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FAIRFIELD HEAALD V WINNSBORO. H. MEANS DAVIS, Editor, Wednesday !lorning, August: 26 , 18?5 The public have been dosed with Parker ad nauseam. Now that ho is gono they cannot help heaving a sigh of relief, although it would have been very gratifying to the pub lie to heve heard Paxkor reveal some of his ring scorets. Lot us know which aro the whited sepulobros. 0. P. Polham Esq., vill on the lat September assume editorial charge of the Columbia Reg ister. Mr. Pelham has had much experi ence in journalism, and his facile pen will be an able auxiliary in the impending conflict between honesty and dishonesty. Crops along the railroad South of Winnsboro are not looking well. The cotton in the sandy lands is rusting very badly ; and we learn that this rust extends along the road from Augusta to Columbia. The crop will very probably fall short of expectations. It is wrong to make such g. flattering estimates of the amount of the cotton crop. A far. mer is never certain of his crop un til it is gathered. By exaggerated accounts, such as wero given last year, cotton buyers are misled and the price is lowered. A proni neut cotton buyer in this Stato pre dicts that cotton will roach ton cents before the ani of October. '1'liis would be disastrous to the farmo.t. The Board of Equalization meets on the sixth of September to hear grievances. Immediately after the end of tho time for returning proper. ty, the board met and raised a good many returns. The returns of sever al merchants of Winnsboro wort raised a good deal ; but besides this the amounts were generally small varying from twenty-livo to a hun dred dollars. Parties whose roturnm have boon thus raised have boon no titled to appear before the board at their next meeting to show cause it any they have why they should not be raised. Parties are not compelled to com before the board. They need appeai only in case they protest again-4 the action of the board. The tax on a huindred dollars wrill no: exceed twenty coats, and some p arties may find it not worth their trouble t' conmc to town. We write this he. cause nmany personis hive inqired whether they ar1o compel led to comle before the board, whether or not they aicquiosoo in its action. Again we repeat, they arc not compelled tu attend. Biot in Georgia. There have been serious distur bances in MJiddlo (Georgia. The blacks in several Counties comnbinod to massacre the whites. Thtere seems to have been no r'rovocation for this violence. But the blacks were incited by two Georgia negroes, Iharris and Morris, and it is also said, by Prince Rivers, a dusky general of South Carolina hiilitia, to rise at a given time and inaugu.. rat a a compaign of rapine and mur der. Fortunately how ever, the plot was discovered, and the whites lost no timo in arming themselves. As.. aistanee was telegraphed for to the Governor who promptly responded, ordering Out several companies of militia, cautioning theom however to use great caution and prudence. The blcs, in turn, becamec alarmed and thirteen voluntarily surren. dered themselves in WVrightsville. Fifty were arrested and lodged in Sandersvillo jail, and many others at different places. The ring leadlers vanmosed. Quiet now reigns. Th'us has ended a fiasco. Not even At. torney-General Williamts could have manufactured a Ku Klux outrageo Out of this disturbance. No one has suffered save the poor blacks who are in jail in conseqluence of having stupidly and blindly followed their leaders who deserted them when trouble came. .1 t ia probable that ifta few more such events occur, the blacks will learn wisdom and wvill repudiate such pestilent rascals as IHarris and Morris. The sooner they do, the better. The constitutional convention of M'issuri is not satilfied that the 1,918~ one thousand dollar Londs of the Missouri Pacilic railroad, the proner ty of the State, arc destroyed, as ro ported, and measures have been taken to prevent thei.: payment. The bonds have not matured. The Father of l.ermany. While Amoricans are prepasing to celebrate the centennial anniversary of this country's indopendonoo, they mtay be interested in an account of the manner in which the Germans have just oclobratod German unity. They have typified this unification in the person of Arminius or Ilorman who flourished over eighteen centu ries ago, and to him they have erect ed a collossal monument. Ilorman was a German living in the reign of Tiberius Gesar. He received hid education in the camps and campaigns of