The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-04-23
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] lE!rpressly for the Columbia Pho'nir. |
News Items.

on tuesday. ALI States are repre-
sented. The railroads entering tn,
city have put passage ut half fare, fol
visitors. A great crowd is expected
WAsH1NGToN, April 21.-The Giro
micle, of this. morning, says that wher
the Senate adjourned, last night, the
impression seemed to be almost uni
versal that there would be no quorum
in either House On the Sd of July
next. The feeling between the Se
nators and the Executive was so com.
paratively cordial, and the intelli.
gence from the South promising
submission to the terms of recon.
struction so auspicious, that very few
doubted that the great measures oi
Congress had anticipated and fore
closed all chance of difficulty and
dissension. The Senate adjourned
leaving about twenty positions va
can't, which, under the tenure OF
Office law, the President cannot fill.
The vacancies are in the West.
New York, April 21.-Three more
whiskey distilleries in Brooklyn were
seized yesterday. Cornelius and Will.
liam Murphy, in charge of distil-
lery under seizure, have been arrested
for allowing whiskey to be- removed
from their premises. a.
A young lady named Lizzie Smith,
aged twentythree, was brutally out
ragged, on Friday night, near Bergen;
N. j., by sixteen ruffians in success
sion. Three men had been arrested
and identified as part of the gang by
their victim.
The Herald's Leavenworth CORES
pondenoe sdys afinirs on the plains
are becoming interesting. Sherman
has arrived at Leavenwort,l. Gen.
Augur is about to move Westward
from Fort Kearney, with 5000 men.
1000 Indians are encamped between
Forts Kearney and Smith, waiting
until grass to. commence hostilities;
and Gen. Hancock's expedition is in
distress at Fort earned, being unable
to move for want of forage.
The steamer South America, from
Rlo, March 26, arrived to-day. The
news from the seat of war reports on
other bombardment of Cuirupart by
the Brazilian squadron, and the bat
teries of the latter received only tri-
fling injury. That of the Paraguay
ans is unknown. The towns and
Notifications of Santa Mara, on the
upper Parana, have been destroyed
by the Brazilian gun-boats. The
Brazilian fort at Curusu has been
strengthened and mounted with
heavy guns, so that 1000 men are
sufficient to garrison it, and it is
understood that large portion of the
brazilian forces would cross the upper
Parana and march direct on Assem-
sion. The Paraguayan Gen. Diaz
died of wounds received during the
bombardment of Cuirupart, on the
I'd February.
The Amslo-Brazilia Times says
there is no truth in the report of
American mediation and the peace
stories were canards. In the revolted
Argentine provinces no further
actions had occurred. The Govern
ment forces were largely reinforced,
and the outbreak is expected soon to
be crushed. Gen. Nitre had re-
assumed the Presidency and issued a
warlike manifesto.
Accounts of the Brazilian cotton
crops are favorable. The coffee crop
is expected to be fifty per cent
about an average.
In Parana, the American emf
grants having declared preference for
Corltlba, their wish had been acceded
to. Lands have been procured, and
seed, food and tools advanced, to be
repaid in five years.
Cholera, though not very severe
kind, had broken ont in the city of
Rio Grande do Sui, and some fatal
cases occurred.
The steamship New York has ar
rived from Aspinwall, with 81, III, 900
IN treasure.
CHARLESTON, April 21.-Arrived-
Schooners Daniel Chase, Ella Fish
and j. Rumsey, Baltimore; bark
Queen, Liverpool. Sailed-Steamer
Alliance, Philadelphia; schr. Mary
Summers, Philadelphia; schr. Golden
Gate, Baltimore.
CHARLESTON, April 22.-Arrived-.
brig Tibidabo, Cardenas; schooner
Mary Banks, Norfolk.
Governor Orr has addressed cir
cular to the sheriffs of the State. sup-
costing the naming of suitable per
sons to act as registers under the
reconstruction Act. He states the
qualifications required, with the pre-
scrlbed oath. The names thus col
!ected are to be forwarded to General