The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-03
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nameS~of O0o9k6sssoe0 Adec1ihinR their |
back pay, Treasurer Spinner writes as
follows. under date of April 10: shave
no objection to stating, for your inform.
alton, the amount Of back pay that has
been returned to the Treasury, which ie,
TO- this date. $77,757.77; but, as a con-
sidera6ie portion OF this amount has
been returned by Senators and members
who have requested that no publicity be
givensto the matter, I do not feel at Ii.
berty to furnish their names" :"
{. The man who does not die from dis.
ease lives from eighty to 100 years. Pro.
vidence has given man q century. of life.
but he does not attain it because be in.
herits disease. eats unwholesume food.
gives license TO- his. psssio4ss Ind per.
mits vexation to disturb his healthy
equipoise; he does not die, he kills him
self. This, we presumB,, is the modern
doctrine. The ancient eDuuciafiou, as
given to us in tha Bible. aflots three
score years and ten to man.; 4 But the
Bible iB an old-fashionea book. .1-3lI; r
Journalism is making rapid progress
in Japan. Two results will undoubtedly
flow from the extension II the newspH.
per--the unifcation Of the Language and
the decay of the story teller. The ia
panese are aoxious to hear tales-the
most hlmay will please them. But the
spread Of tho. newspaper indicates that
henceforth news and not stories must be
the prominent consideration ii, periodi.
cal literature. ',ar, i r
The brewers OF Frankfort. Germany.
raised the price Of beer the other day.
which so exasperated the people That
they organized q riot on the spot, during
which sixteen breweries were wrecked,
and twelve persons were killed and FORTY
wounded. In the riot itself, we can
take no sort OF interest; bnt the con-
temptation of such d reckless destruc.
tion OF beer is really painful.
The little boy based from the wreck Of
the Atlantic was not saved for nothing.
Glory waits him. Also money. 9Tbee-
ther with a giraffe, q fat woman, ele-
plants and other curiosities, he is Of.
fered the proud privilege Of travelling
with Mr.. Barnum. 1t ia delightfully."-
gratifying to know that the terma pro-
poeed by Mr.. B. include $40. 600 and the
right to sell his photograph Lrd
4 New Orleans papssI aunopnces that
'Mr. Charles Morgan, the great capital
ist, who has heretofore paid taxes TO tho
amount OF $97, 900 per iannum,. has re-
fused to pay either licenses or taxes.
aud openly declares that il the ao.called
Kellogg Government. institutes Suit
against him, he ia ready to adopt Tho
proper measures for his defence"
A summary of the religious atasistics
OF the oensds show that church property
has more than quAdrapled during the
last twenty years, while membership has
increased only Atty per cent. 1 Tho HE.
thodists POSSESS the largest amount df
property aud tho largest number: OF
members-869, a5Y. 12f and 6.6B. .209
members. 'ai.. - Tgo:g.) .LcJ |
The DsIb9ry rNews says Abe Black
Crook is to ba there again IN about three
months, "whioh is a iohg time to Wait;
but. then, the street crossings ste rerv
muddy A single glimpse of pretty
ankle at a muddy cros$ing. ia raofel i'd
spring to the poetic s5ul than 20 per
petnsI view, of AL the ,unbiushiug spin-
dle.shanks of the ballet.
A Florida hunter has killed 300 ALT.
gators since the middle of Deoembef,
none OF them being lesa than Ave feet
long md some much longer. 9 The mind
Is filed with ama8ement at the .contem.
plation Of 5000 feet Of jalligatofs, more
! Or less, crawling with open jaws oyer,the
breast OF that Florida Nimroa In ghast-
~ and grinning nightmare. .f5l.i
Dir. Aaron Smith, of Madison County,
Ga, died some days since, from little
briar being run into his hand, which SO
inllamed the whole limb thai Ideath en-
sued. Mr.. Smith was about seventy
years old. and DIP to the time of the ao-
| cident that caused HE death. was hale,
hearty msl. G
SUDDEN DEATH Yesterday afternoon,
MIR. Fielding Lucas, who was well known
in this place, died abont mile from the
city. He was walking about the day be-
fore, seemingly as well as usual, and yes
terday evening he was corpse. We are
nnacqnainted with the uause OF his sud-
den death. Charlotte Observer.
VIM. NJ. Gathright, Esq. highly re.
spected citizen OF Jackson County, Ga :,
was in-tantly killed last Friday, burn.
ing limb Of tree falling on his head,
while he wns engaged in fighting FIRE on
his premises.
A local paper warns it's fair readers
that the side walks OF Omaha abound in
holes "the size Of lady's foot" and in