The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-13

f1ENDIsH MURDER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The Raleigh IN. CO. Neus publishes the
particulars Of most revolving murder
recently committed in Wake County, in
That State. The victims were Mrs. Anna
iartin and her child, md the murderer
IS alleged to be the husband and father.
a. "a W.: Partln, Jr. On Saturday last,
the oodlcs OF the victims were found, nttcr
u long search, buried in a swamp in
Panther Branch Township, some fifteen
miles from Raleigh, literally cut to pieces.
The storms in Hungary, which have
poem previously reported, prove to have
~, mEen OF very destructive character.
ne bodies of twcnty-ciGht persons were
found. and over 100 people are nlso re-
ported missing. The loss Of life and
property has been of such an extensive
nature that aid for the relief of the sur
vlvors is cnrnestly asked for.
Owing to indisposition, the Hon. A.
II. Stephens was unable to deliver the
address prepared for the Fourth of July
celebration ut Atlanta, Ga, and instead
made brief impromptu speech. The
prepared address was ninety-seyen fools
cap pages long, and consisted principal
~ OF history Of the Government from
1efferson's time to the present.
The Charleston and Savannah Rail-
road Is again in trouble. An Injunction
prevents the company from using three
inile' OF track leading into the city of
Sn."nnah, aud drays and omnibuse are
beng brought into requisition.
Congressman Smails has advertised for
Il competitive examination for nm M.
polntment to West Point Military Aca-
DENY. Candidates for examination must
live either i'll Beaufort, Bnrnwell Collie
ton, Aiken or Edgeheld Counties.
Carl Schurz is treated more rovallv in
Germany than q prince of the blood
would he. A marked contrast is the stylc
OF tins reception with the manner of his
departure from his fatherland; but then
the times are also different.
A disease very fatal to hogs has nm.
penred IN Horny County. 1t attacks the
full grown animals rather than the
young. One symptom is, that the hair
when touched, strips of Ms upon a
scalded surface.
The coolie traders in China ridicule
the Idea OF proclamation denouncinr
thelr unlawful business; but they laugh
only after their Government has stopped
the traffic in human beings.
Z There will be q large gathering of TO-
reign ind native Mayors Mt the Guildhall
In London on the occcsion of the inter
national banquet to be given there on
the Goth.
lnquests were held in Charleston, on
Sunday, over two colored women, Tenah
Draper ond Salinn Brown, both Of whom
had died suddcnly-the one of debility
and the other asthma.
Mr.. Beecher is now reported rs savinr
that he Is good for twenty years of work
yet. There was time when Mr..
Beecher expected to die suddenly.
Plymouth Church has voted its pastor
salary OF S10O. 00O. Grants salary is only
$4,000, which shows how much better
it is to be right than be President.
In tearing down the old Dutch Church
III New York, recently, the stecple fell
and partially demolished the adjacent
building.
Another victim Of hair turning white
IN n singl night is Ike Hooper, who was
sentenced to death, last month, in Au-
gusta, Ga, for murder.
a few days ago, Monroe County cat
gave birth to family of five. two of
which were rabbits. Monroe claims the
ribbon on this freak.
Mr.. ASH Flower is spoken of as n risinn
man in Texas politics. "Cometh mn. Asa
Flower" wouldn't be bad motto for
him to adopt
Congressman Mickey, of the Second
Congressional District, ndvcrtises for
competitors for West Point cadetship.
Mr.. Thos. Dwyer, one of tho oldest
nnd possibly the first Irish citizen of
Augusta, died on the 10TH
Iowa is not Southern State, yet they
have lynching there two or three times a
month.
Long Branch is now familiarly spoken
OF MS the SIMMER capital of the United
States.
Father Nicephorus, of the Convent
Altza' on Mount Athos, died recently,
Hnstonfinncy Hellershouts is the name
Louis.