The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-01-01

ASpihWaif cable, ran ashore at the an.
trance OF the harbor Of st. Domingo.
with full head Of steam on. and Il viii
be necessary to discharge her armament
and Goals to get her afloat. =
Colonel O'Su!Eyan has srriyed from
France, accompanied by Englishmen,
TOR the purpose of making an examina.
ton OF the copper beds in st. Domingo.
New YORK, December 3O.-A Herald
special from Havana. the 29th, says
adVlces from Santiago de Cuba, dated
the 23d, state that, on the 18th, 800 in. i.
snrgents, including forty negresses,
armed with cutlasses, sacked and burned
nacapa, fishing village, five miles from
ehat city, opposite Moro fortress. At
tho mouth of the harbor they forced the
small detachment of defenders to re.
treat, and killed nine persons. including
two women. They decamped after talk.
ing everything from tho village. Moro
fired twice at the party but Intellectually.
AS there were no boats to carry troops
over, those which were sent to intercept
the rebels arrived too late. On entering
the city they found the corpses of the
victims, partly baked and in horrible
condition. The rebel President, Cespe
des, was IN the jurisdiction of Santinro.
A brig that arrived at Santiago bringing
report that the filibuster steamer Hor
net passed Inagua on the 18th, followed
three hours later by British steamer.
1t is rumored here and in Havana TINT
tue Hornet has entered the BAY of Nine
and landed an expedition.
SAN FRANCISCO, December 3O.-Chas.
Dell, who shot and killed Chas. F. Fish
er, IN Sacramento two weeks ago. wbilo
FISHER was beating him over the heod
with heavy cane for paying attention
to his (tisher's) daughter, has been dis
charged from custody, on the ground
that 1T was an net justifiablo in self-de-
fence.
Five car loads OF seal skins from Alas
ka, and fourteen car loads of China and
Japan teas, were shipped Eastward yes
terday The mouth Of the Columbia
Hlver Is free from ice, and tho steamer
George S. Wright left yesterday for Van
conver, with company of soldiers.
Charles Reed, station keeper, James
Lyttlc, stage driver, and Lonrnay, n
cook, were murdered on Christmas Eve
mt the Mission Camp Stngc Station, near
tucson, Arizona, and Miss Reed was
shot, but not killed, by party of Sono-
rlans. who plnndered the place, murder
cd teamstcr on tho road and escaped
ofcF Luc DOrucr INTO MeXlCO.
PITrsBuRa. December 3O.-The Mar
shall House, Mt Franklin, Pa, WINS
burned to-day. It communicated to the
wire bridge over the Allegheny; the
heated wire gave way, and the bridge
1eli: Five persons were fatally and many
seriously Injured. Twenty were on the
bridge when it fell. The weather is in
tcnsely cold, which made the rescue haz-
nrdous.
RICHMOND, VA, December 31.-The
weather has much moderated this morn
ing, and the ice, which extended thirty
six miles down tho river, last night. ia
being broken up by the ice boats to dav.
Tho house in Which Henry Clay was
born. near Ashland, Hanover County.
was destroyed by fire yesterday. 1t was
over century old.
The steamer Ellie Knight, from Balti-
more, got through the ice to her wharf
this evening. Navigation has been re-
The weather tonight is like
spring.
The statistics of the city for the year
ending tonight, show increased pros
pcrity over last year. Manufactures
hnye increased S5,0O0,OOO.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Decomber 3I.-A
policeman was convicted of voting twice
to day; he was fined $500, and imprison-
ment for year. Five others were con-
yicted of voting upon false pretenses.
% hne and imprisonment six months.
WASHINGTON, December 31.-Tho or
dor removing settlers from the Miami
reservation, in Kansas, has been sus-
pAnded
William Drummond has accepted the
Ospmissionership of the general Land
lS4ce. cice Wilson, of whom Grant, in
tho Cox correspondence, said he had
lost confidence. Wilson refuses to re-
sign, and will hold until the Senate
confirms Drummond. Wilson has held
The Office certainly twelve years. An
other fight is expected.
RUTLAND, VT., December 31.-Edwin
Hammond, the famous sheep breeder is
dead; his age was seventy.
New YORK, December 31.-The Herald
has special, which says it is rumored
in Havana, that the Hornet entered the
Bay of Nipe and landed On expedition.
Cespedes was in the jurisdiction of
Santiago. The insurgents sacked fish
ing village, under the guns of the Moro,
at Snntiago de Cuba.
BosToN, December 29.-United States
internal revenue officers have recently
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