The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-03

BRUSSELS, March 26.-A boiler,
exploded killed 8. and hurt many
others. ...'.. ."'
HARRI,BURa, March 28.-McClure
was sworn iu as State Senator.
LONDON, March 30.-By the cxplo-
siou of safety fuse in factory ia
Cornwall, seven women ,wete. killed,
ono Is missing and others will die.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, Mlrch 26.-There
was u full Cabinet, but only r~utiue
business Was done. .'"
The Supreme Court fixed April S.h
as the day for the argument on ,hc
judgment Of the Circuit Court Of South
Carolina in refusing to discharge the
Ku Klux pri>ouers, ind n writ has
been Issued rctuinahle on that day.
WASHINGTON, March 2s.-Oa the
26th inst, which was the last day upon,
which The claims could be filed before
The Blush and American CLAIMS
Commission, unless by permission in
r*ch ease for tho can<e shown, q very
I"rgc numhor IF memorials were pre-.
srn'cd. Four hundred and twenty
""e B itish cl.ims were fled up to
that date, more than half Of the m
| bnlng flied last week. At the sessi on
to-day. fifteen additional claims have
been sled.
IT j. thought that the numbor, in
c|udiDS all claims on boh sides, will
amount to about hvc hundred. The
American claims number eighteen
0ulv.
There were no decisions made to.
day, aud the Commission adjourned
over until the 81 ,f next mouth.
The Office IF the Secretary will be
occupied for some timo 10 getting
the claims properly arrau, ed and
dorketcd aud the memuriuls print d.
II j. underst o"j that the Com mission
will soon adjourn u..il September,
md that during that mouth the ses-
sions will be held ut Newport, X. l.
Since the Commission was organ. zed
eleven cases have been finally di>pvs-
ed Of, out Of which, ouly one wa,
favorable to the first case on the dock
,t. The amour tpf the award wos xix
hundred ard twenty dollars.
Tie President hos vetoed the bill
far rolief of john J.. Shank, Of New
Orleans. The grounds of the veto
are that the moneys tuken from the
State Bank ut New Orleans in 1862,
were accounted for to the 81 cretary of
the Treasury, aud a list Of the dcposi.
tors fled in that depa, t,ncnt, ami the
bame of Dr.. John J. Shanks does not
appear among them.
The Treasury circular issed today
rcvokcs the previous order Regarding
fog horns. The masters of sailing
vessels may use any horn produ sing
sound equal to steam whistle.
The Attorney General is advised
that twcnty-nine of the MDnroe coun.
ty, Mississippi, prisoners have plead
ed guilty to Ku Kluxism. Sentence
is suspended.
SENaTE.-The Committee on Post.
offices agreed to report bill increas.
lng the China mail subsidy to mil.
lion dollars.
The Herald's Washington special
on Louisiana affairs, says: While
Phckback is making every effort for
pence, some Uf the mem bers of tho
party are very reckless in their de-
cla atious, and the friends of WAR
moutl, boast that hey have more none "
patronage in Louisiana than the Prcsi
dent has throughout the United
Sttes.
Thoy rame among this boosted
patronage two hundred Offices "a, inv
ten thousand year, and fifty Office,
tax collectors, paying twelve tn .us :.
aud. They have the appointment of reg.
listers and managers Of elections, and
lay that while they will not count
fraudulent votes in their favor, they
Will not count fraudulent votes Gust
against them.
H"usE.-A bill for the depot of
the Baltimore aud Potomac Railroad
in Washington, the Pennsylvania Cen.
tral versus the B,ltimure and Ohio
KaIlroad, is up, Efforts ut compro
mise failing, the minority resorted to
hilbuste'i"g, whom the House udj,nrn
Cd to Monday, when it is expected the
fennsyivunia Central will triumph by
q two-thi, DIS vote.
SENATE.-A bill settling certain
land titles on tho boundary between
Georgia and Florida was up.
The tariff is still up in session
and the vote will probably be en-.
forced tonight.
The tariff bill is substantially
adopted, with tea and coffee free.