The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-11-27
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a lew hours OF pale moonlight, last
night.
To-day being Thanksgiving Day, the
Post Office will be open from to 6 P. NJ.
One share Central Bank stock for sale
Mt face value-S100-u this office.
The best remedy for mercantile trou-
bles-A liberal use of printers ink.
LII Columbia. everything is alloyed
but happiness, and unulloyed huppinoss 8
is scarce.
Thanksgiving Day being regarded as
a national holiday, no paper will be
issued from this Office tomorrow.
u" to Fines for extru 1inc Norfolk
oysters-on the half shell, or fried;
Charleston and other varieties stewed.
Our. "buds of beauty were on tho
streets i'll throngs yesterday. The
lovely weather never fails to bring them
out in force.
ga large lumber Of delegates to the
Baptist Association arrived last hight.
The convention assemblies, to-day, in
tue Baptist Church.
There is either II burst III the pipe, o,
in extensive leakage If the gas, near
the corner Of Richnldsun aud Plain
streets, as it smolt strong enough last
uight to nearly lift one off his feet
We learn thut Peter GIdsden, CO.
luled. WAS bnrut to death in his house,
on Lnther Bookhurt's plantation, near
Doko, Fairfield County, OH Thursday
night last. The house and contents
were total" destroyed.
The Governor has appcinlcl Miles
Bennrtt Jury Commissioner of Durn.
we'll, r'cs j. n. Tongue, resigned; aud
l.. L. Izlur, OF Newberry. Notary Pub
lie; aud has accepted the resignation Of
j. e. Rivers, Jury Commissioner cf
Eeanfurt.
Transfer printing inks are Invaluable
to railroud companies, banks. mer-
chants, manufacturers and others. They
are enduring and changeless. aud will
copy sharp and clear for AL indefinite
period of time. Having just received a
fresh supply Of inks, We are prepared to
execute orders promptly aud at mode
rate prices.
MIR. J. G. Robertson, eldest son of
Senator t. j. Robertson, was selected as
the speaker, on "Eloquence, ut the
celebration of ST. Cecelia's Day, No.
veTber %. at Georgetown College. D.
G. Mr.. Robertson is young man of
talent. and will make his mark. His
European letters in the PnGS1x, during
tho past season, were perused with in
terest by the readers of the PHENlx.
The Senute, in executive session,
made the following combinations, viz:
james :. Guignard, Trial Justice for
Lexington, rice A. Il. Taylor, resigned; ;
Erasmus j. Dimeney, Trial Justice for
Williamsburg, vics John Evans, re-
signed; Miles Bennett, Jury Commits
sioner for Darnweli, rice J. n. Tongue,
resigned; William Mimms, Trial Justice
for Darlington, rice Il. NJ. Livermore,
resigned; Theodore g. Gordon, Jury
Commissioner for Darlington, rice 2. G.
Fluid, resigned.
We have received from Mr.. Jumes
Nick, Of Rochester, n. u, his Floral
Gnidc for 1874, which will be published
quarterly. It's, by long odds. the most
beautifully illustrated and attractive
thing of the kind we bave fever seen.
Mr.. Wick is celebrated for his flower
and vegetable seeds, native and foreign.
We advise every lady who desires any
floral novelty, or cares to consult mag
nticentiy illustrated guide to the cuiti-
vation Of flowers, or The adornment of
gardens and apartments, to send for
Mr.. Nick's pamphlet.
CHARLESTON AND TIE WEsr.-We are
indebted to the committee for card of
invitation to the railroad convention to
be held i'll Charleston on the 1lth Of
December, to consider the connection