The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-21
Eeo al Ite"a

copies OF tho PHOENIX is 6ve cents.
Yheslecture thiek was to,havG Been
giScn ahis evening" at the University,
has been postponed until the 2sth. 4
Should tue weather prove fair. 10 day,
the boat for the picnic grounds will
leave at 10 O'Clock A. III.
The latest styles wedding and;visiting
cards and envelopes, tastily printed, can
be obtained at the PHGN11 office.
Gov. Moses has appointed Mr.. John
@. Seegers, OF this oity, an Honorary
Comtnissioner to the Vienna Exposition
from South Oarollns.
NJ. n. Berry, Esq is finishing np the
front OF his building. he has also erect
ed two attraotive-looking signs, indicat.
ing his name and business. -
Two convicts arrived from Sumter
County last night. sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary. respectively, for The terms Of
Ave and twelve months, for corn stealing.
Tho Direct Trade Adcooate and SouiA-
ern Cooperative Coloniss, is the rather
lengthy title OF q monthly publication,
which has just made its appearance in
Beaufort.
Mr.. c. F. Jackson hus removed to the
store in the Jacobs building, formerly
occupied by Messrs. Porter &'Steel. He
invites all his old friends md as many
new ones as possible. to give him call.
"Well. said disgusted politician the
other day, II have ceased to take inte-
rest in our affairs" "I haven't" "replied
his friend; son the contrary, take more
interest than ever-about twelve per
cent. per annum."
1t is said the Masonic organizatio Of
this city will make due preparation to
receive and care for the remains OF the
late Past Grand Master, James Lawrence
Orr. en- route from st. Petersburg to their
last resting place, in Anderson.
The Union asserts that Mr.. T. Hurley,
for company, has purchased something
over hundred acres of land adjoining
Waverly. on the Eastern border OF the
city, which is to be made into O young
city.
Mr.. ". q. McGhee, Of Hodges, in
this State, is making his grand round in
the interest of Howes. Hyatt & Co., the
extensive boot and shoe dealers Of New
York. Mr.. McGhee is we'll known from
the mountains to the seaboard.
The Office OF the Charleston Charitable
Association, on Market street near Meet.
ing, Charleston, Was closed on Saturday
last. by the Sheriff. on an execution for
debt. obtained on Friday last by gen.
tlcman who resides in Columbia.
Abbeville County comes in for full
share of the credit for close collections.
Mr.. J. F. @. DnPre, Treasurer, who rem
dered his report Monday, shows that of
sSl, 900 State and $4,000 County taxes,
the nuAd bona tax amounts to less than
$500.
Chief Justice Moses has granted q writ
OF hd6eds corpus to james NJ. Allen, late
Treasurer of Greonville County, for his
appearance in this city for bail pending
the appeal to be heard before the Su-
preme Court. 1t is expected Mr.. Allen
will reach this city to day.
The Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde.
pendence was celebrated yesterday, May
20, throughout North Carolina. The
Mecklenburg Declaration preceded that
at Philadelphia by over fourteen months.
The first was made on the Goth of May,
ITS, the last on the 4th OF July, 1776.
Ardie Pugh, the correspondent of the
New York Sun, who visited this city two
years ago, has made clean breast Of the
matter charged ngainst him in San Fran
cisco, and appealed to the court for
mercy. 1t is said there had been six in
dictments found against him for abscond-
ing with Government funds.
The statements published by several
papers, and the Union's corrections, re-
lating to commencement exercises, needs
revision. a. NJ. Hill, of Darlington,
delivers the oration at the University, be-
fore the Euphradian Society; and A. S.
| uydrick, M. d.. has been selectel IN