The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-07-23

The Globo newspaper, published
in the city of Mexico, asserts that cor
.respondence has taken place between
the Ministry of Relations and the
United States Legation. A difficulty
has arisen between the two depart
'ments on account of the expulsion
by the Mexican Government of Mr..
Napoleon German, who claimed to
be an American citizen.
In Eufaula, the other day, O. sick
negro woman was driven away from
her lodging by those of her own
color, because they thought her
disease was Catching" and was
afterwards found dead under the
Methodist Church. sYtf.l -,
A superintendent of police once
made an entry in his register. from
which the following is an extract:
1.-The prisoners set upon me, called
me an ass, a precious dolt, O scare
crow, ragmuffin and an idiot-alI of
which certify to be true"
A white Senator at Atlanta wae
asked, while at table, whether the
representatives from this county
had arrived. ''Wait until 7 am
through my breakfast" he replied.
'and L will send to the kitchen and
inquire" =,
There will be another concession
of prices for dispatches over the
Atlantic cable after the 1st of Sep-
tember. The rate will then he
SI2.5O IN gold for ten words between
any part OF Great Britain and New
England and New York.
A sister of Miss Scbaffer. the
young lady of Alexandria, VIRGINIA
who was lately burned to death, and
whose affianced lover committed sui-
eide from grief, has since died in
consequence of her sorrow at the
double affliction.
"A party of rowdies stopped q street
car near Ninety-sixth street, New
1ork' on Wednesday night, and
attempted to set fire to the dresses
OF the ladies, who were present in
force returning from picnic.
A fire in Camden, N. j., on Satur-
day night, destroyed fourteen build
ings. The presence of steam fire
engines from Philadelphia alone pre-
vented, it is thought, the entire
destruction of the place.
FIRE IN SAvANNAH.-A fire. at Q
o'clock, Sunday morning, in Savan.
nah, destroyed the house of Harvey
Lewis and Frank Kane, corner Of
Purse and Jones street. No in
surance.
Thomas W. Whaley, second son of
VIM. Whaley, Esq, of Charleston.
was accidentally drowned in the
Savannah River, in Abbeville Dis
trlct, on the 18th instant.
Asheville, North Carolina. has a.
new cheese factory. It makes daily
260 pounds of cheese, milks 1870 COWS
employs fifteen hands, and fattens
fifty hogs on the whey from the vats.
All the magistrates elect in Shelby
county, Ala, are negroes, and not
one of them can read or write
But radicalism makes them call
write"
a Farmers Association has been
organized in Anderson District, and
Hon. James l.. Orr elected Presi-
dent.
Several Neapolitan priests have
lately abandoned their profession.
have married, and established a pa
per called the Catholic Emancipoto1.. J..
General Badly Smith, who fought,
IS for Seymour. General Butler
who stole, even his marches, is for
Grant.
American journals pay ten times as
much for cable news rs the English
press.
A New York paper publishes an
account of a funeral, under the head
of "Out Door Sports"
A church in Chicago was struck by
lightning, on Saturday, and two men
were killed.
A Democratic ratification meeting
is to be held in Charleston, on Fri.
day night, the Oath instant.
FAMILY C0Ap