The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-24
sIEssns. EDfrons: The poet sings


kEssns. EDifons: Tho poet sings
''Nopght SO fait bit wrought from that fair
use
Rev6lts at true birth stumbling On abuse" -"
And we would respectfully ask if Assembly
street be not ''fallcn from it's high estate ?"
There was y time when peace and quiet
held their sway, when nQught disturbed
tho drowsy dignity of this then retired
quarter of the city, when twas but step
from the active hustle of the Broadway of
Columbia to the placid calm of Assembly
street. But now the fortune OF war has
given this quarter of our city the chief
commercial interests of the community
In it are congregatcd the leading mer-
chants there can be found the prince of
commerce and the humble vender OF the
gonhcr pea f; there can be purchased ptiT pie
and fine linen, if your purse can stand the
shock; or, If you have not the shekels of
gold, may spend your city bills i'll humber
confects of France, the dates Of Araby,
and the fruits of the Understanding
that the get is in your pouch; still, if the
"6eSoine ddSquet" pinches your portmon-
nale, you can tickle your palate with
humber Gates, for side by side with these
which marks the man who pays neither
rent nor water tax, stands the lowly stall Of
the perlpatltlc vender Of the homeiy gunia
and domestic ginger-pop. But, sir, whilst
we frankly admit that these signs are indi-
cative of growing prosperity, and that
the wondrous shop-windows show many
things strange to our eyes for four sad,
weary years, yet do VIC maintain that the
condition OF Assembly street is not so
creditablo as when ''Plancus was Consul. !"
we hold that the sidewalks of this
thoroughfare, and its intersection, are not
the proper places for the location Of extern
pore market-stans and depots for produce
we claim that the many impromp ptu restau-
rants, with which these localities abound.
are highly unconstitutional. We hold that
the city trees were not planted to be gar
nlshed with a cheCeGur de ti'ieze Of spikes.
and festooned with legs of mutton or QUAR-
ters OF beet; that they were never desi gned
to bear strings OF fish, or be decorated with
Inks OF sausage-mcat. We say it, without
hesitation, and without fear of contra
dlctlon, with all due respect to the pro-
prietor alluded to, that lhc old well-shcd,
transformed into All apple-bootil and
planted IN the intersection of Assembly
ana liam streets, IL clearly All innovation
We assert that, however picturesque and
romantic this esta blishment of a pagoda in
Gu midst may appear, the situation is
illegal Whilst We commend the artistic
effect as a feature of architecture, we con-
denim the position as prejudicial to q sense
OF law and order.
Sirs, are we to have the irrepressiblc
ngger cternally hung around our necks
He Is the monopolizer Of the fay ends of
trade; Assembly street is his theatre OF
action; there, from early morn to dewy
eve, he basks in the grateful sun; or.
wHen chill winters rain sets in retires
to the vault OF the old Branch Bank, to
rise with the morrow's sun like a giant re-
trcshed. The ladies Of this gentle race
show bravcly on Assembly street, whether
as 1.-The glass of fashion and the nloulds of
form haunting gaily in ''silken sheen and
SATIN robe, or plying the avocation of
busy traffic. Materially assist in laving
the air With the fragrant odor Of the nisger.
A strange place now is Assembly street
The formidable Dame des Halle there holds
her empire and amidst the hustle of the
mart may be often heard the shrill tones
OF professor Of Billingsgate, berating
some stehd freedman, who having "par.
took has failed to pay. The nigScr per-
colates through every phase of our life,
and would ask if there be 10 way in
which he can be contracted in his sphere?
Can the authorities not clear Assembly
street OF these membranes on the side
walk and III the main way? Independent
OF the Inconvenience to the public, the col
lection OF filth and garbage must eventually
affect tie health of tho city. Your cores
Pondent's observations tend to the hope
that Assembly street, and indeed all of the
streets of our lovely city, be purgcd OF
these eXcresences which are at once un-
slightly to the eyes, injurious toy health.
and prejudicial to law and order. NAnd in
taking leave of the subject, we fec. assured
that the sketch presented is such as will be
street,