The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-07-15
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Mortgages and Conveyances of Real E..
tate for sale at this Office.
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THE BuRNiNa OF COLUMBIA. ;r,.-
estmg account Of the ssSack and Dest,-,,.
tionfof the City of Columbia g. nb.s
just been issued in pamphlet form from,
tue PhOesie power press. Orders a,,ea To-
any extent. Single copies SO cents.
MAIL ARRANoEMENTs.- Post Office i.
open during the week from a. m, to1n
M and from 81 p. IN. to IN. On snn.
day, from to a. M
North Northern mail opens 8 a. M; closes24p NJ
Charleston n {" Up M; ~ IN.
Edgefield 8 M, g o4P H.
All mails close On Sunday at p. m.
EXPRESS CoMpANIEs.-The express bns;-
ness has been brought to such g state or
perfection and usefulness, that, il from
any cause we should be deprived Of it, the
entire business community would feol the
effects of it. We are daily placed under
obligations to the officers of the sontbern
and National Express Companies for ia
vors.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT As is our usual cus-
tom. - Saturday evening, we called upon
Mcssrs. j. Il 7. r. Agnew, who advertise
abundant supplies in our columns. We
particularly recommend their 'ecorned
peer, which is excellent. Mr.. Agnew ia a
merchant in every sense of the word and
Is now trying to accommodate the pubIc
at moderate profits.
QUICK WoRK.-A despatch was sent from
the Pho'nir Office to New York yesterday.
about noon, and, although the business to
which 1t referred made it absolutely neces
sary for the New York agent to make in
quIries at distance from his place of busi.
ness, yet in four hours afterwards. an
answer was received in Columbs, giving
the necessary information. This ia cer-
ta1nly the best time on record. The ac-
commodatinS operators in this c;ry will
acceps our sincere thanks for their prompt
ness IN this matter, as well as for other
attentions too numerous to mention.
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THE NATIONAL" HorEL-In COMPANY
with some thirty friends of the proprietor.
We assisted, yesterday, at the christening
of this new and commodious hotel r. 10
not yet entirely finished, but is in such an
advanced stage as to warrant its early
completion. The dinner provided for the
occasion was Al excellent one, and was
partaken OF with zest which either indi-
Gated good cooking or sharp appetites-
perhaps both. We bespeak for the house
a capital business, as it ia situatea
within stones throw of the Charlotte and
Greenville Depots; and the proprietor, r.
JOINER, Esq, pledges his utmost endeayors
to give satisfaction to all who stop at the
National"
RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAY-Trinitv
Church Rev. P. J. Shand, 1o4 a. m. and
5 p. m.
Presbyterian Church-Rev W. E. Boexs.
Pastor, 10a a. M. and .. m.
baptist Church-Rev. J. L. REYNOLDS, loA
a. M. and 81 p. nj. Rev. VIM. T. Capers.
p. m.
St Peters Church-Rev J. J. OConneu
10 q. III. and p. m.
Lutheran Church-Rev. A. b. Rude 1OA
a. III.
Marion Street Church-Rev. f.. G.
Gage, lOa a. m. and S p. m. Rev. Vim
Martin, 81 p. m.
Christ Church Lecture Room-Rey. J. NJ
Pringle, Rector, 1Ot u. M and D. m.
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ARRIVAL OF DISTINGUISHED Opr1c1.y
Professor NJ. Bernhadt, of Berlin Prussia.
the celebrated optician, has arrived in our
city, and taken rooms at Nickerson's
Hotel, where he intends to remain for q
short time. The Professor comes to us
highly recommended by the medical facul
ty, and by other gentlemen also Of the best
standing III society. We also find by his
advertisement, in another column OF our
paper to-day, that he has received testi
monlals Of some of our most eminent phy-
siclans. Perhaps it would be as well for
the public to improve the opportunity now
Afforded, and for those who require them.
to secure 4 pair Of the far-famed double
vision spectacles now offered byProfessor
Bcrnhardt. His Office for sh. IT time VIII,
be at Nickcrson's Hotel, Room No. %. Sc
cond floor.
New ADVERTISEMENTS. Attention is cslI-