The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-22

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MAIL .ARBANaEMENTs.- s.-The Northern
and Western mails are open for delivery
at p. m. closed at II. 80 a. m. Charles
ton day and Greenville open at s. 80 p.
M; closed at $50 p. m. Charleston
night mail open at $50 a. m.; closed at
4. Is p. M. On Sunday, tho post Office is
open from to 2 p. m.
A Word ON THE CONDITION OF OUR
STRKKTs.-We are pleased at being able
to say that our streets have been much
improved under tho active direction of
Alderman Agnew, Chairman Committee
on Streets. He has properly selected
those streets for repairs that are more
generally used, and thus he is improving
the transportation of the city. We hope
that this work may be prosecuted with
continued efficiency. Clean, well-worked
streets are decided advantage to any
city, and this advantage we ought by all
means to secure.
A TOURNAMENT AT THE STATE FAIR. -
From notice in our columns, it will
be seen that committee of Columbia
gentlemen hnvc taken this matter in
hand. It will be an attractive feature OF
the Fair, especially to the young; and if,
as anticipated, representatives come in
from all parts of the State, it will be n
goodly sight. There will be grand ca
valcade animated by n "knightly" spirit.
Gallant young men and fnir women,
prancing stccds, waving pcnons, grace
full costumes, will recall the knightly era,
and revive the spirit of chivalrous age.
We believe that there is sound philoso-
ply in these amuscments. In these
times Of depression, these occasions
come to change the current of thought
and to produce better feeling. Hence
we wish 'the knights of South Carolina"
success in the proposed trial of skill and
he rsemanship at their grand tournament
The FA1R-TuE FINAL ARRANGEMENTS
By THE MANAGERS. We invite attention
to the notice of Col. Aiken, Secretary,
to be found in to. days PHOENIX. We are
gratified to learn that the prospects for
the Fair are SO bright. We feel that its
success is assured, and the matter is now
removed from the sphere Of doubt
Great interest is manifested throughout
the State in behalf of the Fair and q
large crowd of visitors is anticipated
Some of the Counties have not respond
ed yet to the moderate call for material
aid, but we hope that by the 1st Novem-
ber next, the Treasurer of the Society
will have each County's quota. A small
contribution from each County which
has not yet responded to the Treasurer,
(whose address is Cokesbury, S. C.,) is
all that is needed. We hope that some
man, in every County, interested i'll the
cause of the Fair, will see to it that his
County does its part in this littlo prcli-
minary transaction. AS Columbians, we
are gratified to state, that the liberal
conduct and the generous spirit cvinced
by her municipal authorities and by her
citizens in behalf Of the Fair. received a
lively recognition ut the hands Of the
Committee. We know that Col. Aiken,
tho Secretary and Treasurer, is doing his
work industriously and we'll. a man of
raro encrgy-an enthusiast in agricul-
turo-the work upon which he is en-
gagged, is with him labor of love, and
the public may count upon its being well
done. He has been wiso enough 10 con-
fer freely with the former Secretary
the moving spirit in that way before the
war--our excellent and humorous friend.
Col. Gage, of Union. Uniting, as he
will, his own energy to the experience OF
Col. c., the present Secretary will, we
feel sure, do his important and CONTROL
! ing part In fine Wo take cSOccial plea