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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-27

Among the papyri in the British Mu-
scum is an Egyptian romance, entitled
The Two Brothers." written by the
direction OF Rameses the Great, almost
Identical, in many of its particulars,
with the story of Joseph. 1t appears to
have been popular tale in Egypt pre-
vlous to the time of tho writing. I'm
pugners of the truth Of the Mosaic books
had attacked the history OF Joseph as
being IN its incidents altogether un-
Egyptian, and therefore fictitious.
While the Emperor of Brazil was in
England, he arranged for scheme of
colonization of Brazil by English colo
nists. 1850 square miles of Brazilian
territory are to he first taken up, and it
Is proposed to send out 10. 600 emigrants
annually, the port of embarkalion being
Bristol.
st. Louis and Chicago always have an
Issue. Now it is the slckliest, and Chi
cago is ahead with 1873 deaths in the last
week, Of which sixteen were from small
pox, against seventy in St Louis and
no small-p
A Miss Brush, an American lady, is
raising dust i'll Italy, as something of
prima donna.
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reading the bill, on a call for the yeas
and nays. A bill removing the stamn

reading the bill, on a call for the yeas
and nays. A bill removing the stamp
tax on jelfies, mustards, sauces. canned
and preserved fruits. vegetables, meats.
60, as enumerated in Schedule 6, passed, !,
Leach moved to suspend the rules and
pass q uniform tax bill of sixteen cents a
pound on tobacco. which failed-ayes
so nays 68-not two-thirds. The def.
ciency appropriation was resumed md
discussed to adjournment.
Probabilities The barometer will pro.
badly continue rising on Tuesday, with
clear weather and Northerly winds from
Pennsylvania to Maine, but remains ste
tlonary or falling. with Easterly winds
and increasing cloudiness, from the
upper lakes t. the Sonth Atlantic and
Gulf coasts; the low barometer in Kan
sas will continue and extend East and
North-eastward, with threatening wea-
ther and possibly rain, from Arkansas to
Illinois. South easterly viuds will pre-.
vail on the Gulf coast.
SCHUYLKILn. HAVEN, February 26.-
Daniel Kramer and his wife were mur-
dered and the house robbed. M clue.
New YORK, February 26-Evening.
An immense crowd gathered to leur the
proceedings against Mayor Hall. The
court adjourned to the rooms of the
Court of Common Pleas. Thegdrawine
OF the Jury is progressing. Judge
Blatchford charged the grand jury parti-
!!arly regarding the smuggling and brib-
ing by public officers and the currency
iock-ups by the national banks.
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Funeral Invitation

Tie friends OF MIR. Hiram Bulkett and Mr.
Solomon Lane arc requested to attend the
funeral of ROBER BURKETT, at 10 o'clock,
THIS MOHNING, from the Baptist Church,
in this city.
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Office.

HAVE disposed of tho right OF NOR
l. WOODS COTTON PLANTER, for Rich
land County, to the following parties: Phillip
Motz. II shares; Col. Thomas Taylor, l.; John
Alexander. l; j. Winhorn, l; j. A. NJ. Grady,
!; W. II. Miller, l; Lorick & Lowrance, 1; J.
R. kirkpatrick, L. Mcssrs. hIotz and Lorick
" Lowrance will supply parties desiring these
machines.
Il. J. NORWOOD. patcntee.
ALEXANDER l. KIRKPATRICK,
Feb "a " Agents.
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AS ut present constituted, the German
Parliament comprises al titled gentle
men, among whom are eleven princes,
eleven members of the high civil service,
and fourteen who have held the rank of
ministers at various times and in various
States; forty-four military, led by Gen
Von Moltkc; twenty-seven representa-
tlves of the schools aud universities, and
eighteen Churchmen, of whom fifteen
are Catholics. The Oldest member of
the Parliament is Herr Won Frapcken-
berg LudwigsdorT, who was born in
1875.
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LEGALITY oF INVESTMENTS IN Con-
FEDERATE BoNDs.-The decision Of the
Supreme Court Of Appeals, of Virginia.
ia the case Of Walkers executors %.
Page, &C., maintains the legality of in
vestments in Confederate bonds made
by fidnciaries during the late war. The
case referred to was an appeal from the
Cironit Court of Richmond. A bill was
hled in that Court to set aside q sale
made by Ct. W. Randolph, in May, 1863,
OK the lands Of infants, attacking the
decree as illegal and void, and charging
shat the Investments made of the pro.
ceeds in Confederate bonds not under
an order previously made. but sane
tlonai afterwards, were not legal invest
ments. The Circuit Court on this bill
decreed that the sale was void, and the
lnvestme ents Tad.
The Court of Appeals reversed the de-
cree OF said Circuit Court, and decided
that the Courts of this commonwealth
had the authority to make investments
OF the funds under their control in Con.
federate bonds is no longer an open
question. It is definitely esettled by
legal enactment, by repeated decisions
OF this Court recognizing the validity Of
such DEGREES aud investments, and by
the Supreme Court of the United States"
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True Brotherhood Lodge No. "a, AIM.
IA A CONTINUATION OF the Regular
Communication Of True Brotherhood
~\Lodgn. No. 81. will be held THIS
(inesdayl EVENING, at Masonic Hall, at s
O'Clock. BY order w. A.
Feb u &. NJ. WALKER. Secretary.
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Aucr1on sale.
SundrieS.
BY JACOB LEVIN.

