The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-12-17

The -Ne,cs, in discussing the Ala
bama claims, says Stewards difficulty
= was gratuitously raised on Lord Stan
lley's accession to Office. The Ne,os
hopes the question will be settled be-
fore the Demonstration it cha
racterizes as England's bitterest
enemies-come into power at Wash
ington. .'8g
News Items.
CHARLESTON, December 16.-Ar-
rived-steamer e. B. Souder, New
York; ship Elizabeth Hamilton, Ha-
vana; steamer Port-au-Prince, Bos-
ton; schooners e. V. Glover, Boston
and M. 81. Stockton, Philadelphia.
Official returns from all the Dis
tricts in the State, except seven,
show, beyond doubt, that q sufficient
vote has been cast to insure the Con-
vention.
New YORK, December 16.-At 5
o'clock. this morning, q tenement
house in Second avenue was burnt,
and eleven persons lost their lives.
Several of the inmates were injured
by. leaping from the windows of the
burning building.
WAsHNGToN, December 15.-The
Baptist Church, at the corner of 9Th
and 81 streets, was burned-loss
$4,000.
There are S., 900, 600 of the Freed
mems Bureau appropriations unex-
pended. The bureau expires in July
by limitation. f"
Commodore Busell, in his account
of the disaster to the Monongahela,
says that only four lives were lost,
and the vessel, though ashore in the
very town of Frederickstadts, St.
Croix, may yet be saved.
Havana specials state that accounts
of the damage done to the islands Of
st. Bartholomew and ST.. Martin,
were exaggerated. Only portions of
the coast were covered. The town of
Barreterre is reported to have been
destroyed by fire. The Danish pro-
clamation transferring st. Thomas to
the United States, appears in the st.
Thomas Times, of November Both.
Two years have been conceded to the
inhabitants to effect O complete
Ghange of nationality.
The Postmaster Generals estimate,
calls for an appropriation of over
1922, 1000, 900 for 1869. The extra pay
to employees of the Government
voted last year, amounted to $731,-
900.
Internal revenue receipts to-day
$4,000
A bill has passed the Tennessee
Legislature, forbidding common car
riers from making distinctions on ac-
count of color.
Logan's motion to-day looks to
moving the capitol near the centre of
the Union. L.
ATLANTA, December 16.-An ordi-
nance was introduced in the Conven-
ton this morning, to vacate all State
Offices after the list of January next,
until filled by Gen. Pope, the Con-
vention's ordinance, or popular
vote. A large number of relief
measures were introde Ii. Standing
committees of sixteen in number
were announced; but three negroes
on the committees.
RICHMOND, December 16.-In the
Reconstruction Convention, resolu-
tions of inquiry were offered, of
amending the bill OF rights, so as to
secure freedom OF speech and immu-
nifty of voters for any vote cast in any
election; of increasing taxation on
uncultivated land susceptive of cul-
tivation to higher rate than on cul-
tivated land. The following resolu-
ton was referred: That the right of
suffrage shall be as universal as liber-
ty. The preamble to this resolution
looks to female suffrage. A resolu-
ton was offered, exempting all per-
sons disfranchised by State law from
payment of taxes and working on
public roads. Adjourned.
The State Auditor, on Saturday,
sent Barring Brothers, of England,
$40, 900, to pay the interest on the
State debt. held abroad, and due
January /.
The canal is frozen to Lynchburg,