The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-05
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copies of the PHOENIX is Eve cents.
Old newspapers for sale at PHOENIX
Office, at fifty cents q hundred.
A large and varied lot of cards, suita
BILE for weddings. invitations. visiting
and business purposes. have just been re-
ccived at this Office, which, owing to the
dull season, will be printed at low rates.
The Vigilant Fire Engine Company,
(colored,) Captain John Dennison, pn
raded yesterday afternoon. in full uni
form, headed by Councilman Thomp.
sons brass band. The machine re-
sponded we'll and promptly to the vigor-
Gus strokes Of the hardy members.
The pavement in front of the Colum-
bia Hotel requires looking after. The
droppings from the coal make it parti-
cularly unpleasant for ladies passing
more especially as it has been in that
condition for several days.
A despatch was received yesterday
morning announcing that the extensive
works of the Watson Manufacturing
Company. located in Patterson, N. j.,
were in flames. A later despatch an
nounced that the fire had been e1tin-
guished. with the loss of the main centre
building, involving loss of 5000. .OOO-
fully insured. james Watson, Esq, the
Vice President, who was in Columbia at
the time, merely shrugged his shoulders,
and said he should have work resumed
in few days-that accidents would hap
pen, etc. He left on the IL o'clock train.
Saturn is visible from Immediately
after dark until about midnight in the
South in the constellation OF Sagitarius.
It is the most brilliant star in that quar-
ter. Jupiter rises after midnight. These
are the only planets now visible to the
naked eye.
They have new way OF getting up
surprise parties now. A person receives
an anonymous letter stating that sur
prise party will be with him on certain
evening. He prepares for it. Nobody
comes, and the surprise is complete.
The A. NJ. e. Church will hold union
camp-meeting to-day at Ridgeway, in
Fairfield County.
Fresh fish and shrimps can be obtain
ed at E. E. Davis & Co.'s and at the
market this morning.
Mr.. @. F. Jackson, the proprietor OF
the Little Centre Store" has great
variety OF articles in the fancy and notion
line, in addition to large stock in his
Legitimate trade. His ten and twenty
five cents counters are loaded with novel
ties, both useful and ornamental.
Alas! poor Yorick. Who would have
thought that the spirit of your friend
Hamlet would have stalked the earth at
this late day, in order to imbibe spirits
and masticate groceries from Geo. Sym
mers? He was there yesterday. George
says so, and he never says anything but
the etru-tru-trusion of business is at the
bottom of it.
Mr.. I. Sulzbacher will be found at his
new headquarters, beneath the "Temple
OF Art, on and after to-day.
PARDoNED-Mr. Adam NJ. Riser, late
postmaster at Newberry, S. O., charged
with violating the post Office laws, &C..
and sentenced to ten years imprison.
ment, has been pardoned by President
Grant. This is case which many per
sons have looked upon as being done
moro through prejudice than anything
else, from the extreme smnllness of the
amount-one dollar-he was charged
with abstracting. Ho has always. so fal
ms we know, borne good character
this being the first offence of any kind,
VIC believe, ever brought against him
Ho was agent for this paper severa
years, and always remitted promptly
every cont lie collected; and, as we are
Informed, was M efficient postmaster
always kept his accounts correct, an6
made his returns promptly of all money
in his hands; was kind and accommodate
, ing to every one-even went SO far as, il
asserted, to get out of his bed at nigh
and go to the post Office to accommodate