The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-17

|, gNEw i Yonx. septsmbasl 1s. -4.Thti
|3nes ssyS athsr 0Farslh spastor d
|St:s Petsfs sRomau Catholic U6dfch. in,
formed hiss pasishjonezs, ss0n Sunday
Last, ..hat f;hsSssiskedjtp resresA Asianyshinp
dfotStotial he may havs saiI to them
during his canvass of the parish fol
pupils for his paroohial school; and
adds: This action on the part Of the
Reverend O'Farrell is said to have been
the result of an intimation from the au.
thorities of the Catholic Church, that
tua' exsFoDe measures resorted to by
him were not approved The Com mis-
sioners Of Education have taken an in
tense interest in The affairs OF the First
Ward public school, the existence OF
which has been threatened by the clergy
of ST. Peters Church, and have ex.
pressed their firm intention to uphold
IN the ward, at all hazards, the system
OF public school instruction which has
been 30 persistently assailed.
DETROIT. September 16 The mail
train West, last night, ran over COW.
RoNDoUT, September 16.-The Lu.
theran Church. several stores and sta
bles were burned to-day; loss $50. .00O
LITTLE Rock, September 16-S. q.
Tucker. the oldest banker in the State,
has suspended; he has abundant pro.
perty to meet his obligations.
BosroN, September Mayor
Castor. in a letter formally accepting
the Democratic nomination for Go
vernon, thus alludes to the prohibitory
liquor law: cat time when the S:ate
ls suffering rsproach for the partial en-.
forcement OF some of it's laws, it be-
comes our Immediate duty to aeek to ex-
ecute such laws with honesty and Impair.
tiality, or to repeal such statutes as can-
not be thus enforced. An experience of
twenty years under whnt are known us
prohibitory laws, has proved that they
cannot accomplish the great and beuti.
clai purposes for which they were Gu
acted. They have not diminished the
evils which they were designed to de-
stroy, but they have brought with
them, or attempted to enforce them. a
train OF attendant evils, which have dis.
graced the administration of Justice,
and have tended to corrupt the public
morals. Some other method of pro-
noting, by legislation. the cause of te m
perance, should at least be tried. This
cause is too high aud noble in its cha
racter and in its purpose to attempt to
borrow any aid from injustice, partiality
or corruption.
RICHMOND, September 16-.The
twenty-first annual session of the
American Pharmaceutical Association
commenced in this city to day. A
large number of delegates are present
The following officers were present:
President, Prof. A. E. Eahert, OF Chica-
go; Vice-President, 8. S. Garriyues. of
Michigan; E. P. Nichols, OF New Jer.
sey; Treasurer, Charles a. Tufts. of New
Hampshire; Permanent Secretary, John
M. Maisch. OF Philadelphia: Local Se-
cretary, Thomas 81. Hazard, of Rich.
mond. The association was welcomed
by Mayor Kelly. in a happy speech.
which was responded to by Professor
Eabert. The annual reports of the va.
rlous officers were presented, and ap-
propriately referred. Seventy-two new
members were elected. The association
has now over 1000 members. Ad-
lourned until tomorrow morning.
VIM. L. Royal, W. r. Trigg. john s.
Meridith and VIM. B. Tabb, eeconds in
the Mordecai and McCarty duel, M.
peared to.day, before Judge Guigon,
for trial, but the Case not being ready,
they we're again admitted to bail, in
SlO, 600 each, until October term of
court. MoCarty has never been able to
make bis appearance, being still con-
fined by his wound. He is gradually
improving.
CHICAGO, September 16.-Srecial de-
spatches from Grand Haven, Michigan,
give the following account of the foun-
dering of the propeller Ironsides, of
that port. N. B. Watkins, Clerk of the
boat. says: We loft Milwaukee at O.4O
O'Clock Sunday night. with nineteen
passengers and IL crew of thirty men,
and we're due in Grand Haven between
5 and 6 O'clock Monday morning. The
cargo consisted Of $4,000 bushels of
wheat, 500 barrels of flour, 125 barrels
Of pork aud some miscellaneous articles.
This was very large cargo, since the
boat could only carry 1,lO0 tons. A
moderate breeze was blowing from the
Southwest, which constantly increased
until it became IA terrific gale, before
day. I did not get up before 0 O'Clock.
when the boat was rolling fearfuly. 1
went Immediately below, and found the
men working at the pumps. The water
had already put out tue fires. aud the
engines wero useless. I then went to
the office and got tho passenger regis
ter, the money aud maulfests, md went
on the hurricane deck, where 1 found
Capt. Sweetman getting the forecastle