THE FAIRFIELD HERALDI Pubhlisherl Ivery Wednesday at DES1PORTES & WIILIAMS. 0 'I'A/.i18-IN AD VA NCR. One Copy one year, - - $ 3 00 t- ivo 66' " 1261 60 Tetn '' " - 25000 A Nkw York iRchel isillierils Illis e p(blienn Daiughtcrs. t The will of Daniiel Cornell, a citi. t] en of Gii~foi.l, Chenango county in f 1his State, who died in the fall of 1 1869, at the age 6f 7-0, conitained t-h0 r follow ing curious 'clause I "1Fijil : Bulieviug that the .natu- a I-al coi-e(qiuences of action based up- t nn or dictated by the political creed p or belief approved of or advocated t by my daughters, Cornelia A. Wood t mid ]tuby imock, have been ahd arc to largely increase taxation-, it is iny will that the alnonnt of taxes paid Me since 1861, and to be horeafter paid previous to my leccease by tie, together with the succession 6r 60thr" revenue tax or n kez to be paid from or on account of property now or lereafter owned by me, be consider ed as having been paid for and on aceconut of my said daughters, Cor uelia A. Wood and Ruhy Houck, and 8 It is my will and i hereby direct that d they receive nothing from mny estate, either real or personal.'' 'I'his will ha.1s been contestod, and t 1the case is n1ow on trial. The claim -imthat Cornell labored tindeo- a po litical delusion equi'valbtnt tb 'a niono Inania. It has been proved by fan jamin Slater, ain intelligent morchant t of Norwieh, and one of 01he subvcrib- t '~ig witn esses, that when Mr. Cornell asked hii to signt the will as a wit ness, Mr. Corntell inad reference to ono of his daughters, and said : "ITit the lRepublican party was tho i main cau-se of the war-, and it Wa; for i that ranton - hie had diecardiII this daughter--hecauso she ectouraged the i inici ple.4 of sucl a party." Fkiini Matliewson, of Gutiilford, tes t illed : lIo (Corell) said ho would t hat d -d if his daughter who had married a d --d liack hopublican, 0-huuld havo ono cent of his property. 'This was not far irom tho summer of 1862. The war for tho rebeliion had then begun. lie said that these sol- I diers ol' the Id 4t wero going down f bouthp to feed the turkey buzzards, uind he hoped to God not a d-d of them would ever como back. I lo (tho witness) also testified tha't, ho had a I son in that regiment who died in a I hozpital in% Louisiana. ('thher testi noilty waH given, inoluding Atatements of the decotsed that he shotild chango his will and "out of' all his uhildron who advocated Republican prinei. p.'." Tho executor gave evidence that the deceased was a loading poli tiiani tf his town, nid was frequontly appohited to publio trutImS) and that hc conducted his business tranaotions .with opacity andi ability. The evi dutnce was closed on Saturday laet.I 'lho decision of the Surt-oghte is re siervedi , waiting the writ ten arguments of the respectivo counsel.-N. Y. Tribmne. -eroic Coluct of a -ad0. A most dliabolical outrage was om initted, on Saturday night last, by live unuknowvn persotus, at the house of Mir..1itnmes Il. Uossett, otne of our most~ valuted and amiable citizens. It appours that the ptartius sttolo noise lessly up to thte house and fired o no shot. I hrought the window in the di ftectiof of M~Ir. (Gossott's bod, where he was hying, the ball striking about six meches directly over Mar. (J.'s head. They thlen fired th rough the corner of thte house, in thte dircotioni of the bed on which Miss 1"ornandis wvas sloop ing, tho chargo sitriking about a foot aibovo her~ bead. Mtliss Fernanidis iiu intediately jumped out of hed, obtain-I .e d a pistol, thtrow open the door, and, ' seeimg one of the assaulting party vunin lg, gave chaso aroutnd the house, fired at hiu, but, it is feared, withoist ell'eot. tUn examiiuing the promuises, I it, was d kcovered that thoro were live in the party--ono otn a mule, one ontt horseback and three on foot. One foot track wats undoubtedly that of a negro, barefooted, and1( mteasuredl elevent incohes ; anid tanother track waus about thme size of an ordinary No. 71 boot. 'ITte reason for such an ab. tach upont hr. tirosset is inv~o~vced mn great, imystery. . 