The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-17
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MARINE DISASTERS. ETC., ETC.
HAVANA. April 15.--The Judge Ad-
vocate Of the court martial before which
Dockery, formerly Collector OF Customs
at Jacksonville, Florida, is being tried,
demands that sentence OF death be i'm.
posed. The papers in the case have
been submitted to Captain General Con-
cha, and strong efforts have been made
to have the sentence commuted to i'm.
prieonment.
ptain-General Concha has sup.
pressed the Juan Palomo newspaper,
and banished Juan Ortega, its editor,
to Spain.
The Supreme Court of Spain upholds
Archbishop Llorerte against the Pope,
and ex.Oaptain. General Jove!lar, and
condemns Obera, the Pope's acting
Archbishop, to Imprisonment or Danish.
ment from the island.
MADRID. April 15-Olement Duver-
nois and several other directors of the
Territorial Bank of Spain, have been ar
rested, charged with irregularities iu
tho conduct of the affairs OF the bank.
LONDON, April 15-The pilot who
took tho steamship Europe from Havre
declares that the ship struck upon some
hard substance on leaving the harbor Of
Havre, but was not leaky when she left
Brest.
The train bearing the remains of DR..
Livingstone arrived in London at 3
O'Clock this afternoon. There were bnt
few spectators at the depot. Tho BODY
was transferred to tho hearse aud fol.
lowed by line Of carriages to the roo ms
OF the Geographical Society, where the
obsequies.
In the House of Commons, to-day. a
bill snppressing betting houses in SCOT
land passed its second reading.
LONDON. April 16-The General
transatlantic Company's steamer
Lamerague sank 100 miles off Brest.
All were saved, except the second of.
foer. This is her third trip. She had
seyenty-fve cabin passengers.
QUEENSTOWN, April l6.-The Atlas,
from Boston. encountered hurricane,
and hove &c for sixteen houss. An Of.
hoer and seaman wero washed over
board.
LONDON. April 16.-Twenty of the
persons taken from Dunkenfeld mine
were badly injured.
Livingstone's remains have been fallv
identified.
LATER.-Fifsy corpses have been re-
covered from the Dunkenfisld mine.
LONDON. April 16.-Additional de-
spatohes just received state that the
steamship Lamericque sunk near the
island OF Usant, off the const of Brit.
tainy. twenty-si1 miles W. N. W. of
Brest. The passengers and crew wore
rescued by English, Norwegian and
Italian vessels, which were in the vicini.
ty. The Italian vessel arrived at Brest
this afternoon, with the Grew.
Telegrn Matters.
REVOLUTION IN ARKANSAS
OF THE doyERNMENT-A BIG COTTON
CAsE-HoNoRs TO AN ENGLISH CAPTAIN
SUMMERS 8 sUCORSSOR-MARINR ACCI.
DKNTs-PREssURE ON THE PRESIDENT
THE DURLLO, WITH ARRESTS -TERRIBLH
OBSTRUCTION BY FLOODs-NASHYILLg
AND NEW ORLEANS INUNDATED, ETC,
LITTLE Rock, April 15.-Joseph
Brooks, who claims to have been elect.
ed Governor in 1872, took the oath OF
oihce about IL o'clock. this morning.
before Chief Justice McCue, and within
tive minutes from. that time took forci-
Die possession of the Governors Office,
and eJected Governor Baxter BY force.
About one year ago. Brooks commenced
suit In the Circuit Court Of Pulaski
County for the Office of Governor, and
about the same time the Attorney
General commenced suit against Go.
vernon Baxter by quo aoarranto in the
Supreme Court. Tho latter court rem
dered decision that the courts OF the
State had no power over contested elec
tion for Office Of Governor, and it was
generally regarded that the matter was
settled 30 fur ms the court was con
cerned. Tho Legislature in 1873 opened
the returns and declared Baxter elected
Nothing more was thought of tho mat
ter particularly until few days ago,
when the attorneys of Gov. Baxter de-
sired that the case in the Circuit Court
be taken up on demurrer, with the Oh.
Jeot OF disposiug of the same. An un.
derstanding was then had that the de.
niurrer should be submitted and argued
next week. On Monday, during the
absence OF Judges English and Comp.
ton, ths attorneys of Gov. Baxter, Mr..
Whlpple. the attorney of Brooks, arose
and stated that it had been agreed be.
tween himself and the counsel of Gov.
Baxter that the demurrer to tho juris
dictlon OF the court should be submit
ted. The, although in the absence ol