SundrieS.
BY JACOB LEVIN.
THIS tTucsday> MORNING, 27th inst, at lo
o'clock. at my store, will sell, with re-
serve, an invoice
Ladies, Mems and Boys SHOES,
Hats III variety.
ALSO,
Packages Soda, Sugar aud Butter Crackers.
English WaiIuts, Brazil and other Nuts
Almonds.
aeon Shoulders, Prime Sugar.cured
Strips: Leaf Lard, sundry articles Of Furni-
tnro. &c. Feb 27
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MORE OF THE LowREY OUTLAWS
THEW FIRE INTO A RAILROAD TRAIN.
despatch dated Moss Neck, Robc.o,,
Comfy, n. c., 10th, says:
Henry Berry Lowrey, the notorious
outlaw, and his confcdcratcs, have been
holding carnival here for two days.
sleeping ata store near the rairuad sta
ton. When the down train from Will
nington arrived here, to-day, they had
barrel OF cider rolled ont of the store.
ana were treating large crowd. When
Lowrey was told that he had better
Keep good lookout, or some one would
Kill him or some of tho gang, for the re.
wards offered by tho State, ho replied
that all they asked was to be let alone,
and they would leave everybody else
alone. They were, ho said, determined
10 XIII one man, who wns travelling back
wards nnh forwards on the train.
Whlie ho was saying this, the indivi-
dual whom they had doomed was ut that
very moment cronched under q eent in
the rear car. Ho has incurred tho
anger OF the outlaws, from the fact that
he volunteered, last winter, rs the exc
cutioner OF Oxendinc, ono of their gang,
VINO was hung Mt Llmberton. AS the
train moved OF, they salutcd tho con.
dnctor in military style, and took deli
oerate aim ut the train with their rifles,
ana continued 10 fra until it was beyond
gnn-shot distance. The man whom they
have threatened is known in Wilmington
by tho name of Frank Marsdcn, and is II
sailor boarding house runner.
Pnncc Camille lie Polignac. sent by
PRESIDENT Thiers ~ military nH,tchc to
the French Enbassy ut Berlin, is So,.
OF the presented Minister of Charles Y,
and sc:vea during the lato war in tin,
Confederate army, about two years on
he stall Of Gen. Dick Tnylo', 20 Which
be was appOinicl by prAHL!uul D1xIs
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should be tho ruling reason in this mat
ter, that no branch Of industry should
De subjected to great disc elimination, but
tnat every burden possible should be
lllted from their shoulders aud all obstn-
cies removed, that material wealth NAV
oe developed; then the Legislature, in
deed, would be carrying out what il an
nounced Ill the fundamental law in reln-
ton to taxes. He held, in his argu
ment, that If it was required license
shoull be paid, it would be recurring
two taxes, in violation of the Constitu,
tion-llke pntting two saddles upon one
horse, and two riders to ench saddle,
until ultimately there would be q break
down. When it becomes impossible 10
carry on operations the companies could
move out Tor less expense than tho price
OF the license this bill calls for. One of
two things: If the bill passes, the compa-
Mes Will have TO suspend operations: or.
II they continue, refuse to pay the tax
end leave 1t to adjudication: they do not
desire litigation, and, therefore, come
before the committees, give their reasons
and ask to be relieved from burden
which will destroy their enterprise. He
then referrod briefly to banks and mer-
chants, holding that license law was q
discrimination aud violation of the
principle Of equality. lie did not mean
to be understood that there should not
be any licenses. but thought oil thnt
class of cases where general tax is avoid
ed should bo licensed; that being n fnir
subject to bring it to bear upon, yet, at
the same time, it is not right to levy u
double tax.
MIR. Sweegan, from tho Charleston
Council Committee, followed upon the
subject as applied to merchants, stating
1t was held now by those who hnd them
to pay, taxes i'll Charleston were onerous; :;
tho Tax OIL merchandise brokers was
graduated, IN addition being made for
liquor dealers. In Charleston, many of
the smaller merchants were compelled to
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-22

