The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-30
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have been evaousted 'by the Oarlists.
BAYoNnE, april 29.-The latest de.
spatohes from the seat of war state chat
Gen. Manuel do 10 Oonoha, with budy
Of Republicans. Numbering 10000, has
moved from the sea coast in the direo-
tion OF Valmaseda, twenty-five miles
Southwest of Bilbao. for the purpose
OF striking the Csrlists in their rear.
Marshal Sertano, with force equally as
strong, IL to make q simultaneous attack
on,the insurgents from the front. The
Carlists are reported to be strongly en-
trenchetl.
LONDON, April pa conference of
the owners aud agents OF the steamships
which ply between Liverpool and New
York is being held at Liverpool. It is
understood the result will be vigorous
competition between the various lines,
and that the freight and passenger rates
will be reduced.
TclcErnphic-Ainer Matters.
BATON RouaE. April $500 families
in this parish are homeless from the
food.
ALLENTOWN, PA. April 2s.-The AS
scciatca Banks of Eastern Pennsylvania
met in Bethlehem to-day. This asso-
citation comprises about 100 national
banks located + at OF the Alleganies, IN
this State. Among other business tran
sac'ed the following was adopted:
Resoloed, That this association favors
modification of tho national currency
Act 30 as to authorize free banking
under reasonable restriotions, allowing
circulating notes equal to the current
market value of bonds pledged for their
redemption, not exceeding their value.
and such change in the law relating to
reserves as will render the same flexible
and available for use in times of grext
striDgenoy.
C1NcrNNAT1. April Or. 81. Hay
slip, postmaster at Guyandotte. West
Virginia, and editor of the Echo, was
shot and instantly killed BY Charles
Smith. Smith claims the shooting to
be accidental.
MsMpH1s. April 29.-The river is sta
tionary. but is forty miles wide. No
change in the condition of railroads.
The former reports of food and suffer
iDg are more than confirmed.
BALTIMORE, April 29. The City Coun-
oil appropriated 1876, 600 for the suffer
ers BY the flood.
MONROE, La, April 29.-The river
has fallen an inch and half in the last
twenty-four hours. The water above
here 10 higher than ever known by two
feet.
New ORLEANS. April 29.-Plantera
who hoped to make 5000 hogsheads of
sugar. now only hope to save seed. Fa-
miles from all quarters are coming to
the highlands. Most of the large plan
tations in Teohe have been abandoned.
Three peraons we're drowned on the Mo-
II np1a
River.
HARn1sDURa. April 2o.-The reside nee
of Henry Pennington, at Hantztille,
Clearfeld County, was burned, and two
sons and daughter were burned tD
death.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-The House is
considering bill defining the rights
and duties of Americans abroad.
The Senate passed bill to relieve the
political disabilities of David A. Tefair,
of North Carolina.
R1oHMoND, April 29.-Snow here this
morning.
New YoRK. April 29.-A London de-
spatoh says the mails of the Americquo
have arrived. They were found in IN
abandoned boat, which was picked up
in latitude At degrees North, longitude
Z degrees West, by the bark Assyria,
which arrived at Havre on the 9th,
from New Orleans. They were damaged
by water.
WASHINGTON, April %. Confirmation
-Deitrech, postmaster, at Calvert,
Texas.
The House Committee on Commerce,
to-day. completed the river and harbor
approximation bill. Owing to the fnan-
cial Q, 1dition of the Government, the
committee have concluded not to report
in fe1nr OF new works, bat contine re-.
concentrations to the preservation aud
completion of works already commenc-
ed. Among the items are the following:
Upper Mississippi River, S25, 1000; im-
provement Of the Mississippi, Missouri
and Arkansas Rivers. 500, 600; remov.
ing Red River raft. $50, 900; improving
the mouth of the Mississippi, $l30. 900;
Mobile harbor, $4,000; James River,
$4,000; Appomattox, $50, 900; Cape
Fear River, 800, 900; Mississippi River,
between the mouths of the Ohio and
Missouri Rivers. 5000. 900; improvement
OF the Great Kanawha. $25, 900; Ten
neesee River, above Chattanooga, S25.-
600; besow Chattanooga, including
MuRo1o Shoals 810O OflO. n,lva,tou