The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-19
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Foxslgn Affairs.

hssv1s the GoyerPsns R;9sns troops we're defeated
MADRID, May. 18.-Don Carlos Ger:
tainly escaped from Spain; his where.
abouts are unknown. .
t American IntelIIRcnee.
LEXINGTON, May 1S.-The races were
run In heavy rain storm. The favor
ties were beaten. Elsie won the first
'race-time 1.5411a, 1.57x. Florence j.
won the second-time 2.33A.
DETRorT, May 1S.-The Moderator, in
making the committees, said he had paid
no attention to distinctions between Old
and New School Presbyterians. d.
NEW York. HAY 1.-THE forest fires
still rage. It is feared Carbnndale will
be burned. v.4
A Cuban letter states 200 Spaniards
surprised camp Of twenty-five women,
six children and twelve old men, in the
woods between Guantanamo and Arroyo,
and massacred all of them. The Spa
niards subsequently were pursued by the
Cuban revolutionists, and many Of them
killed.
ST.. LOUIS, May ,1s.-Ool. W. B.
Brown, wealthy stock raiser near
Kansas City, was killed. it is said, by the
brother Of girl whom he aeduced.
The Indians stole 100 mules from q
battalion OF the fiftieth infantry en- route
from Fort Supply to Fort Hays.
PHhADEIPHIA, May 1e.-The Court
OF Common Pleas decided that local
option, regarding the sale OF liquor,
is constitutional.
WASHINGTON, May 18.-The Senate is
passed the awards of the Southern
Claims Commission, and is now consi-
dering individual bills.
The Senate recalled the resolution to
adjourn May 20. Several appropriation
bills passed.
In the House, the amount appropriated
upon awards Of the Southern Claims
Commission aggregates $349, 1874, where
OF Waddy Thompson gets $65, 900; the
heirs of Margaret G. Lee SIS, 600; Basil
Hall nearly $11,000. No allowance was
made for the loss or destruction or occu-
patton OF property, or for incidental or
consequential damages. J. Milton Best,
OF Paducah, KY. gets $4,000. A bill
making but one minister for the Central
American Republic, passed and goes to
the President. Many private bills passed
and conference reports we're adopted.
Grant, Col. Forney and Gov. Cooke
dined together yesterday, in private, to
show their political affiliations. The
President has gone to Maryland, but re-
turns on Monday.
Commissioners Douglas sustains his
decision that brokers must paw tax on
borrowed money used as banking capital.
In the Senate, bill authorizing the
Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Rail
road to transport passengers and freights
into the city, was introduced. A bill
issuing bonds for those destroyed and
defaoed passed.
ProbabiiitiesIThe barometer conti-
nues falling over the New England, Mid
die and South Atlantic States, with
Easterly to Southerly winds, cloudy
weather and rain. Rising barometer,
Westerly to Northerly winds and clear
and clearing weather from the Gulf to
the Ohio Valley, and probably extend
over the South Atlantic States, on Sun
day. Falling barometer, clear and par
italy cloudy weather, hn6 fresh to brisk
winds, North and West of the Ohio Val
ley, with possibly areas OF rain over the
upper lake region. Brisk Easterly to
Sontherly winds are probable for the
middle Atlantic coast, but dangerous
ones are not anticipated.
NEW YoRK, May 18.-A mass meeting
OF carpenters rejected the proposition OF
ths bosses for the eight hour system
from November l. All carpenters are
ordered to stop work on Monday.
The Methodist Conference adopted O
resolution electing eight new bishops,
one Of whom will be from the South.
Financial anu Commercial.
NEW York, May 1S-Noon. Stocks
strong. Gold steady, at t1.13%. Money
easy. at 6. Exohange-long 1.O05&;
short 1.10H. Governments dull and
steady. Cotton quiet and steady-up-
lands 24L; Orleans 245s; sales $50
bales. Flour dull and heavy. Wheat
quiet and heavy. Corn shade frmer.
Pork quiet-new mess 13.85@l3.9O.
Ffeights dull.
P. M.-The bank statement shows
loans have increased 1915, 900; legal ten.
sders increased 1,500, 900: deposits in.
creased 1000, ,O00; circulation increased
10000. Sales of cotton for future deli
very to-day $500 bales, as follows:
May 23A; June % 1916, "a; July "a.
"A 3.16. IN; August "a; September
22L; October 201a; November 19 11-16.
Money in forenoon 6, but later was
loaned at Q. and closed at 203. Sterl-