The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-26


An attack WAS threatened on the Jail
by fifteen meu from Meansville, but
was frustrated by Sheriff McLane.
Last night, detail OF twenty five meu
was patrolIing the city, in anticipation
OF HI attompt to reltuse the murllerefs
in the Jail. Threats ure made freely
by the Mexicnns to burn aud rob the
city. Abont 500 wore subscribed to
last night for the cupture of the mur.
derers, and petition will be present
ed to Governor Cooke to offer re.
ward upon the part of the State. On
the 9th lust, Mr.. Smith. who lives
about twelve miles from Fort Davis,
on rancho. was attncked by four Iu-
dams near his house, and was slightly
wounded. They stole about ten head
OF cattle. which wero afterwards found
killed few miles from the rauche.
The SPARrANDURG AND AsuEvILLE
RAILROAD COMPANY. Y.-The bourd of
directors OF this company, with u
view Of pushing forward tho surveys
OF the road, have cullci for the FIRST
installment of FIVE dollars per share
upon the capital stock, payment of the
o"AAo W 10 ehhQ0 W 4hE. ~. ~. MAUI
man. Treasurer, ut the of6ue of the
company, % Broad street, Charleston,
on the first day of June next. The
officers are determined to push for
ward the construction of the road
with vigor aud energy, and the people
OF North Carolina are earnestly co.
operating with them. MIR. Z. Nj. Clay.
ton. one of the delegates to the late
railroad convention, writing from
Asheville, N. c., says: "The second
meeting of tho directory Of the French
Broad Railroad was held at this place
on the 9th instant. A good deal of
business was transacted and the ques.
ton Of consolidation WAS taken up. A
resolution was passed unanimously in.
structing the President of our com
pany to call on the President of your
company, Hon. G. G.. Msmminger, to
name timo and place for meeting of
the two companies to consider tho
matter Of consolidation. There was
no opposition at NIL, every member OF
the board from Henderson being in
favor of the Spartnnburg limo. Our
engineers leave for Butt Mountain
Gap on Wednesday morning, the 18th
instant. to complete the surveys. My
father. Mr.. T.. Clayton, is going with
them TO secure tho right Of way US
they go. hope now Us wo are going
ut this enterprise fully harmonic ID,
that We will hava tho hearty co-upera-
ton OF your people, and that cro
many months clapsc we will break
ground on tho great line which will
ultimately LUX the great Northwest
with our sea coast ut yo..r beautiful
city OF Charleston. You may rest
assured that our people are unit for
the Spartanburg line, and have no
Idea OF any other conncc,ion'
AEScO%DtD. correspondent mt
Birnwe!I Court House, S. e., under
date of Friday. 22liust.. says that ].
Ii. E!ycs, co!orc.!, nx.Couuty Com.
missioner Of BIrnwelI County, and de-
faulter in tho snr' Of $4,000, has fled
to parts unknown. This ofli ,ial, puy.
ing game with the law. and learning
that the Sheriff held the ace and dencs.
dealt the cards. turned jack from the
bottom and abscondel.
AuyuStI ConStHutiOntIis!.
1t is stated that at the recent Scien.
tific Congress at Rome, two Nenpolitnn
physicians submitted to the meeting a
liquid preparation for stopping IN.
simultaneously the flow of blood from
wounds of every description. A com.
mission OF physicians have performed
experiments with it in one Of the Ro.
man hospitals, apd have reported it ns
one OF the happiest of recent dlsoove.
ries, and as particularly servlceable on
The field of battle.
Tho Senate. on Thursday last, con.
firmed the recent appointments oi
Lieutenants j. X. Hycr and G. B.
Hinton. of the Eighteenth Infantry,
the former to be captain and the latter
to be first lieutenant.
CESAR AND HIS WIFE Grace
Greenwood says men expect women to
be like C;c sars wife, ''above reproaoh;' :
but they generally take care to be rs
much like Cn sar themselves as posi-
ble-tcrribly unfaithful.