The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-18
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MADRID. February 16.-Thet Oarlists
will soon be obliged to raise the siege Of
Bilboa. General Reverb, with the, ad
vance, 1900 strong, of General No.
rione's army, is now within nine miles
OF FoTtuSaalette. The national troops
have defeated band of 1000 Carlists
before Tolasa and reviotnale6 the city.
LONDON, February 16.-Ths Pal Afal1
Gazette publishes report that the Bri-
tish forces took possession of Coomas.
sic. the capital of Ashantee, the 10th OF
January, aud would commence their
march back to the coast the I'd of Feb.
ruary.
LONDON, February 16.-The Febru.
ary, elections In Ireland are still pend
ing. With the week ending Friday. 346
Conservatives and 297 Liberals and
Home Rulers have been returned to
Parliament, giving net Conservative
gain OF 60. The House of Commons will
have zig new members. The new Mi.
nistry will probably be composed as fol-
lows: D'Israeli, First Lord OF the Trea-
sury; Cairns. Lord High Chancellor; the
Duke OF Buckingham, President of the
Council; the Duke of Richmond. War
Secretary; the Earl of Northumberland,
First Lord of the Admiralty; Ward
Hunt or Mr.. Hubbard, chancellor of
the Exohequer; Claiborne Hardy, Home
Secretary. It is rumored that Gladstone
willfadvise the Queen to elevate Obi.
chester Fortescue to the peerags.
BERLIN. February 16. In the Reich-
stag, to day, Gen. Moltke,' in the course
Of a'speech in support of the new mill
tary bill, said: "What we acquired in
six months, We shall have to protect by
force OF arms for hall century to come.
from France. Notwithstanding q ma
jority of her people are convinced of
the necessity Of peace, she is initiating
our army Organization" He concluded: !:
"We have become powerful, but to re.
main peaceful, VIE require an army for
defence. not conquest" The bill was
referred to committee. A deputy
f1om Alsace moved that pzebiscit be
taken in Alsaoe and Lorraine on the
question of nationality.
LONDON. February 16.-South-ea
ports on the European coast have been
visited by very heavy gales, which did
much damage. The telegraph wires
were prostrated, and there were nu-
merous disasters to shipping on the
Black Sea. The steamship Wyoming,
which left Liverpool on the Iith inst.
for New York, returned to tho former
port, to-day. and went into dock. She
encountered q terrific gale on Friday,
and loaf her funnel and life.boats. The
Abraham Lincoln was wrecked while on
voyage from Cardiff to Messina, and
five OF the Grew drowned.
HAVANA. February 17.-Ssyero Moro,
Chief Surgeon of the Army and Presi-
dent Of the Republican Club, has been
sent to Spain, by order OF the Captain
General.
LONDON, February 17.-The Ministry
have resolved to resign. Gladstone
goes to Windsor. The House of Com
mons now stands $40 Conservatives and
300 Liberals and Home Rulers. The
journals generally approve the determi.
nation OF the Gladstone Government to
resign. The Times SAYS only one men,
her onnnaea the aeeieicc.
LONDON, February 17.-Dr. Bieke, an
knglish trs-ele-. -eporte .hs. he has dis
covered the true Mount Sinai. It is
situated days journey North east of
the village OF Anabe, Arabia, at nm alti.
tude of 5000 feet above the level OF the
sea. DR.. Bieke says he found the re-
mains Of animals that had been sacrl-
feed. He also discovered Sinaitic in
scriptions. which he copied.
Telcgra raphic-American Matters.
DEATH OF RED CLOUDS soN-PRoaREss OF
THE WHIsKEY YwAR-SHIPwRECK-H
RACE ON IoR-DRsTRUCTIvE FIREs-THs
PHILADELPHIA ELECrIoN-CaApTER OF
ACCIDENTS, ETC., ETC.
CHARLESTON, February 17-Arriyed- ~
Steamships Champion, New York; Ash.
land. Philadelphia.
CHEYENNE, w. T., February 15.-The
Cheyenne Leader has q despatch from
Fort Fetterman, stating that g. Cheyenne
runner. who has just arrived there from
the Red Cloud agency, says that Red
Clouds son was killed last Monday
night by party of Sioux, whom he had
compelled TO return stolen stock. He
also reports that nearly oil the Chey.
ennes and Sioux have left the agency,
and that 15O lodges are within fifty
miles OF Fort Fstterman, and will come
in or send to that post. The runner re-
ports plenty Of buffalo in Big Horn
country. aud thinks the Sioux will 90
there.
JEFFERsoNvILlE, IND, February 49,
The women's crusade against the whis.
kew traffic opanad fo.6,u norot;on.,