The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-10-02

MOBILE, October 1-Cotton sales to-day
800 bales-Liverpool middling 3S. Ad-
vices from Liverpool reporting an advance,
has caused an advance'of 2013c., the mar
ket closing active
New ORLEANS, October 1.-Cotton has
advanced 1S1ac.; quotations nominal Ba-
con 1S@021; flour Sl1.25; lard 210123.
News Items.
WASHINGTON, September 30.-The Sccre-
tary of War has published an official order
i'll which he rcfutcs certain ntruthfu
charges of the enemies of the Admin istra-
ton relating to the payment of bountics to
soldiers, under the Act Of Congress. He
says tho payment has not been delayed by
any action or interference of the President
or Secretary OF the Treasury. nor WAS the
report OF the military board appointed to
make rules on the subject suppressed by
either OF them.
New Yol,l, september 29-Advices from
Paris, by the Cuba's mails, state that the
Marquis de Gael!ifet goes as Civil Admins
traitor, with Gen. d. astlcman, the Special
Envoy, to Mexico.
despatch from. Madrid says the Spa
nish Government has been informed that
the negotiations undertaken by the United
States Government, to bring about peace
between Chill and Spain, were progressing
favOrably.
New YORK, October IA special to the
Herald, dated London, 30th ult., says, in
consequence of a difficulty which has ex-
United States Consul at Island Cyprus
and the Turkish authorities, the United
States Consul i'll Constantinople has de-
manded full satisfaction from the Sultan
and his Cabinet Pending the negotiation,
which looks serious, Mr. Morris commune
Gated with Admiral Goldsborough, and the
United States ship Ticonderoga, which has
been off the point of Venice, was sent to
Cyprus.
The steamer Arizona, from Panama the
23d ult., has arrived, bringing 81, 1877, 900 in
forty-eight Treasury bonds. An Act has
passed the Legislature looking towards the
separation of the State from the General
Government. The prospects for success
are not encouraging. The country is in
more unsettled and deplorable condition
than ever before. Business on the coast
ls active, and cotton-growing ON the in
crease: The return of the Spanish in
vaders is looked for, and the patriotism of
the people has received a fresh and power
ful impulse.
The third race at jerome Park-one mile
and a half--was won by Richmond. Time
2:513.
Gen. Dix took formal possession of the
naval office this morning. The deputies
under Mr.. Odell were sworn in, and are to
remain III their places.
Geo. FL. Goddard, Il Confederate vigi-
lance committeeman, of Arkansas, was
arrested to-day, at the instance of William
Newman, Union man, whose property at
Camden, Ark, was seized IN May, 1861,
and turned over to the Confederate Go
vernnlent Goddard's bail was fixed at
$4,000.
subordinate Government official, name
not known, has been arrested on the
charge of losing $500 in coin, belonging to
the Government, in gaming. The gam
bIers are to be prosecuted for the sum.
Charles Alexander, the oldest journalist
and one OF. the most extensive publishers
n America, died in Philadelphia to-day.
WASHINGTON, October 1.-Major General
w. w. Ayerell has been appointed Consul
General to the British North American
Provinces. to reside at Montreal Uice J. T.
Potter, resigned.
Major-General Morgan L. Smith, of Mis-
souri,, has been appointed Consul at Ho-
nolulu, Sandwich Islands, uice Caldwell,
recalled.
Brigadier- General VIM. l.. Duff, of Illi-
nois, who was Chief Artillery Oh General
Grants staff, has been appointed Consul
to Glasgow, 0ice Bailey, recalled.
delegation, representing tho original
Union men OF Alexandria, Va, called on
the President, to-day, and presented Sc
rles OF resolutions touching upon the po-
htlcal questions OF the day, adopted at a
recenl conservative mass meeting. held in
Alexandria. The President made no speech
beyond expressing thanks and reiterating
his dc 'mlnatlon to stick fast to the prir-
eslples which have heretofore guided his
administration.
CINcINNAr1, September 3O--The Musk
ingum River was higher on Saturday than
since the great flood of 1860. The Central
Ohio Railroad has been broken since
Wednesday. Crops are seriously damaged
The Louisville municipal and Legislative
elections, to-day, resulted in the choice of
an entire conservative ticket.
Sr Louis, September 30.-Forty miners,
from Montana, arrived at st. Joseph yes
terday, having nearly S1,000,000 in gold
dust in their possession.
George III. Hall, conservative nominee
for Congress in the Seventh District, has
declined. George A. Hawley has been APP
pointed III his stead
SAN FRANcIsco, September 30.-The
Portland despatch of last night says that
Corbett, Union candidate, has been
ted United States Senator by strict
ty majority Of thirty-eight to thirty