The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-09-01
YELLOW FEVER IN BEAuroRr.-Tht

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letter from reliable source which
stated that the yellow fever had reached
Beaufort, $. C.,ihaving been brought
there from the phosphate ,works; where
seven or eight cases had pfevnlldd- The
case IN Beaufort proved fatal It would
be wc'l for the city authorities to look 10
the quarantine OF the numerous boat
loAds OF negroes who arrive in the city
from that place almost daily, aud to
place such restrictions upon their land.
ing as in their wisdom they may deem
necessary for the sAfety OF our clty,
The following. from speoial to the
Galveston rexas) Neus. shows how the
Radicals expect to control the elections
in Texas. The despatch reads: "On
| Wednesday morning last, before + left
Galveston, Republican oflice-holder
told me that there would bu an election
this fall. but no Domocrut would be elect
ed. He would make no explanation, but
ca:G aha. weak! be tho result. Since
my arrival here, I find that the same
belief prevails i'll Republican circles.
The State police are depended on to
carry things through"
| New Orleans is threntenefl with an
other food. The levee has caved in be-
tween Carollton and Camp Purapet,
| seven miles above the c,ty, and if not
required immediately, before the river
rises Ggain, tho whole of the city will bs
| from four to eight feet under water.
The leyee at the point where it is broken
il fifteen feet high, and it will not take
| much of rise to send water through it.
It is singular that, instead of going to
work to repair it. the city aud State are
qnarreliug about whose pluoe it is to
30 it.
A New York telegram to tue Cinein-
nat, EH4ai'e, suys: 1.-The excitement in
regard to the defeat of Longtellow at
Saratoga still continues in sporting cir
cles, aud the feeling seems quite high.
1t is considered singular that nenYly all
the New York gamblers aud politicians
bet on Hslmbold. aud cards appear in
the evening papers that the race was not
fair. This is denied, however, by we'll
informed turfmep, who state that Lung
fellow was not trained down fine enough
Tor the distance"
Professor j. Lawrence Smith, the new
President of the American Association
for the Advancement Of Science, is q
native Of South Carolina, and is now q
resident OF Louisville, Kentucky, where
he married daughter of tho lnto Hon.
james Guthrie. He is member of
the French Legion of Honor, and has,
besides this. had number OF decora-
tions bestowed upon linn by various
countries of Europe. L .s
ASTOUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT .-Under
this caption the Duly National RspuIli.
can, Of Washington, D. G., of 18th in-
slant, informs the pnblic that the Go
| vernment has ordered Lieutenant Geo.
s. Grimes, Of the SiGnnl Service, u. s.
A., to use twenty tons of gunpowdsr az
AL indirect fertilizer, and to establish the
theory OF conclusion as m atmospheric
purifier, &C.. DC.
The Memphis Appeal learns ''from
private despatch from the best legnl uu-
| tlority OF New York. that the brakes of
Middle Tennessee hnye proved their
heirness OF the estate of Sir Franc s
Drake, consisting of ono hundred and
twenty millions dollars in cash, Of which
our worthy citizen, 'one Of the old
folks, john B. Druke, is the first claim
ant"
1t is stated by the Natical GtEstte. OF
| New York, that the bodies Of acting
Third Assistant Engineers G. W. Mo-
Gownn, II. w. Merriam, A. Mitchell and
NJ. Shonberg. who went down with the
monitor Weehawken, in Charleston har-
Dor. on December 3d, 1868, have been
| taken from the wreck, aud are on the
way to New York.
! A very destructive fre occurred CD
Saturday afternoon III the village of Co.
nesus, Livingston County, New York.
The barn OF Mr.. Herrck was struck by
lightning aud burned. The flames ex-
tended, aud the hotel, three stores, aud
several barns, comprising ten buildings
III nll, beng the business portion of The
town, were consumed.
SUICIDE OF \ CESTENAKIAS. On Sun
day morning last Mrs. Mary M,chnels.
said to be 10 years Of nge, resi,lng with
her sou Robert, nbont one mile from
Petersburg, Vi, committed suicide by
jumping iuto well. She had cpjoyed
generally good health, but hnd been
somewhat depressed oi late by thu death
oi ono Of her old crouies.
Tho new Treasury bonds aro to be or
nuInented with prominent Americans.
The $50 bonds will have that of Sius
Wright; the Sl00's, Edwin Nj. Stanton;
the 81, ,OUO's, ex-President Harrison; the
So. 0Uus, Anson Burlingame; tho 3l0,-
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