The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-02

this most unnatural and monstrous
league OF the radical party, and to re-
tain III all it's purity the social, moral
and political standing Of the white race.
- FELIX.
On Saturday last, white man was
found in the woods, on the premises of
John Vance, Esq, four miles from
Strawberry Plains, Tenn, hanging by q
leather strap from cavalry saddle, to q
small pine limb which stood up some
four feet from the body of fallen tree.
His feet were resting on the ground, and
his hands on the body OF the log. He
had evidently been dead day or more.
On his shirt, under the arm-pit, was
marked "R. G.. M. Dunivant, No. o
1850" The man was perfect stranger
In the community. -.
Suit has again been brought in the
Second District Court of Louisiana in
behalf OF numerous petitioners recon-
testing the validity Of the title of AIrs.
Myra Clarke Gaines to large properties
in this city and State held by petitioners
and claimed by Mrs. Gaines. The petit
tioners ask revocation Of the decree of
probate of the pretended will of Daniel
Clarke, Of July 13, 1918.
Ice ia now manufactured in New Or
leans 30 abundantly that it can be afford
ed to families all over the city at one
cent per pound, and to large consumers
at three-quarters of O cent. It has been
tested with ice from Boston, and is found
to be more compact and slower In melt
ing. Made from filtered water, it is
clear as crystal, and purer than ice ma
turally formed is apt to be.
A sigular disturbance occurred in a
court room ct Greensburg, Ind, few
days ago. A Mr.. Ewing, a lawyer of
that place, in arguing against new trial
IN bastardy case, used language that
was distasteful to the Judge, whereupon
the latter assaulted the former, infiictine
dangerous II not fatal injury. The
Judge, Bonner by name, was arrested,
and is now in jail awaiting the result of
Ewing's injuries.
There is q constant, though not yery
large, stream of wealthy Cubans coming
to this country, on account of the revo-
lutlonary troubles, and, on the same ac.
count, there is constant effiux Of Spa
nish families from the island back to old
Spain. The Cubans are afraid. of the
present vengeance of the Spaniards, and
the Spaniards are afraid of the future
vengeance of the Cubans.
The President has issued m order
placing the Georgia Agricultural Society
in possession of the building erected at
Macon, Ga, by the; Confederate Govern
ment as an arsenal, and now in posses.
sion of the Freedmen's Bureau. for
building State Agricultural Exposition
next summer.
The Horny rs. C.) Ne,cs says: ga cor.
respondent writing us an account of a
trip to Wilmington by way of private
conveyance, says that he stayed one
night at the house of o gentleman, whose
wife, only forty-two years of age, had
hef twenty-second child in her arms" Il
FIRES. Mr.. J. r. Hinton, at Cash 8
Depot, had his house and nearly every
article he possessed destroyed by fire
during the gale of last Saturday week.
Mrs Crossland's gin house at Bennetts-
Vile was burnt down on the day before
by some incendiary.
The ship Margaret and the bark Zeli-
tus were wrecked off Anticosti Island on
the 10Th ultimo, and thirty-two of the
crews were lost, only one man being
saved.
An Alabama ruralist complains that
ne sent four dollars to q ewelry firm in
new York for music box PLAYING
twenty.four tunes, and received in re-.
turn jews-harp. 1F
A man bosstsng in company Of ladies
that he had very lnxuriant head of
mar, one OF the fair danaseis said II was
altogether owing to the mellowness of
1 the soil. f4;7k17
The London Times inentions that bust
ness In American bonds Is only. transact
ed in Frankfort, in the issues of 1862.
l There is settlements OF IT'S families of
@ornaons lp williamsburg, pposite New