The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-10-27

unUcf Willcn ms cNtfaUi)1On was grant
ed by the United States. IN case of
conviction an appeal is to be madc to
the United States authorities
Certain radicals. in New jersey,
have instituted suits in the courts Of
that State, and also in the United
States Court, to test the question
whether State limitations Of suffrage
are not in violation OF the provision
OF The Constitution of the United
States guaranteeing Il republican form
Of Government TO each State.
SCARCITY oFMoNEYTo Buy C01rroN.
The cotton buyers of Columbus COM
plain of a stringency in the money
market. The Montgomery A1ccr-
HSe', OF the 10Th, and the F1ufaula
Ne'rS, OF the 18th, speak OF the same
difficulty IS existing there; and even
in Mobile and New Orleans there was
complaint Of scarcity OF funds.
The Nashville Bonuei. SAYS thatnear-
~ twice as much wheat is being sour
in that section OF Tennessee rs was
sown last year. 1t is feared that labor
will be even moro scarce than has
hitherto been the case, as the freed
men are refusing to make contracts
for the ensuing year, prefcrring to
rent land on their Gown hook.
There is Il report, which comes to
us from England, and which we Give
with all reserve-as the French say
that it is the intention Of tlc Queen
OF England to contract u Inorganic
marriage, but it stiii remains nys-
terry rs to who is to be the person who
is to take the place left vacant by the
death of Prince Albert.
Mrs. Ritchie, the widowed daughter
Of the late Gen. Wadsworth, Of Gene
see, New York, is said TO be engaged
to the Duke Of Rutland, one of
the wsalthiest peers of England Mrs.
Richie is said to be beautiful and
di&tiI'gvc, and the Duke is old and
homely.
There are five schools for colorcd
children i'll Richmond, each having
from fifty to 900 pupils The teachers
are from New England The city is
to be divided into five districts, and
the pupils will be required to attend
the school OF the district in which
they reside
A Milwaukee, young lady he'd her
cap set cor Il rather large feller. y
but failed to win him, when u conf
dent tried to comfort her with the
words, Never mind Mo!lic, there is
is good fish in the sea as ever was
caught" ''lfoliic knows that" re-
piled her little brother, ''but she
wants II whale!'
An organization, headed by several
prominent merchants and profession
al men, is forming ut Louisville, Ken
tucky, to relieve those portions OF the
Southern States devastated hy the
war \ committee was appointed TO
draft Il constitution and bylaws
NEBRASKA -Adyiccs from Nchras-
ka state that the grain crop is larger
than ever before, the average WELD Of
wheat being forty bushels TO thuacre
General sherman is ilurrying forward
troops TO the scenes Of Indian out
RACES.
Japan advices TO September u
have been received, and it is stated
that there are rumors that the tycoon
had died at Jcddo. His successor is
said to be q man Of great energy of
character, and i'll favor of foreign in
tercoursc.
San francisco Photographers are
under arrest for attaching the faces
OF visitors and respectable ladies to
the bodies Of abandoned females who
make business OF posturing for in
decent pictures.
Hon. Roverdy Johnson has given
an opinion, asserting the power of the
Governor Of Maryland to remove the
Police Commissioners of Baltimore
for official misconduct.
\ citizen of Columbus, Ga., has
invented II process whereby the re-
slnous leaves Of the Southern pine
can be compressed into blocks and
used for kindlinG wood.
General Sheridan, in his report of
the freedmen i'll Louisiana, says the
prospects of Il good cotton crop are
vely gloomy. owing to the iate heavy
rains.
1t is stated that the late Confede-
rate cruiser Shenandoah has been
sold at Liverpool to the Sultan of
Zanzibar.
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