The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-12-31

MORE DISASTROUS INCENDIARIsM.- On
Monday night, the Goth inst, the gin
house of Mrs. Stanmore Watson, living
Oh :ho Ridge, was fired and burned to
the ground. With the gin-house were
consumed twelve bales Of cotton, and
cotton seed from about sixty bales of cot
ton; loss estimated at about $1,000.
Suspicion points 30 strongly to negro
man, named Harkness Nettard, as being
the incendiary, that the said negro man
has been arrested and lodged in jail at
this place.-Edggfetd Adoertiser.
A SPLIT IN THE RADICAL RANKS. The
Atlanta Constitution says street rumor has
it that Bullock's Georgia bill has split
the radical party effectualIy. If the
Democrats remain firm, Bullock cant
carry his own party in the Legislature.
The Morton bill will only be q stick in
the Democratic hands to break Bullock's
head with.
Reuben Blalock was found, on Christ
mas morning, in Hillsboro, N. c., on his
bed, with his skull broken and his throat
cut entirely across. q rope tied around
his neck. and his mouth stuffed with
rags. This foul murder was perpetrated
in tho very heart Of the town.
An infammatory proclamation has
been circulated in Havana, calling tho
citizens to arms in the cause of the in
surgents. The authorities have searched
many suspected houses, and forty we'll
known citizens have been ordered to
leave at once for Spain.
The President has signed the Joint
resolution suspending the law of 1850
regarding the census. This prevents the
old law from taking effect on January
LIST, and gives the Senate an opportunity
to discuss the House bill now before
them.
Christmas day the Pope received tho
fclicitation deputation to the Gcumeni-
cal Council. During the present week
he will receive in state the diplomatic
corps, Roman officials, and French Off
GERS on duty at Rome.
1t is rumored that man named La
mara connection of the Georgia family
of that name-has been executed in Ma
tanzas, on reported charge of having q
Cuban flag and number of arms on his
premises.
Recently white woman in Plowden's
Mills Township, Clarendon County, was
married to negro man named johnson.
who, under General. Governor SCOTS
administration, is figuring as magistrate.
Seventy non-commissioned officers and
soldiers of tie garrison at Paris, it is
said, have been arrested for having
formed Republican and Socialistic So
ciety.
A fire occurred in Syracuse, N. Y, on
Monday morning, destroying $780, 900
worth OF property, on which there is an
insurance of $225,OOO.
The Haytian revolutionists propose to
destroy Baez in general, in order to in
validate the purchase of Samana Bay.
"Just the thingl' Such is the excla
nation Of the Dyspeptics who use Solo
MONS BrrTERs. N21
Mrs. Hudelston, II victim of mental
ALTERATION, hanged herself near Spring
field, Tenn, few mornings since.
The weak and emacated mother says:
"My health and strength is restored By
tho use of" SoLoMoNs' BIrrEps. N21
Lewis Lougrey, farmer in Washing
ton County, N. Y, was shot and killed
yesterday, by neighbor, Ezra Gregory.
''I am strong and healthy, yet to pre-
serve my good condition" use So1o-
MONS BITTKIs. N21
The rebels of Red River, in her Ma
jesty's provinces, have issued their de-
oiaratioi of independence.
"Ohl what an excellent Tonic" is the
language Of the invalid who uses SoLo-
MONS BrrTERs. N2l
John Gulledge fell from barn loft at