The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-22
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N~Ameeting Of Ake oficsrs and Board Of
Managers of the South Carolina Monu-.
ment Association will be held at tile re-.
sidence Of Rev. VIM. Martin, on Bland J
ing street, on Saturday morning, March,
%, ut III o'clock. All ladies interested
70 .hs mo.emen. are inv!!ed to BE pre-
sent.S ,.,.?' f :.-s- - -.
Major John R. Niernsee, formerly ar
chitect OF the new State Capitol. and for
many years q resident Of this city, has
been appointed by the President one of
the commissioners to the Vienna e1tibi-
| tion. ~. :.
Wm. MoKenna was commissioned as
Auditor Of Lancaster County, yesterday .
Gen. J. 3. Dennis has. been commits
aioned as Superintendent OF. the Peni-
t,ntiary.
The Wilmington Star learns that the
oolored steam fre engine company (Cape
Fear, No. 81 Of that city have extended
an invitation to the ,oolored fremen of
Charleston and Columbia to visit them
some time In May.
James A. 'Bowiey & Co. are about to
start a. Republican ne1spsperin George
town. to be called the Plan1l.
| Winter still seems to hold high carni.
val In the North. We OF tho South who
arc experiencing all the sweets OF carly
spring, with the buds just stating, and
the air loaded with the odof Of the iessa-
mine. can hardly realize the fact that on
Sunday last immense quantities Of ice
were forming an ice gorge in tho Sus,
quehannah. -''."i .
Tomorrow will be the Anniversary of
the battle of Kernstown, which was
fought on the 23d OF March, 1862.
The sales ut. the store formerly ocep-
pied by Mr.. e. Pollard are the, subject
Of conversation all: over town. The rea-
sonable prices OF the varions articles at
traot hosts OF purchasers. .I.l i.
The Chiriski Combination will favor
the Columbia public with another OF
their amusing entertainments. .of wire
walking, jngglery, mesmerism, yShtriIo!
quism. &c., at Twins Hall, on Tuesday
evening next. the ,25th Instant H4prbi.
sent will be made to every visitor, be.
sides the opportunity, Of securing one of
the $50 useful presents ,usnally distribut4
cd. The price Of admission 9a flfty
cents.
On the llth instant, Prof Reynolds.
Of the State University. delivered ltc-
turs before the Sumter Lyceum' upon
the theme OF "Observatioua and ReAeoi
ton as the sourosl Of all knowledge"
The vernal equinox, or the moment
when the suns centre crosses The eaua-
tor. occurred yesterday; but that which
is called the equinoctiaf storm is liable to
happen at suy,"time between the 18th
and .27th. The way the wind blew last
evening, We thought the storm had come.
Dust Was plentiful, aud the wind thfsa
it around freely. a.; j i &2s
4V 40 ouAo tAab botdIdA O6lle6
have gone down after the shamrocks that
were drowned on st. Patrick's Day, none
of which, however. have yet been
brought to the surface.
SCRIDNER's FOR APR1L. record Of
"An Hour among the Greenbacks," in
Scribner's for April, is as entertaining as
story. The unnamed author certainly
writes from a thorough acquaintance
with his subject, and gives. with the aid
Of pictures, the best account yet pub
lished of tho workings Of, the, currency
department Mics Prootor's profnsely
illustrated description of Moscow and
Southern Russia" will be read with
peculiar interest at this time, as we'll as
tho sketch of can Emperor's Vacation
at Vicby." Among the illustrated papers
are an article on Americas prima donna,
who is a native Of South Carolina, Clara
Lohise Kellogg, with portrait, and "An
Ancient American Civilization" with
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