THE FAIRFIELD HERALE Pt1bished Every Wednesday at WINNSBORO, . ., fir Pr1L L1/1MJS 3' .T/J17iS. 0 T7'RMS-hN ADVANCE. 9no Copy one yehr, - . $ 3 01 fivo ", 4 "a-, -12 0( :en " " . - 'A merIcrilni oug. Tl wORK ANh) ?U6ig.As dy'*ilgj moST 1'UI'ULAI IAI.LAI) iWRI'Tni or ills TIME. W'ill S. Hays, of Liouisvilio, tho author of "Nora, O'Neul," "Driven from Ilome," 'Shamus O'Brien," "Writo Me a Letter from lome," "ollic,'Darling, etc., is to-day the most successful and popular song. writer in A merica, if not in the World. . It is not too in'tel to say that the ballads of no writer that this country has ever produced have so touched the hearts of the peoplo am thoso of Mr. Ilays ; and there is scarcely a hoartlistone in the land that does not kiow thei. 80mn o of then pathetic, some of them gay and Fparkling, all of them seoem to hiv within them1 a power whi-ch if not born of genius, is the offspring o somthing that nmay-bo said to close ly approauh it. The amount of worh whili he has done, and the succe. which he has ahtievod, ore rowarka ble, auid we proposO to givo here sonin necount of the man anid of the circula. tion hich his songs have attained. Mr. Hays was born in this city or the 1 9th of Julily, 1837, is thirty-sovei years of ago, and is the oldest soi ol Air. Hugh Hiays; an old resident of Louis ,ville, who has been a mianuil.o turcr horo for rnany years. lie ha dark eyes, dark hair, is fair coinplex niied-and is of medium n height. A handsome, dashing sort of ia man, ful (it life and good humor, ho dverfl aws ivith-odd and comical stories am ainecdotes, which colocd by his exu bcrant imagination, auford raro enter taimnent to the jovialI company i1 whicii ho is gonerally to bo foum wheni ni>t Aabsorled in I ii busi ness. lI J wrote his first sion, "Evatige ilne,'' hoforo the war, and it wa published by Silas Brainerd, (levto anid, Ohio. A fterwa tli he wtot "Wandering iutigee," ''"I, Grove by the Sea," "Druin ner lo3 of Shiloh," ".My Suinny Souther Illin,' and ot hers. \Vrit'ing at-irst fo amusenent, lie subseritiently offemrD to Sell his soligs to Vl.nltutis publIihel of music, but met with little or n enotciiragement. Reome mbering, hon ever, the fate of John loward Paint tho author of "Ilome, Sweet ilome, the coldness of the unappreciative publishers did not disheartenl I im One day, in Cincinlnati, lie Ilet .1 'ih J. Peters, the w ell-known miusi publisher of Now York, who hal 0lce been t buv Coml) panion of his i Louiisville, aIdI'ir. Peters agreed t take several of his songs at twenty livo dollari each. From that tilm ih rsuccess was assured, and Mr Poters his evei Sinco beell his priici pal pttblisher. Not only is Mr. Havs tie mos prllifio balhld writer ofbis day, bi he i., the Imiost succes.ful. N in o his best songs haiv o htad an ini Jisns sale. (Of "Shiamn O'l()irica 1'lir. Petohers has sold 23-1,3:75 coies. 87,-150 copies withiin the past t welv mont hs :of ''N orm ('N ecaii,'' :UQ6,.i.i of "'Iriveni from hlotme,'' 35(,315 t5;i ''Write Noe a letter from iome, d-.G,I 100. The~ totaiilii numbher of. cop ie oh hIis sorgs sold bty Mir. P'eters sine becomiing h is publisher is no less thai thgree mill ion otne blodrtted and eighty eight thiouisiid . Alinsie putblishers i Cleveland, Now Oileians and Li.oui1 viiile hav al i so sold grea tt nmbet of his priodutct ions, anid t hey have lil wvith a iready sale~ itn Eurotpeani citiet .Atter such tiguires as those give -above, what Mir. Peters says in lettor- to Air. llays seems almost~t su per nlons. AM r. I et ura says : Vi Wlhe 1 toil you1 that nce coinsid, r an avera g salo oft two