The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, July 10, 1872, Image 2
THE FAIRFIELD HEALRD
Published Every Wednesday at
WINNSBORO, S. C.,
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TERANS-iN A)VANC.
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The North Carolina Ku Klux Outrage.
The New York Tribune of Monday
says: "We must not be so prompt
heroafter in crediting reports of
Southern outrages upon Grant orators
A few days ago we commented, with
some severity, upon a dispatch from
North Carolina, stating thart a speech
of Mr. Settle had been the occasion of
soine riotous disturbances. It is
impossible to regard Mr. Se'tile with
any special respect, but we con
dened the reported attack upon
him as a violation of the freedom of
speech whiob is the right of every
one, and which must not be anywhere
infringed. But the outrage vanishes
when the details of the anair are re
teived. A Grant paper of this city
gives a full account of the occurrence,
which reduces to nothing the thrilling
talo of the imaginativo'tolegrnpher.
"Mr. Settle began an account of his
litewardship at Philadelphia and else.
whore, and 'the Ku Klux began ask
ing importinent questions.' This is
cortain y not an unusual occurrence
in political meetings. Some of the
questions, however, were only too per
tinont. One depraved villain inter
rupted the loyal flow of the Judge's
eloquence by asking : 'Where were
you when Secession began ' The
Judge retorted by a sarcastic refer
ence to the Interrupter's staturs, and
the little man suggested that if Mr.
Settle would come down from the
stand they could promptly decide
their relative physical value. Mr.
Settle declined this ordeal, which
was a proper and prudent thing to
do, and there was no further disturb.
anco except loud cheers for Greeley
at the close of the meeting. There
is nothing in this story to ourdle the
most susceptible blood. The 'Ku
Klux' milt have asked still more
embarrassing questions of the Grant
orator. They might have gone to in
convenient lengths in their catechism
as to his rebel record. They might
have put to him unanswerable queries
as to the servies Ie rendered For the
$10,000 he receivod as Minister to
Peru, which offico ie hoeld for a year
or so, and never left the limits of
his own State. We hope no one will
have the cruelty to touch on these
facts when Mr. Settle next rises to
harangue the chivalry of North Caro
lina about the success and the purity
of the Administration which has
given him so tidy a retainer. Such
an outrage as this would probably re
sult in putting tile State under mar.
tial law."
A (lerman Proinuciniulo for ~Greelry
At a recent ihooting of prominent
German Democrats and Republicans
of Now York, the following resolu.
tions were unanimously adopted.
Commissioner Magnus Gross nted as
Chairman and the following commit
too appointed to carry into effect the
resolutions . Judge J. Koch, Alder
man Edward Schlichting, Coroner
1lerrman, Dr. Ilowol, Dr. Anders,
Drl. Frankel, Mr. Wollny, of the
New Yoik Journal, and the Chair
man. Another meeting will be call
ed for Friday, to receive the signa
tures and appoint the delegation to
Baltimore:
Whexrons at a conference of a
small number of citizons frinm various
parts of the Union, held in one of
the parlors of a hotel in this city on
the 20th and 21st of June, a fewv
muen, without any authority whatever,
have arsumned to speak as repr-esenta
tuves of the Germnan-Americans, and
were reported to have given expres
sion to sentiments utterly at variance
with the opinions held by the uinder.
bignied, and thousands upon thousands
of their counirymen in this city and
all over tho IUion ; andl whereas the
unfounded statements then and there
made are threatened to be urged
upon the National Democratic Coni
vention at Baltimore as the senti
ments entertained by German voters
on the questions of choosing candi
dates for the Pf-esidoney and Vice.
Pr-esideno v of the United States.
thorefore be it
Riesolve d, That in our opinion the
ticket chosen by the Cincinnati Con.
vention is a guaranty to peae, to a
reunion of hearts as well as of hands,
and to honesty, economy, prospority
and progress in the administration
o3f our national affairs.
.Resolved, Trhat we are firmly con
vinced that the nomination of Horace
(Grecley and Gratz B. Brown by the
Blaltimiore Convent ion will be enthn.
sittically received and heartily supe
ported by a vast majority of thle Ger
manf-A mericans, without regard to
their former associations, for tile
simple rconson that in the present state
of the country and parties no more
fitting and eatisfactory nomination
could be made.
