The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-03-01


''The engineer was drunk.
DEPRECIATION OF PUBLIC MORALS.
Some writer forcibly says: Human
virtue, like the stone Sisyphus, has
continual tendency to roll down the
hill. A time of public calamity, es-
pecially if it be marked by depri-
vation of civil liberty, is invaribly
characterized by depreciation Of
the public morals. The loss Of what
constitutes mans natural happiness,
is lnvaribly accompanied by the loss
OF considerable portion of his ma
tural dignity. His spirit is broken,
his sentiments are depraved, and he
seems contended to lead life merely
! animal.
Charles Dickens continues to be Il
great pedestrian, and from Tavistock
Square to Gadshill, q good twenty
eight miles, is no uncommon pedcs-
trlan Journey for him before dinner.
He is not very orthodox man in a
religious point of view, and frequent
ly shocks his neighbors by Sunday
games of croquct on his lawn
A large oscillating rock is said to
have been found in the wilderness of
Western Arkansas. 1t is situated in
the channel of q torrent, and moves
to and fro, apparently from the action
OF the water. The motion produces
loud noise, which can be heard for
several miles, SO the story runs
There is profound wisdom in the
saying Of an English farmer, that he
fed his land before it was hungry.
rested it before it was weary, and
weeded it before it was foul. Seldom
has so much agricultural knowledge
been condensed in single sentence.
The dials Of the English Parlia-
ment clocks are twenty-five feet in
diameter-the largest in the world
Livery half minute the point of the
minute hand moves nearly seven
inches.
At a 4th of July celebration in
Marion County, Illinois, young
lady offered the following toast.
The young men of America; their
arms our support; our arms their re-
ward. Fall in men, fall in"
IMPUDENCE. .-Basfulnes is more
frequently connected with what we
call good sense than we find assur-
ance; and impudence, on the other
hand, is often the effect of downright
stupidity.
The editor of q country exchange
recently attended wedding in his
parish. He says ''the ladies present
were the pe7'sonne of fashion on a
throne of gold.''
Douglas Jerrold calls women's
arms ''the serpents that wind about
a mans neck, killing his best resolu-
tons"
I'm going to raise your rent"
said landlord to his tenant. "Thank
you" replied the tenant, 'for I'm
blessed if [ can raise it.
Lucy Stone, in lecture in Bangor
recently, said: 1--WE hear of hen
pecked husbands, but nothing at all
about rooster-pecked wives"
Go to strangers for charity, ac-
quaintances for advice, and relatives
for nothing-.and you will always
have supply.
A talkative youth asked a young
lady if her ears had ever been pierced.
"No," she said, "but they have often
been bored"
''Our mothers, Industrious ten.
ders. though they often misplace the
switch, was toast given at a re.
cent railway dinner.
In the march Of life. don't heed
the order of fright abuut. when YOU
know you are about right;
When you offer oats to a horse. he
may say neigh, but he does not mcal
it.
The only shares that are sure te
turn up all right-plough shares.
PMach
Why is hope like decayed cheese.
Because thousands live in it.
If n man chicks the bucket" " it i.
q sign he will turn a little pale.