The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-18
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four colored conyictsl were engaged in
hauling bricks on the canal, q signal was
given by one of them, when they all i'm
mediately dropped their wbeel-barrows
and sprung upon white man, (who was
guarding them,) took from him his gun
and pistol, gave him beating and then
made off. The same day, another con-
vict made his escape through hole un-
der the fence, and tho same night still
another made his escape, but by what
nnodus operdndi, we have not been able
to learn. A colored convict died on
Wednesday night.
MAGAZINE LITERATURE. The Gularv.
for August-Sheldon & Co., 498 and 500
Broadway, New York--has been received,
and capital number it is, too. The fol-
lowing is its table of contents: Put Your
self in His Place, by Charles Reade;
Feathered Life, by John Burroughs;
The Rose, tho Cloud, and the Oriole, by
L. W. Parsons; The Race for Commercial
Supremacy in Asia, by Richard J. Hin
ton: Susan Fielding, by Mrs. Edwards;
Prince Napoleon, by Justin Mccarthy:
Mineral Waters, by John G. Draper, NJ.
D.; Climmerley Gap, by J. T. Mckay;
Matthew Vassar, by John H. Raymond; !;
How they Keep House at Compiegne;
On Cast of Tennyson's Hand, by H. T.
Tuckerman; The Age of Burlesque, by
Richard Grant White; Miscellany; Drift
Wood, by Philip Quilibet; Literature and
Art; Nebul@. The subscription price is
81 per annum, or 81 for two copies.
The american Odd Fellow-John w.
Orr, publisher, No. sc Nassau street,
New York. $500 per year. The July
number of this magazine (the official
organ of the order) contains great va
riety of reading matter interesting to the
fraternity and the home circle. Princi-
pal contents: The Ocean Twins ICON
cluded;) Odd Fellow Gems; Scientific
and curious Facts; History of Odd Eel
lowship; Chinese Charities; Friendly So
cieties of Australia; Across the Plains;
Aunt Sally On the Jubilee (humorous;)
Honor the Aged; The Odd Fellows
Pipe (humorous;) Rebekah Department;
Ladies' Olio; Odd Faneies; Correspond
ence from every direction. A fine steel
portrait of Grand Sire Farnsworth ac-
companies this number.
BEING KNOCKED ABOUT. 1t is q good
thing for young man to be knocked
about in the world" though his soft
hearted parents may not think SO. All
youths, or if not all, certainly nineteen
out of twenty, enter life with q surplus
age of self-conceit. The sooner they are
relieved of it the better. If, in measur-
ing themselves with wiser and older men,
they discover it is unwarranted and get
rid of it gracefully Of their own accord,
we'll and good if not it is desirable, for
their own sakes, that it be knocked out
of them" A boy who is sent to q large
school soon finds his level. His will may
have been paramount at home; but
school boys are democratic in their
ideas, and if arrogant, he is sure to be
thrashed into o recognition of the golden
rule. The world is public school, and
it soon teaches new pupil his place. If
he has the attributes that belong to O
leader, he will be installed in the position
of leader; if not, whatever his opinion
of his abilities may be, he will be COM
PEELED to fall in with the rank and file.
If not destined to greatness, the next best
thing to which he can aspire is respecta-
bility; but no man can be truly good or
respectable who is vain and overbear-
ing.
By the time the novice has found his
legitimate social position, be it high or
low, the probability is that the disagree
able traits of his character will be soft
ened or worn away. Most likely the