The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-28

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is now stretching onsAS, ,06e, bcz miles.
In other words, it has accomplished half
ts..ia ai5tsuce between u9saaq ;sha. sui,i
The interesting question, sna one on
! which, peFhaps, We do not wish any, more
light OF this character, 'is,. how long win
- be before it finishes the, sest of the
distance and bridges the gigantic ohasm
between the earth and the sun? Is it a
messenger sentlout to snatch us up rs
food for the insatiate monster that Keeps
himself wsrm by devouring planets, and
whose fre-eatinR propensities this whole
earth would satisfy for o few days only ?
1t SO. how long will this emissary be in
reaching us and carrying the globe away
ss If it were q gigantic lump Of coal for
O. turnace? This columa Of Hight at in.
tervals indicates its approach by flashing
and corenscstlng with fresh brilliancy.
80 decided are its effects that two astro.
nomers lone at London. the other at
Oxford. and neither knowing the experi-
ences of the other,) supposed that the
dark glass of their telescope had been
broken or puE out of range, 80 strong
was tho flash of golden light upon the
| vision. II is. predicted that before the
end OF next year, this magnetic light
will have got near enough to us to make
it's Immediate and actual influence upon
the earth distinctly felt, It is announced
that IN consequence, we may expect to
see phenomena that have never been seen
or known before by the human race. If
any OF our readers are, therefore, yet
| disposed to complain of the weather and
the earthquakes, let them remember that
by this time next year, they may have an
entire new ineiof experjepoes to explain
and endure, In comparison with which,
the fitful winter and rough, rude, autumn
of to-day, may seemilike June morn
ing in Paradise, and the enrthquake's Is
shock and the lightning's storm placid
rocking in the cradle. with pleasant
lullaby of thunder. Eachange.
LAnybody who chooses to be alarmed,
can be 30; but we beg leave to class this
prediction with those not, long ago made
as to certain higl. tides that were to do
great damage in the world.
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TEN Years Aao.-Tho Cleveland
Plaindedler says: About len years ago,
Daniel Siokles, committed n cowurdly
murder in the streets of Washington.
Now he represents the United States at
the Court Of Spain.
| ,eaa, flaan Tan voors ann Hn,, To-,
Brown. of Georgia. was the leader OF
the secession movement, aud afterward
the originator, builder and manager of
the Andersonville prison pen, in which
so many thousand of Union soldiers
died. Now Brown is the leader of the
iacobin party in Georgia.
Considerably less than teb years ago,
Gen. Longstreet was at the head of a
rebel army, dealing death aud destruc-
ton to Uuion soldiers. Now he is an
appointee of Grant to a very lucrative
position in New Orleans.
Ten years ago, Ben. Butler. at the
Charleston Convention, voted fifty-three
times for jeff Davis as candidate for
President, and was at that time poor
man. Now he is the head and front
the very qnintesence Of jacobinism-and
worth his millions of dollars
Ten years ago, U. s. Grant was pen.
niless pensioner on the bounty of the
Dem fumily. Now be is the President
of the United States. and the entire Dent
family are pensioners on the Govern.
ment.
Ten years ngo. the national debt was
about $G0.000.000. Now it is nearly
$50, 00J, 100000
Ten years ago. not national tax.
gatherer was to be seen or heard of ir
this broad land Now they are as nu.
merous as lice on cabbage leaf.
These are curious illustrations of the
changes wrought by time.
Tho National Board of Trade meets in
Richmond on Wednesday next, Decem
ber l. The Richmond nanara nnntail