The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-04-29
Dolnesttc News.

LOUISVILLE. April 2s.-A fight occur
red at Glasgow Junction. Tuesday night
last. between the Sheriff and his posse
and desperate named Shives, during
which two estimable citizens we're wound
ed. Shives was arrested and lodged in
Jail, and is now under strong guard.
It is thought that an attempt will be
made to release the prisoner.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, April 28.-The wife
OF Brewes, killed at Richmond yester-
day, died this morning from sorrow.
RICHMOND, VA, April 29.-To.day, all
the houses of business have been closed,
having Grape on the doors. and the in
scription: ''Closed in consequence of the
calamity OF the Capitol" The streets
are filled with funeral corteges. In tbs
funeral corteges of the dead policemen,
both sets of policemen joined. All late
political feeling seems to have been for
gotten. The bells of the city have tolled
oil day. and the streets look like Sunday.
A crowd OF about 1000 people are now
assembled in the Park, hearing addresses
OF coincidence from Governor Walker,
Judge Ould, Judge Crump, ex- Governor
Wise, and others, delivered from the
Southern portico of the Capitol. Thos.
8. Baldwin, one of the injured, died TO-
day. He was from Newark, N. j., and
owned large clothing house here. That
is the only death that has occurred since
yesterday. Both Houses of the Legisla-
ture held informal meetings this morn
ing, and agreed to unite with the citi-
zens In any general funeral procession.
The body OF the colored Senator, Bland,
was sent home this morning, the hearse
being followed by white aud colored
members of the Senate to the depot.
Ex-Gov. Wells is better to day.
LATER.-This afternoon has been one
OF funerals. In some of the churches
three or four bodies were before the altar
at the same time. All the newspaper
offices were hung in mourning. The
flags on the Capitol Custom House, all
public buildings, and on all the vessels
in the harbor, were ut half-mast. The
railroad trains coming into the city were
covered with emblems of mourning, and
many OF the trucks and carts through
the streets were also 80 covered. At all
the funerals, the old organizations to
which the deceased were attached, turned
ont. At one of them, the State Grand
Division Of Sons of Temperance, now
In session, followed the corpses to the
cemetery.
At mass meeting of tho citizens to-
uay, as mentioned at noon, the following
resolutions were adopted:
Resotred, That we mourn with pro-
found sorrow the loss which our State
and our city has suffered in the death of
her citizens; that we offer, with sad
dened hearts and fearful eyes, our pro.
foundest sympathies to the bereaved and
to the suffering. and fervcntly pray that
as their days of affection are, so may
their strength be.
Resolued, That Wednesday next, the
4th OF May, be set apart as day OF hu-
initiation, prayer and religious service.
on which day the people of this city are
requested to assemble in their respective
places of public worship, at such hours
as may be designated by the clergy,
who are respectfully invited to co.ope.
rate in the purpose of this resolution.
Expressions of sympathy for the suf
ferers by the disaster, are coming in