The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-03-31
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GAbvEsroN, March .-Astonish-
ing revenue frauds have been de-
tected here. They were committed
Dy means OF bonded warehouse,
and have rhmifcations in. New Or
leans sand elsewhere. Several officials
are involved Instead of tobacco
and whiskey, there was found in the
warehouse 400 barrels Of water and
$50 packages sofavillainous compound
intended to ignite destroy the
warehouse and the evidence of fraud.
The persons implicated have fled.
BosToN, March 30.-During the
session of the Conference of the New
England Methodist Episcopal Church
the Committee on the Course of tho
Country, through the Rev. Gilbert
Haven, reported resolutions endors-
ing impeachment and eulogizing
Gen. Grant and Secretary Stanton
for their patriotic conduct. The re-
solutions were unanimously adopted.
WASHINGTON, March 80. 0.-Impcach-
ment rumors are rife. It is tho gene
ral impression that the Presidents
counsel will move to dismiss the bill
of impeachment, upon the ground
that the charges and replication con-
tain nothing impeachable; it is also
thought that Chief Justice Chase will
support the motion. High radical
authority hoots at this.
1t is confidently stated that Chase
will take no extreme ground. although
he may claim the power of deciding
all Judicial points as attaching to his
position, but that he will put the
question to the Senate, and submit to
their decision.
The Presidents counsel see no rea-
son why the trial should last more
than two weeks.
Buffers speech is prepared. He
treats the matter in regular prosecut-
ing-attorney style.
After Buffers speech, the managers
will, to use the expression of one of
them, "pile n their witnesses.
Gen. Meade writes to Gen. Grant,
under the law requiring one-half Of
the registered voters to vote upon the
ratification of the Alabama Constitu-
tion. He says that he cannot but
look upon the result of the recent
elections as an expression of the OPT
Mon that the registered voters do not
desire restoration under the Consti-
tuition submitted to them, and in
view of the recent Act Of Congress,
allowing majority of the votes cast
to ratify the Constitution, he would
prefer seeing the convention re-as-
sembled for the revision of the Con-
stitution, and the revised Constitu-
tion submitted under the new law.
He says: II am of opinion that
revised Constitution, more liberal in
its terms and confined to the re-
quirements of the reconstruction
laws, would in Alabama-as L have
reason to expect it will be in Georgia
and Florida-meet the approval of n
majority of the registered voters"
Two delegations from Florida, each
with bran new Constitution, are
before the Reconstruction Commit
tee. One of the delegations is largely
represented by the Massachusetts and
the other by the Wisconsin element.
3. The Wisconsin party has the endorse
ment of Gen. Meade and forty-fve
signers, but the Massachusetts, party
claims that the delegates only signed
the Meade Constitution, because
otherwise they could get no pay.
Internal revenue receipts, to-day,
$983,O00.
The order relieving Hancock from
the command of the Fifth Military
District, and his assignment to the
command of the Division of the At
lantic, was promulgated to-day.
Congressional.