The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-28
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itcustfprtYta aYe tdnllsu stargfaYe ffona
|:Austfn, Nevada, IS Sacremehf6; now It
costs forty-6ve dollars and twenty-five
cents on the railroad. Seven years ago,
it cost six. cents per pound to freight
powder from Saora mento to Auetin; now
it-uosts six I'd Sseveu cents per pound.
and on sil bulky goods, oils, etc. nearly
as much. The e.s3.:oSs cs the rail.
road are so severe that a popular up.
rising is threatened,
The name Of WiIbeiorce having been
before the people q good deal of late, it
may be interesting TO state that the
Royal George. an, old yacht in Ports.
mourh harbor, is fitted With bust of
the great slave emanoipator as figure
head. and forming part Of the orna-
mental work are two negroes. one on
each side. making altogether an elabo-
rate piece OF work. George ~ thought
80 much Of Wilbeforcs's services that he
caused this peculiar figure head to be
fitted to his yacht.
Won Moltke, whose admirers nave
held that every victory he gained was
the result of profound strategic move
ments, Gays, with the truthfulness of a
gentleman and the frankness of a
soldier, that, except in two iuatances,
hls success was due to the impetuosity y
OF his lieutenants, who rushed on to
action In direct contradiction to his
orders. NAPOLEON owned up to the
same facts in some of his most cele.
brated campaigns.
"A young gent of this city lost his
favorite terrier the other day, and after
burying her in the garden, attached to
his residence, put the following epitaph
HIC JACET PRPpER
Poor Pepper! little had she thought
Her dog days were to be short;
She did not drain life's bitter cup
Death took her when she was a pup
And laid her here beneath the sod,
As good dog as ever trod."
London correspondent describes
the Princess of Wales as being lovely
woman, tall anil perfectly formed; her
every movement is graceful, and her
manners winsome and wholly nuaffect-
ell. Her face is HI sunshine and sweet.
ness, and Que never to be forgotten.
Her popularity in England is very
great, all classes regarding her with pc
cuilar affection, not more for hcr beauty
than for her faultless character as u
wife and mother.
A writer in an English paper saws:
There can be no donbt now that the
Vienna Exhibition has proved failure.
Nulgariy speaking, ut has not paid. i"
There is. indeed, growing impression
that no great exhibition in future can be
q financial success. The world is tired
OF exhibitions. They are no longer
novelties. and. therefore, no longer at-
tractive."
Sam. Bowles, Of the Sprinefi cid
Mass.) Republican, says that when
United States Senator Oliver P. Nor
ton, OF Indiana, says las he did) that
the Tammany Society made the nomi-
nation Of Horace Greeley, he s'lies and
the truth is not in him. The laws
against dueling in sachusetts are
very severe.
History repeats Itself. The Carlists
at Vera recently re-enacted the old
legend Of the Romans carrying off the
Sabine women, bnt, whereas the Ro.
mans wanted wives, the Carlists only
wanted seamstresses to. manufacture
uniforms. One OF the young women
carried of was the possessor OF do WY
of $50. 900.
DEATHs.--Mr. Charles Thompson.
father Of Col. Thompson, of the Keo,oae
Courier, died last week at his residence,
a few miles above Pendleton.
Mrs. Williams, relict Of the late j ere
miah Williams, aged over eighty years.
died at her residence in the lower part
Of Pickens, last week.
GOLD FROM ENGLAND. On Weines-
day, el3S.000 OF gold wes withdrawn
from tho Bank OF England for shipment
to the United States, and G2O, 900 was
ia follow on Thursday. The opinion is
expressed by leading fnanciers that
there will be flow of gold to the
United States from England for some
time to come.
Finely cot steel. very highly polished
is the garniture used in imported bon.
nets. 1t is shown in slight fibroue
leaves, that trembIs and glitter like
jewels. Cherries, currants and grapes,
especially white grapes, berries and
other small fruits, are among the arti.
fetal trimmings.
Last words OF the two roughs who >.
Gently killed each other at Truckee
Fngate- -"Oh. God! I'm. killed" White
-"Thank God, I've Killed him. It's
sOme satisfaction to Enou thok IT,. -.