The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-05-28
Local Items.

Local Items.
PosT OFFICE HOURS. The Office is
open from ga. m. until 31S p. M:
and from 6 until 7 p. m. The North.
ern mail closes at 81 p. M, and ali
other mails close at 8 p. m.
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Jon PRINTING. G.-The Job Office Of
the PA@nic is rs complete rs any in
the South. 1t is furnished with new
fonts of type of all descriptions and
of the most modern styles. All work
executed promptly, with taste and
skill, and at reasonable rates.
That MEDM.-The Augusta Con-
stitutiondliS makes q correction in the
name on the medal for member of
the Palmetto Regiment, noticed in
Sundays issue. The name is Sha-
dreck Ready, not Brady, as the Con-
stitutionaliSt printed it.
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We are informed by gentleman
who hat just returned from a some
what extensive trip through Virginia
and North Carolina, that the pros.
poets for magnificent wheat crop in
those States were never better.
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IHE RIVERSIDE MAGAz1SE.-Thc
June number of this excellent maga-
zine for young people contains q
number of interesting articles ana
stories especially adapted to children.
1t is well illustrated, and is altoge
ther work that may be placed in the
hands OF any young person. with
the certainty that it will be both in
structivc and amusing. The Rirer.
side is published at 81. so per annum,
by Hurd & Houghton, 459 Broome
street, New York.
REGISTERED LETTERS. new
law relative to registered letters goes
into effect on the first of June. Tho
letter is placed in large cnvelope.
with conspicuous lettering, and re-
ceipts are exchanged between the
postmasters and the various mail
agents through whose hands the pack
ages are to pass; consequently, miss
ing registered letters can be readily
traced. AS there have been hume.
rous complaints, heretofore, with re.
ference to the disappearance of money
letters, we hope that all persons for
warding money hereafter to this
Office will have their letters registered
the money ariW then come all yiglt.
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THE LATE Col. DESAUssURE.-The
remains OF Col. w. Davie DeSaus-
sure. of the 18th Regiment South
Carolina Volunteers, arrived here
yesterday afternoon. They were re-
ceived by the Mayor aud Aldermen,
and large concourse of his friends
and fellow-citizens Gncluding num-
Der of freedmen) escorted the re-
mains from the depot of the Sout,,
Carolina Railroad to the Presbyte
rian Church, where, we understand.
the funeral sermon will be preached
this afternoon, Mt o'clock, by Rev.
W. e. Boggs. Col. DeSaussure fell
at the battle Of Gettysburg, July .,
1868. He was q brave and gallant
officer.
SOUTHERN HOTELS IN NoRTHERS
CrrrEs.-Thc Charleston Nercuru.
speaking of Northern hotels, SAYS
Of the New York Hotel:
at the North ranks higher than the
New York Hotel, in the city of New
York. 1t was here that Mr.. Jefler-
son Davis recently stopped and was
treated with as much consideration
as he could have expe cted in his
native State. The proprietors are
gentlemen of large means and liberal
spirit, and Mr.. Hildreth, the acting
partner, was, for sixteen years. pro.
prietor of the st. Charles Hotel, i!
New Orleans, where he necessarily
acquired just such experience rs was
necessary TO make him caD0bln rs