The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-03-17

telegraphs are down and many vessels
ashore. Shipping is otherwise much
damaged. Details are awaited with anx-
iety.
VIENNA, March 16.-The Emperor
sent Count Patocki to salute Emperor
William at Berlin upon his coronation
American Intelligence.
New YORK, March 15.-The Fenian
sentenced for five years, arrived to-day.
The United 1rishmen have paid to
O'Donovan Rossa and other members of
the new Irish Directory $4,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15.-The vigi-
lance committee took VIM. Willis from
Jail in Virginia City to the basement of
the opera house, which he had attempted
to burn, where 1CO masked men hung
him till he confessed, duplicating others,
who have since been arrested. Willis
was taken back to jail where he repeated
his confession to the chief of police.
Light rains throughout California and
heavy rains throughout Oregon.
WASHINGTON, March 15-Nothing
official received from New Hampshire,
but oil advices confirm dispatches sent
last night and at noon to day.
Blaine was the author of tho resolu-
ton which passed the House to-day.
A movement is on foot for establishing
national revenue police to assist reve-
nue. officers in enforcing the law in all
sections of the country.
Subscriptions to the new loan to-day,
$1,000, 900. Boutwell, thinks that the
amount of 5000, 900, 900 will be placed
within twenty weeks.
New ORLEANS, March 15-The variety
store, 1889. and confectionery, 157
Royal street were burned. Loss $50. 600.
Irs lred.
A compromise has been effected be-
tween the Crescent City Slaughter House
Company and the Butchers Benevolent
Association. 1t involves the withdraw
of all suits. including Supreme Court
cases, the surrender Of 10000 shares of
stock, and the entire management of
affairs of the company to the Butchers
new Board of Directors, installed to- -day.
Charles Cavaroe President
CONCORD. March 15.-The Concord
Statesman thus sums up the causes of the
Republican defeat: "Had Charles Sum
ner not been forced from his place as
ohaTman of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations. the Republican vote
would have been larger. Had the San
domingo scheme been left to the opera
tlon of natural causes instead of being
pushed with unreasonable persistence,
it would have been larger Had Con-
gress succeeded in restoring our com
merce to the Importance it was before
the rebellion, it would have been larger:
and had some of the land grant bills,
however wise and just in them selves,
been dlscreetiy deferred until public un-
derstandlng had grown mp to them, it
would have been larger; and had oil
these causes Of embarrassment been
withheld, we might have carried the
State by the usual majority in spite of
the decentralization produced in the party
by forcing upon it unpopular nomina-
tions made in packed cancuscs."
WASHINGTON, March 16.-The Loyal-
lists Claims Committee make the iron
clad oath prerequisite to entertaining
claims
In the House, terrible colloqnial COL
llsions occurred this morning between
Blaine and Butler, Blaine descending
from the chair. The denunciations were
mutual and hearty. Butler said lie had
been attacked before with more ineenui.
ty, but never with more malignity.
In the Senate, Morton presented n
memorial frem the Republican Associa-
ton Of this citys declaring that colored
people were deferred from going South
by the Ku Klux. The caucus of the
Senate this morning reached 10 result.
The Senate caucus Tas long and
stormy. Eight or ten Senators were
frequently on the floor at once. It was
finally agreed to lay adjournment on the
table. A joint commission of five Sena-
tors and seven Representatives to take
evidence was proposed. It was agreed
to instruct the Judiciary Com mittee to
put the Ku Klux bill through, but to
entertain no other legislation.
In the Senate, bill allowing the sta
tue OF Professor Morse to be placed in
the public grounds was passed. A bill
removing individual disabilities came
mp. but upon an amendment by Trum-
bull making the removal general, it was
withdrawn. Several propositions to re-
store order in the South were referred
Adjourned for caucus purposes.
In the House, Kelly rose to personal
explanation. declining to servo on the
committee of thirteen, and called at-