The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-06

TR5 UohP1srA rPFAaIsy.;-The Rook
Island {ntJ Daily A1gu;a Of. The ,24th
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IT'S opening : a The ,soSna d. p,,F - 4 e. i5
q very difficult eonpositioE Jby Kont.ki:
entitled '''Le Reyaii id Lion fawaksn.
ing OF the ion.) was perfor Md in a
manner which at once stamped this art;.t
as pianist Of the lrst iairikk, and proyed
him master of the grand KuSbe pisno-
forte, from which he produced his :ax:
oellent solo and splendidly played accom-.
paniments. As an accondpanistA Mr..
Denck does much towards the succAs3 l1f
the company, and, next to Ole BuiIse4b
the genius Of the ttocps:,' ~ % r9ll''.R
.t:PooR BUoKRA:"--.As tothe, * term
.Oracker" is applied to 1slow clsAs d
b?ackwoodsmen By the Intelligent whites
fo, Is the term .'poor bpckra"'. in like
manner applied TO tho same olass. by the
colored people. The term buckrx;; i hich
10 said to have been brought from The
Oalabar coast ahd to have been ,ip,,eed
Originally TO meant t'ghite demoa.Sl in
general use ,among the negroes on our
Atlantic and Gulf coaAt. II is also used
in the West Indies. and to some extent
among the few. remaining Florida In.
dians, to mean white folks, in distinction
from black or red people. ,v..- s!:n
THE Board OF TRADE LlDRAaY.-Se-
nstor Robertson tenders material assist
ance to the contemplated Board OF Trade
library. as will be seen By the following
correspondence:
UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER.
WASHINGTON. February 25, 1873.
| GENrLEAKs: i beg respectfully to in
close list OF such documents .as are at
my control, (which had for varded this
day to yon.) as a contribution to your
laudab'e library enterprise; among them,
you will find some valuable scientific
works. much sought after, VIZ: "Report
Of the Paris Exposition" Medical and
Surgical Report of ths Late War;"
"Smithsonian Report" "Populstion
and Social Statistics" ''solar Eclipse"
&C.. &c.. and many others, valuable as
national statistics; others, valuable books
Of reference.
trust these may fill niche in your
inceptivo enterprise, which. in after
days, may assume grand and command
ing proportions, and act as another in.
centi7e to bring our veneratcd city back
to it's palmiest days. s' '..
trust may not outliye the desire for
the prosperity OF our city, and State, in
whose. bosom not only my youth, but
the manhood of my best days have been
spent; and I hope yet to witness the day
when our people, OF all classes and na.
tiona}ities, will be,. agreed on one point.
and move togethera undivided for it's 40
oompiishment;t TO wit: Theadvanoemeiit,
Development and prosperity of our whole
broad land-the "home OF the oppressed,
Of all nations" .i.s.1. : ..;t
am, gentlemen, very respectfully.
T.J. ROBERTSON.
70 Messrs. JOHN B. PALMER, JOIN
AaNKw, JR., JOHN 8. Wiley; E. w.
sE1BE1s and JOHN G. sE4gERs.
| Co1uMb1A, s. O.. March l., 1s7a. !
Hon. Z. J. Ro5ertson, Washinoton 81
DEAR S1R; The undersigned, in ac-
knowledging the receipt OF yonr letter of
the 25th ultimo. beg; in behalf OF the
Board Of Trade, to tender you their
thanks for the very liberal donation of
books (seventy-eight volumes) therein re-
terred to. for our proposed library, and
for the interest you express in our enter
prise. We are, sir, very respectfully
Iyonrs, JOHN B. PALMER,
! JOHN AGNEW, JR.
JOHN s. WILEY,
E. w. SEIBELS,
JOHN @. SEEGERS,
Committee on Library.
HOTEL ARRIVALS, March 5, 1873
Hendrix House, A Sease, J w Camp
bell, g @; Mrs T J Solomon and two
children, Mrs Jones, Sumter; E L NIL
ler. 8 Moore. Spartanburg.