The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-21

N<AS'nANSiSN ArKMS.-1uo Sfe'tt
bugbear of the day is Reputation of
the Federal debt. Though there is
little cause of apprehension of this
disaster, yet the House, at the open
ing of the session, guarded against it
by declaratory resolution, which was
adopted with only one dissenting
voice. But an alarm has been raised,
not so much on ccount of any fear
that the South will come into Con
gress with force equal to the task,
and disposition to use their strength.
or the greater and newer dread of
q rising faction in the North. There
IS said to be al organization now III
embrayo for making repudiation Il
political issue in the North. It COM
mences in an influential quarter,
where political measures of moment
have before arisen.
The receipts from the Internal
Revenue yesterday amounted $751;
500
The auction sale of Accommodations
at the Dead Letter Office, which has
been for some two week or more in
progress near Tenth street, on the
avenue, has come to q close. More
than 5000 packages were sold, the
prices at which they were knocked
down ranging from one cent up in
some cases perhaps to fifty dollars,
averaging possibly dollar each. The
most of the packages consisted of the
meanest stuff in the form of jewelry.
Several hundreds of poor watches
were sold and some few good ones
Ali sorts of clothing, from military
boot to q lace collar, good, bad and
Indifferent, new and old, made and
unmade, for men, women, children,
and babies, and every conceivable
memento that wives, mothers, sisters,
and sweethearts, could pack into the
mail bag for friends in the war, were
represented in the collection The
department of patent medicines was
especially full, comprising in all 235
packages, and embracing specimen,
of more or less value, of almost every
thing in that interesting line Of busi-
ness -NMiondl ItteNigencer.
The Senate of Kansas has pasaed
a resolution favoring the trial, con-
viction and hanging of Jefferson
Davis and others equally guilty lead
ers Of the rebellion.
It is stated that many Louisiana
| planters have secured sufficient
number of white laborers to cultivate
their plantations.
During the debate in the House on
the 10Th on granting civil rights to
negroes, an alteration occurred be-
tween members. The lie was given
and returned The House adjourned
in great confusion
Brigadier- er-General King, Command
ant at Augusta, while riding near the
city, accompanied by his wife and
another lady and gentleman, was
stopped by highwaymen and robbed
of three horses.
vas organized on the l7HtfGs. GTlle GlHe'oits oits
officers were reelected. The Go
vernor's message is al able docu-
ment, and recommends the free
schools to the fostering care of the
Legislature.
A special despatch to the Baltimore
San, dated Washington, January Is,
says it is understood that another
delegation of radicals have visited the
President to convince him of the
error of his policy, but the Executive
was very determined in the uttcrance
of his views, and entirely consistent
with what he has heretofore express
ed--ln fact, their visitations cannot
but be offensive The President is
not subject for poselytism. Saga
clous men think that the body of the
radicals have determined to be un-
yielding.
The position of Mr.. Kasson, of
Iowa, in favor of qualified negro
suffrage, as indicated by his speech
IN the House to-day, is important,
as he is one of the ablest men in that
body
ing up its depots all over the count, -.
The Herall'S Paris letter says that
the Emperor and his Cabinet are
carefully studying the means of with
drawing from Mexico honorably and
with as little loss of prestige as pos
slble. The Emperor is desirous of