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FAIRFIELD HERALD i~ R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor, Wednesday 2oraing, Neomber 17,1871. .-.das nid.a The County of Edgefield is in a t riblo plight. While there are no j actsn of violence tking place within her bounds, there exists a fearful amount of lawlessness. This lawv lessness exists on the part of the radical office holders of that Coun ty, who are ruling with a high hand. It is said that since recon struction about $140,000 of taxes have been paid for County pur poses, and yet not one fourth of that amount can be accounted for. Creditors of the County are not paid, and the public improvements are in a bad state. Thousands of dollars of debt have been piled on the County, most of which has been declared fraudulent by a referee. Paris Simkins and Lowrence Cain hold claims for'very large amounts. The Grand Jury, consisting of six. teen blacks and two wbitev, pre sented the County officials, and the Solicitor refused to take any action against them. Judge Carpenter was censured for not compelling the solicitor to do his duty and he replied in a very lame manner that he was no detective. As an emi nent republican, cognizant of the condition of Edgefield, well re marked, a detective is: about as necessary to discover frauds in. Edgefeld as an astronomer is to discover that the Sun is shining on a cloudless noonday. The latest act of Judge Carpen ter, we have heard of, was the ap pointment of Senator Lowrence Cain on the grand jury. It seems that altIouh .there were seventeen grand jurors' iii the County, that Judge Carpenter appointed anot,her and to make the matter worse ap . pointed Cain. W .learn : that Cain besides being Segalor is clerk of the board of county commissioners, a school trustee, and a security on the bonds of most of the officials who) are about to be indicted. He 6f-all others should not hav'e been plac6d on the gr.nd jury. Then dota Judge Carpenter reconcile this! atp. pointmnent with his protestationle for reform ? Does ho believe that Edgefield will over be purified with Buch appointees as Cain on thc grand jury?1 Edgefield does not seem to haie muech caise for reliance in the Courts. If redress is not granted, the time will come when the people will rise, and amid plandits of decent men everyw~here, driveo out the cormorants now preyig.uo her.eyn.po The P'oiitaiat Outlook. There are indications of that a great political storm is brewing in South Carolina, and that the e'nm paign of 1876 wil1 be hotly contested. There will probably be three elements. First, we will have the conservatives of the State, anxious for reform, and willing to make the best compromise that offers itself- Then there will be two republican factions, bitterly hostile, and in greater antagonism towards each other thani towards the' conservatives. The fight for the u.-' premnacy will be bitter between those factions. From what we have learned from observation and from the remarks of leading republicans it seems probable that Governor Chamberlain will be the head andj front of one republican ring. He wil be backed Treasurer Casxdoza, by his office-holders, and by mtny of those republicans who are now supporting his policy. And these at present seem to be the best among the par ty. Against Goveonor Chamberlain wil be arrayed a motly combination, consisting of many native republi cans, malcontents with the present administration and corruptionists,1 besides those who aspireto load the~ party,'and who are now thrown i the back ground by the Governor's vigorous administration. We