The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-08-04
state Items.
he Lancaster Ledger says:

The Lancaster Ledger says:
We have had no rain in this vi
cinity since our last issue We hear
that there have been showers in seve-
raj portions of the District, but gene-
rally light. The prospect for q crop
is said to be far worse than ever
before known in this country.
The Spartanburg Express has the
following items:
We are informed by Col. James
Farrow, lately returned from Wash
ington, that DR. J. p. Miller and
Gen. j. w. Miller, Of this District,
were lately pardoned by the Presi-
dent of the United States.
Since our last issue, our town and
tho District generally has bean visited
with most refreshing showers. It is
to be hoped that the rains have come
in time to save much of the upland
corn, which was suffering from the
long drought and great heat. The
temperature, too, has moderated con-
slderably during the past week, and
we again enjoy our pleasant nights,
undisturbed by those nocturnal visit
ors Of less-favorcd places, called
mosquitoes.
The Sumter Ne,rs thus pleasantly
refers to an agreeable change in that
section:
We have been simultaneously sur
prised and delighted during the last
five ar six days-surprised and de-
lighted at the truly invigorating tran
sition through which the people Of
our community have passed during
that time. Farmers cease to sigh,
smile once again, and ride into town,
with an air, justifablc of the belief,
of their having received an unlocked
for blessing babies cry no more, and
ladies' scold only during the day. All
nature, both animate and inanimate,
seems to rejoice. What causes this
change? What's the matter? 1t has
rained.
The Anderson Mteuigence, chroni-
cles the following:
On Thursnay last, our quic. little
town became the scene of considcra-
bic excitement, occasioncd by rumors
which had reached here, that the
bones of human being had been
found IN the woods, about two miles
above this place. So soon rs the
coroner received information that he
considered reliable, he at once issued
4 warrant to the sheriff to summon a
jury Of inquest; and when they as
assembled, he proceeded at once to
the spot, when, to the astonishment
of all, the bones of man were found,
scattered in all directions, for dis
tance OF at least fifty yards, around
what appeared to be common CEN
tire. We are Informed that evidence
was immediately obtained sufficient
to identify the bones to be the re-
mains OF enc John c. Gorly, Of PICK
ems District, and who, it seems, had
been apprehcnded on Sunday, the
10Th ult., in the vicinity of Lowndes-
vile, IN Abbeville District, as horse
thief, and as having passed through
this town on the next day, in the Gus
tody Of certain citizens of that Dis
trlct, III the direction of Walhalla,
where, as was stated by them as they
passed through here, IL reward had
been offered for his apprehension and
delivery.
York. The Enqui,'s,' says
The dry weathercontinucs through
out the greater portion Of this Dis
trict. The crops have in consequence
been fearfully injured. Added to this
is the unreliability Of the labor, re-
sulting in bad cultivation, which,
with the severe drought now prevail
ing, must result in scarcity of food
and suffering. The prospect for farm
ers is discouraging in the extreme.