The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-06

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The advance in gold since the pass.
age OF tho Congressional Finance Bill,
does not indicnte any general conf.
dence in the efficacy of that Measure.
as an aid to resumption. When the
bill passed. on the 9TH OF Jan uary. gold
was quoted at 1.12@1. 1.121k; now it is
active. at 1.13@l. l.l316, with an mn.
ward tendency. Tho truth is, the
country accepts the act as all that can
be expected OF this Congress. and as it
amounts to nothing positive, it is sim.
ply an acknowledgment that no pre-
paration for resumption will be made
for some time to come.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. ac.
cident occurred on the 4th, on the
branch OF the Southside Railroad.
which runs from Valley Stream station
to Hampstead, N. Y, by which the
engineer, conductor and brakeman
were instantly killed. The train
started at 6 p. NJ, but the heavy
rains had undermined the track about
midway, and it oaved in when the cars
were passing over it. The engine.
tender and two cars were badly da-
maged. Several persons besides those
mentioned were severely injured.
DEATHs.-Ex-Judge I. N. league
died IN Aiken last week. Mr.. Seth Fl.
hyatt, of Walhalla, died on the 81.
Mr.. Martin II. Smith, OF Anderson.
died on the 3lst ult. Mr.. Baldwin
Thomas, IN epileptic. fell in the fire,
IN Anderson County, on the oath ult.,
and was burned to death. A colorei
man, named William, living near Pen
dleton, was found dead few days ago.
He disappeared during the Christmas
holidays. MIR. John "A ANIME, Of
Charleston, died on the 4,h.
THAT GRoUND HoG.-The Ciucir-
nntl Commercial says that the punctual
ground hog who put in his appearance
on Tuesday. would, as soon as he has
heard of the Beeoher affair and the
election OF Andrew Johnson, return
into his hole without taking observs-
tions of his shadow, and draw in the
hole after him.
The store Of Capt. Edward Peoples,
ut Lawtonviil., wus wholly consumed
oy fire on Thursday morning last.
Tho dwelling was also burned, the oc-
cupants barely escaping with their
lives. Capt. Peoples had just received
fresh stock of goods. valued at
Sl0,O0O, upon which there was no in
surance.
For JuDGE.-Onr esteemed fellow
townsman, Major A. J. Shaw, is Ast-
terlngiv spoken OF for the position of
judge to ill the vacancy occasioned
by the death OF the late John r..
Green. The togu Can fmil on the
shoulders OF no Que more worthy of it's
folds.-Mdrion Star.
BIGAMY ExrRAoRDINARY.- A white
man in Abbeville was married to a
white woman, on the 30th December,
1874. and On the I'd January, 1875,
(three days afterwards.) he was again
married 10 a black woman. He has
been tried and convicted, and sc Mt to
the penitentiary for five years.
FIRE AT CHERAw. On last Monday
night, destructive fire occurred at
Oheraw. 1t bcgnn in Reid's store,
which WAS destroyed, also Medlin' a
store. Dir. p. Brooks stock of goods
was damaged. Mr. Reid is supposed
to have been insured and Mr.. Mcdlin
not.
A destructive tornado passed over
the plantation Of the late Bieeers
Mobley, four miles East Of Chester, on
Saturday night. 30;h u!t. Houses we're
unrooted, trees uprooted, aud fences
leveled. The breadth of the storm y
track was about fifty yards.
Chester Reporter.
At this time, when 80 many thou.
Fand peopl, are ont of employment, it
seems little odd that so many news
papers are complaining because Two
out of every three persons die pyema-
turely. However, there viii! always be
grum blers.
Senator Conkiing, in his recent
speech on Louisiana affairs, says he
''speuks for common sense" A United
States Senator fooling away bis time
thus. in speaking for an entire
stranger, is a spectacle we very rarely
sce.-LouisOiRe Courier Journal.
DEATH OF A CONGRESSMAN Samuel
T. Horsey, member OF Congress from
the Fourth Maine District, and mem.
ber-eleot of the Forty fourth Congress
died on the evening of the 4th. in
Bangor. after long illness.
The running of trains has been sus.
pended on the Winona aud st. Peter
wis Railroad, West OF New UIm, or
account Of the snow, which has drifteG
n 90 ,lo f.