The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-12-09

ceaison to-day land ball5to4nigks In
honor OF the delegates.
Dr: Sears declines allowing Conway to
handle the! Louisiana superintendent of
the Peabody fund.- x y ;h,
MoNTaoMER9, December 8..-In the
House, Davis (Democrnt) was rs-seated
without dissenting vote The case ct
the Governorship was resumed in Court
Barr, who presided over the Senate
before Lieutenant Governor Moran was
inaugurated, and refused to count the
votes for Governor, was on the stand os
q witness. He swore that he was con-
suited beforehand, and accepted service
on the writ of injunction; he also swore
that bill was drawn, in which ex-Go-
vernon Smith was complainant and he
defendant, and that he. Barr the de-
fendant, swore to the allegations in the
wards withdrawn. At 4 o'clock, the
whole case assumed n new phase.
Judge Rice, counsel for Smith, asked
that it be postponed till tomorrow
morning, on the ground that by morning
the case could be settled. The counsel
for Governor Lindsay made the same
statement, and asked postponement.
It is generally thought now that Smith
will close oil opposition, and Lindsay
will quietly take possession tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, December 8.-In the
Senate, memorial was presented for q
new custom-house at Wilmington, n. G..
Mr.. Pomeroy introduced q sixteenth
amendment to the Constitution, provid-
ing for female suffrage. In executive
session, some 200 nominations we're con-
tirmed. The Commissioners of Internal
Revenue was not among them. Porter's
nomination as Admiral was not with
drawn, as some expected.
Delnno has been confirmed. DR.. II.
Bendell, an Israelite, has been appointed
superintendent Of Indian affairs in Ari-
zona. There is hot contest in the
Senate caucus over the Foreign Affairs
Com mittee, the object being to strength
en- the San Domingo element, by plac-
ing Conkling on the committee, instead
OF Patterson. The plan failed, and the
committee remains unchanged. The
Select Committee on tho mississippi
levees consists of kellogg, Trumbull,
Schurz, Spencer and Bayard. Revels is
on the Committee on Education. Har-
ris is chairman of the Retrenchment
Committee.
In the House, bills wore introduced
providing that no duty be imposed upon
SUGGESTIONS vested in possession or ex-
pectancy, prior to July, 1866; but for
bidding reclamation for such duty al-
ready pnid. a resolution was adopted,
inquiring regarding the sale of captured
cotton. The resolution calls for full
details. The post office bill was re.
sumed. Tho franking privilege WAS
abolished, by vote of SO to 79 Pend
ing on amendment, allowing the free
exchange of newspapers, the death of
Ridgway was announced. Mckinney,
Maynard, Brooks, Baker and Spencer
spoke in eulogy. Butler gave notice
that he would, on Tuesday next, ask the
House to consider general amnesty
bill. Adjourned to Monday.
In the Senate, memorials wero pre-
scntcd for public buildings in Whining
ton, N. c.; for mail route from Smith
vile, n. c., to Little River, s. c.; for
the removal Of disabilities, aud for com
pensation for property taken by tho
army during the war. Bills were intro
duced to prevent the assessment of money
upon Government employees for politi-
cal or other purposes; to establish tho
Western Judicial District of North Caro-
lima; to provide that all elections for
President, Vice President and members
of Congress shall be by ballot. The
standing committees were announced.