The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-04
A oolored prisoner, named Denny,

ntsses Rollins. OF thls city, ,,cut a hole
through the wall of the jail, on the North
side ofthe buildings and .escaped, about
O'Clock, yesterday morning. he has
not yet been recaptured.
Judge Carpenter holds under advise
ment the application for Injunction
heard Saturday. in the case of the Co
lumbia Water Power Company against
the city. Q. D. Melton. Esq, appeared
for the motion. and Messrs. Pope &
Haskell and the City Attorney against.
Messrs. q. e. Davies & Co., of the
Plain street "Useful Store" are in re-
ceipt OF fifty pair grouse-large, plump
and JUICY. They will accept our thanks
for specimen.
To-day is the anniversary Of the assem-
bling OF the first Confederate Congress,
at Montgomery, Ala. In that body were
great minds.
1t will be seen by reference to our
kilograms that Hon. James T.. Orr,
Minister to Russia, sails from New York
tomorrow.
William Lowry, convicted OF being q
Ku Klux. has been pardoned from the
Albany penitentiary by the President.
Mr.. J. N. Long, agent for r. Graham
& Co., announces the receipt of fifty
head of Kentucky mules and horses.
See their advertisement.
Mr.. K. Elias, formerly q resident of
this city. visited his old homo Saturday.
He has located in franklin, Macon
County, N. G., for the purpose of fol-
lowing the profession Of the law, having
completed his studies OF the same under
Chief Justice Pierson, Of that State. Mr..
Elias is the guest of Mr.. D. Epstin.
Two colored boys were playing with a
cartridge, yesterday. by placing it on a
board and throwing stones at it. They
managed to explode it, and one of them
was slightly wounded in the mouth
thereby. The unipiured youth was
placed in limbo.
PHGN1xIANA.- -''Xqq haste" is the
latest among lazy correspondents.
It is said that the newspapers are the
means of great many ladies "gettipg
their backs up."
The home Walking about with
baby in the night.
The self-fastening button, invented by
O lady in Amherst, is pronounced con-
trivance for the encouragement of oe-
libacy.
Distance, in New York. used to be
measured by so many blocks, but dis
contented horse-car passenger says that
since the snow-storms it is better esti.
mated by 80 many blockades.
Frankly speaking. what is to be done
with Congressmen's dirty clothes, now
that they can't send them home by mail
to be washed without paying postage?
Somebody brings i'll bill, which the
House of Representatives passed on the
Gath inst. Prohibiting gift-enterprisea
in the District of Columbia" Emi-
nently proper. Let the Senate concur at
once. and then let Mr.. Grant abolish
half Congress aud proceed to commit
Jclo tie Sc himself.
| SWINDLINd CIRCULARS FROM NEW
YoRk.-For long time, New York city
has been tho headquarters OF a gang OF
swindlers, aho profess to sell counter
felt money. They send through the
post Office printo,l circulars, addressed
to people whose names they get posses
sion of, appointing the latter to be
confidential agents." and pretending to
bo very cautious and mysterious. Thou
sands of people in this city and State
have received such circularG. and have
wondered why they were selected as the
confidential agents OF the pretended
counterfeiters. But there is n selection
about it. The swindlcrs send their cir
culars to every address they suppose will
give them any show of success. with The
hopo of finding out of every hundred or
thousand some one person sufficiently
composed of knave and fool to bite at
the bato they throw out through their
circulars. And now and then they do
find customer of the kind described,
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