The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-03-02

PEAyH OF AN NAlIEakp Qosse1sAros,
Edward Spangler, one Qt the alleged
oonspirst6rs ID Ffha assassi siusffon 81
President Lincoln; died at the resi-.
dence of Or. s. a Mudd, in Charles
County, Maryland, on the 14th inst
SPaneler was one OF The parties ar.
rested with Herold. ,Atkerott, Payne.
Arnold. OLaughlin, Dr.. Mudd and
Mrs. Surratt. and tried by military
commission for the assassin alton CON.
spiraoy, which resulted in the murder
OF President Lincoln in April, 1865.
Booth was killed in an attempt to can.
ture him; Herold, Atzerott, PAYNE and
Mrs. :3urratt were executed in the
yard OF the old penitentiary buildino
IN Washington, on the 7th day OF
July. 1865; DR.. Mudd, Arnold and
OLaughlin were sentenced to the Dry
Tortugas for life; and spangler to elk
years imprisonment and labor at the
same rlscs. O'Innghlin died at the
Dry Tortugas during the yellow fever
epidemic, and about the close of Pre-.
sldent Johnson's administrator
Mudd. Spangler and Arnold we're par.
doned, the petition for The clemency
OF the President being signed by the
officers and men stationed at Dry
Iortugss. q number of whom were,
attended by DR.. Mudd and nursed bt
the other prisoners mentioned;
through the fever. Dr.. Mndd, on rel
tnrning to Maryland. took up hia resi-
dence on his farm, where he has con-
tinned to reside. Sam. Arnold returned
70 Baltimore. as did Spangler. Irhe.
latter. about two years since, took upo
his residence with Dr.. Mudd, Spanalsr,
manifesting much attsohmept for bis
tormer fellow-prisoner. Spaagler was,
native of Pennsylvania, and, q car.
penter by trade, and it was hi this ca.
paoity that he was embloysd,at the
theatre on the night oil the AsS Ssssina.
tIion. IL Was alleged I thAS -hal took
charge OF Booths. hokse, and, he'd ar
ranged to have Q as.epenel rim the,
eheatre to enable Booth TO .esespa. AT
tho, time OF his death, Spapglex ,vas
MY years OF sge.r ri -, l4.osuo0 81
Peace-makers. like other good peo-
pie. haze their set,backs: "fhe third
officer Of one Of the White Star steam.
ers lay In a New Yotk jaii for thr[eese,,
weeks, on O charge Of cattyips brass
knuokles; aud when at last he came to
trial, proved to the satisfaction Of tue
Jury that he had braveiy taken them
away from a stcerage passenger who
was abusing his fellow; ;toyagets.
Ntauwhile s.sAiP had sailed and he
is leftIn New York for a mo ntli ont of
employmeht." Il" at- .pia-i 9.ii
Judging from the annual report ..
the Com nli>siouer' of Patents, the
hard times" have proved an incsnl
tive 10 mechanical ingenuity. The
number OF patents granted last year
was IL. GOO, larger number than has
been issued in any one year, except ID
1859, when $4,000 were recorded.
There were $1,000 applications in all.
The receipts we're 950lOOO in excess OF
expenditures. The Patent Office is
the only institution conducted by the
Government which is wholly self.sus.
tanning. II fJI i.I.
A few months ago. scorss of news
papers We're rid;culing the idea OF
third-term project on the part OF
Grant. but tliey evident4y do not think
third term" is as much ef .'ghost"
as they did. One by one they are be.
ginning to realize that the political
dark-seance cabinet holds something
more than an apparition ,oia King. As
Robert Dale Oven remarked about
the Katie King appsrition. II smelled
its breath. anddt wab bad" There is
bad breuih sah66tS the earpss.bsggers'
Mr.. .p,tsMs Pifessidea. il sid Of the West.
srn ssno; !.s yssiO;hanslesssRh oosspeny, has
don hansgtf Of Tie 4 n8loiA mericsn
Cable CoMRspy that OF and after the
1st OF My pext. the tariff from New
York to tbe United Kingdom and
France will'be rednced 10 fifty cents
per word, ID gold. This compauy's
word systsm Of charging messages will
be e1teQasd 10 the c6ntinent Of Eu.
rope and TO all othes countries, so far
as this cornpany's rates are concerned.
1t is said that Pihchbaok became
very wrathy over hiB rejection by the
Senate; also very drunk. What With
the rage and liquors he is reported to
have talked in very disloyal manner,
threa ening to "peach," and express.
ing the opinion that hell was ''iull Of
such Republicans as Conkling and Ed.
munds."
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