The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-07-02
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brought up hh tho Court of General
Sessions to-day for sentence. His
counsel made Il motion for delay be-
fore prnnouncing the Sci tcnce in order
that he might be enabled to prfparo
points. and exceptions on which TO
base application for new trial.
.\ftcr arguments the 'pfisoner was re
mahdcd al.il Satuldvy, when the
motion for, iiow trial will DC heard
The steam fiig.te Juniata, which
is EXPECTED to sail in Search Of the
Polaris this morning, is still Utf the
battery, where She arrived from the
| 3'rn5N!yn navy yard Saturday even.
Ing. She Will start to mv,row morn
! inc.
.'Th'e case. Of WovdhGun, Chn!o x
| Mooh, ':nai";rd fer mailing an OBJ
.*c"nc T'iAl;ta'i"n known as Waod-
hull 4 Claf''u's Weekly, was i al.
y rcschcd in the United States Dis.
:.tric; Court to-day for trial 4 fur
Their post ronomcnt was. a ke.l, uWi,g
to lie illness Of Mr.. Tive, orc Of
the counsel for dcrcn,c, but wac de-
Mod hy the c"urt. Tho cmpanr!iug
of tHie jury VAS then com menced.
= p to 2 +. NJ. two Jurors had Been
Iobtaincd. lrter four more wcro OBJ
tai"cd, when, the panel being cxhaus-
ted, new Ole wa ordered fur Wed
ncvday morning..
| Tue trial Of Frank Walworth the
pafrcldo, III tho Court Of Oyer and
Tcrminer, was, 9f,cr consultation be-
tsoen his cc'iliscl and the District At
torncy this 'tsorniug, post poued until
TO: marrow, whcn the wprl; of cmpancl-
ing jury will begin.
NAw lnwk, June 25.-An inpor-
tart political consultation wifi be
hrii here during the present week
Notices have been sent to al the
leading Liberal r publicans through-
out the State, declaring tha. it is
deemed adviaable to Recommend an
infnr':ial meeting for consultation, in
View Of the approaching clto:ion, hy
those Republicans Whose sense Of
duty and consistency led them to
support Horace GrecIcy. The meet,
ing will be held at ILL., Si. 'NicGcIa,
Motel on Thursday no; o;hn. Tie call
is sisucd by about three hundred
leadiE men. The proceedings will
be private and co,lidcMtial. They
claim that by ac'iug wisely and
unisedly at the coiNi'fg State clectiou
they ctnnot f.il TO impose their
past and patriotic views forcibly and
uScfully upon the political future.
Whether the consultation viii result
in declaring in favor of d separate
State ticket or not, it is Impossible to
conjecture.
Since the verdict Of IL mbrdor in the
first degree was passed on Sharkey
he has rcln psod into moody silence
and that chccrfulness and con(itl encc
of manner which character, ised him
throughout have now deserted hy
llo is to tc sentenced to-day.
Stokes, on hearing Of the ecrdict
in SEarkcy's oaSo, betrayed consider
able emotion and raised his hands In
dismay.
a dispatch to the Herald, from
Long Branch, says President Grants
severely ill and suffering from
diarrlGA.
HALIFAX, June 2t.-fivers arc
still ut work in the sunken wreck OF
tho Atlantic. v, Yesterday the, body
Of Horny NJ. Wellington, of k ston,
Of the fi'm of Wellington Brothers
dry goods, was recovered. 1t was
found in tolerably coca state of
. pre- cryation.
: NEw YoRn, juno 24.-This sorc.
noon the police commenced arrestiue
those members. of the Tammany ring
recently Indicted. At II 4. H.,
Thomas Comnnn, c::-court house com.
missioner, was brought before the
Court ef Oyer and 1'crminer, where
, he gavo bail other arrests ure ca.
: expected every moment.
Assistant District Attorney 4 llcr
placed the warrants yesterday for the
arrest of the ring officials in the hands
of Superintendent Matscll for service.
Matscll refuses to furnish Information
regarding the indictments.
ChN> TANrISopLr, June 24.-A
treaty was concluded between the
, hhediyo of Egypt and tho Sultan 70,
mutual protection of their territoric:
by which It is agreed that in tn,
, event of the invasion Of Turkey by {
hostile force the Khcdive is to give
the Sultan forcc of 10000 troo ps
i WAsHlNdroN, Jupc 3l.--The re
ports Of tho agricultural dcpaitment
Indicate tile following condition anc
prospects of winter and sp.ing whoa
respectively: About the 18th O.
June, OF Isl counties reporting tho
condition of winter wheat 2o2 ar,
above the average, 1853 full average
and 38l below Of 2SB counties grow
ing, wheat, l03 arc above the avcraec c
rs full aHcrago, and IS below
Judging from tic relative PROMOTION
fcf the above figures, the pros PEGS oi
spring wheat at this date Il rpear more
flattering than those of wntor " heat,