the Romans, and commanded a German contingent in their army. Ile felt it to be his Hleaveo sent mission tun unite the German tribes into one confederation and throw off the Roman yokc, and in three years his task was accomplished. It is peculiarly appropriate that he should be adopted as the type of German unity. On the 16th of August 1875, eighteen hundred and sixty-six years after the first unification of Germany by Herman, a concourse of thirty thousand spectators, including the .Emperor of Gormany and other dis. tinguishod Germans assembled on the Grotenburg in the Lippe moun tains to witness the solemn dedica tion of a magnilicent monument to the father of Germany. The cere monies were imporing and befitted a great people. Ono of the chief at tractions of the occasion was Herr llandel the sculptor whose gouius had produced thi mnasterpieco, lie is now seventy-fivo years of age, and it is fifty-six years since he first con ceived the idea of this monument. In 1819, ho drew a pencil sketch of his conception. In 18:30 ho0 cast the first small model ; in 1834, an on larged model ; in 1836, the model by which the statue was made ; and in 1875, his work is completed. For thirty-seven years he labored, meeting many obstacles, ospoeislly a want of, money, but ho finally triumphed. Tho statue stands on the Groten. burg, a lofty summit overlooking the old hattle field of eighteen centuries 11go. The base is a Gothic structure 'inie -thliren feet in height.-.. Armun i t ands witlh right arm upraised holding aloft an immense sword, twenty foot long and weigh. ing twelve hundred pounds. Ihis left hand rests Un his shield. The height of the body is fifty feet. The entire monument contains eleven tons of beaten copper and cost 90,000 tlhalers. It will be a symbol of the grandeur and power of the latlhnerland for nuny ages ; and Ger mans, seeing it from afar, can never forget that they arc brothers and that, howe ver mnucha they have beeni estranged in the past, the future before themi is oue of unification and glory. As was expectedl, Parker has left the State, and at last account, is en j )ying the salubrious climate of demoocratio Georgia. lHis bail bond is said to ho worthless. Ire will most probably receive no punishment whatever. When suit, was .flrst instituted agatist Parker, it was suspected to be a sham. But Parker was convict.. odl of debt fraudulently contracted. lio escaped and was recaptured. This made people believe that his proseen. tion wans no sham, and they began to look for reform. lBnt Parker was not content to suff'or alone. Ihaving failed in es esping in one way ho tried another. A favorable Judge is as good as a lightning rod any dlay. So he thr. w hi mself n pon his rights and the pro. v'isions of' the habeas corpus act, lie a pplied for a writ, and as Judge Carpenter was not con veniently near, Judge M~ackey, of the sixth circuit was sent fot to hlear the ease. T1he writ was issued, and at the propor time the Shierilf awered. But At torney-G eneral M elton ohjected to the proceedings, claiming that un avoidable circumstances hadl prevent ed himi from reaching Columbia in time to argue tihe point, llo asked for a continuance of only two days. lBut J1udge Mackey, it seems, had disovered that an A merican citizen was wvrongfully deprived of his lhber ty, and that a continuance in duranco vile, even of two days, was a foul blot upon the 'Judiciary. So lie refused fnrthmer timo, and also refused to per mit the State to amend its answer by charging fraud. It would have taken about a quarter of an hour to thus amend, and this would have been too great a delay, So the Attorney. General threw up the sponge and walked out ; and then Parker's coun sot argued! against nobody, and then, it is said, Judge Mackey dlivered a written decision dischargingarko1,.r and then Parker and his friends had a champagne supper, and the Parker loft the State. Here was a case of the greatest magnitude, the most important that has over been tried in the State, In volving also a most important pointy what sort of fraud will jgetify the imprisonment of an individual on a civil case for debt, and yet it is dis posed of in a few minutes. It is very unfortunate, for Judge Maokey's reputation as a reformer that he is connected with this case. There are very few sympatnisors for Parker outside of his confederate, and the public will blame any Judge w'io, after peremptorily re fusing time for full argument, thus decides a very doubtful question in favor of an arch criminal. It is also very