times living HAT on their sides 1t is now,
however, more generally admitted that
the shark only employs the outer row of
teeth, and that the inner ones are y pro.
vision of nature against an accident
which is, and must be, very common
one when the implements are considered,
and the force with which they are EN-.
plovcd, viz the breaking of n tooth In
this case the corresponding tooth on the
inside becomes erect, and IS by degrees
pushed forward into the place of the
broken one--a wOndrouS and very npctS,
sary provision to keep So delicate and
powerful an apparatus as the sharks jaw
always in order. The vorucity of the
shark forms an endless resource for the
writers on the marvellous whose bent lies
towards natural history. Whole ships
crews have been devOured by sharks ere
now, while their omnivorouSneSs lSeTtra.
ordinary. This is well eNempliied hv
the observation once made to me by an
old tar, who was dilating on the variety
of objects he had found at one time or
another inside the bellies of sundry
sharks. Lord love We, sir quo Ben,
there hain't nothin' as you mightn't ex-
pee to find in the insides o a Shrk, from
street pianny to milestone,
Continuing the description of the va
riety of weapons eXempitied in fishes,
We have a rival of that terrible sc0urgc,
the kuout, in the Ill Of the thresher, or
toX-shark tiipiaS cHipcs). The upper
lobe is tremendously elongated being
nearly as long as the body of The fish,
and amazingly muscular. II is curved
like the blade of a sCythe in shape. and
the blows which it can and does intlict
with this living fail can be heard at II
great distance herd of dulphins is
scattered as though they were mere sprats
by one stroke of the threshcr's tail and
stories of the combats between the whale
on the one side and q combination of
threshers and sword.dsh on the other are
too common to need more than refer
cnCe here. The form of battle usually
consists in the sword.ti Stahbing the
whale from beneath, and SO driving him
up to the surface, when the fox sharks
spring upon him, and with resonant
blows from their fearful knouts drive him
below again upon the weapons of their
allies.
There are many other points of SINH
larity which might be enlarged upon but
if one We're 10 attempt to set down all
the strange and various considerations
which come under cOgnizance in this
subject, they would soon swell the mat
ter much beyond the limits of magazine
article - FTdSfy'S HlqI-iHf
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EccentTiCity.

THE following singular instance Of
eccentricity, illustrating the close connec-
ton of this condition Of the mind with
insanity, is related by Professor Ham.
mond in his work on diseases Of the nerv.
GUS system.
A lady had since her childhood shown
a singularity Of conduct as regarded her
table furniture, which she would have OF
no other material than copper She
carried this fancy to such an extent that
even the knives were made OF copper
People laughed at her. andtricd to reason
her out of her within, hut in vain, In no
other respect vas there any evidence of
mental alteration. She was intelligent,
by no means cXCiiable, and IN the enjoy.
ment Of excellent health An uncle had
however, died insane \ trjtling circum.
stance started in her II new train Of
thought, and excited emotions which she
could not control. She rcnd in the morn
ing paper that a Mr. Kopperman had ar
rived nj one of the hotels, and she an
nonnccd her determination tpcall on him.
Her friends endeavorcd to dissundc her,
but without avail She went to the hotel
and was told that he had Just left for Chi
cago Without returning to her home,
she bought ticket for Chicago, and
actually started on the next train for that
city. The telegraph, however, overlook
her, and she was brought back from Ro
chester raving of hcr love for a man
whom She bad never seen, and whose
name alone had been associated in her
mind with her fancy for copper table
furniture She died Of acute mania with,
in month --.Srrj5net's tor AHgtmt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-22

