The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-02-25

Lon, A,-rACcOfQlnR 20 aattef from
Italy Bayard Taylor camenekt being
one of the victimsb bf the Land slide
akANaples, which destroyed Do many
lives. he occupied, with his family,
70 house at Santa Lucia, which was
one, of those overwhelmed by the
avalanche, but foftdnakelS on the
l"day,rit occurred they we're absent on
visit to Sorrento. It is said there
were two Ahericans, ,sini an ofnhibus,
buried by the slide.
GREATEST SPEED ON RECORD. The
United States Steamer Wemp&noag,
(says the Washington Star, of the
18th instant, which has been on her
trial trip from New York. arrived at
Hampton Roads yesterday where
she is to remain as temporary flag
ship to the North Atlantic Squadron.
The average speed made by the
Wampsnoag was 16A knots per hour,
or 1913 statute miles Her greMtest
speed was 172 knots, or 90. 4 statute
miles per hour. "i.i. '!st
The Ohio River is in bad way.
It is now full of pools and sand bars,
which obstruct navigation; and if
these should be removed, uniform
shallowness of water would result,
which would practically destroy navi-
cation. 1t has been proposed to tap
Lake Erie to supply it with water;
but there is the trifing objection that
Pittsburg is 120 feet higher than
the surface of the lake.
ExTRAoRDINARY COURTESY TO CRI-
M1NALs.-The Greensboro (Ala.) Bea-
con mentions the following incident
of the late State election: "Three
negroes confined in Jail in this place
for criminal offences, were taken out
last Thursday, under an order from
the managers of the election, march
ed to the polls, and allowed to vote.
One of them is boy, whose age, we
ar0 assured by one who knows his
raising, does not exceed twenty years.
The daughter of hotel proprietor,
in Cleveland, was rescued from q
house OF ill-fame in Chicago, day; be-
fore yesterday, to which place she
had fed from seminary in Hills
dale, Michigan, which she was at
tending, and from whence she was
enticed by son Of one of che pro-
fessors.
A Mr.. Collins and his son-in-law,
in Randolph County, Ind, were
both aroused from sleep, the other
night, by the noise made by bur-
glar. They came out of the house
unknown to each other, and the son,
meeting his father in the dark, dealt
him blow on the head from which
there is no hope of his recovery.
Hood, colored conventionist and
likewise q Presbyterian preacher in
North Carolina, distinguished him
self in convention by moving that
recess be taken till the circus had
passed the Capitol. The circus pass
ed, and Hood cheerfully resumed
the manufacture of constitutions.
The La Crosse (Wisconsin) Repub-
Hcan says that young Winnebago,
named Hanuck, last Thursday. walk
ed distance of seventy-five miles in
about sixteen hours. The Indian
was about town next day, without
any thought of fatigue.
The process of conducting divorce
suits has reached great perfection in
the West. They regularly time them
there. One has been granted in
Terre Haute, Ind, in o minute from
the time the trial began-the best
time yet made.
At Cincinnati, the other day, the
man who threw snuff into the eyes of
jewelers. clerk, and ran away with
tray of diamonds, pleaded guilty,
and while the officials were momenta-
rily engaged, walked outof court and
escaped.
PERsoNAL.-Among the arrivals at
the Mills House yesterday, are
Complies Guy de Bersleymount,
Maurice Albert and Georges Nagel-
hackers; these gentlemen are visiting
these territories for pleasure.