thoinsand~ ai I 'r estimit ofi a 'hiopular wr'iit er's ell'orte. you il isee t hat you OnI ongs havec been i unust Probably ino iong-wvri ter has be offered greater pecuniariiy inzdneimnn to writc for 'this counltry' antd i*nnrop thani Alr. llays. llis melodies ar' oxtenisively used biy the Genevt (Swcvitzo riand ) MIus-ic *hox ("0111panll whioso int'trumienits amo known all ove tite world. JI' possibie, his laitte songs tire bettor and more1 ill demattn than I hose of t he y ast, and his powei oh product ion appuar' to be inexhaust: bie. Ml r. I layss livIi' d in [Louisv-ille evc sine his birth, and noaw resides witl lai tiwo sinares of the piaee where bi was born, It has been saidi that lie not so well appraciated at home r ablroad, buthi is hardly tr. ll writer is as well recognizedct htero a it ean possibly bo elsewhelitre, all ntowhlere, is his great succes~s bette k nown thban ill his tnative ceity.--Cot r/cr Journal, Ilingl ishl('tpilanl in Sonth ('arol inn, A correspondent writes fr-omj Spa Itanibitrg thait ai comlpany oif .iai capitalilsts have pu rechased t he prio p erty in that county known as tli .loliling MIillh, about, nine mi les em~ of Spartainbuirg Court llouse, ont th P'acolet, liver, and also 'on tile A Line Ra i lroad. It was formterl owned by thet lion. Simpson Bohu o nd others, and thle lm'n works *we operated untiil at fewv yours ao Tlh lie wV 'onlrs wiIt reapeni the liol Iin MI ilir- ont ani onlargod and imnprobve toale, anid will ailso erect at the san, 1 !acee a ist-olass cotton factory. Grange Relings. A-pasttuaster kud the-samte right m us any other member, aud no more. Si Members not clear on the books an should nut be given the annual Wrordy roe lery candidate for initiation .nWust fal be balluted for, whether the co'amit tee reports prto or coi. 'lituals are I not to be distributod uionng -the difforent ineusbers of the gtlange, but to be kept by on0 tflicur. Ad~nit no be more than twcity male and 'en fo -mnu!o imet-ibrs at the organuisation of as a now grii1go. Thepr'dise formula,' an as laid down ir the ritual, in ust be o.,ervcd inl (Ieling, closinig and ad iaitiatory ceremonies. 'he0 constitu tion nialks no difiureno in regard to sex of uilms) ; therefore lIdics dre- " eligible to any oflice in the Grange, an to which they are duly electod. An UC appeal from ruling of master of sa at bordilate. d raliges on1 costitional Wi questions tq the 1embers of the at" Grar'ge'is inmproper. olch n'pp'ail ye; must be 111md to the worthy Master of State Grange. \11 appeal frona ruling on points of o-der to'th'e temu- tri hers in right. 1I orgini.ing new \I 0Granges anit it4meC as chart, r mem1- yo bers but-thae h are actually en- loi gaged il faring, and hose prinoi- fai pal iieans of living are derived from hn that ciiiurce. 'The0 Wives Uld children 4 of Such, if of.proper ago, may abio'bo aduitted. 'I ht "rani eirs, zo Some of thc lowa granges have. Wi adopted the practico of appointing so one of their number ani editor, whose ril duty it is to 1ropae a paper for the hl su Occedilg ileetilkg. - tl It. is pr6posed to Ievo a -conven. tion of pifrens inl the City of 'Culim Lug, l ias., on the 4h of tly next. ar Delegates from every grange inl Miss- to icsipii al West Alabama will be cc invited to attend. Questions of g tiuch un importiance will be discussed. I ace .'1e PatIongs co-operati.O store at, (o . Wilton, Iowa, was commenced in . M-areb, 1872, with a caipitall of $600. 1 lDuring te balanee of that. year they sold $2-I,000 worth of gpods. In i elevei monthis of 1873 tioy 'old $31,000 worth. All goods wore sold - at ton per eet,. above cost, and g evoiything is satisfactory with those __ who invested. 