The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-12-29
News Items.

AestauC, Liverpool.
AUGUSTA, December 2S.-A negro
who raped white girl on the pnI,i,
road, near Louisville, Jefferson Conn
ty, on Saturday last, was arrested
this morning, tied to a stake and
burned, by mixed crowd of whites
aud blacks. ''
WASHINGTON, December 2S.-Cbief
Justice Slough, of New Mexico. wns
klued III rencontre with Captain
Rynerson.
Boyce, Miller Co. IS distillery. in
Cincinnati, was burnt last night: loss
$500, 900. 'O'
The receiving teller of the Shaw
NUT Bank OF Boston, is short $50, 900.
1896, 900.
The Princess Salm-S -Salm sailed for
Europe to-day.
Southern destitution is attracting
great attention. Gen. Howard Is re.
ported as favoring Governmental
relief, though he thinks the suffering
exaggerated.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY. AD-
JUTANT-GENERAL's OFFICE, WAsaING-
TON, December 28, 1S67.-Generol
Orders No. 104.-By direction of the
President of the United States, the
following orders are made: First.
Brevet Maj. Gen. E. o. @. Ord will
turn over the command of the 4th
Military District to Brevet Mai. Gen.
A. q. Gillem, and proceed to San
Francisco, California, to take com
mand of the Department. of Califor
nia. Second. On being relieved bv
Brevet Mai Gen. Ord, Brevet Mai
Zen. Irwin Mcdowell will proceed to
Eicksburg, Mississippi, and relieve
Zen. Gillem, In command of the 4th
Military Division. Third. Breyet
Maj. Gen. John Pope is hereby re-
tleved of the command of tile Sd
Military District, and will report.
without delay, at the Headquarters
OF the Army, for further orders
turning over his command to the
next senior officer, until the arrival of
his successor. Fourth. Mai. Gen.
George G. Meade is assigned to the
command of the Sd Military District,
and will assume it without DELAY.
The Department of the East will be
commanded by the senior officer now
on duty in it, until commander is
named by the President. Fifth.
Officers assigned in the foregoing
orders to the command of NilitnrY
Districts will exercise therein any
and all powers conferred by Acts of
Congress upon District Commanders.
and also any and all powers pertain
ing to Military Department Com
manders. Sixth. Brevet Maj. Gen.
Mager Swayne, Colonel of the 45th
United States Infantry, is hereby
relieved from duty in the Bureau of
Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned
Lands, and will proceed to Nashville.
Tennessee, and assume command Of
his regiment.
BY command of Gen. Grant
b. ID. TOWNSEND, A. A. G.
MOBILE, December 2S.-District
Attorney L. V. B. Martin met Judge
Busteed, of the United States Dis
trict Court, this morning, in front of
the custom house, and said: .Judpe.
will you allow that Indictment
against me to take its course?" Bus.
teed replied: 'Sir, the law must take
its course" Martin then drew o
revolver and fred three shots. Bus.
teed fell, with ball below the breast
bone and another in his right leg.
Martin had been indicted by the
United States Grand Jury for reve-
nue. frauds and extortion. He is now
in Jail. Judge Busteed's S wounds are
not considered mortal.
New ORLEANS, December 2S.-The
following was adopted by the Con-
vention as the second article of the
Constitution, after two days discus
sion: All persons, without regard to
race, color or previous condition.
born or naturalized in the United
States, residents of this State one
year, are citizens of the State; they
shall enjoy the same civil, political
and public rights and privileges, and
be subject to the same pains and
penalties. The Convention adjourned
until Monday. To-day was the
twenty-sixth day of the session of
the Convention, and they have pro
gressed rs far as the second article of
the Constitution.
MONTGOMERY, December 2S.-The
County Republican Nominating Con-
vention to-day nominated eight ne
groes and sixteen whites; four whites
and two colored for the State Lepis-
latnre. A majority of the whites are
Northern men, and connected with