The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-23
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American 1ntelIiGcneo.
HAVANA, February 22.-Moro Castle,
the mail steamer, has arrived, bringing
City OF Mexico advices to the 18th. No
important military movements. The
supporters OF Juarez are confident. A
serious battle was pending near San
Luis Potosi.
OMAHA, February 2-The track is
reported clear Of snow, but the washes
are detaining trains
80 OoLUMBUs. February 22.-Arkansas
and Mississippi are the only Southern
States represented in the Labor Conven-
ton.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, February o.
The State Convention endorses Grant.
CINCINNATI, February 22--The Ohio
River Convention urges steamboat asso-
Citations to resist the tux on tonnage in
the courts; asks 100000 to complete
the dredging and construction of wing
dams, and recommends tho extension OF
the jurisdiction of the Light House
Board over Western waters. Adjourned
to meet on the call of the Executive
Committee. X.
NEW York, February 22.-Three DO
lico commissioners. three fire commits
sioners. and the chief of police of Jer-
sey City. have been indicted.
PARKERsBURa, February 22.-An en-
gine and baggage car went down m en-
bankment, sixty miles East. The en-
.gineer, j. Dorsey, vas killed. The
passengers escaped.
WASHINGTON, February 22.-On dit,
Forney succeeds Creswell as Postmaster
General. :
MILWAUKEE, Wis, February 22.-Two
soldiers, inmates Of the National Asy-
!um, were found frozen, near the build
ing. They had been covered with snow
for mouth.
MEMPH1s, February 22.-The stock
holders of the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad have ratified the lease to Thos.
AR. Scott and the Southern Security
Company for ninety-nine years.
COLUMBUS, February 22.-The Ma
tlonal Prohibition Convention has con-
vened. 194 delegates. from nine States.
are present. Samuel Chase is President,
who. advocated q party independent of
the Republicans and Democrats.
In the Labor Convention, James Kill
gore, representative Of the Interna-
tlOnals, WAS admitted.
INDIANAPOLIS. February %. The Re-
publican State Convention nominated
-uCS' A|AoWa AoI 1OftTuOE uuQ COQlOve
s. Orth as Congressman Mt large.
ST. LOUIS. February 22.-Tle tobacco
manufacturers of this city protest against
the proposed change in the tobacco tax.
They want Is uniform tax,
NEW YORK, February 22-Eveninp.-
Nothing occurred disorderly. The mem
bers Of the Orange Society wore rosettes
and badges Of purple and orange.
WASHINGTON, February 22-Evening.
The President is gone to Philadel-
phia.
Probabilities-The barometer will pro-
badly continue to rise, with cold North
west winds and clear weather. in the
Middle and Eastern States, on Friday.
Falling barometer and rising tempera-
ture will prevail by Friday morning from
the lower lakes to Missouri and North
westward. Increasing Southerly winds
and threatening weather will extend by
Friday noon throughout the Upper Mis-
sissippi Valley, with brisk, and possibly
high, Southeast winds on the upper
lakes on Friday morning. Clear weather
Will continue in the Southern and Gulf
States. Instructions have been issued
by the Chief Signal Officer of the army
to oil observers at stations upon the
Western rivers to mako special reports
by telegraph of any sudden or unusual
change in the river. This will enable
steamboat men to take proper precau-
tions against the loss OF property by the
unexpected breaking up OF the ice.