The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-06-18
Domestic Ncvvs.

CHARLESTON, June IT. ARRIVED --schrs.
VIM. Woodal and Joseph Baxter, Bnlti-
more
RICHMOND, June 17.-Gov. Walker has
signed the bill incorporating the Allan
tic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Com
pany. This consolidates the Norfolk and
Petersburg. the Southside, and Virginia
and Tennessee Railroads, under the
management of General Malone.
WILMINGTON, N. c., June 1.-THE
action of the Governor, in ordering the
organization of n standing army, to be
composed entirely of his political friends,
is deplored by all the best men in the
State. All conservatives and many Re
publicans consider the action of tho Go
vernon entirely unnecessary, and likely
to lead to the most serious results, if not
speedily abandoned. In all conservative
meetings being held over the State, every
species OF outrage, and all secret organi.
zations are strongly denounced.
CITY OF MEXICO, June 17.-Congrcss
has adjourned. Juarez says the revolu-
tionists in San Luis Potosi and Zacatc-
cas- have been reduced to petty bands
BALTIMORE, June 17.-Jerome Napo-
leon Bonaparte died here to day, aged
sixty-6ve. His mother in law, Mrs. Will
liams, died the same day, in the same
place.
New YORK, June ia four-story
building fell to-day, from excavations of
the next lot. One man is missing, and
one seriously hurt.
A juror was fined $3.50 yesterday in
Philadelphia, for asking question reiat-
ing to the case after the Court had adj
journed, and the jury had been instruct
ed not to speak to any one on the case
Z. Vincenzo, who, it is stated, escaped
from sentence to thirty years. impri-
sonment, in Italy, for the murder of his
wife and three children. has been com
mitted ut Utica, New York, on charge
OF passing counterfeits on the CITY Ma
tional Bank.
ST. LOUIS, June 17.-The Peter Curan
has been decided in favor of the Govern
mcpt. The property condemned is
worth 5000.
A black tend in Lexington, Mo, who
had outraged little white girl, was
taken from Jail few nights since, by n
party of whites and blacks in almost
equal proportions, and hung to big To-
Gust tree. The negroes wanted to burn
him alive
CoRINNE, UTAH, June II. The Indians,
IN ambush, fired upon an nnarmcd party
of mounted men; one slightly wounded.
WASHINGTON. June 17.-The Senate is
considering the bill to pension Mrs. Lin
coin; Edmunds opposing it.
Internal revenue receipts today,
$72l,OOO.
1t is stated that the San Domingo In
vestigatlng Committee has closed work;
1T eXonerates Gen. Babcock and finds no
evidence of corruption in negotiating
the treaty
Isaac P. Gray has been nominated
Consul ut st. Thomas.
The Star says: cit turns out now that
the report of compromise between the
friends of the Senate BILL incorporating
the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and
the managers Of the Fremont, or Mem
phis and El Paso enterprise, is without
foundation in fact; it is authoritatively
stated that there is little or no prospect
OF anything like a consolidation or com
promise"
Tho Senate confirmed c. G. Grove, of
Alabama, Secretary for Utah.
VA Democratic caucus of fifty members,
including four Senators, is in session, to
agree upon national policy. a paper is
IN course OF preparation, urging the
friends of the South not to nominate
persons Tor Congress incapable Of taking
the iron.clad, unless their disabilities
have been removed.
In the House. Cobb, Of Wisconsin, in
troduced bill to equalize bounties,
which passed without opposition which,
Dawes said, invol, cd the expenditure of
S19,000,000. Goat Island was resumed
Washburne spoke, producing reports of
tho engineer corps, to show that the
island, if needed for military purposes,
would all be required, and that it was
worth, ut the least calculation, $5, ,OOO,-
600. He opposed giving this wealthy
company, who had already received from
Government $55, 600, 900, anything more.
The long bridge, between Oakland and
Goat Island. would materially interfere
with commerce, and it was the duty of
Congress, to San Francisco and to the
nation, to see that the navigation of the
bay was not ionOred The hill woa do.