The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-10
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BoozER. In the1case Of T.. J. & n. NJ.
Gibson, for an alleged violation of the
revenue law, Of July 20, 1863, the Com.
missioner. yesterday. decided that ex-
posing for sale few plugs of tobacco
upon the top OF or near a box OF the
same manufactured tobacco, is not a
violation OF Section IL; and further
directed that proceedings in similar cases
be discontinued at once. Commissioner
B. will refuse to entertain or hear such
Gases. being of the opinion that they do
not come within the intention of said
section.
SUPREME Court, THURSDAY, January
8, 1873.-The Court met at 10 A. NJ.
Present-Chief Justice Moses and Asso-
ciate Justices Wright and Willard.
G. Il. Waller, appellant, ps. James
Cresswe4l, et al. respondents. Continued.
The State e:c ret. e. F. Gary, State Au.
ditor, respondent, vs. Niles Ct. Parker,
State Treasurer, appellant. Continued.
The State er rel. r. Q. SILVER, ct al,
ns. s. L. Hoge, Comptroller -Ge GensFai.
On motion OF Attorney General Melton,
the Court permitted more than two ooun.
sci on each side to be heard in the argu-
mant. Mr.. Chamberlain for petitioners.
Mr.. Haskell in reply.
at T. H., Court adjourned till FRI
day, at 10 A. M.
DR.. G. E. Fleming, native Of Colum.
bio, but for number of years q resident
OF Spartanburg, who removed to Kansas
City about year ago, had the misfor-
tune to meet with a heavy loss by FIRE.
A despatch furnishes the following in.
| Formations:
"The Ferguson House, Kansas CITY,
Missouri, together with two stores under
it, one being DR.. @. E. Fleming's drug
store, was entirely destroyed by fire on
| tho night Of the 18th December. No.
thing was. saved-the inmates of the
hotel barely escaping with their lives.
The proprietor. Ferguson, was burned
out on the same spot, four years ago.
All the losers wero partially insured"
| THE RURAL CARo1IN1AS.-The mum.
Der for January is unusually full Of good
and instructive reading matter. The
table Of contents shows articles on agri-
culture and natural resources, horticul-
ture, natural history applied to agricnl-
ture, bees and practical bee. keeping,
mining and the mechanic acts, applied
chemistry and mineralogy, patrons of
husbandry and agricultural societies, be.
sides numerous notices and miscellR-
neous correspondence. This number
also contains. as supplement, the Caro-.
lima Fertilizer Almanac and Farmers
Journal for 1873. This is just the work
for the farmer. being practical and scien-
tifc, plain, searching and varied at the
same time. The poorest man will find it
q good Investment at So year, if he
will only read, study and inwardly digest
it's valuable information and suggestions.
| PRGNIxIANA.-The members of the
Cabinet did not s'receive" on New Years
day. because they cleared being over
run by the rabble." The President, on
the contrary, received" every thing that
was sent him.
prosperity is no just soale," says
Plutsrch. "Adversity is the only ba.
lance to weigh friends"
Profane swearing is abominablc:
Vulgar language is disgusting. Loud
laughter is impolite. Inquisitiveness is
offensive. Tattling is mean. Telling q
falsehood is contemplate. Ignorance is
disgraceful, and laziness is shameful.
Avoid all the above vices, and aim ut
usefulness.
It is said Of General -. that, in a
battle, he always followed his nose; but
then he was liable to colds, and his nose
was frequently apt to run.
Why is your bed longest when you
are lying in it9 Because you then add
two feet to it.
Old newspapers for sale at PHOENIX
Office, at fifty cents a hundred.
A COOP THING DULY APPRECIATED.
No beneficial revolution ever goes back
ward; and this maxim is as invariable in
medicine as in politics. The advent of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, twenty
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