sation some walking out, others coming
in, MS it suited their fancy here and
there mother casting a sorroWful, for.
lorn look at her departed little one, hut
teW-vcry few--sceming affected hy the
occasion which had called them together
After u service which lasted about an
hour and a half, the lids were replaced ON
the cottins, and they were borne from the
church 10 the graves, the different compa.
MES following in crowds, at q good sttfl
walking pace, the majority talking and
laughing IN such manner Us would ut
terry confound our quiet, sober minded
people At home. The body is brought to
the grave and deposited in the ground
without further ceremony a little earth
is thrown in on the coffin by all who take
part in the melancholy Office there are a
few hySterical Shrieks-and thus the pro.
ceedingS ut the cemetery terminate.
For the invited, the day winds
up with a Carousu at the house of
the deceased, the nature of the feast of
course depending on the means at the dis.
posal OF the host Ii is singular TO re,
mark how very faint are the siguS of
grief discemihle among the crowd of
russians assembled 10 pay the last mark
OF respect to departed relative or friend
| have observed, rs n general rule, that
the Russians are easily excited, and show
almost convulsiVc signs Of joy or sorrow
IN the first moments of ccslacy and de
spatr, but SO soon as this tit has passed,
their equilibrium is restored with a
promputude really extraordinary. An
example of this came under my nhsorya.
uon on the occasion of which am writ.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-22
Planting Timber.

The great consumption of lumber
which has SO reduced the acreage OF force
land in Maine, Michigan, and Other States
of the North and Northwest, and the con.
scqucnt probable scarcity of timber ~ a no
very distant date has induced the Maine
Legislature to pass an act 10 the effect
that "any landholder who shall plant or
get apart any cleared lands, for the pro.
ductlon OF forest trees, within ten ycnrs
after the passage Of the act, and shall sue
ccssfuly grow aud cultivate the same for
three years, the trees being not less in
number than 600 ON each acre and well
distributed over the same then, on nppli
cation OF the owner Or occupant Of such
lands 10 the assessors Of the town in
which the same is situate, ......thc same
shall be exempt from taxation for twenty
years thereafter "
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-22
Bat Canon.-- -inacccssiblr Cliff House
and Deserted pucbl0s.

