The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-13

49, eIapg ont their. time and saving q
F!!Ssie w g ae9tS The Chinamen set up on
fs9elf0y EeeonRt, and sold shoes at 40
RMe a fess ShsA fhsy completely beat out
! tlEssg seaIf Old 3ets. who, to their
sme1 al Vhsgrin, found them
tAsa.as tt4has ts compete with their for.
entf4EySess 3D. the shoe manufao.
+ f5HEere nkSs iss6iiYsd TO take white sp-
Prenttoss In future, and the recent
Chinese importation of !, ,248 immigrants
are not wanted q! any price.
In an action Tor slander. Justice
Oresswell put the case to the Jury in the
emphatic words: Gentlemen, the de.
| iendant's . afoul-mouthed fellow. What
aamsges9 example of judicial
osevlty only to be matched by Baron
Asoersons address to q convicted pri-
soner, who prayed that Goodnight strike
nim dead where he stood il he were not
Judge sternly and ooldly said: prisoner
st the bar. as Providence has not inter.
posed in behalf OF society, the sentence
OF the court is that you be transported
Tor the term Of twenty years"
A Florida coast letter to the New Yotk
Sun says: stMost Of the Inhabitants here
wear wrecked goods. Even their hats
and shoes come from stranded ships.
Their wives and daughters have dressea
ana aprons made Of wrecked calico,
their tables are covered with wrecked
linen. and their beds are spread with
wrecked muslin. A good wreck will
supply an economical family for years.
Inc ship ashore is regarded as 1egiti-
mate prey. The people are honest and
| ~ M ~ h-A
for wreck like gulls for dead fish.
ANOTHER JEWISH EXODUS. The brutal
prosecutions which the Jews have suf-
Tered so long in Roumania will probably
result not only in benefits to the Jews,
Unforeseen by their prosecutors, bat in a
great gain to this country. Several
Teattny Jews have recently arrived in
Nov York, as agents Of their brethren in
Roumanis, to se.soo.. /. hcme in the New
World, where the colonists NAV eniov
religious freedom. As soon as home
is sacored, from 5000 to s, 900 Jews will
| embark for New York.
PKNsfoN' TO WIDOWS. The pension
s4Ms es amended by the last Congress
having ono child. The amount m "odGns Of in
ereese 70 IA Per month, and has NOT been
allowed heretofore except where there
wS: more than one child. MANY claims
are now being fled under the new Law.
and the question to be decided is hether
the increase is to date back from July az
1865, the date Of original Act increasing
widows pensions, or from date OF modi-
fed law Of last session.
Moncure D. Conway tells this story in
one OF his London letters to the Oincin.
natl Commercial: 'Let me conclude NV
letter with the following little converse.
ton which I overheard at the AdeIphi
Theatre few evenings ago. The play
vas "Jack Cade." First stranger. re.
marking upon one of the earliest thefts
OF the hero, says, He's fair candidate
Tor Newgate. Second stranger says. IF
he went to America he'd be fait candi.
date for Congress-. Fact"
TR1FLINa WITH NOBLE RED MAN.
A: Kansas district school was recently
visited and addressed by Messrs. Biz
Mouth, Powder Face and Spotted Wolf
all the noblest kind OF noble red men.
a misohievous sohool-boy placed a pin
trap where Big Mouth sat. down, and
that chieftain was observed to rise hastily
and remark: ugh! too much feo
bite. he no stay to hear GLASS in Ana
lytical Geology" Then he left.
BRUTAL AssAuLr.--M Aaron Thomas
was brutally assaulted one day last week,
by two pegroes, whom he met on the
highway. One OF the negroes knocked
him of his horse with an axe, and the
other stamped him in the face with his
feet. Mr.. Thomas thinks he knows one
OF the party. The assault was made
without provocation whatever. Mr..
Thomas was very seriously hurt.
Pickens Sentinel.
Hector Gardner. q oolored thief. who
has been plying his vocation in Augusta,
Charleston and Aiken for some time, was
arrested few days ago, and while being
carried to the latter place for trial, suo.
ceeded in slipping his hand cuffs and
made his escape from the cars as thew
were passing Williston. This is tho so.
cond time he has escaped at that point.
1000 Yankee clocks were recently
shipped to japan, and now every daimio
IN the country that can raise the stamps
wears one of these neat and reliable. but
not gaudy. time pieces, strapped on his
breast, and when the clock strikes he
draws larger crowd around him than n
monkey at circus.
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