The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-04-30
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LoNpoN, April rs "A critical in
pscction shows the French cu5lc to
be hrokcD 200 miles from the French
cGast.
PARIS, April 26.--A dcqposch frcm
Madrid denies The proclamation of
the Commune in that city.
BERLIN, April Bismarck'a
bill regulating the clergy tassed tho
uppor House. =.
News Items.
SAN FRANclsco, April a.
Ground was oroken for tho Texas and
Pacific Railroad yesterday at San
Diego. There was large Assem-.
blage. The Directors cay tho road
will bs completed by lS76.
Tho women and children Of the
Modocs were removed before tho
massacre Of the peace com m ission ers.
Modocs appear TO DO entrenched in q
neighboring Gave. Eleven dead and
one live Modoo were found In tho
lava beds to-day, making sixtecn
Modoo Warriors dead. Six soldiers
and ons civilian were killed and
eleven soldiers wounded.
Whom the cavalry returns tho
Madocs will bo attacked whore it is
supposed they are.
A dispatch dated the twentieth
says that nothing has traspired. The
troups arc waiting the return of the
cavalry and the Warm Spring In
dians.
LArER.-The firing Is huavy and
steady at tho hoad of Long Cave,
where tho troops wero attacked by
the Indians coming down for wator.
New YoRK. April 22,-Twelve
thousand emigrants arrived at this
p.'rt last week,
Chas. e.. Hampton was arrested
while di'posing Of $4,000 in bonds,
stolen from a Pittsburg merchant.
CINclNNATI,A April 22-Thirty.aino
Of the forty-threo s'okers at the gas
works struck for more wages and few
er hours. New hands are engaged.
WASHINGTON, April 22.-There is
nothing late at the War or Interior
departments from the Modoo war up
noon to-day.
BosroN, April 22.-J ohm a nderson,
Of New York, has decided to Professor
Agassiz the Penkise Island for the
proposed national history school.
LINCOLN, April 22.-Thc first grain
for week on the Burlington and
Missouri Road arrived to-day.
ALBANY, April 26.-The canal will
be opened on the 10th of May.
New YoRK, April 2G.-l27 keep
ers Of sailor boarding. houses were in.
dicted for violation Of the new shipp-
ing Act. Fifty two we're locked up
for examination.
The Purchasing Committee of the
Board of Indian commissioners have
contracted for l,503 doson butcher
knives and 100 skinning knives,
among other articles to be furnished
the Indians.
Twenty delegates from. various
trades unions in the United States
met in secret session last evening, and
alter discuss'on, resolved to postpouc
any attempt to enforce the cisht"honr
rule till 1874.
The bank statement sbows gain in
tie reserve of over SJUG,0U0 ; .oans
decreased Sa75,oo0 specie decreased
81 $4,000 ; legal tenders increased
%l,oUo 600 dcr10its increased ST..
coo. 900.
Most Of the sailor boarding-housc
keepers were released on SJ, 900
bail.
Recorder IIsckctt has received
more threatening letters. flo has been
follow ed by suspicious looking char.
acters. Stones and filth were thrown
against the front Of his house. The
police are on the alert.
GERMANTOWN, Ono, April 26.-A
father, son and daughter were poison.
ed it is supposed by arsenic in their
coffee.
WAsntNdroN, April 26.-The case
of Mrs. Hambleton, daughter of Mr..
Essley, of Georgia, was argued before
the Solicitor of the Treasury, Il. c..
Ban6cld. 1t involves 2,l33 bales of
cotton, seized in tho South west,
which wero purchased with the pro-
ceeds of her fathers estate, Which
was valued at $3Oo,0o0. Mrs. Ham.
bleton was represented by Judge
Pierrepont, of Now York, Judge
Loohrane, of Georgia,and Judge Nor.
ton, Of this city. Gov. Barley, of
Ohio, and Mr.. Janin of Louisiana, ,
represented osher parties, who claim
a part of the proceeds, upon the
ground that some Of the cotton was
purchased from them with Coufeder.
ate money. The Government was
not represented by counsel, though
the law under which the proceed ings
arc had appropriates $4,000 for thai
purpose. The report of the Solicitor
Banteld is looked for with great
anxiety, as tho case will solve nearly
every question involved. There are
$24 100000 in the Treasury, subject
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