The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-05

New YORK, August 4.-Much exotic.
meut exists among .yachtsmeu in this
city to-day, by widely-oirculated re-
port, that yacht was run down on the
sound by Newport steamer, one night
last week, and sunk with all on board.
The report also says The steamer struck
the yacht about amidships, and appeared
to knock her mast out of her, sinking
her almost on the instant The steamer
was hove to, and remained near the spot
for on hour afterward, but was unabls to
detect any further sign Of the vessel or
her crew. Thus far, the name of the
yacht nor the steamer alleged to have
sunk her has not transpired.
Detectives and the Deputy Surveyor
OF the port, yesterday, met the steamer
City Of Mexico down the bay, and
arrested Antonio Xuero Alverse. clerk
OF the Commercial Bank of Havana,
who robbed that institution of bills of
exchange to the amount Of S67, 900 and
$4,000 in gold. Nearly all the money
was found. lie had IL female with him,
Who took the matter very easily. Two
others. Enrique CARES and Maria = Luc,
concerned in the robbery, were also ar
reated.
One Of the safes containing the De-
partment of Public Works vouchers,
WAS broken open. The Commissioner
cannot tell whether any vouchers are
missing.
Loriil Purdy, the first president Of the
first Jockey club, is dead; aged seventy.
W1LkEsBARRR. Pa, August "A mine
explosion killed two and hurt two. The
mine boss, Hardness, who rushed to the
rescue, was prostrated by the aftor damp,
but was taken out alive
SAN FRANCISCO, August The losses
by the Portland fire is Sl.l25.O 600 The
loss ls, In proportion, greater than by
the Boston or Chicago fires.
WASHINGTON, August All the
claims presented to the Southern Claims
Commission, setting Mt Washington,
under the Act of March 8, 1871, have
now been numbered aud registered, and
their number is found to be %, 235, and
their aggregate amount rs claimed some
thing in excess Of $50. 900. .OOO In their
last report to Congress, the Commis.
slonrrs estimated the total number of
claims to be filed under the Act at
$4,000, and the amount to be claimed at
SoO, ,O0O, 600. in round numbers. The ex-
Rordinary exertions Of the claim ageL Is,
however, when they found the time ior
fling claims was not likely to be extended,
ut present, beyond the two years origl-
nally fixed by Congress, resulted in CON
siderable addition to the estimated nun.
ber and amount of the claims to be filed.
No less than l 1,27S claims, representing,
according to the claimants figures, more
than S3. 900, 600, were filed under date of
March 3-the last day allowed by law
Tor tho presentation of claims. Many
more were put out from present consi-
deration by the somewhat unexpected
termination Of the right to present them,
and there arc believed to be several
thousand persons yet in the late insur-
rectlonary States who, despite the exer-
tions OF the Government agents and the
attorneys, have not even heard of the
Aot OF Congress passed for the benefit of
such OF them as were not adherents OF
the Confederacy.
Claims are presented daily to the
Qaartermaster General and Commissary.
General by residents of the better in
formed loyal States, who have but Just
learned that Congress passed special
Act, nearly ten years ego, to puy for
property taken for army use in the
States not in rebellion. Gen. Meigs, the
Quartermaster-G General, will not recon.
mend O statute Of limitations for GLAZING
coming before him, AS in the case of
claims before tile Loyal Claims Commis-
sion nnd the Comm missnry- General, be-
lieving, from his daily experience, that
such o statute, whenever passed, would
be cartain to exclude some meritorious
claims against the Government from
just settlement.
In the case OF the Southern claims.
Congress must either extend tue time
for filing them before the Commission
ers, or submit to the alternative of re-
ceiving and considering them singly,
nnder the constitutional right of peti-
ton; aud u small number of excluded
claimants have already signilied their in
tention OF prosecuting their claims Iii.
rectly before tho Claims Committees Of
the two branches of Congress.
Under the settlements 30 far male by
the Commission, about $1,000. .OOG hhs
been distributed among somo l 400
claimants, scattered nll over the eleven
insurrcctionary States; the awards, ex-
cept in comparatively small number Of
cases, being for IL fuw hundred dollars
each. at the coming session Of Con-
gress. they expect to award about ST.
O0O, 600, to be similarly distributed, and
will then have disposed Of about twenty
four per cent of The number of clnjn,a