The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-06-07
badly beaten. Tie Europa puth iiiiato
On On board the brig to bring her back 70

badly beaten. Tie Europa pushef i1ato
o. on board the brig to bring her. back 10
WAaH1NaroH; Jdno 0. .M-T6er ARricoll
tarai Hureau has issued no estiriategpf
tne groYisng cotton crop. No official re,
port mas been made concerning cotton.
A statement bf comparative aoreaos sns
condition Of the. growing plant viii be
made in about two weeks.
The'l labor committee fixed q BOD 50. 30
per day. Many laborers .efusa to ac-.
cept the terms. .,Infammatory speeches
were made last night. TIE following is
o specimen: Maroellus West said they
we're all laboring men, and must have
work to keep their families from starv-
Ing; and II they were to be kept out of
It by these contractors they would have
their THE contradictory blood, and should
this continue, he, would soy othem, to
take contractors head 'ioff his Ahoul.
ders, wherever and whenever they should
meet him. He told them TO 20 to their
Dlstricte and form associations for pro-
feoting labpring men, elect delegates to q
convention, to, draw up memorials and
resolutions, aud he ready to. meet these
damned Yankee Contractors near
est aud most contemplate set OF men on
Gods earth.
Probabilities Clear weather il probn,.
BILE for "Wednesday from Pennsylvania
to Iowa and Southward, and, rainy. ,wea.
ther will be experienced from Ohio to
Lake Ontario and the extreme Eastern
States, tonight, with partially cloudy
and clear weather Wednesday,. The
threatening weather which is now prera-
lent on the lakes is the remnantsib the
storm which was Mt Galveston, Juno 4,
and at Key West, June l.
KINGSTON, June g. The prospect for
very heavy crop Of coffee is excellent..
Governor Orr, OF South Carolina,
testified before the Ku Kiux Committee
to-day. He knew OF no Ku Klux in his
part OF tue State. he believed such All
organization did exist in some Counties.
ITS object WAS to intimidato voters in
1872 Orr leaves for the Southito.night.
There were several demonstrations to-
day by the negroes. At ono point,
aeven were arrested by the police. The
following order has been issued:
I GovERNOR's OFFICE, June 6-.Hr.
Gleason: Tn view of the present difficulty
with the laborers, and to preserve the
peace Of the city, we suggest That YOU
suspend the work on the Seventh street
improvemc cnt, until such measures can
be adopted as rthe occasion lemandA.
Yours, respectfully,
\, II. d. COOKE, ''
> JAS. "A. MAGRUDER, NJ
s. P. BROWN. -.i
Upon the reception of the above.
Clemson, who had white men working at
$1.50, stopped work.
The American and Spanish Claims
Com mission met to-day md considered
rules for their procedure. When these
are completed, the commission will ad-
Journ for two months, to allow claimants
to prepare papers and take Testimony.
in accordance With the rules. t
About the 1at OF August the Internal
Revenue Department will issue new
ata amps-one kind to be called sensitive
stamps, because the acid to remove the
cancellation destroys them; the other
kind to be printed in colors, making
photography impossible.
MONTREAL, June 6.-The bodies of
the unfortunate journalists, {SpaRht and
Lodge, OF the Montreal Gaseue,l who
went over Lachire Rapids, on the
Queens birthday. have been recovered.
The funeral took place too day.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, June ga terri.
BILE storm has prevailed here, commeno.
lpg on Saturday noon. A wind from the
Sonth-enet forced the waters Of the Gulf
on the island, covering, to several feet
deep, the Southern part Of the city.
About two miles of the G., II. & n. r.
+. is washed away. two miles above tile
city. The bridge across the bay is safe.
The steamship Alabama, of the Nor
gan line. with cargo OF cattle and
sheep, from Rockport to New Orleans.
went ashore, twenty miles West of here,
on Sunday, and will probably be q wreck.
The bark Virginia Dare, from Cardiff to
Galveston, with cargo OF railroad iron,
went down about six miles East OF here.
on Sunday night. The crew, consisting
OF fourteen men, were rescued yesterday
from the masts, where they had been
lashed since 8 o'clock Sunday morning.
Many buildings have been washed
away from the lower part Of the city. on
the Gulf beach. No lives lost, The We
locity OF the wind, on Snndly night, at
10 o'clock, was thirty-nine miles per
hour. Six inches OF rain fell since Sat.
urday 2 2. M. The storm also prevailed
to great extent at Houston, doing much
damage there. Heavy rain storms at all