The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-06

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1siapd ut) Daily A,ga,n ti et, the path.
Sss.f. 81; sah' speak IF AS 2ossRh; l1..t H.
Ths opening .. Il the second ,s p,rt % !, e. r.
q very difficult conpositioE jby Kont.Si:
entitled lie Reyal dd Lion, (awsken.
ing OF the ion,) was performed in a
manner which at once stamped this art;st
as pianist OF the first Tank, and proved
him master OF the grand Knabe piano
forte, from which he prod I'd; his ex:
cellent solo aud splendidIyr r syed accom-.
panime1es. AS an accon sjanist. Mr..
Denck does muoh towards the succes8 'of
the company, and, nexs to Ole Bull, Il
she genius of the troupe = r g, ''.s
i:PooR BUoKRA:"---sAs iotheq, term
"Orscker" is applied to the low class 81
backwoodsmen by the intelligent whites,
90 is the term .'poor buckra". in Ike
manner applied to tho same olass by the
ootored people. sFths term buckra, which
is said to have been brought from the
Calabsr coast, ahd to have been used
originally TO mean ykite demo4.", IL in
general use among the negroes on our
Atlantic and Gulf coast. II is also used
in the West Indies. and to some extent
among the few remaining Florida In
dians. to mean white folks, in distinction
from black or red people. a.. a
HE BOARD OF TRADE IdpRAaY.-Se-
nator Robertson tenders material assist
ance to the contemplated Board OF Trade
library, as will be seen by The following
correspondence:
UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER,
WASHINGTON. February 25, 1878.
| GENTLEAKH: I beg respectfully to in
close list Of such documents as are at
my control, (which had. for warded this
day to you, as contribution to your
laudnb'e library enterprise; among them,
works. much sought after, VIZ: '.Report
Of the Paris Exposition" Medical and
Surgical Report of ths Late War;"
"Smithsonian Report" "Population
and Social Statistics" ''Solar Eclipse"
&C.. DO. and many others, valuable as
national statistics; others, valuable books
Of reference.
trust these may fill niche in your
lnceptivo enterprise, which, in after
days, may assume grand and command
ing proportions, and act as another in
centive to bring our veneratcd city back
to its pslmiest days.
trust may not outlve the desire for
the prosperity Of our city and State, in
whose bosom not only my youth, but
the manhood OF my best days have been
spent; and hope Jet .c witness the day
when onr people, OF al GLASSES and ma.
tionalities. will be- agreed on one point;
and move together undivided for its ao-
complishment; to wit: The eadvanoemens,
development and prosperity of our whole
broad land-the ''home of the oppressed
Of ali notions" 4.ea..- s4I
I am, gentlemen, very respectfully,
i T. J. ROBERTSON.
10 Messrs. JOHN B. PALMER, JOHN
AaNKw, JR., JOHN s. Wiley, E. w.
SE1BEIs and JOHN G. SEzqERs.
Co1uMB1A, 8. O.. March I, 1873.
Hon. 4. J. Ro6ertson. Washington. or<
DEAR SIR: The undersigned, in ac-
knowledging the receipt OF your letter of
the 25th ultimo. beg, in behalf of the
Board ot Trade, to tender you their
thanks for the very liberal donation OF
books (scventy- eight volu mes) therein re-
ferred to, for our proposed library, and
for the interest you express in our enter
prise. We are. sir, very respectfully
yours, JOHN B. PALMER,
JOHN AGNEW, JR.,
JOHN S. WILEY,
E. W. SEIBELS.
JOHN @. SEEGERS,
Committee on Library.
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