The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-18


Charleston. S:and the Yellow Jacksts pf
Charlotte, will arrive hts AtsSuoon;
and Monday and Tuesday will 80 kspt Up
as regular jollification.aa The Yigilants
will receive them at the depots,
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SUDDEN DRATH--A private letter from
Greenville states that Mr.. Alexan der
Paine died suddenly in that town, on
Thursday last, while seated at the din
ner table. Heart disease is believed to
have been the cause. He was native
of Greenville.
The GALAXY. for June. contains several
articles Of striking interest Among
them a spirited sketch Of Leon Gam
beta, the ardent French Republican;
''Dr. Coan's Essay on the Value OF Life;"
Mr.. Burroughs light and entertaining
article upon the pleasures aud benefits
Of walking out; "Gascon Stories;" ."The
Sweetheart Of Monsieur Briseux;" "a
Fourfold Alibi." "The Man with the
Iron Mask" reviews the immense array
OF books and essays written upon this
subject within century and half, and
patiently labors to prove that none of
them are correct. The poetry of the
number is as good as usual The sci
entitic and literary departments are full
Of interest.
THR WAsHINGroN AND LEE UNIVERSITY.
General r. D. Lilley, the agent of this
celebrated and truly venerable institute,
is now in this State, for the purpose Of
receiving subscriptions to an endowment
for South Carolina Chair It was sug.
gested by General Lee, in his lifetime,
that the generous disposition manifested
to permanently endow this Institution
could be most graciously accomplished
by the people of each State contributing
to endow therein special chair to bear
the State name. Kentucky at once re-
Hponded and established the "kentucky
Chair of History and Political Economy" +"
now filled by Colonel William Preston
Johnston. son Of General Albert Sidney
Johnston. Missouri followed and has
secured the Missouri Chair of Applied
Chemistry" Louisiana is rapidly pro-
viding an endowment for the IL ouisiana
Chair OF Modern Languages" and Texas
for the "rexas Chair OF Applied Mathe-
matics." Tennessee, Georgia, Florida
and other States are engaged in the same
gracious work. General Lilley met with
great success fn Charleston, es the list of
subscriptions published several days ago,
gives svidencs. The following has been
pledged in Columbia:
General Nj. G. Butler, $3.50; Edward
Hope. $3.50; W. @. Swafield, $3.50;
Colonel F. W. MoMaster, $3.50; Captain
r. O'Neale, $3.50; j. P. Southern, $3.50;
Colonel W. H. Wallace, $3.50; 3. F..
Whitner, $3.50; General j. D. Kennedy,
$3.50; Captain W. K. Baohman, $3.50;
DR.. J, ". Parker. $50; Capt. Hugh s.
Thompson. 250; DR.. B. W. Taylor, $50;
E. Stenhouse. annually, $40.
The following ore additional subscrip-
tions from Oharleston: Major G.. s.
Cameron, $3.50; Colonel II. 81. Raymond,
$3.50; w. B. Shaw. annually, $40.
DR.. W. F. Barton, Orangebnrg, 0250.
The circular on this subject states
Washington College. (Virginia,) en-
dowed by George Washington and the
off GERS and soldiers of the Revolution,
has, under its late President, Gen. r. L
Lee, expanded into full u u1iversity; aud
in token thereof, the Virginia Legisla-
sure. by recent enactment, changed its
corporate title to Washington and Lee
University, thus fitly blending for all
time the name Of its greatest benefactors.
The university is located in beautiful
country and healthful climate; has more
than twenty professors and instructors,
men Of high character and attachments,
and O patronage of noarly 350-aIl tho
Southern and number of the Northern
States being represented. 1t is not sub
ject to political influences, having its
own board of trustees. which is self f-por-
petuating; is not under tho control Of
any religious denomination, though gseat
Importance is attached to the moral and
religious training Of tho students It's
endowment fund OF $3.50, 900, and its
buildings, libraries, apparatus and rcal
estate, make an aggregate capital of
nearly half n million dollars. It is upon
this solid basis that the people of each
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