will motice some of these rings who op pose the Governor. The first junta consists of Attorney General Melton, Comptroller General Dunn .and Judge Carpenter. The slate as at present spoken of is Molten for Gov ernor, Dunn for Comptroller Genor a1, Oarpenter for Attorney General1 and Hardy Soloman for Treasurer.1 The difficulty, hotvever, is that Judge Carpenter is said to hlave, his eyes! turned to the oxecutive seat, while Mr. Dunn would also like the same positiosa And as Mr. Dunn is one' of the most adroit politicians in the Stite, the wind may be set in h' favar in the nea o--stirn Patterson, 'Whittemore and Loslia are floating on 'th fiu'i oo'te casion, each having his iron to , h and eaoh owing the Gov or grudge for the snubbing he h them., The) Ravi. kv u theyf"oannot mia a to , fd 00en Chamberlain, NOpr< ly'd the ttack upon li hu. 'on ' hff. Elliott, *ho is a bitter enef y .9f, Cardoza and an enemy to the Goks ernor. Thou there is Whipper, who was severely denounced in caucits last yoar by the Qovernor, and y ho,; in .the logislature this year, .ill probably combat the nsuoastiros pro, posed by the Governor. Beowo, and Buttz ao also anti-ad.ininistra tion loidors. AlU those anti-admiuin istration elements will 1)e comphjld to crystalize into ono Mass. They will probably endeavor in the con vention to centre on one slate in opposition to the Chamberlain fac tion. Between Governor Chanlnr lain and this opposition the consor ativos will probably be called upon to decide. Although the timo. for deciding is yet distant, still at prs. ent it seems that there can be no hesitation. The conservatives can not make a bargain with the corrup tionists. They must unite ivith the bitter republicans. Tihe State Fair. - Tho..annual-Fair of the State Agri. cultural So'ciety was held last *volf. In some respects it was a snccess. ThQ exhibition was dqual to that of any previouN year. The machinery was superior. The Stock exhibition was good also. AbbOaillo County was very fully represented, one lady, Mrs. A. B. C Lindsay, having, we. are informed, a hundred and fifty articles. But while the exhibitikn was good, the Fair was a failure, au far as gathe.ing. a largo .. cor' course of spectators is .conegi On the first and socond days.,themt were but a handful of personi' 1t82 ent, and only on Thursday wa4 there unything like a large gathering. Consequently the Fair was, financial ly, a failure. This failure in attendance 'was owing partly to the fact that the Fair was not 'advertiiei,nhud iniitiy posh sons were ignorant of the fact that ai Fairwas to be hold. k iiother cause was the generally conedived opinion that the Fair would be a failure; and this itself was suficient to make it a failure. . A thjird causoi washo fact that .xo races,,were run..- TShe peo~ple of Sduth C-dina are asentially idp'Qd loving, and the turf has pCculialr 'fa, cinations for them. It is our oliin ion that had races been as usual g feature of the occasion, there would have boen present almost as largt ecrowd as have ever 'beforo asom bled. All these causes 'eho'ud be take into considleration ini preparing for the Fair next year. We do not be ieve by any means that the F~air is dlead. The partial-faiie this ymx. will only stimulate our popje~ to greater efforts n'ot time. Aid will be asked of the Leilpiture, and it should be given. The expenditure. of flye or ten thousand .dollars in premiutna will cause an increase of ten times that amount in the agricuti tural and mechanical productions. The Fair should be thoroughly ad vertised, spoeihl trains should be run, well knowni orators should be procured to deliver addresses, and everything should be (1011 to make the Fair attractive. By this means we believe the Fair can be made a succee. We do not mean to reflect on the old management. 