The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-01-18
UNfTEp STATES Counr-Hon. GEORGE

IetSue, Vi lIauTeuS, lnOmaS L. ttar-
ris, OF Laurens; Elijnh H. Cherry, of
York; Baram B. Foster, of Spartanburg;
James Gambrel, of Anderson; Daniel p.
Mann, of York; Charles P. Remsen. of
Mchland; James Ratteree, of York;
Isaac l.. Sibert, of Abbeville; j. 8. Sims
OF Union; Charles @. Thames, of Claren-
don; Alfred w. Thames, of Clarendon.
En- parfe Charles Sellmer, of Ulm, Wir-
temberg, petition for citizenship, grant
ed; e. parte A.phonso Gagnier, of
Rouen, France, petition for notice of
intention to become citizen usual oath
administered
On motion of Hon. Henry Bnist, the
Judge appointed Hon. II. BUST, w. f.
Mikell and r. Siegling. Esqs., to ex-
anime MIR. E. B. Seabrook, an applicant
for admission to practice i'll the United
States Courts.
WITcHCRAFT. The amount Of super
stition existing in England, and this
country. too, wonld hardly he believed
In late article, .iNMe Year Rouad gives
number of instances of belief in
witches, conjurers," etc, that is asto-
nishing. Says the writer Of the article:
"Ihe ignorance still displayed in the
nineteenth century may we'll occasion
surprise, and suggest inquiries concern
ing that said school-master who is declar-
ed to be abroad In London, the Gre
dulity is chiefly among servant-girls, who
give their sixpences to fortune tellers
for information on certain important
questions about dark men, fair men,
and the like The line of division be-
tween nfortune-tellinga and witchcraft being
very slight one, we need not be sur
priscd that the credulous often step over
this boundary, and commit themselves to
the most gross and absurd impositions. ;"
1t is not uncommon to find people of in
telligence consulting fortune tellers"
about their future happiness, aud being
superstltious about prcsentiments and
doing certain things. The mysterious
holds such Il wonderful amount of the
supcrstitious, that it arouses all of the
dormant notions Of men, when there is
any trace of it i'll every day life.
There was n balloon ascension mt At
lanta, Ga, on New Years Day. DIR.
Gilbert Hasse going up alone. and the
Era tells the following in relation to it:
when the balloon had reached the
were watching it were Mortified to see it
L.
For about an hour the anxiety was very
intense, when, to the astonishment of
every one. the doctor rode in, sound in
body. The doctor fell about three miles
out of town, and tho only injury he re-
ceived was u few scratches from some
bushes in which he fell"
A SHOCKING CASUALTY A gentleman
who came up on the South western Road
on Friday last informs us that most
shocking and fatal casualty occurred on
last Monday night, about seven miles
from Montezuma. on the plantation Of
Mr.. Jonas Rackley. by which negro
woman and four children were burned to
death in n cabin in which they were
sleeping. The fire is believed to have
been accidental, and was caused, proba-
bly,, by chunks rolling ont of the fire
place on to the floor during tho night.
Mtcon Telegraph and MESSENGER.
General Howard has written to Cover
nor Scott that the rich planters in South
Carolina are repaying very slowly the
moneys due on account of supplies nd
vanced by the Freedmen's Bureau, and
that in order for him to fulfill his oblipa-
tions, it will be necessary for them to paw
up Immediately. He says the poorer
classcs-both white and colored-have
been the most prompt, aud still evince
the roadiest disposition to pay to the full
extent of their ability.
The SPANISH N-noArs.-Tho Ha.
vana Spaniards are disappointed with
MIR. Delamater's gun-boats-or rather
with the specimen which has already nr-
rived. They expected to see something
more formidable. The non-arriyal Of the
rest of the fleet occasions considerable
anxiety, as, it is now overdue. Havana
dispatches report the usual number of
Cuban andlSpanish triumphs, aud yot the
rebellion still exists.
The Abbeville Press learns that the
barn and stables of Mr.. Robert Brownlee,
well-known and highly esteemed citi-
zen OF the neighborhood of Donalds.
vile, were consumed by fire on Wednes.
day night of last week. A largo amount
OF fodder, together with two horses,
were destroyed. The loss is probably
some $500 or $SOl. 1t was clearly the
work of an incendiary
The Orangebnrg NemS publishes an
abstract of the Auditors report on the
personal property Of that County for the
year 1869. From it we learn that Orange
burg has ., 292 houses, 1916 head of
cattle, l, 7O2 mules and asses. 7, 1877 sheep
and goats. 80, TAG hogs, 4,135 dogs
valued at S21, ,6O6.) (?) Total value of
all taxable personal property, $2,O08,-
074. Increase of $3.50, 900 over 1868.
On the evening of Christmas day a
fire occurred in Sandwich street, Burton.
crescent, London, in the course of which
Six persons wero burnt to de4th-a young
woman. the wife of policeman, who
had been but few days delivered of a
child, fonr of her children, and the
daughter OF a neighbor who had been