The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-26

ClT1 MArTnRs. The price Of single

Orr1 MArrnRs. The price Of single
copies of the Raarzx is> 9vepepte.
The PHoam As I'M IreoApt' o& alot o,
pEfnter's copying ink; n bervesthe pur-
pcse Of ordinary copsinaaink, snd is in
valuable to railroad officials ana others
who have much printed matter to copy.
The cost of print ag done with this ink
is but little more than with the ordinary
Ink.
DR.. Neagle will accept our thanks for
complimentary" for 1879, over his
new bridge.
Remember the Burns Supper to NOR
row night, and procure tickets from Mr..
Secretary Roy in time. ~"
To-day is the anniversary OF the battle
of Tazewoll. fought January 26, 1854.
The latest styles wedding and visiting
cards and envelopes. tastily>pfiuied, can
be obtained at the PHGNIx Office.
Old newspapers for sale at PH9N1x
office. at fifty cents hundred.
Messrs. Peixotto & Son call the atten-
ton OF connoisseurs to the collection Of
fine oil paintings which they will dispose
OF at auction on Monday. They consider
them the very finest ever offered in this
city-many of them in massive gilt
frames.
The Governor has appointed Joseph
q. Reid and Rcddin Rackley, Notaries
Public for Pickens County.
General @. J. Stolbrand, Superintend-
ent OF the State Penitentiary. he's been
made one of the e-Presidents of the
Prison Reform Congress, now in session
in Baltimore.
DR.. Taylor, the Indian root doctor,
who hos been in the habit of making
yearly visits to this city, was found dead
in the woods near Thomasvile, North
Carolina. few days since, by party of
hunters.
| Mander Anderson. convicted of larceny
at Richland, October, 1871. and sen-
fenced to eighteen months imprison-
ment, has been pardoned, on the recon-
mendation of tho presiding Judge, At
torney General Melton, to take effect
February 1. 1873. Toney Bailey, larceny
and burglary. convicted August term,
1871, ut Beaufort; Joseph Davis. mule
stealing. convicted at Colleton, June
term, 1871, on tho recommendation OF
Solicitor Wiggins.
The weather veered again, yesterday,
and was particularly pleasant.
There was another false alarm of fire,
yesterday evening. These repeated
alarms. it is thought, are caused by the
unnatural yells of itinerant oyster ven
ders.
The locomotive of the Camden pas.
senger train blew out one of it's fues,
yesterday. on Wateree trestle. and de-
tained the trim several hours. The pas.
sengers were brought to Columbia BY
Capt. Evans train.
Our hen pecked remarks, that notwith.
standing the mildness of the afternoons,
it's always scold where his wife is when
he comes homo late at night.
The public man who affects to despise
newspapers. simply kicks the beam that
sustains him in public position.
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Rp VAN WINKLE. an audience
as assembled in Irwin's Hall, last night,
to witness the performance OF Rip Van
Winkle, we have never seen in it before.
1t was testimony OF appreciation TO,
genius and artistic excellence, suoh as
we think even Jefferson himself musi
have highly valued. The exquisite story
OF poor old Rip went smoothly on from
the beginning to tho close, amid The
breathless silence and unalloyed delight
OF that vast throng of enruptured listen.
ers. The performance was above criti
cism, and no language at our command
can convey our emotions or express on,
sense Of its perfection. It was Gs nearly
perfect rs any play could bs, and it's gro.
tesque aud ludicrons features will live
and linger forever in the memory. Mr.
Jefferson's portrayal of the character oi
Rip equals Irying's conception OF it,
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