The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-13
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Sh.. thao tAttu ~ as tuH lfoDel 10aD
tax When EARLY made his incur.
sion into Penhsylvania ia 1864, ne
levied b contribution in gold on
Chambersburg and York. Cham
/ / iissHisss;-s5urB 9 did not pay and fwas; de-
lstroyed; but York "shelled ont' Che
800, GOO in gold, demanded as the
price Of her exemption, and the eiti.
gems hayeIever since been liunidatinc
the same in instalments, ~
A fire occurred in Georgetown. s.
y, on Thursday evening last, which
destroyed three buildings belonging
to MIR. N. Emanuel; one store owned
and occupied by l.. G.. Emanuel:
another owned by Mrs. McNulty:
store owned by G.. @. & W. A Nun,
roe; another owned and occupied by
10. l.: Rainey; and building occu-
pied by q colored man-in ali eight
buildings. Mostly insured.
AssAssINATIoN.-A despatch to o
Pittsbnrg paper from Butler County,
Pennsylvania, says daughter of MIR.
McCandless, of Unionville, was shot
through the head, and killed instant
y, while eating supper last evening
The shot was fired through the win
dow. A young man has been arrest
ed for doing the deed. jealousy is
supposed to be the cause of the as-
sassination.
The cable news from Europe in
forms us that the new deep subma-
rine telegraph direct from Malta to
Alexandria, Egypt, had been success
fully laid. This is vast improve.
ment upon the former telegraphic
connection, and will save great deal
Of time in communications to and
from Egypt, India and the East gen
orally. #
In "card" published in the Ra-
leigh IN. O. Standard, relative to the
report that he endeavored to create
bad feeling between the races at
Warrenton, A. II. Galloway SAYS:
81 am half white myself, and it
would be impossible for me to abuse
the white race without injuring nv
own person"
Gen. Gates, an old and well known
United States army officer, died in
New York on Wednesday, in the
elghtieth year of his age. He served
in the Florida war, and will be re-
membered as the captor of the ia
nous Indian chief, Osceola. He also
served with distinction in the subse-
quent war with Mexico.
The Charleston Mercury is credibly
Informed that the Democrats Of
Marion have purchased and present
ed to each of the fifteen negroes who
had the courage to go to the polls
and vote with and for their old mas
ters, with the title deeds to forty
acres of good land near that town.
A correspondent of the Pal lidR
Gazette writes from Rome: "Rumors
are afoat about the Pope's health,
which some represent to be extreme
ly good, while others speak of it dole
fully, and declare that he will never
see December. I believe he is not
SO well as he appears to be-"
Forty colored convicts overpowered
their guards at the Virginia Central
Railroad, yesterday, and jumped
from the train while it was at full
speed. Two Of them were killed and
three received fatal injuries. The
remainder made good their escape.
Rev. Fl. II. AIilman is among the
recent distinguished dead. His trage-
dy of Fazio was acted fifty.three years
ago. For the last twenty years he
had enjoyed the lucrative office of
Dean of st. Paul's.
The new police board of New Or
leans, composed of two blacks and
three whites, has entered upon its
duties, and many members of the old
members of the police force have re-
signed.
The ISLAND OF CUBA. There was
a rumor in Wall street the other day
that Secretary Seward was negotiat
ing with the Spanish revolutionary
Government for the purchase of the
island of Cuba.
At Democratic mass meeting held
IN Canton, Ohio, few days ago, the
procession was eight miles long,
20, 900 people being present. This,
no doubt, occasioned very long radi-
cal faces.
A duel between q New Yorker and
a native of Florida was nipped in the
bud by Intervention of the police in
New York yesterday. All the parties
were arrested except one of the prin-
cipals, who fed to Philadelphia.