The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-12

sus ssa iIls uiunssssr i,u 81 aa 4s4rysng
he keep General Grant from the Macon
||4lair, Nays: Nobody would give him
cigars, -hnusss. or even pointer
liss is raging II ythe tthbert land qIj
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fkegey "a, San DiegoH Over SlO, ,O0D worsh
Eof 6fan8S trees hAte- 6een destroyed In
eausA barbara County.
EsWms Yarney, we'll known ms Freddy,
the Blacksmith, who has acquired an
nnenvidble reputation in New York by
reason of his many misdemeanors. has
been tried before Jury aud acquitted.
# appears that Alderman Glaok meyer,
of, London, Canada, at whose house
Prince Arthur stayed for two days, has
sent in bill of 50, 500 to the Agrioultu.
raj Association of that town for boarding
and lodging the Prince.
The coroner's jury, which has been in
business for several days at Indianapolis.
has decided that the State Fair accident
was caused by the carelessness of tho en-
gineer, who happens to be dead. Of
course this net will canse the friends of
the twenty victims to cease mourning.
The CONNECTION COMPLETE. The con-
nection of the Wilmington and Manches-
ter Railroad with the iron railway bridge
aG Meares' Bluff was finished yesterday.
This now renders the connection of the
three roads centreing ut this point by
means of the railway bridge complete.
[ Wilmington IN. c. Journal.
A tremendous gale and the highest
tide ever known destroyed much proper
ty in New Brunswick. The amount of
damage is incalculable. In the small
parish of Sackville alone, the loss is esti-
mated at over $1,00O,OOO. This storm
was predicted by Lieutenant Saxby, of
the Royal Navy, last December.
Dispatches from Mexico City to Sep
tember % stnte that IL revolution had
broken out in Potosi, and Col. Macias
has been defeated in an attack on the
insurgents. The Governors of Coahuiln
and Nueva Leon had prevented the Go
vernmout troops from entering their
States i'll pursuit Of the revolutionists.
A niger in North Carolina, convicted
of stealing mule, made IL speech to the
court, in which he acknowledged that
his downfall was caused by associatiug
with carpet-baggers and other radicals.
This is terrible, but then the nigger
ciate with such people.
FIRE AT PAYNEs FARM.-About half
past o'clock last night, the alarm was
given Of fire in the seventh ward 1t
was the house of Mr. VIM. Schneider,
nnoccupied, the owner living in the city.
The house was burned, loss estimated Mt
about $1,000; insurance $1,000, in the
London and Lancashire Company. The
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incendiary. Charleston Courier.
CEDAR SPRINGS INSTITUTE. E.-Superin-
tendent of Education Jillson has recently
paid visit to Spartanburg and examined
the buildings at Cedar Springs. He ap-
preciates The necessity of providing for
the wants of tho blind and the deaf and
dumb of the State and, it is said, will re-
open the institute as soon rs the neces-
sary repairs on the building can be made
The repairs will be pushed forward under
the supervision of Senator Hoyt.
Loss OF VESSEL. ship Dread.
nought-which made ten days passage
across the ocean several years ago-while
on the passage from Liverpool to San
Francisco with n valuable cargo, was lost
on the morning Of the 4th of July, on
Cape Penas, near the island of Torra del
Fuego. The Grew escaped in two small
boats, saving none of their effects and
not n mouthful of provisions. After Sc
venteen days wandering, they were res
cued by passing vessel.
The Hebrews and Quakers, says the
New York Times, have the most sys-
tematic arrangements for relieving their
poor. Every jewish synagogue has o
committee of the most respectable mem
bers, whose business it is to become ac-
quainted with the condition of every He
brew in their district. and, if necessary,
to afford assistance. The aged are pen
stoned, and the disabled placed in hospi-
tals, or furnished with regular relief AS
n result. the genuine broad-brim and
Judaic nose is never seen at the worlds
back door begging cold victuals.
A duel is in prospect in Warrenton,
Va, between Col. John Mosby, the Con-
federate raider, and the Sheriff of Eau
quier County appointed by Gen. Candy,
Federal Col. VIM. Boyd. Mosby. it is
said. caused grave charges to be preferred
against Boyd, who, in return, made SLAM
derous remarks about the raider. Last
Saturday, Mosby and Boyd met; and the
latter approached Mosby in O threatening