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

he was informed wss .,'sosp weed: IN
nocently askiDR why it Was thus dubbed
an old settler mildly remarked that eft
was because It bore little balls OF scented
soap All through the summer for the
convenience OF visitors"
PRoMPT TRIAL AND Cosy1crrnn.
Aaron Stroud, . negro, aged eighteen.
was arraiRned ct Hillsbofo, N, s0.. .on
Iueedsy. the 9th inst, for anIoatraReoug
assault on child four years of aue
Ihursday he Vas tried, and convicted on
clrcumstantial evidence. Friday, Judge
Tourgee sentenced him to iexeou lion on
tha Both Of june next. .---.
Monday night last, merried woman
OF Athens, Ga, left her kome and hus.
band and went of with s,sinRle tnan.
Report says the husband went With them
to the cars, gave her money, and I'm
dered any assistance he wis able to 'sl6tt
her on her downward cotirse. They HAD
no children. She Was Northern NO.
man.
| Advioes from Cape Town, South Africa.
state that the King Of Ashantee. one OF
the most extensive and powerful king
doms OF Western Africa, has declared
war against Great Britain. An Asbantee
army $4,000 strong has marched from
their capital and are threatening hIlmina.
fortified town on the Guinea coast
Much alarm exists.
The: London Observer, speaking O: !.
popular actress, gays: '.She has gone TO
America, the lucky country that steals
all our favorites." To which the DetYoit
Tribune rejoins: ITO think that we
should pay four dollars ticket to see
those folks, snd then be accused OF steal.
ing." --.A- = : = q
! Thihki It, Louisjsta hxs. /, G0d 1t,l
less scEesr-ia cnItjvatidn. tiian ins 1870:
The white population lAA:- dsofsased
more in tha, laat yeSss thaa: e hsd in
CREASED. tweite- years S;aHaeforca Bonds
have deprecated from thirby 70 ninety
per cent. in yalae. And thia is. Grant's
happy rehabilitation. !; .;r7
wis., ny0 nsges s9sse Ass|s6d s # ss sSet
atteE, q vain attempt to p6ison. tham.
selves. have cotumittsd s6icias by
drp 1pifg. because ttkelr isgeGS6SsPaW lu7ers
hsa Iadisidually and collectively dssert-
cd them. , 4: - .cf :
The public lands in the United States
not yet surveyed smadnt to- L25f,B83
acres, .Rnd the SarHe$pr7G General, win
eom tes !ia4 HsRSs M neg saiysye - aefly Al the
.a sae spproRElsiions Z for that purpose be-
The national debt Of Ebglapd was
9s24 830, 00D ten years ago. It nov is
tfS5. So0. OW Phes6 figures show a!re.
duotion OF g38, $50, ,,00O;in the decade OF
yean betwesn 1853 and 16V3--or, nearly
diminntion of sA,0O0,000 sterling per
annQm: : y
+ kSoottaboro. Ala. hes ordained. that
al! bar fooms shall be placed al least Ave
Mules beyond its corporate Iimita; and
the eonseqaapce is that the, Inhabitants
have taken ito suburban psdsstriA, ,ex-
ercfse Ia Tay to delight the heart Of
the hygienist I! = : :!oJ /
Arthur Arnold, a Chicago boy! t,a.
been at work al the winter n building 4
sail boat, but in iaunohing her, the:
other day. be A4ppsqed 10. got drowned:
which cirdnmstAnc6 viii -BUmewhat de-
eraoa from hia snmmeiT enjoyment OF
aquntio spQrA. JuJI .-u1 : Il
The Vicksburg Herald proposes this
brief fuRsrai orAtion over the Eesnains oi
the Mississippi Legislataxe: sit han post
the State 81, 400 par day for sevenfy.tik
deys. ana has done nothing: LET Us
nave peace" .'"I!!ip !.
Quincy tFla.) .1ournal: v.AIhask,; soar.
Ing alo}t In the air, was s4en; 10. ialt to
tho ground Suddenly, a. II shos!i Upon
exathinaH H6h ,iit was found that thA ohfok-
enpest bird raG epyelqped in the folds
OF . snakes,intendsd for . snmtuous re-
past"
The IDdiinApolis ssnane. eipiesssd
much sympathy for the thirsty sditissnS
OF Frankfort, KY, under the impression
that it was that city that was sin the
widest commotion'' on aocouns of the
beer riot. Z: < ~ ).
A correspondent of the New York
WorM suggests the employment OF
bloodhoonds in hunting dowa the Mo.
docs, and quotes the advantageous use
OF those dogs during the Seminole war
in Florida.
A Florida alderman sold his vote for
an oroIde chain and circus ticket, and
his friends are naturally ashamed and
indignant. They know that he might
have obtained jack-knife in addition,
by simply asking for it.
The notorious Cora Pearl was recently
sued in Paris for $3.50 francs worth Of
ornamental models OF her hands, feet,
&c., ordered by her during her palmy
fIn bat