The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-23
rode off on horseback. Among the pas-
sengers were thirty Chinese students en-

'oM' to SpriDgi ield, Mass. .. ~.
| CHICAGO, July q. "A special despatch
from Des Moities gives the following 40
count OF an attack on train of the Chi
cago, Rock Island and Puoihc Railroad,
last night: The train lett Council Bluffs
at O'Clock, with four coaches and Two
sleepers jn the rear; the sleepers being
filled with company Of aristocratic Chi
nese. on their wuy to New Eugiand COL
| leges. There were also two baggnge and
an express car, in which vas through
California mail and express matter, CON
sisting OF nerrly $1,000 III the e1.
press snfe aud three tons of bullion.
When about sixty five miles West of
Des Moines. Mt about s O'Clock, at
sharp cuiJe in an isolated spot, no house
being ~iShin thirty miles In any direc.
tion, the train going at about twenty five
rifles per hour, the engineer, John
Rafferty,. saw suddenly one rail removed
from its plnce, about sixty feet III front,
and instantly reversed the engine and
applied the air brake. When in the act,
bullets came pelting into the engine like
hail. The eng ine ran into tue b .nk aud
turned over, throwing out the engineer,
John Rafferty,, and iiremln; the tirsnan
falling on the latter, dead. It ia sup
posed RsFer:? @as killed by the con
cusslon, al no bullet wounds were found
on his b,.ly. The fireman escaped un-
hurt. The train beiug very heavy, ran 100
feet, aud stopped. The baggage cars
doubled aud were badly suashed. AS
soon as the train stopped, several large
athletic men, masked in full Ku Klrx
style, appeared at the express car, in
which WIS the conductor, VIM. Smith,
Superintendent Royce, Express Messen.
ger John Burgess, aud three other per-
sons. They commenced firing rapidly
INTO the car. and yelling, "Cet out Of
there. damn ye; get out Of therc!' Two
bullets passed through the cl.,t:.eR OF the
conductor, and two h.azcd the baggage
master on the side If lis head. The in-
mates jumped out to tile rear. Under
cover OF halflozen revolvers, two of the
robbers marched up and down the train,
threatening to shoot any person who
should dare show his Lead, and
saying to them, Sect down out of
sight, damn ye. or we will shoot YOU"
Tho robbers then took about $4,000 of
the express money, opened the mail
sacks, but took no letters, :nounted their
horses and rode off across tho prairie, in
a Southern direction; tho whole being
done In less than ten minutes They
fortunately did not cut the telegraph
wires, aud Superintendent Royce hast
ened to the nearest telegraph station.
and telegraphed in all directions En-
glncs aud posses were sent out from
Council Bluffs. Oh the Burlington aud
other roads, to intercept the robbers.
Their dress and voices indicated that
they were regular bushwhackers. They
evidently intended to get and divide
fhn uo1ro1lo
sent by this route On Monday, but which
went through in an extra train SUNDAY
| night. The robbers, during the day.
stole spike bar anil hammer from the
hand car house at the station. They
drew the spikes ut one end of tho rails,
secreted themselves several rods away,
and as the engine approached, pulled the
rail out OF place. The promptness Of
tho engineer in reversing the engine and
the use OF the mir brakes saved the pas
! sengers from harm; not one being in
lured. A track was at once laid around
the wrecked cars, and tho train resumed
its trip, arriving here at 80 this morn
ing, bringing the dead body of the engi-
ueer, who resided here, and who leaves O
wife and three children.
Nav York. July 22-The will of the
late E. S. Mills, placed in the snrrogate's 8
Office to-day, provides for the disposi-
ton Of an estate estimated ut $500, 600
All is left to his widow, who is appoint
ed executrix, in conjunction with the
son, brother AMI brother in law Of de-
ceased.
PnILA ADELruA, July 22.-The bodies
OF both the men drowned Mt Atlantic
City we're washed ashore at . P. NJ.
WAsniSGroN, July 22.-The entiro
debt Of the District of Columbia is off
clally stated as So, 23G,61I.
\ private letter received by promi-
nent official from Mexico says that the
Mexican Government has decided to as-
sumo IN aggressive position towards the
United States, on account Of Nc X enzie's d
raid on the Rio Graude. and it is not
feared that any efforts n. retaliation will
be the result. The truth is, the Mexi-
cans are dealing with that question very
tenderly, and the punishment Mckenzie
inflicted on the treacherous rascals en-.
gagged in depredations ON the Rio Grande
is not regarded SO much OF an offence
against international law as some would
have it appear
Probabilities-On Wednesday, for tia
South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf coasts,
Easterly winds, cloudy weather and