The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-30

An Irishman catching sight of on
advertising card, got up to- resemble
Q gold piece on one side, with q sud-
den rush, seized the prize, turned it
over, and with the most comicaI look.
said to the clerk: BE gorry, when I
saw that / thought Seymour was
elected sure" =
a Western editor, advertising for
clubs for his paper, received q dozen
or more hickory shilleiahs from
friends in the backwoods. He stored
them in his Office, and found occa-
sional employment for them when
exasperated subscribers visited the
establishment.
Charles Loring Elliott, the distin.
gulssthed portrait painter, is no more.
He expired at his residence, ia Al
bany. on Tuesday evening, after O
lingering illness, caused by q tumor
on the brain. His works were of
surprising excellence, and marked by
great fidelity to nature.
A man at Birmingham, Conn. re-
Gently fell from scaffolding dis
tance of thirty feet and struck upon
his head, which penetrated the
ground es far as his ears, but he was
not much hurt by the accident.
a ''magic comb" to do away with
hair dyes, &c, is one of the latest
things out. The combs are dipped
IN chemical preparation, are ready
for instant use, and are said to be
clean and convenient
A large fire occurred in Opelika,
Florida, on the Oath instant, which
| destroyed several houses, commenc-
ing, with the grocery store of r. J.
Griffin. The loss is estimated at
$25, 900. ta..
The Louisville Journal ungallantly
says that woman, with all her beauty
and worth, should remember that
man was the chief matter considered
at the creation. She was only side
issue.ip.t
jeremiah Carhart, the inventor of
the melodeon, died few days since
In New York, leaving fortune, after
enduring adverse circumstances for
many years. !.
An aged bachelor, being asked if
he ever saw a public execution, was
rascal enough to say, "No; but I
once witnessed a marriage" He is
still at large. ' '1'
An ex-Confederate refuses to take
oath to support the Constitution, be-
cause he says he has all he can do to
support his wife and family.
A fight between sexton and un-
dertaker afforded amusement at u
funeral in Patterson, N. J.
A sentimental lad, who had been
directed to sawup some railroad ties,
became very tired, and declared dra-
matically that he found it hard,
very hard, to sever railroad ties
The Greensboro IN. C.) Patriot
estimates the peach trade of that
| County, the present season, at $780,
600. The peaches IRE very fine, and
the usual price is 81 per bushel.
The tariff by the Atlantic cable is
to be again reduced on the 1st of
September. The rate then estab-
lished from New; York will be $l6.8 .85
for ten words.
The roof of the Democratic
"ranche' in Detroit, Michigan, fell
in on Monday, killing o man named
David Meek, and seriously iniuring
four or five others. :,
A man in San Francisco has nc
complished the feat of riding horse
back 300 miles in fifteen consecutive
hours, on a wager of $1,000. It is
called the greatest feat of horseman-
ship ever accomplished. m ..n
| ,FREsHET.-The recent rains. have
caused considerable freshet in our
river. We understand that consider
able corn and cotton have been under
watar. - Camden Journal.
Advices from China state that the
rebels, while retreating after raising
the siege of Pekin, were overtaken by
the Imperial troops and totally de-
feated. Some European officers aided
the victorious troops. r".
A young man advertises for situa
ton as son-in-law in o respectable
family. =, Would have no objection,
he says, to going q short distance in
the country. "'iT ''''.'"' -'i'
%, How is the Paris surgeon, who has
been engaged. to ,cleave Chang from
Eng, going to get around Scripture,
|"Whom God has joined together, let
no man put asunder?"