The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-24
An Alexandria, Va, letter saws:

field OF the Bull Run battle, near Ma.
masses, recently, and so injured that he
wae compelled &c taxa up quarters in
the, neighborhood. Gen. Beauregsrd
was upon o visit to friend in the i'm.
mediate neighborhood.
History repeats itself. Tho Carlists
at Vera recently re.enaoted the old
legend of the Romans carrying off the
Sabine women, but, whereas the Rn-
mans wanted wives, the Cariists only
wanted seamstresses to manufacture
uniforms. One Of the young women
carried of was the possessor of do owry
of 835, 200.
GONG FOR THE BACK PAY.-It was q
shrewd piokpocket who attended the
Iowa. State Fair last week. Looking
about for man with we'll filed pockets,
be espied salary grabber from that
State, Congressman William G. Don.
nan, and straightway relieved him Of
S140 Of his back pay. Mr.. Donnan is
indignant, bat ought he to be2
The Graphic failure has opened the
way for I. Z. Barnum, who has q long
time waited for an opportunity. He
seizes it with avidity, and benevolently
offers to relieve an injured world from
its painful state of disappointment. He
oug ht to succeed; for If anybody can
"raise the wind" Barnum is the man.
The people of Connecticut will de-.
termine at tho ballot. box, OH the first
Monday Of next month, whether they
will have one or two State Capitals in
the future. It is not known how the
contest will be decided, but it is be-
lieyed BY many that the project of only
one capital will be defeated
We think the wicked types are partly
responsible for the statement that "a
Nassau paper reports that while at
Schwalbach on the Feast Of the AS
sumption. the Crown Princess of Italy
joined in the public prayers 'for the
triumph Of the church aud the humilia.
tisn of the Pope's toes"
Justice Elsingcr donned his best suit,
white cravat, white kids aud beaver
hat yesterday afternoon. and repaired
to the country to unto in the bonds OF
motrlmony groom Of sixty aud
bride OF fifteen. The groom is a
widower of only FIVE weeks.
ISarannaA RepuJiican.
Somebody is to give Prof. Wise silk
balloon that is to cost $4,000. It must
hurt the feelings of the ladies to see so
much silk wasted merely to let man 20
to Europe through the mir, when he
could go much more comfortably bv
water.
Mrs. Lemon, Of Centralin, ILL.,, is
running for the Office of school superin-
tendent. Shn is much annoyed when
making her campaign speeches by va
grant boys who spoil her most eloquent
passages by crying out, $50 in,
Lemons"
In the San Francisco races. on the
18th. for the $4,000 purse for the best
trotting time ever made in California,
Occident made the extraordinary time
of one mile in 2.162i. He made ore
quarter mile in 3Gia, and the one-half
mile in l.1O14.
Mrs. Woods, of DeKalb County,
Ind, had the cheek to write to tho E,an
from whom she had been twice divorced,
asking him if he could not take care OF
the children. He replied, eyes, aud of
you, too. and they are now married for
the third time.
The following delegates have been ap.
pointed to represent Spartanburg ia the
Chicago convention: B. Y. Sage, T.. II
Bomar. D. r. Duncan, Maj Evins, DR..
S. Means, s. Bobo, Esq. Maj. Vel.
bourne and G. Cannon.
The Aiken Tribune plaintively de-
scribes the situation in that town as fol-
lows: "Rain plenty; greenbacks scarce;
cotton fruiting slowly; rust iccreasing
rapidly; plahtera looking gloomy; hard
times come again no MORE"
The Milleritos of Cedar County, No.,
fixed Sunday. the oath of last month, rs
tho day for tho general breaking up of
things in this mundane sphere. Slowly
aud sadly on Monday they laid their as
ccnsion robes by for another accession.
a Detroit man who wantod wife
fright away" got one by Advertising
Two days after he was observed walking
fright away" from home, with his left
ear set buck and no hair to speak of on
the bnck Of his head.
A Mississippi legislator has been ar
rested at Louis for doing his stealing in
tho old fashioned and only honorable
way. His namn is Charles Manss He
went into IL hotel like man and stole IL
lot OF clothing.
ga man who can marry and does not,
ought to be damned" is what tho Rev.
j. L. Wicks, of San Diego, Cal, is re-
corto1 fO bnva said in a corD,Ou op