The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-03
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Steam Engineering tof tho IA ~ Depart
hens. relieving. Jsmes' W:EKihR. '.Mr..
! Wood will iremsa:stefy pskfeet iHfianee.
tnents for building the .maohiaery for tiae
eight new war vessels, ordered by the
Act OF last Congress. H's'' '''H..
Commander Wtlix has been detached
nom :a9 Pensacola navy yard. cs!., -sr i,
VIM. MoKenna has bss1 commiss;o ont d
(ss postmaster ss Shrevepofs, La.
Probabilities-In the Western Gulf
States. increasing. Sonthesly rwipds and
threatening weather. In !lhe Eastern.
G.. Sad scn.h A.lsst:c States fising
barometer. light wfrds spd generally
clear weather. xiHs1 .ts
Kxoxv11ns, April 2.-Ths Knoxville
And Charleston Railroad, one OF tho de-
lfn44ept railroads in this State, wan Of
seEed fot5 sale d public. auction to- day.
ka and Iwas bought in by the. State OF Ten
nesssd Tot &l00, 900. there. being no othef
zsT:zss., O., April 2.-ao7ssr1nSoal Gov nor
Smith is Issuing invitations, to the
!rsJoEs Of cites 10 Gse.g:= 10 neet with
thu Governors and principal. citizens Of
ttse Western aud Southern States, who
meet in Atlanta on May 90 10 consider
Fsnd forward the Atlantic and Great
Western Canal. Deie9ations Of citizens
fFom each Doupty in the State asa ex.l
Epe6ted' to be present at that time. !. Ex-i
ssSsS ia sfI'IoI sptsssslp sse..a yea p ''o'o :.
Nkw :Yonx, April 2-E,enipr-1Tv, 70
hoE6'pgaats OF tie White Star Line have,
Eh6sh 5Snt f9 }He s1ecor Of the ssnfviso1s
Of ehs Atahiio:s The ofiioera of fKa 1oml
papS Mink the disaster vss caused 81,
nisentiag the lights, and attach no blamp
EtpS tho captain or officers for mIsp,anaee-
rhent. Captain Williams has beah Id, Tie
ttans7Auaptic trade for about a. dozen
years, beng connected with the Williams
and Gdioh Line Before the White Star
iIliihs was orgsnized.
/! Mr.. cDsrmott aud two children we're
among The passengers Of the lost steam.
ship Atlantic. Mrs. NcQsrmott is ma
tron OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel. It is
also stated that John II: Price, q lawyer
OF this CITY. With two ladies in his charge,
and also Peter Brindley, agent of a Bar
clay streot firm, OF this city, were pas.
se19ers. Inquiries were also mads for
three skeera9e passengers from Ireland,
cpnsignsd to relations here. Agents Of
tthP lt1e have bsen instructed 10 omit
'.hnthfng that will relieve the distress OF
those saved, and forward them to their
destinations. n,Its {, ~,
T Dispatches have been sent TO the of
5f the wteckiIg company at Halfs
tAx,, lfatthcting them to send theit yes.
sals at Onoe to the srene Of: the AttaHtie:
disaster, for the purpose Of sasinR.anya
th!pg 5e!i9pgi1g to the Atlantio that tcap
-Peti fohppp.,sc The Atlantic, ,tbgethaf With
hhr, cargo. is valued at about $3.50 900,
Ihs !oss will be partly covered by: irisur-'
= TIE 5ary in the Nixon trial Tor tile
murder Qf tPf Pfeifer, returned = veFdldEg6f
gnilty of murder in the first degree. The
prisoner will be- sentenced at 10 o'clock
to-morrow morning.
No offers OF bonds to-day, and none
to be bought.
:, The steamship Abyasinia sailed for
Liverpool, to day, taking S240. 450 in
specie. :,
Several GOAL bargas aud tow boat
became onmanageable, yesterday. off
Staten Island, and one OF the former
sunk with man and woman on board
six others went ashore, some coIliding
With vessels at anchor at quarantine.
The tow boat also went ashore.
= HALIFAX, N. g., April 2-Evening.-
Only three or four cabin passengers were
saved from the wreck of the Atlantic
one Englishman and two or three
frenchmen. Only one lady passenger
attempted to save herself. She was
was frozen to death in the rigging and
fell into the water. The purser is
among the lost. Some of the passengers
arrived in this city, to-day, and give
narrowing details Of the calamity. The
names OF the officers or passengers
saved are not known as yet. Relief
steamers are expfcted up at q O'Clock.
The Atlantic had1 $50 storage and thirty
saloon pAssengeTs. There had been two
bifths dnring the voyage. The crew
numbered 152, and there were fourteen
stowaways discovered. 800 in all we're
saved .out OF q total number of l, ,038.
These 10 nothing in the shape of.
documents saved from the steamship
Atlantic: A list of passengers will be
obtained, il possible, upon the return Of
the steamers from the wreck.
A storage passenger makes the fol.
lowing statement: I turned into my
berth about II O'Clock Monday night.
The night was dark. but starlight, and