The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-09-03

"A horrible tragedy. occurred at
Belle River, q small station on the
Great Western Railway, in Canada,
on the 30th. The saw and grist mill
OF E. Van Orden was burned, and
ivan Orden, his wife and q nephew
were consumed in the flames. It was
supposed they were murdered and
robbed, and the mill was then fired.
While the mill was burning, another
mill in the vicinity, owned by De-
troit parties, was set on fire, and
totally destroyed, with 1000, GOO feet
of lumberage. ~ '"ti t
A large number of children and
about twenty adults, were poisoned
in Boston yesterday, by eating freely
of castor beans, which they mistook
for peanuts. The beans were thrown
into refuse barrels by firm engaged
in the manufacture of castor oil, and
greedily seized upon by the children,
many of whom also feasted their
parents. No deaths have yet occur
red, but it is quite likely some of the
cases will prove fatal.
The Commissioners of Virginia
and West Virginia met at White
Sulphur Springs on Saturday, and
concluded contract for the compile
ton of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad, extending from the sea-
board to the Ohio River and passing
through the only pass in the Allie
ghany Mountains that Is at present
unoccupied by railroads. This is
said to be the shortest line from
Chicago to the Atlantic.
In the matter of session of Con-
gress in September, says the New
York Herald, the Republican mem
bers seem to have agreed that if they
do not meet, they are in danger of
losing the South, and if they do,
they are in danger of losing the
North. They have, therefore, SIM
ply TO choose which risk is prefera-
bic.
GRAssHoPPERs. st is stated that
grasshoppers have made their appear
ance in countless numbers in Halifax
County, Virginia. They have par
italy stripped the corn of its blades,
and in some places there is nothing
but the stem left on the corn-stalk
Their depredations upon the tobacco
is likewise alarming.
Allen, the wickedest man in New
York, who has been preparing for o
reform, made up his mind on Sstur-
day, closed his Water street dance
house, attended the Howard Mission
services, devoutly engaging IN prayer,
and, on Monday evening", held o
prayer meeting in his old Water street
den.
Information has been received in
Washington that a movement has
been commenced with a view to
unite the United States, England
and Russia in grand expedition to
solve the problem of the North Pole
that is, to reach it, if this be posi-
BILE, and ascertain its surroundings.
A young girl named Mary Ann
.Russel was run over and killed, on
Thursday night, by the Hudson
River cars ut Peekskill. She is now
proved to have been violated by two
men, and left on the track in an in
sensible condition. The villains are
at large.
During the coming theatrical sea-
son, New York will have twenty-one
licensed theatres in full blast in that
city. Besides these, there will be q
number of out-of-the-way places in
which Thespis will offer entertain
ments to consumers of "zwei gloss
lager, twice"
Royal Scales, Jr., of Baskerville,
drowned himself Oh Friday, in the
Merrimac River. His little daughter,
two years old, was found on Sunday,
drowned in barrel of soap, and
suspicion pointed to him as having
committed the crime.
A grand international congress of
jewish rabbis was held in the town
hall at Cassel, Hesse, on the 11th ult.
The proceedings related to solution
of the question threatening q conflict
between the old and modern rites of
Jewish worship.
Less than twenty years ago, Peter
Donohue, of Patterson, N. j., emil
grated to California, and, disregard
ing the attractions of the gold dig
gings, worked steadily at his trade of
blacksmith. He is now worth from
So, 100000 to $4,000,O00.
Through the enterprise of the Ame-
rican Bible Society, the Bible has
been translated and is now circulated
in the Arabic language, thus furnish