The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-04-24
News Items.

News Items.
New 1ORK, April Is. 1t has trans
pircd here that the summons to Mrssrs
Trenholm g. Co., to appear before the
Judiciary lmp"aclm"nt Committee. is
based on an allegation that sl,0O0,OCO
in gold had been paid to secure the par.
don Of the blockade runners.
Adviccs from Ma amoras Of the 81
say the Liberals have captured Puchla,
and MaXmilian is Offering to surrender,
hut his ovcr'nrcs were rejected The
Liberals rcl"s" to grant the terms dc.
manlcl BY Maximil,an.
The slip Golconda. belonging 10 tho
Liberia Colonization Society, will sail
from Baltimore on the first oi May, with
inll cargo and twcnv-Gvc passengers.
Shc will touch at Charleston, s. c.,
where 300 passengers are engaged to
embark.
New ORLEANS, April 2O.-Thcra
was another crevassc yesterday, West
ct Baton Rouge. Extent O. the da
mage not reported The greater
part Of Louisiana is overllnwel, and
there is much suffering III conse.
Qnrncc.
AsulNGrnN, April 2O.-Thc regis
tra,lon OF voters in five wards OF this
city has been completed two more
wards to be registered. The wholc
nnmhrr, so far, is l0.G39, of which
.he blacks havo $500 showing ma
jori'y, SO far, OF l0l in favor Of the
wE'.rs.
PETERSBURG, April l9-The Re-
publican mass meeting, to nighi, ratified
the resolutions Of ,he Richmond convrn.
ton. WHICH are as follows: The ad.
dr., rs first rcci'es the wrongs done by
the rebels, but says that those who
fought nnwillnelv ought TO he forgiven
1t then declares allegiance to the Re-
publican party and tho following plat.
form: "llonor and reward TO labor.
Homes for the homeless who are will
ing to work. Property and not polls
TO bear HE burden Of taxation. The
proprrlv Of the Stale must elncatc the
children oithc State; free schools and
universal education, 1t threatens the
land monopolists of The State with con.
tisca,ion if they orprcss the laborerS,
attempt to control their votes, or molest
the school teachers and the frcedmcn.-
The resolutions thank tho Th.tv.nin,h
Congress for it's legislation, and pledge
the convention to aid in carrying it ont
as the only means Of early admi$slo.
. The Union, and adopt he principles
and platform Of tho National Rrpubli
can party. They advocate equal rights
to hold Office. They refuse TO support
for Office any man who does not openly
identify himself with The Republican,
party Both the address and the rcso.
lulions were adopted unanimously. y
resolution in favor of conGscation was
after sharp debate referred. a rcsolu
,2n endorsing President Johnson was
n0o.cd down.
CnARLEsroN. April lS.-Pnblic ex.
animation Of the colorcd school under
charge Of The Frccdmens Bureau was
held this afternoon The audience was
overwhelmingly large.
The trial Of parties indicted for mnr-
der on account Of alleged criminal care.
lcssncss, resulting in the burning Of the
Kingstree Jail, with twenty-five prison.
err. some months ago, has been con
cndcd in K'ngstree by the acquttal Of
the accused. ~
PIrrsDURa. April Is. = Subscriptions
for the relief OF the suffering in the
South, i'll Two days, amounted 10 nearly
$4,000.
WASHINGTON, April ls In tic
Supreme Court to day, Robert J. Wal.
ker filed an amended bill in behalf OF
Mississippi against Secretary Stanton
and Generals Grant and Ord. The
Attorney. General moved 10 dismiss
both this and the Georgia bill, for want
Of jurisdiction. and it was agreed by
counsel that the motion should be argued
April 26. .....
The Senate agreed TO extend the ses-
sion to Saturday.
Dispatches have been received which
state that negotiations between France
and Prussia have been broken of.
Gyms W. Field has completed n
contract with the Telegraph Construc-
tion and Maintainence' Company, for
the manufacture ola cable to be laid
between Placentia {Newfoundlanl) and
Cape Breton.
PzpsnspURa, April ls..-.Tho con-