The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-07
The rupture between Russia ana Xiii.

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sorlbed as young man Of twenty-seven
years, with great military abilities and
unsuitable ambition, and he openly pro-
| claims his determination not to leave
foot OF ground to tho :orsiza invaders
IN Central Asie. For some time past he
has been securing allies against Russia,
and now that the war has broken out he
has sent emissaries into the Russian ter.
ritory OF Mangisohlack to stir up m in.
anrreesion among the K;rehiz. Three
Russian oolumne have been sent against
the Ahan, but it is expected that their
task will be q most difficult one. for the
hhivans are brave and epterprisine, and
have large army.
GIN N'HoUsE DRsTRoYED.-Thoma B.
Fraser, Eco: had his gin-honse. !ocs.od
about ten miles from this place, and CON
tanning three bales OF cotton, one of his
own and two belonging to colored men
residing on his premises, completely de-
stroyed by an accidental fire, on the
night OF Monday, the 4th inst, with all
tue machlnery and gearing attached to
IL. There was no insurance on either
the building, machinery or cotton. and
his loss is about $500 outright. The
clubhouse was perfectly new, his old one
having been burned two years ago, by
the hand Of an incendiary.
Sumter Neus.
DEATH.-Mr. Brian KavanaRh, vene.
rable citizen Of our town, died on Fri
day night, after an illness of several
weeks. He was nntive of the County
OF Kilkenny, in Ireland, and had nearly
attained his seventy-third year. He has
resided IN this immediate community for
the long period OF more than half
century. He eerved as private soldier
| IN the Seminole war. among the ever.
gades of Florida, and when over sixty
years OF age. again shouldered his mus.
ket in behalf of the Confederaoy, in its
heroic struggle for Independence.
Sumter Netrs.
A statement is going the rounds of the
press to the effect that the Hon. Henry
A. Wise, of Virginia, has never been in
tervlewed by newspaper man, and that
he never intended to be. This is a mis-
:aao. While hff. W1ise was Governor OF
Virginia he was interviewed half an
hour i'll the executive mansion at Rich
mond by Daniel Pratt, Jr.. the great
American traveller, who was at the time
editor OF the Gridiron. The result of
the interview was that Wise called Pratt
fool.
a premium on tho notes of broken
banks was rather anomalous offer made
Ill our advertising columns yesterday by
brokerage firm, soliciting the currency
of defunct banks The explanation is
that the notes can be used as basis for
the organization Of new national banks
IN districts where the quota of banking
privileges is already filed up. Tho fact
stands. therefore, that national bank
note is worth niors>if the bhnk be rotten
than If the hop1r &c ooooJ
Nec York Herald.
AWFUL ACCIDENT. Two wine growers,
named Rousseau, were employed in
throwing grapes into vat at Gevvey,
France, recently, and q man was sent
down to tread them, but was suffocated
by the gnses arising from fermentation.
One of the proprietors went down to
| help him, and shared tho same fato.
The survivor followed, and was likewise
Frustrated. Their mother then went
down and was overpowcred, md when
taken ont she was tho only one that
could be brought back to consciousness.
DEATH OF A NORTHERN V1s1ron AT
A1kEN.-Mr. James Abercromie, Jr.,
! only son OF the Rev. James Abercromie,
OF the Episcopal Church at Lockport. N.
T., died at Aiken, S. c., on Saturday
last The deceased had recently gra.
duated with high distinctions, at Ho-
bart College, Geneva, and at the time of
his death was candidate for the holy
calling Of his father. He had been
brought to Aiken by his fatler.for the
benefit of his health.
Somebody has recently invented
very valuable trunk. It is made with
an outside covering of cast-iron, lined
With nitro-slycerlre. and when it is
thrown from railroad car or IL baggage
wagon thia outside covering is torn to
pieces, anu :hc baggage smas!ler is blown
!nto very small fragments.
4 Vein Of silver ore. 100 feet wide, has
recently been discovered in Watauga
County, North Carolina, aud is pro
nounced by competent judges to be as
rich III silver as the mines in Nevada.
The nine and adjacent property arc Mt
present under tho control OF DR.. w. D.
Council. of Boone, Wa.ausa County,
North Carolina.
The body Of Mr. Christian Dcchman,
of Charleston, whose death by roilroad
accident in Now jersey has been pre-
viously noticed, was found twenty yards
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