The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-19
TRLEGRAPHIo
Foreign Affairs.

made an appeal to the Permanent Com
mission Of the Assembly in behalf of
Prince Napoleon. The Prince proposes
to prosecute. the Minister of the Interior
for expelling him from France without
authority OF law. The German army of
occupation has begun to evacuate the
Department of the Upper Marne. An
election having been ordered in the De-
partmento OF Gironde to 6ll vacant seat
IN the Assembly, the Republicans held o
convention, after the American model,
and nominated NJ. Carduc as their oandi-
date. The Conservatives had already
placed NJ. de Forcade-Laroquette in the
field. .-,",
MADRID. October 17.-His Excellency
the Captain General of Gallicia entered
Ferrol Sunday night with body Of Co.
vernment troops. He now holds the
town, awaiting the arrival of reinforce
ments en- route from Saptander and Gijon,
and, with his increased force, expects to
crush the insurrection without the shed
ding of blood.
American Matters.
CHARnEsroN, October lS.-Arrived-.
Steamship Mercedita, Boston; sohooners
Lilly, New York; Jas. 81. Gordon, Phi
ladelphia. ai.i 4N,
LEXINGTON, Ky, October 18.-Ella
Clay won the; first race; time 241%;
2.4lM. 2.43. Alta won the second; time
2.34,, 2.32, q, &c., ,,..,
NEW YORK, October lS.-A Newport
special, says Tint the officers Of revenue
seized q large lot OF: segars, smuggled
into. the country from Havana, on the
schooner Pioneer, Of New London, Oon-
necticut; not the Cuban Pioneer.
The Baptist Conference tabled a reso-
luton censnring n pastor who allowed
open communion. ...,nt.n
San FRANCISCO, October 18. - The
Britisil-ir0n ship Aculio, 199 days from
liverpool went ashore twenty miles
South of the Heads. in fog, this even
ing, and is total loss. ...::- o.i-.
ST. LOUIS, October 18.-Two.thirds of
the Eoening Dispatch, of this city. was
sold. BY ~. H. McHenry, to Robert Bar
clay, on the. basis of !Sl2O, 600 for the
whole paper. Barclay previously owned
one-third of the PAPER
SYRACUSE. October 18.:-The straight
outs organized State committee, with
Charles P. Sykes as President. and re-
solved to press forward the Louisville
nominations.
PHILADELPHIA, October 19.-At an
informal meeting Of the merchants, held
to-day, at the Philadelphia Chamber of
Commerce. the following was adopted:
ReSol0ed, That meeting of the mer-
chants, manufacturers nnd bankers of
Philadelphia be held on the 2lst, at the
Chamber of Commerce.. to consider the
expediepcy of petitioning Secretary
Boutwell, to relieve the money market,
by purchasing $4,000. 900 OF the inte-
rest bearing debt, with q like amount of
legal tenders, retired by Secretary Nc
VINEYAnp HAVEN. October 17.-Ar-
rived-brig Shannon, from Mobile.
Two are sick, and had one death from
fever.
BALTIMORE, October 18.-Right Rev.
Michael O'Connor, formerly Bishop iof
fittsbarg, died this morning, at Wood
stecx College, near this city.
WASHINGTON, October l8.-The fol-
low!ngls synopsis Of the report of the
statistician of the Department of Agri-
culture npop the condition of cotton in
October: The cotton prospeots have IN.
dergone serious changes since the Sep
tember report. The weather has been
generally favorable for picking. No vio.
lent storms are reported, and the drought
has not prevailed; the rain fall in nearly
all the cotton States exceeding two
inches in September, Florida alone re-
porting fully four inches, and Tennessee
three. '-7'
The devastations Of the caterpillar
have extended further North, even into
North Carolina, and have involved the
top: Drop partially. and in many places
wholly. The influence of drought in
the latter summer months has been en-
mulative in it's effects. and it's exhausted
vitality is more apparent than in Sep
tembei; yet there are districts which re-
port exemption from this premature de.
cay, and promise enhanced results.
The. effect OF fertilizers in advancing
the crop in the Atlantic States, and the
continued effect OF worms and drought
IN shortening tho season of growth, will
greatly hasten the clote of picking. In
some places. the crop is already gather
ed' and in many othere the fields will be
clean early in November. The general
average Of condition is reduced from 81
in the first week of September to SO in
October. In October OF last wear. the
average was 76. which was material re-.
duction from that of the present month.
1t vii! be seen that the condition is still