The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-04


he is now in the Albany psnitentiary.
could give you much more, but / am
SICK OF fhe subject: -, NATHAN, JR.
CHARLESTON, g t' 8. O., July 2O..
L. :-1!-- ----s-e 1870
BRUTAL MURDER. Trial Justice @.
u. Jones held an inquest over the dead
body Of colored child named Elizabeth
Ooipere, aged five years, on the planta.
tion OF Capt ". G. Stewart, on Monday
last. Ihe otrcumetances Of the childs
death, as related. ia OF the most shock
ing character. The verdict of the iurv
OF inquest charges the death to the
brutal treatment OF the step-m other.
Marion Colbert. She has been, commit.
ted for trial.-L0ncaster Ledger. a,.i \.
The Camden. Journal SAYS: On Sun.
day morning, during a severe storm. a
colored woman on the Lang plantation.
on the West side OF Wateree, in Ker.
shaw County, was struck by lightning
and instantly killed. Several others
men,. women and children, were also
struck, and some wers seriously, others
slightly. injured. The gable end of the
mousse where they dwelt. was also
knocked to pieces.
They have q copper stream in Asia.
Minor which is about twelve feet w;de
about one foot deep, and old iron placed
therein by the natives, Is fished ont in a
few days. in the shape of pure copper
The English correspondent who writos
the story for the Cornhin Maoazine. savs
he had great difficulty in riding his horse
across the stream, as the animal didn't
fancy the corrosive fluid.
The Monks of Ira Trappe have clock
IN their large hall of the conyAnt, which
Is frlg9tfully complete piece OF handi.
work and mechanism. A perfect human
skeleton stands by the wall, pointing
with his feshless fingers at the hours
marked upon dial. which reyolves.
anis picture is q hideous one, but the
Monks see moral in it's existence and a
lesson in its death-like certainty.
BY the accidental fall Of a candle upon
some asphalte, the beautiful church of
st. Mary Magdalen, in Paddingtop.
which had nearly reached completion.
was burnt to the ground on tho 18th of
july. The erection of the edi6ce had
cost between $500 md e4O, 900. es,,.,
A Natchez paper says that from the
trunk OF an old china tree in front of the
Court House in that city, there shoots
forth o little cherry tree, which bears
fruit. The junction of the cherry with
the china is twelve feet from the ground.
The population of Boston is about one.
fourth that of New York, but the yalua-
tion OF the property is about one. half
that OF the latter city. The honesty of
Tue Boston assessors is the cause, they
say, OF such a curious exhibit.
A Cleveland boy, who carried gun.
powder and lucifer matches in the same
pocket. has not been heard from since
the spontaneous affiliation of the two.
and his friends think peradventure he
has gone on journey.
John Harper tells the Long Branch
correspondent of the Commercial ADDER.
!tser that LongfelIow is not permanently
injured.
A thief was lately caught breaking into
song. He had already got through the
inst two bars. when q policeman came
up and hit him with etave.
Hunting hostile Indians in Texas ia
better than raising cotton. They are
worth 500 head.
The royal parsonage known as the
hhedive of Egypt has only twenty-three
palaces.
The Methodists of Greenyille are
building new church.