The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-13

cIowo, trustees, ucncOnS, Sunuay-SchoOl
teachers. choir, and so on, to the num-
Der OF 1uo, went up the river on special
steamer, with brass band and other
n,c:,c,onp"nimcnts, and landing at Pecks-
Kill, marched to the beloved pastor';
home. Although it was complete sur
prise, the town was declscd with faus
and the whole party WIS handsomely en-
tcrtalned. Speeches were mntle and tears
were wept i'll torrents, md the meeting
broke up with three cheers tor Becchsr
and the whole ticket.
III the City Of Mexico, recently. the
Hon. Vim. Walter Phelps felt rather in
disposed, and Thought that he would not
rise carly. When he did leave his bed.
he found pinned to his dressing table n
piece OF pnpcr, on which his host had
written: You were sleeping so soundly
that thought would not awaken YOU
to sGy that had to go out to keep an en-
gaSement. Should you need anything
call upon jesus" This apparently de-
vout advice rnther staggered Mr. Phelps,
until it occurred to him that the servant
nian OF his host bore that name.
The lntest story of Russian cxtrnva-
gancc over an actress is told of NIudamc
julie, the bouffe singer, who is to be i'm
ported to America next tnll. She hrs
closed Sin weeks season in St. Peters
burg, and it is calculated that the profits
OF 1t were sufficient, if invested, to in
sure her an income of 1G, 600 francs n
year the rest Of her life. At her last Der
formancc, she received n suite of ,lin.
monds worth 80. 900 frrncs; Il durt for the
head-'lrcSS, i'll brilliants, with n sapphire
rs large rs pigeons egg, valued mt So
00O frnncs, and Il diamond bracelet worth
81, 00U francs.
New Orleans has thrown up the sponoe
and formally announced itself BANKRUPT
The City Council has passed a resolution.
(accortllng to the statement of the New
York uorId,) proclaiming its inability
to pay interest on the public debt, and
asking the forbenrnnce Of the CITY credit
ors. SO much for Republican misrule
and corruption. When the Rndicnls
TOOK charge, IL few years ago, the citv's
debt was nothing; now it amounts to the
snug sum of S20,O0O,OOO
1t rainetl ut Savannah on the 9th. The
Jasper Greens. Of the Georgin militia in
danger OF getting wet, were invited to
take shelter Mt the barracks of the United
States soldiers. The Greens gratefully
sought the proffercd cover. After the
shower, the United States troops snluted
the Georgia boys, and the Georgia bows
saluted the United States troops And
thus wns the bloody chasm again closed
up.
An exchange says: 'AIiss Clnra Rose,
OF Philadelphia. hnd $1,000 expended on
her Lntln, French and German education,
ana then married man who has to buy
his butter half pound mt the time"
For our part, considering her fatal fncili-
ty for snntching II husband ball-hendcd
IN four different lnngsnses, we can't help
thinking TINT she married quite Ms we'll
MS she had any right to expect
ArroINTMENT.-G Gen. c. w. Fields. ef
Virginia, (of the !nte Confederate arlay.)
has just received and accepted nm ap
lointment of Colonel Of Engineers in
the Egyptian army, md expects to sail
on the 18th Of July, with his family, for
Egypt. Before the war Gen. Fields was
nn officer III the United States army, but
resigned in 1861.
And now it is claimed that n pentlc-
man of New Orleans has invented or
discovered process by which cotton
can be manufactured into silk. The
inventor has gone to Frnnce to introduce
his invention to the silk manufacturers.
and It's adoption, it is predicted. will
largely increase the consumption of cot
ton.
Judging from the hnbbub which Mr..
Henry Corbin, saloon keeper, has stirred
up by the Introduction of whiskey into
the town of Westcrville, Ohio, lie must
wish lie Ind never entertained business
designs upon the place. He has to fight
the whole town, and the despatch init
mates that the end is not yet.
The "Day We Celebrate" brought Sc
venty-three accidents to New York city
from fireworks, pistols, &c. This is cX-
elusive OF three young men who were
drowned. OF course, young men who
would fool with water on n day which
American youth hold sacred to whiykcy,
don't deserve to be counted.
DECREASE OF IMAIIcRAr1oN.--Th half
yenrly report, up to July l, of the New
York Commissioners of Emmieration,
which was made recently. shows de-
crease of immigration during the first six
months Of this year, in comparison with
that Of the same period in 1874, of q, ,GG2.
Rowells forthcoming Newspaper Di-
rectory shows tho failure of 1000 news
papers in this country during the past
m 70 A.. II.