The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-07-21
Domestic News.

Domestic News.
CHARLESTON, July O.--Arrivcd--
Steamer Manhattan, New York; schooner
A. Il. Stevens, Baltimore.
New YORK. July 2O.-The steamer
Java takes out 1880, 900 in specie and
the Colorado S9O0,O00.
WASHINGTON, July 2O.-Provost Para.
dol committed suicide this morning, at
2 o'clock, with pistol His mind yes
terday seemed wandering and disturbed,
though he was engaged in business until
II lnte hour. It is supposed he commit
ted the deed while laboring under in
sanity, produced by overwork and the
intense heat.
NEW YORK, July 2O.-Baron Gevolt,
the Prussian Minister is here. He re-
fuses to receive visitors.
Sherman remains here to re-organize
the army.
PHILADELPHIA. July 2O.-James Glib
bons, chairman of the Fenian Executive
Committee, issued the following: In
view of the cmineney of general Euro
pean war and strong probability of Eng
land being engaged, general committee
of the Irish Nationalists, irrespective of
past differences, will be held ut Cincin-
natl, August %, to adopt such measures
DTOmOLc
independence.
R1cHMoND. July 2o.-Judge Guigon,
this morning, decided that the violation
OF the election law in one ward in the
city vitiated the lato municipal election
in this city, and another one must be
held.
A telegram from Danville, Va, says a
large number of citizens of Cnswcll
County, N. c., have fled to that place,
for safely, from Col. Kirk, and the North
Carolina State troops. An aged citizen,
named Bowie, had been badly beaten by
Kinks men, and was brought OH litter
with the flying refugees this morning.
Kirk was still arresting prominent citi-
zens.
B. f. Lindsay, shot for the seduction
of his wife's sister, by Capt w. F. Hay
ward, her father, at Chester, yesterdny,
died this morning.
RICHMOND. July 20-A telegram from
Danville, Va, this evening, says Col
Kirk has arrested about twenty more
prominent citizens of Caswell County,
N. c., some of whom wero badly NAL
treated. There is great excitement in
the County. Hon. Bedford Brown has
gone to Washington to see President
Grant, and Ex-Gov. Graham will meet
him there.
LYNcHBURG. VA, July 2O.-Col e. c.
Randolph, proprietor of tho Piedmont
Land Agency, and man of some pro-
minence and large means, was shot dead,
to-. day, in difficulty with Lewis VIM
bisch and John Wimbisch, Jr. The
latter received slight wound in the
head. The immediate cause of the
shooting was an insulting letter from
Randolph to young John Wimbisch, in
regard to some land transaction. Ran.
dolph was killed in his Office, receiving
five wounds. The Wimbischs' have
been arrested.
RALEIGH, July 2O.-The ha6eas corpus
case of the citizens arrested by Kirk, in
Alamance County was before the Chief
Justice to-day, and will be argued to-
morrow, when it is expected the nrgu-
ments will close. Later advices from
Caswell County state that from $50 to
200 citizens were kept in the Court House
from l o'clock p. NJ, until P. NJ. w.
-. Bowe, one of those arrested, demand
ed to know why he was arrested without
IL warrant, when lie was knocked down.
Another prisoner, Mr.. Willy, was plough
ing in his field when arrested. He re-
fused to go with them without warrant,
when he was knocked down, put on his
own horse, with his feet tied under the
horses belly, and his hands tied behind
his back, and carried to Kinks court.
The sentinels under the windows of
Judge Kerr's prison amused themselves
by cursing and reviliDg him. Indies
are insulted, aud, with their children, are
flying to Virginia for protection. Among
other arrivals of Ho den's troops here
last night was company oiInegroes, com
manded by negro officers Both parties
are denonucing this outrage as unlawful,
'lespotic and unnecessary.
ATLANTA, July 20.-Iho Epening Con-
&it"iion contains call from the Chair
man of She Democratic Executive Com
mittee for Delegates from every County
in the State to assemble in Atlanta, on
the 17th of August next. The same
paper asserts that the Ku Klux outragcs,
which were reported in the New York
SIN to have taken place in that County,
are false.
The Georgia Legislature has adjourned
until Friday.
The warm weather in England is in
terfcring with the operations of the iron