The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-03-04
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P. NJ. Charleston day mail opens 4.30.
P. NJ; closes 11.30 A. NJ. Charleston
night mail opens $50 A. NJ; closes G. 90
P. M. Greenville mail opens 4.30 P.
NJ; closes $50 P. Nj. Western mail
opens 1.3OP. NJ; closes 1.30 P. Al. On
Sunday Office open from 4P.M.
PHGN1x1ANA.---The price of single
copies of the PHOENIX is five cents.
Book and job printing of every kind
attended to promptly at PHOENIX office. (
The races on the Congaree Course to-
day will begin at IL o'clock, provided
the weather is favorable. A line of om-
nibusses will be run for the accommoda-
tion of visitors.
All OF that talk about the resumption
Of specie payments has died out. Bout
we'll looks as wise as an owl, and says not
word. He fears it would deprive him
of the amusement of buying bonds. and
therefore studiously avoids the subject
So long as snch fnsnc;a! ;;as,eo;.e is ae
the head OF the Treasury Department
we may look for depression in business,
scarcity Of money and general embar-
rassment.
That the colored people are wonderful
ly initiative in their nature, is exempli-
fed in the case of Senator Revels, who
out of his salary of $4,000, has saved
money enough to buy $40, 600 planta.
ton. The example of his Radical asso-
ciates in the Senate has been studiously
followed, and he has already "made his
pile" Of greenbacks
Those who imagine that France is IT.
retrievably ruined, should look at the
resources she has left, by wise use of
which she can rapidly recuperate her
wealth and strength. As to her sinking
down to the level of Spain, it is fair to
presume that there are enough men left
whose abilities are sufficient to prevent
this. France has been unfortunate, it
Is true, but if her statesmen have the
courage to look the situation in the face,
and go Mt once to work to get the coun-
try on its legs again, there is no reason
why they should not succeed.
That grinding. fleeing nuisance, tho
income tax, is to be continued, and mil
lions are still to be wrung from an over
taxed and impoverished people. The
wonder is that. they don't double the
rates and filch more while they can
We confidently look for the repeal of the
income tax when its twin relic of the
''higher civilization" the Infamous
Freedmen's Bureau, is no more, and the
'philanthropic" Howard retires with
competence from the colored charity
business.
When you go the post Office to get
stamp, fix yourself right opposite the
window, wait till you pull out your
purse, and then offer five dollar bill in
payment. Be very particular to count
all the small change, and wrap your
pocket-book carefully, afte" which you
can stick OH the stamp at your leisure.
and bang it three or four times with your
fist, while you listen to the crowd behind
you curse you for slow coach. Then
move slowly of, and wonder why folks
push so.
It's as true of advertising as of any
thing else in this world-if it is worth
doing at all, it is worth doing we'll. Peo-
pie who advertise only once in three
months forget that most folks can't re-
member anything longer than about
seven days. If You can arouse curiosity
by m advertisement, it is a great point
gained. The fair sex don't hold all the
curiosity in the world.
A member of the Legislature says he
has contempt for newspaper squibs.
This is common with persons whom
newspaper squibs have brought into
contempt.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS, March 3.-Colum6:o
Hotel-W. +. Smith, Robert Graham, T.
Barnett, Jr., W. D. Porter, Miss George
Porter, Charleston; n. G. Lynch, W. J.