The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-21
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Che South ISrh psrt of EnFishd: CONT. II
nues to-day. f'7 1F G'sT -
AZ the Sassting of the. Associated
Chamber of,Oom mmerce OF Great Bri-
tain to be held Tuesday next. the sub.
lect OF the extradition treaty between
Great Britain and the United States
wall be- made prominent matter of
diacussion.5'
Tsiexre eohic-,Amsrtcen Matssra.
DRTRorT, Mich February 90
'JohnnM Shaw, lately retired Trea-
snrer tof Wayne County. Michigan.
snicided, and ID has become known
that he vas $50. 600 short in bis &C..
counts.
BOSTON, February 20.-Jesse Pome-
roy the boy. murderer, was to-day SEN
fenced to he hung. 80
The Fishing feet in the ice fields in
Cape God Bay remain to-day as before
reported. although Indications are
now favorable for breaking of the
New ORLEANS. February 2O.-A hur.
rfcsne swept over Oaupinqua settle.
uent. .Ayoyelles Parish, last night, de.
stroying church, fifty-four buildings.
and diki!ling two persons.
The Conservative members of the
Legislature. last. night. determined to
take their seata in the State House,
though the details have not trans.
paredS, i...ts3i;;s;
4ggRosEos, February 20.-Cott9n firm
and STEADY, reoeipfs 265; Gales 2O7-
mtddhu& l5N; stock 19,O96. ~ -
NASHINaToN. February 20.-The
ViqesP PsAsidept laid before the Senate
the cred entials Of frApdrew johnson, as
Senator from Tennessee, for the term
commencing March 4. 1875, which
were. e.xead and placed on the file. Mr..
Wright called mp the resolution sub
mitted by him yesterday. providing
for 'the eSappointment Of q select COM
Wittee of ave, Senators, to sit during
the recess, and TO examine into the
various branbhes OF the civil service,
with d view 10 the Reorganization OF
Tho HAms, 3d., the comn nlttee to report
BY, bill or otherwise at the next session
OF Congress-. passed. He also called
up the House Joint resolution in rela.
tion to oivil service examinations. II
provides that all other things being
equal. disabled soldiers, their wives,
the widows and children Of deceased
soldiers who died in the line of duty,
shali have precedence in appointments
Ia Athe OWL service. Mr.. Baysrd ex.
pressed his admiration and sympathy
for those who had served the republic
in the field, and he suggested that the
principle Of the resolution was not
sound. It had not been onr policy to
seSinp favored GLASS. but the passage
OF Aqeh q resoDution would be apt to
begst 4nim9sity toward those for whose
Benefit II Ws1 intended; he thought It
was contrary 10 the spirit of the Con.
stitution. =, The resolution was passed
ht y vote OF 88toa. Mr.. ingalls, re.
ported q keaolqtion providing for the
appointment OF select COMMITTED of
tse SepAtDfs 70 visit the Indian Ter
ritory dnring, the recess, to inquire
iasvs she condition OF affairs in that
country. Mr.. Sherman objected, and
Il wehfover, The unfinished business
being the Indian appropriation bill,
Wastt,,ken mp. Co.,.
( Id the House, Mr.. Dawes. OF Massa.
chusetts. moved that the House 20 into
Committee Of the Whole on the tariff
bill. Mr.. Durham, OF Kentucky, op-
posed the motion, desiring morning
hour for the consideration of the bin
in relation to the Freedmen's Savings
and Trust Company. Objection was
made. and the House decided to 90
into Committee of the Whole on The
tax and tariff bill. Mr.. Smith, of
Ohio, said there were 500. 600, 600 of
imported goods in this country, and
the effect of the bill would be to add
PIC. 600. 600 to the cost Of these goods
70 the, people. and put corresponding
increase npon articles of American
manufacture. Mr.. Maynard, of Ten
nesses, advocated the restoration of 10
pet csnt. and argued that the increase
10 thedniy Was paid by foreign manu-
tactnrers, and not the American con.
sdn1er. After two hours debate. under
the Eve minutes rule, Mr.. Dawes
moved THAI the committee rice, for the
purpose Of, cutting Of debate. The
motion was agreed tol9l to 80. De.
bate was. by order of the House,
limited to one hour, and the House
a9Ain want into Committee of the
Whoiey li.&siAslf ,.a- vi, 4j
g A fall meeting the Louisiana Com
mittes uss held last night, at which
tho whole subjsot Of the troubles there
was discnssed.t Four msmbers of the
committee-Hoar; Frye. Wheeler and
agreed upon q report.
very radical in it's character, but Foster
will dissent in sOm0 narkianlaya Tho