The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-15

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Office.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS AND GENE.
RAJ SEssIoSs-Commenced yesterday
Judge Melton presiding. This being the
Judges first circuit, his commission was
read by the Clerk aud ordered to be
recorded
The Grand Jury was organized, COM
posed of five white and nine colored.
PRESLEY Brown, Esq, was appointed
Foreman. a number of bills we're given
out, and, after charge from his Honor.
the Jury retired.
Captain James .. Tradewell then
arose, and, in few appropriate remarks,
announced the death of Judge Boozer,
and offered II series Of resolutions, which
were seconded by Solicitor Taley, and
ordered to be spread upon the journals.
After which, the Court adjourned.
HE PANoRAMA.-The Columbus (Ga.
Inquirer speaks thus of Billiards. pano-
rama Of New York, which will be exhi.
bited in the hall attached to the Nicker.
son House, on Thursday aud Friday of
the present week:
Large audiences attended the Pano-
rama of New York city, yesterday. in
spite of the storm. 1t is well worth
riding few miles to see. We have
heard of no exhibition ever presented in
this city that has received more general
or hearty praise than that of Bullard's s
Panorama of New York City. Thousands
OF people, old and young, have visited it.
All have been highly entertained, and
their ideas of the great metropolis of the
country considerably improved and cor
rected. The panorama moves before
you, and Broadway, with it's elegant
hotels, splendid stores and palatial resi-
dences; its side. walks crowded with
ladies and gentlemen and little folks; the
street thronged with carriages draws,
omni5ases. express wagons, fast horses
and fast men; military parades; process
slons; the beggar girls; the street sweep
ers; news-boys, merchants. millionaires,
'Sutter-snlpes, roughs, pick pockets.
greenles from the country, policemen
and hundreds of other characters-all
make up picture that enhances the
interest of every one and affords abun-
dant pleasure Mr. Norton the lecturer,
who gives running commentary on the
scenes of the panorama. understands his
business we'll and adds great deal to the
interest of the exhibition. He knows
New York like book, end tue amount
of information his remarks contain, and
his entertaining description of life in
New York-its wealth and work-its
generosity and its meanness-its thou
sands of objects Of interest, is, alone,
worth the admission fee."
CRUMBS. As an act of justice, we pub
lish an article, from the Charleston Cou-
rier, rebutting certain charges against
the South Carolina Railroad, and ask for
it careful perusal
This is the last day Mr. Roma, the
French florist, will spend in Columbia.
Those in want of plants should give him
a call, as his assortment is varied and
extensive.
Measles, in mild form, may he said
to be epidemic in Columbia, at present.
little 6ve-year-older heard some one
say "the disease was in the air." and
therefore declined to put his head out
side the door.
We learn that Colonel Mcclure, who
has so misrepresented Columbia and her
people, having failed in his railroad
schemes. has gone back to the foreign
parts whence he came. Does he, Par
THAN like, shoot his arrows as he re-
treats? 1t would seem so. Now-let
him pass.
Hawley, the lightning g-rod man, is here,
and prepared to put up his improved
rods at short notice. His protectors are
highly spoken of by many who have had
them in use, among whom may be men
toned the proprietors of some of the
principal theatres in the United States;
Professor James Woodrow, Comptroller
General Neagle, and Architects Lee and
Waring. of this city.
The Southern Presbyterian Reuie,r, for
the quarter ending with January, has
been received The folloUino 10 tha