The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-12-08

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RIoznsotD. December THE mem
ber1 Of the Board Of Trade, with q nun,
ber OF citizens, departed ON an exour.
si0ns this morning, for CITY Point.
Petersburg and Norfolk. 's'N
RALRIeH, December THE House
regcinded its resolution sendinR a com
mittee TO New York to investigate frauds
in tha sale OF North Carolina bonds, and
resolved itself intoa COMMITTEES OF the
Wh0io,, and, lsnmmoned the Superin.
tendenf pf Public Works and, Treasurer.
The TotxA Aeesappeafed apd was examined,
but the latter declined. The House ad-
journed without anything definite.
NEW YORK, December Sd. j. Eckel,
who became notorious through his con-
nection with the Burdell murder some
years since, and who was serving three
years sentence in the Albany Peniten-
tiaEy, som conviction as one of the princi-
pelD .ansthe famous Blaisdell e. Eckel
whiskey frauds, died at the penitentiary
ON Saturday morning, of dropsy. brought
ON by confinement.
A Chbaa, letter to the New York
ITibune contains accounts Of three en-
gagements on the, 11th and 18th Novem-
ber. The Spanisfds attacked the Cuban
position ct Macagna. in large force. and
o,,rs. we're SEsghlAsd e With heavy loss, sphas-
gas hssyy s Isnasa olgnP .' Of spaaia1ds
TrihidSd, aha tufsnedi byshe vi eSs Gnbana mes1 20
the suburbs OF the city. A detachment
of Catalans was anniIiIated mon the
line of the Puerto Principe Railroad.
MoNTaoMFRY, December 6.-The citv
election for Mayor, Clerk and Aldermen.
passed OF quietly. Mayor Glasscock,
the present inCum mbent Republican. !
was, reelected by GIG majority. Hughes.
for Clerk, I'll majority. All the Alder
men, representing the Glassoock ticket.
were also elected. Many conservatives
voted for Glasscock, and nearly 400 failed
to vote at all. Two negro Aldermen
were elected.
MonTGoMERY. December TN the
Senate, memorial from the Board of
Regents Of the State University was
read 1titasked heavy donations from
the State, and acknowledged that the
On1verslty, asAsipresent controlled, had
not been O. success; and thot in conse-
quenoe OF the. enemies of the present
Faculty, only thirty pupils were in at
tendance
A bill was introduced. to divide the
State into four judicial districts, and
oourelto tbe held twice q year by the
Circuit Judges of the different circuits
similar to the Circuit Court system of
tho United States The common school
bill-which provides for taxing property
holders to build school houses and to
pay teachers, was discussed. The effect
ls 60 teach the negro at the expense of
the whites. In the House, resolutions
were offered asking why teachers of
public schools had not been paid. Some
members asserted that the suparintend-
ents had stolen the money. A bill was
reported on favorably to abolish the City
Court OF Selma, and also to revise and
republish and digest all the laws of the
State.
PHILADELPHIA, December 7.--The
Merohants' Hotel, corner Third and
walnut, Is burning. A chandelier fell
and within ten minutes, the whole build
ing wes in flames.
NEW YORK, December THE city
elections are progressing unusually quiet.
The candidate for Alderman in the Twen
tieth Ward. szas dangerously shot.
LAWRENCE, MASS, December 7.-The
democrats have elected their Mayor.
The City Council is equally divided.
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