The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-24

at ordinary low tide. At present,
these two passes are the Southwest
Pass and Pass q POutre"
A man named King, arrested few
days ago, in Louisville, for theft
recently committed in Ohio, and
awaiting in Jail a requisition from the
Governor of Ohio, confessed to
recently confined Government de-
tective that he, (King,) and not
Payne, was the party who attempted
to assassinate Secretary Seward. His
confession being repeated to General
jeff. c. Davis, temporarily command
ing this department., he telegraphed
to Washington for parties who were
acquainted with the assassination con-
splracy to come on and investigate
the affair
A young lady living ncor Salem,
Indiana, died of sheer fright few
days since, occasioned by her brother,
who had been absent three years,
rapping at her door in the night, and
returning no answer to her demand
to know who was there. She got out
of her bed to go to another room,
and fell dead on the floor. The
young man intended to give her a
surprise, and is distracted at the fatal
result of his foolish conduct.
Mr.. Lane, of Kansas, introduced
into the Senate resolution instruct
ing the Committee on the Judiciary
to report four resolutions amendatory
ito the Constitution; first, basing
representation on voters; second,
basing direct tax on the value of pro-
perty; third, pledging the faith of the
Government to the redemption of the
national debt; fourth, prohibiting pay
ment for slaves. The resolution was
adopted-yeas twenty-five, nays fif-
teen.
Mr.. Stephens final acceptance of
the Georgia Senatorship, says the
Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger, was in conse-
quence of an assurance from high
officials in this city that he would be
admitted to his seat, and the Pre-
sident is determined to do his best to
secure that admission. His case is
not an isolated one.
| It is stated that Gen. Scott, who is
at New Orleans, La, unhesitatingly
endorses all that President johnson
uttered in his speech on the 22d ult
He expresses the hope that he will
yet see the North and South more
firmly bound together than ever, and
that, to effect this, President John
son has adopted the only true and
proper course.
The Boston Post says: The thirty
years theory Of Mr.. Sumner-that is,
to keep the Southern States out of
the Union-in q state of pupilage-
for thirty years, as he advocated in
his Worcester speech-appears to be
the doctrine of the radicals, as indi-
Gated by their demands of conditions
precedent which it would take that
time to fulfill.
NAVAL MATTEl.s. former Con-
federate ram "Albemarle, - of Ply
mouth notoriety, the Texas" cap
tured at the fall of Richmond, and
the columbia" captured at Charles
ton, are at the Gosport, (Va. navy
yard. The keel of the old frigate
Congress has been sold to Mr..
johnson, ship-joiner of Norfolk.
DIR. Beckwith and a Mr. Colbert,
at Smithfeld, on Swift Creek, Craven
County, North Carolina, were last
week watching at night for thieves,
when the Doctor, making his appear
ance where Colbert did not expect
him, was fired upon and shot dead by
Colbert.
At latest accounts the Mormons
were excited over the municipal cleo
tion which was shortly to take place
in Great Salt Lake City. Daniel Fl.
Wells is the candidate for Mayor on
the part of the saints; but the "Gen-
tiles propose to set up an opposition
ticket.
The Legislature of Virginia has
appointed Messrs. A. Fl. II. Stuart,
John Jamey, and William Martin
commissioners On the part of the
State to proceed to West Virginia to
negotiate a restoration of the State
and the adjustment of the public
debt.