The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-01-20

til some conclusion has been reached
| upon financial affairs. He may then
yield to other business and indefinitely
postpone the subject. McCreery, OF
Kentucky, and Hamilton, of Indiana,
are in favor of forcing q direct issue
upon Pinohback's credentials. Steven.
sons amendment, which will be voted
upon before Morton's motion to seat
Pinchback, upon prinaa fdcie showing.
| will be further amended by Ferry, and
in this he will be supported by Carpen-
ter. who will move to instruct the Com
| mittee Of Privileges and Elections to re-
port bill for new election in Louisi.
ana. The trouble will be by whom and
| how the new election shall be managed
BOSTON, January 19.-Seayy & Co. g
stamping and japanning works, in Cam.
bridgeport, were burned last night; loss
$50. GOO.
WHEELING, January 19.-Despatche
from Charlestown, ". Va. say fourteen
business and number of other houses
were burned there; loss S75, 900.
CHICAGO, January ia special from
Grand Rapids, Michigan, says report
is current there, that while party OF
people were skating on the river at
Burr Oak, in Michigan, on the Southern
Railroad, one person broke through.
and the rest of the party. twenty seven
or twenty-eight in number, going to the
rescue, broke through and were drown
ed. The report lacks confirmation.
No particulars nre given.
NEW YORK, January l9.-The police
did not interfere with Che performances
last evening in the places of resort for
Germans.
The weather became warm lust night,
and this morning q dense fog covers the
harbor aud rivers, causing much delay
on the ferries, both on North aud East
Rivers.
The collections for domestic missions
in Grace Church, yesterday, after ad.
dresses by Rev. Drs. Potter and King.
amounted to nearly $4,000.
The Commissioners on Emigration
contemplate paying the fares of q large
number idle able bodied emgrnnts to
portions Of the South where working
man are scarce.
The Spanish iron-clad Arapiles' trou-
bles are By no means ended. She re-
ceived considerable Injury by striking
on the rocks in East River on her way
to her present anchorage off the bnt.
terry, and is reported making thirty six
inches water every twenty-four hours.
Her commander proposes to have her
bottom examined by divers, and unless
absolutely impossible. will put to sen
and trust to his pumps, rather than try
further repairs in this port.
Boston, January 19.-The window.
glass blowers strike is over. The manu-
facturers will resume operations n a
short time.
C1NcINNAT1, January 10. Rev. Sa-
muel Fisher, OF College Hill, fell dead.
He succeeded Dr. Beecher as pastor of
the Second Presbyterian Church, and
was also for several years President OF
Hamilton College, New York.
ST. LOUIS. January 19.-Captain
WykoH, OF the United States army, who
has arrived here from Fort Concha.
Texas. reports. on Monday last, while at
Fort Griffin, he learned that the Co
manche Indians had just raided upon
settlement in that vicinity, and had
driven off fifty horses. Troops have
gone In pursuit. Captain Wykoff also
reports Indians about the Fort Sill re-.
servation, and it was belle ved that they
were on o raid.
WHEEL1NG. Va, January 19.-Rev. J.
J. L. Latone. Rector OF st. Matthew's
Episcopal Church. in this city, has dis
solved his connection with the ministry
OF said church, on account OF the grow
ing tendencies OF the Episcopal body
throughout the United States to ritual.
istic practices. For the present, he
does not join the Oummins movement.
although he endorses it, but will await
for awhile the action of the church in
Virginia and West Virginia.
PHELPHs. N. r., January l9.-The
paper mill of Dobclinski was burned
last night; loss $25. 900; insurance SI2,-
New YoRK. January 1o.-Mayor Have
meyers message, just issued shows the
city debt to be $lOG. .37l, ,053-an in
crease, since 1871. of S0.OS4,42 ex-
penditures for maintaining the city 70.
vernment, for 1871, not less than S3G.-
2G2. $50; for 1872. did not exceed S31,-
10000, and 1878, were about $50, OOO,-
900.
WASHINGTON, January 19.-In the
Iouse. bills were introduced, purchasing
the Monticello homestead Of Thomas
Jefferson, and granting oil public lands
in Alabama for school purposes. Will
son, OF Indiana, moved so suspend the
rules and adopt the following resolu-
tions:
WI.