The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-12


+ In high fusion orioles, the opinion is
strong that there is no possible chance
for the recognition Of the Kellogg Co.
veynment. They Htate that the members
OF the Committefsof Privileges and Elec.
ttOns are outspoken in denounoing >the
Kellogg Government az q usurpstion.
they even use more energetic phrases.
The fusionists seem confident that
MoEnery will be recognized, and MoMil-
Ian seated. There is no prospect Of
action in the Senate to-day upon the re-
port OF the committee submitted yester-
day. Tomorrow. when the Houses meet
in joint convention, objection will be
made when the vote Of Louisiana is
called up, when the Senate will retire.
Itwil!require the consent of both Houses
to count her vote. This is improbable;
and as it's result will not affect the Presi-
Dental result, or have any bearing upon
weightier questions to come, tho matter
will almost certainly be allowed to go 10y
default. Bets on Louisiana will be off,
The ScoLD's BR1DLE.-To the museum
department OF the public library of Ken
lucky. there came yesterday u Drank of
soold's brides, of the kind used years
ago in England aud Scotland. for the
punishment OF females who were ad-
judged to have made too free use of the
tongue. 1t was dug from the ground in
our sister State Of TENNESSEE. where,
beneath the walls of an uninhnbited
building, it had lain timo out of mind
1t bears the rust Of years. and no doubt
came to this country with the earliest
settlers. Possibly some lerd Of creation.
world. brought with him to the new Ais
rtv opI ncfr g
her. 1t consists in an iron band to ,nss
undor the chin and over the top part of
the head, with sharp, cii.el-shaped
projection. extending two inches lu-
wardly, to be inserted into the mouth.
1t was held in its place by another iron
band extending around the back part Of
the head, and fastened with pad lock.
When the instrument was first put on
the scold, her tongue had to reccde to
the back part of tue mouth, and there
remain quiet or be cut to pieces by tho
sharp edge of the iron put there for
that purpose. To scold, or even talk, in
this fix, was impossible, md the woman
thus bridled had to keep silence.
When Blackstone wrote his "Com
mentares" it was the law of England
that scolding woman was nuisance,
and she could be indicted and punished
by what was known as the ducking. STOOL
This was kind of chair to which the
scold was fastened, and in which she was
then plunged into the water as often as
it was thought her offences deserved.
DR.. Platt, who wrote history Of Stat
fordshire. grew eloquent in his dcscrip.
tion of the Drank, aud in giving it pre-
ference over the ducking stool. He said
the ducking stool might give the woman
cold and thus iniure her health, and in
| addition thereto she could use her tongue
during the intervals between ono duck
ing and an other. The Drank was open
to none of these objections, in the
learned doctors opinion, but was just
| the thing for the work to be done.
In shape the Drank is unlike the bride
or halter used for mules in this country.
Tho striking difference is in the Drank
being entirely of iron, while tho bride
OF the mule is Of leather, except the bit.
The English or Scotch sculd must have
been terrible animal to have required q
bride entirely of iron, when it is known
here that We can handle mules with
leather halters.
Louisville Courier Journal.