The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-05-20

having amounted to $3.50, 352, making
the total since january l., S26, 620, S27N,
the lnrgest amount on ~ record.f The
nearest approach to this total was in
1877. when the figures were s25. 143, O55,
md in 1868, whom they were $25, ,8O3, ,848.
Last year we had up to this time in the
yoar sent out only S13, ,220, Cos, and in
1873, S1S,838,007. Tho chief cause of
this heavy drain is the calling in by the
treasury of so many fivc-twenty bonds.
If the European holders of these bonds
were taking, in equal amount, the new
fivey, or. for that matter, any other kind
of American securities, Of course there
would be no necessity for sending gold
to Europe to pay them. Meanwhile, the
price of gold naturally continues to ex-
hibit strong upward tendency.
It seems TINT the recent Indian Council
Mt Ocmulgee, Indian Territory, entered
fully into tho discussion of the project of
establishing territorial government,
and it is believed that the Cherokces are
favorable to it. There has been q power
ftil effort made to bring about this result,
which may be beneficial in many re-
spccts, but which involves the payment
on the part of the Government of some
millions of dollars to the Indian landed
proprietors. The Indian Commission,
IN Ills lust report, recommended terrific
rial organization.
Those who have purchased tickets in
Texas gift concerts will doubtless he in
tcrested in learning thnt their money
hns gone whero the woodbine twineth.
The Marshall Herald snys: The Gift en-
terprlse has, we presume, gone by the
board, and papers that advertised the
scheme aHd puffcd it, and persons who
invested money in it, have been victim
lied. The leading manager, j. bi. Pow
ers, disappeared on Tuesday night last,
leaving few city friends to mourn his
untimely exit.
In Boston, Mt the Globe Theatre, on
Saturday evening, Miss Cushmnn ended
her career rs mn actress md formally
retired from the stage. The occasion was
one OF great interest and it wns nppro-
prlntely commemorated by the presenta-
tion OF a parting gift to Miss Cushman,
upon the stage and in presence of n
largo and brilliant ntaudience. Mr.. Curtis
Guild delivered m address. ON behalf
Of Miss Cushmnn's friends.
@Milwaukce Ne,cs: Lotto, tho actress, il
small. pretty, has 5000, 600 in her own
name, and can earn $3.50 per night on
the stage. yet that mother of hers kinder
takes fellows breath away when she
puts ON her bonnet and shawl and SAWS.
"Oh, yes; We will be delighted to take n
ride. Ono of these dnys the old
woman will die und be buried under the
wcapinE willow.
The Whitehall Tines says thyt as Dwy-
cr, of the Sandy Hill Herald, WIS stand
ing on the railroad depot platform at
Fort Edward lately, conversinc with a
friend, he felt something jerking at the
loop of his congress CATERS. He turned
quickly and discovered the baggage man
trying to get o check-strap through his
utter loop, which he had mistaken for
the handle Of Saratoga trunk. r!- .
The sale at auction by Mcssrs. A. J..
White & Son. of SGT, 900 city of Charles
ton seven per cent non-taXabla bonds,
on the 18th, was largely attended, and
bidding was quite spirited, running up
the bonds to the highest figure they have
yet reached in the market-79 to 79l.
Dir. W. Y. Leitoh sold at auction ten
shares stock Charleston Fertilizer Com
pany, $40 paid up, for S25 share.
The Sumter IIdtchmdn urges the build
ing of lnrge hotel in Sumter. The
capital. it says. can be easily command
cd, the investment would pay, and the
hotel Is very much needed for both local
accommodation and MS n resting place
for travellers from the North, stopping in
Sumter for the winter, or making it O
wny station in going to and returning
from Florida.
An exciting chase of fish-hnwk by IN
eagle was witnessed on Thursday even
ing last from the point in front Of Sulli-
WINS Island. The hawk had but lust
caught small fish, when the eagle came
on the scene and Immediately gave
chnse. The eagle gaining Oh the hawk,
the latter dropped the fish, which the
former caught in its tilons before it
reached the water
e*The cost of church-going in New York
Is becoming matter Ofno small concern
to those who are rcligiously inclined.
The price Of pew in many cases is said
to be equal, if it does not exceed, the
annual house rent Of family; and even
single sitting is often SO expensive as
to put m eligible place beyond the reach
of man Of moderate means.
The pews in DR.. Halrs new Prcsbyte-
rim Church, Fifth avenue, New York
were disposed of at nm aggregate bonus
of $1,000. Pows valued from $500 to
$4,000, and the total valuation of $50
pews is $50, 900. q sum almost sufficient
to pay the entire cost of the church
| cditice md ground.
The latest wrinkle with the woman of
fashion il that of having q model of her
bust made, stuffed with wool and CO.
yored with cambria. This is deposited
at her dressmakcr's and upon it her new
dresses are fitted saving the aforean;d