The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-05-01

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from tho prosidcnd dAQf tho New Orleans /,
Jackson and Great lhern Railroad, to
which ho has rccent4y bcon re elected, and
also to remove Col. Thomas e. Adams from
The pog3on Of Chief of Police of Now Or.
Willie Stephens was in this country, there
wsaRtrcquent iRiJnations that he was in the
seryipe Of the hsSkish Government as spy.
NeG Paris Letter to Tho Chicago RepuLti-
cM says Head Bcntre Stevens is living COM
fortably in thdS city with his wife and
9othcr-in law. IIo complains of poverty,
$@ has money to pay for long rides in hacks
'Sand makes secret visits to the English En-
bassy. .
n Several Tmperialist officers publish pro-
Jest against tho Escobclo massacre in the
Nc1ican Courier. They reproach Marshal
Bazoine and tho French Government, and
ask permission to avcngc the blood Of their
murdered countrymcn.
Details Of fresh horrors como from tho
west coast Of Africa. A war has broken
in which several of .hc Now Calabar tribes
were made prisoners by heir enemies, and,
shocking to relate, were roasted and eaten
by the other side
They do some sensible things in Havanna
recent regulation requires the daily at
tendance Of u Veterinary surgeon at tho
slaughter house, to inspect every animal
brought there to be slaug ghtercd, thus cffec.
tually preventing the sale Of unsound meat.
This regulation has long since obtained all
over Europe.
II Is stated that On effort has beon made
recently to induce the President to make a
large increase of tho army for service in
tho Southern States and in tho Indian Ter
iii orirs. Under the Inv tho army can be in
creased to nearly double its present force.
Mr.. Johnson refuses to increase tho forces,
believing il to be sufficient now, If Judi.
ciously managed.
letter is published in tho New York
Commercial Aioeriiacr, written by Mr.. j. a.
Schroc!;, of Camden, Clerk of tho Board OF
Commissioners of Poor for Kcrshaw District
5. g., aud addressed to james +. Suthcr.
land MIR. Schrock gives simple state
mcnL Of The great demand made upon the
Commissioners, and their entire inability tc
relieve the distress prevalent through tho
District.
IL Is stated that the latest Intelligence re.
spccting the unfortunate Princess Charlotte
(thc wife Of Maximilian) is sad indeed
Her mental condition, it is said, gives very
little hope OF recovery. Though her physi
cal health is not brokcn, all intellectual OK
preston is gradually fading from her coun
tcnancc, and her mental faculties bccom,
feeble from day to day.
Vcnson is to be found in the Creates
! abundance ut Nnlchcz 1t comes into tha
city by wagon loads. The Dtmocrat say.
that i'll the markets, tho restaurants, an,
everywhere else, tho principal meat is yeni
son. The flood has driven tho deer from
tho swamp lands of Louisiana across tn,
Mississippi to the hills around Natchuz
| Three were caught Oh ono occasion recently
while swimming across, and ono was kill
CT on land near the ferry Another, whicl
had swum across and had climbed. tn,
bluil, was So exhausted rs to ho unable tc
run, and was knocked down with q brick b,
q negro,
Tho Washington correspondent of III,
New York Times says : "Attorncy- C cncra
Stanbcrry's opinion regarding tho force o
tho disfranc nchising clause Of the Militar,
Reconstruction Act will be presented to tn,
President as soon as it can be prepare,
after the injunction petitions have been dis
posed of, and will bo forwarded by him tt
all the commanders of military districts il
the South. The subject is attracting
great deal of attention. Tho appeal for tn,
opinion came from Gen. Sheridan, for tn,
purpose of pcrfccting tho registration Of
voters in Louisiana, and will be followed b,
similar applications in all tho Southern
States where attempts are made to rrcYcu
officers of counties and parishes, who hel(
office during The war, from voting.
The adyices By the Bremen detail tho ini
tiations of the war excitement in Franco 0,
the subject Of Napcloons negotiations fo
tho acquisition Of ..Iuxmburg, and the in
tersorcncc Of Germany, under the leader
ship of Prussia, TO prevent is accomplish
mcnt. The agitation was intonse in Paris
md war rumors aboundcd on every side
Indeed, it appeared as if tho matter woul,
DO regarded merely as one of barter, fo
oash equivalent, and one in which tho Prus
sian movement would ultimately acquiesc
wcro it not for tho decided tone of tho on
hanchisod German burgesses, as espresso,
in Berlin and re. echoed through Fathcrlan,
against its conclusion England profcsset
neutrality, if not utter indifference, towart
tho proceedings and in the result.
PARDON OF JEFFERSON DAvIs.-The Row
MIR. Baglcy, formerly missionary {,
Japan and India, is said to have paid ,