WE wore on nj moan orfer Epht
lunch. and soon came in sjght Of the first
cliff Lnuse II uas 81 mere etoup INT
some fifteen hundred feet below fine spm
mil Inf one Glance served to disnroyc
many of the theories advanced about
rope'ladders and thr Ike II could moi
have noon reached Inns for Tho cliT over.
hunr considerably hntb above ana bnlot,
il Indeed - rnnn dronnrd from fine
brow Of the clin' above wonid have SWING
over the ciiF n hundrpd rrof further ont
thnn tho ledgn ON which thr Louse stood
As nraras could iuage nj the distance
Tho lol,,n u,,e an fcot ,,ila and The
house s3me twenty feet souarc Evidently
the t,Aztrrp ,ybo hoordnd thrrc did mai
90 fo he'd by means of a roDe ladder,
NJ r,idn ,oorl,y oil ria ana onin,c.
tion sbnnting and calling INV attention ia
.yor,thing ~ motto nn thc c,ife os we
,r,Iknd nnr hnrsps slowly down
tLr sandy stream He seemed In
tal{e no much interest in the
,tte Loa1as tuclin,bnuseo'a Ma did An
hnur more hrougbt ma ia roepIpr ham
lot. tlo rnfne ~ 81 considerable VILLAGE
were ON the Lottnm Of line canon by the
fnot or ME cliF md ahnut a bnndrc1 feet
s,r,irh, olo,n ,be,n ton ar q dnl,n bn,isee
il, ,,orCc,,' t,r.gcrvati,u etond;ng nIl r..
s,,,hnr nm a 'Ied,,o a hpndrnd rprt lyidr and
So,rnlntrlg i,acrns.inlc Above the vi,
Ioas The riiT was nernnndiruIar for bnu.
drea Goo, nr moro non oradnally sunIled
,,',,,rorlI,, III r. ,ytenIoJ rnrsidorsl1,,
,,yar Iha 6,,,.as loa.,in,r thcu nm. .c,,I.
auu ia a ,,rc,,, arn,icn H. tbc r,al
IIrro zoe q ,ynndnr Nv N,vainr ran
100, ,.;n, ,h,.,,,,,;,.5,,, of d, c,, ,rd i,
a.voroI ,,Iacas r,ops,,rd IN climb nm ~, on.
IA, foat -. sn ,I.n IA srnntb ,,,li c,r ar
S,,r,bor rr,,',,nse 1T,,r,,jng slopg ia.
rnck no },und and csIInd nv attention ia
conn WAX I'nl,inr, i;l,o atnny crt io,n no
g,l,,o u,Lirt, qccn',d r., laa1 ma n, q, n,int
,ybrrr one ~ the necuIiar stone dir
have descrihpd leaned against ne cliff
The opposite side Of The canon was acces.
sihlc. and not more than two hundred
wards distant SO we went over there, and
climbed to a point somewhat higher than
.he Pueblo. then saw the ledge Or
groove in The rock. in which the Pueblo
was bliIt ran along the CIItf for quarter
of mIlc sDrne distance beyond where we
Cound the Stone stems and thought ! saw
signs similar to steps leading down from
il a little way toward the detached Slab
Possibly thought. this slab may have
been fast above when the village had in.
habitapts and furnished them a winding
stairway ! saw. also. that the houses
were Of most admirable construction,
bniu If fla, stones laid ip mortar. and
neatly wbitewashed inside, and that the
joists were Of massive timber, round,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-22
SOME CLEN FISHES.

WHETHER we owe many of the matters
We are about to glance at to fishes or no,
t is certain that the fishes possessed them
long before we did and though men
may be said to have invented them, yet in
his savage state he must have taken more
or less of hints from nature, and have
adopted the methods which nature point
ed out to him as the most effective in
hunting or war (which were his principal
occupations) whenever they could be
adapted to his needs and appliances.
) However this may be, it Is certainly sin.
guar that we should find SO many exist
-ng similarities of peculiar kind between
the habits and attributes of men and
fishes. For example, there is scarcely Il
sport we practice or a weapon OF offence
that we use which has not parallel
among fishes. AS to wcapons-daggers
spears, swords, are all possessed by fish
N a very high state Of natural perfection,
and even guns have a representative in
stitution among fishes, A shoOtingtish
would no doubt be looked upon almost as
a ius8S hatDld by the average Engllshman,
Tho rarely includes ichthyoIogy amongst
his studies a fact which is very much
10 be lamented, for we have large national
interests bound up in that science; IN fact,
Te owe a great deal more to fishes than
any other nation, not even excluding
The Dutch, some Of whose cities were
Formerly figuratively described as built
On tsh-bones and a professional chair
of ichthyology at the universities would
De by no means an unWise institution.
It is not many years since that review,
which was published in an influential
paper, dealing, amongst other things,
with this special point, contemporary
DISMISSED, the fact of there beng such q
lhing as a shoOting-ish as traveller 8
tale The ignorance amongst the general
public on everything relating TO flsh IS
at times perfectly surprising. ! have
seen small worthless bass passed oil as
gray mullct | have seen even nasty
gravid pond roach hawkcd about as gray
nullet have seen large bass actually
sod for salmon at one OF our fashionable
watering places After this, if the Lon
Toner constantly buys coarse, dry, taste
,css bull-trout as fine Tav salmon, it is not
70 I've wondered at The Eton boy hasten
ing home for the holidays provides him.
sell with tin tube and pocketful of
peas. beg the present Etonian's par
lohi we should have said he used to do
Sc formerly, when there were boys at
1tun, and, backed by some skill as a
marksman, herewith constituted himself
anlnloterabie nuisance to every village and
vehicle be passed on his road home. The
Macoushee Indian makes a better use of
his blow tube; he puts small arrows and
hardened balls OF clay through it with un.
.5rrinC aim. doing great execution among
)irds and other small game Now the