'i'he Pformed Presbyterian Synod o)f I'hl i Irtle''( i ia deeIirel thetiselves e1 a .w of a -.-s by rei b irig aginst T I t:kiing i, to the Mw men' i-rip (if -heir a S church 1 i.tts ol I l u.dmtry or any wi t person be:ongiig to a secret order. sj, Were the fool-killer to ston awhile , at Philadelphia, the undertakers " thero would be kept busy in pettin'g WI fripn sight a race of bigots.-loamCr Ii -.0 A- . '&-- -h P llorcl irkism, en " Tom. Pasterly, cate to loYiny a ,otion it (his cotumity duri: g the war 't - refugecinig from the Kirk radioal cutthroats of East THnedes ie " was a blacksmith b,7 trade und work- la . ed at his business on Ilomiiny for sonic time, tiwn it ove to Liecester where it lie remainiei unl1til ibunt eo year 11, t 1go, whonli h returnel to his old home ink Tennesse. A few night .'( go ome lile, su pposed tol have beeni i >his old enemies under the Kii k op. th ; proes8sionl, wenit to hi~s homue, took ,himi out andi -hunig him. Eastcrly ,y a was said to hiave borne a vory good character-was industrious ai~d eC f peacableo.--A s/cm'//e ('/ izens. s Theiy tell the following on an Au-si Sgulsta bi wy-er. Hec had a caso ovor on tho Cairol ina side, and hiad gone' civer thwro to att 1nd its trial. Hie had sonme bajggage --a valise or some thling ot the sort, and in looking ci r'ornd for son ec on e to carry i't for Shimn, his eye luckily fe'll on a ne'gro mn wt ho was one of thle jury be'fore it. whom hIs case was to be tried. A happy t hought struck our disciple ol Bhoaekstoine. Putt inmg on a mitost leiasanit stmile, anid addressing himself VO in his 1uost winn1if ni anuor to the~ 3p sabile son of A frica into nthoso hands lit he w-as soon to conmmit the interests thi of hi is client, our lawyer engaged thle ilt juror to "tolte"' 1 hiuggage, anid paid 1hun1 two' or three time, as much as isa susutally pltild for snch services. It is tO nedesto add thlthat lacwyor gain- is edl h is case.-- (.'oni~'unt anaisf., S Once, 0our staltesmnen lclusteredl p a ron nd tihe tree of li berty ,* noWt, our tli iol it ien.hs onily take to tliu stump. yc .'lhio divinity loatures at Yale are" s herebcy to i nclude a c)orSe on the t'i - pro'(sel vat ion of heal tl. ~This is theology in~dee~d. . I'Tie A lab-i na Stalti dirang I s e prenainlg to cci operate with the w s Georgia Gr ange in1 theo mattesr oif di- re s root trade wifhi Europe'. A becaut iful inoident of woman's P~ s love has just occurred in Liverpocl. to 1A woim an to i-shiel d her hiusban d, who r~ wasc ha rged withl remnovinig the end , . if her n isc, swore that swore that abo bit it oil' hernaolf. I nitation Noldoes hiave putt in an an aplpeairanmce at N iagara anid Saratoga. nai .It 1s a fact worthly of niote that the iarticles they scll, represenited to be h i thetir ownr workmniahsh ip, are ma do by -thei inmates of the inmd Asy!um. t C - . -... at t The other day an aged couplo ra e drove unto Inldiana Oity just as an r undertaikinug firmi was mioving imnto an y old church, whiichl had been purchas. tb u ed for a el opi. The gentleiman stood bi s up in hIs wagon, his mouth and eyes so) e distenided, as the men01 silently earri. g ed collin after coffin into the ehurch. d A t lht lhe turned to his awe-btricken *f e half uand gasped :"Sary, by golly it's th the c'h.lry I hom's ..t o"n A tsewber'3f of the publi Woolt of. "'as asked .0th lahiwg e' t InsAiptioul "NoI bi sed Pafat ,"''on a monument d dftetsome vexation of spirit, be p6nd d. '"Not , mIself, 'bvt bli No appointmout of an 'Ansistani cretary of lhe Treasury has ye Dn %nade,'aod'porsor% Who o lit ui w4lladvised r'egid *he l estidt an open goe. t is 'thought tha e'fftvill be ha'de > p i-alary, Ahich is now 'grotly in kquua t, tv',0) per.