The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-26


The bond required of inspectors, of
distilleries is $4,000
The amendment abolishing the cot
ton tax was rejected by 65 to 95.
Patterson announced his intention
to disregard the joint resolution of
the Tennessee Legislature requesting
has resignation.
A half million has been appropri-
ated for Improvement of the Missis-
slppl River at Des Moines.
News Items.
WASHINGTON, February 25.-The
President is urged, with warnings,
BY the Her0ld to veto the abominable
tariff bill; by the Tribune to veto the
wretched measure initiating the cur
rency, by issuing $1OO, ,OO0,O legal
tenders, to retire compound interest
notes; by the World to veto the out
rageous reconstruction bill.
Colfax, for Speaker, is unopposed.
he predicts six weeks session.
GEORGETOWN, d. c., February 25.
The municipal registration shows
that 971 negroes and 1850 whites
voted. The election reported close.
ATLANTA, February 25.-Ex-Gov.
Brown publishes, in the morning
papers, Il three column letter, review
ing the situation and advising the
people of Georgia to accept the terms
imposed by the bill recently passed
by Congress.
WASHINGTON, February 24.-Ir.
Cooper's minority report of the South
Carolina murder case says: cit is
true, that Generals Thomas, Sickles.
Wood and Baird, in their testimony,
state that the courts do not admins
ter full and impartial justice where
Union men, soldiers and freedmen
are htlgants, and that they are not
safe;' but they, in answer to direct
questions, furnish but one case in
Tennessee, one in Mississippi, lat
Grenada,) one in Louisiana, none in
Virginia, except the Watson case.
none in North Carolina, Florida,
Georgia or Alabama.
All testify explicitly that there has
been no fault with the Governors of
the respective States, or high officials,
Judges of the Supreme Court, or in
telligent and well-informed citizens.
Gen. Schofeld testities that the
negroes arraigned for crime are dealt
with leniently rather than harshly.
The general feeling Of the respecta-
BILE people Of Virginia, he says, is
that of pity for the freedmen.
The report takes strong grounds
against the policy and constitution
ality of the proposed military go
vernm ents.
Hall, Sandford, Murphy and va
rious other Minist ters abroad. and
Consnls McMath and Penny. indic-
nantly deny the truth of McCracken's
charge, that they never permit an
occasion to pass to villify President
Johnson anda the members of his
Cabinet.
New YORK, February 24.-The
steamer Launent, which sailed from
here, took several hundred tons of
goods for the Paris Exposition.
The steamer Baltic, which was
seized by the officers of the revenue,
put the officer in charge off, and went
to sea. Large quantities of snug
gled goods have been seized in the
nelghborhood of the Bremen steam
ers' docks.
A Mrs Swentz shot her husband
at ball last evening. The cause is
stated to be jealousy and neglect.
The Brazilian Government has
chartered the steamer Thou sand, for
the Iexan emigrants to Brazil, who
We're wrecked on the brig Derby.
h-bishop McCannon died to-
day.
1t is reported that Gen. Sickles has
declined the New York collectorship.
BERLIN, February 24-The Parlia-
ment Of the North German States was
formally opened yesterday, by the
King of Prussia. The members of
the royal family and Count Bismarck
were present. The King said he was
enclrcled as no German Prince had
been for ages. All hopes for the
future welfare of the nation now
rested on the accomplished fact of a
united Germany. He recommended
Parliament to form new Constitu-
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