The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-05-29
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dent leaves on the lst proximo, to be in
Raleigh by the 4th OF June.
Judge Chase has grantel a writ Of
error IN the case Of United States VS..
Joseph Bruin, whose property was con.
lIscatcd by Judge Underwood and sold
during the war. The writ grounded
Flrst-That the DistAct Cour, condemn.
CT and sold the absolute estate of the
petitioner III and to the property, which
Judgment was beyond the power Of the
Court to pronounce. Srcond-,hc con.
dcmna'lon OF property was for treason,
OF which the party could not be adiudeed
.,,g9..n!ty, except upon the Gndtug OF a
JWty. Thrd-Thc proceeding were in
admiralty, when they should have been
open to the common law side of the
Court, by information and not by Ii.
bel.
The custom receipts from the l2th
to the 18th were nearly $3,000,OO :
Internal revenue receipts to day $522,-
The impeachment proceedings are
regarded as growing day by day morc
feeble. The July session is regarded
as utterly impracticablc.
The official agricultural report for
April says the prospect for an unusually
heavy crop Of wheat continues invora.
BILE.
New YoEN, May 2I.-A special
meeting of tn" Union league Club was
held to day, for the purpose Of consider.
mG Horace Gre clcy's bailing Mr.. Davis.
a resolution Of ccnsmc was presented
and rejected; but it finally passed a
resolution condcnlning the baling, but
not dccmlng it proper to stiymatlzc Il
inembcr lor such al act. The meeting
was violent and stormy.
a special despatch to the Post says
additional adviccs show that The Gov.
eminent has no security in Fraser Trcn-
holm & Cos failure.
New ORLEANS, May 2l.-Thc fol
lowing platform has been adopted nv
the Republican party of this State -
rebuilding lcvccs by national aid alb.
clifton Of the cotton tax; sugar interest
oi the State to be protected and foster.
ed.
MoHrLr, May 2i.-John NJ. Park.
man, The drG,ulling President of the
rWst National Bank Of Selma, confined
in the Cahaba Jail, escaped yesterday.
RE plunged into the river and was
drowned
TORONTO, May 2l.-Gcorgc Albert
Mason, an alleged Southern spy, and
who is suspected Of being connected
with the assassination, left here to-day,
III charge OF detective, to testify in the
Surrratt case.
RIcnMoND, May 2l.---A boat was
upset III The RIVER this morning, drown
ing Richard i. Mundun, stage carpenter
at the theatre, and Gcorg" Bray.
WnIrHy, G. W., MAY 24..~--Four
German cmiSrents were killed and sew.
eral injured by an accident to- day, and
the cars badly broken.
SAN FRANClSCo, May 25.-IIaho
City has been destroyed BY fire. Main
street was burned from Bear Run to
hoorc's Creek.
PANAMA, May, 25.-Gcncral Alcr:c
made an extensive tour through the
country, and was cordially received.
Peruvian affairs unsettled Revolution.
airy outbreaks arc prevalent. The Amur-
can crew Of the Ravno, alias the Cuvler
were cclcascd from confinement by the
efforts Of Captain Foster, OF the gun
boat Osccola.
The yellow fever has broken ont in
Guayaqnil and Bucnavcntura. There
is great alarm among the residents going
inland.
SIDNEY, Australia May 24.--I'hc
vintage is the largest ever Known
Parliament meets in early June. The
Americans at Sidney passed resolutions
OF a want Of confidence in their
i'll their Cdnsul. There has been
an increase Of gold this year compared
with last. The settlement of Town.
vile, in Greenland was nearly destroy
cd by q hurricane. 10000 tons Of
brcadstulls were sent to England this
year; 10000 tons more arc available
for shipping.
FoRTREss MONROE, May 25 The
schooner Martha Maria, from Whining
ton, for the West Indies, was sir,tcl, Ey
lightning of the Southern edge Of the
gulf. The shock prostratcd all the crew.
Naptaih >. II. GORE went crazy and
died.
WASHINGTON, May ia fair for
Southern relief was in progress during
the past week, with profit Of between
three and four thousand dollars.
Revenue receipts yesterday $780,
600 and for tho week $2,5QO,00O.
Tho weeks disbursements Of the War
Department are &4l5, 900, of the Navy
S3ll.000, of tho Interior 1886, 900.
The National Bank circulation is $2oS,.
05G. 900.
Chief Justice Chase will preside at
hahc Circuit court of North Carolina,
Commencing June 6.
Chief Justice Chase has nominated
registers'in Bankruptcy for Louisiana
and Georgia. But as tho nomination
require confirmation by The District
Judges, the names arc withhold Hc
has instructed the District Judges that