11e is ono; of the no1(st peaceablo, honorable andl pure Churit ian'gent lon in fdho land, aund has novor- hiad the feast di-fficulty with anyV (one, nor does he etert-nin the slightest animosity towards any main. lI A is, however, ani unflintohing Domno ,irat,,but imodest, il coarteous in ex ressinig his political opinions- and over intrudes those opiinions upon ty one nnecessaurily. In fadt, heois good cit izoni and kind iteighibor in 'ciy respect. Thle cbol bravery oxm, bited by Miss Fertiandis is wvorthy imitaation by all our lad ios, partiou arly in these dangerous times. P'rwciptnns-Jllad Foremost. A few (lays si-nee, a negro woman ied in this'- county, and was buried in. -ither a singular iwanner. She had ntited with a negro church, but had ackilided, and was ntot in good anding and' favor with the brothtren *d siluers. So when sho beeimo' jill, ~ - mwould asSist het or catlr i'n a I uysiaan,- and she disd, probabl-y for I The negr-o p astor directed thaEtheb >dy'shold be placed in the grave lad dowunwards, and it was so done . I *ca use, as be said, site w as going to oe inifernal regions anyhow; and that .a the proper piosiiin for fier.--' JIsimon is the nreat sndlaflavnor. - Cattle Without a Market. CNfrAo, Aug. 14.-The io?t I 'Oott lonitor gives a di-courging 0count of the cattle trade. Nottith. tanding the high price of bce'fin -the astern markets, at Baxter Aprings nd the sources of supply tirore is ab olutely no market. There are now 0,000 head of cattle within . few iles of tha't city, and 'fresh he ds are onstantly -arriding. Not half the attle are it for sale yet arrived at nlyshipping point in Kansas, and arf or six weeks of tedious drivihg over he plai'is from Tens, fighing thb ites by day and thoeattl'e stampeding early every night, 4attle owners ,arI iW at BaItfcr Springs to lind prices so >* at St. Bouis Ata Chicago tlt bipperd will not take hiold. At Bak .r Springs now there is no stated rice, and there are no offers of cat io. They usually sell for about one ont per pound. Last year thay irought nearly two cents Wodnosday Morning, Aug. 23, 1871, L Neglected Duxty--N1ow to DO it. If all surVivors of the wa' could be iterestel and indneed to .Join the urvivors Association- and Pay 'ontl ollar each year. quite thohey enough rould be thus obtained to carry out be plan of educating sono of the or bans of the dead, as suggested in our 4st, in its three parts, ib local districi ohools, in a State central sobdot, and t the Virginia UnIverti\y. In ordet o collect the annual contributiun of no dollar each, an honest and desery ng disabled soldier should be sp iointed eefiteting tgent [aftd canvasser n each county, and paid twenty per ent for his work. Who is there that vill reftuio his application, or grudge inm his 90 conta out of dach dollar 1 1 2. If an active executive oomidit ce lie appointed in each County to onfor with the ladies and get up a Jounty Survivors fair in Deoember, ve believo that this alone would pro ide sufficient funds. rhat Chris ian will refuse assistance to such a air 1 What Jew, what Turk, what ifidel ? Does not the entire world cept the doctrine that "pUre reli igion and undefiled is this-to visit ho fatherless and the widow in their Illiction ?" Thank dod, however nuoh *u utay differ in dogma, the ear of boreavotient makos us all one n heart, and we all bow doWn, In iumble love and faith, at the graies >four deAd, And what ditizen will -efuse cooperation in such a fair; sinod ii local school and half-paid teacher till reap decided Indirect jadvantages rom the ditett b61eflt;3unfltrred itpou he orphan ? Let not that beheht, oo, though conferred on a few only, )e underrated. The education of di lestitute orphant loy Warreh ia ngs, saved to Englatd hur JMastern [Cmipire. IGradIed high Schaools ina Every Towns We have again and again protestedl mgainst the futile attempt, with such imited meanB; for twventy years to somne at least3 to natablish really good schools at every accssi'ole point, and( ;xpressed our conviction that the york of piublic edticatoin stiould begin n the County towns, and (here o'niy, und thence should the light irrmldiaiii uto the surrounding country. The )ounty towns should be called upon o raise, by special tax upon their orporotions, at least twoafifths of the udncy necessary to Greet two good c1:001 houses and pay fai'r sshfrios to he teachers, and the State should >ay out of its treasury the other breo-fifths of the monoy retquired. A poecial act of the Legislature is needed mn this subject. The advantages of own-schools free to all, are, in part, et forth in thre following, gerrnot ronm the August numnber of the Vi~ ~inia Ed ucational Journal, page 891: Our D)ivine Laord required that the nublication of his GospoT should be. ~in as Jerusalem. Why s6 1 tbe. ause It was the great entre 'of 'influ nceg.- city set iepon a hill cannait >O hid. And so it is to some extent vith all cities and towns, be they oni nilla or in valleys. They are eon picuous and lne-uentlalr Evetry body eos of' hears 'what is done in town. .Jonee, a good school at the Court uouse helps all the Lchools of the ounatry ; and a men sOhool n't the Jourt- house is either (despised by uvery body, or it propagates its meiatb cess all over the country. Set up a nodol school at the county seat,,. and il the sohools will be regulated by it, is the time pieces aro by the town lock. ft Is admItted tiat this Is cot al rays easy to be done,- for town .pee 1lo sometimeos hAve little not' one. hat stand in the way.--but stifl it anbe done I Nowr why are wetso osli'ife th'at 9t can be doue 'l Chi'ef. y b~eei~io there l's inoney' in it9 and owneS-pdople are kenz about; money 5a they o t, to bo. Thien kc~ee ooking at it, and thef will' ireual~ eo that if they want to Jduo'at6 their bildren, this is the cheapest way' to do t. ; if they want a decent, orderly a oummunlty, withou ha..:g to keep up a expensiv'e i di his Is the way to have itif 'the ant their laboring populktion e und thrifty thS is the Wray to av hem 0. ; iv thef wait people to dotitb nd bby ld'ts, bui d homeu , and set Dapital afloat, this is thM dby6*t **y ,o get them all I The towns-$eople nay b slow in seeing all this t be more they are made to 't'hi' kbout it, the sooner thby will or- It1 tud if they should be Vr 616w is re'oing the point, their vision will be >ri htened by a Uoth' f sIg t-, '7%09 vilt dec rivil townu hbid' aha iood 10ho00b:. gettiog aboond, of thiku. JnX, )opulution and wealth- nd by this line they \vill e bih th'y bad been a Itle qiter in thei'r moviment'. 'bi.s has all btypened ovr And ovet ind he that watche8 thu progre of ivents will sod it all halippen iU Virl pnia. Then at to r4t0al proCOedlOgi lt ;he superinteadent and truatees go :quarely before tho town and coui U knd ask them for what is needed ,o haVo bhoobti *ich will b a credit o the tow-, And which willi u'or bidh idvautages that there will be nu neod or any other sohools. Springs. AJo0s-T, 141, 1871. Afr. Ecor : Anticipating a chaog6 Of 4uartefai [ send yotk snother epistle. If worth ho noties of your Potions you can publish the pame with thb dktdWat anderstandhie hoeteh) the the piobf ahett miust be bolreted, and that I may bescape the inortification )f reading as tnamy orrors as wetd 'duild in my Ant letter The number of visitors here at preaont has iso increased, tht pett week, (now over 1,005) that it is now t quest ion of doubts whether enso and 1omfort are tiot iantly ifloomffhodad by Ji gfeat confel'dn iecess-Irily aria ng from so many persons being as ften thrown together under the same building. We bave an abUtltabob of ,he good things of this life, to tempt )ur appetites, or gratify carnal am - Lition, and still very tew know how :o appreciate this great profusion with hich a kind Providence haW sitpplibd us. Alas ! How many oven know or 3are for the comforts with which they are surrounded in a spirit of grati tUde ; some eat ant somn tirink totu much, some get ti-td and hoiltcsitk, many keep l.te hours and others again bbeome disgusted and return home, wonder ing what so many peo. ple can ae to atolmire at a fashiona ble watering place. In the short space of time they remain, they have made up their conolusions to go en. tirely through the priotrammc First, they alt dtown to their respective meals