The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-29
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The usual Friday rain. yesterday.
Curtent query-Where did you sleep
last night?
The nHmber of prisoners now domi.
ciled in the State Peniteutiary is 22S.
three of whom are females.
DR.. John T. Darby departs for New
York to-day. He has been rendered @
professorship in the New York Medi-
oal College.
The ladies connected with the Epis-
copal Sewing Society will accept our
thanks for large cake. It was en-
loyed by number Of individuals.
We acknowledge the receipt Of
card OF admission TO the International
Amateur Regatta. at Saratoga, which
commenced yesterday.
OvercoAts in August are rarity; but
the cold. drizzly weather, yesterday,
made them almost necessary for com
fort.
| Tim. Hurley's white ohildrsn's pic.
ME in Charleston. was not success.
These charitable affairs are not under.
stood at the South.
Mr. Robert NJ Stokes, of the Union
Times. was in the city yesterday. He
reports business as very good and the
new hotel rapidly approaching COM
pletion.
Chief of Police Nixon requests us
to contradict the report, published in
q morning contemporary, that he was
at the Governors residence on the
night OF the big scare.
Messrs. Kinard & Wiley have opened
new stock of hats. OF fall STYLES.
They also offer bargains in clothing, to
CLOSE out old stock. See ADVERTISE
ment
The dogs almost take this city after
night. They howl, too. most audibly;
and in all the parts, from the most an.
proved soprano to the deepest bass,
can be heard in the land.
There are certain perverse and noisy
individuals who imagine that 80 long
as they are on their own premises they
can make what noise and disturbance
they please, without interference from
the officers of the law or anybody else.
Major Morgan requests us to soy
that he was not the leader nor did he
know about the mythical Ku Klu1,
which so terribly frightened the Re-
publican e-holders. on Wednesday
night-his rapid riding was caused by
his anxiety to procure physician to
attend member of his family.
1t is said that Judge Mackey and
Treasurer Neagle. yesterday, discussed
the probabilities of the terrible Geor-
gians crossing tho Congaree River
when the latter suggested that the
bridge should be barricaded. The
Judge said, destroy it--burn it,"
"We)l." j" replied the bridge-owner, "It
wonld be very effective method, but
it would ruin me-can't stand that"
The city police we're so disturbed by
excited officials and others, on Wednes-
day night, that Chief Nixon finally
ordered the arrest and lookup of the
frightened individuals. DR.. Ensor. it
is said, kindly opened the dvors of the
Asylum and admitted several Office
holders. One dusky mortal has not
yet turned up, and fears are enter
tanned that he has started a foot train
for his Northern home-neglectinp
even his carpet-bag. Everything is
quiet now-except those whose risibles
cannot be controlled.
BOLIVAR AND LAFAYErrE.-So
Carolina was the first place in the
United States in which they both land
ed. and at no very distant spots the
one near Georgetown and the other at
Charleston. Lafayette, French man. .
came by the way of Spain; and Boil.
var, Spaniard, came by the way of
France. Both most materially con-
tributed to the independence of the
New World-the one in North, the
other in South America. Among the
persons who received Gen. LAFAYETTE
at Columbia, was Judge Waites, who