The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-20

New York Herald.
Mis- FAIR WANTS THAT PlsroL AGAIN
Laura D. Fair made application, on Sa-
turday, to the Clerk of the Fifteenth
District Court for the return of tho pis.
tol used in evidence against her in the
two murder trials. The gentle creature
became emphatic in her language when
the weapon was not Immediately forth
coming. but it will be returned to her to-
day. The pistol is the same with which
Laura killed Mr.. Crittcnden, and she
prizes it very highly as memento.
San Francisco Bulleiin, 4th.
delegation Of thirty Of the leading
Republicans Of Pennsylvania, including
Simon Cameron, Hartranft, and Mayor
Stokely, called on the President to in
duce him to appoint Mr.. Truman as
postmaster, contrary to tho civil service
rules. After hearing their arguments
through. General Grunt refused the ap-
plIchtion, ve1y much to the surprise and
disgust OF bis discounted Pennsylvania
friends and supporters
DEATH FROM SUDDEN ALAnM The
Lancaster (pa Express says that Miss
Mary +. Grubb, ludy Of that city, aged
about thirty-three years, was suddenly
alarmed by cry of ire on Friday night.
The suddenness of the alarm, and the
nenrness of apparent danger, gave her
such shock that, after nttcring an ex-
clumntion. she SINK down and expired
Immediately.
SALMON IN THE DELAWARE. DR.. Slack,
ono Of tho fish commissioners of this
State, has received $50. 900 salmon eggs
for tue purpose OF stocking the Della
ware. The eggs were obtained from the
Sacramento River salmon, and the doc
tor thinks there is every prospect OF tho
experiment proving successful.
Briuyetom { N j. Chronicle.
Mr. Greeley is represented as taking
comfort from tho reflection that the New
York Tribune Office will no longer be "a
sort OF Federal employment agency to
get places under Government for those
who were indisposed to work for lv-
ing We congratulate the sage on this
fact. and only regret that he ever per
mittod the past abuse.
the prevalence OF the epizootic in
New York has been death on aristocratic
funerals, and tho snobs arc opposed to
kicking the bucket and being hauled to
the bone-yard by ali OK team, and it is
feared If the epidemic is not arrested
death will reap very poor harvest of
fools this fall IN Gotham.
The Raleigh E,,4 says: Mr.. Andrew
Smith. who resides some seven miles
South Of Raleigh, while on his way home
ou Tuesday night last, had his pocket
knife open III his pocket. and unfortu-
natcly stumbled and fell, intl;cting d
severe wound in the abdomen, which re-
suited i'll his death this morning.
4 rnmor prevailed Friday, in Madrid,
that the Central Juntn of the Carllst or
ganizition we're To hold Ii meeting on that
day for the purpose OF discussing the
means to carry out All insurrcctlon in
Cata!onia. Bands Of Carilsts arc also
reported as committing omtrnges upon
travellers between France and Spain.
a young womnn hns poisoned Lcrsolf
IN flennn, nul i'll Il no:c Which she had
left m II table nrar the bed on which she
Ivy, she hal written: My last cigar
draws very badly; therefore, I am tired
Of life. Good night"
Airs. S. NJ. Smith aud her daughter,
Miss Fannie Smith, Of Columbus, Ohio,
hn'l recently narrow escape from death
nj Berlin, Germany, their room brcom
lug. before they were aware, full OF cnr-
bonic acid gas from an open coal fire.
Mile Berdon. n French dress. maker,
tired Of oppression, plunged into the
Some with tho words "We havo no
liberties" When she was promptly
pnilrl out, she finished the idea, "They
don't even allow III to drown ourselves. F."
The transports Gncrricrc and Garoune
have arrived Mt the French penal colony
of New Caledonia, with tho first lots OF
Communists who have been sentenced to
undergo imprisonment there.
The Baptist State Convention for
Sontb Carolina is appointed to meet ut
Darlington Thursday, tho 2tst instant.
Rev. DIR. Winklcr is to preach tho intro.
duciory sermon.
Miss Tennie Clalin is sail by reporters
TO talk 315 words minute. That, Of
course, is q rough estimate. but its some
where in that roiehborhood.
The wfo Of Jaak Grant, late Repre-.
sentative from Polk County in the
Oregon Legislature, lust year shot and
trapped 35S squirrels.
The track Of the Charleston Enterprise
Railway is being worked. The iron was
laid below Broad street yesterday.