The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-09
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fishes letter forwarded from Australia
by Madame e. Ristonl, and signed by
eight French Communists, who escaped
from New Caledonia. It appeals for
English sympathy in behalf Of the pri-
soners on the Isle Of Pines. It declares
the authorities are eventually endeavor-
ing to starve them, and in support of the
charge, the official regulations are ap-
pended, according to which only the
barest necessities are provided for those
who refuse to work.
The weather for the Ascot races was
fnvonble, and the attendance of specta-
the Prince and Princess Of Wales. Duke
and Duchess Of Edinburgh, Prince and
Princess Louis of Hesse and other MEM
bers of the royal family. For the Ascot
stakes. ten horses started-the winner
being Organist, who was made the favor
ite at two to one Immediately before the
race; Lillian, who WAS rated at twelve to
one, came in second, and Bertram, with
ten to one against him, third. The race
for the gold vase, in which four horses
ran, was won by the mare Marie Stuart
Cornelia running second and Kayser
third. For the Prince of Wale5 stake,
twelve horses started. Repentance colt
was the favorite at three to one; the Earl
OF Bartney, against whom fourteen tc
one was laid before the start, came in
first; The Bay of Naples was second and
Balfein third-the fnvorite being sixth.
The Pau Hall Gazette says the Persian
railroad concession to Falkinhngen
lapsed, because the contract was not full
filed.
The Ascot meeting began today. The
race for the Ascot stakes was won by Or
ganist; Lillian came In second and Ber-
tram third.
BERNE, June S.-M. ,Staempli was
elected President Of the National Council.
VIcKsBuRo, MISS, Juno 8.-Crosby,
the negro Sheriff, while drinking with
his deputy, white man, named Gilmer,
was shot under the left eye. He has
made affidavit against Gilmer. Crosby's
wound is supposed to be mortal.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, June 8.-Re-
ports from the Fiji Islands state that
$4,000 natives died of epidemic measles.
BERLIN, June 8.-Wiesenger, who at-
tempted to extort money by duplicating
parties in plot to assassinate Bismarck,
has been committed for trial on charge
of fraud
A grand banquet is to be given here,
to-day, to Carl Schurz, by the American
residents of Berlin, the members of
Diet and professors of the Berlin Uni
versity.
DUBLIN, June 8.-The Lord Mayor of
Dublin has issued invitations to O ban
quet to be given to the Irish and Ameri-
can Rifle Teams, on the evening of the
day Of the international shooting match.
The Masonic body will also entertain the
American rifemen. The Euening Nail
e1pressessits satisfaction that there will
be no Fenien element among the Ameri-
already engaged apartments in Dublin
for the time when the match takes place.
QUEpEo, June 8.-The captain of the
bark Towo reports that of the banks of
New Foundland, on the 10th of May, ct
T. Nj it being very dark and q thick
fog prevailing, he ran into two-masted
vessel, with no sails set and no limits
burning; heard cries Of people on board
at the time of the collision, and put
back twice, in hopes Of finding the crew,
but failed. The seq being very high
and the night dark, he could not lower
boats, but had q lookout at the bow and
one on each side. The opinion is that
the vessel sank at once. : 't.
Observation-Disclosures News.
WASHINGTON, June 5.-The Depart
ment of Agriculture is now receiving the
June returns of cotton, which will form
the basis of the estimates of area Of the
present crop. During May, preliminary
returns were received from 3i6 cotton
Counties. In sixty-three Counties in
Georgia the area averages the same Us
last year; as also in the districts repre-
sented in North Carolina, Florida and
Texas. A reduction of one per cent. ap-
pears in thirty-nine Counties in Ala
bama, Of two per cent. in eighteen
Counties Of South Carolina nf threa M,
cent in thirty-three Counties of Arkan-
sas. The average reduction is. eleven
per cent in Louisiana and seventeen in
Tennessee, but there are only twenty
Counties represented in each. and the
full returns in June may make o. diffe!-
rent showing. The season is reported
late in nearly every instance, from ten
days TO two weeks generally, but in some
cases three and even four weeks. More
than two-thirds of the returns make the
season too wet, especially inathe time of
planting and terminating In some dis
triots the past two weeks have been too
dry. The atanda is reraorfad tf,ond IN. "a