The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-29
American InteliIxcnse.

NEW 4OHh, = EoOruary IO.-Iue CQnr-
ter for this city, prepared by the Com
mittee OF Seventy, passed the Albany
Assembly, by vote of 80 to %.
Reports from West OF Omaha say
trains are moving regularly.
Three small pox deaths and ten cases
at Baltimore during the past week.
The Sonora atage robbers
Brown and William Andrews-have been
sentenced to thirty years in the peniten-
tiary.
The Missouri Lower House has passed
q bill to prevent unjust Discrimination
in railrond freights.
Reverdy Johnson, in speech at Bal
timore, deprecates the injection of con-
sequential damages into the American
case, as not contemplated by the high
Joints. If the Speaker had the ear of
the President, he would advise their
withdrawal from the case.
at Berlin and elsewhere on the CONT
nent, the English assembled in their
churches and held Thanksgiving services.
A special despatch from Bombay states
that the Governor and officials attended
the Cathedral in state; the Parsees as
eembled in their fine temples; the Jews
IN their synagogues; the Hindoos in
their temples, and the Mahomedaus and
other religious sects in their several
places OF worship, and offered thanks,
according to their various rules, for the
recovery of the English Prince.
The steamer Parthis, from Liverpool
for Boston, sunk Spanish steamer, in
the channel. yesterday. The Parthia
returned to Liverpool for repairs.
The Count De Chambord is at Dor
dretch, in the Netherlands, ten miles
South least of Rotterdam.
Scott and Leat have been rrrested in
Wayne County. Missouri. SCOTT, in at
tempting to escape, was wounded, when
be confessed to two murders in Hlissis-
sippi.
The Jnps left Chicago, hitherward,
yesterday morning.
Thanksgiving in Dublin was an i'm
mense success. The city was illuminated
last night.
Serious complaints are coming to the
Secretary of State and the Navy Depart
ment, regarding tho spiteful conduct of
the health officer ut Havana toward pas.
sengers on American steamers. The
mails are also searched.
The Importers and Grocers' Board of
Trade. OF New York, petition Congress
for ninety days time, if the tariff on
Ueh unu COueo DC CDanRoQ.
Vicar General McCoskery, OF Balti-
more. is dead.
WASHINGTON, February 2S.--The
House is considering the use of oertiti-
Gates of deposit in the Treasury of the
United States, by banks for clearing
purposes.
In the Senate, q struggle is progress
ing to secure vote upon the sale of
arms Investigation.
Probabilities-The low barometer in
the Gulf States will probably move
North-eastward over the Ohio Valley on
Thursday, and light snow, turning to
rain, will prevail from that river to Lake
Michigan, with increasing and possibly
dangerous Northeast winds on the upper
lakes. lE:asterly winds, possibly with
rain, will prevail on Thursday morning
in the South Atlantic States, nnd extend
Northward to New York during the day.
Northcrly winda, with rising barometer
and partially cloudy or clear weather,
will prevail in New England. Westerly
winds and clearing weather will prevail
in the Gulf States.
Nominations--Ro M. Wallace.
Marshal of South Carolina, vics l.. T..
johnson.
The failure of the treaty of Washing
ton is considered possible. With it Will
fall the proceedings under the United
States and British Claims Commission.
progressing here now.
The Committee of Ways and Means
will report in favor of leaving the rice
tariff alone.
In the Senate, Logan submitted ma
jority report adverse to, and Carpenter
submitted minority report in favor of,
Abbots claim as Senator from North
Carolina. 5000 extra copies OF both
reports were ordered. The question in
volyed is, whether votes cast for ineligi.
ole candidates are blank. The sale of
arms was resumed.
Scott introduced bill supplementary
to the Act of March 3, 1871, Incorporate
ing the Texas Pacific Railroad Company
The bill provides for changing the name
OF said corporation to the Texas and
Southern Pacific Railway Company, and
empowers it to issue the construction
and land bonds authorized by the
eleventh section of snid Act, for such
amounts as it may deem needful for it's
construction and equipment, and to in
cludo in the mortgages securing the con-
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