The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-12-20

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henistWhoA murd 6rad! :Iannh Rell. from
Los Augelosj jsil. and, hung him. s,. :,
WAsHrydToN, Decembe l9. The Hay.
tien Mtnistae has written 10 Secretary
Fish. disayo owing, any intentiona to ortiz
cise the Presidents message.
1t has been telegraphed hence that
Pieasanton favors uniform twenty five
cents tax on tobacco, and one dollar on
whiakey. in gh;oA measures he viii have
the Presidents and Boutwell's support.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
owes the Government nearly 50, 900, 600,
the accrued interest on which, Acker-
man decides. must be paid now. The
majority of the Financial Committees in
both Houses oppose the repeal of the
income tax.
In the House, under call of the
States, q large number OF bills and reso.
lutions were MISUNDERSTANDING them o
bill, by Mckenzie, for an appointment
to investigate the claims of Southern
loyalists. The SenRte was discussing
motion to print the Patent Office reports.
In the Senate, the House bill regu-
lating the classification of duties on su-
gar was briefly considered. Vickers said
he had received letter obiecting to the
bill, from large sugar dealer in Balti-
more, and the bill went over until to-
morrow. Bills were introduced to admit
Colorado as State, and to incorporate
the Red River Raft Company, providing
for the removal of the raft by private
enterprise; the corporators to be reim-
bursed by tolls. The bill to indemnify
j. Milton Best, of Paducah, Kentucky,
o Union man, for the destruction of his
dwelling during the battle at that place,
in 1864, was debated upon general ques-
tions of policy. Without action, ud-
journed.
Drake took the iron-clad oath and
assumed the Chief Justiceship of the
Court of Claims. This is the only Court
which exacts this oath.
The judiciary Committee of the
House agreed to report the Senate bill
for the relief of purchasers of lands sold
by direct tax Acts in the South.
The agricultural report estimates the
cotton crop at $500, 900 bales.
The House Military Committee dis
agreed to the Senate bill extending the
time for reducing the army.
Among the bills introduced and refer
red are the following: Regulating COM
pensations in contested elections; incor-
porating Southern Express Company:
amending the bankrupt law; preventing
corruption in Congressional elections;
enforcing the rights of citizens to vote
in the several States; authorizing one
cent postal cards; placing tea and coffee
on the free list; appointing Commis-
sion on 'claims of loyal citizens for
damages during the rebellion; provid-
ing that accounts and claims adjusted
by the proper treasury officers shall not
be opened except by law, and limiting
the time for the presentation of claims
and accounts; making an issue of gold
bank notes receivable for customs.
RICHMOND, December 19.-The steam
er Olive Branch to-day, passed through
the Dutch Gap Canal, with long tow,
being the first vessel since the canal was
cleared out by the great flood
LEXINGTON, Va, December 19.-Gov.
Letcher-" Honest Johns seriously
i'll with pneumonia.
NORFOLK, December 19.-Arriyed-
United States steamer Nipsic, Byron
Wilson, Lieutenant commanding. The
Nipsic is attached to the Darien survey
ing expedition. Will sail tomorrow for
Key West.
New YORK, December 19.-Several
hundred breakmen on the Erie Railroad
oti aShs uAie6iuS tuuL III IL SIMPLY 1mpOS-
sible to sustain life on less than So per
day. The strikers carried away the cou-
ping pins from Hornetsville. Hundreds
of freight cars have been blocked. Stock
is dying on the cars. Matters were so
threatening yesterday that the sheriff of
Steubor County swore in as deputies half
the male population of Hornetsville.
Subsequently he called out regiment
of militia. Passenger trains were un-
molested, but the freight completely
blocked.
Advices from San Domingo to the 9th
announce the safety of United States
vessels after the terrible gales. The
Cabreo insurrection, backed by Hayti,
was assuming formidable proportions.
Notwithstanding the interruption of the
two English cables, accumulated de-
spatches have all been transmitted. The
cable is clean for the first time in two
weeks.
HOTEL ARRIVALS, December 10.-Co-
luna6ia Hotel-L. l.. johnson, Charleston;
J. S. Glenn, Stateburg; b. Y. Sage,
Atlanta; G. Preston. wife and child, Va. !;