The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-22
From Washington.

five cents for sight of the inside of
the famous rebel-holder, the Old
Capitol Prison. Byway of attracting
customers, ;'a one-armed soldier"
cicerones the visitors, pointing out
the cell that confined the notorious
Andersonville murderer, the yard
wherein he paid the penalty of his
crimes; the room Of the rebel female
spy, Belle Boyd, with her picture in
it; the cell of Sergeant Terry, who
was shot for desertion; the room
where Wiz was dissected, and man s
heart in spirits. Many thrilling Incl
dents are also related, and all for so
traaing sum. Wonder if any ladies
go to see s'the man heart in spirits?"
Yesterday, Senator Morrill, visited
the quarters of the freedmen, who,
with their families, have focked here
from Virginia and Maryland. Many
of these people have been. entirely
overlooked by the Freedmen's Bu-
reau, and their condition is a picture
Of the most abject wretchedness.
They occupy miserable novels, which
are crowded together in manner
calculated to invite an epidemic, and
are compelled by greedy landlords to
pay the most exorbitant rents for
their loathsome accommodations
Nearly 1000 of these people are in
this condition. Mr.. Morrill, is endea-
voring to procure from the Secretary
of War the use Of unoccupied bar
racks and hospital buildings around
the city for their temporary accom-
modation.
I advised you, u few days since,
that the Government had semi official
assurance that portion of the French
troops in Mexico would be withdrawn
II ninety days, and further inteiii-
gence to this effect is said to have
been received by the City of Boston
steamer, which arrived the present
week.-Cor. Philaoelphiu Le0qe7.
Ex-senator H. S. Foote, of AIissis-
sippi-perhaps better known as Hang
man Foote'S in town for the CON
summation of objects, the nature of
which has not yet transpired.
Senator Stewart s coming out to-
day in favor of universal suffrage
throughout the South as the only Sc
curity to be received for general
amnesty, took many by surprise. His
conversion to the ground taken by
the Tribune is significant point. 1t
Is not unlikely that ere many days the
radicals viii control two thirds of the
Senate.-Nep York Tribune.
: The Internal Revenue Bureau has
given instructions with regard to the
collection of the tax due frA.n saw
ings' banks, the decision of the Com
missioner with respect to that BATTER
having been sustained by the 1Dhited
States Supreme Court. The banks
are liable, under the decision, to a
monthly tax of one-twentieth part of
one per cent. upon moneys received,
invested or loaned by them.
The President viii, it is believed,
lapprove Of the civil rights bill in it's
present form. The conservative Re
pubhcans will not oppose it. Itdoes
not lead to negro suffrage; but it
protects the right of the negro race
to their newly acknowledged free
dom. The Presi dent, by signing this
bill, will probably disarm q portion of
the Republican hostility.
"Iota,' in San.
The civil rights bill has been en-
crossed, and Will go to the President
tomorrow. Well-informed parties
positively assert that it will meet the
fate of the Freedmen's Bureau bill.
["Analosion," in SIN.
1t is almost unnecessary to state
that Secretary McCulloch's figures, as
well as his policy, have been fully
vindicated. Mr.. Clarke's letter i'm
pugning thai, statement was referred
by the Secretary to Mr.. West, who
fully verified the former. A sub
committee of the Ways and Means of
the House examined the subject, and
reported that the Secretary was cor
rect in his statement
A very pathetic appeal from the
dress-makers of the country was pre-
sented in the Senate to-day by Mr..
Sumner. 1t is headed by the sigma
ture of Mad. Demorest, the celebrated
modiste Of New York, and claims
to represent the views of 10000 dress
makers Of the country. They protest
IN earnest language against the in
ternal revenue tax OF six per cent. on
the value of all materials which pass
through their hands, and say that its
enforcement will deprive those en-
gagged in the dress-making business
OF all hope of making living for
themselves and families