The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-09-30
NIGHT DEspAT[O]HlEs.

NIGHT DISPATCHES.
WAsHINaToN, September pa nm
bor Of delegates to the convention nre
here, en route homo. All we'll.
Probabilities-Th barometer will nro.
bably continue rising on the Atlantic
and Gulf coast and the lower lakes. with
pleasant weather on Saturday, but will
fall rapidly North and West of the Ohio
Valley, with increasing South easterly
winds on the upper lakes. 4 storm Of
considerable severity is probably ap-
pronchlng from Montana aud Dacota.
BALTIMORE, September 29.-The. con-
ventlon adopted various reports; also, q
resolution recommending Congress to
pass IL universal amnesty bill; also, the
following: 0
Whereas this convention has adopted
a resolution asking the General Govern
ment to refnnt1 tho tax collected on cot
ton; therefore, be it
ResolDea, That conl oil, iron aud other
commodities having paid similar tnx
be Included in the resolution request
ing q refnnding Of the tax on cotton.
The convention meets ut St. Louis
next year. The convention adjourned
sine die.
ATLANTA, Ga, September 29.-Foster
Blodgett, lato Superintendent of the
State Road, WAS arrested, yesterday.
charged with fraud. H. p. Farrow.
Acknowledgement, wns arrested, to-day,
charged with cheuting and swindling.
CHARLESTON, September 29.-Thrco
fever deaths in the lust twenty four
hours
William Prichard, colored, was hanged
to-day, at Iowsontown, for raping q
German girl. in 1870. -o
PORTLAND. ME-, September 29.-Ro-
gers. defaulting cashier of the National
Bank of Brunswick, plead guilty, und
was sentenced to six yoars imprison n mant.
Boston, September ga committee
Of the council has been appointed to ex-
tend the hospitalities OF tile city to the
Grand Duke Alexis
PHILADELPHIA, September 20.-Tho
paper aud rng warehouse of Jessup &
Moore was burned to-day. 1t was in the
centre of number of puper stores.
Loss $l50.O0O
New YORK., September 90 -Wm. L.
Shuttleworth. colonel of marines, is
dead; aged fifty.
A number of coolies, who had com
pleted eight years of service in Cuba,
arrived to- day, en- route to California, to
which point Cuba pays their expenses.
Commodore Oscar Bullus is dead.
SELMA, September 29.-The death, of
Clanton created universal and profound
sorrow In this community. To.dny the
church bells were tolled und other de-
monstrations Of respect we're made.
AT York, seventy miles West of Selma,
yesterday. drunken man, without pro.
vocation, killed his wife and father.in
law. and fled.
New ORLEANS, September ga meet
ing, representing the principal dry
goods, grocery, drug and Western pro-
duce houses. embracing $50 firms, was
held tonight, to protest against the
quarantine of New Orleans vessels en-
tering Texas ports. Pointed resolutions
to that effect wero adopted and tele-
graphed to Governor Davis. A letter
declaring there was no yellow fever in
the city, signed by Doctors Breckel,
brnne, Choppin and Holiday, was Tend
ut the meeting.
MONTGOMERY, September 29.-The
grandest demonstration ever known in
alabama occurred to-day, in honor of
Gen: Clanton. His body, in state at the
was visited by over 10000. The
methodist Episcopal Church, where the
ot "NS ttCACuotl, WRS ulleQ, ana the
square around was packed with people.
The procession to the cemetery was ovel
two miles long. It is estimated that the
Grape on stores, public buildings and
private residences would make line ten
miles long. The grief is great, and men
and women freely shed tears. The
colored population We'd in their demon.
stration OF respect to the great Demo
cratic leader Of Alabama. Large contri-
buttons have already been made to raise
funds to invest for the family. Every
business house is closed.
In Paris and its suburbs eighty. eight
per cent. of the births are outside of
wedlock and are illegitimate. Marriage
appears to be decidedly ''played out"
institution, for only one person in 1877
now mnrries in all France. There nre
80 few marriages that we
don't wonder there are no absolute d.
vorces granted. Separation DEGREES only
IRE allowed. Small as are tho marriages,
1t ia eStimataC' that opo o,,t IS .,.n..,