The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-11

Opera HOUSE. Tuesday evening, tho
18th instant, Bliss Anna Dickinson will
deliver her famous lecture on joan of
Arc. From the favorable, indeed eulo-
CYSTIC, comments Of the press, wherever
she has appeared, even in cities where
there was feeling against women lee
turers, and where she had been classed
with certain Stantons, Anthonys, ct id
omne genus we feel assured that Miss
Dickinson will be received at the Opera
House by large audience. We have
published several notices of this famous
woman, and now annex one from the
Richmond Dispatch:
'1t would possibly be nearer the fact
were we to say that Miss Dickinson is
not O lecturer, but an actress-a power
ful, fascinating actress, who dramatizes
her thrilling words, and with touching
pathos acts out tho simply touching story
OF Jean DArc with q power such as has
never been Witnessed in tho South be-
fore. She brings before her hearers the
scenes and incidents Of 400 years ago
with IN earnestness and magical con-
troll that is beyond our power to describe.
10 say that she holds her audience spell
bound would not faithfully represent the
truth. She chains every listener, moves
every heart, and brings tears to eyes that
would scorn to weep upon occasions of
more solemn import
SPELLING Matches. raoe for oon.
tests in orthography seems to possess the
country, and none the less in the great
cities than in rural neighborhoods.
Washington, Baltimore. New York, Bos-
ton. Chicago and, we believe, every other
prominent city in the country hold these
battles every week, and find them very
amusing, and oil the details of the fight
appear in the papers next morning. A
great spelling match" was held in Lin
coin Hall, Washington, on the evening
of the 31st ultimo. After long and
lively competition, Miss Clara Ball and
Professor II. L. Thomas were left cole
combatants, and Miss Ball then broke
down on the word 'jib," spelling it with
''g," leaving the Professor the victor of
the field and owner of the prize-a Web
ster's dictionary. We note this partiou-
lar match which is isreported by the Wash-
ington Chronicle, because, for the first
time, we find thea rules of the game
printed. The reader may feel an interest
in knowing them:
l. After the presiding officer and
referees shall have been presented, the
schooimaster will at once take charge,
and the sides for the first contest shall
be called off by the leaders who have
been selected. T 5G531a Z.
2. The standard authority for spelling
shall be according to either Webster or
Worcester.
g. The speller shall have the right to
ask the definition of word before spell
ing, and also to except to the pronuncia-
ton of q word if he or she deems it lack
ing in authority. aH
4. When a word is mis-speiled, it shall
not be again put in the same class, but
the schoolmaster shall give the correct
spelling to the audience
5. The referees shall decide ell uues-
tions raised. In case of disagreement,
the presiding officer shall decide. Ali
appeals shall be made and decided on
the spot before the spelling of word by
contestant shall be final. But this rule
shall not preclude the correction of an
error by n speller, if discovered and
corrected before the final syllable is
spelled.
The words selected for the contests
shall exclude, so far as possible, oil words
of technical, medical or purely scien-
tific character; also, geographical and
proper names, and shall be confined to
words in use in general reading, writing
and spelling,
HOTEL AnRrvALs, April 10.-Colunabia
Lotel-P. 8. Jones, Ohio; e. Burton,
Pa; w. p. Gee, b. X. Brockington, Dnr-
lington; G. D. Sellers and wife. st. Mat
thews; H. B. Jenker, Boston; j. q.
Thomas, j. Trumble, S. c.; T. H. Swain,
ILL.,; J. w. Aiken, Winnsboro; F. G.
Hemek, Tenn; M. A. Warren, city; j.
D. Stoney, S. c.; T. Hamlin, Chicago;
E. G. Thornton, Omaha; H T.. Peake, s.
c.; T. Fl. Crukshanks, Ala; j. II. Croft,
Ark; J. H. Whittinson, vioksburg; A.
G. Shooter, Miss; j. w. Gosport, N. O.;
L. L. Phillips, d. Christopher Caw-'
bridge. Mobile; T. L. Eraster, st. Louis;
8. G. Tonlinson, Michigan.
Wheeler House-Mrs. T. M. Keerl, w.
F. Lanabee and wife, Master f. f. Keerl.