The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-28

y NEWS IrFa6s Cadet Gordon Claude.
Of the Annapolis Naval Academy, has
been dismissed for refusing to fenoe
with the colored cadet.
The bark Hercules. loaded with
q. 400 barrels OF sugar, valued as $7O,.
00Oi sunk at New York, Friday.
Henry 7. Thomas has been elected
Lieutenant Governor OF Virginia, in
place OF Withers. elected TO the United
States Senate.
Col. Thomas II. Wynne, one OF the
best known, most intelligent: aud most
progressive citizens OF Richmond, is
dead.
The Georgia Legislature has de-
olared unconstitutional, null and void
the second series Of the $500, 600 in
bonds endorsed by the State in 1870,
and issued to the Macon and Bruins.
wick Railroad, the said endorsement
having been declared void and not
binding by the Legislature of 1872.
The fret series OF bonds. amounting
to Sl95, 600, were declared valid and
binding on the State.
While the congregation of st. An
dEe|'s Church, New Yvsh, mostly
women aud children, were hearing
vespers, the wall adjacent to building
recently burnt. fell through the roof Of
the church. The congregation was
panic-stricken, aud in the rush five
died aud two are expected to die; ten
are seriously wounded and fifteen
hurt.
In the Mississippi Investigation
Committee, the Republicans Sign one
report and the Democrats another.
The majority report ooses with a re-
commendatiou for the passage OF tue
caucus forco bill. aud Gays that the
violent action at Vioksburg jnstifiea
Ames i'll calling on President Grant
for troops. The House went into oom-
mittee on the sundry appropriation
bill, but the proceedings were dry and
uninteresting. The item for purch as.
ing Miss Ransom's picture Of General
Thomas, and Carpenters picture Of
the signing Of the Emancipation Pro
olamation, for $1,000 and So. 500 re-
epeotiveIy, were stricken ont on point
OF order, and the one for Miss Vlnuie
Ream's statue Of Admiral Farragut ill.,
serted. the latter being under con-
tract. James N. Tyner has been
nominated Second Assistant Postmas
ser.General. and Jerome j. Hiuds,
Marshal of the Southern Distric. OF
Alabama. Con6rmations-ryn Se-
cond Assistant pos.master-G General,
and largo number OF Indian agents.
stmasters-Olinton, Brownsville,
Tenn; Boone. Newberry, s. c.; Hall,
Port Gibson, Miss; Allen, BreDham.
Texas; Cove. MilledgevilIe, GA.
Waters, Lebanon, Tenn, and Putney.
Albany. Ga.
The Virginia streams are flooding,
but no serious damage is apprehended.
The ice on the Jnniata is moving, and
eeveral bridges have been swept away.
There is no further travel about Chat
tanooga; the railroad is washed away
on every route. The Memphis and
East Tennessee routes will be all right
in day or two. The Atlanta and Ala
bama and Ohattanooga routes will be
longer getting repaired, Oh there are
live breaks on the latter. The dana ee
from tho food throughout e at Te q :
nessee is great. There were no mails.
yesterday. and probably it will be u
week before the trains will run over
the Tennessee, Georgia and Virginia
Railroads. The gorge in the Sohuyl-
kill broke. Manayunk was flooded,
the gas-works submerged. and mills
stopped. 1000 persons arc nnem .
ployed. Malston's cotton mill was
burned.
During the closing debate in the
French Assembly. on the 9th, on the
public powers bill, many amend dments
were moved by the Legitimists and
Bonapartists to gain time. bat all were
voted down. The seat of Government
was fixed at Versailles without debate
Before the vote on the whole bill, tho
Legitimists presented formal protest
against its passage. Rochett warned
tue House that there would be terri
bic struggle between the Conservatives
and Rspublicana. and that the Mo
anarchists would INCREASINGLY combat
the new institutions. MacMahon has
summoned Buffet, President of the
Assembly. to form q new Ministry.
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A LIFE INSURANCE DECISION Judge
Blodgett, of the United States Circuit
Court. Chicago, has decided that q
life insurance company is competent
to restrict its liability in case Of death
brought on by the insanity of the
holder Of its policies. which contains
q CLAUSE declaring the company not
liable in such cases. This decision is
in opposition to many previous deci-