The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-25
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announces that the Austrian and the
German Charges dAfaires at Madrid
were notified, on Friday last. of the
recognition by their respective Co.
vernments Of President Serrauo as
chief of the executive power of Spain.
LONDON, August pa colliery ex-
plosion, near Staffordshire, killed
eight
A fire on the docks in southampton,
last night, caused the shipping to be in
danger Of f@estruction, mud they were
removed to u place Of safety. The
flames were confined to the workshops
Of the royal mail steamship line, which
were destroyed. Many workmen nre
deprived of situations by the fire. A
large number Of them also lost their
tools.
Sydney Dobel!, n well known Eng
lish writer, is dead.
by the burning OF Mirdcy's stocking
factory, at Nottingham. 500 persons
were thrown out of employmcnt; loss,
$4,000
ToRoNTo, August 24 Last night,
while Rev. NJ. Day was preaching in
the Holy Trinity Church, lis eldest
daughter Ma,y, about twenty years OF
age, and young son, ton years of
age. were OF home. Tho young boy
picked up gun, which had been cure
lessly left loaded in the bedroom, and
pointing it ut his sister. said, "Do you
want me to shoot you?" ut the same
time pulling the trigger. He literally
blew the side Of the young lady's head
off.
HAVANA. August 24-On ana n:ter
the 1st Of September, customs duties
will be payable entirely in gold.
TelcGrnphic-Amorlc Matters.
New YORK, August 23.-The Herald
publishes a synopsis of the forthoom-
ing report of the Beecher Investigating
committee. After summing up tho
evidence, tho COMMITTEES hnd Beecher
not guilty of the charges preferred
against him.
ST. PAUL, MIMI, August 23.-Gene-
raj Custar, in his report of the expedi-
ton to the Black Hills, says: II re-
ferred, in former despatch, to. the
discovery of gold. Subsequent exami-
nations at numerous points confirm
and strengthen the fact of the exist
enoe of gold in the Black Hills and in
come Of the water courses. Almost
every shovel of earth produced gold in
small yet paying quantities. Our brief
halts in rapid marching prevents any
thing but Il very hasty examination of
the country in this respect; but in one
place, and the only one within nv
knowledge where SO great depths were
reached, hole was dug eight feet
deep. The miners report that they
found gold among the roots OF grass,
and from that point to the lowest point
reached gold was found in paying
quantities. 1t had needed no effort to
find gold in the Black Hills, as men
without former experience in mining
have discovered it ut the expense OF
bnt little time or labor. As an evil
dence Of the rich pasturage to be found
IN this region, l can state that my beef
herd, after marching upwards of 600
miles, is in better condition than when
L started. being now as fat as is con-
slstent with marching condition. The
same may be said of the mules of the
wagon train. The horses of the com.
mand are in good working condition.
l have never seen as many deer as in
the Black Hills. Elk and bear have
also been killed. We have had no
collision with hostile Indians"
LANCASTER. GARRARD COUNTY, Ky.
August 22.-We are having terrible
conflict between the whites and blacks.
Fighting has been going on at inter
walls since Wednesday. Friday morn.
ing, the negroes shot Fred. Yeaky.
This 30 exasperated the whites that
they took possession of the town this
morning, and the firing has been
going on ever since. The negroes are
fortified in the residence of Hon. VIM.
Sellers. 1t is thought that two of
them we're killed this evening, and
several wounded. The whites set fire
to an clubhouse, near Sellers, for the
purpose OF burning out the blacks.
The whites have the negroes surround.
ed. United States troops marched
into the town to quell the riot. and
were fired on by both parties. The
tire was returned, and several were
wounded on both sides. 1OP. NJ
Sellers dwelling has been burned.
LOUISVILLE, August 23.-This trou.
BILE at Lancaster is not between whites
and blacks, but among the respective
partisana of Sellers and Kennedy, both
white, which had been brewing since
and which had it's origin in the recent
election. The first named is O Repub.
lican and the latter a Democrat. and
the connection of the blacks in the af-
fair is purely from their friendship for