The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-07-30
News Items.


editor, in his valedictory, says every
effort has been made to raise money,
but failed; and when on the point of
suspending publication, few wealthy
Union men of the city proposed to
form q new company, buy out the
Daily Press, and establish o new
paper, to be called the National Re
publican. Both papers have been
merged, and the Republican appeared
this morning, published by the Geor-
gia Publishing Association. The edi-
tor, in his salutatory, says he will
advocate restoration on the Republi-
can platform. D. G. Cutting, for
many years connected with the press
of the State, is the editor. T.. Fl.
Pughe, proprietor of the Daily Press,
IS the business manager.
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-Senor Ro-
nero, Mexican Minister, departs on
leave of absence, next month, for
home. He has been on duty here for
eight years.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-General
Grant has ordered additional troops
to Tennessee, and ordered General
Thomas to distribute his forces so as
to secure order. Gen. Grant himself
will probably be there.
Official as we'll rs private accounts
represent great danger from outrages
in all parts of Tennessee. On Thurs
day, General Thomas telegraphed the
President that he had ordered all the
troops from Kentucky. Gen. Tho
mas believes that, with the force at
his command, he can prevent riots ut
Momphis, Nashville and other large
towns. Gen. sThomas goes to Mem
phis tomorrow.
It is officially announced that Otter
bourg is in charge of affairs in
Mexico.
A despatch from Ellsworth, Kan
sas, reports fifteen cases and five
deaths Of cholera. The town is almost
deserted. An Indian raid is expected.
The President undoubtedly intends
transferring Sheridan to other duty.
Internal revenue receipts, to-day,
$1,1S3,OOO.
The Freedmen's Bureau has ad-
vices that the extreme destitution in
the South and Southwest has ceased.
The issue of rations, except to hos
pitals, orphan asylums, and in ex-
treme cases, will cease August 20.
A letter from Fort Union, New
Mexico, announces that the Navajoe
Indians are on the war path.
The great railroad bridge over the
Susquehanna, at Havre tie Grace, is
pronounced unsafe.
New YORK, July 29.-The steamer
City of Boston has arrived, with dates
to the 18th. The steamer England,
which sailed simultaneously, was da-
mayed by the storm, and put back.
There was much rioting and some
blood shed at st. Helens, Lancashire,
during the Orange demonstrations.
The twenty-three batteries of artil-
lery suppressed by Napoleon in 1865
have been re-established.
Napoleon sent Rouhr the Cross
of the Legion of Honor, set in dia-
monds. with u note sympathizing
with Rouhr for the unjust attacks
made upon him for his services to his
country.
A Havana despatch, of the 2Gth,
via Punta Rosa, Fla, states that the
Spanish steamer Cuidad Coudal had
been wrecked, with seventy y-nine per-
sons aboard. Only fourteen were
saved. The steamer Narva, with the
cable, had arrived, and the laying of
the line will be completed about the
4th Of August.
AUGUSTA, July 29.-Thc political
situation is exciting considerable in
terest. The recent letters of Messrs
Johnson, Hill and Perry havo shaken
tho faith of many heretofore in favor
of reorganization under the military
bills. 1t is said that anti-convcntion
IS growing more popular with the
white people of Georgia
CHARLESTON, July 20. 9.-Arrived-
Steamers Emily Souder, New York,