The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-29


recently lost every sou at cards, bor-
fowed small sum. Of his sister and
won it all back again, with o wide
margin, To provide against aoci-
dents, he paid all his hotel, tailor and
shne-nnaker oh or hills and made arrange
ments to be clothed, fed and shod for
ten years. Now he can play without
fear of destitution. ="
President johnson has written n
letter to Gen. Thomas Ewing, on the
question of our national debt. He
claims that the expense of the Go
vernment during the four years sue
ceeding the rebellion were almost as
much as the whole expense of the
seventy-two years preceding it.
On the Goth instant, about fifty ne
groes entered the town of Dardanelle,
Ark, and commenced firing into the
houses of the white residents. The
fire was returned, and the negroes
driven out of town. No casualties
are reported.
The London Times says "that in q
few days England and America will
be united, without the ghost of o
quarrel, we hope and believe, but
Lord Stanley's other prophecies are
premature
A New York banker struck his wife
in the face, Saturday morning, be-
cause she insisted on following him
up town. They were "reconciled'
in the station house and then drove
home.
An iron-monger had to send in an
account lately to On author for q new
register stove, and thought that he
must necessarily be facetious, so he
headed the bill-''a memorial Of the
departed CRATE"
The Zsitung publishes the list of
passengers, (about seventy-fve in
number,) shipped for Charleston in
the ship Gauss, Captain Wietipg,
Bremen, October 4, 1868.
The Lexington Salesman tells us
that ga sheep, belonging to Mark
Nash, of Simmons Point, Maine,
killed an eagle which undertook to
carry off her lamb, the other day."
Streets differ from men in some re-
spects. The former are of little ac-
count except when laid out; the latter
of scarcely none when in that condi-
ton.
Adah Isaacs Menken, according to
the authorities, died of whiskey and
peritonetis, and absinthe and a severe
cold, and exposure and consumption,
and about hundred other things.
Nevada silver mines have nearly
reached the place where earthquakes
are made. At the bottom of some
the temperature is 100 degrees.
In happy family of father, mo-
ther and seventeen children in East
Tennessee, every one chews tobacco
except two girls who dip.
A raid was made upon the Carroll
ton (La.) Jail, @ few nights ago, and
two negroes convicted of rape upon
white women, were executed.
A married couple in Springfield
have not spoken to each other for
years. The man boasts that he has
the happiest home in the country.
A young lady, on being asked
where was her native place, replied:
II have none, 1 am the daughter of q
Methodist minister"
A lady of fortue near Paris has
committed suicide. She had a boil
on her nose, and was afraid of being
disfgured.
Some people like to wine and some
to whine. The former are apt to be
the most pleasant companions.
Uncle Sans Farm-The only farm
where draining is carried on all the
year round.
Most of the shadows that cross our
path through life are caused by our
standing in our own light.
The man who feathered his nest is
supposed to have been o dealer in
poultry.
The Democrat Brick Pomeroy's
New York paper-has been changed
from an evening to q morning daily.
Why is a prudent man like pin?
Because his head prevents him from
going too far.
All the negro policemen in New
Orleans have been discharged.
The British Empire has q popula-
ton of about $50, 900, 600 souls.
london puubars . odO OOO coul.