The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-21

powder was still good. Tell you it
is, said one. Tell you it aint, .
said another ''I'm blowed if it is. -
said third, as he put it into the fire
by way of test. A terrific explosion
took place, and No. 3 was s'blow'd if
it wasn't" The poor fellow lost one
arm, and was SO terribly burned
about the head that he is not expected
to outllve the Freedmen's Bureau.
Chief Justice Walker, of the Su-
preme Court of Arkansas, delivered
IN opinion on the 9th instant, de
claring the acts of all Legislatures.
and judgments of courts, etc, since
the ordinance of secession was passed.
to be valid and binding, except in
cases where they were in conflict with
the Constitution and laws of the
United States. The court reversed
an order of an inferior court quash-
ing an execution issued since the
surrender, upon Judgment rendered
after the secession of the State.
MIsERs MURDERED IN MAssAcHu-
SETS AND MAINE. Wednesday
morning the charred remains of In
gals Damon were found among the
ruins of his barn, which had been
burnt on the previous night. he was
mlser and dwelt alone. On the Sth,
IN f'ranconia, New Hampshire, Thos.
Hand, also an old miser, who led a
solitary life, was found murdered in
the cellar of his dwelling. His head
had been cleft with an axe. His
house had been pilIaged.
\ writer, just returned from the
land he writes about, says: The Bra
lillian Democrat, like his brethren
here, pirates about liberty, fraternity
and equality. He now has paper
money, four short railways, wants
more of them, and talks much of de-
veloplng the resources; soon he will
cry out against the right of property,
and unless God Of great mercy inter
poses, he will, in due season, be led
by the devil to the third and last
stage.
GENEROUS GUESTS. a Medt.lncin
Raleigh, n, c., II few evenings since.
the invited guests, after the ceremony.
were requested to pay ten dollars
each to the bride, VINO was in such
indlSent circumstances that she had
not the means to complete her ward
robe. Each person present promptly
responded, the sum raised amount
ing to about $500. The bride thank
ed her friends for their generosity,
kissed them all, and went home with
her huband in the best Of spirits.
PFC IRON FROM GEORGIA The
Louisville Democrat, of the 18th, saws:
Messrs. Guthrie & Co., agents, re-
ceived, to-day, from the iron mines
at Trenton, Georgia, their first in
voice of pig iron. The iron is said
to be OF excellent quality, and is now
being tested in this city. This is Il
new feature in the exports of Geor-
gia, and promises to add greatly to
her other and numerous sources of
wealth
The Troy Times, of the 9Th inst,
says that a lady, who resides in Sche-
nectady, recently went to her parents
home, in Bennington, VT, to have
her mothers care in childbirth.
Owing to the ill-feeling Of her father
toward her husband, she was driven
away almost with curses. She was
passing through Troy, on her way
back, when, on the evening of the
4th, she gave birth to child in the
street.
An investigation which has been
made, shows that many of the bro
kers in -four at the New York corn
exchange are guilty of great frauds.
Much OF the flour branded as super
fine, and sold as such, is, it appears,
made up, in part at least, of refuse
stuff md damaged materials, sent to
the mill and ground over again.