The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-09

white men appointed being pronounced
advocates OF mixed schools The i'm
preston is general that the object of
the commissioners i'll making this con-
sc!idetion is to force upon people here
an experiment of educating whites
and negroes together. The expert
ment vas unsuccessfnlly tried in q
milder form few years ago, but i so
damaged the white schools that it took
them year or two to recover from the
blow. This order was the work of
Messrs. Ketchnm and Dsuuison for the
other commissioners. Mr.. Blow has
not been here for some days.
LOUISVILLE. August 9.-Col. Richard
Ten Broeck, the wellkuown horse
owner, was shot, and il reported NOR
tally wounded. OF Giluan's Station,
this evening, by General Walker Whit
taker, lawyer of this city. The par
tlcnlars OF the nffair are not known.
Whitaker has already killed two men,
and IL regarded as desperate charuc-
ter.
LONG BRANCH. August GA storm
ragged fearfully all night, doing convi-
derable damage aloug the shore. All
the Indian sqnmtters' tents on the
beach were blown into the sea aud the
minutes were compelled to seek shelter
III tho hotels y fu)l-riggcd bark has
gone ashore near Scahright. Several
tug bouts have gone to her assistance.
SAVANNAH. August 9.-Tho Ameri-
can bark Alexander Meriel. bow in this
port. loaded with 2,O62 bales cotton
for Liverpool, was sold by the United
States Mnrahal 10 satisfy claim pcu.l
ing here. aud Was bought by William
3. Smith, of Charleston, for sos
BosToN August The rainfall
during last niyht wa, heavier than
known before for many years. The
weather to-day is ciondy, with occa.
sional showers.
PHILADELPHIA, August "a heavy
storm, Snturdhy nighr, caused CON
siderable damnge i'll and around the
city. The large gusometer ut Ninth
and Diamond streets was crushed in.
It was empty at the time, the gas huy
ing been drawn OF. The tank was Of
5O0. O0O cubic fnet capacity. The cul
vert in Montgomery avenue, from
Ninth street to Germantown r .ilroad,
broke. aud the street, from curb to
curb, caved in. A wagon contninine
Harry Steele. aged fourteen, und Ed
ward Sherrah. uged thirty. five. while
on the bridge over W.ugohokeu Creek,
IN Gernan:own. was. with the bridge,
washed away. Both persons we're
drowned The wagon wa, broken and
horse drowned. The bodies were re-
covered to-day. Germantown had
several sewer breaks.
MILWAUKEE. August la the Su.
prcme Court, the arguments i'll the
railroad Injunction suits were con
tlnued. Hon. B. Cook, attorney for
the North-western Railroad, occupied
moet of the day with the argument
against the. jnrisdictio of the court.
Considerable confidence is expressed
here, from the remarks Of Chic. Jus.
tlce ltyan, ye,tei tiay, that the court
will refuse to issue she Injunction, on
the ground that it has not original
jurisdiction.
New York. August Ga Whining.
ton despatch says tbut the body of a
wealthy droyer, named Robert 4.
Alackey, was found in creek near
Odessa. He had been robbed uul
murdered. The police are in pursuit
Of Joseph Taylor, who wns las. seen
with Mackey.
When Wooahnll and C!aflin were in
the conrt. to-day. their counsel pledged
HIS word that they would appear when
called upon, and tho counsel for the
plaintiff accepted .hai kir,i Of bull for
protcsslo onal courtesy. The women i'm
mediatcly left tho conrt, aud proceed
ca nboald tae steamship and sailed for
Europe.
The steam snip Washington, from
New Orleans. passed the wreck of a
small vessel. bottom up, which hns
been In that condition since last fall
Il IS lying in thirteen aud II half IA.
thoms water, about eighteen or twenty
miles South OF Cnpo Canareral, aud in
Very dangerous position, as it is right
on the track Of the steamships bound
Sonth. 1t has driftcd abon. forty
miles in the last eight months. anchors
evidently holding it.
l;esidpnt Ergishmen here stnte thut
the English crick eters allow no betting
on their games and never bet On any Of
their matches, claiming that none but
gentlemen comprised tho team that
contested and were beaten by Tie A,ne.
rlcans on the 81 and 4th instauts. II
had been intimated in newspaper tlat
the lingilshmen Ell allowed tho Americans
to beat. III order to get heavy bets on
another game, and retrieve both pocket
and reputation.
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