The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-15

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Those desirous of inspecting fine work o
art are invited to attend.
Hop AT The COLUMBIA HOTEL. TIL,
young men connected with the Universit,
gave ''hop," last night. at tLe new hotel
which was vel! attended by the beauty AMI
fashion of Columbia ana of the District
About 10 o'clock the dancing commenced
aud was continued with auimution until ;
! late hour
Moor CoURT.-A number Of the younce,
members Of the bar and law students have es
tabiished "Moot Court IN this CITY, and
on Thursday evening. had their tirst trial.
Judge A. q. Haskell, presiding, with the
following Court officers: Sheriff.. H.
Thornwel; C,erk-John NJ Miller The
frs. case on the docket was the State rs.
George jenkins, indicted tor tie homicide
OF VIM. Dennis, editor and proprietor Of the
Columbia Iteli0encey," IN April last.
The State was represented by Messrs. ]. T.
Sloan, Jr, and II. W. Rec; and the pri-
soner by Messrs. Charles L. Jauney and
Lewis LeConte. After the examination of
many witnesses, able arguments of counsel,
anu charge from his Honor, the jury re-
tired, aud after short absence returned,
with verdict of guilty OF manslaughter +"
The prisoner was then sentenced to the
peniteutiary of his own con science for life.
and to be thirty-nine times inflicted with
the light of the pleasant eyes OF those whose
presence aided in the detection Of his guilt,
aud will afford such brilliant guidance to
his future amendatory career. A lnrge num-
Der OF ladies were in attendance, and exhi-
bited much interest in the trial.
KIs5lNa.-We propose to give little SER
mon on kissing. We say sermon, because
kissing is like sermon requiring, two heads
and an application. Our text shall be Wor-
cesters definition of kiss, viz: "a salute
by, kissing, or by Joining lips" OF the
origin of kissing little is known, but, like
Sancho Panza, we invoke blessings on the
head of him who first invented it kissing,
not sleep.) Kisses may be divided into two
great classes-the kiss universal and the
kiss sentimental The irst variety is
charming salutation common among ladies,
and occurs generally upon any encounter,
public or private, and is very violent at
times after al absence oi-tLree or four
days. There is no particular form to be OBJ
served in these off-hand inoculations; it
simply being required to ''ire and fall
back" But the sentimental kiss! Oh, ye
Gods how shall we describe it? It occurs
at oil times and all seasons and seems to be
never out of place. Othello's farewell
Kisses which, tender and heart-broken as
they were. having no power to bring poor
dead Desdemona back to life, were the most
truly sweet and touching. And there were
the grand, passionate kisses of Coriolanus
-"long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!"
and sweet Romeo's dying kiss in the vaults
of the Capulets. Under the head of senti-
mental may be ranked the young lovers
kisses, which are rendered with upturned
optics. They occur commonly by pale
moonlight, in grottoes and shady retreats
We close this little sermon by two quota
tions, one from Rev. Sidney Smith, and the
other by an unknown author:
"'We are in favor of certain amount of
shyness, says Sidney Smith, when kiss
is proposed, but it should not be too long;
and when the fair one gives it, let it be ad-
ministered with warmth and energy; let
there be soul in it. If she close her eyes
Immediately and sigh the effect is greater
She should be careful not to slobber kiss
but give it as humming bird runs his bill
into honeysuckle--deepb but delicate
whats in kiss? Really, when people
como to reflect upon the matter calmly
what can we see in kiss? The lips pout
slightly, and then touch the cheek softly,
and then they raart and tha inla 10 conn n Lot