The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-07

ed. xAlsoS .di,sStiug ths|g csSb aster
GoaSfH to kgpR to tHsBenatS the
file fo4sprvMs MioE to t86l assed.
Alda WreoQsgA Abe Seors.ssSS War
to trahsnit any, Information in his
possession tho3iug the nature and
extent Of ratt/ distractions in Red
liver: also, what prepa patasiens haze,
-beeH fdadg for the removal Of tho
sane, and whit amount OF &ha taapro-
pria'ion for that purpose had been
| expandUd. ..,---.- -
r Three speeches on amnesty ocou.
pied the balance Of the day.
W.AsI1seTos, .sl!st sEl!strasry l,Da,
crease during the month 800, 900.
In the Trcasury-Cotn, $lUU, 900;
ourr' MY, %l2,750,dO0: , f'lv .,a1 :
WAsuINaroN, Ftbruary l.-The
SouthernrGiaims, Commi sion to day
! heard additional testimony in the
oso If. Mrs. Lizzie Hamilton, Of
Grand unlf, 'sippi, the widow of
Cna.les ID. Ham,lton, for supplies ta.
ken, amounting to $ls9,9O0, and in
the case Of Drag, OF Wilmington,
amounting to $4,000. "na .'>.'s .
SENATE,-Senat1r I.wis, is Il per-
sonai' explaiation, s,id, liewould vote
Tor Summers amendment to tho atn-
nesty bill. .,". p. '.a.ui ~.
Amnesty was resumed, Carpenter
doubted tue e&pehiency of granting
general amnesty st this timo the
effect of amuesty he said was simply
to reinforce the Democratic party.
lie Thought Summers amendment was
ht to 60 with tho amnesty If Domo-
urats We're not willing to take that
Sthey would get 10 AMNESTY. rr@1l
No vote reached. l., oke uonfirrtel
az district judge Of Florida. a.. /"
The House was engased all day
upon the resolution jus,iiyiug Bout
Wells syndicate operations, which
hually passed by slrGct party vote.
W.T. Collins; pension agent ofthis
city, is short in his account. The
Tre"suty is making an investigation:
The amount of defaloation il estimat-
cd at ten thousand dollars. u.
a number of petitions havg been
received by Attorney General, asking
for the removal of United STATES Dis.
'trict Attorney South worth, of tho
Southern District Of Alabama. The
frlntipal gsound of,he petition ID tn !
South@orth was derelict in the prds.
eoution of the Nutaw tiotefs . =
WAsHIEaToN, February 4.-Tt is
said in official circles that our Gov:
ornmeut has no information which ex.
cites fears chat the Gonevu Ar:
bitration will fail Of its object; totl
withstanding the recent 6omirh ents Of
the london psFers Respecting the
American statement Of the case be-
fore that tribunal, and attention Is
called to the fact that In commissions
ing the British High Commissioners;
Queen Victoria pledged Ler roSal
word that whatever thing should be
transacted and concluded by her high
commissioners should bo agreed to;
acknowledged und regarded by her In
the fullest manner; and that she woitl Id
never suff@r, either In Whole or III
part, any person. whosoevsr to Infringe
upon the sdaie Or dot Contrary Thereto
ss far us hy in his power. The trsa:.
ty, 1t Is known; provides. that 'shoul d
It appear that Great Britrit has failed
t" fulfill any duty or duties as to tile
81 called Alabama dtprGdatiohs, aud
the drb,trntofs do not award to the
0"ited States sum in gross; It is
agreed that u board Of assessurs shall
Dc appoioted to as.ertain what clnims
are valid and what amount shall be
pald by Great Britain Gu ACCOUNT 6i
the Liability arising fforn such failure
as to each Vessel, according to the
extent Of such liahility as doclded b5
the arbitrator: 1t appears from the
protocol, shat at the cJnfereuce here
on tile 8,h uf N rch, the Ameriea,
Commissioners claimed that Great
Britain, by reason of her failure II.
the proper observance Of her duties
AKA net't'al, had become Justly liable
tor tho acts Of tho cruisers, and Of
their tenders, ard that tho claims for
the' loss and destruction Of private
property which had thus far been brt.
sented, amounted to about fourtee n
millions of doilars, without inter est,
which amount was liatle. to be groatl
Increased by claims which had not
then been presented that the cost
to which tho GoverDmeut had been
put, in tho pursuit Of cruisers, GOULD
easily be nscertained by certificates
OF the Government accounting off.
GERS that in the bope Of an amioa.
Die settlements no esti,nate was ma de
OF the indirect lossos, without pre- 3u-
dice, however, to the right Of inde m :
nlhcation of their acoount,, in the
event of no such settleme ont beina
mace g,n.... -. .":m.t1 ~
ITEMS. % .''..
rHttAbnLrHTA, February H. fbe