The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-12-16

cieiy Is invited to tho following letter,
which Was recciv. recently by the we'll
known merchant, 10 whom it Is address
eel. Such merit III it shows is worthy
"f commendution from our State So
cle'y. aud exhibits II principle which
shonld be eucouraKed:
-NessrS. &. ". Williams te Co.,, Charles
tom-SIns: by advice Of father, We this
day ship you three bn!es cotton, J. Ii
w. Enclosed find railroad receipt for
same. Hold until ordered sold. We
made these three bales mainly by our
selves We are aged respectively about
eleven aud thirteen years, aud would be
glad If YOU can call tho attention OF the
Executive Committee Of the Agricuitu-
raj Society to this We can substa initiate
the above by our neighbors. Respect
fully, L. p. AID j. II. WARD,
Newberry S. G.
Tb.. r., tGrG-S, Of Port JervA, of the
D II inst says:
y for@er resident nf Port J.rvis. who
saw William ii. Tweed shortly after his
conviction, informs us thut Mr. Tweed
surprised him hy stating that he pro.
posed to publish book, nf an antobio.
graphical character, as soon us he can
secure time enough to attend to it. Mr..
Tweed has carefully kept IA diary of his
llfr, and lie proposes. now that be occn-
pies felon's cell. TO give the world
soma startling disclosures. He proposes
to tell his manner Of doing business,
whom he bought to serve his purposes,
nnd what the average price Of Albany
legislators is. Probably no one in the
country has had so varied an experience
in this line rs Mr. Tweed md no man
can q, Axe such startling revelations
Hundreds OF s,rnight-inc,,!. proper-act-
ing people will by this book be shown
UP III their true light, and the world at
large will get nn idea Of The inner work
ing Of IL gigantic ring.
MODEL FAEMIHG IN PIcKESs Tho
srccrss which attends hard work and
thorough cultivation in the np.country
particularly in the raising OF cotton, is
shown by instances of large returns
from small means that has coz 'o our
kno~icdgn recently. Turner nins,
coiorcd man, VINO lives il ,ch ns
County. male this season tel oales Of
cotton on nine ucres of land. William
Perry, planting very thin land. made
5OO pounds Of lint cotton on II acres.
Il. Powers made 1000 pounds of lint
cotton on one-fourth of an acre Mr..
Moser made 81. bales of cotton and
GoO bushels of corn. This was made
by fhe work Of Mr. Moser, his Wits and
little boy. aud Que horse. Mr.. Perry
used one bag q Atnntic phosphate as 0
fertilizer. aud 4 Powers used stable
manure.
\ SHOCKING SrolY OF OUTRAGE "A
horrible story OF outrag" has been made
public in the town Of Warren, twelve
miles from Detroit, Michigan. a year
and Il half ago one Charles Louis Alton
was employed 10 teach in Catholic
school ~ Warren, aiS, to act III sexton
OF the church. Daring this period
Alton outraged tho persons OF no less
than eighteen school girls, none Of
whom were over fourteen yearp Of ngc.
1t appears the crimes were all ommittcl
i'll the church which aljo;ns The school
house and that the iiend succeeded in ter
rifying his victims into silence for over
year. The neighboihood is ettlcd by
itol!andcrs, generally uncducate1, and
the children were ali Of that nationality.
Alton escaped.
Sir S.nucI Baker lately delivered n
largo and brilliant London audience.
The lissuiviDg view he presented Of the
immortal Livingstone, with scarcely
enough clothes on him. as has been hap
PLY remarked, to wnd single. barrel
shotgun, flying IL dismay beforcthe i'm
nsinary apparition of Scipio Africanus
Stanley. brought tears to the eyes Of the
most hardened wretch present. Tho
Prince OF Wales was there, and wcpt as
though his heart would break.
A brutal murder was committed by
two colorcd men, near Ahbottsburg, n.
O.. a few nights ago. Mr.. Thomas G.
Thompson was the victim, and few
gallons OF whiskcy the incentive Two
men have been arrested on suspicion.
Five Of the freshmen class of Yer
mont University are freshwomen.