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


that time has been obliged to use slate
in conveying his thoughts. On Sunday
before last, he came into the sitting
room and said, good morning. at the
same time neurly fuinting. He has con.
versed Us we'll as ever since that. Just
as he spoke Sunday, he experienced a
convnlsive movement Of the nc muscles in
the thtoht and O sense OF concussion of
the head"
The Columbus (Miss) Lndec. in re-
counting "the humors of the flood" in
that locality, says: "a boat of rescuets
found two or three brawny freedmen
asleep in bed, but few inches above
water. When aroused and questioned
about their intentions. they answered.
with yawn. that they thought 'the
river would fall after little "A de-
livcrer padded up to cabin. and saw
within two pigs upon floating feather
bed, while near by stood table, knee.
deep IN water, chicken on one end
aud dog upon the other. The family
were perched upon the roof"
HoRRIBLE CRUELTY TO CH11D
Lucy Joseph was arraigned in New Or
leans. last week, for the .ill-treatment of
her step son, boy OF eleven, very small
for his nge. She had tortured him with
devilsh ingenuity, among other e1.
pedients compelling him to kneel upon
hot bricks until his knees became roast
ed. While amply feeding her own ohil-
dren, she gave the step-son nothing,
and ne had to beg. The boy was con.
stantly asking for food when in court,
and eagerly devoured loaf of bread.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. ouintupIe
murder occurred near Homestead, Pa,
on the night of the 3Oth ult. The
victims of this dreadful butchery are
John Hamnet. his wife Agnes, their
daughter Emma, oged four years;
Robert Smith, boy rnised by the fami.
ly, and the eldest daughter OF Mr.. Ham
net, Ida, aged eight years. The dwell
lug was burned to the ground and the
bodies OF the murdered nearly de-
stroyed. A young German laborer ia
suspected.
A Gaze Of garroting occurred in Allan
ia last Wednesday evening, which came
near resulting in the death Of Mr.. Wm.
Bell. Bell was found about s o'clock on
that evening in the store of Holmes,
Calder i Co., with handkerchief tied
around his neck so tightly that it had
almost suffocated him to death. He
had the mark of blow under one of
his eyes, and was otherwise bruised.
William Calder, u member of the firm,
was arrested on suspicion.
AS five colored persons, four men and
one woman, attempted to CROSS the Oco-
nee River, near Madison, on Monday
evening. in canoe. it WAS upset and
two men we're drowned. The woman
saved herself by getting into a tree,
where she was rescued the next morn.
ing.
Mrs. Charles J. Williams has the un-
dying honor OF suggesting the observ-
ance OF Memorial Day; and from the
Augusta Coasttuti0nalisf We learn, that
on decoration day, at Columbus, Ga,
the choicest flowers clustered about her
last resting place.
A skirmish occurred between United
States soldiers in Atlanta and the police
OF that city, Thursday night. One of
the soldiers was seriously wounded.
The soldiers had been breaking into
houses and maltreating citizens general
ly. hence the difficulty.
We regret to learn from a publication
In the Cincinnati Gazette that several
o6Nb AAOh. OOQa ~. oL6Ck1uk1uQ6,
of kentucky, was attacked by a hem
morhase of the lungs and is now lying
in precarious condition.
The boat belonging to the Daufuskie
lighthouse, containing Mrs. Conner,
wife OF the light house. keeper and co.
lored man, numed Robert Frazier, was
capslztd recently and the latter
Mrs. Hester Lindsey, of Berrien
County, Ga, was 100 years old on the
18th of April. One of her sons is help.
less from old nge, while she is vivacious
and sprighty.
a rotary boiler in paper mill at
Shawanyurk. N. e., exploded on the I'd,
killing seven or eight persons and
wounding several. and demolishipg en-.
tirely the mill and machinery.
cut iu Charleston has given birth to
IL litter OF kittens, not one OF which had
my sign Of TAIL.
Charleston city taxes have been paid
up more promptly this year than since
the war.
Capt. John P. King. citizen OF Hill.
ton He"d. died few days ago.
Eunarol Inu;<o<,ou