The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-08-08
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the Atlantic cable:
LoND IN, July 3l.--A great reform
meeting was held to day. There were
at least 10000 people present Rcso.
l"t ons were adopted, declaring that the
people had no faith in the Government.
Poitlons were read which will bc pre-
srnted 20 Parliament, demanding in
quiry into conduct OF the Chief Police.
The procession was immense, and passed
of quietly.
A special dispatch to the Tribune
says: ~
At Berlin on Saturday it was assert
ed that peace was certain. Prussia
carries ali her points. Austria's naval
victory was much ovrrratc'l.
The Hyde Park rios and move
m"nr Tor an exclusive reform. together
with The league meetings. have prrill-d
ii,r Derby Government.
New York, Aug 1.-The HcralTs
CIir OF Mexico cnrr"Spnndt nee SAYS he
reorganization Of Mnx,m,l!ian'S army
is progressing finely. Americans are
pressing the C"nsnls l,r nationality
papers, on account uf the impending
draft. An attack on Jnlara was going
"n when the dispatch left.
Al The close OF The battle of Sadowa,
Marshal Benrdrk, 'hr Austrian Com.
mandrr IN Chief, exclaimed, "Al. is lost
bnl my lite Would to God had los.
thai too "
In The mining district of Melbourne,
Australia water is scarcely less valua.
bic than gold. Wherever water is
plenty, the workings succeed; whcr.
ever deficient The mines sutl'.r. This is
in he surface works In the deep
mines the water las usually 10 be pump.
el out
The Baltimore Transcript has an article
OH the Last Days Of Congress-" II the
Transcript will convince the country that
those days lmvc actually come. the conri,y
Will owe i, debt of gratitude which it can
never repay
Tho planting Of cotton il, Illinois is thus
Tar success. Accounts from thai State say
that tho crop: arc promising. Que planter
has two hundred acres urder cultivation.
Mr.. B. Truman, the correspondent of
Gotten growing Stntes Of tho South, csti-
mates The growing caop at 2,G00,600.
Pnttcrson's bridge. ogcr the Sakctchio
river Charleston nnd Savannah railroad.
has heen rrpnirad. aud the road is now open
10 Salkctcllc station.
Mr. Wm b. Astor is growing poor. His
income is about $l50.000 less than it was
last ycnr. lie only returns about 81, 900,
OUU income this ypar poOr n,nn
a Norwegian woman, 1G5 years old, and
seventy cigh, Of her descendants, arc on the
road to Utah.
EUROPEAN CoNGRE>s. A corrcspon,
den, OF The London Post. writing from
Paris saws:
I'VE may look Cor Congress to be
assembled in Paris to arrnng. the terms
Of peace. have no doubt at this Con-
gress. while France will gladly 81" Prns.
STA obtain advantages which are dine her,
The French Emperor wi!l do his utmost
to preserve and strengthen that great
a Austrian Empire which is one Of Tie
Safeguards Of Europe"
After goin. into sprcnla,ions as TO
lh" terms of peace. he remarks:
9TH" dreams of The Rhine (as the
bombay Of France only exist in The
imagination Of the politicians OF Fngllsh
smoking 70 ms. I know on the best
authority that. speaking Of such rumors,
Count Won Bi>mnrif him SELF said that
tn" whole OF Germany would rise to n
man to defend the Rhine against France.
THE NEEDLE Gun IN THE FRENcII
ARMY.-li is wrong TO believe that The
French G"vrrnmrn! had not for long
linm had its attention directed 10 the
needle gnn. The substitution OF this
g',a for The common ordnance muskrt
was actually decided upon Immediately
after the war in Denmark Bu, MS This
would entail an expense of fifty millions,
II was resolved, rs comnrntlnbIr mra.
sure of economy, to proceed with The
chang" only gradually. Th" expert
mcn's at The camp Of Ch#lons have
Shown, in fact, that three or fonr days
are ennngh to (amiliarizc onr soldiers
completely with the handling ofrhis
new gun.
The War Department has already
manufactured $4,000 ne III. guns rn an
improved model, AMI t. has found that
with very lii'lr expense and in very
short lime the riaed guns in or arsenals
can be ad"p'ed to the new system.
How Mr.. DAVIS PASSES HIS TIME
the latest news from jefferson Davis is
given in 'l," correspondence of the New
York Times:
"By day Mr.. Davis Is Mt cnlire lber.
t,y, under parole. within the limits Of
the fortress, and generally spends The
most OF his time in the apartment Of his
wife, who has one OF the easements
assigned to her. He is at liberty to re
ceive any books or papers lint anybody
chooses to send him, and in perusing
these and in conversations with his wife,
aud with the numerous visitors who are
constantly calling upon him. he prevents
!!'nr from h"ngirg heavily npon his
hands"
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