\ ear. A edvArydicffOt i, !efulsid'g 'ai our fents in the sadflle *wIth'Oustal vernmuetA'\yst 'very zbbrt bf'bo-rWi one tine,'but v(6 are dbt gilling beliove'thatlhre'oavalry affioere rupied 'the satVe cbeCI for -foun &tr. 1Ldi~es'df1'rovidenoe 'ft. q are ,lg tithftbd a "61I6e for Aged i the-e feni;les Pucceed, til ung mon of iProvIden6o 'will i< ger have occasion to igave muoney their later life, but dun be goj tterfliea until the drop "into th< French barberin 'IStaItn."oto:By un, if a nigre cone to fty Iae tc t shaved, so. he shall. ut h 11 n1'% II wito to conto if -he heve .o pimples on his'oltin. The civil ,ht bill say nothing 'bout keepinp orp razre for Measieufs, Ithe tgon. 11,il of 1qitltr\'1 The fact thint the Englhh editori men has hitherto blinded 'thean thu f"t 1ha't the iew-ovrstifiioe ]ence givcAb 1 riti0es 11ektioe d chance to i-pdll ti o ,a. Ed in burgh's good cloth'es bj idernally treadittg on them.. &M Ivff20tO. 99 1V IV 833 03EI It H1EANS DAVIS, Editor, The Tax Wnlon, The ExcautiVe CommIttee of tbe xp syera' Conventiioni have att forti coriaittitn far Tax Unions. 11 11 be tenienm f& fiat sotc timi ice, Judge Aldtich, of the sub.om ttep, proposed a Contitittion whcli 04 used as the baf of 1bregeisinjg ions in this County. 'he neu nititution differs but little rron e other, anld the changoo ncessar3 n be eaeily Riade. We would seggest that the UiAo0n: aud its already organued j but thu' lw members be proposed untjer the KS of this riho(al duo-titutiotn. The del:gatel to the Gennty.jsion will bo icen, are two for eac Mwnship uniott, .Nikd one 'rot Wver3 ditional twenty memberb. Th< rger Uneons ne~ requested to fli 0 vacaticVis. Let each member ei thu 'vrioui ix Uiona011 cut out and 'hetp thia nstit utiA, fo: future re fe redee. We giveq in another et6 inn the ad e~sses of the committee and the oh~ tution, reserdng further coniutdenti I another Ucension:: The Oivil RkIts iilh~ Thisq hill is probaub:y dlead forever ungres.4 adpe.rn'ed athonut paOssinj The lUnion.lle~aid wainl'd haV6 n lieve that asll the liepublieans8 fa red it and the 1)etnocrat's were re onuible lor i's defeat. This is br miea the opinion of the iest o 0 niation. 'The telegjraph tel'ls u at the vote stood 140 for the bill d that f'rty '&puttts dfodgerd t r;, and , by which the Auditor 'in-treased tire assessments. TiUo Auditov tuny add 6fty per cent and the boartd of equalliation can not reduce ibth. It is a pity that Ntepxbdlican legisu lation ahould always have a weak point, This to einpaatitall$ the chief defet of theoamended lair. kt is, however1 so npuoh better thab 'the previous one that the taxpayerh are thankful for it, fiet the Judges now do theiW duty In uppointiwg good men. JuJge Mackey's appotintmouts in the Ountias o his 'birouit from which we have boards has givou satie, faction. If the government *i1 assess the tarpayers only the reil valuo of their property 1 if they levy a mode rate taxi if they fliaburao honestly the utobeysacoliqeted ; then the tax payers will be satisfied. Will they, and CAul ,ty. do thes.e things t South Caro&bo thu Oait6'd Statek. and the Toria are an-xionsly awaiting the result. Hopr Ainon; Thieve, Gov. Moses verifles the adage of "honor amiong thive&?' The three County Cemissionera of Barnweli who were seetoncod for from three to sixteen years, have already been par. doned, ''hey must haec been deeply guilty to ha~ve been