The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-22

mills. Vcry respectfully. yonr obedient
servant. u. II. CHAMBERLAIN,
Attorney General, S. c.
The GnnATEsr BRlpaE The greatest
work in the line of suspension bridges
ever attempted in this country is the
bridge from New York to Brooklyn
across the East River. It will be sup-
ported by two great towers. which havo
Il height above higl-water mark of 2GS
feet, while they rest upon foundations
some eighty feet beneath high-wa
The height of tho centre or main span
Of the bridge will be 135 feet above high
watcr The length Of tho river span
will bs | GIG feet. of each land span $40
feet. Tha length Of the New York M.
proach will be 144l feet, and tho
Brooklyn approach 34l. The total
length Of the bridge will be 5,S79 feet.
It will be amply broad, and will have
foot-waya, carriage-ways aud railway
track. all distinct and effectuaily scpa-
rated 1t was begun in 1870. The
tower Oh the Brooklyn side has reached
height Of l40 feet, that on the New
York sidc 50 feet, above the water.
W!icu .he york will lie dono. the engi.
neers themselves will not undertake to
say. 1t is conjcctured that it will be at
least four years before travel will com-
mencc npon it, 1t was calculated for IN
expense Of Sc. 600 600, but i: ia now sup
posel the cost will considerably exceed
TINT snm. When this bridge is com
pleted, it will be one of the wonders of
the country. 1t will mako New York
and brooklyn almost one, and may real
Izo the predictions Of some people that
the day will come when Brooklyn will
be annexed to New York, and one 60
vsrnment will control them both.
How TO USE MuncCGY.- put
mercury into your stomach. Tho proper
place for it is the thermnmctcr or the
barometer. There it will inform you Of
the changes of temperature, or forewarn
yon IT the coming Of storms, thus indi-
eating the times and seasons when it is
| necessary to reinforce tho system with
| Hustelters Stomach B:tters, in order to
ward OF the ailments which peculiar
conditions Of the elements produce.
When the quicksilver suddenly falls
several degrees OF Fahrenheit, as it often
does at this season, foriify tho system
against the depressing influence of this
sudden abstraction Of heat by dose Of
tho most genial aud wholesome OF all in
vigorants. Or if tho indicator of yonr
barometer points to stormy, brace up for
those damp, driving gales Which arc sure
to search to The very marrow of Oh un-
toned organization. Fever and ague,
! chronic indigestion, violent colics, dysen-
terry, bilious intermttents, rheumatism,
and host of pulmonary complaints,
como OF such visitations. N17+3
A curious, though by no means plea
SAINT, incident is relatad in connection
with the Boston fire. A gentleman, who
was doing dry goods business in Bel
fast. Mo-, WAS burned ont in the great
liro there in 1866; went to Chicago,
started business and was burned ont in
tho great conAsgration there; came back
to Boston, and WAS heavy sufferer in
tho burnt district this time.
The Forty THIRD CoSaREss. Tho
| Congressional returns indicate that tho
forty-third Congress will stand 130 Re-
publicans and 0G Democrats and Lihe.
rails, not including the members from
Now Hampshire aud Connecticut, who
are yet to be elected.
A burglar WAS lately hung by II mob ut
Puebla, GAL, and the shock to The jailor
was such TINT he diei in few hours
after.