The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-31
TmEzm0sE.APHTo
-t.,-- - =!
ForeSHn ,AMAtSs.


: BERLIH. January 8O.--Oarlotta Ia dead.
MADn1D, January 30:4In The deieat
OF the Osrlists, under tho Cure Or Santa
Oruz, forty.seven were killed and over
100 wounded. 80 an
PARIS. January 30.-President Theirs.
yesterday. informed M. DeLaroy that he
cannot accept the constitutional project
submitted to him by the committee OF
thirty.
American M.tters.
NEW ORLEANS. January 30.-Hugh
MoOlosky ie dead; aged So.
jew YORK, January 30.-Tweed, while
reading the evidence Of Oakes Ames,
before the Credit MobiIier Committee,
said: ''Tbank God, I am not Congress.
man. As bad as they say I am, they have
never accused me Of selling my vote as
Senator"
Phelps, Dodge & Co. have Withdrawn
their offer to compromise with the Go
vernment, and will allow the case to 20
to Court.
BALTIMORE, January 8O.-The ther-
mometsr, th;s morning, !s .cnr dsRTass
below zero; at Frederick, Md, 10 below:
at Easton, Pa, 80 below; at Maunchunk.
81 below. The ooldest day in Thirty
years.
LEx1Naror, Ky. January SOTO. day,
at the municipal election, it is said the
negroes will not bo allowed to vote IN.
less thoy have previously paid their
taxes, and that nearly all tho colored
voters have rendered their taxes to the
collector, who refused to receive them
A company Of the 18th United States
Infantry was sent there yesterday. from
Frankfort, for the purpose of keeping
the peace. General Murray, Marshal Of
the State, .is expected to arrive there to-
day, with number of deputies.
HAVANA. January 30.-The official re-
port OF the recent fight fixes the Spanish
loss at two officers and eight men killed;
and thirty. seven wounded; Cuban loss,
thirty-seven killed; wounded unknown.
CHESTER, Pa, January 30.-Ths de-.
faulting bank teller Martin, has been
sentenced to ~ years as hard labor.
WASHINGTON. January S0-Ingalls sue
Deeds Pomeroy as Senator from Kansas,
In the Senate, West was appointed to
ill AeIlogg's vacancy on the Levee Com
mittee. Anthony introduced bill in
cooperating the Mississippi and Ohio
Tunnel and Tube Company. with q capi-
tai OF $40, 600, 600. to construct tunnels
under the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers,
to be used for connecting railways GEN.
treing near their junction. Among the
Il "A
SCOTT and J. N. Mccullough, of Penn
sylvanis. J.. Pierpont Morgan, W. s.
Rosecrans and Fl. q. Marguand, of New
York, A. T.. Burnside, Of Rhode Island.
n. B. Curtin and w. F. Coolbaugh, of
Illinois. At l O'Clock, the consideration
OF the legislative appropriation bill was
resumed. The pending question was on
the motion OF Sprague to reconsider the
vote by which the Morrill, {of Vermont)
amendment was adopted, prohibiting the
payment, unless by special Act of Con
gress, of the judgments OF The Court of
Claims to claimants whose loyalty during
the rebellion has not been proved. MIR.
Trumbull argued in favor OF the motion
to reconsider and against the amend.
ment, which, he said. would violate the
plighted faith OF both the legislative and
executive departments of the Govern
ment. Messrs. Morrill,. (of Vermont,)
Edmnnds and Scott made arguments on
the other side. The motion to recon.
slider was agreed to, by yeas 20, nays 26.
Stevenson moved to lay the amendment
on tho table; lost, by yeas %, nays 81.
Aicorn, OF Mississippi, offered an amend
ment to the amendment, extending the
time for the presentation OF claims
twelve months from the passage of this
Act. Oonkling moved to lay Alcorn's
amendment on the table; agreed to, by
80 to 27. Alcorn moved to amend the
Morrill, amendment 30 as to make it ap.
ply only to the claim of G. B. Lamar, of
Georgia. Conkling moved to lay this
amendment on the table; agreed to.
After some dilatory motions on the De-
mocratic side, the Morrill, amendment,
unchanged, was aeresd to, by yeas rs,
nays 23.
In the House, bill was passed restor.
ing from date pensions to Southern peo-
pie. This repeals the bill of 1862 strik-
ing off all who sympathized with the re-
bellion. It gives no back pay. james
B. Stewart was before the House for con-
tempt. He made an hours speech.
Various resolutions we're offered that he
be 'naned in Jail, and have only bread
aud water, until he purged, &c., 60. He
was committed to the custody of the
Sergeant.at-Arms until he purged. The
Speaker, addressing Mr.. Stewart, asked
him whether he WAS now willing to appear
before the committee, and make answer
to the questions, for The refusal to an
swer which he had been ordered into
custody. Stewart said: "Mr. Speaker