The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-04-15
CHAS. w. MONTGOMERY.
Domestic NIelanEe.

An Omaha paper publishes special
column devoted to ''betrothals. -
Methodist pastors cost 81, 991 900 last
year, and the church edifices 81, 724, 900.
man in Illinois died Sunday OF the bite
of glandered horse
They are building large cotton seed oil
establishment in Mobile
Labor lost-an organ grinder playing at
the door of n deaf and dumb asylum. -
The New York city government has more
than one clerk to each member, and paid
them last year about $13O,OOO
One hundred and forty Swedish emf
grants passed through Concord, N. H.,
on Saturday. Most of them are for the
great West; but many are for the Mormon
settlements of Utah
The fiftieth anniversary Of the introduc-
ton of Odd Fellowship into the United
States will be observed in Bost N on the
Goth instant
1t is still showing at Oswego and Chicago.
They evidently don't know that winter is
over.
A large clipper ship, of 1000 tons, called
tie ''Great Admiral" in honor of Farragut.
has been built at Boston.
Ihe Chicago people continue their prepa-
rations for grand frolic to celebrate the
opening of the Pacific Railway.
A meeting of the Barnwell Railroad Com
pany was held on Monday last, ct which
necessary steps were taken to pushit through
to Blackyille.
There is man in the West who has
moved so often that whenever a covered
wagon comes near his house, his chickens
all fall on their backs and cross their legs
ready to be tied and carried to the next
stopping place.
Harriet Tubman, whose name has long
appeared upon placards in Central New
York rs that of 1.-The Faithful Union Scont
ind Spy" has married VIM. Nelson-both
colored
Henrietta Robinson, the "veiled murder
ess" OF dozen years ago, illustrates femi-
ninety by converting the plants which grew
in the prison-yard of Sing. Sing into pig
ments wherewith she beautines herself.
The Bedford Alum Springs "a very valu-
able property near Lynchburg, Va. will
pass into the hands of Joint stock COM
pany of Northern capitalists, who intend to
improve the property and enlarge the ac-
commodations greatly.
Under the operations of the reciprocity
treaty. the value of goods imported into
the United States from the British Pro-
vinces in the year 1865 was $50, 176, ,977, on
which the duties amounted to $S.387. In
1868 upon $2S, 500, 1876 worth OF goods i'm.
ported from the same Provinces The duties
amounted to S3, 289, ,916
The project of Canadian annexation in
settlement of the Alabama claims, with. the
joint consent of England and the colonists,
is attracting great attention in diplomatic
circles. 1t is believed that if properly
pressed, the scheme may eventually be con-
| summated.
Commissioner Delano has decided that
any dealer who converts plug tobacco into
smoking tobacco in any manner, and keeps
the same for sale, thereby becomes manu-.
facturer, and must take ont manufac-
turer's license.
On the 1st of May next, nearly $2S, ,OOO,-
900 in coin will be taken from the vaults of
the Treasury Department 10 pay the semi
annual iistalment of interest on the public
debt which natures at that date. The
amount Of coin now on hand is about S20,-
600, 900, and it is estimated that SIG, 900, 600
will be received during this month.
Gen. Sickles had an interview of some
length with the President by previous ap-
pointment. The General has not vet decided
whether he will accept the Mexican mission
or not He is believed to be adverse to
going to that country unless he can be OF
substantial service to this Government, or,
in other words, unless there shall be some.
thing more for him to do than now devolves
upon our represerta tative at the city .oi
Mexico.
New Orleans correspondence says that the
planters who have arrived in that city lately
from the different parts of Louisiana give o
good account of the appearance and pros
poets of the cane crop. The injury appre
hended to the seed from the long spell OF
cold and wet weather has proved insignifi
cant, and the plant has thrifty appearance
| The area planted ia much LARGER thar, Jeot
season, and, in fact, has only been limited
| hY tha difinnltx Of ohtni ni.,cs Iahox