The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-12
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NOON DISPATCHES.

NOON DISPATCHES.
INSURANCE. rTEMs-oPPosrr1oN TO HIGH
RATES small Pox-JAsfAIoA TROUBLES
RAILROAD DIaAsrER-ARKIvAL OF THE
RUSSIAN FLEET, %, 30,
NEW YORK, November 10.-The pub-
fishers Of the Spectator, an insurance
journal, have! issued table showing the
aggregate LOSSES to companies by States,
the number suspended and assessed and
the number unaffected by the Chicago
fire. Total companies involved, 835; ag-
gregate capital, $24, ,939, PIG; total gross
assets. $l35, 400. .426; total losses, $S2,-
92I, l22; companies suspended, 81; num-
Der assessed, 28;s number not in fire, 81;
loss oi1oompanies by States: New York,
VT, ,500;:S Ohio, -$4, ,718.657; Massa-
chnsetts, S4, 483. 600; yPennsylyania. 3d.
0S2, 600; Illinois, $33. 878. .O00;c Connnoti-
ont, $9. 325, 600; Rhode Island, $2,O72,-
500; California, S2,i95O.O0O; Missouri,
$3I5, 200; Maryland, 1897, ,165; Wiscon-
aih, $500, 600; Michigan, SIZE, ,00O;, Min
nesota, 100000; Maine, $40, 900; Ken
tucky, $6. 800. Loss of foreign compa-
nies. $5,813, ,0O0. - .ls' 1a' ia a.a.a1u.iN
- New YoRK, November TO-; The Epen-
ING Post says q cordial meeting occurred
between Senator Fenton and Collector
Murphy, and the hatchet was buried.
Greeley is less tractable, but it is under
stood that:he signs the truce.
OHIoAac: November 1O.-Under the
high rates of insurance, proprietors of
warehouses have ench determined to buy
steam fire engines fer their own use. the
whole number to be called out in case of
necessity. and each warehouse to have
steam pump to food the establishments.
TINS doing away with the necessity of
insurance. .
QUO or 700 workmen, nearly all dis
charged since election day, were around
the Court House, to. day, endeayoring to
get pay for six weeks work.
~ WASHINGTON, November 10.-It is be-
ieved by prominent gentlemen that the
spread Of smallpox in Eastern oities is
attributable to the sale of buffalo robes
taken from the camps of the Piegan and
Blackfeet Indians who were so severely
stricken with that disease two years ago.
since then, several Of the robes which
were prohibited from the markets have
disappeared, and it is believed they have
been brought East.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, November 6, 0ia
HAVANA, November 10.-The steamship
Ocean Queen, for New York, takes an
enormous Quantity Of coffee. a :'...
Aspinwall adyices, of the I'd, say the
Spanish war steamship Tornado was still
watching the American steamship Virgil
MIA, and an attempt to capture is appre-
hended, despite the protectorate assumed
by the Granadian and United States
Consuis. s -ib i. -
Peruvian adyices say smallpox is rag
ing at Levra.
The Presidential elections favored
Gen. Prado. There were fears that the
Government would nrllity the election
and proclaim Gen. Echevigua temporary
President, with the assistance Of the
army, and subsequently appoint Eche.
vigua, his brother, Dictator. In this
event, revolution is expected. Prado
has 5000 soldiers, and it is believed will
begin war If the Government nnllifies
the vote.
LoUDoN, Va, November II "A new
company has been formed with IS, ,OO0,-
600 capital, to furnish rolling stock for
the Atlantic and Great Western Railway.
ST. PAUL, November 11.-Austin's g ma
jority is over 5000, with the upper coun-
ties unheard from.
LOUISVILLE, November 11.-The Ma
tional Steamboat Convention adopted
resolutions for committee of two from
eaoh State to draft new steamboat law
and urge it's passage. The committee
having power to call the convention
whenever necessary. The Committee on
Grievances report che present law and
regulations indefinite in its provisions,
and compels owners to test their inven-
tions against their Judgment of their
utility or safety. It leaves the local in
spectors discretionary powers only
against steamboat owners and their in.
terests. The law empowers supervis-
ors to compel owners to purchase pa
tented devices at pleasure. The com.
mittee recommend that the whole sub
Jeot be referrod to q committee, to draft
suitable bill and secure it's passage.
Adopted.
C1NO1NNATI, November 1l.-A meeting
OF tobacco manufacturers and dealers
agreed that bonded warehouses are un.
necessary; that the peddling system
should be | OF or guarded against frauds,