The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-07-13

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head-dress; the Countess of Dalkeith,
white satin, embroidered, with straw,
plume, veil and diamonds; Lady
Courtcnay, grey silk, white petticoat,
black velvet and lace trimming, head
dress of roses, diamonds and plume;
Hon. Mrs. Rashleigh, white satin,
apple green petticoat, ostrich fea-
theirs, diamonds, pearls, flowers, &c.
HARVEST HANDS. Ds.-Reccntly some
of the negroes residing in and about
Louisiana, Mo-, held o meeting to
regulate the price of harvest hands.
at which they resolved not to work
In the harvest for less than So. so
day. The farmers South of Louis
lana, many Of whom are large wheat
growers, took the matter up, and
resolved not to employ any OF the ne
groes participating in the meeting
at any price There was, of course,
mean white man at the bottom of
the movement.
A New Jersey editor has been
riding on street railroad in one of
the Jersey cities, and thus describes
1t: 1.-The cars themselves are simply
exaggerated sardine boxes, placed on
what the spinal column of any pas
senger might consider triangular
wheels. The windows which are shut
will not open; while those that are
down Sampson could not raise.
There are no springs to the running
gear, and the tracks have one thou
sand bounces, or jolting places, to the
mile"
A young lady bought q new basket
In st. Louis the other evening, for
picnic purposes. Before she left
the store the basket, with q card
bearing her name attached, was
stolen. The next morning, the bas-
ket, with baby in it, was found at
the door of respectable citizen,
with the card still appended. and the
young lady was called upon for an
explanation, which she readily gave,
and was dismissed from her awkward
position.
Mrs. Partington cannot under
stand either Mr.. Gladstone or Mr..
Disraily, that they should be so
anxious to pass bill in Parliament
to give thepeople universal suffering
For her part, she thinks there is suf-
fering enough among the people
without making it universal. Re
form indeed! they should reform
themselves first, without thinking to
reform the people.
In England, the pastors of some of
the churches are trying an expert
ment, which is said to meet with fa-
vor. They hold an early morning
service on Sundays during the hot
weather, so as to avoid the heat of
the day, and much larger congrega-
tions than formerly assembled during
that season are reported to be the re-
suit.
DowN EAST DR.. II. G.. Stover,
Of Boston, has written q book on
the subject of fmticide, which shows
that the people of Massachusetts,,
in respect OF this particular crime,
in the villages rs we'll as in the cities,
are nearly twice rs corrupt as the
population Of France, and eight-fold
more depraved than that of the city
of New York.
The whole channel of the NIedi-
terranean must be strewn with human
bones. Carthagenians, Syrians, Sido-
mans, Egyptians, Persians, Romans
and Greeks-there they lie, side by
side, benesth the eternal waters, and
the modern ship that brings freight
from the Alexandria sails in its whole
course over buried nations.
CoUNTERFEITs. s.-Among the recent
counterfeits, are noticed 500 on the
First National Bank of Boston; $1OO
on the Ohio National Bank of Gin
cinnati; 800 on the Central National
Bank of New York city; and S100 on
the National Bank of Bristol, Rhode
Island.
A distinguished New York divine,
pressed to go to Europe, is angry
upon his return to find his substi-
tute so much preferred By mis- parish
toner's that they propose to retain
him and let the "original Jacob" go.
Such action will stop great deal of
bronchitis.
Sophie Worrell, the actress, now
playing at New York, received DO.
quet the other night, which contained
So, 900, q diamond brooch and pair
] Of earrings.