The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-06-25


Wendell Phillips attacks Mr.. Greeley
in the last number Of the National SIAN
dayd,Yith hisHsuNi wey3ti1 7pf yit9psra-
tjze AAesorio. HS rehS hSara4 t6eamSny
pNitiaAl inoonSss4nci& -oS theEgreat
aeFic4Iturist ami t3nsisH tilt hebever
was aSetraigheidrHhrd. AncShprcHising
AboliHonist, HhsheGsHas-x -xta ramsnded
that Mr. Greeley, while advocating am
nesty and political power for the ex-
rebels, has steadily opposed any grant
OF lands to the freedmen; and the trnly
loyal are pointed to lis recent eulogy Of
Lee and Stonewaal Jsekson. I.Altogelber,
Ar. Phillips stroDg!y protests against HI,
Greeley as an agricultural candidate for
the Presidency, and ithitks that by BE-
lecting him as their stai1dard; ;bearer the
Radical party Would be descending tb
even lower level than that Of Grant
The funeral Of g. L. vaAAndjghanaa,,,
ut, Dnyt ton, Ohio, on Tuesday last. Was ooi
most imposing character. The pfp..
cession was about two miles long and
composed Of persons OF dill polisiSaf
parties. Business III many parfs Of the
city was suspended during {h5 7paseage
OF tbs cortege. The public bhildings
and nany private houses were dtapcd il
mourning. !l-.a lt," .i121 Q,
a Maryland paper aI.i assiesrtss assis that ,Ain'c;e
the establishment Of q Baptist Ckntch III
their: neighborhood, the cifizsns, OF a
Delaware town refuse to cat fish taken
from q streDm in which the converts ate
baptiscd, for fear the evil spirits which
they supposed 10 be removed from the
baptised persons, have entered the
ash; and they wilIthus become poeAAeaa6d
of them. -
Walter. johnson. aged fourteen, years. ,rs J.,
and; Stephen Whitman. while fishing tat
Saltwater. Saratoga County. on 1.-The
Hudson River. on Monday, dritted ua,
der the falls OF the dam, and 7eapsj1ed.
Whitman swan ashore. Thomas Dorani
agod twenty-two yeaTs. jumped in TO saYe
the boy. JQhpBon,3 hpt was seized With
orampssand both were drowned. ri j.l
ANOTHER. DARK1s, ron WEST, Po1Sr.'
B. Z. Turner, negro member Of Con,
gress from that Districts informs the edi@
tor of the Selma (Ala.) Times and Afes-
senger that he has appointed said editos,s
pet waiting boy, John Gee, q oadgt To
the Military Academy at West Point.
Both the Congressman and his 'apppIntee
were once slaves of DR.. Gee, Of Selma.
AN ISLAND SUBMERGED BY AN EaRrH-
QUAKE 400 PERsass!. PERISH. The
American whaler. Sunbeam reports the
submergingof the loftiest portion of the
island of Tagolanda, latitude 2.20 n,
longitude 1880 e. by earthquake, be-
tween March "a and 25. to depth of
twenty fve fathoMs. 400 OF the inhabi-
tants persisted.
Mr.. Vallandigham's, support of q
theory in defence OF client has cost him
his life. It would be curious il the
demonstration Of the possible correct
| moss OF that theory should save tho life
of the client, whose interests be 30
faithfully served.
August Puff was drowned by the up
setting of boat nt Chicago on Sunday
afternoon. At Chicago, the same even:
ing. an unknown man hired a small boat,
rowed out into the lake and was seen to
Jump overheard after appearing as II in
prayer.
It is y striking fact. says physiologi-
cal writer, TINT most persons want to
weigh moro than they do, and measure
their health by their weight, as if q man
were a pig. valuable in proportion to Ills
heaviness. .
| a colo!Gu " ute' IGN OF tWclVe yehEf
old, in Wilmington, N. c.. forcibls
opened the mouth 81. "a child and poured
q quantity OF kerosene oil down it
throat. The child is not expected to re-
cover. (.
A colored woman; named Marthe
Nash, lives in this vicinity. who is tht
mother Of seventeen children. though
she is only twenty three years OF age. :
FdrmoiAe va. J Consnso son,redlxh. !,
A contemporary gravely remarks tha,
"tlle place sexton fills is not an easJ
one to FILL" Most people Gil it eaaif1
enough, sometime or other. .-