The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-05-15
NEWS SUMMARY.

''oaSS
abundance iu Georgia.
A million dollars Is annually mnd by |
the sale of Florida cedar wood for load pen.
oils.
a young lady of New York has sued q
young man for kissing her while she was
asleep in tho cars.
AS far rs heard from, no serious injury
has becn done to fruit or grain in the West
by the recent frost and snow
Several fatal cases of'Asntio cholera nrc
reported in the parish of Point Coupce,
Louisiana.
Tho prospects for corn and cotton in
Southern Georgia aro better than at this
time during the past five years.
Mrs. James Waters, of Boone County,
Missouri, recently gaye birth to four boys,
weighing six pounds EACH She had pre-
viously had six boys at three births, and
has now had six boys in less than one
year.
Tho Democrats carried Lancaster Pa,
by 67O majority-2oO gain sinco last year.
1t is est mated that the loss in grain and
provisions, on tho Tennessee and tributa.
rics, by the great overflow in March,
amounted to $50,000,OO Tho loss Of
houses, fenccs, goods, &o.,probably amount
cd TO rs much moro.
Arizona adyiccs says that war OF cx-
Termination has commenced against tho In.
dians in thatoTcrritory
petition i'll favor Of tho pardon Of Mr..
Davis WAS started in Washington, but mot
no favor W III his nearest friends. It is
woll understood that Mr.. Davis has net
made, and 1t is said OH good authority he
will not make, any judicial appeal under
any circumstances.
Counterfeit platcs--oacs and fvcs--on
tho Peoples National Bank of Michigan,
and legal tcndor ones, have been discover.
cd by tho detectives.
A young lady, in Iowa City, requested u
dry goods clerk to show her some lavender
kid gloves. Bong several different shades
OF color, sho was confounlcd with the col
ors, and asked, (which Of these pnirs arc
tho lavcndcrcsl %
Tho General Agent of tho Southern Fa-
mine Relief Commission states that tho
cash receipts up to tho present time are
SlGo,O0O. or this sum California sends il,
gold S3l 900, or in currency Si0,00O Now
York city and tho country cast and wcs
$4,000.
A San Francisco correspondent says tha
ke has information TO the effect that n sys
tom of slavery exists on the Society Islands
under the auspices ofthc French Govern
mcnt, uncquallcd in harbarity by any form
or plantation system down South. Th
victims arc Chinese Coolies and natives o
tho Pacific Islands.
Irwin Davis formerly q waiter nt tho Mas
sasoit House, in Springfield, Mass, is nov
ono Of tho richest men in California, hi
income being from 500, 900 to 100000
-.S'"~ '"..r, ",,o" su,no u,r
offered during tho tulip mania of ccntur,
ago. has boon produced by French gar
dcncr, and will be on exhibition at III,
Paris Exposition.
False cars of flesh .colorod inlia ruhbv
have been invented for tho uso of )nlio
with largo cars. They arc used in front O
tho real cars, which AFRO drawn back ant
concealed under the hair,
At tin wedding in Baltimore, q shor
t'mo since, nla 'y appeared in dress who'll
OF TIN foil, gorcd and trimmed, with car
rings and bracelets also of tin.
a revolutionary movement, either for In,
establishment ofa Republic on the annoxa
non OF tho Papal States to the kingdom O
Italy, is anticipated in iiomo. Garribald
Is looked upon rs the leader of the conspi
raoy.
Tho portrait which tho Queen gavo 10 Mr.
Posbody will bo exhibited in baltimore
Philadelphia, New York md Boston. apt
ho-h"lft tho proceeds Of :hc exhibitions
will bo devoted to tho Southern Rclic
Fund.
The street car warfare in Mobile hns been
settled by running cars for colorcd persons
Schuyler Colfax has excited the teoliuy,
OF boston by driving out with OK, President
Piercc.
PRESIDENT johnson intends, IL Is rumorcd /,
announce ancw policy in his coming tour |,
North Carolina.
IuPcF says tnQrc no
enterprise enough in some of tho towns
that State to roll Il whcclbarrow down hill
OH plank road.
The garden Of the Tuilcrics Is threaten
Oh with invasion like that Of Luxcmburc
Tho Rue Castiglione. it is eaid, is to b,
prolonged 10 tho Soinc, and to traverse The
garden. Tho part next to tho Palace will,
DO reserved for Imperial use, and tho ohio,
portion DO turned into n winter parjcn
Baron Haussmas is ms insatinblc md nm,
oohsolonable IN one way, NJ. do R,smorok
in another, and, as writer in E1yuro ;usfv
romnrks. tits ho,d to tell why streets sboul,
DC made in all the gardens, and gardens IN
all tho streets.
1he latest accounts from Mexico confirm
tho report Of the capture Of Qucrc,oro, tho
"eath Of General Miramon, and tho disan.
pcar"pcc Of Macmillan from tho sccnc .
action. Furthermore. it is reported ,hot
the Liberal forces under rorfrio Diaz werc
actually in possession of tho capital tbc;r