The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-03
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Foreign Affairs.

LONDON, November 2.-Mr, John
Francis Mcguire, the we'll known Irish
member of Parliament for Cork city,
and proprietor and principal editor of
the Cork Examiner, died last night.
The Court House floor in the County
OF Cork fell to-day; several killed and
forty wounded.
Charles Francis Adams sailed on the
Russia.
The municipal elections throughout
England, yesterday, resulted in heavy
Conservative gains, which are attributed
to the passage by Parliament and the
Much dissatisfaction was expressed at
the working Of the new Ballot Aot. At
some of the polling places, the process of
voting was 80 slow, that many persons
were unable to cast their ballots before
the hour arrived for closing the polls.
1t has been raining necessarily in
London during the past four days.
The cholera has made it's appearance
at Wexford, IRELAND, where one death
occurred At Gumbennin, q town of
Eastern Prussia, sixty-two miles South
east Of Konigsberg, several fatal cases
are reported; and it is also said to be
making serious ravages at Buda, in Hun
gary, where, out of ninety-four cases,
twenty-seven have proved fatal.
A private letter from Simon's Bay,
Cape Good Hope, mentions On attempt
on the part Of the famous Communist.
Assy, to escape from. French convict
vessel to an English frigate, tho Immor-
tality. Assy .endeavored to swim to the
latter vessel and was fired upon from the
French ship! A boat was then sent
after him and he was recaptured, when
it was found that his arm was broken.
PARIS, November IA band of 100
persons made an attack, yesterday, upon
Octrio, station at the town Of Bessegcs,
in the Department Of Gard, and wound
ed number of gens.d 'drmes. The latter
ants, several Of whom were killed and
wounded. Troopa have been despatched
to the. town to- prevent further troubles.
Adyices from Gmtha, concerning the
explorations of Norwegian Capt. Niles
johnson, represent that Johnson, in re-
exploring, in August last, the islands
East OF Spitzbergen, found the sea free
OF ice to the North-eastward, and indi-
cations Of powerful oceanic currents,
serving to keep open the higher polar
seas. johnson went North to latitude
of nearly eighty. degrees. DR.. Peter
man, the great German geographer, is
shortly to make public the discoveries of
johnson.
American Matters.
CHARLESTON, November 2-Arriyed-
Steamship Charleston, New York.
ST.. LOUIS, November 2.-Senator
Blair is sick.
NEW YORK, November 2.-The horse
malady is rapidly abating. The weather
is bracing. Eighty-threo deaths yester-
day, and 146 in Brooklyn. In Boston
there is no improvement in the horse
disease. In Chioago there are between
5000 and 4, 900 sick horses.
The Hall jury say that they disagree
on the willfulness of neglect alleged
against the Mayor. No jnryman sng-
gested that the Mayor had committed
auy fraudulent act.
The steamship Algeria took SG25, 900.
Woodhull & Clafin have been arrested
for gross libel. They were taken before
Commissioners Osborne and held in
5000 each, for trial. No one appeared
to bail them, and they wore taken to the
Ludlow street Jail. .u
special despatch states that train
on the Toronto and Bruce Railway ran
Oft the track near Ordea South, killing
G. Davidson, Isaiah and James Herman,
and seriously wounding four others.
The accident, already reported, on the
Jamesburg Railroad, near Monmouth,
N. j., on Thursday night, was due to
i, ,cerelessness in telegraphing as to run.
ming OF trains. The engineer and fire.
man, who were killed, were horribly
mangled. The engineer on one train
did not give signals for brakes, though
IN full view of the approaching train.
It was miraculous that frightful loss of
life did not occur. No physicians were
near to MD the wounded, whose suffer-
ings were for while dreadful.
The Protestant Episcopal Bishops yes
terday elected Rev. VIM. H. Hare, now
Secretary OF Foreign Committee, Bishop
to the Indians.
Joseph Ames, the we'll known artist, is
dead.
At an O'Brien banner-rasing in New
York, on Saturday, au unknown man
got on the roof of house over which
the attachments Of the banner of the
O'Brlen party passed, and cutting the
cords, caused it to full. Mt tho same time
pushing over q tall chimney upon the
crowd below. Several we're Injured and
one man killed.
PHILADELPHIA, November 2.-Tho