The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-04-26

liability now is that cotton will sell
for about fifteen cents, while corn
Will be very scarce and sell enor.
mously high"
A TEXAS FREEDMAN. Calves
ton Ne1cs tells the following:
A smart negro was asked, few
days ago.. what he thought of the
cotton tax: cts unconstitutional,
sary and anuder tax is more uncon-
stitutional, sar; de whiskey tax, SIR;
l used to git q gallon for two bits,
sar, and L has now to give two dol
lars, on account of dem Northern
taxes. Use gwine to help blow EN-
up; is!'
The Memphians have an old IA
shioned way of Furnishing 'pick-pock-
cts and thieves. One such was ar
rested there the other day; and fined
$50 and sentenced to fifty-three days'
hard labor in the chain gang, and, to
crown all, he was then labeled and
paraded through the streets of Mem
phls. He has since brought suit for
$1,000 damages against the Police
COMMISSION.
MATERIAL FOR THE CANVASS. Tho
Nashville Press and Times, of the
goth, says 34S boxes of ammunition,
filling three cars, and directed to
Governor W. G. Brownlow, arrived
by the Louisville and Nashville Rail
road yesterday. A quantity of arms
are now awaiting transportation at
Louisville. They are for the State
militia, now being organized in this
State.
The nineteenth anniversary birth
day of Kentucky's greatest states
man, Henry Clay, was celebrated at
Lexington, on the 18th instant, with
solemn ceremonies. The vault where
in rest his honored remains was
opened, and wreaths of evergreens
and myrtle placed upon the sarco-
phagus. 1t is intended that the fcs-
tival shall be celebrated every year.
A man in Providence, r. l., has
Spanish poodle, which will select the
letters of any word from q circle of
paste-board letters on the floor, and
arrange them in order Mt his masters
feet; pick from n pack of playing
cards any one called for, oy from a
miscellaneous assortment Of currency
a designated denomination, and do
many other as clever tricks.
PRESENTED WITH a SERVICE.
Western paper contains the following
item of news: Captain Blackston, of
the steamer Morning Star, has Just
been presented with o service of
three years in the penitentiary, in
consideration of the distinguished
ability with which he plundered
passenger and kicked him overheard.
At the instigation of Henry Bergh,
President of the Society for the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty to Animals, Jew
''cutter" has been arrested for cruelty
to animals, by cutting the throat of n
bullock, instead of first knocking
him on the head. There seems to be
no end to the follies of those amiable
noodles.
Within the last three weeks, no less
than six girls are known to have been
stolen from their homes in New York,
for the worst purposes. How many
more cases Of the same kind have
occurred, which are unknown to the
public, is a matter of terrible con-
lecture.
Some deaf and dumb children in
Jacksonville, Illinois, were asked tho
meaning of eternity. One wrote on
his slate, "It is the lifetime of the
Almighty" and another only made n
circle. These are beautiful thoughts.
Gods lifc-ti is eternity, because it
is without beginning or end.
HoLE-IN- -THE-DAY. -Eole-in- the
Day, a Chippewa CHIEF, has brought
to his home, in Minnesota, q white
wife, whom he married out of the
laundry of q Washington hotel, where
he lately stopped. This Indian gen
tleman is now nearly as much mar
ried as Brigham Young.
/ RATE OF WAGES. s.-The present
average of farm wages in this country
is $28 month for white laborers in
the Northern and Western States,
and SIC month for freedmen in the
South. In England, the present rate
of wages is about $14 a month, and
i'll Europe the rates are stall less.
An official communication has been
received by the President from the
English Government, announcing the
birth of royal baby, the child of
the Prince and Princess of Wales.
General Howard estimates the