Resolved, That th~e foregoing reso
lution, together with the signatures
attached to them, be handed by a
special delegation of German-Ameri.
can oitirmons to the chairman of the
New York delegation to the Balti
more Convention.
Horrible If True.
The slavers of the South Sea
Lland hgave a barbarous way of scur
ing their human stock in trade. Ac
cording to. CJommodore Markham, a
British comnm'ander on the Australiant
station, the men engaged In the slave
tradle make treaties with the ohiof of
a tribo who has a fetid on hand to sup
nemies in exchange Ifor live subjeots'
f his own. There are different
nethods of decapitation pursudd,
l'he commandaer's informant ' had
>ebn an eye-witness of a scene in
which the murderers used their
Inives. A brig lay to off an island
of the Solomon group, and a canoe
ull of men put off to hbr from the
hore. As the canoe passed under
he vessel's stern, her stern-boat,
which had beon loosened on purpose,
as, suddenly dropped on It,
mashing it to pieces. Boats wore
owered and the natives pulled into
hem, but none to be resoned. As
oon as they were seized, their heade
oro cut off over the gunwale of the
)oat with long knives. The British are
aking measures for the supproosion
>f this horrible traffic.
Letter from Ilorme Greeley.
The fbllowing is an extract from a
rivato letter to a gentleman in this
tate. Though it was never inton.
led for publication, the gentleman to
whom it was addressed hue deemed
it of sufficient interest and importance
bo justify its publication :
NEw Yonx. June I1, 1872.-* *
I 1 have no possible claim to Dome.
3ratio support, and never made any.
The Democrats will of course be gov.
Brood by a consideration of their olva
intereat. It is nowise proper or
probable that they should be influ
enoed in making their decisions by
any consideration personal to myself ;
and if they could be, I do not desire
it. Hence I have said nothing to. any
Democrat, unless he first addressed
mo. And even then I have gone no
rurther than to say that if 1 should be
Dlected I would treat all those who
supported me alike, not asking wheth.
or they had been in thepast Republi.
oans or Democrats. Yours,
HORACE GleIElEY.
[Iarl/brd 'imes.
WINNSBORO.
Wednesday Morning, July 10, 1872,
T. ROSS R1OBETSON, Editor.
lir Corropondence solicited from every
section of the country.
Our columns are -open to all for a free
discussion of any principle. theory or itlen,
but we are in no way responsible for (he views
or opinions of orrespondenti.
Colonel Aikon's Address.
We had the pleasure Thursday last
of listening to tho highly interesting
address delivered by our former fel
low-citizen Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, and
have no hesitation in pronouncing it
the most practical, progressive, and in
structive speech we have heard since
the war. Col. A. began by referring
to his missimn, the objeots lie had in
view, and the results he hopcd to work
out. About the beginning of the
present year he was commissioned by
the State Agrioultural Society to can
vass the State in the interests of the
Society, and of Agriculturo generally,
but as yet had received little or no
encouragenment in his labors, although
lie had been travelling four months,
and had visited nine counties in the
State. There seemed to be a feeling
of unrest and disquiet wherever lhe
had been, which operated very strong.
ly against any improvement in the
general character of the country, and
the universal cry appeared to be, pov
erty. The question naturally arises,
why arc our people so poor. There
arc certainly assignable reasons for it,
and amongst these might be first men
tioned, ignorance, or lack of intelli.
genco among the laboring classes.
TVhe benefits and advantages of a lib
oral education are not properly appro
elated by the masses. Ils experience
and observation was that there was
more ignoranco generally in South
Carolina than in any other State hn
had travelled through. lie knewv of
farmers in this County, running four
and fiye plows, who don't know the
name of the County newspaper, or the
fact of there being a paper published
in the County. In his efforts to se
cure subscriptions for agricultural
papers, the invariable reply was, "I
am no book farmer," when the truth
of the whole matter is that the man
who doesn't study agriculture as a
science is a veritable "old fogy."
Many persons read agricultural works,
but not wvith a view to the benefit to
be derived from them, and the great
difficulty in the way of agriculture
succeeding under our present system
is that our people dent think of it,
dont study it, dent rend about it as 'a
sciene, and cant bring themselves to
realize that it is a .sciene. Unt il
they awake to such reality, they will
always be poor, and can never make
farming a successful and remunera
tive calling.
Another cau'e of our poverty, said
the speaker, Is that we plant such ex.
pensive crops, vis Corn and Cotton.