unfortunate for the State Government that Parker has esoaped. It has much of the appearance of being a "put up job." Parker was a dangerous follow to have around, His memorandum book mightj have contained as many reputations as that of Oakes Ames. So he was sent off out of the way. Thus people reason, and with groat propriety. It speaks very badly for Parker's counsel that they have never before bethought themselves of the great bulwark of liberty, the habeas corpus, and 5t also speaks badly for the bench and bar of the State that Judge Mackey alone is fully decided as to the intent of the section providing for imprison.. mont for debt. Trial Justice MoCord, too, who releasod Parker on straw bail of $9',000 in the case charging larceny of $150,000, deserves to be highly censured. It is no excuse that he was ignorant of the law and was cajoled by Parker's counsel into the course he took in the absence of op.. posing counsel. Had he desired it, ho could have easily despatohed a constable for Attorney-Goneral Mel ton and had the case fully argued before making his decision. For this conduct he should be removed from office by the Governor. Parker's escape throws a stain over the reputation of every one connected with it. We are disgusted with radical reform, so far. Parker released on Habeas Corpua. On Thursday, Sheriff Dent an. swored the writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Mackey in behalf of Parker en Friday. Col. MlcMaster, sheriff's counsel anawored the writ. At~orney-Genor al Molton declared the whole pro ceeding preposterous and monstrous because be, having been absent from the city, had been unable to answer himself, although the proper party to make the answer. Ho made a motion to postpone a hearing of the case until Wednesday. Hie objected to the answer because it did not plead that although Parker was hold by virtue of a civil suit, it was also a case involving fraud. Elliott of Parker's counsel ob jected to delay, claiming that suffi cient notice had been given to the State's counsel. Judge Mackey held that the writ, being issued by statute, did not ad mit of amendment, the matter of sufficiency of the return was left to the decision of the Court. He re (used to postpone a further hearing. Upon this the Attorney-Goneral, the Comptrollcr-Genoral and several other parties left the court-room. Mr. Youmans then read an affida vit of Parker's that all the rprorty he owns is in this 8tate, and then made a motion for his release. Elliott then read section 20, arti ole 1 of the constitution, providing that no person shall be imprisoned for dobt except in ease of fraud, and denied that Parker could be held under this section. After some further arguments of counsel Judge M'okey issued an order re leasing Parker from jiil, upon the groundl that the debt even if contract ed in fraud was mergd in the judg. ment, lost its validity and became lapsed in it, and that the prisoner could not be hold legally after judg ment is obtained. Before Parker had been released an attempt was made by constable Lorick of Justice MoCord's court to re-arrest Parker on the charge of stealing $150,000 of coupons. Judge Mackey prevented the re arrest and reprimanded the consta ble. Parker was turned looso, but was arrested on the street and car ried before justice MoCord. The fol. lowinag affidavit was read. AFrinDAYIT. Personally arpeared before me, John McCord, a trial justice of the 'aid county of Rtiohland and State. of south Carolina *W * * on the l3th day >f November, 1872, Niles G. Parker, ate state treasurer of the state of Routh Carolina, and as' uqh being matrustod witb certain coupons, did, rlonioubly and corruptly take and ieropriate to his own use, and monvey. aaf, .with fraudulent' intent, paid coupons of different denomina. Lions,to wit: of the denominations of $35, $30, and $15,. belonging to, and then and there detached from, oortajn bage4s of the state of South ( roI in'torithe payment of money and coupons, being of the aggregate ftco value of $150,000, and of the valud of $75,000 ; and then and there, bj suah taking and appro. pribting of the said coupons to his own use, as aforesaid, did commit a broach of - trust, with fraudulent intent. That J. O. Ladd, Thomas S. Cavonder, F. L. Cardozo, Hardy Solomon and W. B. B uliok are ma terial witnesses on the part of the state to prove the same. THOMAS C. DUNN. Sworn to before me, this 16th day of A ugust, 1875. Jour MoCORD, Trial Justice. No one appearing for the State, Parker was released on the paltry sum of $2,000 bail (his wife. Goo. W. Waterman and P. F. Frazee going as security), to appear at court in October. 