The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-09

dozen. twenty to twenty Ave oents; bakers
bread, delivered daily, per<forty ioayas. s1:
iaa iak L delivered daily, per pint. Ave cents; oofs
per peo pod@S thirty s to tea
no forty cents gag por 600 feet a SO; wood POI
vance, van. not including lights or fuel.) sS; house
| rent per room. per month, IS: SERVANTS waoes
per month, 50 to $12.
ihere 10 2 great scarcity Of good building
timber. All used here Is brought from great
bbis1anSSs; ba but the best quality Of brioks oan
lor 1oundations and easements, abounde in
s!most every part of the city, and often in the
tHhgging ont Of foundations and Easements
ha tne stone 10 qusrried at hand. Lime of the
| pest quanty 1s manufactured within the cor
poIate limits. Bricks are solidly laid In the
well at $40 per 1000. A half dozen different
Hinds ;9 OF ornamental stone for fronts. OF beau
are lonnd IN abundance en- our different rail.
brick. '""A
~ There is liberal system Of public schools,
| where every child can be sent and taught fres
S;., q. charge; These schools give good Eng
| iish education. AL Glasses Of persons send TO
them. The schools are seven in number, and
10osseq i IN dinerent parts Of the city, one
are amongst the best and handsomest in the
schoois is over 900. Besides these there are
PRISE, that are well patronized, chief smongst
which is one for young ladies, under the Pre-.
sldenoy OF Rev. A. q. Stacey, A. M. q diatin.
gulahe6 methodist divine. formerly of the
south Carolina Conference.
All denominations are represented here by
pubic service. most OF them by regularly or.
ganlSed churches. The Southern branches of
tne frespyterlan, Methodist and Baptist, each
churches. The Rev: IF. Ms Msdeisrs. soS Of tho tho
so! Sson'hern fresoyter1an. and Rev. DR.. Camp
peii, OF the Southern Methodist Church. are
quent preachers.
From residence here Of fourteen months.
embracing substantially two winters, as we'll
as one summer, during which time I have
made diligent inquiry Of physicians and citi.
zens generally, am convinced that this CITY
is m as healthy as any place in the United
states, either city or country. Last summer,
smn,cn 10 SAD TO have been an average one,j
Was sometimes intensely hot In the sunshine.
Dut In the shade 1t would at the same time be
Pheasant, because of the almost constant
@ Daeeze: And even in the hottest days, it often
went down. A sultry night is hardly ever
known In Kansas City. During all last sum
ner, there were only six nights during which
! would have been more comfortable to have
oeen cooler. There is but little need for any
one living here to need summer retreat
Dut 1t may not be uninterestIg to ntate.
tna. ana,l; last tt summer. W during the month OF
august. the Kansas Pacific Railroad Compa-
ny-lrom here to Denver, (Colorado,) 638
smlies, and just at the base OF tho Rocky
Mountalns-tssued e1cu1 sion tickets, to be
good thirty days, for the round trip, for
meter indicates an intense degree or cold
Ihls winter has been considerably colder than
last winter, and am assured by old settlers
that this ls the severest winter that has been
nero Tor twenty-five or thirty years The
ground haa been in q continued hard freeze
from about the Goth OF November. Several
mornings, tho mercury has been below zero,
ana there nave been but few days in all that
upon the surface and under noon day sun
and on perfectly clear dayl The coolest
weather here is always the clearest. Still I
aouot very much whether have felt the cold
here any more sensibiy than would have folt
it IN any or the upper Districts OF South Caro-
lima. This Is accounted for by the great dry
ness OF tho atmosphere here. It seldom
OF February, and all the rain that has fallen
here since October would not we more Than
settled the dust. And the greater part
OF January was as dusty as July or August.
tin February. The coolness Of the Summers
h.,re admits OF houses being built for winter. |
This, with ''hoaters," (stoves,) gives a com
iort. even though the mercury may be at zero,
winch is scarcely attninable under tho fire.
places" and open grttes of Southern houses
and two winters use Of '.heaters" has entire.
~ overcome my prcjudicss, and made me q !
convert to their use.
all, more or loss, impregnated with lime: but |
most persons here have cisterns. and TINS
get the very best OF water The cistern
water is delightfully."- cool till June or July. by
which time and before, ice is delivered to |
families every morning at IL cents per pound. |
Tho construction OF water works has been
before the public mind for a year or more.
Taxation is about q per cont. on the actual |
market value OF property. 1t s fi ve per cent. |
on tho assessed value; but the assessm ont is |
hardly ever moro than from one-third to one.
half OF the actual market value, making the |
taxation as stated. This includes State |
County and city taxes.
The professions Of law and medicine are |
crowded. Each has some members OF high |
reputation for professional attainmeuts IA |
well as for natural ability. Lawyers number
about 120. ph, sicians about $50. There ia a |
law library, which is owned jointly by a lnrRe |
majority of the lawyers, containing q full set |
OF al! the reports in each State in the Union: |
this is in addition to the individual libraries |
OF the different members Of the bar. There |
is also medical college OF two or three years' |
growth, which promises success. 1t recently !
received donation Of $20,0 600. The mercnn.
tile business is as much crowded as law and |
medicine. No ono without experience need |
expect to start here with more pay than $35 |
or $40 per month-verJ little more than |
enough to pay for board and washing. They
must rise early and be I'D ate and WORK h N RI |