These two products cost more to pro.
duce them than any others that arc
put in thme ground, and the assertion
otnn be easily proved by resorting to
Dalculation and figures. Their culti
vation exhausts the soil in which they
ire planted, and they consume the
whole planting season in maturing,
whereas by raising more small grain
>e gathere.I, and more money made
with one-third of the labor that is re.
juired to cultivate corn and cotton,
Dur people, remarked Col, A., are
miserable sla'vs to King Cotton, and
it is high time that they should tbrowi
off the yoke, and burst asunder the
retters that bind them. As long at
they serve so exacting a master, they
man never be perfectly free and indo.
pondetit, S servile Is their oalling
as supporters of the hoary king, thal
they are compelled to .let others put
a prica alpon the fruits of their labo*
and the means of 'their livelihood h
converted into an object of specula,
tion. While this state of things last
poverty will be our lot.
Another reason given by COul. A
for the poverty of our people is the
discontent and restlessness, not on111
felt, but exhibited, and a scoming de
mire to break up old associations and
move away to other lands in the bop(
of bettering their condition and Or
oumstances. He had travelled foul
months in 1870 In the South anm
Southwest, had met tip with at leas
five hundred former citizens of thi
State, all of wihon expressed them
selves as no better off than when liv
ing in South Carolina, and one indi
vidual, a former member of Congres
from this place, nrid most emphati
cally that he would return to Winns
boro immedintely If lie was no
ashamed to do so.
Col. A. closed his: address witl
some practical suggestion.e, whicl
we hope to set carried into cffect, an,
gave a general outline of the organi
zation of the Patrons of llusbandry
We will endeavor to lay these sugges
tions, and the latter, before our road
ers in our next issue. Want or spae
prevents us front doing so in this le
sue.
The Baltimore Convention aid Its Du3
From our stanidpoint of reasontin
the duty devolving upon the Conveut
tion of the National Democracy, whie!
meets in Baltiinre next week, i
plain, and adi its of no equivocatioi
whatever. The voice of a i jorit,
of the American peoplo hs be en a
ready herd, and the li inor oi Cot
Arention may be considere,l ainstriu I
ed even now ai to th3 courao it is call
ed upon to pursue. It Is simply t
follow the dictate of wisdom, which i
nothing more or less than to sacrifie
personal and party prejudices in th
national struggle to resouo a comino
country from a oorrupt tyrranniet
administration, and save the natio
from the ruin which is now impend
ing. In other words, the time l
como when the Democratic party <
the Union should cast aside its bm
dens in the shape of doad is.us, an
impracticable ideas of governieni
and unite its somewhat imptire
strength with that of that noble baL
of Republicans who hold out to
the olive branch of peae, arid hav
undertaken a fierce crusade against on
oppressors. L.et the Democracv muec
these overtures in a propor spirit, an
though disappointmtent may be felt b
many that we have no "old Conistiti
tion Democrat" for wvhom to cast ou
svtffrages, we will have gained mttc
to be proud of in having defea ted th
besotted despot of the White Hlous
and securing. as his successor an bor
est mant, even If he be a iRepublicat
If the Baltimore Convention contril
ute by its action to the tringinig abet
of this desirable result, its assemblin
can never be regretted. Let the
body of patriots endorse the nominr
tion of Horace Greeley, and recon:
mend hinm to tihe support of. the masi
ess of the D~emocratic party, arnd it
whole work will have been accon:
plished in a short spae of tim<
Any other line of polic~y foreshadoni
four more years of military rule, cor
rupt ion in the highest offices of th
government, andh fnally anarchy.
The Various Devices to Defeat the Pops
lar Will.
The people, says the Chiarlesto
Courier, have thus far proved no
only in advance of, but more power
fal than, the politicians. It was per
ceived by many, years ago, that th
only way in which peace couild b
effected, the CJonstitution restored
and self-government once more' il
sway, was by the Union of the men o
all heretofore organizations whose pa
triotism were superior to mere part;
names or ties. 'This was clearly d<
i-eloped in Virginia, by the Coitserva
tivc movement, by which the Radica
and extreme Republican party were
swept out of power in that Common
wealth. It was illustrated in North
Carolina, where the same result wai
attained, and in Missouri, where th<
shackles were thiuu struck off th
thousands of American citizens, and
that Commonwoalth forever redeemer
to a real freedom. It was the samt
view that led, in South Carolin, te
bhe Press Conference, and the organi,
ration nf the Refrm movement
Quelling a Riot.
