The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-08-30

them, and subsequently ordered that
no military organizations should be
allowed
SPEAKER CoLFAx's SLANDER.- In
reference to the allegation of Mr..
Speaker Colfax, made in a political
harangue in Indiana, that he had
lately visited Arlington, "and heard
that Mrs. Lee had been there, and
had said that when she got possession
of the place, notra Yankee bone
should stay in the ground" the Alex
andria Guzctte says that Mrs. Lee has
not been Ill Arlington since the war.
The Aroostook (Maine) Times says:
!he hay crop is SO very heavy in
this section, that it is with difficulty
that the farmers can find~room in
their barns for slowing it away. Crops
OF all kinds are remarkably good this
season. Wheat looks better than it
has Tor years. We do not hear that
1T is affected by the weevil."
New JERsEY.-It is nuthoritatively
stated that, within n few DAYS, Gov.
Marcus L. Ward, of New Jersey, will
call special session os the Legisla-
ture of that State, to take action on
the constitutional amendment and on
such other topics as may come before
HoLDEN's PAPER. Since Holden
was rejected rs Minister to Liberia,
little has been said Of him in the pub
hc prints. He still edits, in Raleigh.
a paper called the lSymadard, the last
issue of which contains, without
comment. the address of the Phla-
delphia Convention.
The NEEDLE -GI,N REJECTED BY
FRANCE. needle gun has again
been tried ut Chalons and found
wanting. Abont $50 of these wea-
pons were put into the hands of the
Guards, and the commission has re-
ported that these rifles are not suit
able TO French troops.
a taking novelty is colorcd starch
1t is made in pink, buff, mauve, blue
and delicate green. ANY muslin
starched with the new preparation is
completely colored, but it washes
out, and the garment that was pink
to-day may be green tomorrow and
buff afterwards.
New CoTroS. The Charleston Cou-
'ier, of "Wednesday, says the first bale
OF sea l1!nnd cotton. of this years
crop, WIS received in that city on
Yesterday, from the plantation of Mr..
II. Weldon, of Christ Church Parish.
It was consigned to Messrs. Bruins &
Bee.
In New York city, II new. capacious
and elegant banking house for the
sole accommodation Of colored peo-
pie, has been opened. All the officers
OF the concern, from the President
down, are colored men, several of
whom are very wealthy for men of
their class.
A radical organ in Pittsburg calls
aloud to its friends, eight the camp
fires That's no battle-cry. Soldiers
klndle camp-tires to cook their vic
tnals. Probably the Pittsburg editor
thinks that his followers are getting
hungry. y.-LouisriXe .Jou,ua.
The report of the Commissioner OF
Agriculture for August will establish
the fact that notwithstanding the un-
favorable weather during a part of
the season, the crops in the North,
North west and portions of the South
will be unusually large.
Amenities of journalism-one New
York paper calls the editor Of an
other Il nincompoop-the latter re-
! spends. with can antiquated invalid
with G wooden leg and weakness
for gin and water" Is
Mr.. Lang. editor and proprietor of
the New Orleans Times, who has been
aspersed and misrepresented by the
radical press, has authorized libel
suits to be brought against several
Northern papers.
y German living in Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, is said to have dis
covered a spring of mineral water
at that place possessing similar pro
perties to that of Congress Spring at
Saratoga. ERWss
The United States has 72 iron
clads; France, 40; and England 20.
France and England, however, are
building more.
General r. n. Scott has issued an
order enabling the planters of this
State to draw rationS for their freed
men from the Bureau. ISL.
/ DIR. Hostetter, Pittsburg, Pennsyl-
vania, manufacturer of bitters, re-
tnrns an income of 1924, 735-a mo-