The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-22

SH7f & A&S4
The Senators arGQeticeut upon this.
though .theys bsbbfui freely opon other
executive topios. .-.-- @
ES IT0 Pf4babilities-In the ,.,EAskefhssphlf
and South Atlantic States, SWssfeEiy
winds. partly sloaay Aad clear weather. =
sass.,f,a ,aa| ts ,tA.t 4 slaarlana D aYr4lan Z 4, : :
h!!ss By 4onthsrn and .Atln,ifo: Lin1llify1.
r. JERsRx ic1ry., N; j., AtardKi 2i!-At
,qaon. to-day. q hre occurred IN The long
dock. at jersey Oity, where She freight
and passehget depot of the Erie Railroad
is located. 9sssoTs tt.hs Aremer reached
the spot the depot and Ave srame build.
ings were in flames. High winds scat.
tered the sparks and embefs in all direo.
tionss and ths fire spfsai to the Pavonia
ferry house and Taylor's saloon. Other
alarms were sounded, and the entire city
hre.department WAS soon on hand, but
their efforts were partially .iiuseleas, in
consequence OF the scarcity Of water.
Ihe New York fire Departments steaner
fqlieh With q number of smaller tug
boats; threw immense quantities OF water
on the flames, but this did little towards
e1tinguishing the flames. The depot
master Of the Erie Railroad, assisted by
a number of oitizens, succeeded in re-
movin1'a large number OF care beyond
the reach Of the flames, thus materially
lessening the loss. It is impossible at
the present moment to estimate tho pro-
bable Toss, but it will not fall short OF
SLb9O. 900 on the buildings, slips. and
merchandise. The loss on the buildings
and slips falls on ,fhe railroad company,
while that on the mefchahdise falls uu
the shippers and yousignees. Asdense
smoke arose from fhe ynon6agrAtion. II
was feared the shipping might bs endan-
geree,, bns Fortunately they ssoapat de
was eompletely ggttsd. The uev freight
depot, which oost $40. 900. has been also
destfoyed, togesher with 400 bales .of
portion ri the freight in the, old depot
Sas : :, al also destroyed. making =. loss Of
$bG,Q 00!; The losa is. roughly eatipatsd
pob $l6. .Q00i ferry, building, $l2 600;
ing, $40, 600; cotton; $40, OOO; old freight
depot, SIS, 600; freight. $5O, Goo.
eafly this morning In tue gept,anen'a a
furnishing and shirt store, OF s2fatibn 4
Hafieke, No, lbs West Baltimore street.
Tie goods we're hesrly I'D IdastrSyed:
Loss, about Slp, 900, covered BY insur-
ance. The damage, tps the building is
slight. The printing, office, MP stairs, of
aqggenheither g. &sWeilawas damaged, Gy
ssAsS5k5ag5' sE aARysiiehatl " elalj and sb .atsf
sssso i9 sa sSo:a aS5ajz Eas fsssRay
asduittsdi afeer two trials, OF lhs,cRsSxaSS
pthnfd deffng his anns, xas 'narliei1lsss
wghea TO Miss Laura Holt ebfand,1Rhb
vss.uonatant To- him during biz ttroubie.,
The counsel who defended him in, the
9HRfnnsf IL % q' nfs ,.s sre' ptese3. at the NAV
srSnw Y,,. Yoaks,n sn9iaph.s Aaappoh. sf$4.Itsslaso III.
nsne al, one dime President, sof' 1Se
Knick6fb6cker Idie Insurance. Oompa.
ny, has been arrested: sf the shit of'thas
com pany, charged With fraudulent nss of
over $26, 1000 Of its funds. Jadge Fau-
cheS held Lyman to bail in &l5, 600. -, i
Judge Faucher. Of the Supreme Court,
to-day, issued an ttachment against
Aastn, Bidwsll, alias N. a. Warren, ON
an affidavit in the suit of the Bank OF
England against. him. The affidavit
terday, and Bid we'll are implicated in the
"uOAooy VIC ohuh Va ItuHihu0
lost $497, 900! UH NAi, y..- ~,
The sexton Of DR.. Tyng's church called
at the Tombs shortly after Fokter's body
was out down, and asked if Il could. not
be allowed to remain there until after
noon, when il would, be. removed to the
residence of his wife, The request was
Immediately granted, and, the remains
will be removed about duck The pr;-
soners in the Tombs have been closely
confined and yisitofs excluded to-day.
All The prisoners appear very despond-
ent, in consequence Of the execution of
Foster. Stokes has hardly spoken q
word, oven to his keeper. 4.a y
| The special Assembly committee ap.
pointed to investigate the affairs OF Erie
have commenced their session here, al
the. Fifth; Avenue Hotel. The greater
part. Of the day was occupied Examining
Arcbdall o.. Dougherty regarding the
Erie coup d'elas, the former issues oi
bonds, &c.. at!t. 2 a.s5s.t .1t5
/ WAsMNaToN, Maroh 2l.-There will
be q. determined effort made to close IN
the Caldwell case in the Senate. to. NOR.
trow, although it is not certain that il
] can be done. Governor Morton will,
however, use oil His influence to accom-
plish that result. There arc quite q