During the recent riots in the town
of Khatrkoff, in the Province of
Ukraino, Russia, the people wero hay.
ing a holiday drunken-bout in th.
iquaro of St.. Miehael, and making a
great noise. The police ordered them
to disperso and deluged thom with
water, but this only incensed the peo -
ple, who immediately proceeded to
stone the police. Trdops were then
called in, but wore repulsed with con
siderable loss of 'life, and for over a
day the rioters held possossion of the
town and threatened to do groat dam
ago to governat.eiet property. TI e
governor finding himself powerless
applied to the arelbidshop to assist him
inl restoring order. The tter then
addressed the Crowd, censured the
police iad the troops, and offered to
celebrato a funeral sercee for those
(if the rioters who lad been killed.
rhis quieted the people for a time,
nud enabled the authoritieA to put
themselves in a condition to enforeo
the lrcservation of the peace.
Sale of the. Iunreit 1lnilradi.
The Laurcn Railroald was sold, or
rather given away, onltho 20th accord.
ilg to ntl vertiseient.. It was hid loli
at $.l2 500. J. L. Nengie omtirol
ler-Genera'l, is said to be a purchaser,
who doubtless bought, it on specula
tion, and the roatd is still for sale.
We uiderstand ie offers to take
$65,000 for tle road-ai smnll profit
of only $22,500 and this without any
risk, as the old iron i tse If, sould by t Ie
pound, is worth b bout A65,000 ; the
while concern abmnt $s0,000.
What are our people going to do I
Malko in effort to buy tlie road,, or
sulfkhr the iron to be t-iken up and
earried away I Then every loejie of a
railroad will be gone. While the
road was bceingt advertiked for sale,
t-ere was .oIe hipe that. wlwen the
sa lb ticd tke plaee it, wmld p:m
into liuoils that would build it.up
now*, it is redticed to the plain tnld
sim ple alternative that if we ever get
a road, tihe people of JLaureins District
will have it to build-others will not.
-Lrnsuille iHerahl.
'Sold (hn1.
The following interesting annonnce
men2iIt appenat inl the New York World
of dute 29hi, uinder the ietad of aue
tion eir s:
lY A. 11. .1iulle r, 1'. U. W1i/Uns & Co,
Oflice No. 'i, Pine ,treet,
SA'r ii l)Y, .June 29,
At 12 o'clock, p. In., at t le Exchange
Sals-ITooni, No. I B lroadway,
(Bly order of II. 11. Kimpton, E..)
All the right, title, into -est and es
tate which Joseph Crews had on the
20th of May, 1870, being one,twelfth
of the stock cf the GIreenville and Co
lumbia Itailroad Conpany (South
Carol ina) then owned and beld by
the Greenville tand Columbia ijbil
ro;;d pc.irtnershi p, said 'tock be ig
about 50,000 .lhares. Ters cash.
)euillh from 11 Fragimeut of lysler Muhl.
James O'Neill, ex inember of the
New York Assemiby froi he nint h
ward and chief elerk of the ex. ise
boari, e-tine to his death in a manner
as s-in gutlar its it was painful. The
doctors in mnakinig a post meortemn ex
anmincation found every organ in the
htealtigest condition, but discovered
whilo minig a clone exam ination of
the stomnacht, that the intestines ha~d
been eut by a small bit of oyster
shell, and t hei t contents allo(1wedi to
escapo th rough the opening. The,
shell hadl evidently been in t he
stomcach biut a short time, and hadI
no dqnhct beeni utnonsciously swallow..
cd biy .\l r. O.'Neill wrhile taking his
evening lunch.
A correspond1(ent wants to "know
htow we would bre-ik itn ox,'' says a con.
temporary edIitor. If (oily oneO ox, a
good way would he to hoist himi by
means of a long ci n at inched to his
tail t o thbo trop oIf a po1e forty feet fromi
thce ground. T1hecn hcoist him by) ai
rope t iedl to Itis horns to another pole.
Then descend on to his bcack a live
ton pile driver iantd if thait don't break
hhim, let him statrt a country neewseas
per anid tust peceple for subscription.
