The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-25

tA.oAonolio Uu<eHe aQQS TO the above:
eve believe Dr. Mudd to be entirely
innocent. 1t is time that this out
rage upon Justice and humanity
should cease"
SHARP ON THE PARSONS. The Uti.
ca IN. Y. Observer, commenting upon
the singing of the hymn, "Praise
God from whom all blessings come"
in honor of the recent radical victo-
ries over the Constitution by the Bos-
ton Methodist pursons, is very conf
dent (and very sharp in the predic-
ton that men who pervert sacred
hymns of praise to the glorifcation
OF the success of corrupt radical po-
lltlcians are pretty certain to do NIL
their singing on earth. There'll be
no singing (but plenty of singeing) in
the place to which they will 60.
Reverdy Johnson, in his recent re-
ply to the address CT congratulation
of the Freedmen's Aid Union Of
Great Britain, gave his experience, as
Southerner, of the colored man,
declaring him capable of receiving
education and of becoming the equal
of the white race. Mr.. johnson
stated that he had defended the claims
of hundreds of colored persons, and
asserted his conviction that they were
of average intelligence, judged by
men of his own color.
A HARD HEADED OLD DEMOCRAT.
a few nights since, q small party
were assembled in General Grants
parlor, among them Mr.. Dent, his
father-in-low, who lives in Missouri.
Some one asked him how Missouri
had voted. The old man said: "Sho
gives Grant 10000 majority. but I'll
be id if he got my voter' The
General himself roared with langh-
ter at the reply.
A saw-mill, on the Shediac River,
in New Brunswick, recently set fire
to itself and was totally destroyed. A
freshet lifted the gate, which started
the mill, and the rapid and continued
revolutions of the circular saw, the
betting of which had been left on,
are believed to have heated the boxes
to such an extent as to set the conti-
guous woodwork on fire.
Among the bills and resolutions
prepared and to be pressed at an
early day of the next Congress, is the
measure for Postal Telegraph Sys-
tenn, an amendment to the Constitu-
ton providing for uniform suffrage
in all the States; appropriation for
building new Executive Mansion;
bill for increasing the salary of the
President, and for repeating the
Tenure-of- Office Act.
1t is rumored that John Slidell in
tends to make an effort to recover his
property in New Orleans, and for this
purpose has executed a power of at
torney to two New Orleans gentlemen.
This was acknowledged before Gen.
Dix, American Minister in Paris, by
John Slidell and his daughter, and in
Frankfort by his son, before the
United States Consul there. Young
Slidell is a clerk in Erlanger's bank.
A New York letter-w writer, who
ought to be we'll posted. says that
Mr.. Auguste Belmont did not mani
fest the slightest interest in the late
Presidential election, not even taking
the trouble to vote. The same in
difference was shown by the rest of
the Central Committee, with but few
exceptions. There was screw loose
i'll bond-holding machinery.
The keeper Of tie City Hall re-
coives for his salary $3, 700 per an
mum. The Governor of the State of
New York receives for his salary
S4, 600 per annum. In view of the
slight difference between the two dis
tinguished officials, we think the
keeper of the City Hall has the best
of it.-NeU York Commercial.
Some Englishmen in Dresden re-
fuse to read the prayer for the Presi-
dent of the United States in the Epis-
copal Church there, and the London
Times gives them sound scolding
for their boorishness.
The Southern penitentiary of Indi-
ana has over 400 oonvicts, whose labor
supports the institution, and the APP
preparation by the State has not been