The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-05
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Ing to tba meaning Of the law.
The ComnlasSoner OF Internal Rsve.
rue has redetSsaMs official report from
Hnper!isof Perry Asssipg that on the
18th ult.. Agent Batiy. S6oam panied by
six soldiers, q Unitsa5 States Deputy
Marshal. Deputy Collector. ana, an As.
eistant aIxsesaor, proceeded = from Ra.
leigh. N, o. to the 1AiEds District. and
made ri1mber, pf6 sHiRdSaa OF
t1kSseo. WaffSaSs 't6sve
been Issued foF tIl Che guilty parties.
robabilities-ForaSha Eastern Gulf
and South ATLANTIC lsSlstes, increasing
South-essteriy winds aud cloudy weather.
HALIFAX, april "A steamer has lust
arrived from the wreck Of tho steamer
Atlantic. The ship is almost intact,
Only q few packages Of +: her oargo have
ooms ashore. The report that Mrs.
Fishers body had been found was not
correct. The storyt in some OF the
papers shat Albert. Sumner committed
suicide is false. ,One OF his friends, who
was saved, says Mr. Sumner held on to.
the wreck as long as he GOULD, and then
was washed of'by the sea. The captain
says the stories Of mutilation OF bodies
~ ss@S SeSW oso AnsoCs auo tl6 I6pOIt6 Oh
robberies are largely Exaggerated. He
says the people at Prospect did all they
could 70. the living and dead; bnt arconr
the crowds who hocked to the place from
surrounding country, there were some
who rihed body whenever they oonld
get q: chance. The COLLECTOR OF Customs
ls awaiting instructions from headouar.
ters; and will probably commence an in.
vestfgation this evening or il :Ss .,c.n-
ing. The captain can give no explana-
ton OF the cause Of tho disaster, except
misca!calatfon as to the current and the
vessel's speed. Great Numbers of peo.
pie are leaving In steamers going down
to the wreck.
Last night, a coai train from Pioton
ran of the track West OF Truro. and
soon after an inter oolonint express train
from st, john, N. B.. came along. and
ran into the freight train. Engineer
Gam ,ron 'and Baggage Master Hunt
were killed. None Of the passengers
were injured. Among the passengers.
were agents Of the White Star Line, who
were coming TO Halifax to look after the
Atlantic
164 is the exact number of bodies
found up to this morning. The work
OF buryiDg them has commenced, and a
gang of men will DO sent down this even
ing to help the fishermen in that work.
The bodies OF j. Fl. Price, Henry s.
Hewitt, Mr.. Merritt aud Miss Merritt,
Of New York; Albert Sumner, OF San
Francisco. aud Henry Me,calf, the Sc
oond officer, we're brnnght upito the city.
LATER. Hat No stone will be, left un-
formed to recover the following bodies:
Mr.. O. NJ. Fisher and wife, of Vermont:
mr.. W. j: Sheat; wife. SOM and dauRh-
ter, OF Nevada; Henry, L. Wellington, of
Boston; Mrs. Merritt, Miss Scrymser
and Mr. Kruger, of! New York; Miss
brod!e and Miss Barker, OF Chicago;
Mr. Brindly and Mrs. Davidson and
daughter, OF England. Besides what was
reported THIS morning as recovered, this
completes 1.-The list of cabin passengers
who were lost. Capt. Williams and as
sistants searched the island around the
wreck thoroughly last night, and picked
out from among the many bodies bronoht
ashore those reported this morning,
which have been telegraphed for 6v
friends. The bodies reported recovered
this morning have been dressed and
placed in metallic coff1ns, and await the
arrival Of friends and relations to take
them in charge. It is thought the bodies
WILL hardly remain in condition to be
examined; so the oofhns have been sealed
and made tight. Another trip will be
made to the wreck to. morrow. Stewards
and men acquainted with the passengers
nave been left in charge of the wreck,
to take care of the bodies as they are
washed ashore. John Brindly was lost.
HIS name was put in the list Of saved By
m!atake-one Of the passengers having
mistaken another for him. It is now
proposed to bring all the bodies to this
city. and bury them together. in the city
cemetery, and erect monument over
them. The City Council, on application
OF the Provincial Government, resolved,
this afternoon, to place lot in the ceme-
terry at the disposal OF tue friends of the
dead.
WASHINGTON, April IA telegram
was received at the Indian Office to-day.
stating thasD r. Rogers, United States
mail carrier between the Whitestone
agency and Fort Laramie, was killed by
the Indians last Monday.
NEW York, April 4.-Robert P. Blake.
ley, the murderer of his niece, DIaud
Merrill, in house of prostitution in
this city, some months since, viii be
tried Oh Monday next.
Abont half-past II o'clock to-day, as