The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-06-13

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COPIES 81 the PuqsIx is i've spnts.s
|, Mai. Hampton Gibbes has Placed Upon
our table cotton Estalk measaring.two
fee - length. and which has two blooms
upon il
The thoughtlesncss OF many people
in throwing the rinds and peelings OF
fruit upon the pavements, eometimes
lead to serious accidents. AS the season
of frnitsis BOW DIT handit!ia well to bear
in mind The sorious peril which may be
caused by reconsideration in such mat
ters.
People who drop into newspaper
Offices ought not to take seat in an
editors chair and play with the scissors
more than half on hour Mt time.
A company OF the cavalry recently
from the West, and for a while camped
here, took their departure for Darling
ton Saturday.
Pamphlets. briefs, catalogues. dodgers,
posters, band bills, bill.heads in faot,,
everything in the way OF job printing !,
gotten up in the best style and on terms
that we pledge ourselves will be satisfao-
tory to I'LL parties. With approved ma
ohinety and steam powet,, We challenge
comparison in prices.
At public session OF the Southern
! Claims Commission, on Tuesday last, the
claims OF Moses Winestock, OF Colum-
bia, 8. c., were examined. and among.
the witnesses were e1-Gov. james T..
Orr, OF South Carolina. who stated that
he had always thought that the Hebrew
residents OF the South were loyal to the
United States, and that they were gene
rally averse to rendering military service
to the Confederacy. 4
The police were out in their new sum-
mer uniforms Sunday. which gives them
neater appearance than the winter cos
tune.
We learn that several culverte in the
lower part Of the city were bursted yes.
terday and the day before by the heavy
volume OF water which flowed through
the city drains.
A good many soldiers have been dis,
charged from this post, recently, the
time they enlisted for having expired
The Charleston Courier faiIed to come
to time. yesterday. t1I
! Major E, ", seihela- has been sum-
1'moned to testify before the Ku Klu1
Committee, now in session at Washing
ton. He will leave this morning.
"There is tide in tho affairs OF men,
which, taken Mt the food, leads on to
fortune; omitted, nil the voyage Of their
life is bound in shadows and in miseriee.
On such full sen are We now afloat; and
We must take the currentwhen it serves: :"
therefore, secure chance in ono or all
Of the four grand prize schemes adser-
tiscd III onr columns
| Several henvy ruins fell in this vicinity
yesterday.
The June number of lie Bon Ton, q
journal Of Paris fashions, has bcen re-
ceived. s. T. Taylor. 3o1 Canal street,
New York. One year. Sc.
we are asked by resident in the Vi
cinity if the City Council cannot abate
the nuisance on Lumber, between Sum
ter and Richardson streets.
A horse attached to a.wagon belong
ing to B. F. Jackson, i'll turning the cor.
ner of Assembly and Washington streets,
yesterday, became frightened and ran
some distance. upsetting the driver and
damaging the wagon.
New NOVELS Ls-We are indebted to
Messrs. Bryan & McCarter for copy of
q novel, entitled "Good for Nothipg;" by
Whyto Melville, author Of "Digby
Grand" "Thc Interpreter" "Holmby
House, eto. Also. for nm historical
novel, entitled Gabrielle Andre;" by 8.
Baring Gould, NJ. a., author OF "Curi-
GUS Myths OF the Middle Ages, )" "Origin
and Development OF Religious Belief"
''The Silver Store" etc. The above are
Nos. 2G md 27 Of d. Appleton & Go. s
library OF choice novels. Price sixty
cents each