The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-12-30

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AmsFican 1ntcllI3encs.
New, YoRk, December 2o..-sA large
number OF the newly elected Legislators
are ct the Fifth AvenueA Hotel. Alyord
will be Speaker of the House.
stokes is candidate for United
Fne Erie Railroad has declared q diyi
dend Of three and q half per cent. on its
preferred stock. =
.a Rnfus Ripley. gold clerk of tho Bank
OF New York, suicided. to-day.
IeMfepvrted that Fisk has icoupro.
missed With Mrs. Mansfield for $50, GOO.
A"ho Emigration Commissioners have
iarga number of unemployed laborers
ON hand, who want to go South.
80: General Lu Oeoelia, a Communist
fans General. and his wife. have arrived
Cornell. Riobard Tweed and Dsvlip
are Tweed's bail. Tweed has surrender.
ed.to the sheriff aud resigned the Com
missionerahip of Public Works. Mayor
Hall has appointed Geo. w. Vannort
Commssioner.
CINCINNATI December 29.-A meeting
OF citizens in opposition to the expendi-
tare by the city OF $4,000, 900 to build
Sonehern railroads, has been held.
= Ihe committee on the Mcpherson
monument. will sue sculptor Jones for
$10.125 for failure to complete the work
within the specified time.
LdTT1H RooK, December ga whole
square wae burned last night, including
the Journal Office.
OMAHA, December 29.-The Pacific
Railroad is clear. All trains are movinty
,Un time. "eiii-to
I.
sn sn.ANNAPo1Is. December 29.-Professor
II. g.. McOnllooh. of the Washington
:apd Lee University, testifies that Aiken's
.esss ere :cenfcient to prove The prs-
sence OF antimony. He considers Aiken's
'analysis radically defective, because he
did not get the metal. McCullooh, ex-
tperimenting with ohloral, and also with
yellow lessamineS produced red precipi-
tate. closely resembling such as anti
mony would give. These experiments
were made in the presence of DR.. Russo
gents and others
WASHINGTON, December 29.-No Cabi.
net nesting to-day.
The reported disaster to the Wabash
Is unoonarmed. It is, doubtless. false
The departments are closed until Tues
day.
The Secretary of the Treasury has is
sued circnlars to collectors of customs to
observe the rules of the civil service
commission in making appointments or
promotions. TX
Thomas d. Long has been appointed
special post Office agent for North Caro-
lina. ID. -.
Postmasters who will be subject to
competitive examination number 8. .lO9..
Survey General Ewel, OF the Internal
Revenue Bureau, has left for Nashville,
where he is to decide upon the capacity
OF stills using cotton seed in mash. This
is the first application made at the Bu-
Eeau for q survey on distillery manu-
featuring whiskey from cotton seed.
A policeman attempting to serve a
search-warrant for stolen watch was
killed by the woman who had purchased
the watch.
Probabilities-The conditions are ia
vorable for the development of an area
OF low pressure in Arkansas and Mis-
souri,, moving North-eastward on Satur-
day. Threatening weather will proba-
bly, continue in the Gulf and Southern
States, with rain on the latter coasts.
An area OF rising barometer, with par
italy cloudy and clearing weather, will
probably extend during the night and on
Saturday South-westward over New York
and New England. Dangerous winds
are not anticipated for to night.
PHILADELPHIA, December 90. F.
Hess, j. F. Myers and F. B. Mccartney
have been held in So. 900 each. One Of
the party would arrest q countryman
and bring him before the other, who,
acting as magistrate, would fine the
oonntryman for violations of ordinances
BALTIMORE, December 29-The boiler
OF the Chesapeake Moulding aud Tnrn-
ing Works exploded to-day. Harrington,
the senior partner, was killed. Two
were rescued from the ruins badly hurt
SAN FRANCISCO, December 29.-Three
car loads OF Japanese and Chinese silks,
valued at $2,000,OO0 were sent East.
ward on Tuesday. 1870 tons of teas will
be forwarded to-day. The road is clear.
Two boys, aged ten and thirteen, were
frozen to death near Virginia City.
A TRUNK HORROR AT OrJRBRo o-Onehec