The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-03-09

ueao referred 20. and also those from Get
tysbnrg, Pa, be uttered.
A. S1aN FROM THE Go1D-RooM. "A New
York correspondent of O PHILADELPHIA
paper writes
''Fo prove how little confidence the
operatora themselves have in the perma-
nency Of the gold-room, 7 need merely
to mention that where last year they
askeda bonus of So, 500 for Gold Ex-
change membership there, they ask to-
day only 800, and $500 is all that it costs
to become member of the gold-room. "
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SWEDEN. THE last foreign mails bring
the intelligence that the Swedish Diet
has amended the Constitution so as to
grant TO Christian dissenters and Israel
ties the right to sit in the Legislature
and to occnpy any public Office except
thato.of member of the Cabinet. The
established church of Sweden is the Iu-
theran. 80
Ii is stated by Utah correspondents
that Brigham Young is preparing for a
grand exodus Of the Mormons in the
event of the passage Of CuIioIa's bill,
The new Canaan will be in Mexico, just
over the Arizona line, where the saints
can polygamize to their hearts content
with none to molest nor make them
afraid-barring the Apaches.
The Meschacebe reports the death of a
family on Bear Island, from a kerosene
explosion. A man who was filling light
ed lamp, his son who held the lamp, his
wife and three children who ran to their
assistance, all perished One little boy
tore off his burning clothes, and escaped
death.
Mr. Nlblack went over to poor Whit
temore. while the matter was pending,
and said: "I'll tell you, Whittemore,
how you can keep your seat, in spite of
them. .Aow?" eagerly asked White
more. "Why," responded Niblack,
Don Plat.
Gov. Stevenson, of Kentucky, declin-
ing Golladay's resignation, says: "Mr.
Golladay owes to his State, to his con-
stltuents, and to his own honor to have q
full investigation before the House, the
only tribunal having Jurisdiction in the
matter"
A colored man, Elisha Barber, was
killed by the freight train from Augusta,
Charlotte and Augusta Railroad], on
Saturday night last. It seems that while
attending to the coupling of the cars he
was struck and instantly killed.
The long mooted question as to when
the war closed, has been at last decided
by the Supreme Court. The time fixed
is the 18th day of August, 1866, that
being the date of President Johnson's
proclamation to that effect.
A society is soon to be organized in
New York, to be composed of none but
orderly citizens, whose motto is to be
strong pieces of rope and plentiful sup
ply OF lamp-posts.
The charity ball for 1870 in New York
yielded the institution over SIG, 1S9, thus
enabling the managers to get out Of debt
and to provide for further building i'm
provements.
An Austrian lady of rank recently ap-
peared at court ball in dress so shock
lngly low in the neck that the Empress
caused her to be banished to q country
seat in Hungary.
Two daughters of Chief Justice Taney,
are earning their own living in Washing
ton. No subscriptions or CopgressionaI
appropriations for them.
The white laborers drove the Chinese
laborers from the Pacific Railroad at Ne
vada, destroying their tents and build
ings.
The several Counties in California. by
order of the Legislature, vote whether
bonds shall be issued in aid Of the South
ern Railroad, Southwark from Gilroy.
Whittemore is now called by Repub
lican paper, 90 long bearded, full -bellied,
narrow headed, smooth-tongued carpet
Dagger" This is indeed personal.
The 99,999th patent was issued from
the Patent Once, at Washington, last
week.
Belle Boyd, destitute and insane, has
ieis San Francisco for the residence of
her mother, ut Martinsbure. Va.
Col