The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-09

oAulHo UISafEanGemoDG OF Enc MARKET
cansed by the Boston fire. The sWash-
lngton mills at Lawrence have virtually
stopped, while the Marland mills at
Andover have shut down, throwing
large number OF operatives out Of EN-.
ployment. The WOODEN business at
AmeBbury and Salisbury hos not been at
40 low an ebb for fifteen years as at the
present time. Fortunate are those
manufacturefs-few and far betNsen-
who are we'll stocked with the raw ma
terial. - -
ANOTHER SOUTHERN OnA1M.--The
Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more Sun, writing under date of Friday
last, says the Southern Claims Commis-
sion had before them the day before the
witnesses in behalf OF DR.. Webster NJ.
Raines, OF Washington, D. O., formerly
OF Macon, Ga, for $50. 900 worth OF
supplies furnished to Union prisoners
escaping from Andersonville or oopAned
at Macon, including one charge siof
$40. 1000 for SUPPLIES to three Brieadior-
Generals, thirty.6ve Colonels and nine
Majors. That claim needs good deal
of tqyesti CATION 81
A st: Petersburg despatch, dated Jan
uary 30, says: "Pu6lio opinion is in an
~NStpSA ntNto OfGI fdCCUuuta Oh AtIOClOup
cruelties perpelrated by the Khivans on
the Russians who have fallen into their
hands. The people arc heartily in favor
Of the expedition against Khiva, and de.
mand the exemplary punishment Of tho
Khan. The military preparations for
the campaign are on grand scale, and
are being pushed forward with vigor.
The total force will probably number
5O, 0OO men. Princes and others Of high
rank arc volunteering to accompany the
army.
We find this thrnst-as keen and ir-
resistible as it is deserved-in the New
York Tribune: Eat the close of the
political canvass Of 1872, after q most
bitter personal campaign against the
liberal candidate for President, the
Vice-President of tho United States gave
to the religious press Of the country u
contribution over his own name. It was
entitled Does Calumny Pay? He 10.
ferred especially to tho Credit hIobilier
'calumny.' In Wow OF recent develop
ments another contribution might be ac-
ceptable from the same pen. Let it be
called-'Does Perjury Pay?'"
A Coon REPoRT.-We learn that the
gross receipts of the Cheraw and Oar
lington Railroad Company, from all
sources. have increased sixty per cent.
over former report. This is certainly a
good report, and speaks we'll for the
labors of its present supervisor. This,
too, argues much in favor of hearty
support of this faithful servant, in his
earnest efforts to open the new road from
Cheraw to Salisbury, which we learn Mr..
Townsend is anxious to open by Septem-
Der ne1t.-Darlinglon Somhernsr.
Another supposed car.hook murder is
exercising the people of New York. An
unknown body has been found in Hobo
ken. and the marks and outs about tie
face and head indicate that the death
wounds were inflicted by the implement
which got Foster into trouble. A driver
has been arrested, and the proofs against
him are very strong.
William Davis, an ex. x.polioeman of
Moberly, No., attempted to force ad-
mittance to the private room of Mrs.
Patton, n milliner of that town, about Q
o'clock on Tuesday morning. She
warned him to desist. He threatened to
burst open the door, whereupon she
shot and instantly killed him. The
coroner's jury exonerated Mrs. Patton.
A careful estimate has been made Of
he area of the timber lands of Penn
sylvania and the average yield of lumber
per acre. and the alarming conclusion is
reached that three years stocking, at the
present rate of 500, 900, 600 feet per year,
would entirely exhaust oil the pine lum-
Der now standing.
Mr.. w. Corfield, watch maker in the
Market place, LitchGeld, England, was,
with his whole family. wife, mother and
four children, suffocated by FIRE in his
house. on the morning OF January H.
The house had the Three Crowns Hotel
on one side, aud the house in which DR..
Samuel johnson was born on the other.
A humorous individual-who would
be fine acquisition for the chain gang
locked the door of St. Paul's Church,
Columbus, Ga, Sunday night, during
service, and it WAS about O'Clock in the
morning before tho congregation dis.
persed.
A man in Kentucky has been married
four times, each time having been mar
ried by the same minister, in the same
house, to four daughters of tho same
family.
A Memphis Dntchman thought ho
discovered III Rip Van Wrinkle his long
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