The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-06-29
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CRY MATTERS. The price of single
copies of the PHOENIX is Ave cents.
Now that melons. peaches, &c., are
becoming plentiful. the throwing of
rinds or skins upon the pavement should
be made punishable by fine.
The exercises of the annual public day
at the University will begin at IL O'Clock,
this morning, at the chapel within the
campus.
We have received. for distribution,
copies Of the premium list Of the State
Agricultural and Mechanical Society, for
the fourth annual fair, beginning on the
4th and closing on the 9Th of November,
1872.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS The Northern
mail opens at 2.30 P. NJ; closes 1900
A. NJ. Charleston day mail opens 4.30
p. NJ; closes 600 A. NJ. Charleston
night mail opens 100 A. NJ: closes 6. Is
P. NJ. Greenville mail opens GAS P.
NJ. !; closes 600 A. NJ. Western opens
and closes 1.3O P. At. Wilmington opens
230 F. NJ: closes 11.30 A. M. On
Sunday Office open from to 4 P. M.
Our AGENTS IN CHARLESTON. The
advertising agency Of Messrs. Walker,
Evans s. Cogswell, represented by Ros-
we'll L. Logan, Esq, is the only author
lied agency for this paper in Charleston.
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COLUMBIA FEMALE CoL1EaE.-.Welearn
that the Executive Committee of the
Trustees of the Columbia Female Col
lege, which met at the College Chapel
Thursday night, unanimously resolved
to open the institution on the Rrst of
next January. We are pleased to record
this action of the committee. and we
hope that the college will receive that
patronage which we are confident it will
so richly merit.
POSTAGE ON PRINTED MATrRR.-In an
swer to correspondent on the subject,
we would state that the postage on pc.
riodicals, &C., is changed so as to allow
1T to be paid on less than four ounces.
Formerly it was two cents Oh every four
ounces, or fractional part of an ounce.
Now it is one cent on every two ounces.
or fractional part of an ounce. A post
master has no right to charge postage
on County paper (weekly) when said
paper is delivered in that County; but if
delivered in an adjoining County, post.
age must be paid.
FOURTH OF July REGu1ATIoNs.-We
took occasion. in Thursdays issue, to
refer to the necessity of action on the
part of the City Council to prevent the
dangerous use of pistols, fire crackers
or other explosive materials, within the
city limits, and principally on Main
street, on the Fourth of July and Christ
mas. Since then, contemporary has
taken up the subject, and produces evil
dence of damage to property by the care
less uso of firearms on such occasions.
There should be On ordinance forbid
ding the firing of combustibIes in any
street in the city. We hope that the
authorities will take the matter in hand,
and afford all necessary protection to
persons and property.
! PHGNIxIANA.-Take her up tenderly,
lift her with care-None know how dear
ly she paid for her hair.
Relative beauty-A pretty cousin.
No man has right to do as he pleases
unless he pleases to do right.
The census credits Muskegon, Michi-
gan, with 5.G02 inhabitants, and she
has now but 100 places where liquor is
sold. Columbia can beat that.
An up-train-A short skirt.
The Paris Patrie learns that "Mon-
sieur Greeley, the great American farm
er, was elected President of the United
States at Cincinnati, and will be in
stalled at Washington in November"
We perceive in daily paper an nd.
vertisement which informs the public
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