The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-01-01

G4FX MAgrEHfs 5ubssfibs for the
PEANIK. 80. ,ls3&ifi.SsEa aif,,t IS ~
Tho schools ssnsrallyi- q .Ass =s:..A...s .sA..s
Monday. ,yS. 7, 81 = ~ s :s;Hi, s;|s
VI have had no i.ltosisn,oav, a ] !, ,s., .sa 1
desire none. = L. So x .S9a & ;iaa 81
Samples of Christmas may still bo 9
,sosa nrec The e..e:e. 3sl' Hvli ss;- ;s,fr'i
Governor Moses is ia Chafles,on.
where he reviews the National Gaard % i
day. 'a1'oa. 4f, .,ei a1 Isl tisaS
This ;s the eeaAnn ~hen e.A..hnas.
forms good resolutions for the snest
year. . 4't IA 8tt3iGcG.
Many of the scholars of Professor
Bagsr are an1iously iuquiring ss 70 his
whdreabouts.
As New Years Day is kept up ,by.
!printeys. the PA3N3 will not be pub.
lishea to. morrow morning. {f7s T !
The windows were covered with ho,aiir:-
frost. yesterday morning. and ica III
abundance was to be seen everywhere
State and County taxpayers are se-
minded that the penalty tor non pay
mont will be imposed on and, alter. the.
10Th January. ., u. las1tH s.al4.
The curriers' Of ths 'PRGsix Will ddlt
on its readers this morning With the,ilrri
annual address. The reader I. .knaWs,
what is expected. ia.. .e43t: 4a3 .iss
Hon. W:D. Porter requests the Exs-'
tive Committee Of the Tax payers Con
vention to meet in Charleston. on the
18th January, to consider proposalato
lre-assembie the Convention and 4nlasEe
iits number 'sf Hr a@.s'' -
The congregation aud pastor OF Grace
Church, at Ridge Spring, tender their
thanks to their friends in Columbia, as
we'll us TO all others who so literally con-
srioused to the bazaar recently held for
tho benefit of the church.; and to The
PHOENIX they make their ackno wledR.
ments for it's gratuitods publications in
ithei. behalf.
! Fifty immigrants passed up, the Char
lolte. Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
yesterday, to Chester, and twenty went
on to Abbeville by the Greenville aud
Columbia train. They came by the
steamer Manhattan to Charleston from
New York. The general voice welcomes
them heartily. 't-
! new YEAR's DAY.-Feasting aud pre-
seats are the order to day. The early
fathers condemned the old practice as
soperstitious. but modern usage fnsis
no fanlt with it. Those. thsn, who wish
to enjoy themselvesT with their friends.
keeping within the bounds, Of ,l9olese-
ton and temperance, will find no bar in
the opinions prevalent about them.
Those who choose to remember the poor,
aud 20 send ray Of happiness and en-
jjoyment into the hovels where they
shrink from the cold Of the season, and
hide themselves in their. rags, and
mnnch their hardly gotten fare, will add
d relish to their own bountiful store.
which no art CT cookery and no abodes
OF comfort can equal The wish Of
"happy new year" sounds hollow, un-
less generous steps are taken, by those
who have the means aud power, to
make them words which bring relief to-
distress, and plant at least transient
enjoyment in the hearts where rooted
sorrow dwells.
SETTLING THE YEAn's ACCOUNTS.
lst OF January, now at hand, will be
summons to all to settle up the accounts
of the year in more ways than one, but
especislly in regard to bills contracted
and indebtedness incurred in every
form. Ii pays B, the latter will be
able to pny G. and so on vast amount
OF liquidation may be effected. The
following from IN exchange is an exam
pie: nr,t
! "We once heard merchant say. that
'one morning, he paid out ten dollar
bill. and at night received the same bill
back again. He was curious to trace
lha bill in the business OF the day, and
aaceT:a;ned :ha. !. had paid a hundred
dollars of debt before it came back TO