The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-12-08

Referring TO the new daily started in
New York recently, the Arcadian watts
US this spicy gale: We oongratulato
new, ,ocmio psperLthe Republic. The
beetN joke It has got of yet was it's
opinion that Mr.. Beecher's enemies
would like to see him "jmmured in
solitary conhnem ent for life with Til
ton and a mutual friend.'"
A youngater who was called upon by
the visiting committee in OhiosRo
public school to read certain para
graph from his reading book which
commenced With quotation from the
"Bard of Avon" after which was the
sbbreviation, ''IShdk.s. ," astonished his
hearers by shouting out: ''A rose by
any other name would smell "a sweet.
Shucks!"
George D. Prentice once remarked
OF James B. Clay, when he was selling
the wood from the house of his illus
trious father for walking capes: 1.-THE
Iarpeian Rock ie now cabbage gar
den, the palace OF the Cms a ropo
walk. the Roman forum cattle market.
and Ashland the home of James B.
Clay"
At the explosion in Paris. q priest
showed great heroism By going into
tue ire to help wounded persons out.
He was badly burned, and when the
surgeons were attending to his hurts,
reporter asked for his name. Ho
said: Write only-a priest"
The liberty OF the press in Austria
IS very we'll illustrated by the expert
ence OF the PoIitih, daily paper pub
lished in Prague, which was stopped
sixty nine times in the course Of last
eu INNER.
The Calcutta Government ie satis-
hed that Mana Sahib has not been
taken. Thus another claimant" ia
disposed OF, and, in this case, much to
the disappointment of the English.
Mr.. Kelly, banker, very promi
nent aud wealthy citizen OF Columbus,
Ga. committed suicide on the 9th Ds-
c.ember, BY shooting himself through
the head with pistol.
The Richmond Enquirer has plsa
for keeping the Democratic party in
power. The party is to give every girl
IN the land sewing machine aud u
feller.
Hawley & Ritter. proprietors of the
Reading. Pa, Eagle, were on Satur-
day fined 81. 200 for the libel on Mr.
Ross. OF which they were recently
convicted.
Gen. Dot, the American dwarf who
recently died in Paris. rests in oofin
not much larger than q cigar box.
They thought it hardly worth while to
cTsuase him.
The foreign governments are evil
dentIy about to initiate "Old Probo
bilities." At least some of the papers
are talking about the new creation of q
landstarm by Prussia.
President Grants brother has been
appointed military trader for the posts
on the Upper Missouri. Orville l..
Grant thus secures one of the richest
placess in the whole Indian country.
The Democrat. at .Maysville, Ky,
announces the marriage of James Leg
gett. of Buokskull, to Sally Dnnkard.
of Buckshort.
The WOODEN trade is not lively Ia
New York. They tried to take n caan
of Tweed ont Of bond last week, bat
failed.
A building belonging to Mr.. Preston
Blackwell at Tucker's Pond, s. O.. be-
tween Augusta and Oalhoun's Mills.
was burned Tuesday night last.
Gin-honse burning is reported ia
different portions of the State OF Geor-
gia-much of it incendiary.
A clerk in the foreign department. OF
Dre1el Il Co.. BANKERS. Philadelphia,
is defaulter in $4,000.
Mrs. Goodale, of Peqaonio, Conn,
is 100 years old. Good ale keeps
well.