The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-08-13

President had the right, under the
Constitution and laws, to suspend
him lStanton) without the consent OF
the Senate or legal canse; but mas.
much rs the General Commanding
the Armies of the United States had
notified him fStanton) that he ,(Gen.
Grant, had accepted the appointment
of Secretary OF War ldd interim, he
(Stanton) had no alternative but to
submit, under protest, to superior
force. Gen. Grant has assumed charge
of the War Department., and mp
peared ut the Cabinet meeting, to-
day, for the purpose of considering
certain questions with reference to
territory recently acquired from Rus
/ The first communication from the
Executive Department to Gen. Grant,
as Secretary of War al interim, was
issIed at 2 o'clock to-day, and refers
to Louisiana matters. The order. if
is said on good authority, is in har-
mony with the views of Cutler.
Internal revenue receipts to-day
81, ,O62, 900. IiH' {Iiti ! :
There are further changes in the
Cabinet probable. ID -Tu
The papers presented by Durham,
alias Conover, as ground for pardon,
contain no words impugning Ashley,
Butler or any other person. Those
which professed to disclose the plot
were filed subsequently, and appa-
rentiy in despair of procuring par
don without them. They are alto.
gether distinc. from the original
pardon papers. There is higher au-
thority for saying that, when the dis
closures came officially before the
President, he decided to submit them
to the public without further investi-
cation, or any attempt to gather addi-
tional evidence, which was said to
exist.
1t is officially stated that the value
Of the New Orleans and Carrolton
Railroad, assigned to the United
States IN part payment of the recent
New Orleans defalcation, is not af-
fected by the mortgage held by the
Fourth National Bank of New York.
Dispatches from the West report
that several trains on the Union Pa
cific Railroad have been run off the
track and the hands butchered by
the Indians of Spotted Tails band.
MOBILE. August 12.-The case of
Mayor Horton. arrested on Saturday
for violating the civil rights bill, was
tried to-day before Commissioner
Turner. Horton was bailed in s., 600
to appear before the United States
Court
New ORLEANS, August 12.-Galves-
ton dates report eighty-one deaths
from yellow fever for week ending
Saturday, 10th. The interments on
Saturday show an increase of ten
over the previous day. The troops
thus far are exempt
A messenger from Corpus Christi
reports the fever bad there: also.
that it had appeared at Houston. -
CHARLESTON, August 12.-General
Sickles has approved the sentence OF
the court martial, in the case of Rad
cliffe and DAILY, who recently assault
ed two Northern men in o bar-room
at Columbia. The sentence is six
months imprisonment in Fort Macon.
N. G.
Registration began quietly to-day.
Apathy prevails to large extent in
the community. The number regis
tered to-day was $50, of whom 153
were white and 403 colored.
Arrived-Steamship Emily 3. Sou
der, New York. Sailed Steamship
Evarman, Philadelphia. ~
AUGUSTA, August 1.-THE cotton
crop accounts continue favorable from
Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South
Carolina. The caterpillar has made
Its appearance in some sections, but
no serious damage has been done.
The wheat and corn crop is the largest
produced IN many years. This abun-
dant yield has saved thousands from