The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-06

Of the gold and Government" bond mar
kets, and the downward tendency of both
ID The 'greenbaek quotations. 1.-The World
BAv65 I'D 4" 1iltf iFS uS IGt'#'v, y, - d.
saThis downward . tendency of she
greenback prices is'viewed by the heavy
and shrewd holders Of bonds de an evi-
dehce Of an iuipfoyefhsnt in our Govern
mshs credit, which is likely to bring our
phpeS currency TO q specie standard be-
fore a. treat lapse of time. While these
are thS views of a certain portion Of the
com annity,, thefei are others, Of similar
high standing and Influence, who favor
tender act, and tho resumpMSh fof specie
payments on the California plan of MAX
ing gold the standard fof all prices and
Quoting greenbacks 'at o 'diAeouhtJ This
would 4unihilaSe the g6A room and spe-
ctlati0hS in gold, and would, relieve the
nation fffomF the -exilB rbf d. HuctustinR
standard for prices deprecated below the
gold yaipe. The question: " fesuming
specie Payment ,-ca sSasss Slan by Wiiicfl
if Gah. Be done dc an ieat7y daSe, lis much
diB6ussed 0ti6ng bAhE hE6fS ana merchants.
Tha Test suit hefore Tho StpreiAo Court
DIT 'WiShingto4- ta5Sision, Id which
VIZ postpahs8 last yeafN7s likely to be
4ep}dSa in JanuGfiyf! uTAa 6pinion' pre-
1aaiifbb WITH tk6se we'll inY5fhfe& chat the
CaHts Viii declare othS lega teHder aus
uno6hstitutional. This may or may not
pc the case; but, nevertheless, it is in
Sambsnt on Every prudent banker And
msrchant to prepare fofa aBep svehtuality
%sgsEH9s sggssfEaHh9s ca sas Z! ,sa att + ".'
lhB6Sts. OF MoFffah a1tssii .aiDaddyo oaia,, Of
6HS2:11ESsioHd+y RecS,d;i iis dait6 facetfons
aSi thg1 expenseq Of tted tdelectable Gity
FatheSs. IN the last n9h6befl OF his paper
NY Sstsf Of the following sddfbs: 1uNI :
,h'T6S CRy 'CounciE will please restrict
the nse OF morphine AZ an explosive eie-
ments and order Captain Hendricks to
place o guard over it at So, 600 d year. '"t
I" j. Maclfey struck. ,i,ogphfne this
week. "1!'.l flrE. ..
1t is said that Mayor Pillsbury has be-
come.an artful dodger, d6dging even a
ball from Colts revolvef-in fact, the
whole Council can do something in that
line.
Query. Was T. J. AIackey arrested for
attempting to murder the Sheriff? or will
he be allowed to roam at large after vio-
lating the laws of the land?
E. w. NJ. Mackey will receive the
thanke OF the widows and, orphans, for
not violating the laws by shooting his
upcle. . q
-, One Of the most singular accidents wo
have bad to record for many q year. oc-
CURED at the residence Of Mr.. yinage,
near Jones Station, on the line of the
road, last Tuesday night. A married
daughter, who lives in Kentucky, was on
o visit to her old homestead, with her
child, some seventeen months old. The
little one, being hungry, asked for
piece Of bread, which the mother order
ed the servant girl to get. Tile latter
picked up the Child in her arms, took
long carving knife from the Cupboard,
gpd started down the cellar steps to the
u, place where the bread was kept. In 60
ing down, her foot slipped, and as She
fell. the knife stood point upward ON tile
steps, the blade. o.: which penetrated :he
heart Of the CHILD, producing Instant
death. '''
~" i, Koopmanschaap will forward 1OOaChi-
namen next week TO work on the Mem
phis and El Pasp Railroad, He says
thsfe are 5000 Chinameh Id, the State
out tof ,enployment, and that more are
rethfnipg: to China than nfe at present
coming here, owing TO The approaching
national holiday Of t1ie erhpife.
L.These are now, in the United States
Navy 1egE iron. clads 10 commission and
twepty-nine more ,I,.At. can be ready for
SEA- in two -weeks--.The number Of sailing
national vessels OF, .oll kinds attached to
the navy lis fifty.
A Northumberland woman looked
through key-hole and some one on the
other side thrust piece of wire through
into her eye. ''Death by misad venture, :"
was the coroner's verdict.
Miss Mamie Burrows, young lady
of rare accomplishments. residing near
CovingtOn. Tenn. was hnrned to death
last week Ivy the. accidental burning of
her dress.
Belle Boyd, late Of Virginia, and we'll
known during the war from her connec-
tion Will. the Confe ierate secret service,
has been sent to the California insane
Asylum.
Unable to dispossess Napoleon of the
French Empire, the discontented Pnri-
sian editors are now endeavoring to dis
prove his right to his name.
A mun i'll Newburyport, Mass, has
been nominated for Representative by