The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-01
Ion the Wing"
! BALr1MoRE, MD.,
February ii, 1856.

city, there are many noble and inge7l
NOUS people, who truly sympathize
with the Southerners in their crushed
and Impoverished condition. During
the entire war, they contributed
largely to the wants of Southern sol
diers who were in prison, cut off from
home and loved ones; and since the
close of the war, many of the ,Balti-
moreans have given largely to all the
calls that have been made from, Vir-
ginia and other Southern States, and
some OF them really wish they corlld
give more in this direction. In fact,
during the last four months, this city
has been infested with clerical beg
gars some asking contributions to
/ feed the poor, some asking means to
repair and rebuild colleges, and
others begging for congregations
whose churches have been destroyed!
This process Of begging has been SO
repeatedly prosecuted, that the clerks
in the large establishments say more
beggars than customers call. We
fondly hope that NO other beggars
will come to this city during the pre-
sent year, for those who respond to
benevolent calls have exhausted their
means of giving, or, at least, they
have done all they are able to do in
this department.. There are some
people here, as elsewhere, who have
not studied the great principles of
political and social economy closely
enough to understand that the inte-
rest of others is really their interest,
and hence they encase themselves in
other members of the family. Some
persons view themselves with micro
scopic glasses, and others with mag
nascopic glasses. il ~
Some enterprising ladies of this
city are arranging for great South
ern fair, which will como Of in April.
The object is 70 supply comforts to
the destitute of the Southern States;
they expect to realize $40, 900. Great
success to this worthy enterprise
You know that ladies are usually very
energetic and persevering in all they
undertake, and hence they generally
succeed. 5.
Commercially, there is a cloud in
the mercantile sky, and business men
are anticipating torrent Of financial
failures. There are breakers ahead
the mercantile ship has been too
heavily loaded, and her ballast must
be very much diminished Too many
inexperienced gentlemen have opened
stores and shops, and the failure of
many is inevitable. There must be
producers as well as exchangers, but
unfortunately there are too many of
the latter and not enough of the for.
mer. Business here is what the mer
chants call d4A, and viii not become
very active until prices tumble con
siderably. The truth is, the South
must be recuperated before business
will assume its former proportions
either in this or any other city North
of this. OMEGA.
10 sty's BAnr1MoRR, Nd,
February %, 1866.
DEAR PHdsNIx: Last evening had
the pleasure of seeing the Miltonian
Tableaux, or more strictly, Mi1ton's
Paradise Lost, panoramically illus
trated. &
This tableaux exhibition is divided
into three sections; section first shows
representations Of Heaven, rebellion
of Satan, and war of angels. It COM
mences with the gathering of the
angels around the Almighty's throne,
where they are represented as paving
humble and devout alteration to the
Creator; this is beautiful and impress
sive. Presently, Satan becomes in
subordinate to the Divine govern
ment, withdraws to the North east
corner of Heaven, gathers around
him q host of disafected spirits,
harangues them, and excites them to
rebellion. A. war ensues between
these and the holy angels; the contest
deepens, and becomes fiercer still;
Satan is oscillating between the fear
of failure and the hope of success;
after protraeted contest, Satan is
just ready to shout victory, when the
Son of God mounts His flaming
chariot, and accompanied with his
loyal angels, he joins combat with
Satan; the battle is terrible, the
carnage awful, but finally Satan and
his adherents are defeated and hurled
out Of Heaven. 80
What struck us as ludicrous in this
section, was the belching cannons
brought in the play in the last de-
cisive battle. It reminded us of
preacher, who, on certain occasion,
was speaking Of On event that occurred
during the .elexe14h a .r,e.n,,l n,,lt,,,,,,-,n a.a