The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-28

0u3UStQ CONSttNttCNCHtSs
A WITNESS TO ORDER. The erent SEN
sation with the Radical press North, just
now. is The testimony before tho Ku
Klux Committee Of onb J. O. Norris
better known in this Suite aa Chap Nor
ris-a creature whose word, on oath,
would not be believed Ivy any honest
man in Goorgin who knows him. and
whose note for quarter. dollar would
not buy lucifer match. And yet, the
testimony Of such wretch is parndcd all
over tho North in condemnation Of the
Southern people!--Saoanndh Republican,.
The CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST. Tile
following Is from the Washington Chro-
nicte, of tho Oath instant: 1T is current
ly reported i'll Charleston, S. O., that r.
q. DeLnrge. whose seat in Congress is
contested by @. c. Bowen, hns consented
to withdraw and yield the contest to
Bowen. This is supposed to be from tho
knowledge that the proof of fraud on
the pnrt of his friends III The election is
incontestible. Mr.. DeLargc, it is said,
will nccept the position OF postmaster or
collector Of the port"
SUNDAY IN New YoRE. Nearly ESQ, 900
people are reported by the keepers as
having visited Central Park, New York,
on Sunday last A corresponding crowd
ronmed all day through the Brooklyn
park. Thousands went over to Staten
Island, and the excursion boats we're lit
orally ovcrrun. The Now York Times
| thinks it is not m unreasonable calcula-
ton that $50, 900 were expended for ex
cursion fares alone from New York and
Brooklyn. the larger portion of which
wont 10 the horse railways.
A young lady of Auroia, Illinois, pur
chased her shroud and burial garments.
went home, took strychninc, aud died
instantly. AS it was the Anniversary OF
her mothers death, she had fixed this
day ns the dny she would com nit suicide.
John J. Wilkio, who was sum moned as
one OF the coroner's jury. dod on the
way to tho inquest, from ruptnring q
blood vessel.
A gentleman in Jefferson City, who
WAS troubled with bed bugs. soaked the
bed with kerosene aud turned in, leaving
| the light burning. Justns he was dream
ing that a regiment of bugs were draw
| ing up set of resolutions condemuiDp
him for using kerosene, he was awakened
by fireman pointing the nozzle Of a
hose through the window. The house
was injured, but tho man was not.
simultaneously with the announce.
ment Of the disappearance Of tho yellow
| fever at Buenos Ayres oomes thut of the
| breaking ont Of Asiatic cholera in Po-
land and Persia. It is six years since
this last fearful sconrge made such havoc
| in Europe or Asia In 1865, the cholera
was very severe in Alexandria, Constan
| tinople, and several Mediterranean porte.
AS n farmer living in Madison County,
Illinois. was th,eshing his whent. the
friction set his machine on fire and en-
| tirely destroyed tho thresher and the
stacks of wheat. The fire also swept
over the entire field, consuming every.
thing that came in its way. It was with
difficulty that even the horses were saved.
PEDDLERs There is but one peddler
in oil Ireland. Ho takes his certificate
from the County Of Down. The fact ap.
pears in q Parliamentary return, and 90.
cupes whole page. There are in Eng
land and Wales 81, 964 peddlers, and in
Scotland IL. .8G2.
UNITED STATES CoURr.-The United
States Court for this District convenes al
this place on Monday, August 7. We
hear of some cases under the Ku Klu1
bill, bnt, outside of that, there will be
but little Of interest.
GreenpiNe lNouuidineer.
THE CHRRAw AND SALISBURY RAIL.
RoAD.-Mr. B. Burgh Smith, resident
engineer Of this railroad, advertises for
bids for $4,000 cross-ties, for building
1000 feet of pile and trestles, and for
grading the limo to Wadesboro.
A correspondent OF the New York Iri.
bune states that an aggravated casa OF
cancer in the face was cured by inserting
O seton in the leg. and thus keeping up
u perpetual issue. All vestiges Of the
usually fatal affliction have vanished.
HUGE RATrLRsNAKG.-A rattlesnake,
fourteen feet long and about twelve
inches In circumference. was killed on
the Lamb place. at Ten Mile Hill, on the
South Carolina Railroad, Sunday before
last.
John Heistand. CLIO Of the oldest,
wealthiest and most respected farmers OF
Lancaster County, Pa, committed sui
eide. Sunday night last. by hanging. He
wus subject to fits OF dependency.
Calais, Maine. is nice place for young
mon to go to. The local paper there