The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-03-19

Must re-Occupy the env1rOnB OF Paris
possibly. the city.
t. American IntellI4ence.
CHARLESTON, March 18.-Arrived-
Steamers James;Adger, New York; Mary
land, Baltimore.
SAN Francisco, March 17.-st. Pat
rick's Day was celebrated on the grandest
scale ever witnessed here.
iPHLADELPHIA, March 17.-At meet
ing of boiler plate manufacturers to. day
1t was resolved to advance the price of
plate iron OF all grades three eights of a
cent. per pound.
MEMPHIS, March 19.-All the roads
suffered severely from the food. Two
through trains from New Orleans are
between the gnps.
Norwich, Conn, March 19-A bloody
collision is apprehended from railroad
laborers, who have been unpaid since
January. NoTE.-Ku Klux
SAN FRANC1sco, March l8 The CO.
lored companies didn't participate in st.
Patriok's celebration. The acooutre.
nnents OF one company was seized for
debt. The captain Of the other company
disbanded his troops. The parade was
the finest ever witnessed here.
NEW York. March 1S-Specie ship
ment nearly $500, ,OO0-mostIy silver.
MONTGOMERY. March 1S.-There was
brought before Judge Busteed, in the
United States Court to-day, o case involv-
ing the Enforcement Act of Congress.
He held that. under the Act, in all cases
where there was complaint of ATTEMPT
by two or more persons to deprive any
one OF any right guaranteed by the Con-
stitntion and laws of the United States,
that the Federal Court had exclusive
Jurisdiction; that the State Courts we're
divested of Jurisdiction.
MACON, March 18.-Hon. E. ". Mes
bet, formerly Judge OF the Supreme
Court of Georgia. member of the United
States Congress in 1888 and 184O, mem.
Der OF the Conf derate Congress, and a
lawyer Of distinction, is dead-aged 6S
years.
New ORLEANS, March 18.-The Plea
yune compliments the signal office ut
Washington for the accuracy with which
predictions in regard to the weather are
made.
WASHINGTON, March 19-Hadley was
sworn in as Governor of Arkansas. Clay.
ton is coming here before resigning
Clayton signed some thousand commits
slons putting friends in Office.
lie total subscription to the new
loan is $l6,000,00O.
Ihe Senate Committee on Elections
reported in favor of Hamilton. of Texas.
Will consider other cases on Monday.
This defeats the claims of General Rev
nolds to a seat
Governor Alcorn telegraphs the Con.
gressional delegation that the State au
thority is ample to punish outruges on
the North eastern border.
lu the Senate, Sherman's resolution
instructjng the judiciary Committee to
report the Ku Klux bill was discussed
all day. Sherman, in supporting LII !,
resolution. said in eleven OF the South.
ern States the public conditi IN was one
OF unparalleled horror and annrchy.
Davis, Stevenson, johnson aud Lewis
spoke. Lewis eaid Virginia was as
peaceful as any State in the Union. He
denied the existence of Ku Klux or.
ganizations there. johnson supported
his colleague. Sherman replied that he
could substantiate the assertions OF the
preamble to the resolution, which as.
serts, In effect, the subversion, by arm
ed, disguised and lawless men, mainly
soldiers OF the late rebel armies, of all
civil authority in large parts of the late
insurrectionary States; that persons and
property are unsafe, the rights of citi-
zens denied, and the courts powerless,
by organized perjury, to phnish crime.
Sherman went on to give an epitome of
the evidence ELECTED by the Outrage
Committee. Bayard speaks Monday.
Unless the extremists are ohoked off
the session will be Indefinitely prolonged
Stevenson's maiden speech was excellent
Weather report-The low pressure
Friday evening over Luke Ontario has
moved North-eastward beyond our sta.
tions. The low pressure West of Iowa
has moved North-eastward and disap-
peared. The high barometer from Lou. /.
isiena to Kentucky has diminished some.
what. and extended very rapidly to the
Middle and Eastern States. The area OF
low barometer, which was, Friday even
ing, in Southern Florida. is now on the
coast Of Georgia nnd South Carolina.