The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-27

spair. The next, day, somewhat de-.
jected ut his loss, he went into the
pulpit, and took for his text tie foly
lowing passage from Job: stOh.s
that L knew where T might find
him. The boy, who. had just come
IN, supposing the horse was still the
burden of thought, cried out, ,t.I
know where he is. He's in Deacon
Smiths barn." 1a-. :
CONGRESS WILL NOT ADJOURN. We
learn from parties who have Just re.
turned from Washington, that Con
gress will not adjourn, but will take
a recess from August to October.
This measure has been decided upon,
1t IS said, to keep a check upon the
residents removals and appoint
ments to Office during the present
Presidential campaign.
Charleston Courier.
No MONEY TO BE HAD.-It is re-
ported that Hon. Elihu B. Wash
burne has been on to New York to
raise funds for the much-enfeebled
and dispirited radical party, and has
returned and endorsed1 on his writ.
mo goods" Not cent to speak of
can be had. Prudent men do not
like to invest, and few men now-a-
days have money to throw away"
National hateRigencer.
A young girl, one of the Arab
children under the protection of the
Archbishop of Algiers. states that
she is the only child left of five of
her family, the other four having
been successfully killed and eaten by
their parents. On search being
made, the bones were discovered in
the cabin.
Four men have been arrested in
New York and held to bail for carry
ing on distillery on board ship
They would take in n cargo of ma
terial, make short cruise, during
which the still was operated, and then
return with spirits.
Speaker Colfax having been ap-
pealed to to settle q dispute concern
ing the pronunciation of his name.
returned the following answer: "My
first name is pronounced rs if written
Skyler, and the last as if written
Coalfax."
Two lads, neither of whom is over
seven years old, recently rescued
drowning man at Hallowell, Me-, as
he was about to sink for the third
time. Harry G. OrdwaS and Frank
Harvey are the brave boys names.
Two boys fought out quarrel the
other day, and the bigger proved the
best man. "Darn ye," said No. Q,
when lie was used -"darn We. if /
can't lick ye, I'll make mouths at your
sister,"
The steamboat Daniel Drew, the
other day, ran fourteen and half
miles in thirty-four minutes, with a
pressure of only thirty-five pounds
of steam. This is said to be the best
steamboat time on record.
A young lady being asked by q
feminine acquaintance whether she
had any original poetry in her album,
replied: "No; but some of my friends
have favored me with original spell
ing"
An Irishman, illustrating the hor.
rors of solitary confinement, stated
that ont of 100 persons sentenced to
endure this punishment for life, fif-
teen survived it.
A sentimental young man thus
feelingly expresses himself:
'Even as Nature benevolently
guards the rose with thorns, so does
she endow women with pins"
The publisher Derby, who bought
n farm last year in South Carolina
for $4,000, will almost pay for it
this season with the proitssof his
peach crop.
The Sultan of Turkey ordered to
be manufactured in Paris silver
table, the price of which will not be
less than 5000, 1000 of francs.
Perfumed napkins are an idea of a
New York hotel-keeper; and per-
fumed theatrical programmes of q
New York perfumer.
Chicago has been indulging in
another census, and solemnly declares
its population to number $40, G44, an
increase in two years of about 1000.
When should man dine? eff
rich, said Diogenes, "when he likes;
if poor, when he can."
A Cincinnati negro poisoned him
self the other day, for love of o white