The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-01
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local Iteng.
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few doors abovoTaylor tor Camdcn street.
OUH READING RooM-Our friends ara
invited to visit the Phunir reading room
where they will find on file papers and
periodicals from every section of the Union.
The building is open day and night.
New YEARS DAY.-This being the FIRST
day of tho new year, which is generally
observed as u holiday, we cannot be an
exception to the rule; consequently, thero
viii be no paper issued from this Office to-
morrow.
The carriers will call on their patrons
today, and deliver their annual poetjcal
address. Have your loose change ready.
NEW HosE- -CAEE1AGr-w clip tho fol-
lowing item from tho New York Har.ld Of
last Thursday:
A very handsome hosc-carriagc and bosa
Is being completed for the New York Fro
mcus Association, of which Henry Wilson
Is PRESIDENT, Intended as L New Years yItt
10 the Ere Department of Columbia, s. C.
IL VIII be finished some tine in January. at
a cost OF $1,000
ElaroH1cAL.-Tho future historian will
he ANXIOUS to CLEAN tho most correct in
formation concerning the dcsolating march
of sherman; and especially will he look
for a truthful record Of the sack and do
struction of Columbia. The only true and
full statement Of the terrible events of tho
night OF tho 17th February, 1865, Will bo
found in the pamphlet issued from this
Office.
IKE FIRST SNo"-SToEa1.-As we noticed
in Sunday mornings issue, our first snow
storm commenced on Saturday evening.
and on Sunday morning there was snow on
the ground to tho depth of two or thrce
inches. Throughout the day there was 8
fall of freezing slcct, which, on yesterday,
gave ample opportunity for all sorts Of
s!elShs to be brought into operation. We.
with sundry others of our citizens, enioyed
the pleasure OF a rido with Mr.. NJ: Brennan.
who had q regular sled on iron runners.
Cur people, and especially the young, have
enjoyed the snow very much, in various
ways. AS appropriate to this Northern e1-
hlbitlon, we quote the following pretty
lines from a New England poet, J. r.
Lowell
''Thc snow had begun in the cleaning,
And pnsily all the night
I Had been hcapnS the field and highway
With silence deep and white.
Every pine, and fir, and hcmlock,
Wore ermlne too dear for all carl:
a t,rIr -, .,.I,,>
was irInged inch deep with pearl.
From sheds now rooted with Carrara
Came Chantilecr's muilicd crow:
The stiff rails were softoncd To Swans down.
And still futtcred down the snow.
l stood aId watched by the window
The no!seless work of the sky,
And the sudden tlurrics OF snow birds,
Like brown leaves whirliug by.
thought of mount in sweet Auburn,
Where little head stone stood
How the flakes were folding it gently,
AS die robbins the babes III the wood.
Up spoke our own little Mabel,
Saying, Father, who makes it snow?'
And tod her of the good All-:a;her
We cares for us ail below.
Again / looked at the snowfall,
And thought of the leadcn sky
That archcd DER our first great sorrow,
When the mount was heapcd SO high.
remembered the gradual patience
That fell from that cloud-likc snow;
Flake by flake, healing and hiding
The scar of that dccp-stabbed WOO
And again to tho child l whispered,
The snow that hushcth all,
Darling, the mcrciful Father
Alone can make it fall
Then, with eyes that saw not, kissed her:
And she kissing back, could not know
That my kiss was given tc her sister,
Folded close under the deepening snow.
New ADVERTISEMENTS. Attention is call
cd 70 the following advertisements, which
sre Published this morning for the frat
time
Meeting Of Palmetto Fi,c Company.
Il. w. Ricc-School Notice.
DR.. Talley-Hcmoval.
Regular Communication R:chland Lodge.
Meeting True brotherhood Lodge.
Jesse T.. Dclt-SheriN S Sale.
II. Simmons-Notice.
THE BEAUTIFUL SNow-A disgust
ed Southerner, in Canada, writes the
following ode to the snow and frost of
that country:
Oh the frost, the freezing frost,
biting our nose Us we go; all sense of
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