The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-02

CTYioR MEx1oo, October ] The Con
gress has assembled. Juarez made a
congratulatory address on the condition
Of the republic.
,SUfAtKashington News.
WAsHNaFoN, October 1.-Commander
Luce fePortS from Lisbon, that lie reach
ed that port in twenty-ohe days. His
vessel, Jnniata, is success as sailing
vessel. The Juniata found the Sabine at
Lisbon. There had been. no trouble
whatever on the Sabine.
Judge Richardson has resigned his
Assistant Sscretaryship of the Treasury.
Among those named for the Virginia
Senatorship: Edgar Snowden, editor of
the Alexandria Gazette, is prominent.
Mr.. Suowden opposes the election of
Senators until Virginia is restored; but
IL the election does take place, it is
understood cthat ISnowden will be sup
ported by the Potomac, Tide-water.
upper Richmond and large part of the
Valley Districts..
800.
Fish and Delano have returned.
Fish and Cresweu were absent from
the Cabinet to-day.
y The Supreme Court convenes Monday
With q full bench.
The commandnnt Of the Asiatic squad
ron reports American interests flourish
ing in Chinese waters.
Delano thinks Geary will be reelected
by small majority. .,r,
The debt statement shows a decrease
Of $3.50, 600, 600. Coin in the Treasury,
near nearly $1os, 600, GOO; currency $3.50, ,oo6.-
Beverly B. Bolts has beon appointed
Collector of Revenue for the. 9th Virgil
nia fss, District, atse Sterling, suspended.
Tho, TELEGRAPH, recently cruising in
West Indian waters, is declared pirate.
and Poor HAS been ordered to capture
her. ,HsI3 l.A -- ct i
The steamer Hornet is off New York.
She ais supposed to. be watching gan
boats, and also to intercept the Enterpe,
which Was hxpected to sail with supplies
for the Spaniards. The Hornet is daily
receiving supplies. Her captain, is in
New York city. and well posted regard
ing Spanish movements. The captains
name is withheld, but heis supposed to
be noted Confederate. The Hornet is
formidable and very fast. She was fitted
out by parties in New York and Boston.
The steamer Enterpe, of the New
York and Galveston line, is under sur
velllancesd d pending Instructions from
Washington. She had cargo of huge
parret guns pnd tons upon tons of solid
shot and shell. The authorities suspect
this cargo is intended to arm the Spa
nish gun-boats now ready for sea. The
account says:
There are lust thirty of these gun
boats, and singularly enough, there were
found in the hold of the Enterpe lust
thirty parrots Of the 100 pound species.
There were also 5000 solid shot and
shell which had been cast for these same
parrots. Speaking editorially of the
Enterpe's detention, the Tribune saws
the authorities have just laid hands upon
o veasefwhieh, by all accounts, appears
to have been destined to supply with
armaments the Spanish gun-boats at
Mystic. The possibility that great harm
might haye been and yet may be done
thereby to the cause of struggling pa
triotism, naturally provokes most earn
est desire that no want of vigilance shall
permit o wrong to neighbor whose
comparative weakness and whose noble
aspirations have our hearty sympathies.
The plea of the Cnbans that they should
have the same right to purchase arms as
their antagonist must be admitted. in
the Light of menacing events to have
usual force"