The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-19

direction before Monday next, the con-
ditiop Of the overAowed districts will
be far worse during the .seames and
fall, in consequence of the fotif loss OF
crops, than at present The commit
tee waited upon the President this
morning and thanked him, in behalf
of the whole people of the State of
Louisiana, for his prompt action in
sending relief to the suffering inhahi.
tants of the overAowed portion of the
State.
In the Senate, there was a long
wrangle over the salaries as fixed by
the moiety bill. Carpenter said the
bill, from beginning to end, was in the
interest of smugglers. Finally the re-
port was concurred in, and the moiety
bill goes to the President. The South.
ern claims bill passed, including Gen.
Bailey, who was excluded on account
Of selling cotton to the Confederates.
The District bill passed the Senate
aud goes to the President. It pro.
vides temporary government of three
commissioners, appointed by the Pre-
sident and confirmed by the Senate.
who shall conduct the government
until Congress shall devise better
means. Pease's bill for the election of
members of Congress from Mississippi
for the forty-fourth Congress passed.
VIM. G. Jones, of Alabama. had his
political disabilities removed; also,
Thomas Claiborne. OF Tennessee. An
amendment. proposed b !, the Commit
tee on Claims, to strike out the appro.
priation to pay the claim of Bailey,
was rejected. by yeas 81 to nays 33.
The next amendment of the commit.
tee. to strike out the appropriation to
pay Letitia Elsey and Mario 81. Tur.
pin, each 50, ,563. WAS agreed to. The
amendment referring the case of
Witty NJ. Sasseo to the extent OF the
interest therein of Letitia Elsey and
Maria 81. Turpin, and the case OF John
Campbell. administrator of the estate
OF Stephen s. Springer, deceased, to
the Southern Claims Com mission. for
re-examlnation and report. was agreed
to. The bill was then read third
time and passed.
In the House. the general appropri.
alton bill passed. The bill appointing
commission to make an equitable
settlement between the Choctaws and
Chickasaws and their negro slaves
passed. The business before the
House to-day was of miscellaneous
character. All sorts OF motions we're
made under motions to suspend the
rules, few of which wore cnrried.
Pending proposition to go to the
Speakers table, without giving any
advantage to the Civil Rights Bill, the
House, tired OF the muitifarious pro-
leots. voted by yeas and nays to ad-
journ, and did adjourn as early as 3 20.
Prohabilities-For New England,
the Middle States and the lower lake
region. generally clear weather, North.
west aud Southwest winds, excspt
near Lake Erie, stationary or rising
temperature and rising barometer.
For the South Atlantic and Gulf States.
light rains near the coast, South. east
to Southwest winds, with slight
changes in temperature or pressure.
WILMINGTON, n. c., June l8.-CoIo-
mel s. L. Fremont, Chief Engineer and
General superintendent of the Caro-
lima Central Railway, telegraphs to-
day, from the scene of the recent dis
aster, the following explanation: "The
cause OF the accident is the most ter
rltc rain storm ever known here. Six
inches Of rain is said to have fallen in
about three or four hours. The cul.
vert was in good order. and, so far as
can see. is so now. The rain fell in
such torrents that it choked the cnl.
vert. and the water apparently rose so
high that it soaked through the bank,
and finally broke it. All this work Of
construction was done in 1860 or 1861,
and the bank is hard and solid ali
about the culvert. and stood perhaps
Thousand rains before. As the rails
were not carried away with the bank,
but remained suspended, with the
cross ties hanging in their place, and
the break in the bunk not being longer
than the engine and tender. the engi-
neer saw nothing wrong before he was
upon it. Besides this, it is at the end
of a cut and curve, that prevented it
from being seen until within 200 feet"
Calvin. the engineer, died OF his
wounds. and his remains reached here
this afternoon. The balance of the
wounded are reported better, with
strong hopes of ultimate recovery.
NEW YORK, June 18.-Early this
morning, a crowd of roughs attempted
to rescue prisoner from Officer Gilli
gan, when the latter shot Andrew
White. one Of the crowd, in the back,
fatally wounding him.
During drunken fight, this morn
ing, Thomas Goss stabbed Charles
sheridan three times in the neck, caus-
ing serious, if not fatal, wounds. The