The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-25
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A. novel divine was Eectnring ON
the suffieiency of human testimony
TO establish the truth of miracles.
when o pupil suggested practical
application of the doctrine. What
would you say, sir, if I stated that,
as Z was coming by College street, /
saw the lamp-post at the corner
dance?" ST should ask where yon
had been, my son" was the reply In
the instructors gravest manner.
A desperate from Tennessee, Sa-
tur day night last, went to the house
of Deputy Constable Campbell, in
Anderson County, called him out and
fired some shots in his yard. Next
day the deputy called out his posse,
which the unknown man fred upon
and wounded one severely. He fled
to the mountains aud made his es-
cape.
1t happens that in some wards in
New York, the Democrats and Re-
publicans have their headquarters in
the same building. It is matter of
dispute between them now which
shall take down their transparencies
first, on which are inscribed the
names and portraits of their respect
i've candidates.
The New York Times is perfectly
willing the South should become
Africanized, but expresses frantic
alarm at the prospect of California
becoming Mongolyied, and hints at
the necessity of the "bloody extirpa.
ton" of the Asiatic races at present
overrunning that country.
A barn and 80, 900 pounds of to.
bacco were totally destroyed by fro
last week in North Carolina. The
property belonged to Mr.. Thomas
Barksdale, and was situated in the
vicinity Of Milton. The tobacco had
but recently been gathered, and
stored for safe keeping in the barn.
A letter is published from General
Garibaldi, urging Spain to choose n
Dictator for two years and then to
establish Republic. 1t is rumored
that Gen. Prim is negotiating with
the Prince of Asturias with the in
tention of making The Prince King
of Spain.
The society for the propagation of
religious truth, through advertise
ments, appends this snapper to a
business article in a newspaper:
"Meteors, ferry accidents, ETC.,
abound! Beware! Save your soul
while there is yet time!'
The investigation into the recent
Fulton Ferry disaster was concluded
yesterday. the jury attributing the
casualty entirely to the overloaded
condition of the boat. No one is
censured.
SPAIN AND THE JEWS 1t is stated
that numerous Jewish families re-
siding In London and Lisbon, hav-
ing asked if the provisional govern
ment had abrogated the old laws
which expelled them from Spain,
have received an affirmative answer.
The Yorkvillo Enquirer. says: ga
correspondent asks us if we are in
favor of negro suffrage. We are.
And further. we are not only in favor
of negroes voting, but also are in ia
vor of sho,cing them how to vote."
Judy thinks it strange but true that
the crowning act of the Spanish revo-
linton was the dethronement of the
Queen.
A New York paper thinks General
Grant cannot be n politician, because
he ''paid promptly for the overcoat
he bought" in that city ON Monday.
ADivorce Court was established at
Brooklyn, in 1868; since that time,
down to the end of 1867, it has grant
ed 1879 DEGREES for the dissolution of
marriages.
The Commissioners of the General
Land Office, in his annual report,
states that Congress has given away
to the Pacific railroads, wagon roads,
Nc., 1S6, 900, 900 of acres of land.
Gen. Grant was impartial in his
distribution of favors in New York.
He dined with Pierrepont, war De-
mocrat; breakfasted with Greeley,
Republican, and dined again with
Hoffman, Democrat, at a dinner
given in honor of Evarts, johnson
Republican.
There will be four eclipses during
1869, two Of the sun and two of the
moon. One of the latter will be vi.
sible here January 27.