'Major Woodward has been very earnest and energetic, and has done all 'in his p~ower to achieve success. But his administra tion was crippled by the inheritance of a heavy debt which p)aralyzed all efforts. And theo people too, were so discouraged by the gloomy politi cal outlook, that they took no inter est in developing their resources. But times are better now. The State is gradually improving. Gov. Chamberlaid promises to aid the Agricultural Society. All those! things taken into consideration give us hope that the next Fair can be mnade a success. Tb.e Recent Repsublicauas Vic tormes. In almost every State in which elections have recently been held the republicans have been successful. Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin have gone republi can. The democrats have carried New York by about 10,000.majority, giving the relpublican a majority in the legislature. When we consider these unexpeted victories, the ques tion naturally arises, what was the cause of the democratic success in 1874, and why have they so soon lost their vantage groundi What did the denocrats do last year &. en title them to popular favor ? What changes have the republicans made that dedorvo their early recall. Ii, with the corruption and mal-admin. twition of the repu ty and ad upon the d orat in ti a now ord o thi ocrats had d thi lasoad the co t th w oson because t h oi than the repuili ans. hat did th former do this year T They in Soratod the doctrine of inflatonf into .th ' g". }" r'lZj icans with " a wea o whio pdoplo was. unconstitutonal - Th, riskod' illi if il' lfflthti i> .'riytt al'oniored .eby-iigas f .the' t ley. tail'd to. see; tha. Uri-o cuItiy' :did riot want at th1h timo of lIer htbory ii'y new idon& In blitlcs . or finaniim. -'Tho e popular yardlng . is fpr,genui r. form refori frdnt within outwardsy which the .p plu '.. PoeLjve cani'' i worked out .b). .onpest men in plain honest . ways. .Tho demnocrpta failed , to g'rasp the op. portuiitby. (,ffend thom last' year, aid the People of the -Nortlh'and West~ bblioving;-tut -lost -eu jearW1. fedt'lfad:porhap1 ,ugQ .the republi cans a. -isor.lessona bhain many ypars of disappitwblit had tauglht:the deinocrats; gave" bctk: the polititcal control into.trip bands of the -foriner. Th's denocrats Ma no'or.utave agair c4g., n. 'o*poi .:but if "tiey bulld;.they wih- do wl to 21o simply w~h ttfieir hal find to do. and' n6t ' attdiaWpt.. , go b.;eyond popular expectation in thoir policy of refori If in iy not be too into for the denoprat . tqhangt their.lat form and- Afgh. tho 'i et.. epinig a'bIo 'upon t. d'ell' bsaording, iunei ofifho day, refoim and 66rritption. t'hnt said ii his sereilado spech at Washiugton a few day ago, "ve .h'a\ afi'assurance that thp --reoi.j cana :'hill., cantigql .thigi' '"~met fgx ht, .ast fou. year" -longer.".., 1s fears about a thl'ira' teriu 'oeem 4d have been dissipated by the &ent ro;iblica;n successes.- fbb demo crats may yet. disappioint hini in bit gdionunsom. Lot all ilitestions about schools and finanee bo iguitrod yor tho prelent, , t the demoCrhtW 209Elfoton te' p ople in' 4 national convention with an eart V ex)ression ?of their dosird for hones. ty in ggfiknmlen,., and( }o piitkI caii 'i ,Mii{ 1t oir . ast record so dlark,'so; full of corruption and. dios the'v~b hcdt ani-as t -b botti rigtl~~ (a1 0,*11 jiisticootd th e enu19W a to bhe appoirilodbj' i n1ti 'h i~tllea of the dfE 0alled inestioibi' 'or ,giPan fiim; :all .'i' whlic'h ho'mna'gedj very well. ~Birt when ho wAR (uke.: "WVhat would you do in a caso where a npitv..bg' 1I do ?" said the negr'o : AVell, saih in a~ cash)ike ~g e fvoiy least,..3 (conIa do, sah,..woulk br to ,nhteo him s'port do cikli..'