The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-24

Cotton blanks and Observation-Disclosures
sable to all persons purchasing or shipping
cotton-can be Obtained at this Office
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The attention Of dealers is called to the
adVertlsements of Mr. Jos. DAILY, Meeting
street, Charleston. His stock Of boots.
shoes, hats, ETC., is said to be complete.
IL any OF our readers are troubled with q
sweet tooth"-and who is not?-they will
be pleased to know that Mr. Mckenzie has
resumed the manufacture of ssOueen."
domestic" Crock fruit, plain and fancy
cakes, krullers, candies, ETC., in almost as
extensive scale as in davs of wore. His
establishment is on Plain street. near Gates.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICEs.-We are requested
to state that the Rev. A. w. Moore will
preach in the Marion Street (Mcthodist)
Church, this day, at 10l q. m. and the Rev
j. P. Boyce, D. d., at 4'p m.
The Rev. DR.. J. J. O'Conncil will deliver
lecture, this morning at 10 O'Clock. in The
Catholic Church, on 'sDeyotion to the No
ther OF God" The community at large are
respectfully invited to. attend. The rcws
Will be free to all
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DE. PALMER T'.-div, We are told that
this distinguished pulpit orator will preach
his farewell sermon to li;s congregation in
Columbia, prior to his departure for shat
larger province Of good work in New Or
leans to which he is assigned The an
nouncement will be sufficient to attract all
who know him, who admire his searching
cloquence and his happy faculty of illustra-
ton. We trust that his powers will conti-
nue. un1lApalred through 9; long and useful
career like those of his venerable father.
and that, in the field for which he DEPARTS.
he will find those ready sympathies which,
won first by the graces and talents of tho
poeacher, will gradually drink in, to the
attainment of a perfect faith, the lessons
which he is SC we'll prepared to teach.
The Masonic Fraternity of CoIumbia. as
the brethren we'll know, arc taking steps
for presenting their case to the fraternity
throughout the United States. A memo
rial has boon prepared, and commission
of three Masons, distinguished in tho
order, are to be appointed for urging the
claims of the craft of Columbia, in proper
terms, before the lodges of the country.
For this purpose, a small fund if n nscessary,
which can only be raised by voluntary sub
scription among the brotherhood The
lodges themselves are destitute of friends
90 nf property. A committee to collect
SUBSCRIPTIONS, consisting Of Brothers D. p
Mcdonald, G. F. Harrison, John l.. Boat
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the members Of the fraternity, throughout
tho city, and each Is cntreated to contri-
butte his mite, according to his means.
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I. MFacANTILx ENrERpR1sE.-Scattere
about the streets and ruins Of Columbia,
you here and there meet a fre"lman en-
gaging in the green-grocery business, al
Jresco, shading his commodities under the
trees while he enjoys his siesta in tho sun.
Inc standards Of these shops are uniformly
the same, and it is rarely found that the
quantity Of stock on hand is such as to
threaten tho regular shops and stores with
any dangerous competition. Among those
we are frequently delighted at the spectacle
to bo witnessed under the tree which has
been monopolized by Pompey Bum. Pom
pey is a sturdy fellow, who, like most Of his
order, regard labor as a cruel usurpation
OF the rights OF thc colored population.
He does not think that the clergy have
made it sufficiently clear that he is required
to earn has bread by the sweat of his face.
He does not approve OF any sweating pro-
cesses. Still it is trouble with him, the
necessity OF getting his daily broad through
some means; and if called upon to do any
perspiring he prefers, in the language OF
Ben. johnson, that brain s,ce0t should pre-
clude the necessity OF body s,reat. His
wits must work that his hands may be idle,
that his body should feed. He, according
ly, establishes himself under the trees as q