The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-07-26
rne state of shc Country.

change that does not bear on its pages
the record of some crime. Murder.
robbery, arson, burglary, and other
crimes not less heinous. are terribly
prevalent throughout the land, and
society is more Mnhinged and demo-
raliZcd than. We presume. at any for
mer period of her history 1t is
true, that war, especially civil war.
almost always demoralizes the peo-
pie, but VIC were not prepared for
snch general decline in virtue and
morality rs the country now presents
| in every section.
Not only have We crime in it's
most revolving form, but we hnve
other Indications of the sad change
to which we refer. The party organs
of the radicals deal in nothing but
abuse of those opposed to them, no
matter how elevated their position,
and this foul language and studied
misrepresentation furnish daily read
ing for hundreds Of thousands
throughout the land. Forney's Ch,v-
ntcle. his Press, the 7rib,ute and other
sheets are filled constantly with abuse
of the President and all who support
him; and to cap the climax, here
comes Il so-called Governor of State
III an official despatch. with terms of
Bilingsgate applied to the Chief Ma
gistrate of the land, that would shock
the coarsest mind in the country.
The civilized world will read this de-
spatch with unmitigatcd disgust. and
will form fair estimate Of tht. cha
ractcr Of Il man who could u snch
language.
But these arr I'LL signs that our
country is passing through an ordeal
that will try her people rs with fire
God is doubtless permitting her to be
thus temporarily afflicted, hllmilipted
and scourgcd for some wise purpose
i'll His good Providence. and, if this
season Of correction from His hand
should fail to arouse the good aud the
true OF ali sects, creeuS and denomi-
nations to the work of regeneration,
We fear for the future Of tho United
States. let ALL then. 60 to work,
and show their faith by their works,
, in doing their full share in purging the
land from corruption. whether it he
i'll her high places or among the orai-
nary classes of society.
The rising generation requires this
at our hands, for. if we neglect it,
the future citizens of the country
will be badly fitted for their duties
and responsibilities
The Cnble---TelcSram from Europe.
\ week will probably determine
whether the general confidence en-
tertained that the effort now being
/ made TO lay the cable i 10 I've real
! lied
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ous statements in our exchanges The
! present cable differs from the ola in
one or two particulars. The conduc-
tor in this is composed of seven cop
/ per wires-six around one each vir,
separated and embedded in Il chcmi-
cal compound. and the whole sur
rounded by layers of guttu pcrcha, Sc
rs to form y core half an inch thick
this, again, is still further protected
by ten iron wires. each covered with
five strands OF Manila v:,rn--.he
wires being laid spilally around til.
! core.
The company have established n
tari1 OF charges forty words from
London to New York costing about
$500, and the cost to the daily press
of the conntry-forty words per day
: will be about 81 700 per week. The
! Associated Press Committee have
! arranged for two daily reports. of not
less than twenty words each, and rs
many more as the Importance Of til,
news may Justify.
The difference OF time between
! London and Now Work - abont fvo