The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-05-21
News Items.

FhN ihAHIlHC', Way 1t. -Rer0rtS
received tonight from the lava beds
state that firing las been heard to-.
Gay by ricke's, in tho direction of
Col. MasorS command. 1t is suppos.
ed that an engagement has been com
mcnccd between Col. Mason's troops
and the NIodocS, hit no particulars
have been obtained. Gen Davis re-
ports hat his entire fighting force
numbers :An0 men.
Lieut.. Geo. T.. !Iarvis, Of the ! h
artillery, who WAS wouulcd on the
goth of April in the disastrous fight
with the Modocs, died Monday. He
was the last surviving eflicer If the
party.
Tho total loss s"G red by the army
in the Modoc war thus fur is II killed
and Ct wounded.
The remains of Gen. Canby left
here this evening for tho cast. The
funeral procession as it passed
through the streets to the railroad
depot, presented most impressive
appearance. The procession lie tt the
ohrroh at 4 "'clcck, proceeding to
the depot where the remains wcro
placed on the cars for tho east. Tho
funeral services at tho church wcrc
very solemn.
New York, May ia great bill.
lard match championship game, one
thousand dollars side, between
Cyrillc Dion and Maurice Day, will
DO. played Friday evening.
. NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nav H.
Euchro won the first racc-time 8. 40 :
Quartcrmaster won the sccond-l an
Ids, l.5li, Isl.
L'TrLE Rock, ARK, May l7.-Ad-
ditional delegates have reported from
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Missis.
slppi, North Carolina and South Caro-
Una. The Theological Seminary of
Virginia is reported in a fourisIIipg
condition. Q
New ;YoR1, May l7.--Thc Lcgis.
lativc, Committee, in their report
upon Erie aff.irs, condemn as i'm prop.
er the expenditure of money in tile
recent transf,r OF the MANAGEMENT
and its reimbursement from the
Treasury of the company. They say
This was done largely in the interest
Of foreign stockholders and for their
benefit, and tho part taken in that
or rcratlon by General Sicklcs is dc.
nounced i'll strong terms, as follows ::
The spectacle of United States
Minister to a foreign court leaving
his duties there, and lending him
self to the execution of scheme of
this kind, is not calculated to hcigh-
ten our respect for, Or inspire conf.
ucnce III, the integrity of the public
service.
Daley won the championship bill
lard cuc-time five hours avcragc--
Daley 2G9 10; Dion % 9.l0. The
score at the conclusion of tho 558,h
inning stood .l34 to 1861 in favor Of
Dion, when Daley huddlcd tho balls
and won.
4 despatch from Little Rock, Ar.
kansas, states that Governor Baxter
remains in the capitol night and day
with a force of men on duty, fully
armed to protect him against the
threatened raid of the friends Of
lieutenant Governor Smith, to oust
Baxter and place Smith ia the eubet.
Material chair.
Thoiloss by fire the in Ottawa. Cana.
da, on the 18th, by which all the pro-
perty lying between DAILY and willard
streets was destroyed, is now cstims.
tea Mt 100000. Insured for $780,.
NAsnINGroN, May l7.--The Score.
tary Of State, this evening, received n
telegram from Gen. Sickles, stating
that the Cuban authorities have been
ordered to send O'Kelly to SPAN.
The Spanish and American Com
mission. have considered the claim OF
i'erfectcr D. Rojas, who claimed
damages as an American citizen.
against Spain, for the confiscation Of
his property, in tho island of Cuba.
koJas filed his application to become
an American citizen 28th September,
1870. lilo claims that treaty was
'atlicd February, 1877. Tho