0 Thus ends another chapter in the Parker case which is again verging on the farcical. Judge Mackey wai probably correct in has decision in regard to the legality of holding Parker for debt ; but he should certainly have evi'ncod less haste, and should have granted the State an opportunity of having a full argu ment on the question involving such important consequences to Parker and the State he has so outrageously swindled. Jefferson Davis and the North. Some time since. Mr. 11. P. Kim ball, secretary of the Winnebago (Ill.) Agricultural Association, ben lieving that a now era of friendship between the North and South was dawning, and that he should aid in bringing it about, invited ex-Presi. dent Davis to address the visitors to the next tlounty fair. Mr. Davis, courteously accepted. Mr. Kimball then made the following announce ment. "The Hon. Jefferson Davis will attend our exposition in September and deliver the annual address. His visit is no political errand ; he comes relying on our honor, re-uniting his aspirations with ours to make this great republic again the grandest. commonwealth of the globe, and to pay a handsome tribute to the pro' gress and thrift of our agriculture. Wo have confidence in the chivalry and Christian sentiment of our poeo ple ; we do not believe in that patriotism that displays itself in fostering a grudge. We believe that all classes will accord Mr; Dvisj a cordial recept.ion, and in doing so rotteet credit upon our city and comn miunity, and illustrate the spirit of the Divine Master." This announcement breathes a truly fraternal spirit, highly credita ble to Mr. Kimball. But unfortu. nately Winnebago contains a lot or fools and bigots who raised a fearful howl at the idea of having any con nection with Mr. Davis. A division of the "Grand A rmy of the Repub. lio,"3 composed chiefly of ex-bummers and politicians, passed a series of most iusulting resolutions, declaring it to be an insult "to invite the arch traitor, Jefferson Davis, to address the relatives and surviving frica-is of thirteen thousand men murdered at Andersonville alone by his or deria," and that they will not attend the fair or aid it, if the Board per siat in bringing forward "this arch traitor and coward.'' On this subject we can say noth. ing more proper than is contained in the following editorial of the New York Herald. "When we beard-that Mr. Davis h~ad accepted the invitation to visit Illinois anld deliver *an agricultural address wo were gratified. It wais a kindly tihing on the part of the far mers of Illinois to invite Mr. Davis. It was a courteous thing for the ox-President of the Confederacy to accept it. A good deal of bitterness that belongs to the recent war un justly centres around the person of Mr. Davis. This movement of the Grand Army of the. Republic is an illustration of this injustice. If Jefferson Davis is an unwelcome guest at a Northern agricultural fair then no other Southerner who fought in the war can be welcomed. W~e do not see where the members of the Lranad Army of the Republic draw ~he line between Jefferson D~avis and Geoneral Longstreet, unless in this hatt Mir. Davis preferred to cherish the convictions with which ho0 enter d the rebellion, while General Longstreet, with more wisdom and tourage, has accepted the doctrines >f the republican party. Mr. Davis masno more responsible for the ro. >ellion in the South than any onejof thousand other men. In fact, be 'ore the war, while tile question. of eoession was under iscussion, he was among the mere moderate of the louthern leaders. There wore wenty members and Senators in he Conuress which nprcudmd time rebellion wore active' than Mr. Davis in bringing about -hostilities and zwere respousiblo for the result. ,Mr. Davis adsohi olloag ues in that Uongroses' followed a publio opidion in the Scutb, and did not lead it. Mr. Davis was put at. the -head of the Confederaey simply because -he had more oharacter than most of the Southerr( loaders Evka as it" was the Coofederatt 'Congress ' almost elected Mr. Toombs, of Geor. gia. The election of Davis was the expression of a conservative sentiment even In the Southern Con. fedoracy. As President of the Con federacy Mr. Davis did: his duty as well as he knew how. He did what any other Southern- leader would have done in the same place. He stood by his p'ost to the end. When be fell he fell with the Confederacy. Therefore, to deal