The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-05-04
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WAsHINGToN, May 3.--The Judi
ciary Committee commenced work
ON Monday. II is reiterated that
Chase refuses to preside at Mr.. Da-
Wis trial within the territory ruled by
the. military. Judge Underwood,
yesterday, issued writ of hdbeas
corpus, directing the commanding
officer of Fortress Monroe to brin g
Mr.. Davis before him on the 18th.
on n writ obtained by George Shea.
1t Is understood that the writ will lie
obeyed, and that Mr.. Davis will not
be remanded to military custody.
The President received the JAPAN
ese this morning.
Inc Supreme Court is crowded,
hearing the injunction arguments.
CINCINNATI, May 3.-Emery Sons
soap and candle factory was burned
this morning.
INDIANAPoL1s, May 3.-The oiti-
1ens OF Gosport have strong evidence
that McManaway killed the tele-
grapher Jones. 1t is apprehended
the citizens will Lynch the accused.
LONDON, May 3.-There is consi-
derable uneasiness in financial circles
here and on the continent, regarding
the peace conference. Earl Derby
says, officially, that no certain base
is fixed, though he confidently ex-
poets permanent peace will follow
the deliberations.
Republican demonstrations nre re-
ported from Catalonia, Spain.
In the House Of Commons, there
was a division on the reform bills.
The Government was defeated by
'eighty-one votes
The Government prohibits political
meetings in Hyde Park.
WAsHNaToN, May 3.-Judge Un-
derwood, District Attorney Chan
der and Mr.. Davis attorney, Mr..
O'Connor, are in this city, for the
purpose Of consulting Attorney Con
eral Stanberry regarding habeas
corpus for Mr.. Davis. If the Go
vernment obeys the writ, which is
probable, bail will be rendered and
the prisoner discharged.
Stanton is better, and has attended
in the Cabinet.
Walker addressed the court three
hours. His speech was n mastery
effort. He said constitutional liberty
and self-government are now on q
final trial, and that it is about to be
decided for posterity and all the
world whether written constitutions
were parchment scrolls; words writ
ten in sand to be swept away by the
first angry surge Of popular passion;
whether they can be evaded by tech
nical issues or plea of want of juris-
diction. A broader bill of attainder
and pains and penalties had never
been passed, reducing ten millions of
loyal and disloysl people to territorial
bondage, and substituting the gleau-
ang sword and bristling bayonet for
constitutional guards and courts of
law. The case is to be continued to
Monday, when Attorney-General
'Stanberry will reply.
AUGUSTA, May 3.-Foster Blodgett
has been appointed Mayor by Gen.
Pope. The Mayor and new Council
were inaugurated to-day, in the pre-
sence Of a large number of citizens.
The appointments are satisfactory.
RICHMOND, May Sd. Nj. Cau-
ley, merchant. residing eight miles
from Richmond, committed suicide
by shooting, this morning.
Over $50 barrels of whiskey have
been seized by the revenue detectives
in the past two days.
Speaker Gibbons, OF the Pennsyl-
'vania Legislature, addressed large
audience Of blacks tonight. He
urged them to cling to the Republican
party, and abandon the idea of confis
cation.
Gen. Wilcox, ut Lynchburg, order
ed that II. Rives Pollard should not
deliver his lecture on "The Chivalry
OF the South" in Lynchburg. Pol
lard has appealed to Gen. Schofield.
MOBILE, May "a colored mass
convention OF the State has been in
session here for two days, but ad-
jouraed to-day. They adopted q
preamble and resolutions. The first
resolution proclaims them part of
the Republican party. The second
resolution expresses confidence in
Generals Pope and Swayne. The
third states that employers had dis
charged colored persons for refusing
to become their political tools, and
calls for standing army for their
protection, and that further legisla-
ton by Congress is needed, even to
contiscation. The fourth declares for
peace between the two races. The
other resolutions call for schools.
military courts aud Union leagues.