The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-09-16

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futefsi s5orthwith. - She also says:
stS;;ppose tS5;s;ppose ali gtthe men IN one coun-
try, and all the women in another,
with d big river between them. Good
graciousi what, lots of poor women,
would be drowned,
The latest pedestrian feat in Eng
land was q novel one. On a wager
of EGO, q man accomplished five
miles in one hour. One of these
was run, one was walked, third he
wheeled barrow, the fourth trun-
died o loop, and the fifth was hoped
on one leg. He had two minutes to
spare. . ..--
A New CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE.
Mr.. Jos. Hilton has been nominated
as candidate for Congress from the
Second District. He has now entered
the list against Bowen and Jenks. of
the radical wing. .-Charlesto Neus.
The white carpet-baggers insist
that they will have to cease holding
summer sessions of the Southern
Legislatures, else they will have to
e1pei the black members, for zymot-
lc reasons.
Twelve cars of freight were recent
ly taken from New York to the pre-
sent termination of the Pacific line,
1,200 miles West of Chicago, dis
tance of about Q, 100 miles from the
starting-poin without transhipment.
The year 1869 will witness the
completion of the two greatest engi-
neering enterprises the world has
ever witnessed-the Suez Canal aud
the Pacific Railroad.
DIR. Book, of Leipzig, wages war
against patent medicines by analyzing
each new nostrum rs it appears, pub
fishing it's ingredients and the cost to
the manufacturers.
The Cuban coolie trade does not
appear to be, in any wise, abating.
It is understood that there are now,
at Mariel and Havana, about 5000
on sale.
The eighteenth anniversary of the
admission of California into the
Union was celebrated, on Thursday,
by procession and review of the
military by Governor Haight.
Mrs. Persimmons regards with
concern the increase of the cattle
plague, and sympathetically wonders
if her husband will escape it.
Why are people who sit on free
seats not likely to derive much bene-
fit from going to church? Because
they get good for nothing.
SINGULAR CASE. A railway traveller
of our acquaintance informs us that
he recently caught cold through sit
ting next to wet-nurse. -
Women go to church to show their
dresses; men, to show their manners.
One is costly, the other is cheap, but
neither amount to much, when the
motive is scanned.
The only crowd o printer can en-
dure with anything like patience, is
q crowd of advertisements, or a crowd
of delinquents calling to footup their
bills.
1t is rather singular coin cidence,
that the name of the carpet-bag
chaplain of the Louisiana Legislature
is Satchell.
Morehead City, North Carolina, is
the healthiest town in the State, and
does not contain a single radical
voter.
Wells are worn by ladies, because
they don't like to be seen blushIng.
They do not object to the blush, but
don't like to be caught in its radiant
arms.
A fire occurred at City Point, yes
terday, which destroyed the railroad
depot, four warehouses, six wharves
and the James River Hotel
Thirty thousand women are en-
gagged in hop-picking, in one County
in Vermont. The scene is said to be
highly interesting.
The charter election, in Alton,
Illinois, on Tuesday, resulted in a
Democratic victory. The vote shows
Democratic gains.
Two men quarreled in Cincinnati,
yesterday, and one of them killed
the other by running him through
the body with red-hot iron rod six
feet long.
A favorite style of dress for gentle
men in Paris, this summer, has been
coats, vests and trowsers of white
silk, with blue cravats.