so leaiysen tenced. Three mnore reoruits to the "Thieves llrigade,"1 who with flying colors will osodrt Mioses in his can. vase of the'State, as living proofs ot exe.Sutive elomtenoy. A Oharatteristio Lietter. IWe give this morning a character'. istic letter fromn t. J. Mloseus .Jr.y who at present disgraces the guber natorial chair of South Carolina. For bratan efrontfiry and falsehood, it cannot be equaled. As the~ whole letter is a tishne of uintruth f-om be' ginning to end it scaroely uneida an analysin. It Rpeaks for itsulf-. Th1'e aflibotionato manh'er ih ~which ho alludes to Molntyres at once places Mtoses in the formost rank of christain Statesmen. Tihe assertioni that the intercourse betw-eba theed lovely tha'ra'othra has been suoh sa net to lesson the s'elf respebt of either is~ peoulat-l~y rioh. M ointyre acus~d M obeA 61er ey speeiies of hulmorality and Villainy, Sbut "subsequent dceeopmentsi' (a tbounty ofh1oe and the command of A ditislon of tnilitia) changed his opinioni at1 Moses forgate hith instantly. Ifoses' 'dofence of bib private oharacter would provoke it smile from a statue. Altogethnri Mos'eS Is a *'ara avi~s We would adviso him, however not tomnakb himbelf Lvii public during th# oainpaign. fno will have to satver a good many questior.s that othet' nth would- heuitate to Shear. lint him collhe the soiuher the bettet. This is trio lottet' frotht the Union Heoraldi -A narc'It To TINIG TIMEs cojngs rbxDnor. StdoW SotITI CanoLIHk, Ek~ads'ste DaniAntipsNf CotuMIars, lurie $4, i84. T6 ite:~r Unohh'-HMM . 1Jdor the last tho' dars'I hatd b'dtin tinijtly devoting oselt to the dia.. ohatge of the var ed diaticd of my oilde amid ths inert reeklese and ex traataat sitta6ks:ditEotEd agalbat dby porional and offcal charactne. 'I have been Allent, bedabiew up to his tim# the charges and koobstaons against *e beve roerred to -nets doio or omitted to be done bPy me, sfd a, booause I believed that the aedhia v tions thzemi'lvds wdbId fati % 'tire iF aocomplishment of their purpise- f' 6:ht/y reison of-th'eir oifm -wnprdha- 'ft bility and reekledguess, and, seoonaly b becauso'the m'aSs of the YeoplO of 1 4outh Carolina are suffmieptly just, b and geneotbs not to 'beHV~e In :the. a statements of 4jolitical or personal a e)emiee,unIess they . gre supporte-d by the phri'ont "and uibst 'induqbitable proof, 'No*, however, a sense of ollicial propriety will no longer iflenoo uy voice wion "views and statbe'edts tro b prestit'ed tb fhe public is comling ,ftow myself by'which I am sought to be coudemded iu't 'of my 'bviWa unluth." My aftdtitioh ias bebh 'bal'lea to tWo'ldtirs tvrttt from South Caro- a lina'to tile Now York T1 tets, one df date of Sunday, the 2At, an'd ho of' Monday, the 2-2d, to Which 'I Peuire' initiot to'refer. 'In these lett'd'rs I hav' beh tuoat b grievously misrepresented in the re 'id'rks attribute'd to m5self. . The story to d-bf what ooch'rfd be. tween Sohator licThtte and m64lf durin the dAmpaign 'Of '18% al though not being exactly what .as - intended by in 'o Bo nderstood, still is n11t a olenotly "errodi*,ou as to be ddi~ared etirely false. But the sflUeftare hiilt bpo 'my I Vords does grave itiustloo both to e Senator oidIntyre and my'self. " I did tot accuse myself of having n made to Senator Mlutyro a promise , whioh I intended should 'be broken, 9 'hor cold aliything I said ha*n been cutsftied f'ito'kny wish or intention on tha lrt of BenutoAr A'lutyre to ha've nied his constituents. '1'be PeSona'l aad odficial inter.- . dourge betwedh"ebator McIntyrie and f myself has been ever since I have 0 known him, tithb'th'o