The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-09-01


ed Tor the four oared contest. It vas
splendid race. The Taylor Wiuship
Grew won the race by three lengths. The
Paris Grew came in second; the Coulter
Biglin crew third.
Sr. LOUIS. August 31.-Ground has
been broken for the st. Louis and Cairo
thTee loot road, to be completed in two
years.
Iudian depredations in Arizona con
tinue.
KEY WEST. August 31.-The Juniata,
iIglitened Of portion of her cargo, foat.
ed around here all right.
WASHINGTON. August 3I.-The Trea-
sury Department announces the absorp-
ton, through the agency of Jay Cooke
& Co., Of $500, OOO, 600 OF Eve per cents.
Ihe Secretary of the Treasury will, to.
of. in gold, the first series of the $780,
U00, U0D Of bonds Of 1862, and $40, ,OOO,-
uU0 Of the registered bunds of the same
issue. After the first day of December.
interest on the nbove bonds ceases.
Probabilities Clear and cool weather
is probable for tonight from New Eng
land to Georgia and tho Oslo Valley:
clearing and clear weather on the lakes
local and light winds aud increased tenn
pernture for Friday over the same region /:
falling barometer and SoutherIy winds
from Lake Huron to Tennessee and
Westward to the Missouri.
NEW YonK, August 81. An inmate of
the Blackwell Insane asylum danuero,s-
~ wounded DR.. Parsons, tho resident
physician, with table knife.
Walter Conkling, Of Patterson, N. J..
oOnna0fs,1 with fl,n R,,,,1ncI,,,
suicidsd. Bail was refused in tlls cast,
Of Dr.. Perry aud MADAME yanbuskirk.
the alleged abortiUnists. A writ OF
wig.
The McGee arrested at Troy is bro
ther of the victim of the lute fire.
A serious flood in the Delaware River
Is destroying much property and threat.
ening suspension of travel.
Eliza MoCArty died from an attempt
ut self-sbortion.
JACKSON. Miss, August 31.-A reso
luton Was adopted by the convention
endorsing AlcOrn. Lieutenant-G Governor
Powers was appointed chairman of tue
State Executive Committee.
A purity OF soldiers fired into party
OF citizens in Meridian. A soldier stand.
ing with the citizens was killed. Two
citizens We're knocked down. The citi-
ns did not return the f1re.
RICHMOND, August 3l.-The resoIu.
tlon inviting Gov. Walker to seat in
the convention was reconsideretl, aud
passed after spirited debate.
CHARLESTON, August 3l.-Arrived-
brig Delphonie, New Orleans, in distress
schooner Jameson. from Richmond for
Galveston. disabled; steamship Cham-
pion, New York.
No new cnses of yellow fever to-day.
But two of the old cases proved fatul.
AN ALLIGATOR SroR1.-A Southern
correspondent Of the New York Journal
Of Commerce writes: 6 ! ~
young English man, representing n
Birnlinghnm hardware house, owning
the Mobile branch, started out with two
friends on fishing nnd hunting expedi-
tion on the buy, very near Mobile. In
tho course of the day they saw an i'm
mense alligator summing himself on log
One OF the purity shot the reptile through
where the brnin ought to be, and it
rolled over as if dead. The merchant +
insisted upon taking it home, to "stuff,
you know, und send it to England. /"
They mannged, after considerable effort.
to roll it into the boat, aud although the
boat was fifteen feet long, the alligator
was a little longer. The En.lishman
sat aside OF his trophy aud commenced
to row the bont home, assuring his com
paniona that he would mako them open
their eyes in Mobile aud Birmingham at
tho sight Of such monster. Meantime
the alligator slowly recovered from his
stupor accustomed by tho bullet in his
brain. lifted his ho"d, took survey of
the situation, opened his jaws nm;l made
break for his cnptor. q QickIy aching
q spread umbrella from the land of !,
companion, he thrust it into tie mouth
OF his prize. Tho alligator became
frightened and gracefully slid overheard.
nearly npsetting the boat. When asked
to go alligator hunting. the merchant
persists in answering that he has ut
lost any alligators.
SILENT INFLUENCE We are toncbipo
our fellow.beinga on all sides. They are
affected for good or for evil by what we
are. by what we say and do-even by
what we think aud feel. May flowers
IN the parlor Breathe their fragrance
through tho atmosphere. We are each
OF US as silently saturnting the atmos.
phere about us With the subtle aroma of