Snehc paragraphs as this are to bce
found ini the tnews-papers every d;,y:
"The wifhe of D)iel Kent v, of' W't 1.
worth c~ounty, and two eciIrein, were
hurned to death by thce cx plosion oif
a heroseno lamp a few nighuts since."
Ilow mcany more deat hs will be
requtiredl to retmind~ 10eop1e that a
good, old-fashcioned tIlow ecnle is a
thing and the onlyh tintg, t hat never
explodes 7--Louisville Courjer.
: North Carolina has a new entomcoi.
ogicatl imystery, cnsi-tinzg oh countitless
thcouisandsh ohf worms tha t march itn s-in-t
gle file, and nicim to be just lookitng
atrottid, as they do ico damwage.
A tmn in Aurorac, IllincoiM, hast
lely lh-st ninetylive swarnmsc of bees,
the c esul 1t of somiue fceud amotng the
insect s. TJhey foughtI ea ch other w ithi
the grent lest focity and dletermcina -
Lion until all were killed or disable'd.
A hive fish has been dlieovered in
one of the boilinig spr ings of California
which (lied as soon as tran ferre:] to
cold wvater. Under what condition
mcight that fish be cooked ?
A granid national dog show hans
just been concluded in London, Enug.,
att which over a thtotusand specimcens
of the cantine race were exhcibited.
.Chester hias a revolutionary relic
in, the shcape of a soapstone pipe,
with the figures 1776 and tho letters I
"O(tela'' out upon it.
An Illinois fitnm will pilo the pro
duct of 150 acre of cu br..
which had within it all the elements
of success, and which was only pro
Ventod by corruption and fraud,
The movenent made by the libor
al Republican party at Cincinnati is
but the application of the same prin
oiples heretofore. so successful in
State, to natio.-al affairs. If thern is
the same eordiplity of co-operation
by the Democratic tarty, triumph
must eniue, and the Republic will be
regenerate, diseithralled, and free.
The movement has had two dilicul.
ties to encounter. Firt, from -a few
of the "impracticables" of the De.
moeracy, who, like the Bourbon, nev
or learn, and are wedded to a past
which has performed its missioi ; and,
second, from the mzachinations of tihe
Grant party, who co inl this unir.u
and co-operation discomtituro and the
overthrow of their personia dynasty
and despotism. Thurrs far both have
been foiled. All tire (ndeavors to
prevent the sipport of the Liberal
ticket by the Deoruo.racy have proved
I abortive.
Dreadful story of a Ilinmon ing.
Among the victims of the reount
railroad smash-up at. Metuchen, N.
T., was a Dan ish couple namlred Pot as
- sen, but two imloiths narried, Mr.
S otassen, being the son of a Dalish
nobleman. h'lcy were ci their bri
dal tour, and were en ra/c to Sai
!Francisco, where Pot.su'rs brother
is Dani h Counstl. When the terri
ble crash came ws -liarkines s and
confusion far a feow inoments. but the
gentleman tooli lecovered conscimi-s
neC-S, anl hi fist thouht was of his I
bride. Ani imedit searc was
- iado fur the lad , who % was at Lst
fouid beneath a h'ap ef dubris, sense.
less and covered with llood. 1 ponr
raising her up her hishand N was hor
i led to find that one of her arms
lad been completely tni- off. ''lIe
unfortunate lady was removed tosiel
ter, and tie hIubnd began tire sick
erning task of seek.inig hsis iwife's mis.
ing arm. Ie proclailmed that vpon
, One Of the fingers was' the diamaond
. wedding ring, a jwiel worth in. ny
hundred dollars, anrd instantly a gene
ral search was begni. Amoig the
s prowlers about the wreck was a train
I hand, who was obierved to secret
H something under his coat and walk
away. 1to was soon overiauled an d
on perceiving that Le hadi.been detvet-I
ed hie threw down his buirden), whiic:h
proved to be the lost arim. It was!
- pioked ip by the noblewnru, who re
o moved tire Ring anid eansed tire arm
to be tahn care of. 'Tie holy was
brought to St. Barnabas Hfospital, ira
0 Ncwack, where she iaowY lies in a fair
e way of recovery.
n - - -- _00A,0# - _
An extraordinary suicido recently
occurred in .Englard. A boy aged
ten years, after leaving school, told
a playii th (liat lie wars goinag to C .
