The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07


Telegraph Company had been subscribed.
The steamship Damascus, from Liver
pool, has arrived The sales Of cotton for
the week previous to her departure amount
ed to 10000 bales, including $4,000 to
speculators and exporters. The market
Of penny, but subsequently lost it, closing
fat. Middling Orleans quoted at 2Od.
Consols S6} to 81. United States 5-2Os, 712.
Rate of discount Of the Bank Of France,
81 cents.
From Warrington.
The radicals manifest no desire or in
tention to take mp the civil rights bill at
present, and seem inclined to let it sleep,
like the negro suffrage bill. The fact is.
it is too evident to them that all attempts
to pass the bill over the veto will be in
vain. Seventeen or eighteen Senators are
sure to vote to sustain the veto.
The radicals in the Senate have deter
mined to cal IN at an early day and pass
the district negro suffrage BIZ, which has
been lying on the table for several weeks.
This action is resolved on in order to force
the President to veto that bill also, which
OF course the President will dc.
me fsep1ottcdn now appears as morn
ing paper, and strongly advocates the Pre-
sident's policy.
The last session Of the Supreme Court
for this term will be held tomorrow. at
which it is expected that the test oath
cases will be decided.
Both houses Of Congress have now pass
ed the bill transferring the library OF the
Smithsonian Institute to the library of
Congress. The consideration Of the army
bill, in the House, has beenfixed for the
18th inst.-Cor. New York Ne,cs, Sd.
IN expectation OF the taking up of the
civil rights bill. this morning, large as
semolage OF visitors were attracted TO the
10 ,I
the debates on the subject. After patiently
awaiting the expiration Of the morning
hour, the crowd received their first disap,
pointment by spirited discussion on the
subject OF an Increase of compensation to
Justices Of the Supreme Court. Before the
considerably thinned, and the few perse-
vering who remained gave it up entirely
when the judiciary bill was brought before
the Senate. The consideration Of the civil
nights bill is set down for Wednesday or
Thursday next-probably the latter. The
radicals are getting quite blue; and,
they betray their loss Of confidence. he
Connecticut election has put them in state
OF mingled doubt and uneasiness. The at
tendance OF Senators on both sides was
quite small in the chamber to-day.
MIR. Fessendcn has reported from the
Finance Committee the House loan bill,
tllG CXCILluE
times witnessed last week on the Stockton
ease, and the brief contest on the part Of
the radicals to force vote on the civil
rights bill Immediately after the reading OF
the veto, to-day has been tolerably dull
time i'll Senatorial affairs
a., appears, rom communication from
the War Department, dated March %, that
the number OF volunteer troops in the
army, on the 9th of January, was, white.
oI,5OO; colored, IS, 766; or an aggregate OF
l23, ,256: There were in the service, March
10, whites, PHI; colored, 1854; or an
aggregate OF 66 1856. thus showing there
have been mustered out of the service.
since January, whites, O,4l9; colored, 25,,
so2; an aggregate OF sc, ,37l. Ordered to be
mustered ont since March 10, whites. TO-
lo6; colored, 9,597; total, ,7O3 Total re-
!nction made and ordered, since January
J. whites, 4O,525; colored, 35,441; asg-e-
gate, 1904.
pieted by May l. The work will be well
advanced by April 10, and there will then
be left in service, 17,OG5 white volunteers.
and 3O,2l7 colored; total, 1921. 1t is pro-
per to add that the Seventeenth Regiment,
United States Infantry, has been ordered
TO Iexas, and upon its arrival, Major Ge-
neral Sheridan Las been instructed to mus
ter ont all additional white volunteers in
that department. There are now in SER
vice there, 1851 that he can spare. This
contemplated reduction will be additional
to that referred to in the above summary.
Io-day's National Republican says:
There is report that the Government
here has interfered with the proposed cele-
bratlon, by the colored people OF Rich
Mond, OK the anniversary of the capture OF
that city, on the Sd instant. We have the
pest authority for saying that neither the
PRESIDENT nor Gen. Grant has interfered in
the matter in any manner The subject is
entirely within the control of Gen. Terry.
who is man Of safe judgment, and, being
on the ground, knows best what to do in
the premises. He is authorized to act pru-
IDENTITY in the event of any unnecessary or
illegal disturbances of the peace on either
side"
The Chronicle newspaper, of this city, the
neither portion of Forneys bellows, has
been deprived of it's Government patron
age. Orders have been issued that no more
orders for public advertising shall be given
TO that sheet. Such patronage has been
transferred to the Republican,, an ardent
supporter OF the Presidents policy, which
has just been transformed TO a morning
paper.
VIcE-CoNsUL OF DENMARK.
letters patent, his Excellency Presi-
dent Johnson has recognized Charles
x Wunderlich as Vice Consul of
d. mark for the State of South
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