmiei on her little "sixhoot
er,'' bim. thne t-ighibors are now mtadet
obl iga ion enouaght to hier, for ihe laugh
snumos tno be on th~e other side. It. is a
g.ood thing for a lady to be able to use a
pist ol, r'spiecially if' :.hn is living alone.
( r ntn Tue A merican, Dec. 23.
Ax Ai'Parvau UIr'oCtnrrx.- Whern
Joe Brown morde his Joe MIltler perch
on R~conrstruct ion-pe'rpetuityv of' thei(
Radlical piarty"-an i such othier pig.
headed phiatitudes wh'lich now exciteo de
riiv gu. ws, his friend Henry Wil.
so, enator from Massaichtusetts, swvoro
lintt the Ilaw of Congress as it thten ex
istedi- was a- finality. Tthe first thing
Jeremiah Coibaith alias Henry WVilson
did, in N ovember, wais to change the
law so as to permit a minority of votes
to settle the matter of conventilon, cont
stituttions, etc.
Old .Joe kicking uip behtind and~ befor'e,
Wilsoni kirckinig uip behitnd old Joo.
[ A uguesta C'mstiuionalist.
'rA xATIoN IN 'rH tK SOU''r.--The time
to wvt~hi te collection of the direct tax
in the Southern States was deolavedn ex.
pires ott Januiary 1st, but S'e'r'tary
Mcunllock, in answer to appa4 fronm
the Sothd to pt'otect. theh *. from taxa
tiont, has, it is said, responded t hat lie
does not initetnd to collect it, unless
forced to do so by Congress," and that
hie wvdl appoint no collectors for thtat
niuruose.'
AcdorditigiA o' tie oustom long ob
served, no Nws will be issued on
Thursd ayfropn this offico. The IHrald
lowovqer of. this week will appear, but
on;a smzalkr sheet.
'Kow Editorial icisso'rs
Yesterday our sanotuni glistened
with a very valuable present from
Messrs. K etchin, McMaster & Brice,
thtough the agency of the first named
genl aan. About cloven o'clock a
call was mado at our office door, and
a voi. demanded the "printer's dev
il "'; 1 li the call was coupled with
the request that no devil worse than
the printer's should be sent to the
door.
Well he went, and returned with a
iost oxcellont pair of scissors for edi.
torial pntrposes, for which we hereby
tender our thanks.
An Escape from Jail.
Last Thursday night before ton
o'clock, a negro confined in thl il,
made his escape by a deliberative and
daring act. Tihe fellow's namo is
West Brice. On Sunday night last
he was arrestcd on the premises of
Mr. J. M. Elliott, by the Sheriff, but
made some show of roistance. He
was arrested for threatening the life
of a colored woman.
The accused broke through the
ceiling of the cell, pusied out the sta
plc which held the bolt that secured
the outer (iron) door, and crawled
over the top of the wooden door.
Thing in the third story, lie tore his
two blan'ets into strips,tied them into
a rope, and let himself down. It ap
pears fromn the signs that lie crawled
down with tihe assistance of the blinds
opened upon the second and first story
windows. From the depth of his foot..
prints, where he struck the ground, it
would seem that his final leap was a
considerable one.
After an examination, we are con
vir ced that the jail is not securoly ar
ranged. The staple which was drawn
last Thursday night was not even
clinched. And to this one feature of
the ins'ceurity of the jail, we call the
attention of the commissioners of Pub
lic Buildings.
A Store broken Into.
On Monday night last tle store of
Mr. Jas. S. Stewart was uncerennil.
ously opened and thoroughly examin
ed.
The burglar threw a thirteen pound
rock against the back door, the forca
of the missile driving the bolts
agninst the catch, and hurling it near
ly half-way the longth of the build
Not muuh was taken, but the pa.
pers in the desk wore rifled, and care
fully Oxamined, some boing left on
one of the show-cases, and sonmc drop
ed1 on the lot in the rear of the proml1
1ses.
Three pieces of ladies' dr'ess goods
wrr taken ; and there is no doubt the
thief could 'ead handwriting. If
we had a detective from Charleston,
it is almost a certainty that the rascal
who broke into Mr. Stewart's storo
could be detected.
CIIANo.-The Bluffalo (N. Y.) C'ou.
y ~orw since an cldi gentleman, Mr-,*
A. ..r n Palmer. no w in his dotage, but, at
onI :ime one of the wealthiest men in But'
falo, who uasedl to drive through our streets
with his coach and four, and who dIspensed 4
chariity with a liberal hand and en t'tained
his friends with princely hosapital ', was
bh fore the police court, poor, thinly clad
ail onoiatedI in person, oharged with petit
larceny in stealing a shirt from a young
man., Jutice Vanderpool, not, considering
the careuurgsaances under which- Palmer got,
possession of the shirt could be legalg con
strued inte a larceny, and considering the
mental and bodily condition cf the old min,
dismissed the case. Yesterday this aged'
'mnn-with not one of' thoseowho, in his day
of prosper'ity, partook of' his hospitalty or,
were fe'd by lisa bounty, to pity his condk,
t) or aidminister to his suff'erinags, was scat
to the poor housec as a vagrant for four
muonths1.
The following epitaph on husaband aud
wife is found In a Parisin e~omotery:
''I ant anxiotusly expecting you-A. D,
1827."
"tlcre I a'-4. U. 1867."