The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-21

u IoPJ VI Il ne" Sp'pef mOnStrOSlly-
the London Times, of the 31st'ult.
How it can be read through in one
day is what we would like to know.
We have received a copy Of the
catalos',e OF the Furman University,
of Greenyille. The University is in
successful operation, with complete
corps of professors, and now has
nearly $50 students The catalogue
itself is Il model Of Typographical
neatness, and is from the press OF G..
T. Elford, Esq, of that town.
FAIR IN GREENvILLE The ladies'
Of Creenville are making extensive
preparations foc a fair, to be given III
that town, on the 25th instant, for
the purpose Of raising funds to assist
in paying Tor the Baptist Charch.
The Greenyillr E;ilroHd Comp '-
VIZ learn, viii carry visitors Ior one
fare over the road
CoLUM81A VARIETIES. This popu-
lar and muclAadmired band OF anna
teur Ethiopian minstrels will give
another Of their mirth-provoking.
lnusic-satisfying and uniycrs;.l-g;rati-
tying entertainments, in Jannev's
Hall, tomorrow evening. IF fine
pianists vioiinists and balladists will
not draw = versatile audience. no
thing will All this the Varieties
furnish, and more
SEnlENG;y WniGHr. The .Aaricul-
tural Society Of New Jersey has ap-
pointed Il committee to petition the
Legislature to pass a law regulating
the sale OF vegetables by weight. An
exchange remarks that there can be
no doubt thar such q mode is fairer
for both buyer and seller We have
no doubt that it would be alvan-
tageous to the buyer. Who can tell
when he gets n peck OF beets, sweet
potatoes, and other long-tailed escu-
lents, which have trick of not
packing down very closely? 1t is
better to buy and sell all such vegc-
tables, and even fruits, by weight;
and then those buying potatoes,
apples, &c, by the barrel would
know how much they paid for and
what the package contained; nor
would they be so frequently disap-
pointed, on opening them, in disco
vering that they had bought "a pig
in a poke Could not the weighing
fashion be introduced here?
SOUTHERN School Books. s.-We re-
ceived short visit, yesterday morn
ing, from Prof. Richard Sterling, Of
Greensboro, North Carolina, who is
on a tour through the Southern
States, for the purpose of introdac-
ing his series Of Southern school
books throughout this, section of
country. These books have been be-
fore the Southern public for several
years, having been issued during the
war, when our schools could be sup
| piled from no other source. The
favor with which the books have
been received, induced the author TO
republish them in substantial form.
tastefully illustrated, having revised
and materially improved them. The
lessons appear to have been selected
and arranged with care, and with re-
ference to the progressive principle.
/, In the readers, selections have been
made, to a great extent, from South
crn statesmen; although Northern
and European orators have not been
slighted The author has excluded
everything that would tend to foster
sectional aaimosities, but has civcn
prominence to home interests, histo-
~ and literature. Prof. Sterling has
been engaged in teaching in South
ern seminaries for over thirty years
which is a guaranty of his compe-
tcncy for the work in which he is now
engaged. His series of books have