with Mr. Davis as in any way more responsible for the rebellion than any one of the con. epiouous men of the South before the war is to do him a great injustice and ourselves a discredit. The wisdomn of Mr. Davis coming into a hostile community to deliver a leoture upon any subject might be questioned. It is probably the penalty which he and all mon like him who have held supreme station in rebellions must pay, that he must accept failure as closing to him any opportunity for dis play or advance ment. We think it would have been a gracious thing for the people of Illinois to have accepted his act in the spirit which prompted it. These members of the Grand Army of the Republic represent only the dismal memories of the war. This organiza tion is known to be political and secret in its character. Its mcnbor use their army record for selfish po litical purposes. The true soldiers of the North and South have forgot tea everything of the past except its glory, and they think only of their opponents as chivalrous and brave men. We never hear of this Grand Army of the Republic except whe it makes the mischief that is taking place in Illinois. The bLisiness of its leaders seems to be to fan the ex piring flame of civil wrath and dili gently seek offices. A n act like this in.Illinois, this rejection of the kind ness and courtesy of Mr. Davis, will do more toward exasperating the South and intonsifying the bitterness of feeling which it has long been the aim of patriotic men, without dis tinction of section or party, to extin guish, than anything that has occur red for a loti time. There is no a true Southern man who took part in the Confederacy who will not feel that he cannot be welcome iu any community which renounces the President of his Confederacy as at "aroh traitor and coward." [C oMMUNIoATED.] Mr. Editor: With your permission, "Mr. Mi oawber will rush again into print." Since my last, which by . the way was my first, your oori-cspondont has "sequostrated into a state of per fect beatitude." Leisure is de lightful after fire years of hard labor over a ponderous ledger-th ored:t side of which obstinately refusing to balance with the debit side-after One's sight is crossed as well as one's temper, in vaiu endeav ors to pleasceovery body, in our zeal. forgetful of the vast cncourse of clover folks who would be thrown out of employment if we succeeded. The revolution through which we are living has not only affected the. fortunes, the morals and the man nors, but the sports and pleasures of our people. In South Carolina= we brave the penalties of the "gamei law'' and "break up nature's social union" in slaying deer in July and August. Ihere in Alabama the hunteman's horn dispels the "speake ing quietude" and the fox hound's deep bay makes sleep at early dawn no longer desirable. In this sweltering weather, with a scaroity of water prevailing we follow with eagerness the wily Reynard. Last iFriday morning two wvere takcen, the Girst after a run of thirty-five minutes, and the other after a more oxtended and serious ohase which lasted one hour and ten minutes, liesid es the Chattahoochoe river' several genflemon have flsh ponds on their estates--combine thema, and, na Miss Evanss (thne authoress) remarks "ample gratification is af forded piscatoriail inclinations." We visited one of those ponds on Saturday, and in a short time took twenty-two ; sufficient for the mid day meal. A few weeks ago the young men seined a lagoon on the side of the river and made a catch similar to tihe scriptural one, thneir met threatening to break with over five hundred fish I We attended "Moot'ing" in thne ountry last Sunday, when after read ing the closing hymn the minister requested that thne whole eon grega tion sing. WVe remembered Ned hirace of the Georgia scenes, and held our peace. The drought here isat last broken ap. It began in May and ended 15th Aiugust. The river bottoms are a -ailure, and hills of course, are worse. Under this heavy infliction bho planters are cheerful and. very hospitable, and in conversation they arry their gibes, to a laughable-ex ,ent. Suoh a drought has not visited his section uinoe 1839, an I strange o say we read of freehets and inundations in the west and north. In favorable seasons this is a do. ightful section to sojourn in. Every .hing to make life pleasant abounds. )awe, fruit, flsh and pleasant con pany "of the very best old kind." Your a familiarly, WIL[KINS. TIlE undersigned returns thanks to Deputy Sheriff Walker, Chief of Police Jroen, Policemn w