The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-08-26
MT. Paul F. Hammond, of Beach

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The arrest and det6ntion Of Henderson
johnson, (colored) as fugitive frpm,
iustice, he havinga escaped from jaii,i
Mr.. Seott's domain, tandss furthermnfe,
having burglariously entered the pre-
misses OF Mr.. Hammond, and stolen q lot
OF harness. It is expected that the Go
vernon of South Carolina will send to
the Governor of Georgia the proper
documents for the extradition Of the &C.
cused.-Angusta Constxti0ndlist.
A colored child, aged about five years,
living on the farm of Mr.. Edward Coles,
in Albermarle County, Va, few days
since got into the hog lot on the farm,
and caught young pig by the tail. The
old hogs, attracted by the squeezing of
the pig, attacked the child and literally
tore it to pieces. One foot and one
arm were entirely eaten off. and tue
body otherwise horribly mutilated.
A Tennesseean has invented q ma
chine for cleaning cotton. which takes
the bolls just as they are gathered
and converts them by q single process
into ribbon Of spun cotton, composed
of filaments laid parallel to one another,
and in much better condition than cot
ton prepared in the old fashioned way
A horrible affair recently occurred in
Baltimore. A difficulty in bar-room
ended in q genaral fight, when a man
named Lewis Mettee succeeded in throw
ing another, named Chambers, upon the
floor, where he beat his brains out with
q heavy, sharp-pointed stone. The MUIR
derer was arrested.
A mathematical genius computes that
the amount of whiskey destroyed in the
big fire at Philadelphia would have made
Ga, 900, 900 "straight" drinks; and at fif-
teen cents q glass, the whole amount
would be equal to 5000, 100000, or a
sum sufficient to extinguish more than
one-third the national debt.
go. X, in his letter to the Baltimore
San, says: An experiment made yester-
day, by consent Of Treasury officials, de-
velOped the startling fact that there is
not lock in the Treasury Department
which may not be picked with compare
tive ease
The old Rochester House block in
Rochester was destroyed by fire yester-
day afternoon, causing n total loss of
about S50,000. 1t was occupied rs a
planning mill and sash-maker's shop.
Nearly million feet of pine lumber in
the adjoining yard were destroyed.
Touching obituary notice in Chicago
paper: amos Skeeter, well-known
resident of this city, and fine singer,
was instantly killed at the fremont House
last night. by a stranger, who became
angry ut his attentions. He leaves q
large family"
A getleman who reached Richmond by
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad on
Monday evening, says the entire crop
along the road between Richmond and
the White Sulphur Springs, IL distance
of over 200 miles, is literally parched to
crisp.
A kerosene explosion took place in Nor
folk, Va, Saturday evening, from which q
grocery store and building belonging to
Mr.. j. w. Hosier were totally destroyed.
No insurance. Two fremen were over
come by heat in trying to put out the
fire, and had to be taken away.
Friday last was the annual gathering
of the fat men at Norwalk, Connecticut.
John A. p. Fisk, of New York-weight
359 pounds-was elected President. 300
pounds was nothing uncommon. lac
persons were present-whose average
weight was about $50 pounds.
Adam Titus and DIR. Paul Schoeppe
were sentenced to death, at Carlisle, Pa,
yesterday. During the reading of the
sentence on Schoeppe, Mr.. Gould, the
court-cricr, dropped dead from excite
ment.
After all the doubts expressed about
Grants craftsmanship, it is now asserted
that he bears some resemblance at least
to our great American statesman: Clay
in the hands of the Boutwell, potters.
The Sheriff of York advertises for sale,
on the first Monday in September, all
the property of the Kings Mountain
Iron Company, in that County. Among
it is one tract of land of 9, $50 acres.
Lewis Hernbeck and Stephen Pauld-
ing were walking on the Hudson River
Railroad track on Saturday night last,
and were overtaken and killed by pass
ing train.
A Nashville paper says that bathing in
/. the Cumberland River at present is per.
1 fectly safe to those that can wade. Nc
swimming required to get across that
great commercial artery.
Adam D. Logan, Esq, retired mem
ber of the New York bar, was instantly
killed, q day or two ago, by falling from