. . .lio *ass. aip poitited. -. ' :: S onda' .in, ho Unuiori iko't Butj hr-."Haveo some frJ~ l'M this morninig'? L-idly-."No, no i have had f- frsh meat for ai'*be back." Butcoer--Ner e Jicard . qf t beinglH.ui(~.tLdain,ifori tha6 comn p~lainft b~efore." An pirikolo,.thit .i i.: going. .- the rounjds oli.t&t ex~plain ''"hw alco 1ers.4dd-syKmr ' ,19ery directlino--as the swallowvs homeo ward~ glide.. ..... A stranger kissed a La Crosso girl. by mitake, and was theti lieked' bf~' her' two brothers for being mistaken. Ho then .deibdratoiy kitssed her for' being who she was, and was licked for boing impudent. - Tlie text~d.the~ defeated candidate will be found in tihe words following, to wvit :"Yeaterday he kind~lej a groat firo upon0 the .nltat: -of. -ti is'rii . to-day lhe sittobb down- (mi da ashes. "-|-ABrooklywn' Argue... A noble Omaha mastiff has safed the lives of three childreu Ivithin amnonth pasttt, an d bitn o ir teen 'Aen ,waho called to sell a patin~ e lothiibal'. At spendtihrift says that he has lived -.bbydn iiR hi mj sro long that now he hasn't thie means to live, and.I ye.onmean to.hiveo somehow. Figinresi wgn't lie, but' botton! whalebone Iatra old newsp ar *f{l make themt stretch the tiha~i The gorson *who composed "Oh for a thousand 'tongne': pasd mo~st of. his -'boyhood -in mpolpeses hogshoads on the wharf. - JAY)EN rA L. Mannum-I oiia' on the~ th b~y the R1ev. Mr. Shand, Ma. '. f TTt, of Greenville, to Miss MX. BACOT, of Cohumbia; '10xiA'raxs.LT bt ifrsh Ie)1 of Cticinnati Lsar lleetr Also All.~ soi Baszs and Mcleown AleA. lhZEaR B~fn *b 11 nt Z. : . ". .I _ WE E KlLY i *BE BO.; &SON. ~U~A foal or tioN w 053 b a cN 1rgl11 ll(n Pri to-do lb 1 13A A5 ard, aw'to JBACON-- Shaoulders '"" 121 0 R"Sides "" B~ulk C it bide,. """ Cuik 1M'~ c1 1 b .. m A 4 ar I}1}' Y~t.! n ' l t~~2 I M's. 91(; 115 AIEJ3,.'Do t~ved ."~ ." t v It'LI 7i@380 FLO, eihe nlp( bulr " ". or z i 'i7 OKrjelr 1 : uil 1E 4 theL -D. os atd. gL si. twl ONETlit n~il knw and riceid elln i, eite in )L~) bu(In . -nre pariculr0. ;SAxt .6g lul o-I N.ain~a st .an arie th' a l i n lie nri oTpt s. 'at o ", D atso ofJa thsru c.'_ ol ang t, Ja' ui I, wl it t tyandie.I sellsmo. M tsr l:roe forn IJ1i _ lrits,hiFOr .n Q)oa"n- b " 1oiluieu&Vo. xa f l eacitaz ,rtt t t" 0o goo v1 cotuprining-" Pjn tutt'nt r ! 'ai4los, AlaOn , '" lh' undo i I31Ntkctlt and Jeans. Slit ts, tiyis ilantlkerol+it.'rs, . y. 1{! m; ' Itibbone ' . -- and Fnnoy s r. ;)11 ::/!.i i': (A Otl,,v ',i"' ' !11 J' I ROE STOCK or Nov PRINTS. Gotton.I 'lt tyna e,=Ljn4se > , Q4oviot." Iiltee tngWnhiI ;3ltirtiagp. 1Itic iipU. It ond wti"el s sc ile4. ' S'T'OCK OF. . Gent? C1othin,, 1i6 Mrs ANI) Silwl> 1iTx4ll44 :'r-" IITS, :.A1.1.the ilt weat st vies Iresli 'N'Fis' 'i OIt.K. r l iUTONI)EEIFUL " ."" ,rVV 1 . " 1. cou% C anSd" S6EiI. U1Ub1'I ll t?; S;tc i" tits litiit , 7ttIi Cli< ic'.'I l"; lida.o Chew1*09. and Silkul:ilt 'lihstceo ncl eept 30 . ..".... r. . R.\V. PI-1 I LL:IPs Willa v -9191, 1 r1l oft Plot SE .ltd CO. :. " a:a, >. { . u4.:<<. v , ..a. . saa lct7itie : .tR+:t rede 4ac> .? vr:"> . F' f.-ECTFTFULLx Inform the puh,. lir it) gent"rttl that they baave n1{eui-41 " to t:t. te , turnlerly oc"rupied h J. 11 _:a tL et ;witch..