The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-04-02

Close up on the sale OF cider and ale
on and after April l.. It is under
stood that the sale Of beer and cider
will be prohibited in every city and
town throughout the Commonwealth
on the period above-named. The
sale of all other liquors is of course
forbidden.
The Hebrews of Norfolk gave q
grand masquerade ball on Thursday
night, the proceeds of which they
appropriate to the Washington Lee
Association, for the benefit of the
widows and orphans of Confederate
soldiers. In Petersburg, also, they
had o grand masquerade, which is
described by the papers there as being
In all respects n magnificent affair.
After having been compelled to
make important concessions to the
English reform movement, the Tories
have at length declared their readi-
ness to take the first step toward re-
dressing the grievances of Ireland.
MIR. D1sraei has announced in Par
lament that the Government intends
to bring in liberal Irish reform bill.
Pixies Theatre, at the corner of
Twenty-third street and Eighth ave-
hue, New York, is fast approaching
completion. It will seat 2, 800, and
is built generally on the pattern of
Nlblo's Garden. Its. stage will be
eighty feet wide by seventy deep
the largest in the country. No ex-
pense will be spared iii decoration.
Col Benjamin Franklin Mosby is
engaged in manufacturing corn-cob
pipes in Richmond. Va, which he
offers for sale to tho smokers of the
weed. The Wing speaks of him as
having exquisite taste and rare in
ventive genius" in the construction
OF these corn-cob pipes.
The Harrisburg Register mentions
most cruel and revolving case of
ipfanticide perpetrated in the vicinity
OF Port Republic, recently. A young
woman named Sallie Grim gave birth
to illegitimate twins. To conceal the
shame and disgrace of the affair, her
brother buried the children alive.
PLENTY OF PORK st. Louis
Price Go,em publishes the annual
report of the pork packing in the
West. The total number of hoes was
2,425, 254, against 1,7O5, 955 last sea-
SON. The general average of weight
was 232!a pounds. against 231 $40
pounds last season.
MIsSISsIpPI.-It seems the discus
sion of the situation in Mississippi is
likely to lead to some unpleasant re-
suits. It is said that Mr.. Barksdale.
OF the Clarion, and Mr.. Yerger, of
the MissiSsippin', are likely to settle
their differences by resort to arms.
A man i'll Danvers, Mass, reccntlv
had some goods stolen from his pre-
mIscs, and, on putting the police in
track of the thief. found the goods in
the possession of his own son, whom
he had not seen for two years.
GEN. BEAUREGARD.- The letter of
Gen. Beamegard is pretty much like
that of Gen. Longstreet He accepts
the situation, advises the people to
net, and thinks the freedmen may be
an element of strength to, the South.
a telegraphic wire has lately been
established between the Corps Legis-
latif and the French Emperor's study
IN the Trlleries, by means of which
his Majesty receives the reports of
the debates while they are going on.
\ church, dedicated to st. Vincent
de Paul, is now being erected Mt Mar
seilles, ut cost of 3,0OO,0OOf. The
stained glass alone will be the value
OF $50, OQ0f. The Able de Poucnet.
OF Avignon, is the architect.
No wonder crime should be ram
pant in Memphis, when a subaltern
detective robs his chiefs safe of
Sl2,OO rs the A0alnacle declares
was done the other day, and no effort
was made to arrest the thief.
Emma Collins, for ravishing whom
George L. Pratt, the Nashville dane
ing master, has just been sentenced
to fifteen years imprisonment, has
made affidavit that her evidence
given ut the trial was false.
SOUTHERN MERCHANTS IN ST. Lor1s.
There have been large numbers of
Southern merchants in St. Louis.
but many are now leaving, being
unable to obtain credit.
\ poor widow in Memphis, Tenn, :
being unable to support herself and
child, took poison Friday night last,
leaving her girl, three years old, to
be cared for by her neighbors.
"Brick Pomeroy" inaugurated an