The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-14

-Four o: The six officers of the Turk
lsa army, w,lp have been living ia
Pf"v;arnce, l.. /. attending the gun
contracts with i!:e Providence fool
Company, hnvn gone 10 New Haven,
where they have beea appreutice.l to IL
large manufacturer to thoroughly learn
the business OF m,kiug guns aud other
mechanic. work. The Turks are
their country, mud very Industrious
aud perse.erlug in their Efforts to nc
q1irs the "Uu,tel States language"
PROSPERITY OF TExAs.-rhe revised
returns recently published of late
election in the State of Texas give the
aggregate vote at l5S, 900; indicating u
population slightly in excess of l,OO0,-
QUO. This is an increase of nearly
200. 600 over the population only four
years ugo, which was placed by the last
census ut 8l8.579. The population in
1860 Was 604, 900; so that the increase
in the last four years has been almost
equal to that of the previous ten.
PARDoNED. Upon the recommends
ton of many prominent citizsns OF
Greenville County, the Governor par
doned Nolund Sullivan, who was coll
victed OF uttering and publishing a
forged order, at the April. 1874, term
Of the Court Of General Sessions for
Greonville County, and sentenced by
Judge L. n. Cooke to twelve months
Imprisonment in tho penitentiary.
NEWARK IN. J CoRroRArIoN RING.
On Friday week. the grand jury Of
Newurk, II. j., brought in numerous
indictments against several city officers
for conspiring to defraad the oorpoIa-
ton of Sl00. 900 by the presentation of
false certificates Tor paving streets, &c.
Aldermen, contractors and two street
commissioners are included in the iu-
dictments.
BY the removal from the White Nile
OF the "dndd," mass of vegetation
similar to the Red River raft, steam
navigation has been opened from the
Mediterranean to the Nyanza lake
This renders available, as q base Of
future explorations, interior points
hitherto remote, aud accessible only by
long journeys with camels, and is u
long step toward completing the map
Of Africa.
An exchange says "a Kansas City
man raid his mother-in-law'a fare
from England aud then gave her the
best room in the house." That man is
true Christian, faithfully obeyiug the
commandment: ''Lova your enemies;
do good to them thnt hate you and de-
splteiully use you"
\ man in Aun Arbor, Mich, who
was anxious to know just how highly
he was priced by his friends, had d
paragraph printed to the effect that he
was dead, ard sent marked papcrs to
them. They did not even come to lis
funeral. aud his zeal for knowledge is
checked.
Som ebody has sued the Montreal
~ H"eSS Tor libel, laying his damages at
81, OO0. 900. We should feel IL little
annoyed TO ilayo judgment for that
amount rendered against us. Itwould
take very nearly half the cash we've
go; TO satisfy it.
hicKISG.-To whipnn editor in New
York 1t costs about tiyo cents. So
Judge BalcoU decides. But Judge
Londabach rates the matter at $50 on
the Pacific coast. In the South, it
usually costs the fellow who tries to
whip the editor his life.
The Atlantic cable business this sea-
son is exceedingly brisk. Beside the
Ireland and New Hampshire cable, re-
ported some days ngo as ready for
shipment, another cable is now ready
70 be laid bstween Brazil and Dome.
rara Island.
The IRISH Home Rulers, members of
Parliament, have been black -balled at
ballot for members of the Reform
Club, London. Que received fifty.
one, and tho other was favored with
forty two Of the polite hints.
The Atlanta Herald says it's neigh.
Dor, the Constitution, Is in q $25, 900
siander suit, on account of q report of
o late drunken garroting frolio between
two distinguished merct ants.
The trial OF Winternunte, charged
with the murder Of Secretary McCook,
was commenced Tuesday.
Deaths in Charleston for the week
ending the 9th inst, 4O-whites, l3;
colored, 27.
The Chicago school teacher who
asked to have his salary 'razed" was
promptly accommodated.