The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-08-12
'Washington News.

: WAsHNaToN, August 11.-Poore is
instructed to be- vigilant. and enforce
strictly the law Of nations, ana hold only
official feiatioiis. with the Spanish au-
thofities, and insist upon humanity and
Justice, where The life and liberty of
American citizens are involved. The
Spanish executions at Santiago de Cuba
are not satisfactorily explained to the
Cabinet The Spanish gun-boats must
remain under. seizure;; further action is
postponed until next Cabinet meeting,
which is called for the Goth.
., ~ I is stated on the authority of W.
z. Edwards, member of Congress from
Georgia, that the negro postmaster Tur-
ner has been removed, and Washington
reinstated in the Macon Post Office.
4: The President authorizes the publica-
J ton of conversation, showing strong
afiliation with the radical Republicans
OF Mississippi and Texas.
4 Internal revenue receipts to- day, $479,-
600. 6..it
Gen. Canby, commanding in Virginia,
and the President, had long interview.
Treasurer Spinner directs Assistant
Treasurers to withdraw legal tender tens
from circulation. 30
4 The speeches of Grant and the Mexi-
can Minister Mariscal were cordial and
mutually complimentary. Not much in
them. The Mexican Claims Commission
organized, but is yet engaged on rules of
order; after which it will take several
days recess.
- The President has minated, neither
in conversation nor by letter, his desire
that Judge Dent should withdraw from
. the Mississippi canvass. In view of the
present complications, Judge Dent de-
cides that lie will canvass The State of
Mississippi in favor of the conservative
Republican candidates, whether himself
or another heads the ticket.
The Secretary Of State instructs Bar
low to deliver The Spanish gun-boats to
the custody of the Commander of the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. ~
Judge McCunn orders the discharge
Of the Texan Pratt; but as Pratt is at
Fort Lafayette, it don't appear how the
decision is to be enforced.
o, The following is telegraphed by re-
quest: The following statement is made
public by permission of the President:
In an interview with Gen. Tarbell, Sc
cretary of the Republican Executive
Committee of Mississippi, at the resi-
dence of Secretary Fish, in New York,
on the 9th inst, Gen. Grant remarked
ou ouo bmhll uumDer OF ftepuOl1canS en-
gagged in the National Republican party
IN Mississippi using the name of Judge
Dent, and said that in his Judgment the
fact was itself evidence that they could
not be otherwise than used by the oppo.
sition. The President said his only de-
sire was peace and amity, and he would
do anything that was right to bring that
about. But these people cast suspicious
on their own motives by the fact that all
their efforts seem to be aimed at divjd-
ing. not aiding. the Republican party in
their midst. II they were really in ear.
nest, they would not be 80 anxious about
those with whom they acted. To sincere
men, it could not be difficult to tell who
in the South were and had been the ad.
ministration's friends. The President
stated that in his conversations with the
gentlemen representing the new Repub-
hcan party in Mississippi, he had ex-
pressed himself much more emphatically
against their course than he had to Gen.
Tarbell. He said he fully endorsed Gen.
Ames' administration, and that that Of
ficer would have to do much and more
serious than he had heard charged be-
fore he would subject him to removal.