The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-22


NEGRO TEsTIMoNY.-The first trial
III Florida Of q white man in which
negro testimony las been introduced.
occurred In Jacksonville last week.
1t was the case Of white man on the
charge of assault with intent to kill.
He was tried by jury of white men,
and sentenced by the Judge to pay q
fine of one thousand dollars.
j. Il. Lewis, Commissioner of the
tennessee E'reedmcn's Bureau, re-
ports the cotton crop at onc-half an
average; tobacco, over q full crop of
superior quality; corn, nearly an
average; oats, full average; wheat.
less than an average. The grain CROP
OF tennessee IS much better than
usual.
Great good is expected to result
from the Queens letter and donation
OF 33O0 to the Quebec sufferers. In
regard to future subscriptions, the
Relief Committee have recommended
that there be Immediately distributed
SlO each to over 800 families, in view
OF the rapid approach of winter.
A duel was fought near Bowling
Green, Kentucky, on Monday, be-
tween John H. Grasscup and John
Blair, both late Confederate officers.
Both were wounded, but neither Sc
rlousl y. The affair occurred about a
lady in South Carolina.
MASONIC ELECTION. an election
OF the Grand Lodge. held last even
ing, Gov. j. L. Orr was reelected
Grand Master for the ensuing year.
and Gen. James Conner elected De
putty Grand Master.
Charleston Courier, 21a.
Fernando Wood is out in a card
denying the statement of some of the
Washington specials, that he has
been to Washington endeavorinp to
urge upon the President to recon-
mend negro suffrage for the South.
He denies, also, that he is in favor of
the constitutional amendment.
The mineral springs at Gettysburg
are quite a sensation in Pennsylvania,
and promise to become ere long OBJ
Jects Of national interest. The sick,
the lame, the halt, and the blind, are
thronging to these springs or carry
ing away the waters to different parts
OF the country.
The Legislature of Vermont has
passed bill making habitual drunk
enness for a period of two years a
sufficient cause for divorce. About a
year and half of Washington whis-
key would separate husband from
his wife without the aid of the courts.
Tracey.
The CoTToN CRop.-A letter from
New Orleans, Of the latest mail, saws:
"From 100000 to 100000 bales is
the estimated extent of the cotton
crop Of the South by both planters
and factors here. 1t cannot possibly
exceed the greater amount named"
APPLES AND POTATOES. quan-
titles of apples and potatoes are afioat
on the canals of New York. Roches-
ter papers say, "buyers estimate that
there are fully 100000 barrels OF
apples and potatoes on the canal
West of the Palmyra breach
According to an official statement,
a young woman in Liverpool, Eng
land, has been imprisoned for drunk
enness Ia times, and another been
arrested for the same offence 12O
times.
Five white men were logged in
Richmond, on the 18th, on convic-
ton for petty larceny-the first in
stance in Ooonv ynorc of fbo ioH;o
ton OF stripes on white men by judi
cial sentence.
The Texas Legislature has pur-
chased and prepared a cemetery for
the Union soldiers buried in that
State.
To drain lands-drink whiskey and
spend all your time at the village
tavern. This will drain you of all
your lands in short time.
Queen Victoria has placed st.
James Palace at the disposal of her
relative. King George, of Hanover,
and he has decided to accept it.
Five captive women and children
were recently delivered up at Fort
Larned by the Kiowa Indians.
Three thousand five hundred peo-
pie died of cholera, in st. Louis,
during August and September.
There are LOCI political newspa-
pers in all Europe.
The Southern cotton crop, it is re-
ported, will realize over 5000, 600, 900.