The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-12-23
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W ASHIHaToN, Decem

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MAsHlsaroN, December IA.
Congress will undoubtedly adjourn from
tho 2lst ofDecember 10 the 9th Of Janua.
ry.
ssIsted that General Grant, roosn
,n;'n 1noonNWeWSSf on W YORK COST Marshalli 0'Roberts
a Dill was introduced in Congress to day
authorizing the Continuance of tho freed.
mons hospital III Richmond, Yicksburg,
the asylum for hged and ihfrm freedmss
and orphan children. till June next.
Secretary McCulloch writes General
toward that n freedmep's hospital in New
orleans Ia needed, and its re transfer 10 the
dovernmentS is requested fl7Thet Govern.
@sent demonstrating the propriety or plac /.
= asaS Aarity.
''NAtScre are three inches Of ice on tho po
tonne, The steamer II. livingston, from
Baltimore TO Washington, has sunk In mo
safely: ''
The president has n minated IT. A.
Smythe as Minister TO Russia, and Alex
andcr Cummings, OF Philadcphia. as Com.
missioner Of tho Internal Revenue.
The ReoQpstruotion Committee, heard
the Mississippi delegation but took .ho
action.
Secretary Seward, in reply TO congress
sional resolution calling for information
about the Alabama claima, snys the nepo
tiations regarding them are just now ar.
rested by: a. change ofsMinisiry + hut hc has
reason 10 believe the interruption is only
temporary. Under these circumstances he
thinks the publication of the correspond.
en- ewould be imcomp patible with tlioa pub
lilo interests.
Generals Grant and Schofield and party
have arrived at Chicago. They will return
Saturday.
An immense amount OF business was in
troducelinto the House TO dny inndcr the
regular call hut the time before rccc.s
will now he probably occupied manly with
eulogies on the members who have died
since tho adjournment.
WASHING ron, December Is
The Reconstruction Committee have
concluded the examination Of the Republi-
can Committee from Mississippi, who pro
duced data and argument to show frauds
and irregularities at the recent constitu
tiona' election, They want seven Counties
thrown ont. which, they assert would give
.. majority Of q, 200 in favor Of The consii,u
tion. No action by The Committee arrived
a.
Expenditures during ihs lest three years
commencing july. 1865. are $l95. 900, 900,
whereof nearly $50; ;O0O. 900 were on accou Mt
OF liabilities incurred during the rebellion,
leaving $l15, 100000 as the outlay for cur
rent cxpen es during the tine narned--nn
average Of 500, 900. 900 per annum.
2Inthe Senate, the 3bill forbidding mi itia
in the reconstructed States, except Georgia
passed Stewards hill against the holding
ST office in violation of the " fourteenth i
amendment xvao rofa 10 J,,d: 80
Committee gitf 10 atpo1 Gdi is yii
In the House. Whittemore introduced re-
solution vaca.ing all Offices ip, unreconslrnc-
ted States; which was objected to. The
Speaker announced a Special Committee TO
investigate the. New York election frniids,.I
The House went into Committee on the
Whole on the tariff Brooks charges that
$50O.O00 had been contributed by the Union
Lengaes of New York and Philadelphia, to
carry anti thrift States Without defihitc
action, adjourned.
The hostile Indians have taken refuge in the
Comanohs country II, is thought impossi
Bile to end the war thisIwinier, on account Of
the character and extent Of the country
where the savages have taken refuge.
WAsHIsoroS, December 1e.
The House passed q bill repeating the
Act forbidding militia in The rcconstruc CT ed
States, except Georgia. This is an origi
nal bill, and not thu. passed by the Senate
yesterday. atlT
The Senate 10 considering resolution
directing the Judiciary Committee to In
Underwood of sYisgihia;3 nullifying The
verdicts Of courts whose officers are inellgi-
bic under the fourl eenth amendment the
argument turning, on, tho use of the word