The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-19

Judge James L., Orr leaves for Wash.
ington to-day, to arrange affairs relative
to his Russian ambassadorship. The
Judge is recovering from severe spell
Of sickness, and looks thinner than usual.
Judge Orr received an official notifioa.
tion on Friday last from Secretary Fish
of his confirmation as Minister from the
United States to Russia. He responded
by telegram Monday, indicating his
acceptance of the unexpected and unso-
licited honor. He communicated the
resignation of his judgeship to Gov.
Moses and the Assembly yesterday. It
is understood that the Administration
desires Judge Orr to sail as soon as prac.
ticable. He may sail, therefore, about
the middle of January, Jut would prefer
not to encounter the rigors of the st.
Petersburg climate until the middle of
March. His sou, about twenty-one years
of age, will accompany him to st. Pc
| tersburg.
RAILROAD Acc1DENr--M1RAcU
PREsEnvAT1oN.-The passenger train
over the Wilmington, Columbia and Au-
gusta Railroad, due here at $40 yester-
day morning, met with heavy casualty.
When about three miles from Fair Bluff,
n. c., the train ran of the track, aud
the stoves having upset. set fire to the
cars, destroying the two sleeping cars
the one for Charleston and the other for
Augusta-ard the first and second class
coaches. Tie bedding was saved, and
fortunately nobody was hurt. It was
certainly miraculous preservation, as
the cars were running rapidly at the time
Of the run-off. The express and baggage
cars were uniDjured.
The CoTToS TAX.-A Washington de-
spatch states that the cotton tax will
come before the Ways and Means Com
mittee today, and tha. the question nil!
be argued for the claimants by ex Gov.
Herschel '. Johnson, of Georgia. There
is no measure which could be passed by
q Republican Congress which would do
more towards benefting the South and
bringing about permanent reconcilia-
ton between the tto sections, than the
Act for refunding the tax on cotton.
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PuGNIXIASA.-A wise man has more
ballast than eail.
Uncle Sans barking is doneb by 81 ,O0O,.
900 dogs.
Yesuv;us wasn't properly cured of it's
last eruption.
Keep good company or none.
\ New York boy of fifteen claims that
hc was born drunk.
! Don't color your walls yellow. It pro.
duces melancholy.
Never carry your matches, powder
and whiskey in the same pocket.
The feast Of imagination-having no
dinner, but reading cookery book.
II topper aud quart OF whiskey
we're left together, which would be drunk
irst?
HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANIES
The Boston Posi-, Of December 6, 1872,
says:
The Insurance Spectator, for December
has the following deserved and appro
pirate mention of the Hartford com.
panies. Certainly, they are entitled
to nil, aud even warmer, praise than is
uttered:
'There is something almost sublime
in the attitude uf the Hartford com
panies ut this trying time. Not com
pnny is embarrassed; not one talks ot
discouragement; losses will be paid dol
lar for dollar, as soon as adjusted; Janu.
ary dividends are stopped, of course,
but otherwise the S3,000,000 lost is
treated only as IN incentive to new en-.
terprise and bravcr progress.
''rhe Old Hartford sustains it's graz.
deur of prestige, in spite OF Boston,
just as It did il spite Of Chicago These
immense conhagrations, which wipe out
Of existence entire cities and destroy
property to the amount of millions OF
dollars, compel people to examine into
insurance as they never did before.
And, when this inquistion is made, the
! Old Hartford endnres every test and