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

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Camp. the defaulting County Treasurer,
has unbosomed himself. He has owned
to the soft impeachment that the green
backs Of; tho County possessed for him
90 trresigtnhle q charm that his integrity
Mta ovHxr6me. He has disgorged 81, coo
OF his sp6iis, but the clutch of the She
riH is still on him, and we hope the
balance will come, for the sake of our
tax-bnrdened people, and the punish
ment he deserves may be meted out to the
thief, for the sake of justice.
CGreencjHe .Fe,rs.
BUSINESS IN NEW YoRK--The New
York Tribune says Il revival of trade in
that city is manifest. With the warmth
OF spring, it declares, "there has come n
rapil development of retail business,
and leading houses find their sales much
exceeding those of May of lust year. In
fact, the general testimony is that the
spring trade has put quictus on the
cry of hard times.
A lady was recently overheard at an
evening assembly speaking in high
praise of a pretty girl just passing.
-" ny she Is a perfect parcSram of a
young lady" 81 think you mean paral-
waSgish gentleman addressed, Il said
pnra!lelogranl. Mr." exclaimed the
lnly. with O combination of dignity and
Indignation impossible to descibe.
Considering the amount of downright
wlckedness left us by Lord Byron, the
Brooklyn Aryy' assertion that there is
probably not n young lady in this coun-
try who would not cheerfully give some
thing toward monument for him, is
rather startling. However. the Aryus
looks at things from q Brooklyn nbserv-
atory with ragged edge.
\ negro. named Harry Carter was
killed on plantation, five miles from
Augusta, by overseer Z. B. Harris, who
found him in the act Of skinning hog
On being accosted, Garter reached for his
gun, which was on the ground near him,
but before he could obtain it, Harris
tired and wounded him fatally.
The Governor has, upon the recon-
incubation Of Judge L. Fl. Cooke, re-
moved Alexander Bryce. Sr., Trial JUS
tlce of Ooonee. Mr.. J. B. Sanders has
been appointed Trial Justice of the same
County. N. w. Salley, Notary Public of
Aiken, anil d. NJ. Felts. Census Taker of
Lancaster
little girl AZ school read thus: "The
widow lived on Il limbacy left by her
relatives" What did you call that
! wori?" asked the teacher; .'thc word is
legacy, not limbacy.'. But" said the
little girl, my sister says I M,ust say
limb, not leg
We'll, doctor, its no Use, I'm going to
die!' "Nonsensc," said the doctor,
''you're not going to die nt ALL No man
ever died with feet rs warm aS yours!'
AN yes they did. Doctor" Il should
| like to know who, them" said the doctor
John Rogers did," said the patient.
A rustic younsster. Icing asked out
to take tea with "a friend, Was admonish-
ed to praise the eatables. Presently the
! butter was passed to him, when he re-
marked, Every nice butter what there
LIS of it," and observing smile, no
added. ''and plenty of it--such as it is. "
The successful railroadist, A. $. Bu-
ford, President of the Richmond and
Danville Railroad. was once printer
Horace Greeley. Hon. $. S. Cox, Vice
President Wilson nnd host of others
have risen to eminence from the printers
case.
Whats Your business:" asked the
judge OF II prisoner at the Lar. '.Well,
s'posc you might call ME n locAsmith. -
When did you last work ut your trude?"
Last night, when heard call for the
police, made 4 bolt for the door"l
Ls Nord, of Brussels, says that in con-
sequence of the recent attitude of Eng
land to maintain peace in Europe, public
opinion in Germany is asitating the ire
| vocable exclusion Of England from the
concert of the continental powers.
Dir. ]. Fielder Meyers, for several Years
editor of the Orangeburg Ne'rS, tRep.
has seen the error of his ways. resigned
from the paper and the Republican
purity. and will establish lively Con
scryntive paper at Blnckville.
1t recently rained boiled shrimps in
France, the contents Of water spout ap-
parently being tumbled on the country
after the sun had heated the water su.}i-
cicntly II cook the game.
The sales OF real estate recorded in the
Office of the Register Of Mesnc Convey
ances. Charleston, for the week ending
May 81, aggregates the sum of Ss7, ;362.
Mr.. john Barron, who lett Clarendon
County oonlc time since to settle in Cali.
fornia, has returned 10 his old home.
No place like home.
A gang of countr-:citr-s ha, been ar
rested ut New Orleans five men and ono
woman. They had $500 in counterfeit
nickels, and full set of plates. dies, etc.
Mrs. Young. wife of Captain Charles
Young. of Toronto, Ontario, committed
suicide a few days ago. This is suicide
year, sure.