The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-11-19

the Roll of the Dead, preserved through
his generous and patriotic labors, and
this association of the survivors of the
war render to him their grateful acknow-
Judgments.
Resolutions were also adopted looking
to certificates of membership, and to the
selection of badge to be worn by the
members of the Association. This meet
ing of the survivors was we'll attended,
and twenty-five of the Counties of the
State were represented. The Grafton Of
General Preston and the entertainment
given by the local body of survivors
were marked features of the occasion
connected with the survivors meeting.
China, closely following the example
of European nations, in one respect, ut
least, is arming. Gun-boats are being
rapidly constructed and equipped by the
Mongolian authorities, and they are inn
porting weapons of war in considerable
quantities. Whether these preparations
mean good or i'll to foreigners residing
in China, q few months will tell. It may
be that the Chinese Government intends
to protect foreigners more effectually
they have done in the past. Or they may
be placing their people on n war footing
to enable them to cope more successfully
with the Powers of Europe, in case they
arc called to an account for the ill-treat-
mont that Europeans have of late re-
ceived in China.
ANOTHER CIRCUS MANAGER MURDERED.
Henry Whitby, q circus manager, for
nf ~
the I'd instant, at Raysville, La, by
gang of rowdies, who attempted to enter
the circus without paying. Mr.. w. re-
monstrated, when melee ensued. Five
shots were fired at him. one of them pro-
wing fatal In few days. It is stated
that four of the ruffisns were shot dead.
A guest Of hotel sent in bill to the
landlord for services rendered in killing
bed-bugs. At the same hotel gentle
man was looking over the register, when
his eyes caught sight of one of those
pests OF creation travelling about leisure
ly over the page. He turned quietly to
II friend and remarked: "Well, this is
the first hotel ever saw where the bed
bugs looked over the register to see what
room you occupy"
Gin HOUSE BURNT-The gin house of
Mr.. John Landlord, near Scuflletown, in
this County, was burnt on Monday night
last. The house was one of the best in
the County, and contained fourteen bales
of cotton, sixty bushels of wheat, $50
bushels of corn, two or three threshers
and other property. The loss is estimat-
ed ut about 50, 900. There was no fire
about the premises at night-fall. and
beyond doubt it was the work of the in
cendiary. Herald.
The EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. forty-sixth
annual session of the Synod met at st.
Johns Church, Charlie ,toD, at 10 o'clock,
yesterday morning, Rev. "A. II. Rude, D.
D., Of the Columbia Theological Semi
nary, presiding. After prayer and
divine service, the meeting was called to
order, and Rev. ]. H. Hawkins, of New
berry, was requested to act as Secretary.
CHEAP VoTEs.-A milkman in Massa-
chusetts was surprised, on the morning
after election, by the payment of small
bill held by him against one of his GUS
toners. The good woman explained to
him that her husband chad got two
dollars for his vote, and she wished there
was an election every week." Votes
! seem to bo very cheap there.
The first negro that was ever in She
boygan, Wisconsin, arrived there one
day last week. and the people Of the
town are so delighted with his presence
that they have petitioncd the Govern
mont to give them branch Of the Freed
mems Bureau.
| ANOTHER CIRCUS TO BE SoLp.-Wc un-
dcrstaul that DIR. Thayer's circus, with
its entire stock of blooded horses and
whole paraphcrnalia, will be sold at
s!:cr:n's ssiie ,,t High Point, \. e., on
the 22d instant.
| a Boston man has evolved from his
inner consciousness n conundrum, which
he propounds and answers rs follows:
"Whcn is M original idea like clock?
Whom it strikes one."
a Presidential coincidence has hap
pened. The model Of the statue of Grant
is finished just as the elections have fin
ished Grant.
Twenty-Five persons met their death
by their devotion to the base ball during
the past season.
A colored lad fell into sixty feet deep