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

Eng'ish ,hs.e native Hindoos ia the
railway service. Who have proved Them.
selves very eficia6t. .Thees FdiFoSds,
paid net profit OF over GIG, ,OO0. 600
IN 1873 The construction Of this vast
system has been necessity. as the
English bsve to guard their Indiap
possessions very closely. The authori-
Lies Ut Calcutta can now comm q nioste
by telegraph directly with London.
aud by rail and telegraph with the
most remote districts OF Iudis.
IHE MRoKLRsBuRo CENTsNNrA1 -
The citizens Of Mecklenburg County,
N. u, will celebrate their centennial
ON the Goth Of Nay uext It may no.
be- generally known that the people of
this County. in solemn convention as
semb'ed. rsaounced their allegiance to
the British crown aud declared them.
selves free aud Independent people.
fhls was done over year before any
action was taken by the Continental
Congress-. E
HETURNINa HoMe.-Qnite Q number
OF young aud mlddle-sged men who
had emigrated from this to other
States, for the purpose of improving
their condition, are mentioned by the
papers Of their various looalities "a
having returned home. fully satisfied
with their observations. and believing
that. after all. South Carolina ID the
best State to live in.
Tue British Great Northern Railway
recently killed Mr.. Pym-a descend.
ant OF Long Parliament Pym-and
had to pay $75. 900 to hrs widow. Pym
vas "tenant for life" uf ON iucome of
WE. 600, aud bis death left his widow
without RESOURCES. SD that the sum,
large al it serms. is only an assessment
oi three years on the vict,m's life.
The deaths in Philadelphia, las.
week. were ninsty-uhe in excess OF
those OF the precediug. sod forty -four
more than for the corresponding week
"f 1874 The whole number last week
was 373 The papers ot that oity at.
tribute TIA" increase # mortality to the
extremely inolement weather.
Rush Burgess, the Collector Of In
ternai Revenue at Richmond, Va.
bred Wild shot into his diniug room
at thief on Saturday night. aud yes.
terday found desd uegrO under his
porch. The coroner's jury justified
,he collector.
In McNairy County. Tenn, recently,
i've sisters were married on The same
day. 1t ~ very rare that 80 mxpy
mem berS OF u SINGLE family ge. them.
selves int" trouble at once, aud other
PORTIONS of the County are tauntingly
challenged to "beat it. I"
At receut appearance ct MOSCOW.
Tile PATTI was called before tho our
tain no fewer than sixty times, and the
enthusiastic sudIenca testifsd its 40.
probation by presenting tho d gstress
with half dozen diamond and ruby
ornaments. y '7tEr-9''i
Spanish aocoupts from Hsvans admit
that tho insurgents under Comes A.
tack ed the tovu OF Gibara. on the 2Otff
Instant. in great foroe and cAptorsd it,
Fort Machete. after q stubborn de-
fence. surrendering to the assiiIants.
Marie Caroline Arohambault. Conn.
I. es du Chatel, has been oondem q ed in
Paris for the vulgar offenoe OF shop
hitting. She stole various fancy artl.
ces from the oou nters to use them a.
New Year gifts.
Recent arrivals at San Francisco re.
port that the observation OF the transit
of Venus in New South Wales was en-.
tirely successful. The weather was
perfectly clear.
A safe of the Adams Express Com
pany. continuing nearly $500. 900,
mostly In currency. disappear red week
ago, en- route from Richmond to New
York.
1t ia said that Andrew johnson ID
the only ex President who has ever
been elected to the Senate. Of the
United States, aud IL the only ex. Pre-.
sident now living.
Rev. J. 8 Daniel. Of Ahbeville, Tas
so seriously injured by two, Solofed
robbers, near Green wood, aevetsf dayS'
ago, that his life is considered fn aha!
ger. .4,.Ss, "a, Z
BY the expulsion of the Sisters OF
Cherity from Mexico fotty.three
charitable establishments are closed,
nnd 4l0 sisters are sent out of the
country.
A. woman who was divorced and re.
sumei her maiden name a. Belfast. in
the forenoon. the other day. was mar
ried again before night.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad
say they can furnish as many sieepiuQ
cars as may be needed to carry people