The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-12-07

lt&V3ikt aQme, negro town. LIZ, Beke,
| the great Traveller, bas cent q ransom
for him, and writes to England that the
best thing his friends can do is to take
him home. as his Researches" are
questionable In every respect. Where
is Stanley?
Senator Hamilton and the Texas Rep
resentatives in Congress-, have had a
satisfactory interview with the Secretary
OF War and the Secretary OF the Inte.
rIor, relative to frontier defence, aud
have received their assurances of co.
operation in tho establishment of line
OF posts and telegraphio commnnica-
tion from the Rio Grands to Red lsiver.
A Lowell factory girl. hearing it inti
mated that reduction OF wages would
oe made soon, addressed the foreman in
this energetic style: "Well. all have to
say is, that before I'll work for cent
less wages than I get now, I'll SEQ you
IN Tophet, pumping thunder ut three
cente clap"
AT Newcastle, Del, tho other day,
three white and three colored men were
publicly whipped, the former receiving
twenty lashes each and the latter ten
each. From this it would seem that, if
you are going to become q citizen Of
Delaware, the more OF your surplus
cash you invest in lampblack the better.
The Cunard steamship Abyssinia,
which arrived in New York on Thurs
day last. brought 5l2. 900. 600 of United
States six per cent. called bonds from
Europe, on the way TO the Treasury De-
partment, ut Washington, for cancella-
ton.
doctor lives in the fnubeurg St.
Honore. Paris, over a poulterers shop.
Their sign-boards, perhaps, do not
clash. The first announces the surgeon,
is Visible at all hours" and the
second, killing every day on the
premises"
The English ship Challenger, which
is going around the world examining
the mysterious sea-depthe, reports that
1t has found the Atlantic depths very
uniform. rarely under 1000 fa.homs,
and never over $500 fathoms
This is bad year for Ben. Butler.
he owned stock in the New York Stand
Uu and has to fork over $4,000 to the
creditors OF that concern. He has also
lost largo portion of 100000 he had
Invested In railroad operations III Texas.
The Orangeburg Times says: mo
wonder that South Curolina casts such
heavy Republican vote now.u- days,
when such tremendous loyal element
existed within her borders, even during
the hottest days of the late war"
The man who drove the first spike in
the Union Pacific Railroad, has "sui-
cided. There must be some awful
catastrophe in store for the man who
drove the first spike in the North Pa
cifc.
Anu Shay. q respectable woman, EN-
ployed at North Hoosick, N. Y, was
robbed, outraged and murdered on
Monday night, near the Vermont State
line. The supposed murderer has been
arrested.
The New York Chamber of Com.
merce passed resolution requesting
Congress to provide law that certain
routes on the ocean shall De adhered 10
by outward and inward bound vessels.
According to the accounting officer,
OF the Treasury, the salaries of Govern
nent officials in Washington amount 10
about 81 900, 900 per month, exclusive
Of day salaries.
The rotund figure OF the royal Tweod
is now enveloped in q striped suit. the
imperial head III shaved, and the BOSS"
is for once bossed. Truly, the whirli-
gig OF time brings all things even.
A COOP SIGN. The utter snnbbing
MIR. Summers Civil Rights Bill received
in the Senate is very healthy sign
from the Radical party. They have had
their dose of Snmbo.
Elias Crosby, colored. while hunting
last week. in the neighborhood of Hal
seliyille, in Chester County, accidental
ly shot himself. The wound resulted
III his denth in few hours
For tho first time in the history Of the
republic the annual message of Presi-
dent Grant, sent to Congress on Tues
dny, contains no allusion to Divine
Providence.
Mrs. Wesley Allen. confined in the
Tombs for assisting Sharkey to escape,
will, it is said, turn States evidence,
and in her testimony will impl;catc
prominent parties.
A Now York theatrical manager lately
advertised for supcrnumeraries, and
had 1000 applications. Two-t thirds Of
tho number were respectable young
girls.