The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-12-15


AT the National Labor Convention,
(negro,) in Washington, j. MI. Langston,
OF Ohio, reported o lengthy address to
the laboring men of the country, which
was under consideration for some time,
and discussion was had upon striking
out the word ''negro" and inserting "co-
lored. =" The latter was finally (by vote)
substituted. Langston is negro, and
he knows it, and is not ashamed of the
facbsa Las
The barn of Mr.. W. II. Funderburk,
IN Chesterfield County, was destroyed
by tire on the morning of the Sd instant
Mr. Naret Dees, another citizen of Ches-
terdeld, lost his dwelling and out-houses
from the same cause. A white boy,
aged, eleven, md a negro girl, aged
eight years., perished in the flames.
Both fires are supposed to be the work
Of an incendiary. ,-b
-Aoyonng man thought to frighten two
yonng ladies upon their return from q
party in Sparta, Tennessee, few nights
ago. by Wrapping himself in sheet and
suddenly appearing before them on q
lonely goad Que of the ladies tainted
and fell to the ground, and the other ran
home, reaching there raving maniac.
JAMES RAMSAY, DEAD.-We learn that
james, Ramsay, son of the Clerk of the
Court; who was shot on Wednesday last.
at .Edgefeld Court House, S. c., in q
difficulty with man by the name of
Murrell, died on Sunday afternoon, at 2
O'Clock. Murre]l is confined in iail.
Matters are all quiet in Edgefeld.
Ifothe citizens of San Francisco, in
stead of holding meetings and raising
fcnds TO oppose further Chinese immi-
grafton, would only furnish them with
passes over the Pacific Railroad to the
cotton fields OF the South, they would
solve the difficulty in the happiect man
ner possible to all parties concerned.
On the 14th ultimo, near Blountsville,
Ala, Charles Murphy was killed by
Lease Turner. Mr.. Champ Hensley
was thrown from his horse and killed
one day last week; one of his nephews
was killed by unknown persons the same
day; and another was thrown from his
horse and also killed.
The New York San says: Louis Ma
poleon is beginning to sell his real estate
in Paris. He lately sold two houses for
1900, 900 francs. It is remembered that
Louis Philippe showed similar disposi-
tion to realize previous to February,
1848."
A man named James Gould was suffo-
Gated Thursday, at New York, by pull
ing his hat so tightly over his face that
he could not get it off. An inquest was
held and verdict rendered in accord
ance with the facts.
A man named Dryden, suspected of
completely in the murder of family
near Kingsville, NO., about six weeks
ago, was shot dead on Wednesday night,
on his farm. near Kingsville, by five un-
known mounted men.
The laundry of the st. Nicholas Hotel,
In New York, was destroyed by fire on
the morning of the 10th, and caused
great deal of excitement. An explosion
in the gas works of the hotel was the
cause.
Johanna Zimmerman, an inmate of the
emigrant hospital in New York, pur-
posely drowned herself the other day in
bath tub. A good way to get clean out
OF the world.
In an Indian raid in Montana, recent
~. John Peck, of franklin, Tenn. and
Allen Mearrow, of Georgia, were killed,
and young man named Patton, from
Columbia, Tenn, was mortally wounded.
An insane woman at Madison, Wiscon-
sin, ran through the streets on Wednes-
day night, denuded herself, jumped into
well and was drowned.