The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-12-05

ue'Verablc DGcOmOtr, ! l3 I6. 1aruS
aud fabrics ut Manchester dull but NOT
quntsbly lower
The ring that beats Tw.sd's rug, or
any other ever yet ventilated IN this
country, is the Washington District
ring. The debt Of tho District govel j.
ment. which can now be very closely
| appr04imate1, amounts to So. 600, 0OU.
According to ring estimates 1t WAS
Sl0. .O00. 900. The expenditures oi the
RUG were over 30.UU0,0 900. When 1t
Is stnted that the whole taxable pro-
perty in the District is worth only
s37, 600, 900, the enormi.y Of the grab
may be appreciated.
Very gradually the national dsht Of
England Is being paid oil TIL. Lon.
don fin.sHe. of November 10. contuina
au c1fi :lal announcement from the
Chancellor Of the Exchequer, that the
sum of 81. 3l5 2lo, beng one-fourth of
the surplus Of Income over expenditure
in the year to the Both Of June, 1874,
ls ready to be handed over to the ma.
tiOnal debt mmissioners, aud bv
theEa applied to the reduction o! said
debt. This is the second payment OF
this nature for such purpose.
SHARON. Nevada hus new Senator
named Sharon. He is richer than
Jones. His daughter. the Rose of
Sharon. had wedding the other day,
which made tho nuptials of Nellie
Grant and Maria Sherman pale their
weak, Intellectual fires. Descriptions
have been given of the wealth and
splendor OF the father Of the bride,
but nothing conveys to our mind a
better idea of his magni6cenoe than
the fact that his coal-skuttle cost Sl25.
The reader must imagine the rest.
FOREIGNERS IN Brazil What Sir
Boyle Roche might have called "na-
tive American" excitement exists III
Para, Brazil, in tue form of u rising
OF the citizens against the resilient
ioreignotS. The troops have been re-
qnired to protect the latter, anil the
BRAZILIAN Government announces that
1t Will prosecute u newspaper which
has been active III crcntirg the uers..
cutiun.
Abe Simmons, long II faithful ser
want of our worthy townsmln. Mr..
John Simmons, died IN this village, ON
the .6;h ultlmo. The deceased WAS fer
Slmmons' Hotel. and woii known Ia
tho travelling public.
LuuenS1i"s HruN
! Business grows Iivnly ut Chicago.
Tho banks arc ia funds, luvins Sill.
tWO. .0DD more on deposit than at any
time since the panic. Hogs aud gram
come into the city in unprecedented
Quantities. aud the farmers are 1cceiv.
ing funds i'll rctnrn. The whole Vest
feels the new sti ulus.
| DELAWARE 1t is going the rounds
as something strange that the L.gisla
ture elect Of Dsta ware ,loes not contain
single la wJcr. Arc wo to understand
by this that lawyers nre excluded al.
together. or "nly the unmarried ,n"n OF
To profession?
| a writer in au exchange says that il
the emigration movement succeeds in
carrying OF tho idle lo.fers around
tho cities and towns it will do a hcn,
Q! good. Bat tho :r3ii!j.1 is. k:c;,
THESE sort of folks down stairs aud lney
Will get up and walk straight back.
/ An able paper III an English review
says that IRON utter Lack OF any ra-
t.on"l. systematic oversight of c!l.nty,
New loris has become the rrce;.t ,clr
Tor the panperlsm not only OF tho sur
rounding States. but Of half Tie coun.
tries in Enropo."
The CoTroN TAX --Wo learn from
Western r1c!inng's that Samuel Smith,
Esq oil MarysvlIlo. Cal. has "a scncmo
to pay ,he cotton tax claims, which in.
wolves The Issue of forty year Z per
cent bonds by the Government.
/ The Laurensvile Herald claims Tia,
number of fraudulent certi Gates
have been issued by the h-o Commi..
sionnrs OF that County. treasurer
Fowler has refused to pny some OF
! them.