The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-03
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ooI5AnB summers one term amendment.
Charles Manly presides ut the South
Baptlst Educational Convention, ut Nash
vllle Nearly all the Southern States are
represented.
The steamer Japan took 81, 500, 600 in
specie from San Francisco for China.
Rev. VIM. 81. Day, for thirty-five
years connected with the Bethel Mission.
at Cleveland. is dead.
Havana journals publish the following
decree, issued by Captain General Val
maseda, and dated at Santiago de Cuba,
feoruary l: Any white male or female
or free colored male or female, who will
Drlng twenty five free or slave negroes,
now roaming in the mountains, to head.
quarters. will receive full pardon and
$500 reward; any male or female negro
slave who will bring in twenty-five ne
groes from the insurrectionary districts,
will receive his freedom. If bringing in
the number with arms, seventeen dollars
will be paid for each negro. Parties
unable to bring in the required number,
but who bring in some, will receive par
don, and the value of their services will
be taken into consideration in tho matter
OF reoompense The Spanish troops
captured and executed, near Oanto del
Embarcodero, Cuban Col. Calixto Pedro
and Capt. Landileno Perez. A heavy
engagement is reported in the Terror
Mountains, in which the Spaniards we're
victorious.
NEW YORK, March "A Tammany
meeting resolved to hold O new election,
at which an entirely new general COM
mittee will be chosen.
The Irish socie ties will parade on st.
Patrick's Day.
Henry F. Chorley, the celebrated mu-
sician of London, is dead.
Schuyler Crippen, ex-Judge OF the Su-
preme Court, is dead--aged aeyenty.
seven.
The Times states that Mayor Hall has
thirty.nine actions to bring against the
proprietors and editors Of that paper, as
soon as he il acquitted in the case now
pending against him; and also, that the
Mayor offers to bet he will have them in
the State prison.
At q meeting of the Irish societies, last
evening, notion to invite the negro
militia to act as their escort on st.
Patrlok.s Day was voted down, and an
ardent Fenian, fresh from Ireland, who
counselled cutting the throats of the
Orangemen, was elected.
WASHINGTON, March 2-Evening.-
The signal Office is advised from Keo.
kuk, Iowa. on the Mississippi, that the
ice commenced to move out of the river.
at 11.16 to-day.
Vice-Admiral Rowan, who has been
critically i'll with pneumonia, is recover.
ing
The President will be in PHILADELPHIA
from the 7th to the 1lth instant. to at
tend a wedding.
Probabilities-Th very low baromete
OH the New Jersey coast will continue
moving -eastwardly during the
night. with rising barometer over the
South Atlantic and Middle States. di-
mlnishlng North-westerly and Westerly
winds and clearing weather. The falling
barometer over the New England States
Tonight will be succeeded on Sunday by
rising. with clearing weather and North.
westerly to Westerly winds, the latter
diminishing in force. Falling barometer
with rising temperature, and winds back
ing toward the South, with probably
threatening weather, will prevail over
the Western Gulf States during tho
nlght, and extend Eastward over the
Eastern Gulf States on Sunday. In.
creased cloudiness and probably thrent.
ening weather from the Ohio Valley.
North ward, over the upper lake reoion:
rising barometer and North westerly
winds will extend Eastward over the
Northwest during the night.
Proceedings i'll Congress unimportant.
Only about dozen members were in tho
House.
The sevcrest snow-storm for years
prevailed all day. Tho Japanese kept
wi4hsn doors.
CHARLESTON, March 2.-There was n
severe North east storm here last night.
but no damage done in the harbor. 1t
ls supposed to have been heavy off the
coast.
SAVANNAH, March 2.-There was Sc.
we're rain and wind storm, last night.
Two ships, two barks and five schooners
were driven from their mornings: but
the damage was very slight, excepting to
the hosting machine on the Baltimore
steamship wharf, which was totally de-
stroyed.
RICHMOND, VA. March 2.-The sever.
est storm since January, 1857. is now
prevailing. It has been showing heavily
for twelve hours and it still Continues,
with the wind from the North h-west bio w.
ing q hurricane and the snow drifting nc
cordingly. Q
New YoRK. March 2-Evening. 1t is
fCDOrtOQ thnt n ,yorront hoo I,o.r