Siiit suilide, aind gave himl a knife to
take care cf for him. Ile then wa11c
ed t n pond near tire sehool, bt
fluding tihe water was not deep enouigh
ii he made his way to a rai!roani Crossing
r.ind deliberately laid lf ntim el on ti
l rails, in front of air ai pproacehinig train,
ii and was killed instantly, iis he:naI
being severed from hais body. 'fie
Stiromain of the engineo states that lie
C saw tire boy whren the train was I50
r yard of. lie raised iris hread from tire
trails a few inches, and whien he heuard
tire engine approaching ire out iris
haran to iris farce.
A Sensible Negrt,
r Tlhio New Orleans Timtres of tire 2ih
hr ult., pnrnts tire fol lowing tetlegrami
e fromi .J. Seila Martin, a rero som
time since, if riot at tis tirme, connecet
ed with the Postofrice D~epartmnenit:
IBa o,, Rouas, June 23, 1872.
To Lioutenant (Governror Pinechacnk,
corner of Canal aud Derbi~igby
t rstreets:
g Th Ie Packard corruption, conspiracy
tandl tyrrarnny has trirurmphed over tire
will of tire colored paeople. By keep
ing Republicans divided, they have
dirtven throusanrds fromt tire ranrks and
organized a defeat. "The only hope
a of' tire negro irr tis State rests in tire
.Liberal Renpublicnan party. I hence.
fonthI I am onao of threm. Address mec
'at Shrcv eport.
J. S1'LLA MALRITIN.
Intlndnhltio I In llly.
Tire accounrts received bay mii fromi
thre scene of tire r'ecent inunadartiorns in
- Italy are 'most deplorable. Tlhie losse
will ainount to about r-1,00,00i.--~.
a 'iTre country was flooded for inniy
t miles ern eitheor side of the r iver Po,
.arid urpwa rds of 40,000 saved their
-lives withI difileulty f'rom the rising
iwate r.
S A grimi, ha~rd-headed oldi jndge,
after hrearing a flowery diiscorr f'ruom
a pretenrtIions Sounrg barristeri, ad vised
haimi to pluck ont somne of tire feat hers
ffrom thae wings if iris imragirnartion
-and put themr inrto tire tail of Iris j udg.
m lent.
Tire Cincinati (Commtaercial speaksn
of "the abominable, eniervating and
joyless picnic'" as onie of thre Aurmerica n~
biar'barisims thart ario scarcely toleratedl
elsewhere.
It ia said that during tire month of
M1ay, rupwards of 25,000 buffaloes
were killed oin th1. western pl iais,
south of the Kansas Pacific Rilroadi,
for tire sake of their hides alone,
which are worthi butt two dollars each.
Cens. Hoebard and Hooker are dis
putinga about tire responsibility of
losing the battle of Chancollorsvillo.
It strike us that Gen. Lee had sonmc.
thing to d1o ith tha.
#;oif for Baltimore."
RAI.a.nr, N. C., July 0,-The
Raleigh News, this morning, publish.
es a special despatoh from Tar.
boro, N. 0., dated July 4, of an at.
tempt to murder a Democratic editor
-Capt. Biggs, of the Tarboro South
erner-by a mob of Radical negroeo.
A despatch says i The 4th of July was
observed hero to-day by a large crowd
of negroes. Capt biggs, of the
Southerner, was present as a reporter.
Ho was assailed by a largo uumber
of negroes, and saved his life with dif
lioulty, after - having exhausted all
his weapons. It is certain the attak
was plamined beforehand. Capt Biggs
escaped with a 'ow slight scratches.
The authors of the outrage are known.
The News denounces the outrage as a
brutal and cowardly attempt on .he
iart of the liadicals to murder a
Democratlo citizon of the State, on
onecount of his political sentiments.
lji~iIoNos), July 6.-At half-past
1 o'clock this 'morning, D. C. Mayo
& Co.'s tobneco factory was destroyed
by the. Loss $60,000: inairanoe
nearly $50,000, principally in No'rth
ern ectnpanies. It wns the largest
factory in Richmond. .During the
fire, a young lady, daughter of Rev.
M. W. 8taplos, late of New York,
Agent of the American liible Society,
dropped (dead in her chamber, from
excitement.
A toner,-r. , July 6.-A gravel train
on tho Contral li lrond, while back.
itg tip to a bridge at Spirit Creek,
twelve niles from Augusta, ran over
a cow, throwi-g one car off the track
and empt) ing four others in the creek.
