The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-10

ropgbIy Acquainted with all the par
tioulars Of the late election, informs
us that not q gun or pistol was fred /.
on that day, except at Liberty Hill
A colored man. by name Mobiles, went
to that precinct, as be said, to raise
fuss. He slapped white boys face,
and struck q white man with q sIupR
shot, and was killed. There were some
quarrels, as usual, elsewhere. but no
collisions. The most orderly election
our informant ever saw was at Edge
field Court House.
HONE MANUFACTURES There is on
exhibition at the Fair Grounds large
and magnificent 10. OF machinery and
castings of all descriptions. which are
entirely home manufactured, including
the painting. bronzing, 60. They are
from the Congaree Iron Works, Major
john Alexander proprietor, and reflect
great credit upon his skill and superior
workmanship. The list of articles is
too lengthy for enumeration here, but
we advise all visitors to the grounds to
go md see the collection, and hence
forth know that there can be as fins
articles in that line man nnfactured in
Columbia as can he obtained in the
North.
INDIAN SUMNER This is the Indian
summertime. Nature. seemingly re-
gretful at being compelled to nnloose
the restive Boreas and lot him 20
bowling over the world, gives us
short respite after the equinoctial
storms, wherein we may warm our
selves in the sunlight once more before
the price of coal shall begin to soar.
The days Ae warm; the skies wear
sort of snbdued cerulean hue; the hill
Tops are decked in red and gold; the
valleys lie half hid in the hazy blue Of
the atmosphere, nd-persimmons are
ripe. It i, the time when the beasts
of the field aud tue fowls OF the air be-
giu to cast about far their winter
boar ding houses. The grizzly bear
spends his afternoons in examining
bids for frost-proof shakedowns. The
partridge and rabbits are industriously
engaged in stalking off their territorial
land claims. The wild fowl have
bought their tickets over tho various
air lines, and are now winging their
way to sunny Southern duck ponds.
It would seem that this is one of
Dame Natures shopping seasons. She
is out looking for furs. and getting her
shoes half-soled before the snow falls.
OF course. it would be sheer folly on
her part did she not court the weather.
clerk for q few glimpses Of sunshine
to enable her to do her trading COM
fortably. The school boy falls prey
to the seductive hickory.nus and al
Turing coiuQuepin. He imbues his
hands in walnut juice, and is happy.
Verify. il be be real aud true boy,
there is no good in him. Now, too,
the dusky Aborigines of the Western
plains put new feathers in their scalp
locks. and spend the day, from early
morn till dewy eve, in chasing the ius-
cions buffalo. But when Luna hangs
her silver crescent or golden shield, as
the case may be. in the sky, he does
n-wooiDg go. for it is the red warriors
love. making time. Thus, between buff
falo steaks and soirees, be is in his
glory, and forgets that chill December
means icicles and smallpox. and an
nnseemly scramble for Government
blankets and ire-water. To him the
season is the most auspicious of all
others. he regards it as the gift of
his most honored deity, the god of the
Southwest, who sends him the gentle
South west wind. and to whom he be-
lieves Lis soul will go after death.
SUPREME Court DECISIONS, MONDAY.
November 8. 1874.-George Nj. Thew,
Cashier. appellant, ps. the Southern
Porcelain Manufacturing Company.
respondent. Motion refused and con.
fession of judgment vacated and set
aside. Opinion by Wright, A. J.
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