The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-24

the Christian Association Lave been en-
gnged Tor the public meetings
The Treasury Department has Just
issued an order which, it is thought,
will considerably affect the gold market.
The mint at Philadelphia is instructed
to run its ful! capacity in coiring gold
and silver alone. The same order has
been telegraphed to the mint directors
at Carson City and SaE Francisco, with
the Injunction that the force may be
worked extra hours Tie monthly
addition tn The new coin OF the country
will be t3. 900. OtO throughout the year.
y Trieste paper brings serious charges
against the Crew Of the American fr!gate
Wabash, rec, utiv arrived at that port
They rhldeL the town, gouged ont eyes,
bit oil hoses and assaulted respectable
ladies ii! the streets; while attacks on
the police have forced them to resort 20
their reyolyers. Whole droves desert
the ship. to be afterwards recaptured
no landlord will allow these rutfians to
enter his place.
Capt. Jack is said to be writing his
autobiography on buffalo hide in yer
million. His comments on the system
of warfare adopted by the United States
troops are anxiously looked for at army
headquarters. A splash of paint rep.
resents tbs bursting OF shell, and the
troops are pictured by ,ow Of retreat-
| ing heels.
SHERIFF S ELECTION. The election for
Sheriff OF Marlboro County, held on
Saturday, the 10th instant, resulted, as
vas to have been expected, in the sue
cess Of A. II. knight, he being t.e only
candidate in the field. The whole nun
| bes of votes cast WAS J25. OF which
Knight received sos, ana % were scat
tering.
ISouEsr.-.ln ;nqacs. vas Ae.d On
Friday last, By Trial Justice Knight,
acting as Coroner, over lie body OF jane
| Ocean, deceased, upon the plantation Of
Mr.. Wm. 4. Crosland. rEc verd!c: Of
the jury was, that the deceased ''camc
to her death by the consequence c:
abortion, induced by exposure and i.-c.
Gularisy OF life. "-N~'jor1 Times.
MacAIaLon lives retired, unosto oata.
t;ous life, and though he displayed cx
traorIinary pCmp when sent few years
ago Oh al embassy to Prussia, his man
ners nrc unpretending ard Lis dress
plain. lie seldom appears in uniform,
and the only mark Of distinction he
wears is the red ribbon OF The Legion OF
Honor.
An official census, taken in tie early
part OF the present year, shows that
there were at that time 2G1, 600 slaves
on the Island OF Cuba. In 1867, when
the last previous census had been taken,
! the number Of slaves was returned at
$40, O00,. showing decrease OF l01 900
since that time.
Only four members Of the original
anti-slavery society are now living
VIM. Lloyd Garrison, OF Boston; Benz.
G.. Bacon, of Beverly, n. j.; the Eev.
Moses Thaoher, of New York, and
Oliver Johnson, editor OF the Clris.iu..
| Union.
man. named keiiari,. in Linn
County, Kansas, killed his wife, her
sister md his two children, piled their
bodies upon the floor, covered them
with straw and then sot fire to the heap,
when he was discovered
SNUDBED. Chiei Justice Ludeiing. OF
Louisiana. was SO badly snubbed at the
White Sulphur Springs, recently, that
ho packed his carpeSbag and departed
for parts unknown-rrobably Long
Branch.