Oie colored nman was killed and three
or four others wounded.
Mlarket iTciorts,
N's.w YoMur, July 6.-Cotton ex
chanligo has been closed since Wednes
day --uplands 26.1 ; Orleans 251
t-ades - bales. Gold 131.
Cra nri.L:GTON, July G.-Cotton dull,
-middling 24 ; recoipts 189 bales.
Lm.nr'oor., July 6.--Evening
Cotton opened Ateadier and closed un
changed-uplands I I; Orleans I l
sales 8,000 bales.
WOODWARD & LAW,
Offer their stook
OF
DEESS GOOD-,
Consisting of Poplins, JTapi.
niese Cloths, Lawvns, Piques,
&C., ATi COST to CASH Cus.
tomners.
Pr-ices on Summer Clothing,
Cassimniees, Linens, IHats, &c.,
redtneed from this date.
Special attention called to ah
lot of Gents Hand-Sewed Shoes,
(Oxfor-d TJies and Congress
Shoes,) offered at $4.50 and
$5.00 per pair.
.july 9
TA X RET URNS FOR 1872.
COUNTY AUDITOR's OP'FICE,
F.asrrarn, 21st Juno, 1872.
N\TOTI(i is hereby given that my office ira
IFairield County wilt .be open froms the
1st day or July to the 20th day or August.,
to receivo r-eturs- or personal pr-operty
liable to taxation for the year commencing
1uly 1st, 1872.
For the convenience of all persons Inter
eeled1. the following places, at the time
s'tared, hav bee appointed to receIve re
tluir-s. To wsit.
lDoko, 10tlb July.
Rlidgewany, 17mh and 18th July.
Wood witr-d's, 23ud Jisly.
enstiervillo, 24Ith, 25th and 2tht, Jully.
Moiielbt, 29Jh Isand S0thi July.
hlorclh Chsurch, 11th, 12th and 13thi Jumly
by Rt. It. Jennings.
Long R un, 15th, 10th and 17th July, by
J. K. ltambb.
Jenkinsvillo, 18th and 10t~h July, by J,
K. liabb.
-James Mc~mrorey's Sr , 2(1 and Sd August,
Dsurhnmns cross roads, 0th August.
All persons hiaving boumght or sold real
estate since the 1st. of July, 1871, wIll be
required to make return or the same.
Thie Auditor requests the assIstance of'
all good oitizens in helping him to get a
full nnd fair- assessment.
All who pay their taxes are interested In
having thIs done.
J. 8. STEWART,
july 27-f2x2 County Auditor,
25,000 rses. c. n. Bacon Side,
Dry balt and Smoked, o sale lowfo
onsht by
mny 141 ,NOt. II nCATTIATa.
Lo DoN, July. Q.-Tha. iron turret
sIip Glattoni was tested at Portland to.
Jay. The first iiot fired made a hole
in her turret measuring nineteen by
;eventeen incheP, lifted tho uppor
plates shattered the frame works, and
)tarted tho joints in all directions.
'ho second shot made a lule four
teen inches in diameter, with thirteen
domieil penetrations, tho shot re.
ouinding and falling on deck. Neith
nr shot interfered with. the revolu
tions of the turrdt. The result of the
:ial is coisidered stroogly in favor
f the turret systems
PAnIs, J uly (.-Two Communi.ts,
lnaied Bouderin and loillao, hllo
,vere tried anud convicted by court
mirtial were exceuted this morning,
The linister of Finaneo tins signed
t convent ion with the oflicers of the
ank of France, whereby the latter
igrees to loan tho Government ., 40
)U.00 franieu.
LoN nosi, .July G.-Onie iWideian
ins addre.,sed a letter to the London
l'eho, offering to sell to that paper a
mihiilet written hyj(iat-acay, the late
Iu.siani Minister to the United States,
omitain ing terrible revelations relative
.o the ad mijist ration of President
Iraniit. Wideman acknowledges that
IteCnIzy enlgalgedI him to sell the
minphIAlet in Ame1 ien, and li-it he has
drody treated with the cditor of a
New.York paper for its publication.
I'he Echo prints the letter but de.
,lines to make any answer to it.
'News hllms,
os-ox, July 5.-George H1arlins
Tol I)herty, Ccrnclius DAherty and
h. hn 11 rkiuas liandd oi Governor's
Itilshmd Bostoni haurbor ycslerdtty, from
i sail boat, uid took refutge f:om a
hower iin n uIie11pi'1 lliding.
iluring the storn, the building was
;truck by lighliting, and all the men
.XejOpt John Ila hies were killed.
