The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-12-24

The Apache Indians in. New Mexico
are on the war-path. On the night Of
the 18th ult. they stole a herd Of cattle
from settler near Fort Stanton. A de-
ttacnment of the Third Cavalry were de-
spstched in pursuit Of the marauders, fol.
lowing them 200 miles amoung the noun
tains, most Of the time without water
and food, and finally overtaking them.
After fighting three hours, the savages.
about 100 in number, were completely
routed, with a loss Of fifteen in killed and
wounded.
TEAM DROWNED. We learn that Mr..
A. F. Gooding. yesterday, met with the
loss OF a splendid team, consisting Of a
fine pair of horses and capital pair of
mules. 1t seems that the driver drove u
wagon loaded with lumber into Cedar
Creek, eleven miles from Winnsboro,
and the creek being swollen by the re.
cent rain, the team was drowned, and left
with harness on by the driver in the
creek. = Winnsboro Nc,rs.
CONFERENCE.-THE heretofore stated,
well-executed $40 national bank notes
are in circulation on tho Tradesmeu's
National Bank OF New York, Market Ma
tional Bank Of Boston, National Bank Of
Commerce, New York, and First Ma
tional Bank of Cincinnati. These notes
are said to be calculated to deceive the
business community Some of them
have been passed in Baltimore. Look
out for them.
FIRE.-Tuesday morning, about half
past o'clock, an alarm of fire was given,
which was fonnd to proceed from the
premises of Mr.. Charles Cathcart; his
barn containing about $50 bushels of
corn was totally destroyed. It was by
the greatest exertion of the citizens that
Mr.. Cathcart's dwelling was saved. It
was the work Of an incendiary.
Winnsbor0 N:,rS.
Ain industrious sculptor of Richmond,
named Valentine. has just completed q
life-size bust of Robert Burns, and has
orders already for about dozen copies
from Scotchmen of that city. 1t is equal
to anything that he has ever produced.
and finds great favor from the "bard's"
admirers.
The sholdy mills of Waterhouse
Brothers. Passaic. n. Y, we're destroyed
by fire Thursday evening, and the work
men barely escaped with their lives
Loss, 500, 900; insurance, S65,O00 a
kerosene lamp explosion caused the dis
aster.
The Nashville B.rmner has a statement
that on one of the election days in Mis-
sissippi radical Commissioners of Re
gistratiou shot and killed VIM. Robert
Jones, n conservative The act is de-
nounccd as IL cowardlv and atrocious
murder.
On "Wednesday last Samuel Whitley,
Of Henderson County, Tenn, while
laboring under fit of insanity, threw
two of his children into well, and then
jumped in also. The children were
drowned. Whitley was rescued, but is
not expected to survive
1t costs the people of this country a
heap to have n United States Senator die
1t has just been voted in Congress to
print eighty thousand copies OF the eulo-
gies on Senator Fessenden, which will be
sent to constituents under frank.
CLEANING MARnLE solution of gum
Arabic will remove dirt and stains from
| marble. Let it remain till it dries when
it will peel off or can be washed Off
Speaking of the coming holidays, n
Nevada paper says, Pin-fenthers with n
little meat attached cost dollar" He
alludes to chickens.
1t IS said that Mr.. Flake, of the Gal
weston BnHefhn, can boast that lie has been
shot at twenty one times in the last three
years.
The weak and emaciatcd mother snys
"My health and strength is restored by
the use of" SoLoMoNs' BIrTEDs, N21
Kentucky increased its debt one mil
lion last year, and the State Auditor csti-
mates that there will be a deficit at the
end of thc'present year of over a million.
"Oh! what an excellent Tonic" is the
language of the invalid who uses SOLO
MONS BITTERs. N21
"Fenian overcoats" for ten cents are
advertised in New York. They are whis-
key straights
Just the thing Such is the excla-
nation of the Dyspeptics who use Solo
MONS BIrTERs. Nj
Egypt and Turkey are OH the eve of n
war.