The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-12-04
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vember say Gov. Strahan had deli.
vered the Qneen's message to the
King and the native ohiefs, saying
that England had saved them from
ruin and henceforth slavery was abo-
lished. There is considerable alarm
here In consequence of the discovery
OF eight oases of small pox 90 board
the steamer fAbbottsford, which iu at
the Victoria docks undergoing repairs
OF damages sustained by colliding with
The Steamship Indus. while on tho pas
sage from Antwerp for New York
Eight persons affected with the disease
were removed to u hospital, and the
Abbottsford is being disinfected. The
remainder Of the passengers had ief,
the vessel and gone to Liverpool be-
fore it was known there was small pox
on board.
BERLIN, December .. "A recent allu Z.
sion in the Reichstug, by Camper
housen, Minister of Finance. to large
sumo OF money to the credit OF Ger
many in London. capable Of sudden
withdrawal, has oocasioned some uu-
easiness. With the obj ct of re,nov-
ing this feeling semi-o olliciala
ment is made to-day, thateuo removal
is now contem plated.
MONTREAL, December "A number
OF Freuch Canadian physIclnns OF this
city recently met und formed un anti
compulsory vu:ciEat,on league. Its
objects are to oppose by every legal
means the operation of the law Oh tGis
subject. aud agltnto for its repeal
LONDON, December 3 Great Bri-
tain fually and formally declines to
participate in tho IuternAtiouui Law
Conference proposed by Russia.
Tue steamer Viking spoke the Dr.
rect Cable Cumpauy's steamers Farn
day and Ambassador. on tho Goth ult
in lat. 49 NJ. long. a deg. West. All
progressing well.
LONDON, December 3 3-The cable
steamer L. Plata. hence for the Rio
Grands Del Sur, foundered; sixty lost,
and fourteen rescued from boat, after
twenty-three hours exposure. The
loss is attributed to shipping heavy
graphing apparatus. The captain,
surgeon, three other officers. engineer,
seven stewards and cooks, eleven
stokers, fourteen seamen and the whole
OF the cable staff. numbering sixteen.
and including Mr.. Ricketts,, chief cleo
trician, were drowned. Tho chief
steward, who was saved, reports the
fires we're all out by 10 o'clock on the
morning of the 29th. A heuvy sea
carried away two of the boats, the ship
gradually settled by the stern. mud ut
IL 30. fonndered. stern first The
captain and doctor were on the bridge,
having failed to clear the patent life
RATS. and went down with the Grew.
The decks burst as the steamer sunk.
PARIS, December 3.-The Radical
Repnbiical journal, La RepublIque
FramcdiSe, says the greatest confusion
exists among the various parties in the
Assembly. Both Right and Left con.
elder dissolution imminent.
Observation-Disclosures oIntaers.
NEW YORK, December 3.-Among
Mayor Havemey er's pall-bearers we're
Gov. Tilden, Peter Cooper and Thur
low Weed.
A special cable despatch says Frele-
rick A. Dockray. who was condemned
to death by the Spaniards in Cuba,
but whose sentence was committed to
ten years imprisonment in Spain, has
been pardoned. CASTELAR, has been
appointed commissioner to represent
Spain at the centennial exhibition in
the United States. The trial of Count
Won Arnim probably will be postponed
to January; counsel for the defence
have permission only during the space
OF two hours day to examine papers,
subject to the surveillance of the Of
ficers OF the foreign department. These
restrictions reterd the progress OF pre-
parasion OF defence, and it may be
found necessary to postpone again
from January until spring.
CONCORD, N. H.. December 2.-The
Prohibition State Convention met to.
day. Resolutions re.aGirming their
DEVOTION to the csuse Of total a!,sti-
nenoe, and favoring speedy return to
specie payments, were adopted. Ma
thsniei White. of Concord. was nomi-
mated for Governor. and David Hoald
for Railroad Commissioner. Con.
gressional nominations were also made.
New ORLEANS, December 2 Judge
B. Phillips. of Grant Parish, was
arrested to-day, charged with being 40
cessory before the fact to the murder
OF Needham Waters.
JERSEY CRY. December 2.-The
strike of iongshoremen has terminated
in Jersey City. The strikers have &C.
oepted the offer of the Conard line to
pay three dollars per day and forty
five cents per hour for over work, but
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