The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-08-22

neighborhood of Havelock was re-.
Gently visited, after heavy rain, by
clouds of flying ants, which were
devoured in great numbers by the
fowls, but the insects, not killed by
the swallowing, ate their way through
the olrd,s crops, and caused their
death. This was not credited ut first,
but posi- mo1fem examinations have
shown the insects alive in the rup-
tured crops, or crawling out of the
dead birds throats.
ANTIDOTE FOR PoIsoN.-It is said
that q poison of any conceivable de-
sctiiption and degree of potency,
which has been swallowed, may be
rendered instantly harmless by swal-
lowing two gills of sweet oil. An in.
dividual with n strong constitution
should take twice the quantity. This
oil will neutralize every form of the
vegetable or mineral poison with
which physicians and chemists are
acquainted.
The number of large fires through
ont the United States, during july.
at which the loss was over $40. 600
or upward, was 81, and the aggregate
loss was So, 225, 600. Tn J9ne the
total loss by fire, was SAL, $50, 900.
During the seven months of 1867
that have passed by, the total value
OF the property lost by confagration
has been $25, $50, 900.
The Herald states that q Young
man by the name of John May was
arrested and lodged in Jail ut Lau-
rens on Saturday last, charged with
poisoning two of his children.
Suspicion having been excited at the
sudden death of the children, the
bodies were disinterred and strych.
nine found in their stomachs. NAV
was committed for trial
Western newspapers are always
great in promising future prosperity
for their cities, but the most extensive
statement Of this kind, we have lnte-
~ seen, is that the town of "Fort
Scott requires but two things to make
it one of the largest cities in the
world, and these are buildings and
population"
1t is said to be satisfactorily de-
monstrated, that every time a hus-
band scolds his wife, lie adds n
wrinkle to his face. It is thought
the announcement of this fact will
have the most salutary effect. espe-
cially rs it is understood that every
time husband smiles on his wife it
Will remove one of the old wrinkles.
''The times are so hard, I can
scarcely manage to keep my nose
above WATER" said a husband the
other day to his wife, who had been
importuning him for new dress.
mo-" she replied with some asperity,
"but you manage to keep above
brandy easy enough"
A Brooklynite tells queer story
about the lovely wife and daughter
of milkman, who took daily baths
in the lacteal fluid to improve their
complexion. The milk was then wa
tered and sold at fifteen cents q
quart. 1t didn't need any doctoring
to give it "body" after that.
Theodore Tilton, Anna Dickinson's
friend, and one of the lights of the
"God and morality party" is in
favor of licensing houses of prostitu-
tion," but is down on ''licensinp
rum sellers" Every man to his
taste.
The New York Journal Of Commerce
thinks that the Southern press, on
the whole, is better tempered than
the Northern press. 1t is fairer to.
wards the Northern people than the
Northern press is towards the South
ern people.
The old Pennsylvania Bank build.
ing, at Philadelphia, is to be re.
moved, piecemeal, to Portland, Me.
The marble has been marked, letter
ed and numbered, stone by stone
and will re-appear at the latter city
as custom house.
julius, why am de 'habitants oil
de recently purchased Rooshin Pos
session like de natives oh African
"Kase dey lib on de fat OBJ de land. .
"No, no, bekase dey travel about il
dere bar-Sh.ins."
At picnic, near Vicksburg, OF
Thursday, poison was put in the re
freshments by unknown parties
Five whites and three blacks died
and Six or eight persons are not ex
pected to recover.
FINDING 1T OUT.-In q length,
article, the Washington Chronicle at
tacks the internal revenue system a
q stupendous engine of fraud, ant