The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-10-11

oago, aid was burning fierooslyy. is poa;..
lively contradioted By despatch from
General Anson Stager, of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, now at Chi.
oago, to General Palmer. Secratarv ~
the Company here. Gen. Stager states
That t1re started in a,small house on
Thirty -tirst street. in the South division.
IN the afternoon, but was speedily extip.
8ulshed. 1ncendiaries were bnsy. Int
seven or eight had been hanged or shot
at sight m ''
The Spectator, mn insurance journal
says none Of the leading corporations ore
insoivent. A number of the less nromi-
nent have sunk all their cupital, but tho
failure OF every ono of these will neither
cause panic nor seriously affect the
general progress of insurance. A great
majority OF tho companies will pay losses
promptly. Some have already begun to
put their assets in order to louidate OBJ
ii,gatlons. The Spectator estimates that
tue actual losses of the compunies will
not much exceed $50, 5,O0O,O 600. The
companies doing business in Chicago
held VIA, 600. 600 assets, including ST.
ooo, ooo held by Chicago companies. a
rumor says eight companies have failed.
out IL IS better to wait for official nn-
nouncements. The President of the In-
ternatlonal Company leaves for Chicago
10 make settlements.
WAsHrSdToN. October 1O.-The sub.
treasury at Chicngo lost $4,000, 600, OF
which $500, 900 was gold
The Cabinet met today for the frst
time in several weeks Robcson and
Delano were absent
Frobabilities-The low barometer on
the lower lakes will probably move East
ward over Northern New York. Will
clou Is and rain ia Now England; brisk
Westerly winds from East Atlantic toE
Lake Huron; South easterly winds OH
tue middle Atlantic; will probably beI
followed on Wednesday by cold North I
west winds aud rising barometer. East
erly winds with rain will continue i,E
tloridn; North west winds with parlinll u
cloudy ana clearing weather North nptE
West of the Ohio valley.
PHILADELPHIA, October 1O.-A seriouH
RIOT occurred i'll the Southern pnrt Of th&
city. Five were killed and twentN
wounded. The militin was ordered tIE
the scene. lieutenant of police wa&
held in 81, 600 bail for obstructinp thH
polls. ~
LATER. The trouble com mtnced belE
tween the blncks nnd whites at the eiphtl{
aud fifth precincts, Water street. AE
crowd Of thousand were attacked with
q shower Of paving stones, followed by{
pistol shots A number of men nrmedE
with bright muskets charged about nntE
tired into the crowd. Tho buttle rayet1E
through several streets, courts un.l al evs. [
swarmlug with men, who fired uponl
each other. a number Of colorcd men
came out OF an alley armed with mus
kets aud charged upon the police. Tie
negroes were beaten back aud took re.
fuge IN tavern, where they fred from
the second story. Tho fire was sharply
returned Tor ten minutes. The neigh, a
borhood was loud with the reports oE
firearms. while missiles of ull kinds
whstled through the air. The wounded
were carried off by their friends. The
riot WAS finally suppressed.
ROME. GA, October 1O.-The North
Georgia aud Alabama Fair opened here
to-day. The entries and attendance uro
very large.
CHARLESTON. October 1U.-Arrivcl-
steamer Georgia, New York schooners
James Wall, Rockport; J. II. Stickney,
Baltimore. Sniled-stenmer james Al
ger. New York
Three fever deaths in the last twcnty
four hours.