The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-04-26
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the new City Council. elect, to oust the
Council now in Office. will be heard by
the Supreme Court, to-day. Messrs.
Chamberlain and Tradewell for the mo.
ton, and Meesrs. Carroll and Rhett for
the respondents. On inquiry, VIC learn
that the case hns been carried directly to
the Supreme Court, because the juris-
diction of the Circuit Court in quo ynr-
ranto hns been taken away by the Code
and litigation in the Circuit Court would
be by regular process, attended with the
usual delays of such proceedings.
CRUMBS. s.-Turtle soup, at tho Exchange
House, this day, from IL to l o'clock.
H. T. Peake. Esq, has resigned his
position as Superintendent of the South
Carolina Railroad Company, which he
has held, we believe, for fourteen or
fifteen years past. He has been all his
life in the railroad employ, md was for
some years in the service Of the Green
ville ana Columbia Railroad Company.
The annual meeting of the Columbia
Memorial Association will be held in the
Washington Street Chapel this (Tues-
dny) afternoon, ut S o'clock. Members
of the Association, and MI persons in
terested, are earnestly requested to be
present, Us business of Importance will
be brought before the meeting.
Paper collars and cuffs have been
fashionable for long while; and they
are now making handkerchiefs of paper,
a Ia japanese. They are very strong
and can hardly be told from a fine silk
handkerchief. This will be bad news
for the washer women.
The friends of our townsman, DR.. r.
". Gibbcs, will be pleased to learn that
he is now convalescent.
Yesterday was an intolerably hot day,
and, unfortunately, no ice was to be
obtained. Keep n supply on hand, Mr..
Bntemnn, for fear of accidents.
Surviving officers of the staff of Gen.
Stonewall Jackson have published an
appeal for funds to place n monum ent
over his remains, and say that such o
memorial of love and respect, more than
all others, meets with the cordial appro-
baton of Mrs. Jackson.
The PHOENIX Office is supplied with
every style of material from the small
metal letter to the largest wood type,
together with plain and fancy cards,
paper, colored ink, bronze, etc. It is
the only establishment in the interior of
the State where two and three sheet
posters can be printed. All kinds of
work in the printing line attended to at
short notice.
SOUTHERN School Books We are in
debted to Messrs. Duffio & Chapman for
copies of the second edition of the
following series of valuable school
books, prepared by Prof. J. L. Reynolds,
and termed the ''Dufio & Chapman
series;" Reynolds New Elementary
Spelling Book" Reynolds New Picto-
rial Reader" primary. and Nos ., and
4. These books have been Justly com
mended by the press and by the teachers
generally throughout tho South; they
are beautifully printed, the reading mat
ter simple and yet interesting, and the
illustrations remarkably neat. The best
evidence of their popularity is the
necessity for q second edition at so early
Il day. We are confident that when the
great merits of these books become gene
rally known tho demand for them will be
increased to such an extent as to call for
repeated editions. We extract the fol-
lowing from the publishers preface:
In these Readers the pupil is led on
step by step in easy gradation. We
deem it not improper to refer to fow of
the advantages aimed Mt in preparing
these Readers:
l. The enlistment Of popular senti-
ment in favor of home enterprise, which
is now beginning to show itself all over
the South.
g. To remedy the evil everywhere
complained of in our schools of con-
tinuul change of text-books-a costly