The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-06

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commission' of the Assembly dem and a.
immediate meeting. OF the Constituent
Cortes. II the Government continues its
present energetic policy. Senor FiRueras
denies there is any crisis in the ministry.
and declares that the eituation OF the
country IL better. A train from Sara.
gos:a, Tor Baroelons, was stopped by
Oaraists to-day. 4.1tt
LONDON, April 5.-A fire damp explo.
aion in Monmouthshire County killed
e.and. hurt many. - j e...i
The st. Petersburg Golos declares that
the only Issue Of the expedition to Khiva
must be the complete and unconditional
submission OF the Khanate to Russian
sway: !sJsI< Ats aN Mss. - sC.1Ed1
MADR1Dp April 6:-Twenty- five Oar
4sts wefe tsptared; yesterday, nesf, Bar
oelona. and taken to thst,eity. The Go-
veInment troops had great difficulty in
preventing mob Of citizens from Lynch.
ing ;hS t:!scns.s Most Of the churches
IN Catalonia have hssn c!o.ea or turned
into ,barracks.f jar rtl!
Am.rlSan Matters.
p4AAIssroN. April 8 5-A4ii!eaHs.ea1ua--::
OF Oharleston. New York. ,.1;I,,f'l Nh.
deHisi9ns hAva been rendered ID the
United $ts{es Supreme Court:
No. l82a-Oity OF, Richmosd use Smith:
error TO the Circuit Court for ths e ast.
ern District Of .Yirginis. In this tcase,
the Court aMgms . Judgment for Smith
for 1882 Tor liquors deaaroyed by citi-
zsnsutdst tks 4. !!ssee.s:Ss ssee.s::S = Z. The Common
Council, 10 avoid the effects of drunken
ness ntoh the anticipated occasion OF
the surrender Of the city The: defence
was that the liquors were in the neigh
borhood of o warehouse which tile Con
fedetate Govern nent had determined to
hre. and that the liquors would have
been destroyed any woy, il they had not
been destroyed by order of the Common
Council. Mr.. Justice Clifford delivered
the opinion.
No. 14I-Slowson, Jr., ps. the United
States; appeal from the Court OF Claims.
This was claim for the proceeds Of the
ship DeKalb. seized by tie Government
st the taking OF Charleston and snbse
quently sold for the use of the Trea.
s9ry. S!owson claimed. to be owner by
virtue Of an administrators sale at which
he was the purchaser, made in 1868 at
Charleston. and that thel vessel was
pressed The Court did. not sustain the:
theory Of. compulsioh, and they affirm
that judgment. Mr.. Justice Davis de-
No. 125-Tomlinson et al! os. Jessap:
appeal from the Circuit Court for South
Carolina. LII this case, the Court below
held that amended charter of North east
ern RAILROAD Company constituted q con-
tracs OF, exemption from taxation be-
tween the State and the corporation; but
the Judgment below is here reversed,
: the .Onurt holding that prior statnte
was III force at the time of the ACT
anfending the charter, and did as mat.
ter OF lay enter into and become part
of.thes charter Of the company; and as
By the former Aot the charter was sub.
leot to either, it has been at all times
compdtsnt for tho Legislatnre to, alter or
amend 1t. Mr.. Justice Field delivered
the opinion. A Dtf b,
ASST tant Cashier D. Morritt, and Re.
oeiying, Teller James d. Peck, of tie
Bulls Head Bank, have been oom mitted
to the Tomhs By ,Judge Merritt. without
Probabilities-Rising barometer. part.
~ cloudy and ?olear weather will pfoba-
ply continue during Sunday in the
South Atlantic States, and with cloudy
weather in the Eastern Gull States.
fa!hp8 temperature, cloudy Weather
and possibly light rain will prevail in
The jury in the case OF, Tom Wright.
(oolored,) ohafSsd with the murder OF
the Jew pedlAt Rogeski, after an absenc CO
OF twenty minutes, returned verdict OF
murder in the first degree. The Jury was
composed OF six white and six oolored 4
New YoRK, April Sin the Goodrich
inquest. Reuben Smith. testified: He is
phyeiciani and friend Of the deceased /:
had visited deoeased's house in Dearaw
streets saw woman there; had seen her
before at his house in New York. Good
rich asked him to examine her; he did
80. and found her three months preg.
nant. Goodrich asked him to produce
an abortion; he refused, but an abortion
was produced. he believed, by o man
named Butts. Did not know where
Butts lived; did not remember Kato
Stoddard., Deceased said she was a
woman Of violent temper. Witness could
identity her, if he saw her. Mrs. Myers
was not the woman. The Investigation
lasted till after midnight.
Among the passengers saved from the
Atlantic, were s.. W. Wick. Of Whining.
ton, North Carolina, and Frenchman,
named Simon Camacho, who had his
legs badly frozen: They we're in the