The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-04-16
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the project to build q first class operc house
in this city, which We made several davs
since, has created quite sensation in orr
sister cities III the South, and the press is
quite enthusiastic in it's expressions of
praise Tor that enterprise which originated
and will perfect the scheme. In illustration
OF this feeling, We quote from the Augusta
Press, which, like the Phonic, is n live pa.
per, and one which appreciates the necessi-
ties OF the times. We hope that our friend
Pnghe will no be discouraged because
we have beaten him in this one particular
but Will go on dealing ont to his readers. rs
we intend to do to ours, telling am! earnest
words IN the interests of wide awake, pro-
gresslve and Intelligent spirit of enterprise
an enterprise which ,,alone can build mp
our waste places. and make Columbia, Au-
gusta and other cities of the South the home
s'eads OF II prosperous and happy people.
Says the Press:
This prospective improvement in city
which four years ago, was bed Of ashes
and charred ruins, stands out in lively con
trast with the Van Winkleism characteristic
of the city of Augusta, in like enterprise.
With city which escaped the terrible
rayaSes of the enemy's torch during the
war, and whose resources were compara-
lively unimpaired, we are outstripped, by
little city with scarcely more than one
| third our population, and certainly not one
third the advantages enjoyed by us in point
OF preserved capital aud wealth. We can
but blush for the absence of public spirit
among our capitalists, MS we draw the com
parison.
"Will not the improvement Of our spry
little sister city induce a shaking among
the 'dry-bones' of Augusta? Or shall we,
III conformity to old fogy supineness, fold
our hands, close our eyes upon The future,
and chant Il lullaby of satisfaction with pre-
sent prosperity? If this is to be the policy
OF that class Of our citizens who have the
means to lmpart life, vitality and energy
into every avenue OF business, then the
| sooner the mechanics and artizans of our
city migrate, the better for themselves and
families. Mechanics never get fat in town
or city that is considered 'fnished.' -
SOMETHING New UNDER THE Subtitle
mania for velocipedes, and the genius dis
played in their construction, constitute the
passion OF the hour. 1t cannot, then, be
wondered mt that the mechanical talent in
our midst should be exercised in the perfec-
| Our citizens have beheld with admiration
the threewheeled arrangement of Mr..
Wright, have rode the imported BICYCLE of
our friend, Major C., but far in advance
OF these is the one-wheeled velocipede
which can be seen this morning, between
Symmers, Main street.
Without an engraving of tho machine, or
a personal inspection, it is impossible to
give correct idea of the wonderful perfcc-
ton to which human genius can attain
when bent in given channel The in
vontor has, for some time back, been secret
ly experimenting, and has succeeded in pro-
ducing one ,cheeled velocipede, which not
only can be propelled by one man, but if
necessary can accommodate second party
with perfect safety, after little practice
The exercise is wholesome and invigorating.
The inventor asks for no patent; and any of
our carriage or wagon builders can dupli-
cate the one on exhibition at price far
lower than the imported bycycles.
STATE NEws.-There is not pris ner in
the Jail Of York County.
No injury has occurred to the fruit in
York
| An election was held in Broad River
Township, in York County on the 7th in
slant, for three Selectmcn, Constable, Il
Clerk and Surveyor. Tho halloting for
Clerk resulted in a tie, which renders new
election necessary. For the other officers
the following is the result:
Seleotmen-J. A Hope, d. c. Mckinney,
w. T. Hartness.