The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-19
ATTEMPTED RAPE. lon Tuesday even

spectacle white woman, who is employed
at Roses Hotel, was on her way home,
and when in the vicinity of the old
Gilmore House," on Richland street,
she was assaulted by colored man, who
robbed her of what little money she had,
and attempted to outrage her. She
screamed and resisted him, when q pass
ing carriage frightened the monster and
he ran of. The poor woman, with her
hair dishevcllcd and garments torn, en-
deavored to attract the attention of the
inmates Of the vehicle, (Gov. Scott and
friends,) but the driver, it is supposed,
did not observe her. and drove off RAPIDLY.
A CHANGE OF SCHEDULE By STEAMSHIP
TO New YoRK.-We direct attention to
the announcement of the smiling days
from Charleston, FOR the steamships
Tennessee and South Carolina, beginning
tho 9th instant, and to continue until
1st July. This considerate arrangement
by tho owners Of the new iron line, is
for the benefit Of the hard working
farmers around the Queen City, who de-
sire to deliver their vegetables in New
York Oh Fridays, so that retail dealers
there can get these delicacies to the local
markets III Gotham and the surrounding
country by daylight Saturday morning.
Passengers only need to be notified of
this change, and they will shape their
movements to suit, as the attractions of
IN
promenade 200 feet long, are quite
enough to fill every steamer full during
the season. Engagements are now max
Adkins. to s"il next Tuesday afternoon,
ut 6 o'clock.
CRUMBS. Elias Pollock, Esq, an old
citizen of Columbia, but resident of
New Orleans at present, arrived here yes
terday, OH visit to his old home. We
are indebted to him for late New Orleans,
Mobile, Montgomery and Augusta pa.
pers.
L. j. Metcalf, OF Blue Ridge Railroad
counterfeit bond notoriety, rs we learn
by despatch from Auburn, N. Y, has
been bailed in the sum of $500.
We are pleased to find on our table,
the "So"thc'm CuKiuator Receipt Book"
q compilation of about 400 recipes, which
have been published within the last few
years in that sterling Agricultural
Monthly, the Southern CuNivator. You
cannot make better Investment with
the same amount of money, and the
price being only fifty cents, places it
within the reach of all Address G. D.
Camp, Book-keeper, Southern CuRivutor,
Athens, Ga.
We are indebted 10 Mr.. r. McDougal
for batch of foreign papers-the Glas-
gov (Scotland) DEail; Paisley and Rer-
frewshire Gttzete: the NoyM British
Mall. and the Sidney (Anstralia) Herald,
of the 25th March. Just think of it;
from Australia 10 Columbia in seven
weeks
Mr.. w. Muller will accept our thanks
for an invitation to be present Mt n pic
MIC, furnished by his scholars, today, at
Lcesvillc, on the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad. We wish them q
pleasant trip. The train will leave at 8
O'Clock, precisely.
The PHOENIX Office is supplied with
every style Of material from the small
metal letter to the largest wood type,
together with plain and fancy cards,
paper, colorcd ink, bronze, etc. It is
the only establishment in the interior OF
the State where two and three sheet
posters can be printed. All kinds Of
work in the printing line attended to ut
short notice.
We examined, yesterday, in the gar
den Of Dr.. d. II. Trezevant, several
heads of lettuce, which properly come
under the head of monsters They are
called tho "Curled Lilenian," and one of
them is twenty-four inches in diameter;
while another is over thrco feet high
and still growing. The doctor thinks
''there is life in the old land yet
AS good claret is considered indispen-
sable by many persons, Mr.. Cantwell has