The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-09
American In.elI,gence.

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American Intelligence.
COLUMBUS. ONO, May THE Su-
preme COURT, to-day, refused to issue
,ndndamus against the directors of the
sub-sohooI district, in Norwich town
ship, franklin County, for the ad mission
of colored children into the schools for
white children, as there is separate
school in said township for the colored
youth. The court sustained the consti-
tutionality OF Section 81 of the common
school laws of this State. and held that
the. organization Of separate schools for
colored children is not in conflict with
the provisions of the fourteenth amend
ment to tho Constitution of the United
States.
ALBANY, N. Y, May S-The Assem-.
bly,, after heated debate, adopted, by
&C to As, u resolution removing Iusur-
rance Superintendent Mills from Office.
PHILADELPHIA, May 8.-Five hundred
and eighty-three delegates are attending
the National Medical Convention.
The Labor Reform Convention nomi-
mated w. P. She'll for Governor and
James Thompson for the Supreme Court.
New YORK. May S.-Edward Pierre.
pont will defend Stokes, who is despond-
ent over his Abandonment by counsel.
WASHINGTON, May SIT is stated that
at the Cabinet meeting yesterday, the
resolve of the President to rest our case
.as it stands. before tho Geneva tribunal,
nor allow Fish to seek further means of
accommodation, came under formal dis
>cussion, and was sustained by all the
members present.
It is stated that Trumbull has un-
nounoed his willingness to run for Go.
vernon of Illinois on the Greeley ticket.
Regular and special reports from Mata.
moras indicate that the revolution is
over in that vicinity.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.-The rebels
are entrenohed in Pesquiera. whittier
they were driven after severe fighting,
which is still progressing.
CONCORD, May 8.-The Republican
Convention adopted resolutions fayoring
Grant and Wilson.
WAsHNaToN, May 6-Evening. In
the House, the Military Committee
agreed to report against the application
of bounty laws to freedmen. Gen. J. S.
Mosby, of Virginia, visited Grant to-
day.
In the Senate, the Louisiana Presi
dental election bill, after long dis
.cussion, again went over. The post
Office appropriation bill passed, and goes
to the House for concurrence. Amnesty
was called up. Sumner renewed lis
supplemental civil rights bill. A point
of order was raised against the amend.
ment. Colfax over.ruied tho point
OF order. Trumbull appealed from the
decision, but the appeal was tabled.
Morton moved to amend so as to provide
that, before any person shall bo entitled
to the beneft Of the Act, he shall swear
that he is not, and has not been. at apy
time within two years preceding the pas
sage OF this Act, member OF either of
the organizations commonly known bv
the names OF the Invisible Empire Of
America" 'The White Brotherhood. /"
@. sThe Constitutional Union Guard F."
nor Of any branch OF the Ku Klnx Klan
Hill moved to amend the bill so as to
grant general amnesty. Sherman adyo-
Gated the adoption of Summers bill os o
substitute for the amnesty bill, for the
purpose OF giving the House an oppor.
tunity for fair vote on civil rights,
and said he believed that if that ques.
tion were out Of the way, general am
nesty bill would pass the Senate by q
three-fourths vote. He thought, how
ever. that there was very little chance oi
an amnesty bill passing the Senate until
the House should have had an opportu.
nifty to vote on tho civil rights bill.
Trumbull said that when he had heard
Foreman, one OF the earliest and most
Jealous advocates Of prescription, call
up and advocate tho amnesty bill, this
morning, he had hailed it rs Sign thai
the time had como. Mt last, when all po
nticai disabilities were to be removed
Dut ne now saw that lie was mistaken
Inc Dill comes mp tomorrow, with tn,
understanding that the general debate
closes at O'Clock.