The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-11-03
Latest News Items.

Chief Of the Internal Revenue Bureau at
| Washington, resigned his position last
Wednesday, to enter upon the discharge Of
the duties OF President Of the United States
Telegraph Company, to which position he
! ! .sas recently elected. Els successor as
| Commissioner Of Internal Revenue, it is
| now announced, will be Hon. E. A. Rollins,
the able and interchangeable Assistant Com
missioner. Mr.. Rollins has been connected
With the Bureau from its organization early
ton Of the former Assistant Commissioner,
Hon. E. D. Mcpherson, to the position OF
Clerk OF the National House Of Represents
| tives, as successor Of 31r. Mcpherson.
A Georgia journal says that many Of the
| leading Methodist c!ergymen Of that State,
Northern brethren, have made overtures to
the Episcopaiians for union with them.
The United States naval steamer Saranac
sailed from Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, on
the seventeenth OF September, in search Of
the rebel pirate steamer Shenandoah. A
Ese OF ninety-fve American whalers is
published by a Honolulu paper, thirty-three
| OF which had been burned or boarded by
the pirate, and the remaining sixty-two of
which had not been heard rom.
Ruenos Ayres newspapers OF the twen-
tieth OF September have reached us by way
OF Europe They contain little additional
however, in regard to the war between
Paraguay and the allies. We are told that
the Paraguavans have respected property
by our nationa! flag. The limo Of steamers
between New York and Rio Janeiro, in ad-
Gitlon to the subsidies granted by the
United States and Brazil, has been voted
twenty Thousand dollars per annum by the
Argentine Congress, on condition that the
trips O.; thr vessels Do extended to EueEos
Ayres.
A despatch from Morehead City, North
Carolina, says that the purser OF the steam
- or Io@ 4,
negro lnsNrrection in Jamaica, heretofore
reported, had assumed serious proportions,
and that at the solicitation of the British
Consul four Spanish war vessels had been
despatched 70 assist in supprcssing it.
LII Louisiana the Provost Marshal's Courts
ofSaniZeupy by the Freedmens Bureau have
been abolished by General Fullerton, and
ali cases relating to the freedmen arc
turned over &c the State courts the officers
OF the bureau, however. being instructed
to see that the negroes receive Justice
The CoMfederat: Ex-Governor Allen, now :.
voluntary exile IL Mexico, who WIS NoIli-
na5ed bE his admirers for recollection as
Governor OK Louisiana, has, it is said, de-
clned the honor, expressing his intention
OF remaining il the dominions of Maxi
milan.
The Heu!,rs correspondence nom st.
Thomas, West Indies, communicates the
fact that -Ae Haytien rebellion has at last
collapsed. This news vas brought To St.
Thomas blythe United States gun. boat Kan
sas, Lieutenant Wells commanding, who,
IN conjunction with the United States
Consul. Folsom, seams'to have taken an i'm
portant part II: bringing matters to Il crisis
For some months past the insurgents,
under Sainave, have been besieSed in the
town of Cape Haytlen, and at the date of
last accounts previously received We're re-
duced to such I. condition OF starvation
that flour scld for +wclve hundred dollars a
Il al,
Consul Folsom came near falling a victim
TO their lawieSSness. Coal belonging to the
American Government was seized, and in
other respects the American flag was vio-
lated. This led to prompt action On the
part OF the Consul and Lieut. Walls, ard
brouSh; the rebellion to the ground. On
the zd inst, When tho Kansas left Cape
Haytion. it was agreed to surrender the
town to President GeiTrard and the legally
constituted authorities of the republic.
The CAPTAIN OF the British gun-hoat Faw.l
Lieutenant Wells throughout this affair
Official orders have been issued for =
further reduction of cur national army. by
the dishandnlc@t of dfty-forr regiments,
consisting OF organizations OF both white
and coiored troops, III addition 70 those
heretofore announced Besides this il is
expected that II a short time the majority
OF the Veteran Reserves viii be mustered
out Of service, as department commanders
have been Instructed by the War Depart-
ment tc ascertain what officers and enlisted
men of tha: corps desire to leave the army,
and to :mnledietcly grant discharges to ali
such. 1t is ailcse,; that Us . general thing
the privates Of this organization desire 10
be mustered cut, while officers, 1inping
themselves in comfortable positions, wish
10 be retained IN the service OF the country,
and are making strong efforts to accom-
phsh their object. A circular purportins
to have been issued to these officers, and
calling for contributions Of mony and a
meeting IN Philadelphia to further their
designs, has been sent to rs.
EXTEAvAGAScE ~ DREsS.-Now that the
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