The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-01

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MADn1iD,. January; Isl. 600 reinforce
ments for Cuba sailed from Cadiz. ~.
BORDEAUX. January 8l.-The boilei
OF the English steamship Amazon. ex-
ploded, killing two persons.
American lnteIllgsnes.
NAsHv1nnE, January 28.-A fire broke
out Saturday morning in the wholesale
grocery store OF Ewing & Co.,, on South
Market street. The flames spread with
great rapidity, and in q short time the
whole tsblishment, two four.story
houses, was beyond being saved. The
stock WAS nearly all DESTROYED. 100
barrels OF whiskey were in store. the
bursting of which added to the intensity
OF the flames. The house and stock OF
Noel & Platter, dealers in -four and grain.
next on the North, we're also burned.
and Southwark tho leather establish.
ment OF John Lumsden & Co. and the
agricultural warehouse of A. M. Perrin
& Co., shared the same fate. Prompt
measures were taken by the, fire depart.
ment to. suppress the flames, but they
had made too n,noh progress to be ar
rested before the above.nat,ed buildings
were destroyed. The total loss on build.
lngs will scarcely fall short OF $3.50, 900.
Laramie. KANSAS, January 31.-Four
engines, coming down near Red Buttes.
ran into snow-bagked passenger train.
fliteen persons were hurt, but none
Killed; SIX. cars wrecked.
LOUISVILLE, January 31.--General
Wlllam Preston made the Alexis reoep-
ton speech. There was grand ball at
the Galt House. ~.
SALT LAKE, January 31.-.Attorney.
General Williams instruots that the Nor.
mons be bailed. Mining products are
going to. San Francisco and thence to
New York, ola Panama, as. freiphts are
lower and property more secure by that
route.
NEW YoRK. January 31.-The intense
cold continues. The Hudson and East
Rivers are full of foating ice.
A petition to the South Carolina T,e-
glslature to consolidate its debt is beino
signed ny financial men here.
A plaintiff. against the PENNSYLVANIA
Rallroad recovered $4,000 for lost bag
gageTthe Commissioners of Appeals in
the case deciding that the Limitation to
$100 Tor lost baggage il no contract.
WASHINGTON, w 'January 31.-Pomeroy
presented memorial of the Kansas
Legislature. for cheaper means of trans.
Portatlon between the Western and sea-
board States. The amnesty bill was
taken up. 81 'I
In thei House, the bill with reference
to appeals from the Supreme Court
passed. substantially as reported by the
Committee on Revision Of the Iaw. II
allows writs of error from Territories in
CRIMINAL cases. A resolution iustifyino
the Secretary of the Treasury in his
measures for the new loan, was discussed.
but no action taken. A report from the
Conference Committee for free importa-
tlon OF sulphur and mining material in
Louisiana, was adopted. The section
Tor plate. glass and machiner, was
stricken out.
In the Senate. bill declaring the
meaning OF the Revenue Act of 1870 to
be the exemption OF tax from dividends
OF certain. corporations for the last Ave
months Of 1870, passed. Amnesty was
resu med. Chandler spoke against am
nesty. Sumner, for his amendment. oc
cupied the day. A motion to adjourn
was carried-yeas 81, nays 25.
fsPbabilities-The barometer will pro-
bably falt on Thursday over the entire
country East Of the Mississippi. Cloudy
weather and light winds on the Gulf
coast and Middle and Eastern States:
partially cloudy weather, with rising
Temperature. in the South Atlantic
States: dangerous winds are not antici-
pated for tonight. ,
A squnbble oyer the emoluments of
the Mobile Custom House. during Mil
ler.s suspension. is pending.
The British and American mixed Com
mission, in the case of Thomas Wards
olain, for cotton seized at WILMINGTON.
award the claimant $620.44, to be paid
by this Government to the British Go
vernment. The award is payable in
gold. In cases of certain cIaimonta.
namely: George Adam, francis Doyle.
and David, Robert and James Toueho,
the question was raised az to whether
the expressed intention of the claimants
to renonnce their allegiance to Great
Britain absolvei them from British snb.
lection under the treaty commission the
opinion being that notwithstanding the
expression Of this intention, they will
remain British subjects until the neces-
sary formalities have been completed.
New York, January 3l..-The Re.
trenchment Committee hear Porter and
lSAh0nNk Fr;