The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-28
News Items.

New YORK, December 27.-Tne weekly
statistics show that 1,02S cmigrants az
rived hero last week; making the total
since January /, 1866, 227 AS, and the COM
mutation balance is S44S.32.
Adviccs.from Porto Rico state that the
yield OF sugar and coffee will be album
dant.
The Fcnian trials at Swectsburg were
resumed yesterday. Aftcr some difficulty
in empannelling jury, tho trial of Thos.
The jury returned verdict of guilty, and
he was sentenced to be hanged on the 18th
February. Orders have been issued to the
military about Sweetsburg to prepare for
another raid as an invasion from st. Al
bans Is anticipated.
City of Mexico correspondence. dated
December 8, says the return OF the Empe-
ror to the throne was received with public
rejolclngs throughout the country. His
army, independent Of French, numbers
$4,000 men, we'll fed and clothed. The I'M
perialists say that if they have no United
States troops to contend against, they will
ultimately succeed. They desire the with
drawal OF the Fcench, and consider it
would be the best thing for Ma1imilian
Reports of the hanging OF Escobcdo are
partially confirmed by Galveston de-
spatchcs, and it is now said he was hanged
at Jn1 inSJlSatlOn OF OrteSa.
WASHINGTON, December 27-Postmas-
ter-Gencral Randall visited the post Office
here yesterday. He made . brief speech
to the employees, in which he alluded to
arrangements entered upon for new post
Office, and assured the gentlemen present
OF his efforts to secure fer them increase
OF salaries.
Petitions are circulating throughout the
North for signatures, praying Congress to
refrain from the passage Of any Act au-
thorizin9 the curtailment OF the national
currency, or having III view the return,
within . ialited time, to specie payments.
Ihls movement is in opposition to the
policy OF Secretary McCulloch, who main
talns that the country wants more labor
instead of more currency. The fall in gold
IS not III consequence of anything the
Secretary h as done. There have not been
any large sales Of gold by his direction for
long time.
The President is the recipient from Jas
Lyons, of Richmond, of cane made of q
piece of the old frigate Constitution. The
inscription on the gold head compliments
Andrew johnson as the restorer of the
Constitution.
The Secretary OF State and Assistant
Secretary Fred. Seward left WASHINGTON
yesterday to attend the funeral of tho
portuguese Minister, who died at Brook
lyn, on Monday last.
Sumner entertained the new French
Minister yesterday. Stanton was among
the guests.
This morning, the United States Consul
at st. Croix, West Indies, informed the
State Department that on account of the
prevalence of cholera, small po1 and vel
low fever at st. Thomas, the English
Islands have established quarantine on
vessels from st. Thomas of twenty-one
days and the Spanish Islands forty DAYS.
Fort LARAMIE, December ga mes
senger just in reports the formation
OF a grand coalition of twelve tribes of
Indians for common cause against the
whites in the Territories of Dacotah and
Montana. The number of warriors is esti-
mated ct II, 900; but this is very doubtful
The names of the killed in the massacre
reported yesterday will be forwarded as
soon as they can be reached.