The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-07-27

Ne'o York Her0ld, ISL.
All that can be said about blood
and gentle birth is said by Bishop
Warburton, in these words: High
birth is thing that I never knew any
one to disparage, except him that had
1t not; and L never knew any one to
make boast of it who had anything
else to be proud Of" This fine re-
mark IS said to have been occasioned
by an angry dispute in the British
House of Lords between peer of a
noble birth and oneof new creation.
There is great freshet in the Mis-
sissippi River, and the water is rs
high as in 1859. The suspension
bridge and st. Anthony Bridge are
threatened. Casey Island Boom,
nine miles above Minneapolis, gave
way on Saturday afternoon, and
5000, 900 feet of logs went over the
falls. In all, 100000 feet have
gone over. The great Coon Creek
Boom, containing 0,0O0,O 900 feet, is
still shfe.
NEGROES CAN'r HOLD OFFICE EVEN
IN WAsHINGToN.-Senator Summers
bill .to secure equal rights in the
District of Columbia" which passed
both houses of Congress at the
recent session, failed to become n
law through the refusal of the Presi-
dent to sign it. This is another
striking Illustration of the love of our.
modern ''Moses" for the colored
people, and of his regard for their
rights. Washington Chronicle.
FEoUNDrrY ExrRAoRD1NARy.-We
clip the following item from the
Jasper Ne,cs Boy:
We understand that the wife of
our worthy colored citizen, Bill
Hadnot. presented him with four
children few days ago, one weighing
s pounds, one IL, one IS, one I5-4S
pounds of babies ut one birth. In
the language of Bill, we say: BEAT
dat, white man! If you can't, say no
more about negro inferiority."
The following was communicated
to the Society at Paris by Charles
Caquelent: "Put little sugar in
common writing ink, and with this
write on common writing paper
sized as usual. When a copy is re-
qrired, take some unsized paper and
moisten it lightly with sponge, and
apply the wet paper to the writing,
and pass lightly over the unsized
paper moderately heated iron, and
copy is Immediately produced.
The CorToN CRop IN FnoR1DA.-A
letter from Gainesville, Florida, of n
recent date, addressed to business
firm OF Savannah, says: "The rains
are upon us, and there is an universal
cry of ruin to the cotton crop. There
Is also much apprehension of the
appearance of the caterpillar or army
worm"
The entire track of the Florida
Railroad, from Savannah to Cedar
Keys, is now laid. The trains now
run to the Fernandina Depot, or
rather to the spot where the depot is
to be erected, in the outskirts of the
town.
In New York, the newest expe-
dient of the illicit whiskey distillers
to cheat the Government is to con-
struct and work their 'stills" on
board vessels in the harbor. One of
these was seized the other day, and
the detectives arc on the track of
others. What next?
The friends Of Mr.. Davis have
purchased house for him in one of
the most aristocratic streets in the
city of Montreal, near Montreal
Mountain, and he contemplates max
ing this his future home.
Ne,o York Herald.
When Daniel Webster was young
man, about commencing the study of
law, he was advised not to enter the
legal profession, for it was already
crowded. His reply was, "There is
room enough at the top"
No less than 100 newspapers have
been started in the District of Co
lumbia since it was made the seat of
government, and all but nine have
expired.
Gen. r. E. Lee, it is said, is to be
appointed President of the Covine-
ton and Ohio Railroad of Virginia.
and his son, Custis, is to be chief
engineer.
There is no cosmetic like cold
water, or perfume like clean shirt.