The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-24

enjoyed by about eighty participants.
Seven new members wero initiated. |
Preliminary measures were also taken to |
have pic MIC some time during the en-
suing month.
TIE RAILROAD IsvEsr1oA11oN.-The
joint committee, composed OF members
Of the House and Senate, appointed
during tho recent session OF tue Legisls-
ture, to investigate tho taxable property
of the South Carolina Railroad, now in
Charleston, is composed of B. Turner,
W. A. Grant aud @. Minort, OF the
House, and W. R. Jeryey and Beverly
Nash, Of tho Senate, all colored. f
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SUPREME CoUnr, COLUMBIA, April %.
The Court met at 10 A. M. Present
Chief Justice Moses and Associate Jus
tices Wright and Willard.
The cases involving the validity OF the
license law, commenced yesterday, were
resumed. MIR. Chamberlain was heard
for the State; Mr. Porter for appellants.
Daniel Hand ps the Charleston and
Savannah Railroad Company 81 al. Hrs
Youmans read brief. ~,
TheOourt adjourned until Thursday,
Oath, 10 A. NJ. h.l
GET YoUR STAMPS Special taxes
hitherto assessed are, under the new
law, to be paid by stamps. The Internal
Revenue Bureau in Washington has
commenced the issue of stamps prepared
for the purpose, and after the arst of
May all persons transacsing business
will bo obliged to display the evidence
that they have paid the amount due on
! account OF special taxes in conspicuous
place. The receipts from this source
last year were So, ZOO, 900; but under the
new law the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue expects to increase the receipts
fully fifty per cent, so it is said.
The CHARLESTON SPRING MEETING
The preparations for the approaching
Floral Fair and the spring meeting of
the State Agricultural Society, both OF
which begin in Charleston on Tuesday
next, are being completed with degree
OF taste and care which promise the most
complete success for both OF these at
traotive events. The people throughout
the State, who are in the habit Of attend
ing the annual meetings OF the Agricul.
tural Society at Columbia, appear to fully
appreciate the Importance and value of
the approaching spring meeting in
Charleston, with its proposed discussions
upon the most practical and prominent
topics connected with the economy of
the farm and plantation, aud nearly all
OF the County Agricultural Societies will
be formally represented by delegations.
GRAND LODGE I. o. G. T.-The lodge
was called to order, at Winnsboro, at 81
P. H., Tuesday. Delegates from twenty
lodges were present, Much interest was
manifested. Cheering news was given
from all parts OF the State. The lodge
adjourned at II P. NJ, Tuesday night,
and was called to order at 81 yesterday
morning by the ". V. T., as the G.. W.
O. 7. was compelled to leave on impor-
tant business the night previous. An
election was held yesterday morning. and
the following officers elected to serve the
ensuing year:
Rev. 81. NJ. Mood, G. ". G. T.; Rev.
J. NJ. Carlisle, G. W. c.; Miss Minnie
Brown, q. v. T.; F. P. Beard. G. g.;
Rev. J. 8. Connor, G. T.; Rev. J. W.
Murray, G.. O.; W. 81. Cuttino. G. NJ.
The officers wero then installed.
Pucs1x1AsA.-A yonng New Yorker
OF fashion says that the only thing he
learned while in Paris was to drink
absinthe. Is not this powerful argu-
ment in favor Of homeness over absin-
theism2 .NE a a-
A timid man who, for the first time in
his life, has provided himself with
pistol Us protection against burglars, is
trying to inure himself to the use OF it
by taking gun-powder with his victuals
instead of salt.
When man reforms from drink and
begins to take care of himself, he gene