The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-12-05
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Sue purpose OF OifectlnS military opa-
rations. In the selection of his staff.
particular pains were taken that no one
should be placed ou it who il suspect
ed OF being supporter of Prince
Alfonso, sou Of ex Q ,sen Isabella. The
Carlist leaders. Vulasoo aud Cncula.
have unsnooessfully attempted to eu
ter the province ot Murcta with their
bands
LONDON, December 4 "A telegram
from Carlist sources says Gen. Dss
pujols, commanding large body of
Govern ment troops in Valencia. has
been totally defeated by the Carl,sts
and was obliged to retreat to Morrella.
with loss OF GOO killed and wounded,
$50 prianoers.
BRUSSELS, December 4 4-V4rmesch,
formerly editor of Pere DuScAesne. of
fetal journal of the PARIS Cnmmune,
has heen ordered to quit B-lgium.
MADRID. Deoember There was n
slight nutlny In this city, yesterday
by battalion of troops, who refused
to obey an order to proceed to the
North. Tho demonstration was. how
ever, soon Suppressed without blood
shed and tranquility restored in the
barracks. The battalion subsequently
proceeded for it's destination. The
Oarllst leader Lrsano, who was cap
tured while travelling on u railway
train to Curdova. was shot yesterday,
ut AIbuceto, having been alju,iged
guilty OF assassluatiOn aud robbery
LONDON, December d aies-rs Sic
mems wrlts to til. Times explaining
the loss Of the steamer Plat.. Tney
say heavy sea which carried two
boats away. also tore out their davls,
thus causing openings to be made III
the side of the stsam.r. through which
water cams in in -ulfi ,ent q lautlt.s.
to extingnt,h the fires, aud WHOM the
maoh.nery ceased to work, tho ship
WAS helpless.
= It is stated that the trial Of Won Ar
MIN has heen indefinitely postponed.
ROME. Dtcember The Pope has
absolutely refused to rccnmmeud the
bishops imprisoned in Brazil TO resigu
their sees, as a measure for rrconcilia
tion OF their differences with the Go.
vernment Of that country.
PARIS. December The newspnpn
organs Of the Republican party think
that the message of President Mac Ma.
hon to the Assembly is directed aguiust
the Legitimists, while the journals
published in the interest of the Con.
servatives believe it ia pointed towards
the Radicals. The public generally is
favorably impressed by the nessage.
ToleuraDhic-Aner,c mnrt.r.
BALTIMORE. December 3.-The trial
of Alexander O. Goss. indicted for per
jury. in the case Of Eliza w. Goss
against the Mutual Life Insurance
Company. OF New York. tried III this
city in May. 1878. was commenced in
the Uuited States District Court, be-
fore Judge Giles, to day. The suit Of
Mrs. Goss was to recover On insurance
policy on the life of her husband,
Winfield 8. Goss, for whose subsequent
murder Cdderz0ok was recently exc
cuted at Weston ester, Pa.
NEW YORK, December 4. "A despatch
10 the Herald says Walker Tearn, who
has been appointed DureIl's SUCCESSOR,
as relative by marriage of the Presi
dent. Judge DurelI, who is now IN
this cjty. was interviewed by the 7ri
6"ne reporter, by whom he is repre-.
sented as saying he is the victim Of
party exigency; that the head and front
OF his offending is the literal coustruc-
tion of the Enforcement Act-n bad
law. known to him as such, passed by
q Republican Congress, seeking to
perpstuate the Republican purity, but
which he found on the statute books,
and executed impartially. He gnve in
detail his objections to the law, as
strong as his worst enemy could desire,
and says when its unpopularlty and
inexpediency mad been exposed, he
was deserted by thosn who pas .ud it,
and by them accused of overstepping
his authority.
LOUISVILLE, December 4 Three al
legged colored incendlaries we're taken
from the Morganstield jniI aud hanged
RICHMOND December 4 Potter, of
Iowa, moved. as substitute for the
resolutions OF the committee fuvoring
three great water routes, :tis iiune,il-
ate construction by Congress Of tue
Eock Island and Henehec Canai. Chi
cago Was selected for the next annual
meeting.
In the Cheap Transportation Con-
vention, to day, AL the substitutes for
the report Of tho Committee on Water
Routes were Withdrawn and Col. IL
q. Cabell, Of Virginia, offered rs u
compromise resolution recognizing,
IN addition to the lines of trausportn
tion recommended by the Uuited
States Senate Committee on rraus-