The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-26

paper, may be explained and justified in
very few words: The editor wrote the
following sentences: "No undigested sin
was lying on his conscience" and tho
late typo made it read, can old white
hen was laying on his conscience" The
editor was discharged yesterday, on the
ground OF commend dable homicide. +"
and complimented highly by the court
on his promptness.
CIvIL SUIT AGAINST A MunpEnrn
While the authorities of Scott County.
KY, have taken steps to vindicate the
law in the case of Benjamin Osborne for
killing colored man, and have put
him in jail TO await trial, Mary Ellen
Burnes, wife of the deceased, has
brought civil suit against Osborne,
who is wealthy, laying damages at SlO,-
000: With both his money and his life
IN hazard, Osborne is in q decidedly
| tight place.
FATAL RA1LnoAD AccIDEST,-Tbe
night passenger and mail train on the
North eastern Railroad, which left this
city at O'Clock on Friday night, when
ut the five mile curve ran over and
BILLED colored man, named Benjamin
Hammond. It is supposed that he was
asleep on the track. He was not seen
IN timo to stop the train.
Charleston Necs.
BOUGHT A CoUNTY.-A number of
gentlemen from England and Scotland
have left New York for Kansas in com
pany with George Grant, of London.
who has purchased County in that
State for the purpose of founding q
colony. The main purpose of the pro-
]ect will be agricultural, aud the princi-
pal feature stock raising.
The post Office ut Perry station in
Pope County, Arkansas, on the line of
tho Fort Smith Railroad, having been
broken into by thieves two or three
times lately, and the postmaster having
reported that he could not protect the
tnnlls, Special Mail Agent Edgerton has
discontinued the Office.
The vogue into which Paris green and
flour has lately come as q cotton cater
pillar destroyer has developed q suit n
the United States District Court of
Alabama. for Infringement of O patent.
More than ton of Paris green WAS
lately sold at Selma in one day for this
use.
a new hote! OF mammoth size is now
IN course OF erection on Fifth avenue,
New York, between Forty-sixth and
Forty seventh streets. It will be cola
Pleted IN September, and bears the
name OF Windsor. The hotel is owned
oy John s. Daily. and will cost some
thing more than $1,000.O0O.
Prof. Watuon, of Michigan Universi-
ty, has discovered another planet. This
thing must not be allowed to 20 on.
The solar system is getting altogether
too populous. Somebody should serve
an injunction on this irrepressible star
gazer.
There is no telling what the coming
woman will do. But one of the womeG
of Keokuk, Iowa. wishing to aid in the
erection of church, but having no
funds, worked four days on the edifice
putting on laths. That is a striking in.
stance OF manual labor piety.
DIED OF SWALLOWING ACESr.-Henry
Morant, colored boy, living on John s
Island, swallowed cent about week
ago, making him 30 sick that he had to
be brought to this city and placed in
the hospital, where he died on Friday
night. Charleston Ne,cs.
A Turk. named Karasulof, formerly
q resident Of Saratof, Russia, after five
years imprisonment, with his wife and
child, for not practicing the rites Of the
Russian faith. has now been sent to ST.
IBERIA for speaking against the orth odox
church.
Notwithstanding tho great loss by the
November fire. the valuation OF real and
personal property OF Boston this year,
will show an increase of little more
than S7,O00,000 over last year. The
rate Of taxation will be about Sl3 per
thousand.
Somebody nus given one of the young
Grants another beautiful pony. It is
said to be very fat pony; but it is per
haps no fatter than the offico for which
it was intended rs m equivalent.
Louisville Courier. Journal.
Mr.. Frank Stocker, young Charles
ton!an. who has been engaged in trade
at GHdstlcn Station, on the Sonth Caro-
liza li;ilroad, since the war, died ut the
residence Of Mr.. S. d. Dantzler, or
Monday last.
This season has been fatal one fol
newspaper reporters. Mr.. George T
Rowe. of the New York 1rr:es, and Mr.
George T. Keller, Of the Brooklyn
Union, werc drowned on the Goth.
The survivors Of the German Volun
tccrs in tho Hampton Legion had re
union IN Charleston on the 22d.
The deaths the nast week in Naw orl