The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-13

People who do not like caste should
go to Burmah. The only distinction in
that country between the people is, that
the rich all ride on elephants and the
poor walk. They also burn their dead,
KISS each others noses, and instead of.
saying "Good morning." ask, .sHave you
eaten your rice?" All murderers are
promptly punished by crucitxion, the
carcass of the wretch being left to rot
Murder is not very frequent in Burmah.
England has long governed India, but
no English sovereign has ever shown his
royal fsce in that great empire, with it's
teeming millions. It is snid that the
Prince Of Wales is now projecting visit
to that distant region; that he will start
In November, and will be accompanied
by Sir Bartlett Frere. He will, no doubt,
make progress through the kingdom
and meet his future subjects face to face.
An indianapolis detective, being
sworn, deposes and says: "Pearl chinned
me to fake this house-worked; this was
not Mt the Sheenys. He told me to
cheese it on the Sheenys, rs he had given
him away. then asked him what kick
up he and the Sheeny had, as my mcb
had split Oh me and left me without q
innef What n great California poet
that man would be if lie hsd chance.
The fancy prices for real estate is New
York seem to have reached ''hard pan,"
if we may judge from the sale of boule-
ward lots, near the Central Park, which
have just brought one-half the price for
which they were sold four years ago.
There appears to be n decline in price of
nearly everything in that city but per
diem hotel rates.
The father of Count Henry induced
Mile. Diana to cast the Count of, lust as
the story is told in the Dame aur Came
lias. Count Henry bowed to his fate.
Then Diana called on the father for the
100000 francs promised her, and learned
to her astonishment that there was no
father, and that she had been yictimized
by an old rogue, who had stolen her dis
monds. ,ts {t
A ROYAL BABE.-Belgium has been
made happy by the birth of royal babs,
the Princess Marie, wife of the Count Of
Flanders, having given birth to son.
We hope the people who are destined to
supply the youngster with pap are quite
pleased. Princes are ornamental, but
they are very expensive.
The College of William and Mary, in
Virginia, which was burned during the
war by Federal troops, having in vain
~FSS@ASSS N.OOAA3A'aoo AV6 tAus now
proposed to raise fund 10 rebuild this
ancient institution. Of which Jefferson
was graduate. .tt..f
British law believes in "propputy."
Many houses were rendered uninhabits-.
bio by the great exploaion In .1eNSatai
Park. London, last year, but the judges
decide that the tanants, though t6us
Put out OF doors. nauss pay shS rent all
Cn0 same. = .S4I.f.} 80 ij.Y ktY! .;f esssfss+'f
j. T. Ehflong, o New Haven Cori..
hat merchant, committed suicide on
Tuesday. e Ia aaia ne had been bettif.as
heavily on candidates on the Republican
Side In the present election, sand, OF
course, lost pia 74s ia lyi,y;N i1S n
Arohbishop Ledochowsky, whom Bis
marok imprisoned for vioIating his
eoclegfasaaeai laws, was preconized With
the other Cardinals recently appointed.
Hanging is onoe more beconina
fashionable 4; Four murderers paid the
death penalty in. different parts OF che
country on Friday last !
Tho Gar Of Russia kas the toothaaho
like the rest of us, and he uses oiD1ogt
the Same emphatic expressions. "a
Go and buy o. cow right away. A;
Wisconsin COW carae homo, the osher
night, with bag of gold ON her horn. g