The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-04
By -Te1esraph.
News Items.

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ssEoarRxss MosRos, ,Bsptelaber .a.-Regu-
lstions recently sdoptsd by the Board Of
Health of Norfolk, requiring vessels from
New York to have a, certificate Of the Medi-
catdnspecter, hasbeen rsscinded.
BOSTON, September &.-iannibal HAM
lin has'resigned the POSITION of Collector
: of this port. He ntends 70 speak against
the Presidents policy.
NEW YoRk, Septembar S.-Henry Ward
Beecher's g letter, approving the purposes
ut Cleveland, September IL, as also the
policy Of the President, elicits- high
praise from the conservative Journals.
The New York Ecening Post says of Mr..
Beecher's letter: SIT deserves to be writ
ten in letters OF gold; ought to be read
byevery man and woman in the country;
it is all appeal to the sober common sense
of tho American people, which we hope VIII
bear wholesome fruit, and will turn many
from the blind and passionate to the rea-
sonahle and thoughtful consideration of
the greatest questions which have eyer
been before the American people.
! MOBILE, September 3-The quarantine
on vessels from New Orleans, for this port,
has been virtually raised. All vessels ar
irving at the quarantine station with no
sickness aboard will be allowed to como to
the city.
NEW ORLEANS, September 3.-Advices
from Texas evince much complaint of the
late report of General Kidder to General
Howard, of ill treatment of freedmen at
Houston. The telegraph fatty pronounces
them false.
: PHnAnELPHIA, September 3.-The Union
League members marched from their
rooms to independence Square, where the
delegates to the Convention united With
them, and all proceeded to tho National
Hall. General Butler, Fred. Douglas
and Governor Brownlow were welcomed
with enthusiastic cheers at the Nation
al Guards Hall before the meeting Of the
Convention. Charles Gibbon received the
Southern delegation, and Hamiltn- of
Texas, responded; at the conclusi. of
which, some one in the crowd callc.. for
three groans for the dead dog of the White
House, which was followed by pretty gene
raj jeers and explanations. On the open
ing of the Convention, which was very
largely attended, four-ffths being from
the North. Yhos. J. Durant, of New Or
leaus, was chosen temporary chairman,
and committees were appointed; after
which the Convention adjourned until to-
morrow. The City Couacil, by formal ro-
solution, welcomed the delegates to the
city. and extended to them the -hospitali-
fies thereof
Eleven cases of cholera and six deaths
reported to-day.
BUFFALO. September 3.-The President
.and party were met, to-day, by a tremen-
dous crowd. Yesterday, he visited Niagara
Falls, but no formallties were observed,
separate parties having been formed, ac-
eerding to tIeir preference. Tho Trcsi-
dent, in company with Secretaries Seward
and Welles, spent some time on the Ame-
riran side of the Falls, and, afterwards,
went as far as the suspension Bridge, but
did not cross overi it. The President is suf-
ferlng from hoarseness, owing to frequent
and long speaking, but, in other respects,
is IN good bodily condition. The expenses
OF the Presidents tour, so far as travelling
and hospitahties are concerned, are de-
frayed by committees Of citizens at differ
e1it places, volunt arily.