--4W uIPhd ti :='6,, liior-n Klts "fqkIt ntrrulariodis<r, cont"itrtingot It ej 'i. r. {..i 'b it y fl 1t 1,1 .:">"\ t LtQC"UIts. Fatlr *{t"l ><qu e t' ttm n1 to eatc.t ttnci .44t"y one tbhi hit( curl uq'ats. march 27. MFNJ r &C AIANLIFrcTVAERA OF y " ' WUOT.FJIALE DEAI.E119 I1.1 't'ubtc,".".o,, ynufr, I ipt e, 1c JACOD M. MR4DXT., I-A. RAIIMOARTLK, 1taI'luite, . C. Oct, ld''llV' BOOTS . S PH 'IAL attention callel' '10 our fine %took of bnntl-sowed Iluofi+pnd Shoo' whiuh we are offering at" extrotnrly Ithe f prides, , 1 t oct 30. _MU3IA8TnR ThttthS. 1.STATE GRANGE PERTILIZER, t AO ""'riffin " ,faa: a.'t TWf1 lint al"ts ., . urc'L"tne. ainh{nt tattwt !"j FertiI - zre, to) - s m e t r D" ."J1.ttit111at 1' 1 &,Soss duel d.' IID:' rltkti tt. :1y;u{"ta". Lltnrluatop, 9 . (.16.t'h, 'ba;:h" at r.o{ imo. i 1 niais i.tn bu given. Pl.n.v sAn (:t'..r". nir;.- 0 collar. --- ;..ept 2-3-n a artier. " or cot}ntr Cominlasiou. r': I.izrd'IELD Cot wr ."" WIN.NHDQ1to, U. C. Mitrolt 2llrtt 187-J. .S EAI.F.I)" proposals will: 'be ioeeivetl at t.ltis odi.:e,"!ur t1:irty.dn;Y -fd; ibtiilding a brid..;n+' oTar "It6oh6llsCrotik,''oitrta11tp No. S. A11 bi 1 'mti t'VQ"ACoOT11 +nrir u.l Will -L. the natnea'nf to a or more sufhcielitettrctio" The oommIsAIolnrs royervo thas riglrt; tat reject ttky ant1 ll: bictiri t 1n''their j ntcnt'the interest of the county- rokclntre if'. 1 For detuila ' of ' IIAAti aii "1 rtpecitica.tiont; nnnly at: this.n' ~4 ' f J ugts rcli VN411t; wonderful lIn. rf nlln tLs t over aiuiiod l'io sinking No Person can tako thiese Bitty iw scoordii4, Xo dirbeclkill, and remain lung iti w9li --.provided tUwpr bWnes are not .Iet htVmVea" IDV mnieral poilson~ or other uioins, and vttal orgt4ns wasted beyozuld repair. "" BIItoti= 1Benattit*t and Inter. ntittoit By eers, !"h flt nro au prit a. ent in the i.aleori tt O ur great rlrir8r 1 throughout tho . tilted Staites, cspesl~illy thoso of thio flSitkslIslpi Ohiio, Missoui, Illiuois, Telntieasee, Cumiberlnid, A rinint itikkO, 3J;Iines 'til' mtiniy others, th hclr va1st ti utarle1(, thirouighut ourw 'n ireo niilttvrii thO 8aiitiitr a141u Autuiji, andti eitu'rk',bly sot during sat. 0on8 of luulsual Ren't .11141 tiryloss, 11r4' t)vI liahl ' FI1 00111 JttiI('dl 1 tiv Ix teIIIiC do tigloter1 :cotial ieotiic Ini then':, ittlltlinlhl li 11141( VI.'5C p rios t'oi %4 t-4- ecse ,iiaolly ti'eeisry. '1'lu m'r g !Wy.cathar1tic.fon ;110 1piijjtsc t'1iud to is they will s iLOL'dily Tenn19vo the dark. ohort viscid- Itittr" with which thec )OWOIs. 1110 logrdi'd, at tho :smeii tlimet tifllthi1i'th6i accretions of the liver. mnd gctierahhy -rtoring 'the healthy uiions of the (l4~c.itiv0 organts. 'Fort ify trio btody against (ilselMet )y ptlriiyilg till Its 11u1(16 wvithi 1Nt;c; t lIITrEia.s. No ?pltiaac can take holdl it it 8ysttni thlis furse-armedt. I~ysppsiuor I ndlgest ion, eal il, ;nli.the Shouhlers, Coughs. l*ighitnii of the (;hest, l)izziness., Sir Suctartrlie of ilia Stomiach, Dad Tn'ast it .iho Motuti," llillows Attacks. h'anhpita .1(101 of the h eatrt, tiiilanimntiou of thts .angst, 1':tin in thiorc-gioti of tho lRI.l. ief '11141 a f udre ik other paintful ay ml' 0o11s, ar0 the ol4kriings of I)yspepsl~s. ):1o bottlwrnihl prove a hetter gurarantp,' f its meriits 'ttan it lengthy advertise 8&rofitt'," or' K in 's. Evil, Whit~~ ;woJlhnga; .UI her' I'ryip ijoi, Swetb lui N s.k, loitro, Scrofulousi I nfhiuaaatti..iaic, I odole'e ullhaiiininiou+, Mrt(rsniul A11etnM 111,1~ ;ores, F rutito 4I'i the 'kiSr ~e,'i a it~lU.'rB; nii'ili niln11i (dr ttiutiuDiohiii ls huiviva thiiu gretit eta ivlo laiiri ini ".11 uisl~qbhtarsto.A'a1 tidt bictitbt cse... auti11~ S ;ot ilos (lRoit- ,. out td fIutwi u f iiit I'ovoejst,1)iseusesoif