The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-12-05
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MADRIp. Deoembar- -3.=-Marshal
Serrano will leave this city Saturday
next for che North, where he goes tor
the purpoas OF directing military ops-
rations. In the selection of his staff.
particular pains were takenthat no one
should be placed on it who il suspect.
ed OF being a supporter of Prince
Alfonso, son Of ex Q ,sen Isabella. The
Carlist leaders,. Velasoo aud Cuouls.
have unsncoessfutIy attempted to en
ter the province OF Mutcla with their
bands.
LONDON, December 4 "A Telegram
from Carllst sources says Gen. Dss
P~jo!s, commanding g :arss body Of
Government troops in Valencia, has
been totally defeated by the Oarl,sts
and was obliged to retreat to Morrella.
with q loss Of 600 killed and wounded,
4oU prisoners.
BRUSSELS. December i -Vermesoh,
formerly editor of Pere DuSchesne. OF
fetal journal of the PARIS Commune,
has hsen ordered to quit B-lgiun.
MADRID. Deosmber There was
slight ,mutlny in this city, yesterday
by a battalion of troops. who refused
TO obey IN orier 10 proceed TO tile
North. Tho demonstration was. how.
ever, soon suppressed without hlood
shed and tranquility restored in the
barracks. The battalion subsequently,
proceeded for it's destination. The
Carlist leader Lnaano, who was cap.
tured while travelling on railway
train to Curdova. was shot yesterday.
at Albaceto. having been adindged
rnyffu nF "a, NO is.s,o
LONDON. Dece.nber 4.-Mes-ra Sic
mems wrIts to the Times explaining
the loss of the steamer Plate. They
say heavy sea which carried twD
boats q way, also tore out their davlts,
thus causing openings to be made iu
the side OF the stsam4r, through which
water came in in rulf ,iens qIant,tls.
to extingn,sh the fires, aud whou the
machinery ceased to work, the ship
was helpless.
= It is stated that the trial Of Won Ar
MIN has been indefinitely postponed.
RoME. December The Pops has
absolutely refused to recommend tue
bishops imprisoned in Braz,i to resign
their sees, as measure for reconcila
ton OF their differences with tho Go
vernment of that country.
PARIS, December Tho newspaper
organs OF the Republican party think
that the mrssRge of President Mac Ma.
hon to the Assembly is directed aguiust
the Legitimiste. while the Journals
published in the interest of the Con.
servatives believe it is poiuted towards
the Radicals. The public generally is
favorably impressed by tue message.
BALTIMORE. December 3.-The trial
OF Alexander O. Goss, indicted for per
jury, in the case of Eliza w. Goss
against the Mntual Life Insurance
Company. OF New York. tried in this
CITY in May, 1878, was commenced in
the United States District Court, b..
fore Jndge Giles, to day. Tho suit of
Mrs. Goss was to recover an insurance
policy on the life of her husband.
Winfield 8. Goss. for whose so bsequent
murder Udderzook was recently exc.
outed at Westohester, Pa.
NEW YORK, December 4. "A despatch
10 the Herald says Walker Fearn, who
has been appointed Durell's successor,
is relative by marriage Of the Presi.
dent. Judge Durell, who is now IN
suAo o'SyS ~nS AAGoESlcH0u ny lu0 iTt
Dune reporter, by whom he is repre-.
sented as saying he is the victim of
party exigency; that the head aud front
CT his offending is the literal construc.
tion OF the Enforcement Act-a bad
law. known to him as such, passed by
Republican Congress. seeking to
perpetuats the Republican party, but
which he found on the statute books.
and executed impartialIy. He gave in
detail his objections to the law, as
strong as his worst enemy could desire,
and says when its unpopularlty and
ine1pediency had been exposed, he
was deserted by those who passed il.
and by them accused of oversteppiue
his authority.
LOUISVILLE, December Three al.
legged colored incendiaries were taken
from the Morgansfeld jail aud hanged
RICHMOND. December 4-Pottsr, of
Iowa, moved. as substitute for the
resolutions of the committee favoring
three great water routes, the immedi
ate construction by Congress Of tue
Rock Island and HeneheE Canal. Chi
cago Was selected for the next annual
meeting.
In the Cheap Transportation Con.
vention, to day, al the substitutes for
the report of the Committee on Water
Routes were Withdrawn and Col. H.