The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-27

SOhiP"hy Aoi d copy Oh the COUTicr.
ANOTHER CAsE.-The Darlington
Southe'mer says that on last Monday.
an old acquaintance (once a CUB
scriber) called into that office :.nd
subscribed again for the SoutAerner.
giving the following reason for so
doing:
II had neglected to pay nv taxes
at the proper time. The tax-collector
had issued his execution to the She
riff, and the latter had advertised nv
land to be sold this very day. BY the
merest chance, some one saw the
paper IN which the land was adyer-
used, and gave me notice, and hereI
have come to save my land and take
your paper.
New BooKs.-We are indebted to
}. j. McCarter, Esq, for copies of
the following books, just published
by Harper & Brothers, New York:
Annals OF 4 QUrET NE1GHBoRuooD.
by George Macdonald, NJ. A., au-
thor of ''David Elginbrod," etc.
This interesting work is, doubtless,
as it purports to be, written by the
rector of Il country church, in Eng
land. Interspersed with the nara
tive are Illustrations of character
which would do credit to the pen OF
a Dickens or Wilkie Collins-the
retired man-of-war's r's-man, Old Ro-
gers; the cynical Thomas Wior and
his unfortunate daughter Catherine:
the heartless Mrs. Oldcastle: the
''white wolf;'' and the inventive Mr..
Stoddart, being apt illustrations
The title of the book-ssA Quiet
Neighborhood'-is correct only to a
certain extent-that is, to all outward
appearance; whereas, down in the
hearts Of many of the characters,
were cauldrons seething and bub-
bling like unto those of Macbeth's
witches. The story, be it under
stood, is by no means sensational;
and the reader will lay the book aside
with the fervent wish that the au-
thor will, rs he intimates. continue
his sketches.
The SAScrUARY-A SroRY OF THE
CIvM WAR. By George Ward Nj
chols, author of ''The Story of the
Great March" With Illustrations.
Major Nichols has attempted, in
this so-called narrative, " to impress
upon the reading public the impor-
tant fact that he is an ardent admirer
OF ''the old flag, . as he had gazed on
it IN foreign waters with an admiring
eye, and fought under it-as an aid
to Gen. Sherman-on the famed soil
of the South. He maintains the
assertions made by him in his former
work, that the burning of Columbia
was attributable to the cotton fred
by the Confederates; whereas, if he
would only consult any of the regi-
mental officers, he would receive posi-
tive information that, when the Fede-
raj army entered the city, after its
evacuation by the Confederates, there
'cas no cotton on fire. That this work
will find admirers, as did ''Uncle
Toms Cabin" in certain portions of
the country, owing to sectional pre-
JUDGES, cannot be doubted; but we
think no candid reader will give the
author credit for much beauty of die
tion or originality of thought.
RAcHEL's s SECRET. A Novel. By the
author OF 'tMaster OF Morton"
Price rs cents.
This is another English story, and
belongs to the series of Harper's pa
per-backed Library Of Select No
vels. " 1t is very evenly written, and
the reader will find that the heroine,
like daughters OF Eve in general,
could, when it was essentially neces-
sary, (and for her own interest, keep
o secret; but as ''Rachel's" was of a
very peculiar nature, the book is
worth perusing, to unravel the mvs-
terry.
A remarkable discovery is reported
Il