The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-12-10
Rawley drowned. The Titan had hole
stove in her port side.

Rawley drowned. The Titan had hole
stove in her port side.
! The president OF Cthe steamship com:
pany hence to Havana, says his refusal
to carry papers thither, was in oonse-
quepce OF request from Spanish au.
thorities there, to suppress incendiary
documents.
MATAMoRAs. December 8.-The reyo.
lntionists are marching on San Louis
Potosi, Afeir and Camargo. There are
fears OF q pronunciamento here. and
business is suspended.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
WASHINGTON, December 0.-The in.
come tax expires by limitation on the
thirtieth instant.
There has boon 10 communication be-
| tween Grant and Akerman regarding q
change in the Attorney Generalship ;
though the pressure for an exchange is
great, and Akerman's resignation would
be promptly accepted. Influential po-
litical circles urge that Alderman lacks
the judicial force necessary to his posi-
ton.
The very highest authority thinks that
Fish will stick. Sumner did not sign
the Senatorial letter requesting Fish to
stick.
The Commission under the treaty of
Wnshing gton Rdjourned to the fourteenth.
Probabilities-TLe barometer will pro-
badly rise on Sunday i'll New England,
and the area of highest pressure will
move into the Ohio Valley and on to the
Allegheny range increasing North. west
winds, backing to the Southwest on the
lakes and Atlantic ooast. Cloudy
weather. will continue on the Gulf coast :;
partially cloudy and clear weather on the
Middle and East Atlantic coast. Dan
gerous winds aro not anticipated for this
evening on orr coasts. Warning signals
are ordered.
The Commissioner Of Internal Reve-
nue. mado the following nominations to
the President to-day:
Lawrence A. Gobright was appoin ted
as Commissioner from the District of
Columbia to the centennial celebration
ut Philadelphia in 1876. The Star SAYS
this is q merited and proper compli.
ment to the esteemed manager of tho
New York Associated Press here.
About 100 cotton cases before the
Court Of Claims were postponed, pend.
ing che decision of the Supremo Court
as to whether the Presidential pardon
entities the pardoned purity TO testify in
the Court Of Claims against the Go
vernment.
Senator West had foot painfully in
jured by a rapidly driven buggy, which
knocked him down while entering n
street car.
John J. Mott, to be Collector Of
Sixth North Carolina District, uice 8. 81.
Wiley. resigned; L. II. Brooks, Assessor
First Virginia District, rice ". ". Doug
lass, resigned; John Hagan, Assessor
Third Nevada District, vice VIM. P.
Hardee, removed; Henry Nj. Taylor,
Assessor Third Texas District, in placo
of VIM. B. Moore. removcd; Alonzo B.
Carroll, Assessor Second District Mis-
souri,, Uice Barnabar B. Smith, removed.
CHICAGO, December 9.-Bank officers
say their losses will not exceed $500, 900.
KINGSTON, ONTARIO, December o.
Tugs Highland and Hercules were
burned to-day; loss 100000. One per-
son was burned to death.
ST. Louis, December 0.-The Ma
tional Board Of Trade meets in New
York next year. A resolution asking the
Government to take charge of the tele-
graphs was rejected. A resolution de-
nouncing the inspection of articles of
merchandise by State authority was
unanimously adopted. 4 resolution me-
morializing Congress to establish O sani-
tary board and protect commerce from
local quarantine officers was adopted.
CHARLESTON, December 9.--Arrived-
steamer Charleston, New York. Sailed
steamers Champion, New York; Sea
Gull, Baltimore.