The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-09

white men appointed being pronounced
advocates Of mixed schools. The i'm
preston is general TINT the object of
the commissioners III making this con-
soiidation is to force upon people here
On experiment of educating whites
and negroes together. The expert
ment vas unauccessfnlly tried in q
milder form few years ago, but it so
damaged the white schools that it took
them year or two to recover from the
blow. This order was the work of
Messrs. Ketchum aud Denuison for the
other commissioners. Mr.. Blow has
not Ueen here Tor some days.
LOUISVILLE. August 9-Col Richard
Ten Brock, the well-kuown horse
owner, was shot, and ia reported NOR
tally wounded. at Gilman's Station,
this evening, by General Walker Whit
taker. lawyer OF this city. The par
tlculars of the nffair arc not known.
Whitaker has already killed two men,
aud is regarded rs Ii desperate chaTuo-
ter.
Lone BnAEcH. August GA storm,
ragged fearfully all night, doing consi-
derabie damage aloug the shore. All
the Indian tqnGtters' tents on The
beach were blown into the sea aud the
minutes were compelled to seek shelter
in tho hotels. y fuli-riggcd bnrk hus
gone ashore hear Scniright Several
ting boats have gone to her assistance.
SAVANNAH. August 9.-Tho Ameri-
can bark Alexander NIeriel, row in this
port. loaded with 2,GG2 bales cotton
for Liverpool, was sold by the United
StHtes MARSHAL 10 satisfy claim pcutl
ing here, aud WAS bough. by William
3. Smith, OF Charleston, for $40, $40.
BOSTON, August The rainfall
during last might wa. heavier than
known before for many years. Tie
weather to-day is clondy, with occa-
sional showers.
PHILADELPHIA. August "a heavy
storm, Saturday niyht, caused CON
siderable damage IN and around the
city. The large gnsomctcr ut Ninth
and Diamond streets was crashed in
Ii was empty at the time, the gas hay
ing been drawn Off The tank was Of
5OO.00 cubic foet capacity. The cal
vert i'll Montgomery avenue, from
Ninth street to Germantown Rlilroad.
broke, aud tho street, IRON curb to
curb, caved in. A wagon coutuinine
Harry Steele, aged fourteen, aud Ed
ward Sherrai. nged thirty. five. wh,le.
on the bridge over IViugohoken Creek,
IN Gcrtnnn:own. was. with the bridge,
washed awny. Both persons were
drowned. The wagon wa, brukcn and
horse drowned. The bodies were re-
covered to-day. Germantown had
several sewer breaks.
MILWAUKEE. August o la the Su
prcme Court, tile arguments, i'll the
railroad Injunction suits we've con
tlnurd. Hon. Is. Cook. attorney for
the Northwestern R4ilroa,l, occupi...l
most OF the day with tho argument
against the. jarisdictio of the court.
Considerable confidence is expressed
here. from the remarks Of Chic: JUS
tice Ryan, yesterday. ,hut til. court
Will refuse to issue she Injunction, on
the gronnd that IL :las not original
jurisdiction.
New York August GA Whining
ton despatch says that the body Of q
wealthy drover. named Robert a.
Alackey, WIS fonnd in IL creek near
Odessa. He had been robb.d aud
murdered. The police arc in pursuit
of Joseph Taylor, who WAS last seen
with Mackey.
When Woo.lhnll and Calin we're in
the conrt, to-day, their counsel pledged
HIS word that they would appear when
Called upon, and tho counsel for the
plaintiff accepted :hnt kind Of buil for
professional courtesy. The women i'm
medlatcly lett The cJnrt, unl proceed
ca aboard tac steamship and sailed for
Europe.
The steam snip Washington, from
New Orleans, passed i.c wreck Of Il
small vessel, bottom up. which he's
been III thnt condition since last snl!
1t IS lying i'll thirteen uud II half IN.
tEoms water, about eighteen or twenty
mlcs south of Cape Canayeral, and IN
Very dangerous pusiIion, as it is right
on the track Of the steamships bound
Sonth. 1t bus drftcd nbon. forty
miles in tho last eight months, anchors
evidently holding it.
i;railBnt EIgiiahmcn here sinte thut
The English crickete!s allow 40 betting
on their games and never bet On any Of
thelr matches, claiming that none Dut
gentlemen comprised the team that
contested and were beaten by the Ane.
rlcans on the 81 and 4th instauts. IL
had been intimated in newspaper tla.
the Englishnen allowed tho Americans
to beat. in order to get heavy bets on
another game, and retrieve both pocket
and reputation.
In relation to thp reporic thot ~ o,,,