The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-29
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.AooPe assaVAeu IhteuCl0 yesterQdy. Al
ter desperate struggle of FIVE hours du.
insurgents offered to capitulste; but their
terms were refused, the sGoverumaps de-
handing an unconditional; isurranisr.
Heavy reinforcements have been sent
forward, and the attack will he resumed
and the town bombarded tn-mo rrow. if
the insurgents do not yield Seville has
also proposed 10 return to .ifs Loyalty to
the National Governments Glpn ceFtaiu
terms; but. as in thel CASE Jf 2Yalenoia,
the Government viii accept nothing but
unconditional surrender. It ia believed
that the insurgents will soon eive:np the
city unless relieved. San Fernando was
attacked on Friday by an inaurgent CO.
lumn from Cadiz The loyal garrison
made brave and successful defence. and
IN the evening the insurgents withdrew.
The Oortes has declared itself in
favor OF the abolition of capital pun ish-
ment
The Carlist force, which was threaten
ing Bilboa, has retired from the neigh.
borhood. Don Carlos is reported to be
IN the province Of Logrone. The railway
from Madrid to Valencia has been cnt in
several places. 7a re. 5..s -
PARIS, July 27.-The Portuguese mails
are interrupted in consequence. OF the
trouble in Spain.
LONDON, July 27.-Thes Bishop of Pc
terborough is seriously i'll. ~.
The cholera has appeRred In Helsing-
bong. in the South Of Sweden, on the
sound opposite Elsinore.
BAYoNNE, July 28.-In a fight near
Pampeluns the Carlists we're successful,
capturing two guns and 800 prisoners.
American ntallers.
N1u, 0Dr~.>,c IT.
from central and Eastern Texas and
other places give favorable accounts Q!
the growing crops
WACO. TEXAS, July 27.-The crops
are as good as the most sanguine could
expect.
JEFFERSON, Texas, July IA heavy
rain In this section last night. The
crop prospects are good, promising a
better yield of corn and cotton than for
many years.
NATcHEz, Miss. July 27.-The pre-
sent appearance of the crops is fair. ca
terpillars have appeared at some places.
but no damage has yet been done.
VtgKsBURa. July 27.-The crop pro.
speots are not SO favorable as last wear.
Worms have appeared nearly every day
during the past week.
SHREVEPORT. La, July 27.-The cot.
ton crop in this and the adjoining pa.
rishes Is reported as doing we'll where
cultivation has been good. There ;s
some complaint of labor. In some 10.
calities the plant is reported OF good
size and forming we'll, though somewhat
backward as compared with last wear.
The prospects of yield are regarded
about the same az last year. The corn
crop generally is reported doing we'll.
when cultivation was good. The yield
will be from fifteen to Twenty-Five per
cent greater than last year.
Monroe. La, July 27.-The crop
prospects are very favorable throughout
this section OF the State. A fine rain
fell during the past two or three days,
whereby cotton and late corn were
greatly benefited. Caterpillars, in limit.
cd numbers, have appeared. but no lA-
mage is yet reported.
plant is generally laid by. and there is
az improving prospect of u good and
fair yield. The stubble cane is very in.
ferior, tho corn crop very poor. and the
Weather unfavorable.
NEW YORK, July 27.-A Herald CORES.
pondent. with the Carlist army in Cata-
!onla, telegraphs that Don Alphonso cap.
t1red Rens, the second city in that vici-
nity to Barcelona. Barcelona is threat.
ened with isolation. It is reported tha.
France recognizes Don Carlos as {. belli-
gerent.
NORFOLK, July 27.-At an early hour
this morning, Welle e Alman's shoe
store, two doors South of the starting
point of Saturday mornings disastrous
conhagration. was discovered to be on
fire. SO Intellectual were the efforts of
the fire department. worn out by the la-
bors OF the preceding morning, that the
building. together with an adjoining one,
occupied by hardware store, was in a
short time entirely destroyed, and but
little OF the contents saved. About a
bali hour after the discovery OF this
IRE, another broke out on Cnmpbell's
Wharf, about a square of, in the first
door OF three.stroy brick building, oo.
cnpied by a produce shipper. This
building and one Immediately n North of it,
used for the same purpose, was entirely
destroyed. Upon the discovery of the
last (the fifth) fire that had broken out
during twenty-four hours, ending Sun.
pay morning, the greatest CONSERVATION
prevailed. The market square and Main
attract waro ,r:&E ~..:t.l