The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-28

Rnclpnt times, Chrlstian nations revered
the Pope as an arbiter between the ,peo-
pie and the sovereign. \. . ~ .1..tt
Persian reports are unexaggerated;
famine, cholera, typhus fever aud plague
raga The cemeteries are guarded. to
prevent the disipterment of the,dead for
food. The diplomatio .an1 telegraph
corps have fled the country.
AmericAh inteiitaenoe. 80.
NOON DISPATCHES.
AARINR RAoCDKNTLaE OF LONG
PENDING TELRaRAPHf0 sUIP-vTgIr OF
The GRAND DUKE AhRxIs-sAhR oE
RAILROADS. AT ;AuoT1pN-FIIoHT ; oE
RAILROAD oFFIOIALs-pEN. GORDON BE.
FoBE THR KusKhUX COMMITTEE, 4u, 40.
New YORK, July 27.-A fore. and aft
schooner. lpaded with pine-tho first
part Of the name being sIsaao"-twehty
miles South Southeast Of BaruaRet,
capsized. Her broadaide is still out OF
the water. Six Of tile crew are olinRing
toit The rough weather has prevented
their rescue, but as soon as it oalms they
will be taken Off ..
C1NoINNAT1, July, 27.-A ,anit sgai nat
the Western Union Telegraph Company,
pending since 1866. for Sc, 5000 loss By
an naerfor in q oypher messnge, has been
decided in favor OF the telegraph COM
pany.. Tho decision absolves the com :
pany from oil liabilities on account Of
alleged error. '1 5.1
WAsHIsaToN. July 27.-The Grand
Duke Alexis leaves Cronstndt for Ameri-
oa, August 30, in tue largest feet which
ever called from European waters.
The Evangelical Alliance have an in
terview with the Czar next week.
NIGHT .DESPATCHES.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-Fish, BeIk-
nap and Oresswell are here.
The President has recognized Waldo.
man Bodisco as Russian Oonsnl at New
York. .I'T7'.'i nm
Probabilities-It is, probable that a
storm of somh severity is advancing
Eastward towards Illinois, with brisk
winds ON the Southern part OF Lake
Michigan. Rising barometer, with
Northerly winds, Twill probably continue
on Lakes Superior and Huron. South
westerly winds, with partially cloudy
and warm weather, will probably prevail
on the Gull, coast on Friday. 5a
Gen. Gordon was. examined to-day:
His testimony was generally corrobora-
tive OF the other conservative witnesses.
He knew OF no Ku. Klnx. as described in
the papers. Ha had been invited, by the
best people. to Join an Organization, the
object Of whioh was purely self-protec-
tion, with no disguise, Under. the lead
OF bad, whites, q rising OF negroes was
apprehended, which, without some or
gnnization on the part Of the whites,
might be disastrous. The organization
alluded to was not political, and was
never used for political purposes. Tie
negroes did not essentially sylnpathize
With the Republican party. They had
an equal interest with the whites in good
government. Alienation on the part OF
the people of the South against the Go
vernmeut had been increased since the
war by Radical measures. which they re-
gardad as great wrongs, as we'll as by
military arrests, without warrant or
charges, and the trial and imprisonment
OF the innocent he did not feel that
he or any Of the Southern people had
committed treason.
81. LOUIS. July 27.-Conduotor
Gibbes and engineer Babcock, who
caused the railroad collision by disobedi.
ence of orders, have fed.
NEW York, July 27.-The Alabama
and Chattanooga Rsiiroad bonds, en-
dorsed by Alabama, have been placed on
The regular list of the stock exchange.
Judge Bletchford refused an injuno.
ton restraining the Erie Road from
issuing 80. 600 additional shnres OF stock.
Curtis =. Wilbert, for some years con-
nected with the Tribune, is dead.
NAsHvILIE. July 27.-The State Rail
road Commissioners have resolved to
sell, Oh the Goth September, the Knox
vile and Charleston. Rogersville and
Jefferson. and Knoxville aud Kentucky
Railroads at auction; also, Nashville mud
Northwestern Railroad, unless within
thirty days the latter pays the debt due
the State. f.
NEW ORLEANS, July 27.-The flrst
bale OF new cotton from Texas was re.
ceived per steamship Austin to-day. It
weighs noarly 800 pounds. was raised on
Gaudalonpe River, shipped by A. Gold.
man, OF Victoria, Texas, and consigned
to, FRANKIE & Daniel, of this city. It was
classed middling, and sold at twenty
seven cents. .f
Recorder Dumont, recently removed
bv the Citv Oounni1 haa hoan annotated