The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-27
State Items.

State Items.
P1cKENs DISTRICT We condense
from the Keowee (Pickens) CouIe,' a
few items Of interest:
The name of the post Office in that
District, formally known as Clayton s
Mills, has been changed to Hunters
Mills, and Capt. VIM Hunter APP
pointed postmaster
The State tax collector for Pickcns
District has already collected about
SS, 600.
A horrible case of infanticide has
occurred in the District. The Cowie,
says: Mrs. Sarah Calhoun has been
arrested and committed to Jail, on the
charge of drowning her own child,
which was only some seven or eight
days old. \ freedman, Floyd, was
arrested on a charge Of completely in
the crime; but he was either released
by or carried of with the garrison
recently on duty at Walhalla. The
| head of the child had been "scalpcd'
or distgured to prevent, if possible,
its color from being identified.
| This is Il crime heretofore almost
unknown in South Carolina, and we
hope never to have to record another.
/ CHARLESTON The Gouriey. of Mon
day, says:
\ very bold and murderous attack
was made on Mr.. p. O'Donnell, mas
ter builder, ut his residence on King
| street, near South Bay, last Saturday
night. In the attack. he received
two severe blows-one from a slung-
shot, striking him on the left fore
head, and another from some sharp
instrument. producing 4 deep and
dangerous wound on the top of the
head. fortunately not crushing the
skull. 1t appears about half-past 9
O'Clock Saturday night, two colored
men, believed to have been soldiers.
called at Mr.. O'Donncll's residence.
for the purpose, rs they said. of OBJ
tanning employment. One of the
party represented himself as a plas-
terer and his companion rs mason
and bricklayer They stated they
were last from Columbia. but had
been in Augusta, both of which
places they had left for want of work.
On his turning round from his writ
lng-desk, where he was sitting, to
obtain Il full view, he received the
two blows above mentioned, in such
rapid succession that they appeared
to have been dealt almost simulta
neously.
The Charleston N~,rS says that dur
ing the riot of Sunday evening, Il re-
spectacle young man of the name of
Brantford was knocked down in
Iradd street and dangerously in
]ured. The attendant surgeon has
expressed doubts of his recovery. and
he now lies in IL very critical condi-
ton.
FAIRFIELD. The Winnshoro .Ner%
says:
We learn that in Il difficulty on
Saturday last, between Scipio and
Sam, two freedmen, on the planta-
ton OF Mr.. S. W olfe, near this place.
the latter was shot by the former in
the small of the back and seriously
wounded. The gun with which the
injury was inflicted with Mimic ball
cnt into several parts.
| GE> RAJ HAMprcN. A correspond
ent OF the Memphis ArgtS, writin,
from Eggs Point. Mississippi, says:
Ten or twelve miles below here
at Lake Washington, lives Lieutr-
nant-GeneraI Wade Hampton. the
second greatest cavalry chieftain of
the late Confederncy. He owns ex-
tensive plantations. upon which he
divides his time, devoting himself
chiefly to the congenial pursuits of a
Southern gentlemnn-books. planting
and the chase His former slaves re
main with the General, and are rep
resented rs contented and induetri
ous."
The Generals residence is ut
"Wild Woods, Il few hundred yards
from the lake Called nv It's sylvan
| title from the fact Of the house having
been built by the present proprietor.
some twenty years ago, ON the very
edge of II dense canc-braRc
The patriotic bricklayer, of Lowell,
who kicked Doctor Butler, has adopt
ed Buffers bottle for crest. and for
arms shield bearing a boot ram
pant, with the motto, Let all the
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