with a change of dress to suit oaoh bill of fare; In the interim they dritik the watort rubro In boufo mity to fashiotl thun a stflbt fegarti fof health ; some dtifik tod mhuch, sone not dnough; others mix; at intervals, the pure waters of naturde fountain, witha the drugs .f. the barsroom ; and ait eveningsa twllight, they repair to the ball-room, inhahing an atmosphere of fever heat fur four or five hour5 and then exposed to the sud hens change, they retire to sibep, waking up with headachmo or something wurso; and db nounde.Aulphur wuter as a humbug. T'hero fI, hotwetot; a larger number who seem to tako all thittga int acoor' lance with nodern progrdss amid con formi with quiet submnission to theor ier of the day: Tfhe Uhd ttuon itldulgo Itt lounging, snmokieg, .walking and joking. The y oung umen promuuade,the rmor the parlor hall, in their best adtirn, rptaling each other either in lirtation wit b the young ladies, or ex. albiting, for their admiration1 the pe uliar cut of their pants, ort a scarlet ieck-tieg adorned with a diamond pin. Dourtesy forbids that I should say meo of the young ladies thab to ao Mdoniddge, that eadh utre of them liinka she really is, or ught to ba; 'the belle of tho'seasen," and if not, rho hias other co:;si oratioits for pr ronal'attra'tois,1 En shape of bonds, st'ool1s or real Asatet, and nof 'realizing the beatitudo of hmer' pri sen t opild ition wvould mne~h priefer a tranaler of her n'estments, to the'em~rq of some god, alever, trtust worthy gentlernan. llt seithoitt gdssup or scandal, 1' do ,at ktehIf5 to sa 'tit'there 'a ' ire beauty ol' reflhuomoht amtong LIh0 iddles it this plaec thba ol bWe founsl4 eisc whero, *?ti thle iimter prom'ais N'ou'sly thufn together andf ? hwe iaot bhe language to eko A to (e 'eautiful, ;uugeos, yet 'fibthmanably tant ful fr-essea, *hlch adorn either tt pWlor iti midday of the' ball reoft 'ai night. Therre is njt that ari~tocrati6' 'offi basedI Upon mnore reoney than brAtos) o' chow of he d,- that we. would' fnd It itny 6elebrated waterig, pla66 sorth of the h#dtomae i his mag 'be icoountcd for, fno doubt, by' thie Want >fmeans on the piirt of adj, ye't :hoei a fair reprsentiei6to we'ahth mmong those congfegated' lhere, from the South as well na trom' the North. By far the best turn-ont,- is that of a Bouthern lady- whao- drives four in isand, with two .livered .ser-anta..and rhe not twenty. years of -ago, with the best blood. of the. ounitry fnehey reins,, but-nAfortonately,- ontetriped a heauty by at~least one hundred -t.. sre here present. &fany of. th'.ownag EdAi4 e oopially ,thos. of'Vtrgnle ttd MaryhAnde take frequentez~rome m horseback in the afternbon,afull 'idinog habit ; some of them are very Iasing Mid skillful 'uriderasd'h1ve >nen k nown-to' follo'w they bounde In a ox-ohnse with gredt eol'k6. By' wa'f if parenthesia ('would not lur. friend R'om.- 1., like to 'join aucih.k party-?} Up a'id down they ride in full gallop untl twilight begiWIS to gather in the sha4qs of night, whon the lawn Aqid ple .ground becomes deserted, and thoI ainpa tue glitnoring fromt tlhb cottage windows-, twinkling like stars through the troes, bid them retire, and then appear on the broad varan dah. So promenade or ait screted in some cozy corner, mnaking love no doubtlto 'the obarping m'usi-, tiat fills the air, aid enlivens. the soul, of him who has a soul to feel and appro iaetotli pa\-iotIc atrains'of iDixie." UnD of the 'characteristic featurcs of this renowned and fushionable wa turing place, during the present sea tin is OY'n g'l-cat uioijber of ,eople froM the Northern anil W'e.ter SLat-e.' yoL would scrareoly believ1 it. ''here ar'd .t p tWie .i inVO to dAy fiom New ork and ' ii1vva. p i ttlaIn fron Virgiii., ! more 'rom Nefrt 3ert-by than ,-o)arh Uilina: in f.ct, there is iot a f.ashion!abl I'tamale, tuarried or single, ftaom ouir own State, whilst Ljuiauna is fa irly replrese lited b~y nore than a score of voaig dies. I *'n iicliiei to tihe opinion too, that ''orthe poo'I~ are zail well pleased, and iany of tlemi for tle futu'r do ternined to make Ohw Virgii.i:& Springs hiidquarter., foi ho futuire,