The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-03-16

iIohessy. they would nave empowered
the commission to cancel the fraudu-
lent claims, according to an amend
ment offered; then the only claims
Shat could have been paid would have
been the valid ones. ~s -. :.
Anderson Conseroator.
The confusion attendant upon the
close OF Congressional session, and
the facility with which misohievous
little "riders" slip through. tackled on
the appropriation and other bills, is
Illustrated by the reply Of q premine ent
Democratic member Of the House iust
after the Adjournment. to the question
whether certain clauses were retained
in the sundry civil bill as it finally
passed. His reply vas: II don't
know, and I don't believe any one eise
knows. The fact is, business Wa trans
acted with such h-ll of fush; ftbat
it will be fully week before ~e know
what laws have been enacted.Y
The snow storm Of last week was
something wonderful in the fierceness
and volume along the line of the Hud-
son and the Delaware Rivers. Letters
and dispatches from that region tell
OF roads blocked up, treins DELAYED,
drifts of ten and twenty feet, and the
whole face OF the country buried under
from one to three feet OF snow. The
apprehension Is general that there will
shortly happen the most disastrous
freshets and inundations known for
years.
DEATH OF CoLonED BIsHop.-The
death OF the Rev. John Wright Ro-
berts, Bishop of the Methodist Epis.
copal Church in Liberia, is announced,
He was the successor of Bishop Burns,
and both were colored men. They
were not bishops with full powers, but
were elected simply to exercise epis.
copal supervision over the Liberia
mission, it being impractioable to send
bishop from the United States eyery
year to preside at the Liberia con-
ference.
SETTLING MEXICo.-The, relie;oas
agitation continues in Mexico, and the
Protestants are preparing TO emierate.
The church party, incensed By the
expulsion of the Sisters OF, Charity, are
fomenting trouble, and thezs are signs
OF q rew struggle between the church
party and the go called liberals. There
Is q little side revolution going on in
Michoacan, but breezo up in the
'mPuntains there does no one much
alarm. -. 4 ~
FREsHEr IN PEE DEE Tie water
in this river has been higher than ever
before. Much OF the stock that
usually pasture in the brakes ,have
been driven of aud drowned. The
magnificent bridge at Cheraw hss, we
learn, been carried away, besides mapy
houses along its banks.
harrington SouAeyMer.
The Pinchback debate in the United
States Senate Chamber. on Tuesday,
was badly disturbed by the sudden
explosion Of gas in the basement. The
noise was terrific. and a general stam-
pede occurred. The affair shonh be
solemn warning to Pinchbask's
friends to let him drop. Nature,
even, protests against Pinch. 81 ss g..
Z a recent ACT of the Maine Lepisls
tnre "authorizes women otherwise ELI
gible to perform the marriage cere-
mony." This is wrong. Oae woman
is enough to be mixed up with mar
rfage. Indeed, men sometimes come
to think that one is more than enough.
Internal revenue officers in Califor.
MIA have lively time. The other day,
Supervisor Foulke dog up Is, 900 gal
Ions OF excellent brandy, which we're
buried in the grounds of \ Los Angeles
distillery. i :. 4;
The Richmond and Atlanta Air Line
Railroad makes fsst time. One night,
last week, q passenger train. got be.
hind, and the engine ran. at the rate OF
fifty miles en- hour for soraa time and
made it up. .l.IZ
Mr.. Thomas Ryan. y driver Tor the
Southern ExpFess Conpsny. died sud
denly in Charleston ION; the l3th. A
colored man. named Billy: Edwards.
also died suddenly IL the sapi& siv.
The residences Of Mr.. WM IMcK.
Mittsg. of Lancaster, caught ase on,
last Saturday morning, and, wAg totally
consumed: The loss .Ay' M estimates
at about 5000. 1DDODD DpDD
D An excellent, portrait Of tba) Hon.
Jefferson Davis has Just besa. .adilAa to
tho gallery at the War DepaBtnasnt, at
Washington, containing the PORTRAITS
OF the different Secrststies ot War,
\ Col. I. N. Dickson, of PsLsrshAre,
MA. fell between The cars at,Haste-de-
Grhce. Md. q few days ago, aid was