The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-14

roreIan Affairs.

to daughter.
Representatives of the London press
entertained Stanley at the Garrick Club.
A Especial despatch from Madrid to the
London Times says King Amadeus has
not, as reported by telegraph from that
city, signed q decree providing for the
gradual abolition Of slavery in Cuba and
Porto Rico. The document which he
has signed is simply code Of rules, pro-
viding for the enforcement of the law
passed by the Cortes in 1869, making
preparations for tho emancipation of the
slaves in the Spanish colonies.
GENEVA, August ia cotton fac
tory was burned to.duy; loss 10000. O0O
francs. 800 are out Of employment.
American Matters.
CHARLESTON. August 3.-Arrived-
Steamship Gulf Stream, Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON. August 13.-Grant is
expected for Fridays Cabinet.
Southern Michigan will move Eastward
and South westerly and North. .easterly
winds over the lower lakes. Cloudy and
threatening weather, with occasional rain
areas, over New York aud New England.
On the South Atlantic and Gulf, variab
Southerly and. Northerly winds, with
partly cloudy weather and rare coast
rains. Clear weather and Northcrly and
Westerly winds in the Northwest and
the Mississippi and the Ohio valleys on
Wednesday.
BALTIMORE, August 80 Baldwin
was arrested and released on 81, 900 bail
not to fight in Maryland. Mace was not
arrested. 'rt =
New YORK, August 13.-Six cases of
sun-stroke were reported yesterday.
There were several Showers accompa-
MED By lightning aud thunder, last
night, and continuing this morning till
lO O'Clock, when it. cleared again, and.
has become extremely. hot.
A Greensboro, N: O., despatch says
that negro named Jim Johnson was
arrested there, yesterday. for an attempt
to poison a party of twenty six on the
occasion OF the commencement OF Rev.
Eontain's Female Academy. at Reid.
vile, On the 9th instant. johnson, to
avenge himself. for a supposed grievance
by vFontain, poisoned the ice cream,
which he had been directed TO freeze,
and the entire supper party Of twenty
six, including many young ladies, be-
longing to the elite of society, were
subsequently seized with poisonous
symptoms. No one has yet died, but
the physicians say several will not reco-
YER. When arrested, johnson called
upon the negroes to rescue him. The
community threaten him with lynching.
1t is expected the political discussion
between the oolored men Saunders flor
Greeley) and Garnett flor Grant) will
take place Thursday evening. A chaI-
lenge has been sent by Saunders to Rev.
w. f. Butler. a Grant colored man, in.
viting him to meet his colleague, George
W. Halton (for Greeley) in like manner
Senator Henry Wilson returned here,
yesterday, from Indiana.
A Washington despatch snys that Col.
Whitley, chief Of the secret service di-
vision, reports in favor of the pardon of
collins and seventeen others OF tie Ku
Kiux from South Carolina. imprisoned
at Albany. Collins was one of the per-
sons Tor whom Gerritt Smith had inter
qeded, and is an illiterhte, simple-
man ,qf seventeen years. The other
ssases are analogous to Collina'. Colonel
.MFieety reports against the pardon Of
Brnwn, Tor Yhohn'a "a accommodation was
m9da jby NH Smith, but makes no re-
command datioao in the remaining forlv.
six cases. ut is understood that those
recohmend4d for pardon will be released
immediately -
..Aprivate telegram from Rome to Arch
bishop McCloskey, announces The ap.
polhtment Of Right Rev. VIM. Henry
E4er, Bishop OF Natchez, to- be Arch.
bishop of Baltimore, to succeed the late
Archbishop Spaulding. Bishop Elder is
native of Baltimore, where he was born
in 1872. Or
Some excitement has been caused
among the residents on Staten Island at
the arrival, yesterday afternoon, of a
Spanish war ship. with yellow fever on
board. Strict quarantine is to be main
tanned. It is hoped the scourge will not
reach the city.
NEW ORLEANS. August 13. The Pinch
back Republican Convention had
stormy session last evening. Gen. Hugh
j.. Campbell spoke in favor of an alliance
with the Liberals, and endorsing Gree
ley, stating that if the motions failed, he
would withdraw. The proposition to
fnse with the Liberals was lost, by 81 to
1913. Campbell, the President. with
eighty-seven members, then withdrew.
Col. G. W. Carter also declared for
Greeley. Pinohbaok declared that Re-
publican Governments in thio Gtotn oo,,I,