The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-04-18
The Schenectady New York. sa,,

says: Tons .sof butter are passing
down on the railroads. Some of It
has been held for long time, and,
AFTER being re-worked, is sent to mar
ket There being no hope of further
advance or safety in longer keeping,
1t must be sold, to avoid losses. This.
we suppose, is the strong" butter
frequently sold by our auctioneers.
MASSACHUSETTS,. The Boston cor
respondent Of the New York Times
says the black members of the Mas
sachusetts Legislature are superior to
many Of the white members; and that
Mr. Walker, of Charleston, with age
and experience, will rank with the
1rst of our statesmen. It is under
stood that Mr.. Walker is an aspirant
for General Banks place in Congress.
The Dismal Swamp Canal, in Vir-
ginia and North. Carolina, is being
dredged and deepened. It's width is
also to be increased from forty feet to
sixty, and its locks extended twenty
hve feet. When these improvements
are completed, it. will accommodate
ten times the present amount of bust
ness.
Josiah Cook, Esq, of Buffalo, and
his brothers and sisters, are among
the prominent heirs TO the Trinity
Church estate, and n member of their
family intends this spring to visit
| Holland, from whence their parents
emlgrated to this country, to investi--
gate the family records and ascertain
the particulars of their claim.
The editor of M Ohio newspaper,
who left the capital in disgust, says
the principal amusements in Colum-
bus. during the winter. are a dance
at the Luuatic Asylum, lively time
In the penitentiary, and debate in
the House of Representatives. 1t is
dlfhcult to say which is the more
| cheerful.
The Baden Government have bor-
rowed 5000 needle gums from Prussia
to exercise their soldiers with until
those ordered are delivered. The
Bavarian Government, it is stated in
Berlin paper, have bespoken $4,000
helmets, of the Prussian pattern, of
Berlin manufacturer.
A novel election wager was fulfilled
| IN Meriden, Conn, few days ago.
by the defeated party wheeling the
other through the public street some
.-alf mile, and giving three cheers
for his opponents candidate, James
d. English, in the presence of a large
crowd
The Avery Island (Louisiana) snlt
mine is said to be the finest in the
world. The mine is inexhaustible.
and the material pare rs crystal, con-
tanning ninety-nine per cent of pure
salt. 1t has a working company with
capital of $4,000, 600.
A gun weighing 9S,915 pounds.
with .twenty-inch bore, arrived in
Jersey City, the other day. by the
New Jersey Railroad, from Pittsburg,
where 1T was made. It is intended
for one of the Notifications in New
York harbor.
In Portland, Me-, last Friday:
workman engaged in blasting rocks
Peeped round n corner of the Casco
Bank building to see if charge was
going of, and received q mouthful of
stones by way of information. The
principal damage was to his teeth.
A Democrat at Worcester, who won
S5, 900 on the Connections election.
gave the workmen in his employ. 400
IN number, q holiday, paying them
full price for their time, and gave
vent yen to his Joy by firing salute of
100 guns.
AN ExTINaU1sHEn. En.-The Pennsyl-
vanla Senate last week eoncurred in
the House bill forbidding political
professions after dark in the city of
Philadelphia during the ten days
next preceding any general election.
+ The Virginia Legislature is incor-
porating number of manufacturing
companies, but it cannot get over its
prejudices in favor of the "usury
laws" which forbid higher rate Of
interest than six per cent. on borrow
ed money.
Maryland has voted to erect mo-
nument in honor of Chief Justice
fancy, and bill has been introduced
to erect another in memory of Fran
els s. Key, author of the Star Span
gled Banner. Just tributes.
Pollard remarked to a Northern
gentleman that "negro suffrage is n
dirty weapon-a dirty weapon; but
you have put it into our hands, and
we mean to beat your brains out
with it.
A Pittsfield (Mass.) rough, who,
when little drunk, has q particular