The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-21
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Tallahassee, FLA, February l3.
Tie resolution, impeaohiug Govern
or Reed passed tho House. I.ieuten.
ant Governor Day assumes tho Gov
etporship.
FnAhktoRr, KY, February Iy.-
A swindler, pretending 90 bo y
nephew Of Gencral Lee; WAS escorted
from town. . ....
R,tHMoNb, February l3;-Col.
56hn W: Jenkins, u prominent Re.
publican, wss arrested o;-day, by the
Sergeaht.at-A Arms of the House, uuder
u resolution chnrring Hin with con-
tempt, in refusing TO ahswer otes
lions, before the Cohihit,es Of Inyes~
tigatt"n, as to alleged bribery and
corruption in the passage of the fund.
ing bill, at the last SESSION. Jsnkius
bad testified that himself and Gen.
y adley r. jolinsoi hid been employ.
I'd pr"iessio"aii y, to LOBBY the bill,
bat refused to tell who paid or what
amon"t Or fee had beeh paid them.
Jcukius Is now iu custody, aud will
be arraigncd before tic bar OF the
li"uSe Tomorrow.
San FRANcisco. February Is
The rrlcl, hold M.z.,lsn. Tue,
had succ: Ss.s over tho FcderaIs
from Souora. Arms for the rebels;
from New York; per steaMer Mouta.
ma, were seized by the Fedorals at
Acapulco.
CiNclxNArt, February i5.-The
steamer Belle Vernon, with 400 tons
of freight for New Orleans was cut
down by the ice. The boat was val.
ued at $4,000. Total loss $ldO,:
900.
The steamship ke2ublis; FROM Liv.
erpool, encountered, for forty. eight
hours; furious hurricane. Al Ilie
boats but one wete ldSt: Tile Upper
part of the steamer was damaged: A
tremendous sea broke secUhd off1eef
Williams left thigh.
NEm foRk, February ia
Matamoras special, dated the 18th,
says forty Texans CROSSED Into Mexi-
GO under Juan Guerhero aud Bretoti
McR. An attack UPON Rfatamofas
will follow the fall Of San Louis,
which is hourly expected. 1t Is re-
ported that Diaz routed Rocha near
Pucbla. Rooha's brother was wound
ed.
The Boston; Hartford aid fSfis
hailrbad has bteh adjudged bank
ruPt
CHARLES A. Lee, d medical aiitb8r
is dead.
A Panama pap5r says the fsbsl
stronghold was captured by the Ven-
czuelans BY tredchery: 6dO rebels
were killed Or 1roEnea in the retreat.
WAsIIlNo,fdH, February t5.-Col-
lector Robb, of Savannah; was before
tile Committee Of Ways ind Means
today, and advocated an incteased
duty on rice as necessary to the OK.
!stenca of'tice planting hs busines.
in the South {: also, in favor Of 70
duction Of tho duty on salt; especial
ly that IMPORTED South for fertilizipg
Purposes. ...........
sAtAaSAHi, FebruarS l5.AA do.
spatch from Tallahassee says tho As.
sembly of Florida; on Wednesday
afternoop, by.a large. majority re
yplved that United States Senator
Osborne be requested to resipn.
Among other roasons, that lis d.
polhtmcnt.t TO fat Offices. were obstfuc.
tions to Republican Government.
hsiilKdtoN; February ,l7.-The
majority and minority Ku Klux rc.
ports are nearly ready. They agreo
that nearly all tho Southern States
arc approaching financial ruin from
bad legislatioti and Ku Kluxism. One
ftpvrt 't'riE Entes tho bad legislation
10 the kn K!u& The other attrib-
utes the kh Klux to bad legislation:
The Agricultural Convention has
been IN Session during the past three
days aud attracts much attention.
Ihero Is representation from the
S'uth--not largo, but able aud in
| huestial.
The tea ship fHlorslla, from Hong
k.l.., has arrived at San francisco.
The Los Augelos rioters, who kin:
cd the Chinese, have been acouittod:
. !" Pahic Ill CalllOrnla fhiii-
lug stocks
!, The J"pansso leavo Salt lake,
Eastward Mouday.
Spontaneous combustion burned n
WOODEN mill and woman at Peters.
burg New Hampshire.
Gales prevail on the Mexican
coast.
The Frussinn bark fiermatl ioowi
was lost on Alvarado bar. Z ho; crew
was saved. The English bark Pamu.
&C, co was wrecked in Vera Cruz harbor.
The crew numbered fifteon, of whom
twelve we're drowned. = ... .-'--
The Ohio River is gorgei frbm
Little Miami to Lawrehcsburg--.
twenty-five miles.
Reese James f, ii, fatally, $50 feet
down mine shaft at Scranton. u,
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