The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-23
TDLHGRAPHIo
Foreign Affairs.

Bslfast. last evening, report the condi-
tion OF the oity as somewhat better thar
during the day. The encounters be.
tween the citizens had ceased, but mobs
of desperadoes were still enga ged in
wreoking.
LONDON. August 22.-Messrs. Glad.
stones & Co.,, large East India and China
merchants, heretofore in 6rst-rate stand.
ing, have failed. Their liabilities are
92, 100000. The firm is represented in
the directory of the Bank of England
and other banking institutions. The
failure fettens the market for consols.
American Matters.
MEMPHIS, August 22.-S. O. P. Lamar
has been nominated for Congress by the
Conservatives of the First Mississippi
District.
COLUMBUS. ONO, August 22.-The
delegates of the Labor Reform party met
yesterday. Resolutions we're adopted,
declaring it inexpedient to nominate
candidates, and leaving members of the
party free to vote as they choose.
BosToN, August GA thinly attend
ed State Labor Reform Convention was
held yesterday, in South Framingham.
No nomi nations.
MONTREAL, August Referring to
organizations in aid Of Cuba, the Co
vernor-General issues a proclamation
against infringement of tho neutrality
laws.
NASHVILLE, August 22.-Ex-Senator
Fowler has been nominated by the Libe-
raj electors.
New YORK, August 22.-The Spanish
frigate Numancia has been condemned
by the health officers as plague. ship.
.Fumigation is useless. and new cases of
malignant disease break out daily. APP
,plications of her commander for divers
to clean her bottom and for coal have
been denied.
An engraver, named Cunningham,
has been arrested here, charged with
, manufacturing bogus warrants of Mis-
'sissippi, of which it is said $50, 900 have
been paid at the Auditors Office of that
State.
The recent collapse of the wheat cor
ner at Chicago does not infect parties
here, as the dealers at the New York
Produce Exchange held aloof from it.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, August 22.-The
Republican State Convention nominated
j. Z. Young for Secretary of State and q
full State ticket.
CHICAGO, August 22.-The wheat cor
ner is more disastrous than at first re-
ported. The total loss is over 81, 600, 900.
BALTIMORE, August 22.-John Ritchie
.{Democrat) has been renominated for
Congress from the Sixth Maryland Dis
trict.
PHILADELPHIA, August 22.-The State
Labor Reform Convention held secret
session. It is understood they favor
O'Oonor and Salisbury for President
and Vice. President, and will send dele
gates to Louisville.
SARATOGA, August 22.-The first race
to-day was free handicap, for purse of
$500, for all ages, one mile. It was Won
by Elsie; Ortolan second, end Echo bad
third; time, 1.46%. The second race
was a handicap, for purse of $500, for
'two.year olds, one mile. This race was
won by MoDaniel's Katy Pease, who
beat Merodoo couple of lengths easily,
IN l.50H; Minnie third. The third race
was a sweep stakes for three-year olds;
500 entrance. It was won by Hubbard
easily. by dozen lengths; Nevada &C.
cond. Buokden third; time, 3.53.
NEW YORK, August 22-Evening.-T
Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows met again
this morning. A resolution to compel
snbordinates to pay one dollar per week
was lost. It was resolved not to ap-
POAaG dEbuu 1ubLTuCLOF. AT the after
noon session, q long debate was had on
the question OF assessing each member
twenty cents, but no decision was
reached. The Grand Lodge will finish
its labors to-day.
The Walter Scott monument, to be
erected by the Scotch residents of this
city in Central Park, ia expected in a
few days from Edinburgh, where it has
been modelled after the original Scott
statue in Grosvenor Square.
A five-mile rowing match, for $500 a
side, has been arranged between John
Biglon and Ellis Ward, to take place
September 10.
Probabilities-NortherIy to Westerly
winds and clear and clearing weather for
the New England and Middle States on
Friday. Partly cloudy weather and
Sreas OF rain for the South Atlantic
ooasta. Clear weather from Louisiana
to Alabama. and thence Northward to
Ohio and lower Michigan. Easterly to
Sontherly winds aud falling barometer
from Kansas and Missouri to Lake Supe.
rior. The afternoon telegraphio reports
have not been received from the stations
from Northern New England, Canada.
along Lakes Michigan and Superior and
Minnesota.
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