The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-07-14

" ~" ahC ASTON. IhlS connects
WITH the trains running to Newberry,
Greenvll!e, Ahbeville, dc. Passage to
"lnnsbor", Chester and Camden can also
De procured at the general agency of Dur.
bee d W alter. We thus Indicate all the
commanding places ut all the points of the
compass, now all attainable from Colum
b'a by comparatively easy, safe and cheap
conveyances.
FINE ARTS ABOUT TowS:-We hear ,f
roboerles in and about the town, which
prove that the chcualicrs dindustyie have
resumed those branches Of the fine arts
| which were in such active operation lust
before the arrival of the United States
| forces. Shops have been broken into in
this city and plundered to tunes sounding
| IN hundreds and even thousands. We
hear OF fields and yards stripped Of their
! matln corn. The professors of these arts
are growing bold. They have long since
proved themselves dextrous, in manipu.
lating and appropriating; and there is an
ugly fate standing at the elbows of each
which cries, in seru!chral accents, Root
hosg, or elel" Now, these hogs, famous at
roofing, are never famous at sowing or
working. They think it quite enough to
90 the harvesting from the fields sown bv
their nelghRors.. What is the policy of
States, cities and communities with REGARD
to all these roofing animalsa What was
the secret principle involved in the law
against vagrancy. vagabondnge, idleness,
| and the absence. in the case of the iudi
vidual. of any visible means of earning
! his own LIVELIHOOD revival of these
| ancient laws is absolutely essential to the
security of those who sow and work.
They should be protected We need a
| penltentiary. especially now, when the
whole population is elevated to the rank
| OF freedmen. Freedmen have their re.
| sponsbi!ltics. and are to be reached bv
judcious punishment. The pocket nerve
ls that of keencst sensibiiity in present
times. Touch that! The white man re-
| fishes least the being amcrced in the
| pocket. he finds the arguwentstn ad cru.
mHmam, the most impressive OF all arrr-
ments. Try the freshly freed population
by the same nerve. 1t will be found quite
J us ScloitiNt Us tHdt cl tne WnltG man. He
! has just as much money now in his
| pocket, as any white man among US.
Sweat him In that region for larceny and
other similar practices in the fire arts.
The effect will be 10 elevate him in a sense
of social responsibility. 1t will make him
more, scrupu !ous in his thimble rcginrs
and prlggings in other mems .Gisgines.
Let fine and forfeiture. as well as hard
working, solitary confinement aud bread
and water. be among his pains and penal.
ties. Let him understand that the money
for which he perils his newly created
status shall be taken from him. whenever
it is shown to be il-got en-, and you will
find him amena3le to pious exhortation.
He does not like to d,sgorge his stolen
fruits. He Will groan and make wry faces
but, # the penalty be insisted on, and the
punishment adhered to- he will rise to the
social dignity of one who feels and can
boast that he hath had losses We throw
out these hints for those in power AS
stolen fruits are always sweeter to a bov
than any other so, to the grown plunderer,
the deprivation Of his stolen chattels is
felt more seriously than any loss incurred
in legitimate progress. String up the
offender by his thumbs, if you WILL buck
him and pillcrize; but make him empty his
pockets also. SO shall he be persuaded to
become virtuous minded in course of time.