The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-22

There is considerable oommsn. ON
the part OF the Secretary Of the Trea.
sury and other officials, says the Wash
ington Chronicle. over the foot OF Gen.
Spinner's having overstepRed the pro-
VINCE Iof his office in circulating
Throughout the country his report,
containing an unwarrantsble assu:r.
tion of,power ih discussing and sug-
gesting, financial measures for the
confederation or Congress, and in ad.
vsnoe of the report OF the Secretary
Of the treasury. It is believed that
there are too many financial theorists
outside, wi.hon. Government omoers
taking hand in it. Gen. Spinner's
duties. as laid down by law, consist in
keeping the public funds. aud dis
bursing them on warrants issued by
the: Secretary OF the Treasury. aud
countersigned by the First Comptr
ler. Beyond the power Of being GUS
indian Of these moneys. the duties Of
his Office go no further. Tho Secrc-
tary OF the Treasury. as financial head
nf the Government, does not endorse
Spinner's unsolicited views on the sub
ject Of finance.
On the 17th Of October u revolution
in favor of Joaquin Fernandez for Pre-.
sident. was made at Panta Arenas, 10
the Republic Of Costa Rica. The
casualties wero slight. The inhahit-
ants dlsarmed the rebels, aud Fe. nan
dez and his followers left the next day
for some port in the North OF tho
neighboring Republic. taking with
them 81 l 900 from the Banco Nacioual.
The same day the barracks in Liberia,
tthe same Kepublio.) were se,zed by
Fernandcz's friends. and fight took
troops lost niue killed and large
number wounded. Peace was soon
re-estab'ished. however. aud the
movement did not extend to the iute
rior.
Visitor latter having asked all the
other convlcts regarding misdeeds und
punishment iul,cted) Well, Collins,
what are you in for? Collins-Be-
cause l can't get out. vi meau of
what were yon convicted? C.-Fryiug
ice. V.-Don't the warden never take
your irons of? C.-No; he's afraid
I'll tuke cold if ho does. V.-How
long were you sentenced for? c.
Ninety nine days only. N.-(Sympa-
thet,calIy)-ALl ninety nine days!
Why, your sentence will soon expire.
and you'll be free again, won't you?
C.-WeII. not 80 very soon either.
Way. how's that? Ninety days
isn't very long! C.-(SIightly closing
left optio) Well, you see. boss they're
all Christmas daysl
It ia stated that the Fall River mills
nse Annually about 135. 900 bales of
cotton, or one-thirteenth Of the entire
crop. which they convert into 332 .00G.-
900 yards OF cloth. They employ over
is. 600 operatives, and pay them $780,
600 per month. In this connection,
some other statistics. compiled from
the latest offioial sources, may be of
interest. The total number of cotton
spindles in the L nited States is 7, 1872.
4l5, Of which 5.509. 308 are in Nav
England. Full River has 1859. 1888.
which is one-si1th of the spindles in
the country. or one-fourth OF those in
New England.
It is said that lawyer at Council
Bluffs was caught IN the act Of eating
pea nuts in court. and was hned $40
for contempt. 1t is not altogether
proper that We shonld medile with the
affairs of the bench or bur. but We
must be permitted TO remark that this
way some judges have of snatching
from lawyers pocket at one fell
swoop his aggregated earnings Of a
whole year. il a shame aud a disgrace
to the jurispru lence OF the country.
aud should be frowned down.
They say that the handsomest girl
in Fort Wayne is named Mercy Con
ISOLATION Smith. The parents of that
girl were more pious at her christen-
ing by at least half. than trne Chris
tiaus ought ever to be. The young
lady certainly finds Consolation in her
name. but just think how much more
she would have found in the simple
name Of Susan Ann or SAry Jano.
The Bessemer steamer system has
been applied to hanging railway car
and successfully teatod in France.
Seated in this car. which lungs OH
elastic springs, the traveller expert.
ences tina Sppsatinn of ranosinu IN II