The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-10
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OAno1ANA'-At u .Ieceht meetlnG OF the
stockholders of this Bank, the Rev.
VIM. Martin was elected President Board
Of Directors, Uice Gen. Wade Hampton,
resigned. We have been permitted to
publish the letter of Gen. Hampton, re-
signing the Presidency of the Bank:
VIVID WOODS, January 10, 1870.
My DEAR SIR: beg you to lay before
the Board of Directors of the Savings
Bank, my resignation as President of the
institution. In sevcring q connection
which has been most agreeable to me, it
is due to the gentlemen with whom 1
have been associated, to state, that nv
only reason for resigning, is the fact that
my private business does not allow me
to give the proper attention to the duties
OF President of the Bank. The institu-
tion is now thoroughly organized on n
firm basis; its business is fourishing, and
as my only object in connecting myself
with it, at its organization, was to aid in
its successful establishment, L feel that
can now withdraw, under the assurance
that its success Is no longer doubtful.
With my best wishes for its prosperity
and that of its officers, am, very truly,
yours, WADE HAMPTON.
Col. PALMER
Tho following is the present corps of
the parent Bank ut this place: Rev. VIM.
Marlin, President; j. B. Palmer, j. p.
Thomas, VicePresidcnts; T. E. Gregg,
Cashier; j. G. B. Smith, Assistant
Cashier. The Bank has branches at Alb
beville, Camden, Charleston. Chester,
I1aurens, Newberry and Yorkville.
The WEDDINd-RING F1NGER.-This is
the fourth finger on the left hand. Why
this particular digit should have received
such token of honor and trust beyond
all its congeners, both in Pagan and
Christian times, has been variously in
terpreted. The most common explana-
tion is, according to Sir Thomas Browne,
''presuming therein that particular
vessel, nerve, vein or artery, is conferred
thereto from the heart" which direct
vascular communication Browne shows
to be anatomically incorrect Macro-
bits gives another reason, which may
perhaps satisfy those anatomists who are
not satisfied with the above. "Pollex, >"
he says, cor Thumb, (whose Offices and
general usefulness are sufficiently indi-
Gated from its Latin derivative poelo, and
from its Greek equivalent antichier,
which means, las good as hand, y is too
busy to bo set apart for any such special
employment; the next finger to the
thumb being but half protected on that
side, besides having other work to do, is
also ineligible; the opprobrium attaching
to the middle fingers, called mcdicus,
put it entirely out of the question; and
as the little finger stands exposed, and
is. moreover, too puny to entor the lists
in such II contest, the spousal honors de-
volve naturally on pronubus, the we'd
ding finger" In the British apollo,
ITS. it is urged that the fourth finger
was chosen from its being not only less
used than either of the rest, but more
capable of preserving a ring from
bruises; having this one quality peculiar
to itself, that it cannot be extended but
in company with some other finger,
whereas the rest may be stretched out to
their full length and straightness.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS, February 9-Colum-
bia IloteNB. Kelley, Indiana; E. Leg
gett, New York; +. DeMars, Orange
burg; A. @. Snapper, j. r. Terry, E.
Merritt, s. c.; s. j. Coates, Miss r.
Lynch, r. Pinckney, Charleston; Signor
Crespi wife and five children, England; /;
L. p. Benson, Anderson; p. l.. Wiggins,
Beaufort; VIM. Wilson, Mississippi; N.
G. Rautin, Charleston; T. j. Davis,
Edgefeld; J. III. Adams, j. Hannahan,
Rjchland; w. Z. Earle. Greenville; H.
Hirsch, Philadelphia; w. T. DuBose,
j. FL. Ancrum, Jr.. Miss "A. G. Cuthbert,
W. d. Kennedy, Charleston; Mrs. Gen
Warten, Mrs. Palmer, Texas; J. A.
Keller. Il. H. Cooke, Orangeburg; X.
NJ. Nelson, Baltimore; II. w. Hatch,
New York; W. T. McKewn, Orangeburg;
II. B. FAINT, Greenville.
National Hotel-C. @. Tracy, Walter
boro; Mrs Cawley, Graniteville; D. H.
Hamley, Florence; L. e. Gregg, Marion;
E. A. Gregg. Mrs. L. Gregg, Miss
Catharine Gregg, Miss Maria Gregg,
Miss Lizzie Gregg, Master L. Gregg,
Sumter; j. Campbell, w. Saper, XIV.