The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-23

the domestic treasury after marriage,
that the proposed celebration might be
deemed snperfuous If Hymen's wor-
shippers handle their cards we'll, they are
certain to win the rubber, at any rate,
by the time they peg out" as Lincoln
used to express it.
Mr.. Hugh McElrone has been called
upon to mourn the death of another
child, from diphtheria. His youngest
an infant-died on Monday night, and
was buried yesterday.
Gov. Scott has appointed Edward D.
Legsrd Commissioner OF Deeds for
South Carolina. resident at Philadelphia.
''Thieves break through and steai''
from brick as we'll as wooden houses; but
the thieves that broke into Mr.. Squiers'
store on Tuesday night did not steal
anything. Money must have been their
object, bat they didn't get any.
We republish this morning, on our
first page. the highly interesting letter
Of ex-Auditor Gary, addressed to the
citizens Of the State. There are matters
throughout the letter Of such interest
to the people that no apology is needed
for its second publication.
MAIL ARRANaRARNTs.- The Northern
mail opens at sop. NJ; closes HOO
A. NJ: Charleston day mail opens $40
2. M; oloaesa6.00 Al. NJ. Charleston
night mail OPENS 700 A. M; closes 6.15
P. NJ, Greenviile mail opens 6.45 P.
NJ; closes 600 A. n. Western opens
and closes 1.30 P. NJ Wilmington opens
23o p. NJ; closes 11.30 A. Me0 Oh
Sunday Office open from to P. NJ.
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OouKr OF COMMON PLEAS, COLUMBIA,
October 22.-Judge Melton presiding.
J. A. Hendrix & Brother us. Charles
Fl. Manson. The Jury returned YER,
dict for the plaintiffs for S., ,O49.0I.
Hester Flynn, a al, Ds. VIM. ,Simons.
Trespass to- try titles. This case ocou-
pied the attention Of the court up to the
hour Of adjournment.
ST. CRIsP1S's DAY.-Next Friday, the
25th of October. is set down in the calen-.
dur as st. Orispin's Day. In England
this is the great festival day Of the
"Cordwaincrs,"' or shoemakers, who ara
often POLITICALLY termed the Sons OF Ss.
Orispin. The "Cordwainers'' derived
their name originally from Oordova,
town in Spain whence the famous Spa
nish leather used to come in which the
English gentlemen of the old time much
rejoioed. ST.. Ctispin was shoemaker,
and migrating from Rome to France In
tho third century. preached for the good
Of souls during the day, and at night tor
tured soles to make good understand
ings" for his customers. Martyrdom
under the Emperor Maximilian was his
fate. Shakespeare makes Henry Y say,
before the battle Of Agincourt: "This
day is called the feast Of Crispin." The
boot and shoemakers now universally
accept the cognomen of Crispins. The
public generally, however, have but q
vague idea of the reason why they are 80
denominated. Hence this paragraph.
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]. PHGN1x1ANA.-Some one has said that
the three hardest words to pronounce
oonseoutively are, II was mistaken"
Let the person who made this assertion
try; his articulating powers on the names
of the lakes in Maine-three for instance
-Huknztyahob, Zitzmornumgohic, Ma.
hogapragohgug.
Tastes have changed within The past
5000 years. Once extreme criminals
dreaded the river Styx; now their great
est fear is of the Neuse.
There are many people who not only
believe that this world revolves on its
axis, but they believe that they are the
axis.
When are stockings like dead men?
When they are men-ded; or, perhaps,
when their soles have departed; or,
again. when they are all in holes. All
the reasons for things can't be thought
of at once, and possibly there are mora