I'n I..t rT.1MA, July G.-Twenty
three inqltiuests yesterday-mostly
From heat.
Wasuriserox, July G.-A hand of
Carlists captura ed a train near herida.
with the mail and imp)ortant pib' o
doenmilents.
N iw Yoni, July G -A Atatamoras
-pecial of the 5.l sayA a ca Ip
ture of Saitillo w;:s p remat ure,
trtouligh Trevinio threatens it, vith a
iiall lit comilparative ly overwhelim.
ing orce.
The Garenadier iardls ind had
Ohe la etaudience ever a.-semb!Jl
inl the Academiy of hlusic. Greeley
was present, and attraeted cousidera
ble attention.
The consolidation of the Eri and
New York Cenral alilroad Coti
panies, ut.der the direction of the
lI'>gli'ht stockloldnr'. wlo have eleet
cd Commodore Vanderbilt Pre.-idcnt,
with ures-tricted powers,is annotire
Ad. The flic :lit ald pas'enger tairiffS
West and North are to he raised.
1,3100 deatlh34his wcek from all
causesc.
\. l' rt-an-Prince letter Fays tI.e
laytien L)eg.hlature i.is ogreed to
pay the Ameri:n claims itn twenty
yeurq, and the Amcrie.ins are about
pet i: iani ng t hiir G overn menit to a-end
nuavail vessls to follow the example of
the Gearmtana.
Jud~ge ie~unn died suddenly ear'.
ly this morniing. lie was . imtpeachied
by the Lcgislature.
in thea Stokes case, John Moore
testilei i at lie saw Fiskc go ini the
I rand Cent Irat 1Hoteli on Januainry 6.
Afteiwards, the bo ldodCamti
out, am aiud i is alhot. W i teSs
wenit in and ca ughit,.the Colonel undler
his armm. No onte waIs present liut
those two. lie was jumst going to ask,
"'Are you htutt P' whcn F"ik saidi he
was too (inick for men this timte.
When~f witnessM en nc omit, F'ia-k's color
edl driver askedl tiiwhat hiadi hatpa
pened, and telling himi, lie oelored
maini said, ''I wonduer the old man d id
riot pullI otn him,, for lie was lixed ,''
anmd afterrwiards said, "1 cairry two my
self fotr h itm$ sintetiilles.'' Tthe crosS
enmainaiition brouiht out r.o contra.
The deathi of dJ nlge MleCurnn, whtich
occurred at d o'clock this mnornting was
Itie t esult of a great mnt al depres
$1i1n, caulsed by the act ir lfite cottrt
of imipeachmieiit, in finding him guilty
of miialferasanc 110in oiice, tand remuiovy
inug htim front his oflice', as Judge, by
a utlntnmous vote. H is r'elatives,
who weme withI himn at his last moments,
statedc that the died of grief atnd a
broken lieart.
TJhe death roll for the week ending
at noon1 to-day is 1,500, thte longest
in thle history of the city.
Specio shipmnents to day Gl,000,
000.
It is stetd that Vandlerbilt (de
e'lined the PrC~esiecy ofi the Erie
IRoad (. to1edred him in -y) thle EiiglIish
stoekhol(1 de rs.
A bt, and(1. Janiecheck hiavo gone to
huirope.
Work will be resumed on the old
basis aut the Singer machli n manrufa e
tory Alonday. Noiiily alt the strikers
are taking their old a-i nit ions. TIhe
father of the girl Elliott, who was
murdered by her mot heri, yesterday,
hii di beetn on a strike three weeks, anid
ihisiipated. This is said to have driv
on thle iiother crazv.
AhMi ~.rErows, N. Y., July 6.
Uh.a. Clinton, aged sixty-three, a
irelativne of Do Witt Clinton1, was struck
f'atally by a train. Ho invented the
steami safety valve andl many othier
railroadl devices.
WVasuIJN-roN, Jly O-Eventing.----.
Dumko D~eNoilles left Paris yesterday
or the United States. lie is M iniister
o WVashiington.
By alaw of' the State of New York,
0 shareholder in the Central can be
omto an oflicor of the Erie Road.
Despatifine r.mu . al pons ch,