The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-29

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS &ss:ss.
LONDON. August ,2S.=IA special to
the Standard, from Paris, .gives an 40.
count Of the duel l6et vel nuss Rerter
D'Conto and Senior Rosado, editor of
New York paper. It says the affair
came off with pistols, on the Belgian
frontier, and D'Conto was severely
wounded in the side.
John Henry Folly. the sculptor, is
dead. IN ''''''
HAVANA. August 27.--There was
great excitement in the market to day.
Gold .fuctuated from l. 40 to 4. 90, clos.
ing at the latter figure. Exchange wa5
not quotable. pf fati
HAVANA. August San official de-
spatch from the Eastern Department
states that q force OF Spanish troops
attacked body of insurgents, number
ing $50 men, in Bueyabajo, canaing
the death of rnany of them; twelve Of
the Spaniards were killed.
BERLIN, August 28.-J. @. Bancroft
Davis had special audience with Em.
peror William to-day, aud delivered
his credentials as American Minister.
He afterwards visited the Empress.
QUEENSTOWN. August 28.-A Spanish
steamer, towing the disabled stea amship o
Westphalia, is coming into This port
Tclogranhic-Amertc Maslor..
New York, August 27.-The Erie
Directors to-day ratified the abolition
OF ticket agencies aud the increased
tariff on freight aud passenger fare.
Isaao n. Halliday. prominen -four
merchant of this city, died Suddenly
at Saratoga to-day.
A despatch received to day by the
editor OF El Cronista from Senior De
Oarto. who had duel with the Cuban
Rosada, states: II have satisfied nv
country's honor and my own. The
duel was according to the code, and I
have been wounded slightly. No
date is given to the despatch. but it is
supposed to be Paris. -
NEW YORK. August 28 Jonas San.
born & Co., oil merchants on Pearl
street, failed yesterday. their liabilities
amounting to between $4,000. 600 and
$5, 1000, 900. The firm has been in ex
istence twenty months, and attribuee
their failure to losses sustained during
the panic. Their principal business
was with European dealers, and their
failure, consequently, will have little
effect here.
Charles Barnard, a teacher ut house
OF industry in Five Points, was arrested
yesterday, charged with beating James
Randerick. an Itaiian boy in tue insti.
tntion, SO severely that death resulted
from the injuries
Max. Mendell. a young man, about
nineteen years of age, aud o resident
OF Amsterdam, New York, was killed
at Little Falls by the premature dis
charge of a gun. He accompanied
military company on q target excur.
sion, and was holding gun for sol.
dler when the accident occurred. The
ball entered his brain, killing him
instantly.
Charles Crouach and John Baker
were hanged yesterday at Sparta, Cali
fornia, for murder.
Thomas E. Gaynor, mapager of the
New York office of the Stanley Rule
and Level Company, was arrested to.
day. ohurged with embezzling $21, 600
OF the co,npany's money. Gaynor was
bailed for trial and his property at
tached.
j. Lincoln Smith, of Middletown,
Connecticut. last seen in williamsburg
on the 4th of August, is missing, and
$500 reward is offered for his recovery.
dead or alive.
Mr. Moulton declares he will soon
publish his supplemental statement.
Impeiled by the imputations on his
honor. He says he yesterday offered
to go before the Beecher committee.
but received no reply.
William 81 Muldroon, city editor of
the Brooklyn Eagle. was arrested to.
day, in connection with the Bowen
libel suits. and baiied in S8. 900 for his
appearance at the City Court on Mon
day next.
P1TTsBURa. FA, August 28.-The
resolutions of the Democratic Oonven-
tion denounce the Republican party;
declare that prosperity can only be re-.
stored to the country by the restora.
ton OF tho Democratic party to power:
oppose the Government grant of lands
to railroads.; favor economy in the ad.
mlnistration of the Government; re-.
oognize the claims OF the soldiers and
sailors widows and orphans; favor
speedy return to specie pay yment; and
denOunce civil rights and mixed