The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-19
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Speritus last Friday. They seized the
armory Of the volunteers, and after re-,
manning in town about half an hour,
made off with twenty rifles. The
Captain General has issued decree,
requiring. after September /, all Gus.
toms due be paid only in gold, or, at
the option Of the taxpayer, in bank or
treasury bills, with the increase of 100
per cent. The only exception made is
on the proceeds of contracts and mort
cages, the terms of which stipulate
that all payments thereon shall be
made in paper.
VIENNA. August 18 The New Free
Press says it has reliable information
that the Pope will soon recognize Mar
shall Serano as President of Spain.
LONDON, August 18.-The reoogni-
ton of the Spanish republic by Eng,
land, France and Austria ia officially
promulgated.
OTTAWA. August 18.-The destruct-
i've fires raging in the vicinity of
Ottawa are repetition of the devas.
tating fires of 1870.
PARIS, August 18.-E1-President
Theirs has returned to Paris; his
oo0t1d 40 J.. A0otOACus Nol.
V,llett, aid d.de.camp OF Marshal Ba-
zaine, was examined yesterday. He
denies all completely in the escape.
The rope story gains confidence. Seve-
raj experiments have been made and
proved that the descent which Ba.
zaine is reported to have made from
the terrace is not difficult.
HAMILTON, CANADA, August 1S.-R.
Pass. Grand Secretary of the Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons, died this
morning.
xraphic-American Matters.
PHILADELPHIA, August 17.-Yester.
day, franklin Simpson, aged twenty
two years, shot himself through the
heart. Grief at the death of his mo-
ther is supposed to have affected his
mind. John MoIlhenney, aged thirty
years, suicided with iaudanum. Busi-
supposed causes.
@Geottleib Kutz, the proprietor of o
drinking saloon in Philadelphia, was
found dead from a pistol shot wound.
A pistol wasifound on the mantle-piece
where the wife of deceased says lie
placed it after firing it. She is held to
await the lEquest.
About 20O striking laborers at
Georgetown, Del. yesterday morning,
threatened to hang contractor named
Smith. because they were not paid of.
Citizens prevented the threatened
hanging.
French Canadians ip the United
States are. to certain extent, seeking
repatriation. and petition has been
prepared with this end in view TO: pre-
sentation to the Lieutenant Governor
of Canada; and is signed by 287 per-
At Quebec, Sunday night. Truddell's
livery stables and driving sheds, toge.
ther with the dwelling house occupied
by the Provincial Secretary, and seven
horses, we're burned. The loss is
$4,000.
In the Circuit Court in Chicago,
Judge Williams has rendered a deci
sion in the famous Cheney. Whitehouse
case. to the effect that the Blsh op had
no power to sentence except in pursr,- :
ance Of II finding Of the. church court,
and such finding being invalid, his
sentences were also void, aud Rev
*. nj. Cheney was never legally de-.
posed from the ministry. The bill is,
therefore, dismissed for want of equity
LOUISVILLE. August l8.-The Cou-
rier-J0urmal. to-day, publishes reports
from correspondents in fifty Counties
OF Kentucky, representing seventy Fl Va
per cent. Of the tobacco crop Of the en-
tire State, which indicate an unpsral.
leled failure of the crop. From the
aggregate estimate, it ia deduoed that
under the most favorable future condi.
tions. the crop of 1874 will be only
thirteen per cent. of the average un-
nual yield.
PARSONS. KANSAS, August l8.-At
the recent election in the Chootaw aud
Chickasaw nations, J. T. Coleman Cole
wes elected Governor of tue Choc.
taws. and Frank Overton Governor OF
the Ohickasaws. It 'is regarded q tri.
nmph of progressive principles.
NEW YORK, August 18.-Last night,
some miscreants entered the stable Of
Patrick Dwyer and stabbed nine foe
horses. Six we're found dead when
the foreman entered this morning, and
three others are not expected to live.
Each horse; was stabbed in the aank.
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals offer reward of
$lOO for snch information as will lead
to the arrest and conviction of the of.
tenders. The three horses lay writh-
ing in agony and giving utterauce to