The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-15
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=. MApRtD, May 14-E6A sk6M alactloh
law for Cuba enfEanchtses mnrchan6 and
artizsns;' taxes 4personsl who follow the
ssIasa profession. and eoia' voting
General NodyilIag; the new Minister Of
WAR, who ia noS in NavaEra, demands
rslniSroements .!aaa;ante for the tr0eps in that
Is5 ii N {. .an,ri..a matters y ~
CHAR1EsroN, May l4.g- Arrived
Steamships Manhattan, New York; ,Gutii
Stream. PhiladelpAia; Falcon. Balti-l
i aSSvsrA; Ga; Mayc 14.-The railroad
2onyantion IN thA interest OF the air line
!1oad from Chicago .torthe "a Atlantic; pfa
A9guatas assembled to-day IL was re-.
and Atgusta was ,absola required .by
New YoRK. May 14.-T6e Supreme
Court haS granted a. writ OF error in the
Stokes case. !, .'i is5a' "
: The men drowned, yesterday, BY, q
collision between the steamers Americns
and the police. boat Hope, were Engineer
Hope and three unknown prisoners sem
telcei 20 ten days tor trivial offences,
and detailed to work on the Hops.
:uNEw YORK, May IA Herald special
from. Havana; May Ii, says: '.I saw Gen.
Montero. Chief Of STAFF, who assures me
OF the death Of Agramont. He ssys
his Corpse w:s brought into ;Puerta Prin-
cipe and exposed publicly, and was
identi4ed by an immense conoorrse c!
people,p'3 The foregoing ia oorroborated
by private tele9rams.. -i.l
1000 postA cards were received
here BY the post Office yesterday; Of
these. 300. 900 were disposed Of mp to 8
z. N. Before the close of the post
once. nearly the whole supply was dis.
posed Of.
Tweed's Broadway property was sold
to-day. and aggregated $392. 500.
Specie shipments to-day $3.50, 600.
Nixon hangs on Friday, the courts
and the Governor declining to interfere.
!he makers ot,lady q shoes threaten to
strike. ..a4 .;.
The bark Ida reports large steamer
ct anchor Eve miles Esst.North. East oI
Hatteras outer shoal, with foremost gone
six feet above tha deok. III.
'SAN FRANoIsco, May 14.-The Modocs
were twenty-five miles from the scene OF
the last fight hotly pursued. Thoy will
beallowed no rest. Tits thonght force
twenty. five. miles hence will drive them
toward the lava beds. while the force
moving from camp will keep them out.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14.-Despatches
from the lava beds represent greet acti-
vity. but 80 far without result. The
soldiers are 'harassed by. rattle.snskes
and scorpions. upon which Captain
Jack end his braves feed. Firing has
been heard in the direction of Colonel
Mason soont. but the result is unknown.
Boston. May 14-The most of the
common mills have resumed work.
BAIH1MoRE, May 14.-Mrs. Emma
Mckee attempted to shoot Mr.. Nook,
OF Oswald, while III his store. She
alleges that Mock is her u1ole and SO.
duces. m
NASHVILLE. TENN. May 14.-The first
day, Joe Johnston won the first race
time LAT. 1.472z, I491f. Quarternas-
: ter won tho seoond--tine l.46. Lex.
1,46A. The fsvorites were beaten. TIE
Hrst heat was won by q, length tby. Hamp-
ton, the rssGond by d length, the Third
heat dead. the fourth by, bali Q length,
PHHADKPH1A, May l4.-The Oenten.
Mai Commission hare appointed q com.
tnittee OF Rve 70 attend the meeting OF
the Governors, tc be held in Atlantis.
Ga.,. on the 25th' instant, with a view
TO obtain the corporation Of tho latter
ID the interest Of the centennial. viz:
Byrd. Of Alabama; French. OF Missis.
siPpi; Caldwell, Of Tennessee; AIoNal, of
Missoari, and CAN'T. Of Arkansas.
ALBANY. May 1.-The Senate defeated
the usury bill: N
NEw HAVEN, May 14.--The President
aud Generals Sherman, Sheridan, Nc
Dowell and Babcook have arrived.
81. LOUIS. May 14-Several addi-
tional Congressman have arrived. Let.
ters OF thanks from the President and
other notables were read. Capt. Jakes.
representing the st. Louis merchants,
read series Of resolutions.
WAsEINeroN, May 14.-The President
has appointed Henry Blackman Post.
master at Brookhaven, Mississippi. They
say OF the Post Office Department that
the Investigation into the Georgia post
master matter showed there had been
some promises made OF the usual cleo.
tioneering kind. pledging support, &c.,
but nothing Of nature to warrant such
harsh actionas withholding commissions.
The investigation into the Savannah
post Office has entirely disproved of the
report Of suspicion OF deficit there.
10000 passports have been issued by
the State Department.