The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-17
lie. Brooks holds the State House,

oHnHoos. DIX noadQnmrterS are
still at ST. johns Oollege, in the So.
burbs OF the city. He ia preparing TO
/ retake the State House About l.5OO
stand OF arms belonging to the State are
at the arsenal. Both Baxter aud Brooks
hsvs made u demand for them, but tho
iemnnds have been refused. Men nre
pouring in on every train. The city is
rather qniet.
New YORK. April lG-At meeting,
Peter Cooper presiding. composed Of
petition TO the President 10 veto the Se-
the presidents of the banks belonging to
the Clearing House sigued the peti,iou.
com mittee was appointed TO interview
the President on Friday before the
| Cabinet meeting.
The Industrial Congress-, in session nj
Albany, protest against an expansion OF
the national bank currency, ue!icving it
tho robber Of labor and the sum Of all
vilimiuies. They want legal .cnders d,.
rectly from the Government to The peu-
| pie.
large number Of the eteerase pas
sengers of tho abandoned Steamship
Europe called yesterday ut lie Frcnch
'Frhus. Atlantic Company's lice, and
were each given $l2 to relieve their I'M.
m"tiihte wants; also, Mi desiring will re-.
ise railroad tickets free to their p.iu,
OF ,lrStinasion. Capt. Lenlarc leaves
trr Paris Saturday.
DosroS, April lG. -rhiltiutil ballot
Whole nnm Der Of votes 26S; Necessary
tn a choice 49,: Dawes, %; Banks, s;
! lloar, SO; Curtis, -; Adams, 4 Sand
ford, 2; WasnUuru and Whittier,
ench.
NASHVILLE, April Ii The Climber
land River is still rising at thu ra:e Of
one inch m hour. Market street un,l
Sonth Broad is now several feet under
water, to the great damage Of stores and
residences. Should The water rise one
foot more, it will invade the basrm ents
OF thirty or forty business houses on
Front street North of Broud Mer-
chauts are now moving goods aud cotton
ID moro secure places. One firm will
have to move 60, 600 barrels Of salt ut ii
loss OF 81, 600. The damage to goods
anu expenses in moving are already
very large. The high water has caused
serious damage on the different lines Of
railroads in this section. The Tennes.
see River is very full, and rising ut the
rate Of two inches per hour, aud
threatens an overflow. The Cumbrr-
land, Stone and Duck Rivers are higher
than at any time since 1917. From pre-
sent indications, this will reach or ex-
caad that year.
New YORK. April l6-The report OF
the loss of the Limericque spread rapid
~, and tue fact was announced by buile-
tins at the newspaper Offices The Of
foe of the agent of the Trans Atlantic
Company wns besieged by crowds. The
second officer CT the Lamericqus report
ed lost was named Gailiiard, and was
one OF tho survivors of the Vile Du
Havre.
WAsHiNdToS, April 16.-The San.
born Investigation is indefinitely post.
poned
The Attorney General deriles the
household effects Of immigrants. in nse
over d year. to bo admitted free of duty.
In the Senate, the Portland Canal
comes up tomorrow. Ciyil rights
comes up Friday week. Carpenter in.
troduced joiut resolution, declaring
that it had become the duty of the
United States to recognize Cuba as uu.
OF the independent nations of tho earth,
and that the United States will observe
II strict neutrality between the contend.
ing parties; referred to tho Committee
on Foreign Relations. The Loulsiann
election bill came up us unfinished bust.
ness. Hamilton md Morton both al.
dressed the Senate; tho former in favor
oi the MrEuery Governments, and the
latter in favor OF Kellogg.
The House Committee ot WAys and
Means are authorized, to repor, at any
tlmn on moieties and the Sunburn con.
tracts. \ bill appropriatipg $4,000, ,OUC
to the centennial was referred to the
Committee of the Whole. Tho lcgisla
tive appropriation bill occupied the ,iuy
Probnbilities-For the Midlio States
and lower lake region, fresh aud brisk
East to North winds, cloudy and rainy
weather, but partly as snow over the
Northern portion Of this nrca. For til,
South Atlantic States. Increasing winds,
mostly from Southeast to North east
cloudy aud rainy weather. For the
Wcs. and Calf States, North and North.
west winds, with clear and clearing
weather. which conditions will extend
over tho East Gulf States. For Ten
nessee and the Ohio Valley, winds veer.
ing to Northerly, generally cloudy wca.
ther md light rain. From Missouri
and Iown North eastward over tho INNER