The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-19

mshts in Onba. Three pbweffal ifbhs
cladsS have beer 'orieled to Cuban
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS mass.I.. tt
NEW YoaK. February l8.-A Wash
ingeon special says: "A, despatch, 3re.
oeived here yesterday from New Or.
leans states that committee Of Con.
servative niembers of the Legislature
have aeit Tor Washington, to renew me-
gotiations for O compromise.
"A London special says that Naval
Contractor Win introduced q motion
In that Harlisment, to instruct the ad-
m'ralfy to postpone for one year the
Polar exposition now organizing, with
the, view that the Austrian and other
governments may cooperate in the
work OF exploration. e-ii 3q5ar..
The Century Ciab will shortly pre-.
sent p handsome memorial to William
Onllent Bryant, being vase of
oxydized silver and Greek model,
covered with studies from nature.
beautifully engraved and ornamentcd.
.fhe war between the Baltimore and
Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroads gets
warmer daily. Garrett has announced
q lsrge reduction in its rate for the
West; hs counter.oheck to this, new
ticksta have been issued by the Penn.
eylvAnia Road at the CHARLES Street
Depot, which is two and n half miles
distant from the Baltimore and Ohio
.Cotnpany'a office. Neither the Penn
sylYeniS, Central, New York Central.
nor iEr rie have made any red uotion in
rates TO the West. t'.E
Tbn, efaorn nh;,> Alo~~.J.: a, :.
"Anchor, Line;" which arrived, yes
terday, from Gibraltar, has been at
sea since the 28th December; she en-
countered terrible gales aud intensely
cold weather, when of the banks of
New Foundland. Thsy sailed through
100 miles of ice in Westerly direo.
ton sha dTisses11 through ESQ miles Of
it th-westwardIy. They we're short
OF coal and had. to use sail. When she
arrived, yesterday, she whole ship was
o glittering mass OF ice.
AAra ins West Hoboken, yesterday.
burned two buildings, owned by John
Wafer-oue occupied as grocery and
the other. "a q food store. Total loss,
$50. 900. ~ 49, -
Three dry goods stores, a drug store
and several small buildings, ooou pied
ee shops and saloons, in. the village of
Wo6dhill. Seeuben County, were
burned yesterday; loss not stated. ,,,i
FALL RIVER, MASS, February 49,
Help 10 quietly dropping in to replace
the strikers. Some strikers resumed
work on employers terms. More
weayers struck yesterday. rIudiostions
point to o general strike or collapse
soon. - = rt.i = : ~ .'ai sr,r ~
P6RTnAND, 9 Me-. February 18.-It
has iqat tranPpired that in West Bux.
ton. Q woman, partly insane, has been
oonhned all winter in room in her
husbands honee-a port OF the time
being chained; when discovered. she
had hardly any clothing on her BODY,
and her legs and feet were badly frost.
bitten. =,
DEs MONIES. Iowa, February 49,
Heavy snow-skorm in Northern Iowa
and railroads blocked.
WASHINGTON. February 17.-Presi-
dent Grant has issued proclamation,
that whereas objects Of interest to the
United States requires that the Senate
should be convened at IL O'Clock on
the 5th day Of March next. to receive
and act upon suoh communications as
may he made to 1t on the part of the
Executive. now. therefore, I, U. 8.
Grant. President Of the United States,
have considered it to be my duty to
issue this my proclamation, declaring
that an extraordinary OCCASION re-.
quires the Senate of the United States
to convene for the transaction of bust.
ness. at the Capitol. in the city of
Washington, on the 5th dsy of March
next, ut IL o'clock at noon on that day.
or which all who shall at that time be
entitled to act as members Of that body
are Hereby required to, take notice.
Probabilities-Daring Friday, in the
Sonth Atlantic and Gull States, falling
barometer. Northeast and Sonth east
winds, warm and oleudy weather, and
possibly rain.
The observer at Norfolk reports the
sohooneF. Clara Msewioh, Captain A.
Smith, for Mosquito Inlet, with car.
go OF white oak timber, for Boston.
arrived there ,at2P. III. yesterday, in
tow 81, p tug, with sails gone and bul.
warks stove in and an anchor and
ohain lost. She left Mosquito inlet
January rs. and for the past fourteen
days has experienced succession of
heavy gales. At one time she was
within sixty miles Of Boston, but was
was driven back and took refuge in the
Delaware broakHHter. where she loaf