The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-11

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II CInoiaHATI. January 1O.-The Ex-
PEessmep g Mutual Life Assurance. Asso-
7 6iation1d in session here, 300 delegates
2 are prdeeht.s 4iamssls ,s..nl.J i - ~
-Naws YonK. January 1O.--Charles =.
Reks3, e3-Mayor Of Hoboken, suicided.
S ssdespondenoy.
sS14e GUARD has been withdrawn from
M3Ss 4afleld's house. al t il
saThe father of James Fisk. Jr., II gone
rosaay.ftom the news Of Fisk's assassina-
wxsz1saFos:; January 10. There will
be Democratic caucus Tuesday. a, a.
The Senate is considering bill to ad.
NIT ak Japanese youths at the West
Point Academy, The House is consider,
ing the coinage bill.
NEW ORLAANs, January l1O.-The Ser
geant-at-Arms'l of oOarter's Honse at.
tempted to arrest a, member. Asou ff1e
ensued, when policeman shot Walter
Il. Wheyland, who claims to represent
Sabine Parish, but was expelled by the
Garter faction, s.'Wheyland died an hour
from first blood. -. ''i,.s''
The Matamoras insurgent General
Tuiroga is moving on Camargo, with
.1,500 troops. It is reported that Cor
: tiBaphas abandoned. Camargo, and is
h 1atreating towards Reynosa. The ad-
Vance an6Srear guards fought without
z material result. A special courier from
the City of Mexico, on December 81,
announces the capture OF Diaz, with the
loss OF his artillery and cavalry. The
bells were ringing and there was great
rejoicing when the courier left.
EvANsvnnE. IHD., January l0.-A
boy. fifteen years old, while quarreling
with his father, shot his mother dead.
CaaAHA, January IO.-A report from
Rawlings Station says there has been no
train from the West since 9Th. One
train from the East is there, and another
was turned back. 'h,
COLUMBUS. January 10.-The House
for making the Ohio River constantly
navigable, and the passage of amnesty.
SAN FRANCISCO, January 1O.-James
B. Larme, California pioneer, died in
Brooklyn, Alemedee County, yesterday.
The Central Pacific Railroad is receiv-
ing all Eastern bound freight Offering.
Thousands OF cattle perished by the
food in Sacramento Valley. The storm
is still raging in the locality, and the
river is still rising. The overland pas
sengers and mails from New York, on
December "a. arrived Last night.
The latest advices from the head waters
0f the Kerneyver. where the fight be-
tween Charles Jones, an escaped convict
from the Nevada prison, and Francis
Armstead. who Wis spursuing him, oc.
curred, confirm the particulars at fret
(. received. Jones was hit -twelv6. times
and Armstead nine. Both died. The
fight is considered tho most desperate
= ever recorded.
!. LArEn.-The storm here hal, 1T last
Z ceased. .Cct.f
: New York, January 40-The Ocean
Z lea encountered Westerly galea. Three
4 propeller wheels were broken and her
Z sails blown into shreds. She enooun-
+ tered the Mountain Eagle in sinking
Z condition and saved the crew.
= Before the Investigation committee.
r. Bayson testified that his books were
seized. kept five months, and then re-.
/ tq{aeds without charges against him.
.-'l VIM. n. Eyarts was elected President
Of the Bar Association.
f. 44ANpAsYER, n. H., January l0.-A
6 slight earthquake last evening.
H QURRRQ, January l0.-Heavy earth
/ quake last night, which lasted ten &C.
oonds. The shook was felt in other places
In this vicinity. The people rushed from
their houses. No damage = a's Y
CHARLESTON, January 10.-Arrived-
Steamships Charleston, New York; Fal-
con. Baltimore. -.
. WASHINGTON, Japuary lO-Evening.-
AkermaA retired, and Williams assumed
the Attorney Heneralship to-day.
Major Merrill, commanding the Sc.
venth Cavalry, now stationed at York
vile. 8. O., has been ordered here, TO,
consultation on public matters.
. The National Woman's Suffrage Con,
yeBtinn convened here. to-day.
4n the Hoqee, the coinage hill was re.
Gom m&tted, after q long discussion. w.
y. CLARK, from the Fourth Texas Dis.
trict, was seated by a vote OF 1O2 to 70.
Adjourned.
Ia the Senate, Carpenter INTRODUCED O
hili adverse TO the civil service bill-tc
the effect that any regulation relieving
the Executive from responsibility for ap
pointments imposed upon him was ir
violation Of the Constitution. The bill
admitting sig Japanese youths to Wes
Point. after long discussion, went over
adopted. requesting the Secretary Of ths
Interior to inform the Senate whethe
the railway from the mouth of the Ohio
10 Mobile has heeA ooastrppted, as DON
tsmTp!ated hy the Act Of 1850, donating
public lands to facilitats i.s construction
and. if not, what steps have been takel
to complete it. ni8 UG
Probabilities-The barometer will pro
badly continue highest on Thursday
with pleasant weather in the Southern
and Gulf States, except in Florida
where Northeast winds and rain may b.
experienced. The pressure will con
Time to fall Northwest of the Obi
valley, developing into an area of 10,
'bsFometer. With rain fFom Minnesota t
Miphigan. 9opth-west winds and cloud
Weather will continue on the lower lakes
Dangerous winds are not anticipated fo
the Atlantic and Gulf ooaata To. .niuht