The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-29
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LONDON, MAY 20.-The debat6 in the
House OF Commons, last night, on the
supplemental article to the treaty of
Washington, and the reply Of Gladstone
to questions OF Disraeli. relative thereto,
form the anbject Of leading editorial ar
tlcies In the London morning Journals
Inc answer OF Gladstone is regarded as
unsatisfactory, as it adds nothing to the
subject.
VIENNA, May 2s.-Arohduchess 3d.
phia, mother of Emperor Francis Joseph.
died this morning, Of typhoid fever.
American IntclIigeneo.
New YoRK, May 27.-The following
are the names OF vessels engaged in zeal
fishing, known to be lost Of the coasts
OF Labrador and New Foundland, dur
ing the spring season, as ascertained by
the New York Times: Maid of judah, 81
men; Spark, 1O2; Bloodhound, steam
ship, 125; Eclipse, SO; Rover, 90; Re-
triever. steamship, $50 men-saved; r.
Ct. Y, 100 .men-Rll hands perished; Au-
rora. "a; Lsplander, 80; Witch OF the
Waves, 50; Edgar. Dorsn. 1O2; Twin
Sisters, 80; Swan, 81; Lora Move, 115:
Flash, 101; Leonora. 81; First Fruit, rs;
Land OF the lsles, rs; Esquimaux, 1O4;
Auster. 81; Margarite, 45; Hawk, steam.
ship, 115; Emily Ann, 113; Meteor, 70:
Ironsides, 115; Lucknow, SO; William
and Mary, 81; Pride of the Sea, 117-alI
known to be lost; Hector, 100; Brothers,
80; Iceland, steamship. 1872; Hero, 40:
Nightingale, 65 men-all known to bs
lost; Baiaklava, 70; Byzantine, 80: Her
bert Luby, IS; Queen Of the Isles. 96:
Hunter, 5O men-all known to have
perished; Mary Jane, 43; Red Man, 65:
Home cf the North, 1872.
Others have not yet been heard from.
but all those reconnted above have been
totally wrecked, and their crews have
not been accounted for, except in very
rare instances; and the few who were
saved could not give any definite intelli-
genoe OF those they had left behind
them. Ont Of 1000 souls only 175 have
been accounted for. Most of these
vessels were dashed to pieces on icebergs
ana fields OF Ice, during terrific hurri-
American companies, and merchants in
this city and Massachusetts were largely
interested in the fleet. The wholesale
disaster spreads poverty and ruin
throughout Newfoundland, where the
victims nearly all belonged, as we'll as
the vessels generally.
During the night of the loss. the
steamship Retriever and sixtsen sail of
vessels were hemmed in by high boul-
ders and bergs, over which tremendous
seas lashed high and wild. While this
feet lay to, as last effort to survive the
hurricane, many crafts ont down each
other, and one fearful instance ia re-
corded, wherein II vessel, driven on an
iceberg by huge sea, fell back, With a
mighty crash, upon the brig Twin Sis.
ters, which lay beneath the berg. A
large number Of men were instantly
cruahed to death. and the Twin Sisters
was literally burst in two. The rest.
only fifteen, out of ninety eight, clung
to the broken apars, and were, by
chance, picked up by the Grew OF the
Retriever. The day after the storm, the
ice opened, and the steamship Retriever
made land; on reaching which, she sunk
and keeled over, but her crew succeeded
in escaping to the shore. She was the
only vessel that reached the shore, out OF
the fleet OF sixteen that were in her vici.
nifty, during the hurricane. Hundreds
OF the fleet are still to be heard from.
and their fate may be even as gloomy as
that Of the fofty-one vessels, of which the
above account is given by the Times.
The. disaster occurred on the night Of
tAo a4su Va dpIu. 1ue Euln OF the seal
fishery l. complete.
The report of the snb-committee re-
garding the Methodist Book Concern
indicates q huge swindle in nearly all
departments and parties.
Thirty pers ms were injured by the
explosion Of the Epsilon; six fatally.
The bodies Of the captain and fireman
were not recovered. Low water in the
boiler is said to be the cause.
WAsHrNaToN, May 28.-In the Senate
among the amendments to the tariff and
tax bill was restoration of ten per cent
on products East OF Cape Good Hope,
when imported from countries West
The object is to encourage direct ship
ment.
In the House, bill was passed an.
thorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to refund the duty paid on tea and coffee
in bond on the 1st of July.
In the House. the extension of the
suspension OF habeas corpus was defeated,
by 1O3 to "a.
NEW York, May 28-Eveninp.-It ia
estimated that 10000 men are engaged
in the strike in this city.
It is stated that Captain Hollenbeck.
OF the unfortunate steamer Epsilon, re-.
v,oovlrx,1 hot hn no. Al