The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-24

P"'o oA"SoN oCa'pc. duU no WOQOor. LII
q white man were to treat his neighbols
hall rs badly as the indians are habit
ually treated by the Government, he
would be tarred and feathered, dragged
through horse.pond, rode on rail,
aud banished from the community. and
justice would weep to see the thing
stopped, even at that.
In alluslon to tho enormous sums rc.
oeived by spies. informers, custom
house officers, etc., for alleged iufrac-
tions OF revenue laws. tho New York
Tribune remarks that 'it should not be-
forgotten that these large amounts co
not representSthe spoils of smugglers;
they are the avails, to great extent, Of
extortious and expressions levied on
the commerce of the country"
The Detroit Free Press tells its read
ears TINT people in Southern Indiana
who "own sixteen or eighteen dogs, are
counted as high-nosed uristocruts." If
the editor of the Tree Press supposes
that he can come to any point in this
country and move in the first circles of
society with anything less than twenty
dogs, we should like to see him try it.
INDIAN PoL1cY.-An Indian greatly
breads hanging. So does white man.
Gen. Harney used to curb the savages
by prescribing rope cravat when he
caught them. Flo attributes all present
Indian difficulties to dishonest agents
and bad whiskey, and recommends the
hanging of the one and contiscatiou Of
the other.
The SPANISH War The famous Mo-
riones, who, for the last six months.
has been overtbrowing and anihiluting
the Cnrlists on paper, has again run
away. He advanced to the relief of Bill
boz, but when he got near the city his
usual discretion overcame him, so he
beat hasty retreat, leaving the town to
take care of itself.
Up to the 18th of this month, the re-
ceipts of cotton at the port of New Or
leans were over 1000. 900 bales. This
is l23, O03 bales more than up to the
same date last year, and are the largest
receipts OF cotton since the war. 1t is
said that the cotton presses in New Or
leans are crammed to repletion. and the
stock on hand is valued at $50. 600. 900.
The true Mount Sinai in Arabia is re-
ported to have been discovered by DR..
Baker, the English traveller, who states
that he found there the remains of
animals that had been sacrificed as we'll
ns Sinaitic inscriptions. It is 8, 900 feet
above the level Of the sea-n proper alti-
tnde for tho rmanation Of the .'higher
law"
y newly married lady. '.jnst for fun" F"
hid toy snake in her husbands boot.
few days ago. The result of tho Joke
was somewhat peculiar. The husband,
on discovering the mock reptile, first
took critical look mt himself in a mir
Tor, and then going to closet, seized
his demijohn and threw it fur out into O
neighboring pond.
Lunalilo, King OF tho Sandwich!
Islands, after popular reign of only IL
littlo more than u year, died on the 81
inst. David halakna, the most power.
ful chief i'll tho nation, and the Dow.
ager Qneen, Emma, are both named fur
the succession. and Lively contest il
anticipnted.
Some OF these fine days" placidly
nl.s"--"s. IL" D;-h-rc.,sl Ef,rri,.7,.
| Judge, j"ry, reporters and spectators
of the uustings Court will wake up in
the basement of the city hall, under
about 1900. 0UO pounds of brick and
N ortnr."
An unknown American brntally muir
dered woman named Molly Howard,
in Trinidad, Colorado, few weeks ago
BE was seized by number of armed
men. aud carried to u largo cotton wood
tree, where several women fastened ,
rope around his neck and hung him.
The New York World warns tho
Acknowledged Chinese to import low nj!
tho delties they need, lest native indus
try should demand protection, and som,
cunning Congressman should insert il
the revised tariff: Goods, crude aud 70
lined, 100 per cent. al vdloren,."
Congress, not long since, passed
vote of thanks to the crew of the at
iantic for saving the officers nnd crew Q
the Scotland in midoc With tina
vote OF thanks as means Of subsistence
we cant SEQ why those sailors don't re
tire from business.
Almer Huntly, OF Cuba, N. L., ngct
l07 years, recently sat on horse to &c
photographed. Poets sometimes per
sonify death as "a paid horseman,
aud Almor must have looked something
like that The omen cannot harm tn,
old mans health very much, however.
a young man in CALIFORNIA; has BIZ
mother, grand. mother and great-grund
mother living in tho house with him