The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-10-21

DEATH OF DRUMMER WHO DRumMEp
IN FIVE WARs.-We clip the following
ITEM from the Columbus Sun, OF Wednes.
dy;;
Mr. Henry Harris. or rs lie was better
known, Drummer Harris, died, after n
orlet illness. in this city, early yesterday
lnornlng, IN the seventieth year of his
age. he has been concerned in every
war IN which the United States have been
engaged during this century. Since the
Columbus Guards were formed until tbc
company wns Incorporated into the Sc.
cond Georgia Regiment. he was their
drummer. He was with them in the
Greek and tho Mexican wars. Dnrino
the war of 1872 when only ten years
old, ne was drummer in tho reonInr
Onltcd States army in New Yolk and
Canada aud participated in the battles on
the border, and was concerned in the
subsequent conflicts with the Indians
ne seemed tough as n lightwood knot,
nnd almost iusensible to pain. We hnye
seen him i'll tho camps drive pin to tile
head into his leg to shnw the bows what
he could do. He prided himself greatly
upon his skill us drummer, and was in
his glory when tho Guards were on
Tybee Island in 1861. a man named
Coles, the best drum mer we ever heurd.
who WAS in the Confederate army over
three years and never missed a roll call
came down with the Burke Sharp
Shooters. Harris heard him rafting
away one morning III hsi splendid style,
became disgustcd with his own fifty
years practice, applied for furloucI
aud has never touched drum stick
since.
CHICAGO NorEs. It is, indeed, an i'll
wind that blows nobody good. II is said
ehae tnere Is not siugle Indictment left
against any accused person in Couk
County, Illinois. Which is certainly n
piece of good fortune for some roeuea
But, on the other hand, the lawyers have
suffered severely. Hardly II law library
or law Office is left: not IL paper to show
that there Is snit pending in my Of the
SIX courts Of the County; not Il judg
ment, not petition in bankruptcy in
tue Federal courts. And worse yet, 80
Tar us Is known, all the records Of deeds
'lna mortgages are destroyed
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The Alexis bull in Now York is to be
something lmpoalng. Bierstadt is deco.
rating the Academy Of Music for the oc-
casion. The executive committee sub
scrbed $50, 600. aud 1000 tickets are to
ne sold tonpproved persons ut $40 apiece
The Grand Duke 1--WE are told) is to be
Introduced to any number Of aspiring
young ladies', but he is to be allowed f.,
CHOOSE all his own partners This VIII
40 away with one cause of good many
heart-burnlngs which have characterized
previous gatherings of this sort
A RAILROAD DEsDED IN TRUST. Tho
Jacksonvllie, Pensacola tFIn aud No
bile Railroad, which is finished aud II,
running order from Jacksonville to
Quincy, Fla, II distance OF 1856 miles
with brnnch to st. Murk's, distance
OF twenty-five miles, has been conyeyed
by the stockholders, by deed Of trust.
to Francis ID. Flagy, u. G.. Amber aud
Converse l.. Chase. This road received
AID from the State Of Florida to the
amount Of $4,000. 900.
A BoRR1DLE FIRE IN Russia. Mt
the town of Bogouslay, in which 800
houses are reported as destroyed, the fire
being the work of savago fanatics against
the Jews, who formed large proportion
ot the Inhabitants of the town. THIS is
much more horrible than anything IN
incendiarism reported from Chicago.
1t is certainly curious chemical fact
that the substances required to form
table suit are both of them poisonous
cloride and sodium. No one can use
either oil these articles separately with
safety, and yet combine thpm, aud they
form q substance necessary to health and
one found upon every table.
Whose pigs are these, boy?" "The
big sow's." II mean who is thoir mas
ter! That little one: hu whoops 'em
all.''