The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-30


feet each. The cost of these briducs
Will not be less than S.. 600, 900 each.
a London correspondent writing upon
the illness Of the Pope says: ''In addi.
tlon to the bronchitic affection under
which the Pope has suffered for some
Time and bis present attack of rheumatic
lever, he has suffered for many years
from valicose ulcer in the leg, the
temporary closing up of which is fol.
lowed by eplleptoid seizures of q very
exhaustlng kind, while its re-openine.
whether spontaneous or artificial, pro.
cures exemption from these seizures.
Ihls safety valve, however, is said to
nave at last failed him, the cerebral con.
gestla caused by the proxysms of cough
ing sufficing of itself to induce epileptoid
atta"k in spite Of the ulcers remaining
open."
The last census exhibits some facts
which Will do to reflect on as showing
Inc Inc amount OF crime in the various con-
dltions OF society in Massachusetts, and
Georgia. In Massachusetts, one person
IN every 577 is a criminal; in Georoia
only ono criminal in 1,6O6. or The
native whites in Massachusetts ono in
every 94G is criminal; of native whites
In Georgia only one in every 4. 9S2 is Il
convict. OF the colored people in
Massachusetts there is one criminal ,o
every 100; in Georgia there is one to
every 9l3. Foreigners in Massachusetts
are criminal i'll the proportion of one TO
296; in Georgia only Que in 100.
How very brief is tho sorrow and re-
spect felt for the memory of the most
successful politicians. Lincoln was sum-
posed to be the favorite son of Illinois
in his lifetime. They voted for him
again and again, and trumroted his
praise as the leading spirit of tho party
OF tue Union, and when he met his sad
iate monument was erected, with
much pomp aud ceremony, to protect
his remains. The monument, which
seems to have been u poor job, il already
IN pad repair. and the cofliu is described
as dripping with moisture and covered
with Jumps Of plaster.
The insurance of $1,000 on Horace
Greeley's life. which has lust been col.
iected, will be nsed, it ia eaid, in erect.
ing Il palace for the Tribune, "as u me-
moral" Tho policy is said to be the
largest that has been paid in tho last
decade. The policy was taken out
three years ngo, by the trustees of the
lrtoune Association, for their own benc-
tit. $40, 600 was paid by tho North
american Company, $4,000 by the
Globe, S20. 600 by the Mutual, and the
rest by other than city companies.
Franco is determined to rule ALICE.
ria with nn iron hand. The insurrec.
ton among some of the Arab tribes Inv.
ing been partially quelled, four of the
chiefs have boen executed in Constantine
1t IS very doubtful If Algeria will ever be-
worth to Franco the blood and money il
has cost her.
+. L. Tainter. cashier of The Atlantic
Bank, New York, has Ito the great sur
prise OF it's President) "uscd," during
tho past five years, $40O, 600 of the
banks funds, lost them, and then called
OH tho clearing house and closed the
concern.
The present high stage of water in
Michigan is welcomed by tho lumber
men OF the State. They arc now en-
aDled to font off logs that have lain for
TWO years, and had been given up as
worthless.
London Republicans have determined
TO prosecute the Carlist Committee there
Tor collecting funds for Don Carlos,
claiming it to be violation of interna-
tional law.
Tho illicit distillation of Scotland is
entirely exhnguished. and nothing but
the iaintest ''trace," as chemists would
say. OF the old trade can now be found