The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-15
The North of England newspapers give

Aio NoAtn VI CASiunU newspapers give
glowing accounts of the prospects Of IN
English company which has bought
large tracts Of land in Tennessee, which
they speak of ms the "Americnn Arcndia. !"
Settlers will he sent out, and the agri-
cultural and mineral wealth of the coun-
try systematically developed. This is MI
evidence of the attention that the South
ern States are attracting in the old world.
y letter to the Baltimore hn,.ric,,n
contains the information, more startling
than satisfactory, that the grass-hoppcrs
have made their appearance near Noun
tain View, Frederick County, Maryland.
where OH one fnrm its writer had found
them swarininS the wheat field, where
they had destroyed every blade of the
grain. having also dcvourcd the clover
and rye in the adjncent enclosures.
Wn. Wilson, native Of Cleveland, O.
but n resident of Charleston for several
years, died in the Jail of that city few
days ago, where he was imprisoned on !,
charge Of biting piece Of mans car
OFT Delir;nm tfemenS. Goldsmith's cou-
plet, slightly changed, will suit this case:
''Ihc man recovered from the bite, the
other twas that died"
j. j.. +. Camp, the dcfnultiny County
Treasurer Of Spnrtanburg County, was
carried to Ncwberry on writ Of huJens
corpus before Judge Moses, who al
nitted him to bail on his giving security
i'll the sum Of 81 900, and he has re-
turned to Spartanburg to execute the
bond. He says he can make Il clean
showing.
In the death of Gen. II. l.. Bcnninr.
which occurred ut Columbus on Saturday
last, Gcor9in loses one of her nobleSt
q .v
halls, on the Supreme Bench an,t on the
field of battle. In every position he was
called on to ill lie proved himself to be
truly great man.
1t is stated TINT Nrs. Lvdia Smith.
Thad. Stevens house-kecper, is suinr
his estate for six years wages, at 5000 per
month. Mrs. Smith is "a colorcd lady. "
Ihad. left her $1,000 by his will, but
that is only one-third the amount of six
years wages as house-hcepcr, Mt 5000 a
month,
The colorcd people have been made
still more angry, touching the Howard
University affair, by the charge of Prof
PurviS, Of the medical department, that
Prof. Langston (colored) is responsible
for the bad financial condition of the
Unlversity-a rather disngrecable insinu-
alton, to say the least.
Arrangements are being perfected with
the Air Line Rnilroad for an excursion to
the members of:Orr's Rifles, Mt their re-
union on the 2lst to Atlanta. Let the
members of the regiment go prepared to
take part in this pleasure trip.
According to the Times, Union County
is one of the most prosperous Counties in
the State. The County debt is less thnn
SlO.00O; the mechanics all busy, the
farmers prosperous, the merchants SOL
vent.
Col II. Il. Dridgcr,, of Wilmington,
\. g, has been called upon to mourn
| the death of another som Vounr man
OF sixteen, who died at Annapolis a few
days ago.
Sixteen miles on the railroad between
Lancaster and Chester will be completed
by the lst OF August, and the croSs-ties
and trcstlc lumber on the road ready to
be laid down
\ colorcu woman, named Frances
Page, was brntally murdered in Bnrnwcll
County, few nights ago, by negro of
bad character, Allen Rudcn The lnur
derer WAS arrested.
In Madison County, Fla. on the 3d,
Mr.. IL. j. Finch shot and killed two bro
thcrs, named Allbritton, who had threat
cncd his life. The affair WAS the result
Of an old fcul
Rev. Thos. II. Pope nnd Capt. james
". Frnzicr, of Abhevillc, died last week.
.AiS" the twin children Of Dr. AMI MIS-.
j. l.. Prcssly.
The Newbcrry N.roH speaks in very
complimentary terms of Major Stewart
and las command, recently s,arrisoning
that town.
4 little son Of Mr.. GEORGE Fore, of
Marion, wns fatally poisoned by partak-
ing OF some cobaltum, used for killing
flies.
Henry Mclvcr, young colorcd man,
living near Society Hill, was killed by
lightning while ut work in l4is field On
| the 9th ultimo.
Near Little Rock, Willie Brennan and
Charles HALEY were bonting with two
young ladies. All were drowned but
HALEY.
The skeleton Of Filkins, the express
| robbrr, who escaped from the Albany,
Ga, iail, n Senr AGO hns been foun1 in