The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-20

counterIelG currency. Nearly all the
merchants have large quantities Of it on
hand, and the branch bank established
there is also reported to have received
into its Golfer no small amount of the
worthless paper. How it was introduced,
and who were the guilty utterers, are not
known.
PnGNIxIANA.-Horse and eggs are of
no uso until broken.
German women have the finest heads
of hair, and italian women the most
brilliant complexion.
A pound Of energy with an ounce of
talent will achieve greater results than
o pound of talent with an ounce of
energy.
Tho advertisements nsk for plain
cooks-we suppose pretty ones are OF no
account.
A weather report-a clap of thunder.
Az exchange says fashionable young
people are calling upon somebody to in
vent new dance. Suppose somebody"
invents one wherein the young lady
dances around the house and looks after
everything.
It is said that ''the President has
pardoned a New York counterfeiter for
good behavior" And yet good behavior
in one of his Office holders is thing he
never pardons.
Doctors generally agree about bleed
ing their patients.
The young lady who took the eye
of everybody has been arrested for steal
ing.
The man who had too many irons in
the fire has just sent in mangled state.
ment Of his affairs.
1t is because we are dissatisfied with
ourselves that VIC are so anxious to have
others think we'll of us.
There are two reasons why we don't
trust man: one because we don't know
him, and the other because We do.
School Commissioner Edwards has
furnished us with the following commit
nication. What has become of tie
money?
OFFICE SCHOOL Con-. HIGHLAND Co.,
COLUMBIA, April IS, 1872
To the Board of Trustees Free Common
Schools, Richlamd County, s. c.:
You are hereby notified to close your
schools on the 10Th instant, until further
orders. the apportionment of funds by
the State for the maintenance of the
schools being insufficient.
N. Z. EDWARDS,
School Comm'r Richlnnd County.
OCR Book TABLE.-We are indebted
to Messrs Bryan Il McCarter for copy
of the ''iast sensation" in the novel line
-"Good-bye, Sweetheart" by Rhoda
Broughton, author of "Cometh up as
| Flower" etc. Tho vendors assert
that it is the most popular work of the
day, and they find it difficult to keep up
with the demand. D. Appleton e. Co.,
| New York, are the publishers. Price,
seventy-ive cents.
AIcssrs Edward j. Hale & Son, Il
Murray street. New York, have fur
nishel us the following:
| Wisdom Teeth for Little People. Ey
Mrs. L. q. DeFontaine. An admirable
little book, intended as we'll for the edu-
cation and entertainment of children at
homo rs for the older pupils in the pri-
mary schools. It furnishes questions
and answers on all sorts Of subjects,
abont which the youthful mind is inuui-
sitive and should be informed. Price,
sixty cents.
The Angel in the Cioud-A Poem. by
Edwin ". Fuller. l2no. cloth. Gilt
top, Sloj; gilt edge. $l.5o. New edi-
ton, just published. 1t is real poem,
beautiful, strong and earnest. In an
age when the "Jim BIuGsoe'' poets, who
see no light except in the phosphorcs-
cencc of putridity. are giving the public
their wretchcd slang, tho young post
furnishes us something worthy to be
read by men.
Saitcl with Firc-A Novel. by Miss
Eebecca Cameron. Cloth l2mo., 81.
New eliticn. This is the production OF
a vigorous. cultivated and pure mind.
The style is earnest and we'll rounded,
exhibiting finely critical clectricism in
the choice Of words, and q remarkably