The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-03-06

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-s.y;itEsiPe;st.SUts X,sJss3SsT at
pool: "There sre xbout 5000 papers
aud periodicals. pubtishSd in the United
States. The Presidsus's organ foots
up of these some thirty or forty which
sustain the course Of Tie Administrs-
ton III regard to the South. Most OF
them are very obscure, and ell are
more or less dependent on Govern
ment patronage for their support.
A cannibsl has been arrested in
Hayti With his dinner in basket. A
black man was brought into Jacme
the other day from the interior to an.
sWer q charge OF cannibalism. On.
fortunately for the accused. when
taken into custody he bad i'd q baske
the head OF victim, who seemed 10
have been only recently killed. He
was sentenced to be executed. -
Frank Burke, foreman of Engine
Company No. IL. tried to help out of
the ruins fine fellow crushed and hslf
buried in st. Andrews Church New
York. But he said: "Never mind me; /;
get the old lady out-I'll wait" Bot
the old lady was dead; and this fipo
ieilow-Patrick Laveiie, aged 25-if
he lives. will be cripple. u.
The New York Sun says: "Kellope.
Hawley. and even Stsrkweather. tho
three Republican members from Con-
necticnt. voted against the Force Bill.
Why? The annual election occurs in
that State four weeks hence. There
is nothing like an impending election
to bring ambitious politiciuns to their
senses" "p7' '''''
1t Is said that sons of the Kansas
men. through whose hands passed the
grass-hopper fund. are now, wearing
gold watches and diamond pins for tho
drss time in their lives. We have al
ways cohtendedt that what the grass
hopper victims were really.. suffering
for was not something to ext, bat dia-
moud pins and gold WATCHES. ral .o..e
According to Gen. Tracy; OF Bseoh-
er's counsel. the plymouth Church
pastor is Innocent because he wss
loyal to the Union." But the aues-
ton Seiors the jury il not whether
Beecher Was loyal to the Union of the
Slater, but whether he was loya! to the
nuion OF Mrs, Beecher aud himself
the tnarriage state ,i.,tr ,4,aI
Maj. J. Stsrke Sims, one of the old.
est aud most highly respected oit,zens
OF Union County. died last week. Mai.
Sims Was ~ gentleman Of the old
SCHOOL. few Of whom are left sur.
wing. Hs was highly educated and
accomplished, and tillsd many, impor.
tan' positions in the State. .'''f
Au Iodlan stopped at hotel in Az.
gnsta. few days ago, aud created
considerable excitement-the supposi.
ton being that he was u fifteenth
amendment, carrying out the Civil
Rights Bill. Things quieted down,
when it was discovered Ihat the
boarder had straight hair.
A Boston dramatic critic saws of a
gifted aotress: "She wore q andsome
dress. and thereby hung O trail. Her
Subtle grace, flexible as the sinuosities
Of a mornings mist, and yet thorough
~ proportioned to the curves of the
character. are Eost especially noticea.
bie." =,
A Western editor. having waited in
vain for the coming Of the Russian
Menuonises, inquired. "Where are all
the Mennonites?" and" echo in the
shaps, Of his wife repeated the 'ques.
tion thns. "Where are all you men
o'nigh!s?"
A white man vas sold at public auc.
tion in PetersbuE8; Vs., the Other. day.
because he hAd no visible means OF
support. NIhs poor wretch had bee I
negro. tAss Northern hesrt .xou Id
have been aRed olsaf 10 the top Of MT /.
Washington. aS ~, =
The following advice from She Bos-
ton Journal n - applicable to this
climate al te any other: ''Don't leave
off your osSt. oostand pranee a,ound
as though spring had come, because it
is juicy day. unless you want to give
" series OF receptions to your doctor. -
The Air Line RAILROAD has been
troubled with high water and land :
slides. and the trains have been de-.
lsyed several days. Construction trains
are on the 60. and the troubles are be-
ing remedied rs rapidly as possible.
In the debate in the House of Rep.
resentativss. Saturday. Mr.. Berry, OF
Ohio, snggsated, that the title of the
Force Bllf should be "a bill for the
election OF q President for the third
term" az.
County Treasurer Tim. Hurley, OF
Charleston, has been ordered by Judge