The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-09-06

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Some daatardI 10 llaaa.. naseI .sss;s: ss;s:k & 4
heavy rope used at q Democratic pole
raising on Main Street, Buffalo. NJ 4
x, abont q 6 o'clock, last evening,
causing q heavy derrick to fall among
q large crowd in attendance. Fortus
.nately, The, crowd observed the acci-.
dent in time, and by snrging to the
right and left, escaped without in
jury. IL is,5,yS, s'i S,,
Governor Smith, of Alabama, has
called an extra session OF the State
Legislature for the 10th inst. to con-
slider o registry law. It will be re-
membered that when the Legislature,
adjourned, which was until early in
November next, it had under consi-
deration the !Goyernor's, veto of the
bill to place the power of choosing
Presidential electors in the Iegisla-
ture and take it from the people. 81 q
Tourtelotte is the name of the i'm
pious Springfielder who enclosed q
church which adjoined his premises
with high board fence painted
black, to darken the interior. As he
is insensible to kindness, the congre.
cation hold noisy indignation meet
ings in the street before his house,
and there fervently and loudly pray
that his heart may be softened.
Five negroes are in Jail at Homer,
La., for taking one of their own race
to the woods. tying him to q tree,
whipping him until all were exhaust
ed, and then shooting him, leaving
him for dead. The unfortunate negro
managed to crawl home, and upon his
death-bed gave information of the
deed and names of the murderers.
We advise the radicals not to make
contracts for the Irish vote, either
with spouters or intriguers. All in
dications show that the great power
of Irish citizenship on this CONT
nent Except Orangemen and the
ike) will roll itself up in solid mass
for Seymour and Blair.
Irish Citizen.
Miss Eunice Warner, formerly of
Great Darlington, Mass, became
mother ut thirteen years; grand
mother at twenty-seven; a great
grandmother at forty; O great, great
grandmother at fifty-six, and great,
great, great grandmother at seventy
four; after which she lived several
years.
A Massachusetts paper, under the
head of "Books and Magazines"
contains the following: "a Worces-
ter COW has had seven calves in three
years. Her last exploit was to have
three at a lick on Thursday"
The Paris Steele says that 'the
Chassepot rifles, having been manu-
factured in sufficient numbers for the
French arsenals, the War Depart
ment has issued orders for the imme-
diate manufacture Of rifed cannon"
New Jersey Democrats say they
will elect unanimous delegation to
Congress, and replace United States
Senator Frelinghuysen by John P.
Stockton. Let them be as good as
their word.
A fire broke out in the store of
Mr.. B. M. Butler, corner East Bay
and North Atlantic Wharf, Charles
ton, on Friday night The stock of
goods was somewhat injured, as was,
dlSOs Uuo SJOcK OF meSSrS. HeSC o.
Jones, next door. ..
One Of the Jenkinses, writing of
recent hop at Saratoga, says ga
very pretty girl passed by us, leaning
on the arm on q gentleman who was
dressed in Swiss muslin and pink
SASH" That gentleman must have
been the cool of the evening.
The Chinese hold the office of
school-teacher to be the highest in
the world. All the people there are
educated, and the instruction of youth
is universal.
The only crowd printer can en-
dure with anything like patience, is
crowd of advertisements, or crowd
of delinquents calling to footup their
bills. .. ...
The Marion Fire Company, of
Charleston, was the recipient Of
beautifully ornamented silver punch
bowl, pEesent from brother firemen
of Philadelphia. ".
Greeley calls Colfax the "young
lion of the West" Colfax the lion,
and Grant the lamb, will ''liei down
together" in November, and we shall
have peace.
The "game of life" is very like