Murphy and other eiti iens of Chester for the energetic and ao iie assistance rendered him in the at. ompt on the night of the 20th of August .o capturo the burglars who had robbed his store. lie also returns thanks to C. H. Dronecke, Esq., agt. of the IV. U. Telegraph Compa ny for court esiesgrendertd him. To F. Gerig, Esq., Chief of Police Mur phy, 0. W. Crawford, Esq., and other itilonsof Winnsboro his thanks are also luo. U. (. DESPORTE$. State of South Carolina, COUNTY or FAIRFELD. IN TilE PROBATE COURT. A LL persons having charge of Estates either as Administrators, Guard ans or Trustees %ho have failed to account 'or th- year 1874. are hereby notilled to naiko their annual returns forthwith. JNO. J. NEIL, aug 19-t2x2 J. P. F. C. Special Notice, WINNDORO, S.C., Aug. 18th, 1875. TliE second annual meeting of the County Boari of Equalization will meet at the Audit or's office. September the 6th, at 11 o'clock a. in., to equalize the value of the property of this county, and red ress ill grievances, W. B. PEAKE. aug 19-t8x2 A. F. C MOU'NT ZION INSTITUTE, WIVNSBORC, S. C. TILE fall session of this Instilut tion for the year 1875 will be gin on the second Monday in September next.. Students will be prepared for the University of Virginia, or any of the Colleges of the South. Special attention also given to trimary scholars. Conven lent and economical arrangements have been made for boarding students from abroad. For particulars. address Rt. H. CLA RKSON, Principal, Winnsboro, 8, C. "' Senn for Circular. aug 24-1m - Due West Female College. THlE sixteenth year of this'I, stitution will open Monday, Oct. 4th. Faculty complete, course of study thorough, Government kind and parental, location healthy and pleasant, terms ressonabte. The President and his family will occou py the College and will have charge of the boarding department. TI e College building is undergoing 'horough repairs, and will be completob refurnish ed For Catalogue. adres J7. I. BONNER, Due West, A bbeville -Dist ' . C. aug 14-1m THE 3Am. JJEFFELA Double Turbine Water Wheel, Rannheinred by P00LE & HURT, Baltianore, Me. 1,000 ZJ0W 15 1151 Simple, Strong, Dnrable, alays relable and satIs Mannflacturer,, also, of Portable & Btationary ngles, team Beilers, Saw & Grst Mills, Bin. in RaohineYe'arin Paint White ead an esI a~lnrY 4,dao a ote urma ery best aith Bond for nlmars. DISSOL.VED. ,1.1.. DESP'ORTES & CO., have, by mutual consent, and by expiration of limitation, terminated the copartnership, to date from July grat inst, Persons indebted will oloso up their ac uounte by cash or noto0 by the first day of A ugust. U. G. DESPORTES, R. 8. DEbPORtTE8. WIT H ample capital, I will contluune lie business at the same sta id. ^U. 0. DESPORTES. July 6t, 1875, ily 13 NOTICE~. HOSE having claims against the es. tate of Thos. Meti. Hall, deceased, 'Ill please present them properly attest d on or before the 15th of ctober, and hose indebted to the estate will please lake imnmedtiate settlement. W. 8. HALL, A dm'r. July 81st, J876. anug 6.-i m JUST 1Fre h and genuine Turnip Seed from David Landreth & Son, comprising the follow ing varieties White and Vellow, Ruta Baga, Yellow Aberdeen, Flat D oebs Amber Globe, P'omeraniaa. Globe and Seven tops. My Stock of DRY GOODS Boots Shoes, Hats, Caps, Clothing, ' Notions, Crockery &c., will be replenished from time to time, and will be sold as low FOR CASBI, as the same arti cles can be Purchased Anywhere. A few summer Dress Goody on hand which will he disposed of at VERY LOW RATES. I. N. Withers. july 27 W. R. Doty & Co, 3 Doors West of Post Off ice --IN T'IESPIAN HALL BUILDING. DEALERS IN FAMILY & PLANATION GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, GRAIN, FLOUR, H-AY &c .A.]~.SO, PROP RIETORS --OF-~ LIVERY & SALE * ST.ABI.ES Where we constantly keep on hand a fully supply of good Horses a MTules, - PORl BAEL oz 13'1'W2.jH marulh 26 NEWGOODS! 60 ai o trcoChatns and Hlames. Cotton and Minila Rope for plowing. Well H~pe. L. HI Shovels -1 I manure forks, Tub a aned lluckets, Nnils and A xos, Cotton Cards, Hand saws, Padllocks, Sad Irons, don'co Mills, Looks, Perou . tion Caps &c. I Tierco Prime Carolina Rice. 25 Llarrels assorted Esting and Plantfn z potatoes, for Sale low for Cash. BY B eaty, Bro. c4Son. .T. R. RODERTSON, Trlal Justice. OFFICE IN REAR OF CoURT HIOU~ts WINNSIJORO, 5. . ?&" All business entrusted to him wil receivo prompt attention. 11. A 0. AnI.LAnn- If~M Davre GAILLA1RD Jo DAVIS, ATITORNEYS AT LAW, NO. 2LAWYRANGE, WINNgBORO SOUTHI CAROL INA At /