The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-01-28


B Hubbard, Charleston; Mrs Bulow and
child, 8 @; A Adams, Saratoga; r G
Harper, Md; W J Middleton, Charles
ton; j Tuomey, Sumter; W Hirsch,
s O; A 81 Myers, Pu; T II Cooke, Green
Vile; L P Guffin, Abbeville.
Hendrix House j 4 Cannon, Pomaria:
Thomas Jordan. Graniteville; T Rose,
Chester; John 8 Scott, Mars Bluff; L
y Rice, ChnrleLton; A G Cudworth, h
Garter, New York; e NJ Wrenn, j W
Price. Baltimore; L Pouge, Hillsboro;
u r Leak, Charlotte.
Ihe Louisiana complication hns got
so far beyond the mathematics Of the
political arithmeticians that the only
way to solve the problem is to rub out
Tue hgures aad begin anew with Il clean
slate. Well, there is some virtue in a
sponge after oil. The only pity in this
case ls that some Of tho disreputable
characters cannot be wiped out once
for all.
Forbear to sport an opinion on SUBJ
]ect OF which you are ignorant, espe.
clally In the presence of those to whom
1t is familiar. If it be not always in
yonr power to speak to the purpose. it
certainly is to be silent; and though
thousands have remembered with pain
their garrulity, few havo had reason to
repent their silence.
What are We male bipeds coming to?
Leading woman suffragists assert posi-
lively that the now Chief Justice is a
hrm believer in their theories The
Vice.President ayows himself to Miss
Anthony q warm, though owing to his
ofhoIal position, necessarily silent and
inactive friend to her movement.
We are not surprised to learn that
our bellies now create artificial dimpies
IN their checks by sacrificing their four
molars-for do we not read that
.'Her cheeks. that dimple in her smile,
Bear pinks that blossom all the while?'
which is far more becoming than show
ing ones teeth.
FIRE AT UNION Po1NT.-Sunday last,
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the
eating house at Union Point, owned by
Il. Boil, caught fire from spark from
tho kitchen chimney, and was totally
destroyed, together with the furniture
and other contents. Nothing was
saved. There was no insurance.
Frank Ingram, a workman on the
steamer Quinneberg, in Philadelphia,
was preoipitated to tho floor, q distance
OF twenty feet, the fall causing almost
instant death. In falling, Ingram c1me
down head foremost. and struck fell
low-workman. named Michael Rowan,
upon the neck. Rowan is not expected
to live.
Your CoNvERsArIoN.- OF what cha
racter is it? Is it pure? Whatever it
may be, be assured it is an unerring in
dex to your heart. The tree is known
by its fruit. Out of the abundance OF
the heart the mouth epeaketh. Let your
words be words Of truth and purity.
MURDER IN CoUKT OF JUSTICE. A
man in Galveston, charged with mur.
dor, was waiting the commencement of
his trial, whom the son OF the murdered
man approached unpercevel and shot
him through the head, killing him in
stantly.
The managers of the proposed E!e-
vatei Silent Railroad Company, who
propose to run track from Fulton
Ferry in Brooklyn to East New York,
are said to be noiselessly at work col
lecting funds to influence the passage of
their charter through the Legislature.
Bazaine. before leaving for ST. Mar.
guerlte, entrusted to political friends.
among other papers, memoir contain
ing al account Of the efforts of tho I'm.
perial party to negotiate with Prussia.
to be published when circumstances
permit.
BAEz -Ex- President Baez has not
como to the Uuited States without a
mission. lie says that his purpose in
coming here was to do what he could
toward securing the annexation of ST..
Domingo to the United States.
II am weary Of life. bury me deep on
the hill side," wrote a young man in
Dubuque; bat they pumped him out,
and that same night he went to the orr
Gus and laughed till he cried ut the
antics Of the trick mules.
An exchange says that "a new era in
journalism is in prospect at New Or
leans. Seven duels are now on the tapis
between the leading editorial writer's of
that town, after which the survivors
will have several old scores to settle"
The Pilot, at jackson, Miss, wants
an editor. The last one went out With
a revolver to uphold one of his editori.
ais, and he came back on wagon with
blanket over him.
Mr.. John Fl. Kew. the youno man