The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-12-30

+ THE .RKRazHs. The Bsreer Fenilyof
Bell RiDgerssafter along absenee, 1ssde
their re-appearanSs | iS Parker Z Han
last night, they we're ) yYsls omea I, by,,, Z,
about the largest and most refined audi.
enoe Of che season. The sntertainuents
was. as usual, dslightiai. Isis the most 3
|high-toned and ohaste troupe ia its Cha
racser and performance that this oountyy.,
eau afford. The liusis pToaazssaa e e 90.
|perb. The whole performance last piRhtt
was enthusiastically encored. The siltef
band is u prominent and, attfast;ys iva-s. :
ture. The bell ringing was soft, mnsi- !
cal and excellent. Miss Anna Berger ID /.
q musical prodigy. Her performance on
the cornet and violin were, most excel.
lent. Sol Smith Russell, as . humorist
and comic singer. is, as ever, o success:
His talent is really wonderful. We com.
mend this entertainment. without suGii.
vocation, to all who would enjoy q plea;
SAINT evening. They perform again tol9
night. lois& ';ss
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ABOUT TRAVEL Some what after thS
fashion OF certain Esopian character.
people who are compelled to remain at /
home may speculate on the discomforts
of travel. In spite Of all the modern
improvements, the parlor cabins of the
Mississippi steamboat and tho sleeping
arrangements OF the Pullman pslsns
nNt g. - 49,
without more OF. less Of fatignipg iostle.
When wa add to this consideration the
inevitable depletion. OF purse. our eaSo
,I,s materially strengthened. OF course.
when gentleman has bcen over-worn
by the iabors OF an active business s,a-
son, or young lady has been used mn
oy continuous round OF fashionable
Festivities, cessation of their respec
tive occupations for space of q mouth
ior so. is found wholesome, if not abao
luteiy necessary. But why repair to
crowded watering places, where q dress
GOAT IS An indispensable part OF ones
onttt, and where pleasure is pursued
) with such bus!ness.like seriousness as 70
preclude relaxation? The increased
/ facilities OF locomotion are rapidly con-
lvcrtlng us all into cosmopolites, and
nowadays one is hardly considered
literally educated who has not made
the grand tour. Yet, one Unnamed
Kant, not altogether unknown as
netaphysician and scientist, passed a
long life without ever leaving his native
town for greater distance than seven
miles. 1t is true that he levied on the
;i,formation of all travellers who came
F. his way. With this aid and with his
!, books. instead of going abroad. he
drought the foreign world to his own
door. The improvement to be derived
from travel is 20 great degree depend
ent upon previous preparation. A
blind man will not be much benefited
or amused by panoramic exhibition,
and deaf man is cut of from the meet
enjoyable part of the opera. We have
all heard of the travelled gentleman whc.
) in reply to the inquiries OF his friend.
said he believed he had been to Rome.
| but rather Thought he had passed
(, through in the night. Messrs. Shoddy
and Petroleum may get up q sham ad-
miration for the piotures of Raphael and
j, the statuary of Oanova, but the exact
amount OF satisfaction they realize from
the contemplation Of the chss d'euvres
,of those masters will be immeasurably
] less than that they would have enjoyed
from comparatively inexpensive sights
at home. itlt.4 ,..l
!, HOTEL ARRIVALS. December %, 1873.
Columbia Hotel-T II Bramlet., Rich
mond; Robt Brooks. Baltimore; J D
Gardner. Wilmington; B Scales. @ 8
!, Hawley, city; J D Dunlap. W D No
: DowelI, Camden; 81 G Berger, city; A
A Gilbert, Sumter; W E Pelham, Mays
s!ville; " ii Evans. Geo E Reab, Charles
,, ton; John W Simpson, Lanrens: J L
Ssawson, city.
Hendrie House-H A Lorick, N 8
Barns, Wilmington; G " Moore, w B
Hogan, Ridgeway; Mrs @ B Walker,
Camden; s W Bookhart, wife and son.
5 @; Mrs NJ Robinson and son, A H
Fowler. Orangeburg; Miss Katie E
Cloid. Fairfield; N L Lark. Newberry.
Wheeler House-Wm Mure, William
Dudley, Charleston; John Cunningham,
Mrs Cunningham. Boston Cunningham,
Savannah; Fred Berger. Sol Smith Rus
sell. Mrs q T Berger, Miss Anna Ber-
ger. Miss Ettie Berger, Miss Josie Ber.
ger Miss ,Tennia KeiIouo uonr1 n